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IN force, tlo O|OVefnInGnt is StllI q
mitigated monarchy, and Italy has
assumed no attitude in foreign affairs
either specially beneficial or specially
alarming. She did not help France
in the German war, she did not help
Europe in the Eastern Question, and
on the southern side Of the Nediter-
ranean she is scarcely more felt than
of old. On the other hand, she has
entirely escaped all anticipated inter
nal dangers. She has submitted her
self to second-rate, though compe-
tent, Ministers, and a narrow, though
able, middle-class, with a patience
and capacity for daily business such
as we habitually anticipate Ionly in
the North. In spite Of a strong Re-
publican party, Of agitation in the
towns, Of social difficulties in the
south akin to those Of Ireland, and
Of the hostility Of the Papacy, the
middle-class Of Italy have maintain
ed complete external order, have
built a very powerful Navy, have
established, provided, and disciplined
a very great Army, and have sacri-
feed their own popularity, and some,
we fear, Of the happiness Of the peo-
pie, to a persistent and pitiless re-
solve to keep the Treasury full. We
doubt if there is another country in
the world, except possibly the United
States, where a Government depen-
dent on election dare have establish
Ell acI vigorously enforced either
the Income-taX, as recently levied IN
the north, or that cruel Grist Tax,
now at last Disappearing. With
ont amy new statesmen of the
frst-class, and without much help
from the wonderful elder group
who came to the front in 1860,
the Italians have governed them
selves, in the humdrum, sloW-mov-
ing, businesslike, English way, till
they are beyond any probable attack,
till order Is as secure as in France,
till their Treasury shows a distinct
surplus, till the taxes yield more and
more, and trade increases, and forced
currency is unneeded, and the Co
yernmeut can venture on large ex-
%penditureo on objects needful to pro-
gress rather than representation.
That is very remarkable progress in
an unexpected direction. 1t seems to
show that emancipation developed in
Italy, first Of all, practical sense that
the modern Italians are nearer to the
Romans, who were, besides being
warriors, engineers, and lawyers than
they are to their own forefathers of
the Middle-Ages, who lived such
magnificent and suca Iawless lives.
They give forth no literature, but
they establish a good Code. They
carve no wonder of the world, but
they possess the greatest ironclads.
They build no Milan Cathedral, but
they bore Mont Gents and the St.
. Gothard, and cover Italy with rail
ways.
We do not say that all their work
is as yet solid, for tits not. The mid
dle-claSs, which has done SO much,
has in the judgment of the abIest
Italians, worn out its governing pow
er, ceases to furnish an efficient Par
lament, and is about to be suppressed
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11
Sporting in Turkish Asia.

A party of English gentlemen crossed.
the Sea of Marmora and landed about
forty miles from this city to hunt for
game. They became separated in the
curse of the hunt, and one of the party,
Commander Selby, of the English Navy,
was accosted by a shepherd. The Eng
lishman did not know Turkish, and
thought that the shepherd wanted to beg
some powder. So he remarked that he
had no powder, and opened his cartridge
box to show that his ammunition was all
in that form. But the shepherd had
asked that no guns be fired near the
sheep, and understood the exhibition of
cartridges to be equivalent to a threat of
violence. So he struck the Englishman
over the head with his stick, and . strug-
gle ensued. Commander Granville, also
of the English Navy, then came up and
more shepherds appeared. The result
was hat Commander Selby, his skull
broken by a terrible blow from an ak,
guns had been broken over his head,
we're bound and carried off to be exc
cuted by the shepherds. The English
Consult General at this city, MI. Wrench,
then appeared, and knowing Turkish,
interposed in time to save the lives of
the officers. The whole party then re-
turned to the city, where Commander
Selby lies in a most critical condition.
The affair was the miserable result of a
misunderstanding. 1t shows the folly of
any attempt to travel in the country dis
tricts without a knowledge of the Ian
guage, for it illustrates the ~ferocious
passions aroused in the country people
when they fancy themselves aggrieved.
Letter from ConstantinoDle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11
Influence Of Association.

l remember once seeing an advertise
ment in the papers with which I was
much struck, and which I will take the
liberty of reading: "Lost, in the Tenn
pie Coffee House, and supposed to have
be taken away by mistake, an oaken
stick, which has supported its master
not only over the greatest part of Europe,
but has been his companion in his jour.
neys over the inhospitable deserts of
Africa. Whoever will restore it to the
waiter, will confer q very serious obliga-
ton on the advertiser ; or, if that be
any object, shall receive a recompense
very much above the value of the article
restored" Now, here is a man, who
buys a sixpenny stick, because it is
useful, and totally forgetting the trihing
causes which first made his stick of n
consequence, speaks of it with warmth
and affection; calls it his companion.
and would hardly have changed it, per-
haps, for the gold stick which is carried
before the king. But the best and the
strongest example of this, and of the
customary progress of association, is
the passion of a~varice. A child only
loves a guinea because it shines /; and. as
it is equally splendid, he loves a gilt
button as well. In after life he begins
to love wealth because it affords him the
comforts of existence, and then loves it
so well that he denies himself the COM
forts of life to increase it. The uniting
idea is SO totally forgotten that it is com
pletely sacrificed to the ideas which it
united. Two friends unite against the
person to whose introduction they are
indebted for their knowledge of each
other /; exclude him from their society
and ruin him by their combination.
Sidney Smith,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11
THE MARKETS.

CINCINNATI-FLouR : Fancy, Sc 5o@7 IS;
family, 50 90@6 20. Rye four, 81 65@5 90. GRAIN
MW si ssI. Sa soft ! r sd,d = & e a ass9ls e d osd y ys ss%e
red and white. by sample, 81 AZ, on track. Corn
No. 2 white, S2A9s3c.; No. 2 yellow, 7sh@ssszc.;
oats-No. 2 white, SIC; No. 2 mixed, 55@5sc. Rye
Mo. 2, 9012c., on track. Barley-No. 2, 81 10; ex-
ira No. 8, 81 o5@1 os. Hay-Prime to choice tim
@19 25. Lard = C~urrent-make, 11.20c. Bacon,
11.10911.20c. Sugar-eured hams, 13sI@14Ac. Tai
low, SIC; SEEDS - German m . ST., g a5S2 50;
7@714c. per lb. Whisky, ST Is, FRUIT AND VEG
ETABLrs-strawberries, So 5o@5 SO per crate of "a
/ 40 per bush. burbanks, 81 @5@1 80; peaehbiow,
81 15@1 %; new potatoes, "a oo@5 90 per brl. Gu
cumbers, 25@5oe. per doz. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
50@6oc. per peck.
NEW YoRK.-Cotton, 12A@12%c. Flour-Com-
mon to good extra State and Western, IS 1098 SO.
M res' 81 SOL : sP r.; Es 81 ! 44 "a. No. q s : TsS, 8 4 & k No
white, 81 a. Corn-No. 2, SS@S3Zc. 0ats-Mixed
Western, 5sa62c. Groeeries0Cofee-Rio in car
7Nc. Mess pork, SIS 5Oeis 621< Lard Prime
steam, 11.60c.
CHICAGO.-Flour : Common to choice white
spring, 81 2791 274; No. 8 Chicago spring, 81 15@
l is. Corn No. 2 mixed, 742Sc. Oats No 2
mixed : i1tih,a 5s 6 os RysN - 2 spring s2e; BarIsy,Eo:
Whisky, 81 20.
LoUIsyILLE..Cotton : Middling, 11N@11%c.
red, 81 25@1 80. Corn-No. 2 white, $50; No. 2
mixed, SIC. Oats = No. 2 white, 5sIc.; No. 2
mixed, Sc. Mess pork, SO so. Bacon-Clear
sides, 11ssc. Hams-Sugar-cured, 1sL@14c.
ST. LOUIS.-Wheat- No. 2 red fall, 81 33159
l 1885; No. 8 red fall, 81 "a. Corn-No. 2 mixed,
44@75c. 0ats-No. 2 mixed, SIC. Rye-Dull at
Sic. B~arley-Medium to fancy, SOC. @Si 10. Mess
pork, SIS 65. Lard-Prime steam, Use.
BALTIMORE Flour - Family Sc soar so.
Wheat-No. 2 winter red, 81 425s61 "A. Corn
Western mixed, s2@S3c Oats-W6ite Western, 81
@6Sc. Rye, Csc. @S1 90. Mess pork, SIS 5o@19 so.
Whisky, 81 %.
TOLEDO.-Wheat-No. 2 red Wabash, 81 395z.
Corn-High-mixed, 7sAc. oats-No. 2 mixed, 55c.
INDIANAP0LIS.-Wheat - Steady at 81 s6@
1 S6k- Corn, 74G7411c. Oats, 5S956c.
LIVE STOCK
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., So O004 90;
good to choice butcher grades, SIS 50@6 so; fair to
good shippers, Sc 0097 rs; feeding steers, SIS 00@
6 90; stockers, 81 0O@5 90. Hoes-Select butch
ers' and heavy shippers, 81 6Oas 90; fair 10 good
packers, 81 1907 60; %stillers, Sc 5Oa7 rs; common,
IS 1596 so. ~SHEEP-COmmon to fair unshorn, 49
&c; good 10 choice, $4,000. clips, 3N@512c.
Lambs, 5@7.35c.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Cattle-Best steers, 81 so
as 90 per 100 lbs. fair to good steers, Sc 75@7 25.
Observation-Disclosures, 81 1877 So; Workers. 81 2o@
7 40, Sheep Common to choice wooded, IS 50@
6 so per 100 lbs, and clipped, IS 00@6 90.
CHICAGO.-Cattle - Good to choice shipping
steers, Sc S097 20; common to fair, SIS 75G6 60.
Hogs-Common to good mixed, Sc 9O97 40; heavy
shipping and packing, 81 45@7 so.
NEW YORK Dressed Beef Prime native
steers, 14G15c. Hogs Good live, 81 20a7 IS.
Sheep-Unshorn, Sc 5O@S so per 100 lbs.
observation-disclosures to good ba-
CON hogs, Sc 1907 As; heavy packing and shipping
hogs, 81 S5@7 IS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11
A Peculiar view of the Question.

It is refreshing to hear of a genuine
conversion, if it be from darkness to
light, especially when it is speedy and
complete. A few years ago a friend of
mine was taking a country walk with a
friend, a clergyman, when the latter
suddenly wheeled round his face toward
home, with the remark: "Let us go
back, I'm tired; was called up in the
middle of the night to baptize a child
that was dying"
"Were you in timer" asked my friend.
"Just," was the reply; "another half
minute and 1 should nave been too late. T"
"And if you had been, what then 2"
"Why, then, I suppose the poor little
thing would have been lost"
"Eternally?"
"Well, yes, according to our belief.
"May I ask what sort of boots you
wear?" said my friend.
"Boots? Elastic-side, always"
CHOW, suppose you wore laced, and
they had taken two minutes to put on,
the child would have been dead, and
lost eternally, ayP"
"That's a peculiar view of the ques.
ton; and must think over my position
Two days after the clergyman met my
friend and said: 81 have thought thai
matter over and must alter my view.
The boots did it."-London Spectator
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11
wolves on a RaiIroad.

A Toledo man, formerly of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad,
left a good position with q good salary
on the Northern Pacific, and returned to
Toledo to take the chances of getting
smashed up ON one of the railroads here,
for less money. When pressed for his
reasons for coming back, he rather re.
l~uctantly told the following tale
He said that as soon as he got his train
ne started out on his run, and one night
at a certain station was side-tracked for
a train that was following him. He
and flag the expected train. The brake
man turned pale and refused, but de-
clined to give a reason. He tried to in
duce other train men to go, but all re-
fused. BE took a lantern and torpedoes
himself and went back some hundred
PAGES. He soon heard a pattering of
feet around him in sill directions, and
thoughthe had got into a sheep pen, until
suddenly his ears were assailed with a
chorous of snarles and howls, and he
concluded he must be near a farm house
well supplied with dogs, but on raising
his lantern, he saw the snow almost black
with savage FORMS whose eyes glared at
him like balls of fire. For the first time
he realized that he was surrounded by
wolves. His hair stood erect and his
tongue cleaved to the roof of his mouth.
He hastily placed the torpedoes on the
track and began to beat a retreat. The
bowling pack circled round him and he
yelled to the engineer to back the train
down to him, but his voice was drowned
amid the demoniac bowling of the gaunt
s----
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11


Miss FRANCIS POWER COBB, who is
opposed to vivisection, called on a Lon
don doctor to endeavor to persuade him
to quit the business. He looked her
over a moment and said: MADAM,
charity begins at home; when you have
given up wearing ostrich feathers, which
are plucked from the living bird, causing
the most exquisite pain, and birds Of
paradise, which, in order to enchance
their beauty and %lustre, are skinned
alve-when you have abiured the use of
ivory, because you know that the tusks
are cut out of the dying elephants jaw
then, and then only, come and upbraid
me with the cruelty of my operations.
The difference between us is, madam,
that I infict pain in the pursuit Of
knowledge and for the ultimate benefit
of my fellow-creatures; you aus cruelty
to be inflicted merely for your personal
adornment."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11
The Modern Caucus.

An aged citizen who was one of the
early settlers, wa seen coming out on to
the sidewalk in front of a place where a
caucus was being held, a few nights be-
fore election, on his ear. He seemed to
be propelled by some unseen power,
and as he got up and picked up his hat
out of the gutter, brushed the mud off
his sleeve and wiped the blood off his
nose, q friend went up to him and
asked what was the matter. The old
man said, "Well, I hain't attended a
caucus in thirty year, but my nephew
wanted me to go tonight, and when I
proposed that the meeting be opened
with prayer, I think the stove fell over
on me. A fellow said, 20, give us a
rest and I don't know how 1 got out
here, but I did. Why, in '49 they used
to open political meetings with prayer,
and close 'em the same way. This eau
Gus opened with a knock down and I
s'pose it will close with a riot. Hello,
there is another man riding down stairs
without any saddle, and I s'pose he pro-
posed some old-fashioned custom. Say,
do you think my eye will be black? I
told the old lady I was goin' to meetin'
and I wouldn't like to have her think I
had lost my temper and struck the sex
ton. Well, that's the last politics for
me-" The old man, however, got a
policeman to go with him while he voted
on election day.-MiliOaukee Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11
Early United States History.

Congress, on June Ii, 1776, resolved
that a committee should be appointed to
prepare and digest the form Of a confed-
Grafton to be entered into between the
colonies. On the day following q COM
mittee composed of members of one from
each colony were appointed to perform
that duty. The result of this commit
tees labors was seen in the Articles of
Confederation which were in due time
subscribed and ratified by the several
States. The second article contained
the following: each State retains its
sovereignty, freedom and undergraduates,
and every power, Jurisdiction, and right
which is not by this confederation dele
gated to the United States, in Congress
assembled. In May. 17S5, a committee
of Congress made a report recommend
ing an alteration in the Articles of Con-
federation, but no action was taken upon
it, and it was left to the State Legisla-
ture to proceed in the matter. This
was taken up by Virginia In Janaury,
1786, and the conclusion was the great
convention which gave birth to the
Constitution.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

LAKE Superior, at its surface, is 800
feet above the Atlantic, and at its bottom
573 feet.
IT is estimated that over 10, 900 per-
sons are employed in the laundries OF
New York.
Next to rice, Indian corn is used
by a larger number of people than any
other grain.
OLD sails are made into the paper used
for bank notes, and old ropes reappear
as brown paper.
Two thousand human beings and over
so, 600 head of cattle are annually killed
by snake bites in India.
THE variations in the rainfall of India
involves the food supply, and Is q ques-
ton of famine or plenty.
CHINESE dentists attribute toothache
to the gnawing of worms, and profess to
extract the same from decayed teeth.
CYCLONES usually occur toward the
end of spring and in h efall-the periods
| of change of direction in the monsoons.
In 1878 over 400, OOOeggs of California
salmon were shipped to New Zealand,
where they arrived in excellent condl-
ton.
THE experiments in cotton raising in
Kansas nave been very successful One
planter shipped 100 bales of excellent
quality.
FLORIDA lizards are said to possess,
in a remarkable degree, the power o.
changing their color at will, the process
occupying about a quarter Of a minute
A RED passion-1ower, secreting hone.
in the glands Of its young leaves, wa
found guarded by a species OF ant, which
consumed the honey and drove away al
other insects.
INRUss1Athe sunfower has apractical
if not an @sthetical, value. 1t is cult
waited for the oil ityields. The oil is qse'
in cooking, as well as III lamps, and 70
making soap and paint.
THE paper makers Of England impol
annually eighteen or twenty tons of rag
Some English ones require nc bleach
ing at all, while those OF Italy bea
away the palm for dirt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11
Forestry in France.

One sixth of France, including Corsi-
ca, is under wood, but Notwithstanding
this an immense amount of timber is
annually imported into the country from
the United States and the North of Eu-
rope. In 1920 the Nancy School Of
Forestry was instituted, and a new code
of laws was adopted in 1897. The fact
has of late years been recognized that
the floods which have proved SO terribly
destructive in France have been largely
due to the absence of trees on mountain
sides. A forest acts both mechanically
and hydrographically in the former
case by preventing any large body OF
water from collecting, and as a sort of
permanent ioodgate ; in the latter by
the trees themselves absorbing a vast
deal of moisture. New York Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11
Imaginary Birds.

The phoenix, as everybody knows,
gathers dry sticks to make its funereal
pyre, which it then contrives to set
and is presently consumed in the
flames. From its ashes q worm crawls
out, and, being gradually covered with
feathers, takes the form of its parent
bird. The eagle, which fears nothing
else, breads the approach of venomous
serpents. To avert evil from its eaglets
it places two agates in its nest. When
its beak grows too long it breaks off the
superHuous piece against a rock. The
serre is a very powerful bird. and takes
immense flights. 1t is fond of the COM
pany of ships, but if q vessel happens to
be an unusually swift %sailer, it closes its
sea. A sentimental bird is the female
turtle-dove. Should its mate chance to
die, it again alights on a leafy
tree. It is remarkable for its chastity,
but is averse from melody. If it hears
the warbling of other birds it groans
dismally. In winter time it loses its
feathers, and shelters itself in holes and
hollows. It is related of the wood
pecker that If any one drives in a peg to
close the entrance to the hole in the tree
in which its nest is built it flies off in
quest of a particular herb with which it
touches the peg, whereupon it falls out.
This, too, is curious The hoopoe is un-
able to moult in q natural hammer. Its
young ones, therefore, pull out its feath-
ers, and cover and feed her till they are
full grown. The stork's young one are
not less flial. So long as the parent
bird has provided for her brood, SO long
will her brood provide for her. On the
other hand, the male crow is cruel
to its offspring, and pecks at and beats
them till their feathers are as black as
IN asilliast of oil
birds is the peacock. When it looks
upon its brilliant plumage it is so de-
lighted that it spreads out the glories OF
its tail, but when it looks down upon its
feet it is SO disguised and SO ashamed Of
itself that its tail droops to the ground.
It is said to have the voice of a fend,
the head of a snake, and the gait of
thief. The swan likes to be accompanied
by a harp, and is most melodious during
the last year of its life. It is also inter
esting to learn that the swallow is capa'
BILE of restoring sight to its "callov
brood" when carried away into captivity
and blinded. Any n gowing where
snakes abound will do well to take with
him some burned vulture's feathers. TIL,
heart of a yulture wrapped in the ski
of a lion or of q wolf frightens ava.
demons. It is quite untrue that vulture
were originally a race Of men who wer
cruel to the pygmies. But how is it tina
medical men do not make greater use O
the caladrius? If this beautiful, snow
white little bird, which is a native Q
Jerusalem, be held in front OF a ma
whose death is certain, it averts its head
and will in no wise look at him ; but,
on the contrary, the sick man is destine
to live in spite of his physicians, tn
caladrius turns to him, as John Trevis
expressesit it, "faunynge and playsynge.
-AH the Year Round.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11

A SYRACUSE Justice of the Peace post
poned a trial on account of the death of
the prisoners mother, the prisoner ask
ing the favor in piteous and fearful tones.
When the trial was resumed two days
after it was found hat the prisoner had
gone to Canada, and that his mother had
been dead nine years. The justice says
the next man that tries to play q corpse
on him has got to produce the body or a
certificate from the doctor who attended
the deceased. That would seem to be
fair
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11
HARvEsr.

Eweet, sweet sweet,
Ii The winds song,
Asttr In the rippled wheat
An day long,
1t hath the brooks wild gayety,
T sorrowful cry Of the sea.
Oh, hush and heart
Sweet sweet and clear,
Above the locust's whirr
And hum Of bee
Rises that soft pathetic harmony.
In the meadow-grass
The innocent white daisies blow,
The dandeliea plume doth pass
Vaguely to and FRO
The unquiet spirit Of . flower,
That hath too brief an hour.
Now doth q little cloud all white,
Or golden bright,
Drift down the warm blue sky;
And now on the horizon line
Where dusky woodlands lie,
A sunny mist doth shine,
Like TO- a veil before . holy shrine,
Concealing, half revealing, things Divine
Sweet, sweet, sweet
Is the winds song,
Astir in the rippled wheat
All day long.
That exquisite Eausio cal
The reaper everywhere
Life and death must share.
The golden harvest falls.
6o.dcth all end
Honored philosophy,
Science and art
The bloom Of the heart;
Master, Consnler, Friend,
Make Thou the harvest Of our days
To fall within thy ways.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11

THE German Government can now
call 1000, 900 soldiers into the field at a
days notice, while over here it takes
the best part of three days to hunt up
the man who borrowed your half-dollar.
SAYS the Philadelphia Chronicle:
Michigan produces more salt than any
other State. but it is forest fires and not
salt that put the inhabitants in the great
est pickle"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11

EASE is the last thing in the world for
a Christian to long for. But it is quite
right for him to wish and pray that he
may be easy in his sphere and do its du-
ties easily. Not rest from toll, but peace
in toll, should be our craving /; not less
work to do, but more strength for its
doing. Ease is the paradise of a sh1rk,
not a soldier, in the Christian warfare.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11

PREVIOUS to 1772 a person accused of
crime in England who refused to plead,
was remanded to q low, dark room,
and laid on his back, and heavy weights
placed. upon his breast, with no other
s~ustenance than bread and water and
he was not allowed to eat the day he
drank, or drink the day he ate, and he
so remained until he died.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-11

DURING an address by Prof. w. E.
Ayrton on the "storage of power" the
lecture theater was lighted, a circular
saw driven and an elevator operated by
means of electric energy which had been
stored the previous day in Faure accu-
mulating batteries. The total quantity
of energy was so, GOO, 600 foot-pounds-
a little more than twenty-five horse
power exerted for one hour. A single
cell, containing 81 pounds of lead and
red-lead, is found to store LAO, 000
foot-pounds of energy.