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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
Type Writing.

Any one who reads the papers will
notice the frequent advertisements of
type writer's, who are now becoming al
most guild. Professional type writer's
make the business more profitable than
any other method of copying, and hence
there is constant increase in the num-
ber. These machines are In common
use in law offices, and have become SO
popular that they will, in such places at
least, become substitute for ordinary
penmanship. The neatness and legi-
bility of this method prevent mistakes,
and hence adds vastly to their value.
This is specially important in matter
which is intended for the printer in
which errors 30 easily occur when the
copy is in writing, especially as the
latter is often illegible. Byron found
that the works he sent in manuscript
from Italy to London suffered 30 much
from the printers inability to decipher
his writing that he had them printed in
Italy to insure correctness. A few
copies were then struck off and sent to
Murray, merely as a copy for the Lon
don printer. What an enormous saving
could have been made in such an in
stance had the type writer been in use
Girls who are now using the type
writer find it a better way of making q
living than the needle. Editors and
clergymen are among its patrons, and
insurance companies are applying it In
their immense correspondence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
showers Of Fishes in Rain.

During the rains of 1864 was resid-
ing at Arrah, In a large house with fiat
roof, and during heavy shower the cry
was raised by my servants that fish were
falling from heaven. rushed out and
found the compound (courtyard) strewn
with small dead fish, from two to three
inches In length; while from the roof
two or three bucketsful were procured.
Whence came the fish? Undoubtedly
from the sky but how they got there, I
am not prepared to state, unless they
may have been carried into the air from
the native element by waterspout
Arrah is situated in the corner where the
Some enters the Ganges, and is about
seven miles from either river-the only
possible sources of the fishes.
The second fall occurred four years
after, at Patna, which is about one to two
miles from the Ganges, and also during
the rains On starting on my rounds
one morning, I drove over bridge,
crossing then dry watercourse. Dur
ing my absence q heavy rain fell, and or
my returning home found the water.
course full and a crowd of natives shov,
cling out quantities of the same small
fish, all dead.
Another curious fact relating to fishes
On one occasion, while stationed Al
Arrah, came across a specimen of the
climbing perch (Anabas scandens) strug
Cling along the road at least half mil,
from the Some, to which I had it trans
ferred, alive and vigorous. It may havl
embarked on that strange journey Il
spawn, leaving its eggs in a roadside
ditch: but then q difficulty arises in it
being alone. Chambers Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
Business in the Utah Legislature.

A bill was introduced to prevent stock
and poultry from running at large.
Member from Bever-" Mr.. Speaker,
I want to introduce pound bill"
The Speaker-"Al1 right. If it's a
good bill there won't be no objection.
Pass it right up
The bill was accordingly "passed
right up" and the Speaker, putting on
his spectacles, read it over very carefully,
the reading occupying about ten min
vtes. "All right" he said finally. &c!
guess it's a good bill. Mr.. CLERK, read
it to the House"
The bill provided that horses, cattle,
goats, and poultry should be impounded
when caught running loose. After the
reading the author did not know what
motion to make, and it was laid down
again for while, when some one rose
up with:
"I move we suspend the rules and
| pass the bill"
At this the man who had fought the
Introduction OF the rules sprang pwith
".iYou've agreed to have rules, ant
now you've got to stick to 'em. mov'
we don't suspend rule"
"Can't we suspend part of the rules ?
queried another. "That is, just enough
to let the bill pass, and let the rest stan'
in case we need EN-"
At this there was not smile anywhere
and wrangle began as to what particu
lar rules it would be necessary to suspen.
in order to insure the passage OF the bill
As the bill seemed to be in fair way t
pass, some one asked how policeman @
q sheriff could catch poultry, and it wa
referred to the Judiciary Committee t
see if such law would hold water. Th
chaplain pronounced the benedictio
and the House adjourned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
The Northwest.

Throughout Illinois the climate has
altered for the better with the develop
ment of the soil. Even the roads, which
are notoriously bad in Illinois, are grow
ing better. As to the capacity of the
ground to produce wheat, corn, etc.,
nobody can begin to say when it will
stop. The great State of the future for
wheat is goingto be Dakota. That Ter
ritory will become great State. The
power of the Northwest to produce a
highly-energized people is probably not
equaled on the globe. The elements
that are filing it up are Irish, Germans
and Scandinavians. They soon COM
pound into a magnificent race, and the
peculiarly of the climate Is that it gives
them active brains and bodies. The
cold of the winters and the bracing air
of the summers bring out all human
power in a man. You see the race grow.
ing in size almost under your eyes,
| Gath
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
Absence of Mind.

A citizen who was furried and angry
entered grocery store on Antoine street
and called out to the owner:
"Why in the - do you keep dog
around here to eat folks up?"
"Didt my dog eat you oop?" was the
innocent query in reply.
"Not quite, but he tore my coat half
off my back, and you've got to pay for
itp
elbow much?"
"Wen, it will cost as much as 50 to
get it repaired. You'll either pay it OF
I'll have the dog shot"
"Oh, I'll pay dot" said the grocer,
and he did; but the man was hardly ont
of sight before he jumped a foot higf
and called out:
"Dunder und blitzen, but vhas de-
greatest shackass in America! Why
sells dot dog to my fader-in-law more al
six weeks ago r-Dstroit Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
Habits of the sea.Cov.

The manatee, or sea-cow, Is the most
widely diffused of the sirenians and, be-
ing American, has the first claim to con-
sideration. Its various species are found
alongs the coasts and In the rivers and
inland lakes of tropical America, the
length of the entire opposite coast OF
Africa, around the cape, and as far north
up the Mozambique coast as the Zam-
besi River, in the Upper Niger River, In
Lake Tehad, in the East African Lake
Shirwa, and in the Tana Sea, in Abys-
sinia. Agassiz has termed the animal
the modern representative OF the d.
notherium, and it is, most probably, the
creature which Columbus mistook for
mermaid. 1t grows to be sometimes as
long as seventeen or twenty feet, but
generally not more than from eight to
twelve feet, and to weigh from one to
three or four tons, having body the
size of an elongated barrel, slightly
fiattened above and below, with two
fore-limbs, but no sign OF hinder ex-
tremities, and horizontally fiattened
or spatulate tail of about one-fourth the
extent of the body. Its skin is much
like that of the hippopotamus, and is
very sparsely covered with hair. Its
fore-limbs are set far forward, are more
free in their motions than those OF the
cetaceans, and may be used as claspers,
.fexed over the chest, for swimming or
dragging the animal along the bottoms,
or up the banks of the rivers in which it
feeds, and to assist in the prehension OF
food. The finger bones may be felt
through the skin, with which they are
connected; but no evidence of digital OF
gans is outwardly visible, except the
rudimentary nails on the edges of the
fippers. The fippers, flexible and pos
sessing much of the power In hand, have
given the animal its name, from the
Latin nsanus, hand. The head is con-
ical, with heshy nose, like that OF a
cow, and large nostrils, and appears as
if Joined Immediately on to the body,
without visible neck. Anatomy further
more shows that one of the cervical
vertebrae, of which there are generally
seven in mammals, including the du.
gong, is wanting. The mouth is small
and without front teeth, but is provided
with two mobile, lateral, bristle-covered
pads, with which it seizes its food quit
dexterously. The mamma are on th'
breast, and SO resemble those of the hu
man being as to make it easy to Rehey!
that the fable OF the mermaid was de
rived from this animal.
The manatees feed in herds on the bot
toms of rivers and the shallow water
along the shore, where they browse o.
alg@ and aquatic herbs. They associst
together in the most peaceable manner
and show great community OF feeling
They combine for defense when attacked
taking especial care of their young, b
. putting them in the center of the group
and, it is said, showing so much intell
gent sympathy as to try to pull out tn
} weapon from one of their companion
: which may have been struck with
harpoon.-W. III. Larrabee, in Poputo
Science Monthly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
LATER NEWS.

SARAH BERNHARDT has been splitting blood,
and found herself unable to meet engagements.
FouR coiored men were drowned by the cap
sizing of boat on the .Youghiogheny River, at
Big Falls.
WENDELL PHILLIPS says restriction Of Chinese
immigration il "inconsistent, absurd, unjust
and wicked"
An AMERICAN lawyer has been cheating re-
igious association of Belgium out Of several
million francs
In BoTK branches Of the Illinois Legislature
resolutions were presented asking the President
to pardon Sergeant Mason.
TEE London :Obseruer says of Longfsllow {:
"since the death of Byron, no living English
poet has enjoyed SO wide popularity as Long
| fellow"
REV. DR.. LEIENTEAL, Rabbi Of the Mound
Street Temple, Cincinnati, has been stricken
with paralysis, and it is feared he can not live
many days.
| A DISASTROUS fire has occurred at Richmond,
Virginia, several large tobacco factories and
railroad property being destroyed. Loss about
s5OO, 1000. One life was lost.
Miss PHOEBE Cousins, Woman Suffrage sdvo-
cate, of st. Louis, has applied to President
Arthur to be appointed one of the five COM
missioners to reorganize Utah, under the re-
cent act Of Congress.
TIE funeral OF Henry W. Longfellow, the
poet, was attended by number of friends dis
tinguished in literature, and quietly conducted
by Rev. Samuel Longfellow, the poets brother.
The remains were inferred in Mt Auburn
Cemetery, Cambridge.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
THE WORKSHOP.

A GERMAN paper says that roof can
be made fre-proof by covering it with a
mixture of lime, salt, and wood ashes,
adding a little lcmpblack to give it
dark color. This not only guards against
fire, it is claimed, but also in measure
prevents decay.
MOUSE holes in walls and closets should
be first filled with lime and afterwards
plastered over with plaster of Paris
mixed with water. It is good plan to
keep paper of the latter in every house,
as it is useful in filling cracks, and In
many other ways in household economy.
A BRILLIANT black on iron and steel
may be produced by applying, with
fine hair brush, mixture of turpentine
and sulphur boiled together. When the
turpentine evaporates there remains on
the metal q thin layer Of sulphur which
unites closely with the iron when hezted
\ for time over q spirit OF esz Aalne: zls
varnish protects the metal perfectly and
is quite durable.
The following method of softening
putty is useful to those having hard putty
TO remove from sashes Take soda or
potash-the latter being preferable-and
dissolve it in water and mix the solution
with fresh burnt, fresh Stacked lime
After the mixture has stood for time,
pour off the clear fluid and bottle for
use. Putty moistened with this fluid
quickly softens and is easily removed.
To PREVENT the cracking of cast steel
In hardening, correspondent OF the
Metal Arbeiter places the article first In
tin box, where it is packed with clean
wrought iron drillings, and after lutlng
the box carefully he heats the whole
slowly to a dark red heat. After cooling
it very gradually he finds that all internal
strains which otherwise would have de-
veloped cracks in the tool during harden
ing are removed, and when steel to be
hardened is thus annealed no further
trouble is experienced.
THE following rules should be OBJ
served in the care of grindstones l.
| Don't waste the stone running il
in water, nor allow it to stand u
water when not In use, as this VIII
cause soft place, and consequent un
even wear. 2. Wet the stone by dropping
water on it from pot suspended above
the stone, and stop off the water wheI
not in use 8. Do not allow the stone tt
get out of round, but true up with ,
piece of gas pipe or "hacker." 4 d
not leave the stone out of doors IN tn,
wind and weather, as this hardens it ant
makes it less effective. 5. Clean off al
greasy tools before grinding, as greas'
or oil destroys the grit. 6. When yo'
get stone that suits your purposes
keep a sample of the grit to send to tn
dealer to select by, as in this way yo
can always secure one that suits.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
Midnight Sun.

The days and nights are equal all over
the world on the 22d of March and 22d
of September, the vernal and autumnal
equinoxes. Take point on the Arctic
circle, Greenland, for instance, which is
just within. At the vernal equinox the
days and nights will there be twelve
hours long; but as we approach the sum-
mer solstice, reached June 81, being the
farthest point from the equator reached
by the sun, the whole Arctic circle will
come more and more into the light, on
account of the inclination of the axis.
When we are at the solstice we cannot
get out of the light, and see the sun,
which never sets, due north. Passing
the solstice we approach the autumnal
equinox, where the days and nights are
each twelve hours long. To show you
where the midnight sun occurs we will
state that at latitude 66 degree, 80 min
utes from the equator the days begin to
be twenty -four hours long; at 81 degrees,
% minutes they are one month long, in
creasing until ct 80 degrees, or the pole,
they are six months IN length. Thecolor
Of the sun, ION account of its being SC
near the horizon, is redder than generally
with us, but probably not more 80 than
We sometimes see it in our own latitude.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
Closed for Repairs.

"Got conundrum for you, Johnnie F!
invented it myself" said boy to play
mate. "What's the difference of poo
die you're dragging by a chain and a
rotten tree-trunk. After due delibera-
ton Johnnie passed. some is led
dog and the other a dead log. Them
kind is awful easy when you know how. !"
So thought Johnnie, and on his way home
he built one on a similar plan, which he
tried to explode on the maternal head.
"I say, ma, here's riddle made it my
self. What's the difference between the
wax fgger of lady and pa not letting
me go to the circus last weekP Cause
ones a sham dame and t'other's da-
owl OWL owlll that hurts, I tell
you can't; you take a feller O your
size?" The conund1um factory has
been closed for repairs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30

Berlin was gaily decorated on Emperor VIII
liam's S5th birthday anniversary. Great crowds
of people assembled in Unter-den-Linden, who
cheered his Majesty upon his appearance on the
balcony. The Emperor, replying to deputa-
ton Of the Conservative Central Committee
who presented an address expressing de-
voticn to his Majesty, said every new
period of life reminded him it was
the Almighty who at certain times chose
His instruments. God had called upon
him to carry out certain tasks. Neither in civil
nor in military matters had he ever failed to
find fit and capable men for his purposes. The
times were serious. Considering that the Czar,
. year ago, had fallen victim to party anarchy,
who could now deem himself safe? The EN-
peror said he had learned with pleasure that
the country largely approved hisrecent message.
He laid great stress upon the Importance Of
fervent religious feeling, which he had often
exhorted the people to cultivate. BE referred,
with deep emotion, to the preservation Of the
life Of the Empress.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
THE HOUSE.

Mr.. Miller introduced bill giving mechanics
a prior lien on buildings in course Of construc-
ton to mortgage on the same. Si1ty-two
bills we're read the second time by title only, on
suspension of the constitutional rule. Mr..
Hughes introduced bill exempting parties
from taxation who exchange goods for country
produce.
House bill, by Nr. Rees, to amend Section
1889 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, SO that
no partition fence of wire shall be erected
without the consent Of all parties interested
therein, failed to pass. Mr.. Stillwell's House
bill, to amend Section 6S28 of the Revised
Statutes, SO as to make it apply to slanderous
remarks uttered against the reputation of ladies
on the streets or elsewhere by street-corner
loafers, passed. Mr.. Robinson's House bill,
amending Sections AIS and 4418 Of the Revised
Statutes, grading licenses issued to shows and
requiring payment for each days exhibition,
was passed. Mr.. Weitzels House bill to make
the exhibition Of quail out of season prinaa
Jdcie evidence of having been killed in violation
of law and shortening the time in which the
same may be killed, was passed.
Mr.. Melcalfs House bill, authorizing towns
having within their limits college or univer-
sity to provide by ordinance against the evils
resulting from the sale of intoxicating liquors
within the corporate limits was read the third
time, discussed and passed-yeas GA, nays IL.
j.,
prescribing the mode Of applying for pardons,
communication of sentences and reprieves,
amending Section Sc, 81, 81 and 90 of the Code,
and creating an Advisory Board Of Pardons, to
consist of four members, two from each party,
with the Governors Private Secretary as Sec
tary Of said Board, and adding $500 per annum
| to his salary. 1t was put upon its passage and
| lost-yeas n, nays 81, not q constitutional ma
| jority.
The Cincinnati Belt Railroad folks have been
charged with offering to a member of the
House Committee on Public Works money and
shares of stock in consideration of his agreeing
to sign report recommending the passage o.
the Cooper bill. Stories have also been in cir
| culation to the effect that another member o.
| the committee and certain members of tn,
| House had been given money to induce then
| to favor the bill. These charges are deniet
by the representatives Of the bel
| scheme, but it has nevertheless stirret
up decided sensation, and Genera
| Jones introduced the following resolu
ton: "Resolged, That . committee Of sever
be appointed to investigate the facts relative t,
the alleged attempt to bride members of thi
House, or to improperly influence their actiol
upon measures pending before this body, ant
| that said committee have power to send To-
persons and papers, and that they report Il
| this House at the earliest practicable moment.
The resolution was adopted, and the Speake
appointed Messrs. Jones, Of Delaware, Robin
son, stanberry, Locke, Conrad, Bargar, an,
| Hall. The committee organized, and com
menced the work of investigation at once, a.
sisted By . competent atenegrApher.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
THE SENATE.

The following bills were introduced: By Mr..
Sayre, amending Section 1916 Of the Code, SO
as to give County Commissioners the power to
issue bonds for bridge purposes when the funds
therefore are exhausted; by Mr.. Norton, abol-
ishing the State Board of Railroad Equaliza-
ton; by Mr.. Chapman, allowing corporations,
not for profit, to increase their number Of
shares of stock.
House bill, by Mr.. Barger, to amend 7062 Re-
vised Statutes, Furnishing adulteration of spirit
uous, alcoholic or malt liquors, used or in
tended for drink, for medical OF mechanical pur-
poses, by fine and imprisonment, was passed.
Mr.. Scotts House joint resolution relative to OBJ
tanning from the Federal Government q train
ing ship for Reform School boys, was adopted.
MIR. Sayre introduced q bill making the ditch law
applicable to the Strengthening Of natural
streams
Ths following bills were passed: Mr.. Be
mans House BILL amending Section 1852 SO
that parties living In. . township vheEe small
pox preyxils sllaH not Be allowed b pas into
adjacent townships or districts Mr.. Jones
Senate bill, amending Section 2S29 SO that
Township Trustees may levy three mills instead
of one. for road purposes. Mr.. Brigham's
Senate bill appropriating $1,000 for State
Agricultural Experiment. Station.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
A Beer Joke.

Mr.. Merrill, the railroad agent at
Monroe, ILL.,, is bad man. He received
several kegs of beer one night, consigned
to dealer in that beverage, and shortly
after missed one of the kegs. On
searching the vicinity he found where
the keg was hidden, and he recovered it,
and borrowing an empty beer keg he
filed it with water from the sewer, and
placed it where the other keg had been,
and watched it. Later some smart fel
lows took the keg away to a store, tap
ped it and all took drink. Severa
doctors got job with stomach pumps
and the smart fellows will obey the in
junction hereafter, "look not upon the
beer when it is sorrel, "-MiLa0dukee Sun
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
Donn Nith ih. nrtawe.

4 horrible disaster is related from Dakota.
At point eleven miles vest Of Bismarck, the
railroad crosses Q stream called Sweetbrier
Greek. The snow plows and work trains had
crossed the bridge in their work Of track clear
ing, and were followed shortly by . train con-
sisting Of kitchen car, dining car, passenger
coach, and two sleepers. Fifty persons were
upon this train. When upon the bridge the
structure gave way, precipitating the coaches
to the creek bed, thirty feet below. The cars
fell in . heap, killing seven persons outright.
The train caught fire and began burning, but
the injured, twenty-ons in number, all got
out save one man, who was wedged fast and
who burned to death. OF the injured it is
thought that but two will die.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
The Broadway Of To-Day.

The elevated railroads have worked
curious changes with us, and one Is
matter of custom. It is SO easy and
pleasant to go down town by them that
comparatively few men make that trip or
its return one their daily constitutional.
A walk down Broadway has now all the
pleasures of novelty, and yet the Broad
way of twenty years ago has "gone
where the woodbine twineth." One
need not be old, or even middle-aged, to
remember it as the street par excellence
of New York. What crowds one saw
and metl How gay and full of life it all
wasI Now let one start from Union
Square and notice the difference. Until
he passes Stewards he still sees crowds,
but near the junction OF Astor Place
they begin to thin out. Just here was
one of the gayest parts OF the fine street,
when old Hiram Cranston kept the New
York Hotel, and the windows were filled
with the faces of old Knickerbockers in
winter and well-known Southerners in
summer. From hence to Canal street
travel is nothing to what it was of old
The Grand Central, Metropolitan and St
Nicholas hotels stand as of old, but one
cannot help regarding them as ancient
landmarks. Canal street passed, the pc
destrian enters the wholesale dry goods
district, and now he meets more ant
more people, until the increase culmin
ates in the jostling assemblage at tn
corner of Fulton. Here is a feast O
numbers, busy, anxious and struggling
but for many blocks not long passel
there was famine.-NeU York Core
spondence Boston Advertiser.