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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
ADDITIONAL NEWS.

CoHsrANT1NoPLE, September lit is
said Granville, British Foreign Secretary,
declines to accept the proposal of the
Porte to land Turkish troops at Port
Said. 1t is untrue that Lo rd Dufferin is
finding fault with the proclamation
against Arabi Pasha and with the Military
Convention, after having obtained the
benefit of the former documents. Lord
Dufferin has informed the other Ambassa-
dors of the facts in the case.
KAssAssIN, September 1.-THE British
loss in Saturdays engagement was four
killed and sixty wounded The Indian
contingent to- day advanced mile to the
front, along the Canal.
ALEXANDRIA, September 1.-THE Roths-
childs presented the British army in
Egypt twelve tons of tobacco and five
thousand pipes, which the Khedive allow
ed to enter duty free.
KAssAssIN, September 11.-Prisoners re-
port that the object of Saturdays opera
tions was the capture of Kassassin, which
The Egyptians lost over one hundred
killed. The number of wounded is un-
known. There is little doubt that the
first attack came upon us in the nature OF
a surprise.
THE jury in the Star Route case rendered
its verdict on the 18th inst 1t acquitted
Turner, the clerk in Brady's Office, as to
whom the prosecution was some time since
abandoned, and Peck, the contractor, who
is dead. 1t convicted Rerdell, formerly the
private secretary of ex-senator Dorsey,
and John B. Miner, formerly OF Sandusky,
Ohio, one of the ring contractors. AS to
Brady, Stephen w. Dorsey, John w. Dor
sey, and Henry NJ. Vaile, the jury dis
agreed.
OF THE election in Maine, on the 11th
inst, a dispatch says: Two hundred
towns give Robie 45,415, Plaisted 81, 7,47S,
Chase 653, Vinton 1872. Robes plurality
1887, against ., 1923, a gain of STA. Re
turns for the Legislature show net Re
publican gain of six Senators and fourteen
Representatives, giving the Republicans a
ma ajority on joint ballot" A special from
Portland says: "Robie is elected by 7,5OC
to good plurality. The Republican Con
gressional ticket carried by about the same
vote"
THE first Union war Governor of Arkan
sas, Isaac Murphy, is dead.
ITALY and France are standing in G
threatening attitude to each other over
Tunis.
THE stage coach which runs between
Seligman and Eureka Springs, Arkansas
was robbed by two masked men, who Sc
cured about 5000 and considerable jewelry
from the passengers, and number ot
registered letters
DIR. GRANVILLE MOODY has been placed
on the superanuated list of ministers BY
the Cincinnati N. Z. Conference.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
The Republican Party from a Repub'
lican Standpoint.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republic

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
says:
Two years ago he country gave the Re-
publican party another chance. 1t sees how
that chance has been used. 1t sees the party
leadership 6 ven to Robeson and Keifer. 1t
sees an eXiravagant AMI in great measure in
efficient seS ion. 1t sees tariff refcrm lodged
and Cvilserv:ce Reform lGghed ut. 1t sees
the offensive and despicajit tax ON Office
holders enforced with new z,al, by the chosen
fugleman OF The Republican COngr .sSmen. 1t
sees tho puhlic money wasted by millions to
catch votes in doubt ui districts and the pub
lie Offices handed over as patron gc to the
Camarons and Logans. All this an the reput-
able men among the party lclder5 either as
sent ng or cove INTO silence!
This is strong Indictment, and COM
ing from such n source extremely sig
nificant. 1t is frank and fearless Re-
publican acknowledgement that all Re-
publican talk about reform is shcerest
bosh. The party is incapable of reform;
has not a drop of reform blood in its
veins, never has had and never will
have. 1t went into power twenty one
years ago on a platform every plank of
which was, so to speak, saturated with
reform. What professions and promis-
es they were that floatcd Lincoln to the
Presidency! How the Democratic Aug
can, stables were to be cleansed and
fumigated! How all the rogues were
to be punished and all the honest men
to be rewarded! What care was to be
exercised in the selection OF public
servants, and how scrupulously
watched and guarded was to be the
expenditure of public money! How in
dustrious and incorruptible were to be
the Republican Congresses, and how
much as C@sar's wife ought to have been
every Republican official! How the eoun-
try and the world were to admireand ap-
plaud the great, glorious and beneicent
change from Democratic sin to Repub-
lican righteousness! Well. the history
of twenty one years is before us. and
speaks for itself loud enough to wake
the dead. In no single department of
Government from highest to lowest has
there been the slightest improvement,
and there is no department of Govern
ment from h CHEST to lowest which has
not deteriorated in its management in
one way OF another. The cost of Gov
ernment has increased enormously, and
it is well known that very large pro-
Ortion of this cost is the result OF
shameless extravaganza, culpable neg
ect, or worse. How many rings were
there during the sixty years Of Demo
cratic rule? How many have there been
Under Republican rule? What Democrat
ic Congress had a Credit Mobilier scan
dalP What Democratic President patron
ized and protected nest of whisky
thievesp What Demo ratio Secretary OF
War matched Belknap?-or what Demo
cratic Secretary of the Navy matched
RobesonP Was it Democratic Ad.
painistration that kicked out Bristow
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
A Dollars Worth Of knowledge.

Yesterday afternoon a seedy-looking
individual in winter clothing walked into
beer saloon on Third Avenue, near
Twenty-first Street. He called for
glass of German milk" and as the
froth showed its way to the top, he re-
marked to the bartender "This is
good summer for flies, and am glad
of it.''
The bartender eyed the stranger for
a few seconds, and replied Yaas, It's
a good summer for flies, but why should
you be glad P''
81 make my living out of flies," an
swered the funny-looking man 8" I'm
the man who can bring flies to life after
they have been drowned.n The beer
juggler had his opinion about the Gus
TONER. '.He'sa little off he exclaimed,
addressing several. young men who dis
Played big shirt eeliars, a were taiising
about base-ball. matches. The g fly y
resuscitator beeams angry because his
abilities had been laughed at. Sc Gimme
glass of water,n he cried, land L II show
you how quick can bring fly to life
after it has been drowned"
The glass of water was produced, and
The man scooped fly with swing of
his hand on the bar. The fly was doused
in the water. He kept it below the sur
face with wooden cigar lighter. Itwas
fully five minutes before the fly folded
its wings, and bobbed up to the top to
all appearances dead. The stranger
picked it up gently and placed it on a
sable, while crowd gathered about him.
"You all see," said he, that that ere
fly is dead. Now watch me bring him to
Co I, .tay aIar. mn coI
The salt bottle was handed him, and
he covered the dead fly with salt and
offered to bet dollar, " that the fly would
waltz out alive in five minutes. The
bet was taken by young man. and the
pile of salt was gazed at intently by
twelve persons. Suddenly there was an
upheavel of the salt, and grains werc
scattered about the table. The appar.
emily dead fly struggled through tha
covering, paused for moment on this
heap to perform its toilet, and then
buzzed toward the lunch counter.
The fly resuscitator pocketed the dollar
and went out saying: Eta, ta, boys
you can get even on some other fellow
some other day. Now you know how to
bring drowned fly to life"
After his departure several flies weie
drowned and resuscitated, and the young
man who paid dollar for this really old
information went into a neighboring
saloon, and was heard to say ''rll be-
dollar that can drown 81 fly and bring
it to life :"
TOO late p replied lounger, 3" a
tramp just left here after scooping three
dollars from the boys on that racket. y
| N. Y. World.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
Novelties In Wedding Music.

A lady traveller just from the South
tells of attending stylish wedding OF
colored persons. The groom was short,
thin specimen of humanity, the bride
immense and robust. As the pair sailed
up the aisle of the church, with train
that swept away in the rear like the tail
of comet, the choir sang with all the
race fervor BROAD am de road that
leads to DEATH to the great amusement
of the few whites privileged to be present
perience of q country pastors wife not
far away, who was requested to play 6
wedding march at a funeral, the mourn
ers knowing no difference between it ant
a dirge. At recent wedding in Hamp
shire County the hymn, {" "Sister, thor
vast mild and lovely" was sung a:
speciallv fitting the occasion. Boston
Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
Heard Something Drop.

The Republicans who inclined their
large fair ears toward Kentucky in the
sweet and blessed hope of hearing some
thing drop have not been disappointed.
Something has dropped, but it is the
Republican coalition, which has met
with the fate of Humpty Dumpty. The
Republicans had strong candidate;
the Democratic nominee had weakened
himself by very foolish display early
in the spring, and further, had been
compelled by illness to suspend his can
vass, and even the Democrats were pre-
pared, if not to concede the State to
their opponents, at least to look for
considerable reduction of their majority.
The behavior of the Republicans since
the fateful 7th of August has savored
of the ever-memorable conflict be-
Kentucky, and The alleged dog which a
waggish tavern-keeper pitted against
him, but which in reality was a wolf.
With pride and confidence the owner of
Bose dropped that noble animal into the
corn-crib where his Antagonist was con-
fined, and with cheerful chuckles he
heard the sound of battle arise. After
two minutes had elapsed he re-
hCu, WIFI blt dpplcCi-
alton of a generous foeman, that that
other dog was no slouch; after five
minutes he observed with a pensiveness
not devoid of anxiety that he had never
known dog ..stand up agin Bose so
long" and two m nutes later, when an
ominous silence succeeded to the sounds
of strife, he threw open the entrance to
the crib and Bose tottered out, complete
ly eviscerated, to die, while the wolf in
expressive pan,o ,omime called for the sec
ond course to be brought i'll. Such has
been the experience of the Republicans
of Kentucky. A Washington correspon-
dent informs us that Hubbel's assistance
to the Independent Democratic candi-
date has cost them two if not three
| Congressman. That his estimate is not
far out of the way is shown by the fact
that the Republicans have been sitting
in dazed surprise, too utterly fabber.
gasted even to howl "Fraudr' We
await, however, Mr.. Hubbelrs explana,
ton OF the cause and extent of the catas-
tropbe, feeling REASONABLY sure that il
will only strengthen him in his belief
that it is utter folly to waste money or
the Southern Republicans which might
be utilizel in helping him to wrest the
Senatorship from Mr.. Ferry. and that
the only way to get Southern Repub
lican into Congress is to count him il
at Washington.-M 7. World.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14

PoRT SAID, ber6-General Wolse-
ley has requested the presence of a naval
brigade in the army in order that the navy
may share the honor of the advance. In
compliance with this request a brigade
consisting of four hundred blue jackets,
ten offio ers and battery of four Gatling
guns will leave Port Said tomorrow for
Ismailia. An English train of 800 mules
was attacked near Ramses to-day by Bed
ouins The escort of the train repulsed
the Bedouins. Arabs have thrown the
carcasses of horses and other foul matter
into Ismailia Canal, and it is feared the
water will become unfit for drinking.
ALEXANDRIA, September GA council OF
Ministers IL now engaged with tbs ques'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
Utah road agents camp in full view

of the stage road. The United States
authorities do not molest them because
they do not disturb the mails, and the
local authorities do not interfere be-
cause the stage company dare not
make formal complaint against them.
sympathy for persons robbed in Utah Is
wasted. Chicago Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
There is something apDalhup in t

There is something appalling in the
statement that twelve and half mil
lion false teeth are made every year in
Philadelphia, and that gigantic total is
still more impressive when considered in
connection with the fact that the same
city produces annually five tons of pow
der designed to prevent the necessity Of
false teeth.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-27
RUSSIAN cLEMENCY.

A Nihilist prisoner, condemned to death,
has had his sentence commuted by the
Russian Government to indefinite hard
labor in the Siberian mines. This is a fair
illustration of Russian mercy. If the man
has any susceptibility he will beg to be
killed at once, for his Communication involves
a far more terrible sentence than death.
Life in the mines is the most hopeless,
comfortless, brutalizsd, horrible, that the
mind can conceive. In some cases the
prisoners never see the light of day after
being once admitted. They are chained to
damp recesses in the wall, and there they
work and sleep, kept alive upon the poorest
food, exposed to the most cruel treatment,
and without one glimpse of hope. This
is the kind of existence the Russian Gov.
ernment offers the wretched Nihilist in the
place of quick and complete release from
all his troubles.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-27

in New York Government bonds are quoted at
ISL for As of 1907; 1145 for as; 1o1 for 31s
sterling, 81 a5a4 90l silver bars, 113s.
Silver in London, Sid; consols, 90 l5-16j 5 per
cent. United States bonds, extended 1o5 4s. 1908
4is. III.
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at dis
count to par; Mexican dollars, sole
Mining stocks we're in fair request at San Fran
cisco yesterday morning, the market now stands.
though the volume Of business insignificant
compared with what it once was. The north ED
and middle stocks on the Comstock lode were gen.
orally higher than at the corresponding board
Wednesday, the advance varying from SC to 75c per
share.
An inceadiary tried TO burn vacant house yes
terday morning at oakdale, stanislaus county.
Henry Solomon (colored) hanged himself yester-
day at Shreveport, La.
The Coroner's jury in the Spuyten Duyvil disaster
find the railroad officials crimnally responsible
for the death of the victims of that catastrophe.
There is to be no public display at Moscow when
the Car is crowned.
steamer which left Glasgow yesterday for New
York took out SO Clydesdaie stations.
The Democratic difficulty IN the New York Assem-
bly, is not yet settled
Losses on the Paris Bourse has driven Christine
Wilson's husband crazy.
Fire at Lancaster, Pa; also at New York, and St.
Helena, Napa county.
New cases OF smallpox continue to be reported at
Pttsburg and Allegheny City.
A boiler explosion at Canyon City. Col, killed two
men and seriously wounded a third.
Three deaths from trichna Lave occurred at Min.
nicola, Mimi, and more are expected.
heavy earthquake shock was experienced yes-
terday afternoon at Centsrville, Alameda county.
The prosecution closed their case yesterday after
noon in the Sprou murder trial at oroyille and the
defense opened.
Highwaymen robbed a stage yesterday between
Ukiah and CloYerdale.
The last Australian steamer brought to San Fran.
cisco $500. .462 81 in gold.
The name of Congressman Pacheco is mentioned
as the successor of Fitzpatrick in Chile.
The President has nominated Frederick A. Trittle,
Of Nevada, to be Governor of Arizona
The people of southern Dakota are taking ener.
getc steps to divide that Territory and secure the
admission OF the southern half as a State.
Cholera has broken out among the immense num-
ber of pilgrims assembled at Amahabad
sympathizcr with Guiteau was roughly handled
by crowd at Detroit.
The County Treasurer OF Lafayette county, Mi,h
is short SIS, 900 in his accounts.
A 900 robbery was perpetratei on Wednesday
night at Jackson, Mich.
General Robert MITCHELL an ex. x.Goyernor of New
Mexico, is dead
Guiteau is out this morning with another " ad-
dress" to the American public
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-27
sHAxrspEARE,s STORY OF THE BOND.

Whether it is the record of an actual oc-
currence, it is alike immaterial aud impos.
sible to determine. Certain it is that both
the facts and the law OF the case are sub
stantially historical. They precisely repre-
sent views concerning contract, criminal
liability, and law reform, which, however
absurd they may appear to us, have widely
prevailed, and must he regarded as charac-
development. In the bond itself, as it was
regarded by the interested parties, We re-
cognize the substance OF the debtors life
pledgipg contract which filled so large a
place in the commercial economy OF the an
cienb societies. As means of securing
the payment of debt. the pledging ones
life and the lives of the members of ones
family, in the history of many races, pre-
eeded in order of development the pledg-
ing of property-the right to legal process
against the person likewise becoming estab-
lished as a means of collection before pro.
cess against property was known to the
law. 1t was so with the Romans. The
persons, the lives of the debtor and his
family were long considered by them as
the creditors normal security. It was
fully four centuries from the foundation Of
the city before the Roman creditor was
entitled to resort, without the debtors
consent, to any portion of the latter's
property except such as had been delivered
to the creditor in pledge. 1t would be
interesting to inquire why remedies against
the person thus preceded those against
property and, though too remote and OBJ
scure problem for treatment here, we
may hazard, in passing, the conjecture that
the explanation is to be found in the gen.
orally communistic form of primitive prop
erty. When all property was vested in
the village tribe or gems, the individual
really had nothing he could call his own
except himself and his family. The idea
that the creditors remedy was exclusively
against the person, being thus engendered,
would, through the sluggishness of the
primitive intellect, continue to subsist long
after its original cause had been removed
by the institution of individual property
Popular Science Monthly.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-27

" Territory" We should like the Times
TO point out what is the difference between
the virtual confession of defeat i'm
piled in the proposed measure, and the
actual and notorious condition OF defeat
which now exists and has existed for years?
It seems that our contemporary is dread
fully afraid of the acknowledgment of that
which now exists, but that the thing itself
does not greatly distress it. The failure
of Congress to deal with the question of
Mormon polygamy is stubborn fact, and
the failure of the Territorial form of gov
ernment to cope with it is so notorious
that to prefer the continuance of that form
of government is practically to demand that
polygamy be let alone. What is the use
of making difficulties about mere
words =? As matter of fact
Congress has found it impossible to
reach polygamy under the present form of
Territorial government, and, equally as a
matter of fact, the reason of that failure
lies in the very essence of that form of
government. Congress has failed because
no community can be made to accept laws
in the justice Of which they do not believe,
SO long az the application of those laws is
left to themselves. That is the cause of
the failure, and Congress may go on pass
ing laws until the crack of doom without
producing any more effect, provided that
the same form of government exists in
Utah. It is undoubtedly the case that the
Mormons have defied the United States
Government hitherto, and successfully.
| So did the Southern States during the
Reconstruction period, and for precisely the
same reasons. If Congress cannot see that
it must be very dull. The Times is really
obstructing the only line of action which
promises anything. If Congress may not
suspend the present form OF Territorial
government for fear of formally recogniz.
ing the actual condition of things, then we
may as we'll stop talking about the evils of
polygamy, and cease from making any
effort to cope with them. For if experience
has made anything clear it is the impossi-
bility of compelling the Mormons to punish
themselves. They will not do it. If,
therefore, Congress wishes to suppress po-
lygamy it must attack the practice from
without, by legislation over the applica-
tion of which the polygamists can exercise
no influence whatever. Civil government
according to the prevailing pattern not only
has failed, but always will fail, to afford a
remedy for this evil, and it appears to us
that the one wise thing for Congress to do
is to recognize that truth. The Times says
cit cannot be said that the law-making
"power has been exhausted against the po-
"lygamists. We affirm that precisely that
! not only can but must be said. The law
making power is perfectly incapable of
solving this problem. aud it is time that
Congress perceived at least so much. We
believe that an absolute government is the
only resort. 1t need not be military, but
must not be popular. Popular institutions
will maintain polygamy in spite of all Con-
gress can do.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-27
TIE HERZEGOVINA 1EsUsREcr1oy

The explanation of the uprising in Her.
zegovina is still lacking, but it is probable
that it has been fomented by Moham-
medan fanatics, though it is always posi-.
BILE that Russian agency has been at work
insimilar uprisings. Itis ostensibly directed
against the Austrian occupation. Evil
IDENTIFY some fanatieism has had to do with
it, and as evidently it has been undertaken
under the most hopeless conditions. At
the beginning of every such outbreak we
hear of insurgent successes. They manage
to capture or kill feeble outposts and
isolated detachments. But as soon as the
Austrian Government fully understands
what is going on troops are poured forth
by scores of thousands, and the fame of
rebellion is quickly extinguished in blood.
There could not be the slightest doubt as
to the issue. Possibly the Herzegovinians
were deluded into the belief that if they
rose some other power-perhaps Turkey
would come to their assistance. But any
such dream will have rude awakening.
The mountaineers will carry on desultory
conflict for a few weeks, more or less, and
then they will be hemmed in everywhere
and as the whole region is almost
beyond the ken of civilized Europe
it is quite possible that Austrian
vengeance may take very savage form.
The best preventive of such military feroc-
ity is the presence of the ubiquitous En-
glish and American war correspondents.
Even the Russians have sometimes been
induced to restrain their brutality, when
they knew that their cruelties to the Tur.
comans would be published all over Europe
in few days; and Austria, though by no
means scrupulous when dealing with
feeble subject people, is open to considera.
tions of this kind also. 1t is, however,
interesting to observe how cordially the
Austrians come to be hated wherever they
hold military sway. Those who remember
the history of their occupation of Venetia
will need no explanation of this. The
truth is that they always play the conqueror
with harsh and even barbarous thor
oughness, and never so much as attempt to
conceal their contempt for the population
who have the misfortune to be exposed
helpless to their insolence. The cultivated
Austrian at home in Vienna, or abroad on
his travels, is very agreeable person, no
doubt but an Austrian army lawfully
arrayed," as the old rhyme has it, is
very disagreeable neighbor, and this the
Herzegovinians have evidently discovered.