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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
College Patronymics.

A few years ago one of the students at
Bowdoin College bore the euphonious
title of "Spud." He was fine scholar,
and after graduation was chosen an in
structor in the college. OF course his
student name still clings to him. He
knew it, and didn't like it. He was very
dignifed, and his professional chair did
not diminish the gravity Of his de-
meanor. One day some boys playing
ball near the door of recitation-room
in which "Spud" was conducting
Latin exercise, annoyed this e1pounder
of subjectives and the intricacies of in
direct discourse, and calling a sopho-
more to him, he said F.: "Please go to
the door, Mr.. A. j., and say to those players
that I desire them to cease their play or
make less noise" A. went to the door,
stuck his head out, and shouted in stem
torian tones: Here, you fellows Spud
says dry up p Another Professor at the
same college bore the nickname "Kai.
gar" from two common Greek words.
In fact very few professors In any Ameri-
can college escape familiar or opprobrious
nicknames at the hands of the students.
One of the happiest hits of this sort was
at the expense of a certain Yale professor
who was called cold Spondee "a spon-
dee, in metrical versifcation, consisting
of two long feet,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
Terrinc wind Storm.

From Henry and Saline counties, Missouri,
come accounts Of devastation by terrible wind
storms. The storm carne on during o drizzling
rain, approaching with lightning speed from
the southwest, the cloud funnel-shaped and
accompanied by q heavy rumbling noise.
Brownsville, Saline County, was almost COM
pletely destroyed. Houses were raised from
their foundations and smashed to atoms. Trees
were uprooted and twisted on close to the
ground, and animals and persons picked mp and
carried for yards through the air, then dropped,
bruised and bleeding, to the ground. The track
OF the cyclone was about one hundred and fifty
yards wide, and extended from the southwest
ern to the northeastern limits Of the town,
totally destroying over twenty of the principal
business houses and dwellings,. The large
business blocks OF two-story brick buildings in
the northern part Of the town were torn COM
pletely to atoms, and the debris scattered in
every direction. Frame dwellings, were drawn
into the seething vortex and crushed like egg
shells, and the heavy timbers carried for hun
dreds of yards. The number Of persons killed
outright, as far-as can be learned at this time,
is seven. and at least thirty-fve more
are badly injured, some severely and fatally.
With one exception the persons killed. were
all inside of the buildings, and were buried and
bruised by the falling walls. Those upon the
streets were terribly bruised and shaken up,
but they seem to have Jared much better than
those within the buildings. The following is i
list of the killed: Charles Meyers, merchsnt
Arthur, commercial drummer Williams, clerk
z. S. Scruggs, farmer; 1. P. Payne, preacher
James Miller, and Con. White, City Marshal.
Tho last named was upon the street and was
drawn up into the air, carried q long distance,
and dropped lifeless and almost shapeless
mass. It is impossible to obtain list Of the
injured. The depot and telegraph office were
destroyed and all telegraph communication,
except upon one short railroad wire, was cut on
At Montrose, Henry County, no lives were de
stroyed outright, but the devastation wa.
great. The school-house, four miles east OF
Montrose was blown down and all the in:
mates more or less injured-two fatally. Ons
child was blown across q twenty-acre field and
lodged in an apple tree uninjured Two met
In sn adjacent field were blown over hedg,
fence ten feet high, and both seriously injured
The storm is said to have reached as far n
Appleton City. and blown down thirty-fou
houses. At Clinton Q heavy hail-storm pre-
vailed; all the windows facing the west wer
broken. Hall fell ~ large as goose eggs. A
Holden . number Of houses were blown down
Others were badly damaged.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
s'HE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
THE SENATE.

H&tse bill by the Committee ON Agriculture,
to s4sbiish Meteorological Bureau for the
Statdof Ohio was passed. House bill by Mr..
Robi sun, amending Section 1898 Of the Code,
so TIL County Treasurers shall pay into the
Stat 1reHsury moneys derived from peddlers'
licenlcs, was passed. House bill by Mr.. Car
Isle lmending Section 4209 so that premium
will e paid for the scalp OF owls, was passed.
The sreeident appointed Messrs. Dexter, Kim
neY ana Reed, on the part OF the Senate, as n
Comtrftee OF Conference on the House Joint
resolNiqn Of Mr.. Jones, of Delaware, propos-
ing aInepdments to the Constitution, and pro-
vidinS fpr their submission to the people OF
OhiosEn the second Tuesday of October, A. D.
1885 Hr. Pugsley's House bill requiring
Clerks q Courts ard Probate Judges TO pay
5<EeF the moneys in their hands belonging TO
ffS1hd< apple, was passed. The Senate con
M ~, 3,S ssaepameIss IT,, sS the Senate
gressil -stricts-yeas 19, nays IL. Recon-
sidereS 81 Amendment, when the Senate re-
fused to concur in the House amendments to
the bill.
The Senate agreed to the report of Con-
ference Committee on the Allen substitut. for
the Horr Redistricting bill-yeas 81, nays 10.
A message was received from the House to the
effect that it had also agreed to the Allen sub
stitute- John B. Gregory, of Scioto County,
WIS appointed and confirmed Chief Engineer of
the Board Of Public Works for the term of two
years, beginning May a. A message was sent
to the House, informing 1t that this body was
now ready to adjourn. The President signed
all Of the bills that came by message from the
House, when he called the Senate to order and
spoke as follows:
"SENAToRs-The time Of adjournment has
arrived. The work Of the regular session is
closed. The character and wisdom Of the work
will now be submitted to the people 1t ia nv
opinion that it viii meet their approval In
any event, the action OF this body bears upon
its face the evidence of true courage and
sincerity ty-characteristics always and deservsdly
appreciated.
~ desire to return my sincere thanks tc
Senatorsf for their uniform kindness and respect
1t is hoped that at our assembling nexi
January We shall meet without one missing an6
invigorated in health and strength. I have
now the last duty to perform, and declare tn,
Senate adjourned until the I'd day Of January
1888, at so'clock Pm"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Nitocris, the spouse of Nebuchadnez-
gar, is described by Nj. Baudrillart as
the soul of his works, and to her is attrib-
uted the design of the lake named after
her, which served the double purpose of
fortifcation and dam against the
Euphrates when in food. The famous
hanging gardens are also attributed to
female influence, to the longing of a
Median Princess, born in more elevated
region, for the GOODNESS and shade of her
native mountains. There were five Of
these gardens, about four English acres
each, on terraces supported by columns
and covered with mold thick enough for
the largest trees to take root in. One of
the columns was hollow, and contained q
hydraulic machine to raise the required
quantity of water. In fact, the art of
gardening, with all its modern appliances,
including irrigation and the transplanta-
ton of grown trees, was practiced in
Babylon as effectively as in the Bois de
Boulogne or Hyde Park.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
xrrxnrAlxINa HEa nIe sIsrEs's
BEAU.



Ny sister'n be down in = minute, and says you're
to wait, If you please;
And says might stay till she came, II I'd promise
Never speak d til you spoke to me first But that's
nonsense, for how would you kno.f
What she told me to ,ay, II / didn't3 DON'T you
really and truly think so5
a And then you'd feel strange here alonei And you
wouldn't know just where % ST; s-.
We keep II it to match With the sofa But Jack says
To hop yourself right down upon It and knock out
the very last screw
III YOU'RE afraid they would think i was mean;
Well then, there's the album-that's pretty, u
For sister ssys sometmes daub Il; but ihe only
cays that when she's cross. -..ts -. 80.
There's her picture y Iop sq0r an0r ~ II course n-s
a That i. me. Ips tho best Of ,em al. Now tsll
me- you'd never have thought
That once vaa little a that It's the only one
For that was the message to pa from the photo
That be uouidnt print oi any more TIN he FIRST got
the money for that
aWhatf Maybe you're tired Of waiting; why
often she's longer than this.
There. al her back hair to do up, and all her nom
But it's nice T 70 be sitting here talking like grown
people, Just you and me.
Do you think you'll be coming here oftenl on,
dol But don't come like Tom Lee.
tor Lest Her last beau. Why, my goodneai
Hs gssd e Be hsTs a,S .no night q her husband
and Jack said that gave him ingnt; =; .s,,,,.
| You won't run away then, a. he didf for yours
T. Uu you o,Sa are ss Door or Is churchmouse Now
are your And how poor are theyf
st .,,,,t -, l.d th.t ,xo,, NAT mar Well am.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
Adxiea 70 SIR Charles.

When Sir Charles Lyell, the eminent
geologist, was in America, he seems to
have had some curious advice given to
him about travelling ON the Mississippi
steamboats,.
"Never pay your fare until you are
compelled to-" was the first of wisdom
thrown at him.
"And pray why not?" he queried,
with English straightforwardness.
because" was the almost whispered
reply, 'syour chances are better in case
of trouble"
"will you kindly explain yourself,
sir?" said LyeI, astonished, beyond
measure.
"Well," answered the American, with
q very significant leer, "when was
travelling up the river last March, some
body cried out, Passenger overboardl'
The captain hurried to the Office, and
asked, Has the man overheard paid
his fare?' On being answered in the af-
frmative, he turned to the pilot, and
said, indiferently, Go ahead; it's all
right. "
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
Marriageable Young Ladies.

No class of young people are so much
abused as manageable young ladies, and
none are SO helpless to defend them
selves, when called by these opprobious
epithets, ssheartless," 'sinconstanp and
stmerciless." Fid securely away in al
most every young lady's history there Is
a story of heart-break and blasted ex-
pectations, of which the cold world
around has never dreamed. Hence her
readiness to disclaim all knowledge OF
love. Perhaps her most intimate coni-
dants would not believe she had ro-
mantic episode connected with her life,
but the sad expression on theyoung face
is all that proves she has suffered. Her
gradual giving up worldly interests Will
show how much. Not one-haH OF the
women who marry give their lives into
the keeping of the men OF their choice.
In almost every instance the man she
loves best In the world is one who u not
looked upon with favor by the parents.
Can there be more trying position for
a loving young woman? She has been
tenderly reared and beloved by her pa
rents with an almost idolatrous devotion;
they have staked much upon her COM
Portable and brilliant settlement IN lie,
/ but when her lover comes, and she knows
her heart can never be given to another,
Notwithstanding their deep contempt Tor
him, she sees what terrible disappoint-
! ment she will be to them il she follows
the promptings of her heart. Then
comes the conflict between duty and In
clination. Parents are growing old, and
though she may have outgrown the
schoolgirl age, she knows her first duty
is to them. It is always mystery to
those who have passed the prime OF lite,
why daughter should not find it just
as convenient to marry as she selects, IN
stead of bestowing her heart upon q
nameless young man who has no wealth.
The girl goes blindly to work, deter
mined to do what she thinks II night.
She has been taught to obey her parents,
and, besides, she must not embitter their
later years by any act of hers. After
much thoughtful consideration she give.
up all her thought of q marriage thai
would grieve them, and heroically sacri
fees herself in obedience to their wishes'
She does not dare hope much for the
future, but she believes shswil be happy
in the consciousness that she has done
her duty, and the man she marries (pool
innocent) knows nothing OF this little
by-play, and believes he possesses hi
wife's undivided heart, but the bite
awakening will come in time, and the re
suit is an unhappy home. A man shoult
marry, when young, some maiden VIII
loves him for himself alone, rather thai
,, wait for maturer years that have brough
wealth that weighs SO heavily IN the %
, cial balance, and ultimately will drag hi
soul into the very depths OF shame
. ! when he realizes he has bought and pal
j for heart he never owned-a life this
. has dragged out merely an existence b
: his side, uncomplainingiy, perhaps, fe
years. Thus the traffic In human hear
continues from age to age, and the worl
8 never thinks of blaming the fathers an
s mothers, but censures those to who
t little blame belongs, who are more SHINE
: : against than shining. CoTresp ponde1t
IN Cincinnati Farming World.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
barn on the hin being lifted on and carried, in

barn on the hill being lifted on and carried, in
detached pieces, cut OF sight, leaving the barn
complete wreck" The course of the storm
ooked Is though agisantic scyths had taken an
Immense sweep. moving down everything in it,
course across the country. A young boy named
Abner Jerrett, who was riding . yaluabls
horse homeward, was blown, without an in
stant's warning, from the back Of the animal,
more than 100 feet into the middle of plowed
field, but was unhurt. The horse was struck
by flying scantling from the church, which
passed through his body as pin would through
fly. He was killed on the spot. The air was
filed with flying fence rails, part of roofs,
timbers, and debris Of all kinds. A man named
John Bundorf, in the path Of the storm, WAS
lifted from his feet, and carried long distance
and impaled ona fence rail. His injuries are
fatal. Alog housA-Has blown array IKE q piis,
of matches and che inmates ssrersly trl.issiz.
a hundred or more houses md barns were
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
Patti as a Conyersationalist.

Born in Spain, of Italian parents, ed
ucated in America and passing her ma
ture life in the various capitals of Eu-
rope, Madame Patti is cosmopolite.
She speaks English like an educated
American; French like Partisan; the
beauty of her italian all who have heard
her know; German and Spanish are
equally familiar to her, and she can talk
with Russian In his own tongue. She
even asserts that she can speak Welsh,
and it can at least be attested that she
fearlessly pronounces the name OF her
postoffice in Wales, which no one on
this side of the Atlantic would attempt.
It Is curious to hear her carrying on
polyglot conversation, talking business
to one person, art to another and small
talk to q third, and interpreting from one
tongue to another with absolute COM
mand of the idioms of each. The visitor
calling after her breakfast hour will
probably find a good deal of this poly
glot conversation going on In animated
fashion. It takes long while for M.
Franchi, Madame PATHS business man,
to get the arrangements for the day
clearly understood, but the elderly
Frenchran presently takes his leave,
kissing the Diva's hand with courtly
obeisance, and then business is for the
time dismissed. The conversation ma
turally drifts to music. Madame Patti
understands her own position as an art
ist perfectly we'll. She knows that she
is the best singer in the world, for it is
to that that her life has been devoted,
and the consciousness of her power is
one great secret of her achievement.
She does not lead the talk to herself, but
if you speak of her singing she will talk
of it with you without the slightest at.
fectation. Her position is simply taken
for granted, and therefore she can speak
of other artists with the appreciation and
the calm Judgment of one who is quite
| beyond the reach of professional jeal
ousy. Like all thorough artists she has
an outspoken contempt for everything
that looks like charlatanry and warn
recognition for every honest achieve
ment, in however small o way. Likt
other thorough artists, also, she like
appreciation, and if you have given he
praise which she knows to be intelligen
and Just, she will thank you with a
much apparent earnestness as thougl
she had not heard the same thing hun
dred times before.
1t is instructive as well as entertain
ing to talk with such woman abou
music. She has heard all the famou
singers of the past quarter of centur..
and of them all she says that Sonta
was her ideal. But this she scarcel
needs to say, for those who heard Sor
tag must find her memory recalled b
Patti, and the descriptions of Sontag'
method that we read in the books Nigh
be applied with scarcely change to he
Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
HuMoRs OF THE DAY.

TEE nobbiest thing in boots is Q
bunion., sfsi
Sosa of the cheese-"W VIII you love
me when mouldY
A STOCKHOLDERS In street railway
company-the driver.
TIE proof of the pudding is the
rapidity with which the children get
away with it.
"WELL, III be bound, |" as the man
remarked when he heard quoted the
lines, " Chains Of gold are letters still. J"
A NAN who "trayeled on his shape"
insulted young lady, and her father
knocked him down and travelled on his
shape, too-walked all over him.
THAr little girl unwittingly gave utter-
ance to the principles Of many Of her
elders when she wrote in her composition:
eve should make mistakes and tell lies
ss seldom a. it Is convenient.
GrzIs should be careful how they are
vaccinated with virus taken from .
lovers arm. One nt St. Paul has taken
smoking brier root pipe. Detroit Free
Press.
Mr.. BRowN wants to punish the liquor
drinker Is well rs the liquor seller.
Fogg says he viii 60 step beyond Mr..
Brown. He wants the liquor itself
punished and he il willing to punish all
he can of it.-Bostors Transcript.
"PA," ASKED Fogg's hopeful, the
other evening, "what kind of combs do
You use to curry chickens with?" "Cox-
combs" replied Fogg, promptly. Fogg
says he believes in always answering q
r. ~
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
LATER NEWS.

TEE Virginia Legislature has adjourned.
A sNowsToRn visited Washington City the
23d Of April.
TIE breaking Of sewer at st, Louis did
damage to the extent Of S200, 900.
TIE towboat Little Eagle was wrecked at
Hannibal No., and three persons drowned.
TIE business portion Of Lake City, Michigan,
has been destroyed by fire. Loss, sSSo,0oo.
GEORGE soovnLz has formally withdrawn
his services as counsel of Garfield murderer.
A HuaaIoAxE at Cairo, Illinois, destroyed .
number of light buildings and injured several
people, none fatally.
WARN sPRINa Indians, at Gils River, Ari-
zona, burned number Of ranches and muir
dered eight Of the settlers. -.
FIRE at Depere, Wisconsin, burned sixty
buildings, including thirtY-two business houses.
One life lost. Estimated loss, s120, 200.
FoR the week ending April %, there were 202
cases Of smallpox reported in Cincinnati, and
81 deaths number Of cases under treatment,
329.
AT MILFORD, Delaware, James B. Deputy
saluted q young lady whom he supposed to be
his cousin, and was killed by her companion,
one Hallett.
THE Providence Or. I.) Tool Company has
failed with liabilities at 81, ,00O, ,0OO; assets
%, $50 600 Of which s313, 600 is real estate and
o., 300, 900 machinery.
Rev. RALPH ForHERaIL, Fall River
CMass) Methodist pastor, was opposed to vac
eination. He has died Of smallpox, and four
of his five children have it.
As rule the Smith Sunday closing law was
L., o;sk. ;,, Ioo law
Cincinnati, however, was an exception to the
rule some 400 saloons in that city remaining
open.
AGAIN We hear from that wonderful family.
Mrs. Scoville is going into the lecture field 1t
once, and expects to earn enough money and
get long enough petition to the President to
save the assassin's life.
WM HEWLETT, Marshal of Nortonyile, Ky,
shot and mortally wounded one Menser and
killed his son. The Marshal recently arrested
the men on the charge Of gambling, and the
parties, meeting at place called Tradewater,
the father and son attacked Hewlett, who shot
them in self-defense.
A CYCLONE almost completely destroyed Mon.
ticello, in Lawrence County, Mississippi. Only
three houses in the place were left standing
| They were dwelling houses, on the edge of the
| etorm. Ten persons were killed instantly, 1--WE
| whites and five colored. The names Of tn.
whites are 81. Wethersby, Chancery Clerk
Allen Sharp, Mrs. Cannon and baby, and Rev
| g. W. Dale. Out Of . population of 150, YER.
few escaped without some injury. Fifteer
or twenty were seriously injured, some fatally
The store Of Cohn, after being blown down
was struck by lightning and burned. Their
was not tree left. Sam. Hickman's fne resi-
dence, four miles southwest Of Monticello, wa
entirely demolished. No one was hurt. Th
track of the cyclone is estimated at half a mil
wide. The people Of Monticello are in dest
tute condition.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
AND do you know it is splendid thing

: AND do you know it is splendid thing
to think that the woman you really love
will never grow old to your Through
the wrinkles of time, through the mask
Of years, if you really love her, you will
always see the face you loved and won.
And a woman who really loves a man
does not see that he grows old he is not
decrepit to her he does not tremble; he
is not old; she sees the same gallant gem
tleman who won her hand and heart. I
like to think of it in that way; I like to
think that love is eternal. And to love
in that way and then go down the hill of
life together, and as you go down, hear,
perhaps, the laughter of grandchildren,
while the birds Of joy and love sing once
Of old age.-IngersoU.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
The Rights Of others.

II parents would teach SSair children
to respect each others rights Sndes all
circumstances, society would be bur
dened with few of those men whom We
now meet daily, and who deliberately
prey upon the folly or weakness of others.
There are some children that seem to
have no sense of smine or thine" but
borrow at pleasure what they want, ap-
propriate to their own use what belongs
to other members of the family, make
sharp bargains, cut of the corners In o
trade, and consider themselves only
smart" and praiseworthy when they
have over-reached or outwitted their fell
lows. Unfortunately, in many such in
stances, the parent rejoices rather than
mourns that THAT child seems to have q
faculty of taking care OF himself" Let
us sketch what seems to us an ideal con-
dition In a family as to the principle Of
"mine and thine" Each member Of
the family has his own personal belong
ings, and these are sacred to him
alone. No other member NEEDLES there
with. His treasures are not inspected
even or appropriated by any one but
himself. II he have q room by himself,
that room is safe from intrusion; no
locks nor keys are needed to guard him
nor his from impertinent and oficious
meddling. Nevertheless, the parents
overnight never fails and they revise all
bargains and agreements made between
their children, 30 that the elder may not
take advantage Of the younger, or the
sharp of the dull, 30 that each one shall
have an +" even chance" with the rest.
The laws Of equity govern parental de-
cisions and secure to each child Justice.
With such training at home, there ID
little danger that these young peo.
pie viii develope into over reaching, ay.
aricious men and women.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27

eWm. Sindram, who shot his landlady in New
York because she asked him for board money,
and was heartily glad that she suffered five
months before she died, was hanged the past
week, meeting his fate without tremor of
cowardice Luthor B. Taylor was hanged at
Corning, Arkansas, for the murder of Riley
Black. George Bohannon was hanged at Rolla,
Nevada, for the Killing of William Hite, in
August, 1881.