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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Two Cent Postage Affecting POsta! Cards.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-Slnce the intro
duction of two-cent letter postage there
has been an unexpected reduction in the
number of postal cards issued. For five
years the annual increase in the issue had
been fourteen per cent. Since July last
there has been an increased Eof eight
cen per cent. in adhesive stamps
and % per cent. in stamped
envelopes issued. During those eight
months the issue of postal cards only
reached 256 552, $50, as against 26O, ,226, ,250 in
year. In consequence of the decreased
demand for postal ehrds, the Postmaster
General has sent letter to the Speaker of
the House informing him that the estimates
for the cost of manufacturing cards for the
next fiscal year may be reduced $50 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
What is Made From Paper.

One of the most remarkable uses to
which paper has been put to of late
years is the manufacture of zylonite, a
substance which at the will of the manu-
facturer, may be made in imitation of
horn, rubber, ivory, tortoise shell,
amber and even. glass. The uses to
which zylonite are adaptable are almost
infinite, but perhaps the most extraor-
dinary is the manufacture of cathedral
windows. The discovery was made
about fifteen years ago, but it is only
within the last two years that COM
pany has been formed for its manufac-
ture. The basis of Zylonite is a plain
white tissue paper made from cotton or
cotton and linen rags. The paper is
treated first to bath of sulphuric and
other acids, undergoing a chemical
change. The acid is then carefully
washed out and the paper treated with
another preparation of alcohol and
camphor, assuming an appearance
very much like parchment. 1t is then
capable of being worked up into plates
of any thickness, rendered almost
perfectly transparent, or given any of
the brilliant colors that silk will take.
1t is much more flexible than either
horn or ivory and less brittle. Combs
or other articles made of it in imitation
of tortoise shell are said to be so perfect
in appearance as to deceive the eye OF
the most practiced workman in that
substance. The difference in the
material can be detected only by tests.
Industrial NcUS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Quick Time Between New York and chicauo

CHICAGO, March 9,-The first train of
the new fast mail, which left New York
Saturday night at $40, due in Chicago the
next night at 1925, arrived seven minutes
ahead of time. Postmaster-Gen-
eral Gresham, First Assistant Post
master General Hatton, and General
mail service, accompanied the train. There
were seven postal cars. General Gresham
stated to an Associated Press representa-
tive that the new service is in every way
satisfactory; that at no time was the train
over seventeen minutes behind schedule
time. The trip was devoid of special in
tereSt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Eleuhants on a Rampaue,

LONDON, March 9.-While the animals be-
longing to Rangers menagerie were being
-emoved from train at the depot of
town in Kent, two elephants, alarmed at
the whistling of the engines, broke loose
and careered wildly through the streets,
breaking the massive gates of the
whom were seriously injured. They final
ly entered a cul-de-sac and made their
way into a house, the flooring of which
gaveway, and the animals were precipitat-
ed into the cellar, from which, after hours of
work, they were drawn by other elephants.
There was the widest excitement upon the
street.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Franco-Ghinese War.

PARIS, March IA dispatch from Hal
Dzuong state that the advance of the
French troops under Gen. Negrier, upon
has commenced and that several
skirmishes between French and Chinese
troops had taken place. Three Frenchmen
and many of the Chinese were killed and
General Negrier has 6,000 men !;
another French column of 5000, under
Generals Milot and Butre is expected to
start for Bac-Ninh early tomorrow morn
ing, making $1,000 to participate in the at
tack upon Bac-Ninh.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Exports of American Pork.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Statements is
sued by the Treasury Department show
that, despite the opposition to American
pork abroad, the quantity and value of the
hog product exported in 1888 were millions
of pounds and millions of dollars worth in
excess of 1882. The quantity of bacon ex-
ported is 100000 pounds greater than in
1882; hams, seventy per cent. greater than
in 1882; pork, nearly 100000 pounds
greater, and lard, $4,000, 900 in excess of
the past year. The value of the pork pro-
ducts exported increased nearly SIC, ,000, ,0O0
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
The Southern Floods.

BLAcKFIsH, ARK, March THE Missis-
sippi River here extends from its bed on
the west to the st. Frances River on the
east, s. distance of over forty miles, and
has reached a maximum height of So feet,
and there stands stationary, except
slightly affected by recent rains. Edward
Lee, of Memphis, was drowned here. He
was in the overflow in dugout, which
capsized, and although he succeeded in
reaching a tree, he attempted to regain
possession of his dugout, and failing, was
drowned
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

The superb pile of granite masonry
fronting on Chestnut, Ninth and Market
streets, to be used for the Post Office,
United States Court and offices of the
Federal Government in Philadelphia, is
now finished and has been opened for
business. For eleven years this edifice
has been rearing its gray granite proper
tons. 1t has frontage of 425 feet, a
depth of 175 and a height of 164 feet.
The total cost, including furnishing, is
about So. 100000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

COUNTING this year, since 1856 Chi
caeo has had six Presidential nominat-
ing conventions. Cincinnati three, Bal
timore three, Philadelphia two, and
New York, ST. Louis and Charleston
one each. Twice before in the history
of the country both political parties have
held their conventions in the same city,
and both times IN Baltimore-in 1914.
when the Democrats nominated Polk,
and the Wings Clay, and in 1852, when
the Democrats nominafel Pierce and
the Wings Scott.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Bombs in Vienna.

VIENNA, March 6.-The police have dis
covered three dynamite laboratories in this
city and believe that others exist. A work
man was arrested to-day in the suburbs
who was attempting to smuggle some
small bombs into the city. Bombs are
found in the streets daily, and a feeling
of great uneasiness prevails. 1t is sur
missed that much of the dynamite used by
the terrorists comes from America via
Switzerland.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

A REPORT by the New York State
Board of Health says consumption is
coming to the front as among the diseases
that are preventable, and is more likely
to develop in the presence of an atmos-
phere contaminated with air from sewers
or by over-crowding ill-ventilated rooms,
by damp cellars and premises, and by
want of sunlight and of good food.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

IT is remarked that reform has be-
gun in French fiction, and that the fash
ion is now toward decency and purer
taste. The Paris Figaro says: 1--WE
prefer clean romances just as we pre-
fer clean shirts. You may say, if you
ike, that our hearts are none the less
depraved, but you shall not say that
our taste is so.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

DETROIT for a couple of years has had
a professional female beggar, who ap-
plies almost exclusively to ministers and
church members. Recently it was dis
covered that all the time she was the
owner of two houses which brought her
rents to the amount of forty-fve dollars
a month.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

IT is pointed out that by rapid changes
in words the common language in Eng
land and America is drifting apart.
These changes are taking place on both
sides of the Atlantic. Some of the best
Americanisms, now not understood in
England, are really survivors of good.
sound English.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

"A recent letter from Florida says
that no doubt can be entertained as to
the rapidity and permanence of new
settlements in Florida. They are spring
ing up as if by magic all over the
length and breadth of the land, and
prices are obtained for town lots that
would appear almost fabulous in many
of the older cities of the East. 1t is
claimed, and perhaps not very errone-
ously, that the population of the State
has nearly doubled since the census of
1885, Chicago Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

COLUMBUS, February 20. SENATE.-The
Senate met and adjourned until Tuesday. The
number of bills introduced during the session
has reached two hundred.
HoUsE.-The House met this morning.
Twenty-six bills were introduced. The num-
Der of bills introduced during the session are
four hundred. Adjourned till Tuesday.
COLUMBUS, March 4.-SENATE.-The follow
ing bills were on the calendar for second
reading: Relating to the imprisonment of
convicts in the Ohio Penitentiary, and en-
ployment, goveroment, and release of such
convicts by the board of managers. Relat-
ing to the publication of supreme court re-
ports. Providing for issuing certificates to
teachers for one, two, three, four and five
years, and also for ten years to teachers who
nave been engaged for three years in teaching,
eighteen months of which time shall be in
the same place. Providing for a uniform sys-
oe,nu sem OF sewerage IN cities and villages; 10 70
the late lesees of the public works. To facili-
tate the conversion of toll roads into free
roads. Among the new bills introduced were:
10 authorize probate judges to try divorce
cases, and another fixing the descent of es-
tatss. Adjourned.
HoUsE.-There were thirty-six local and I'M
important bills on the House calendar for
second reading. The substitute for Mr.. BohIs
Il. 3. 13l, making general appropriations for
the last three.quarters of the fiscal year end
ing November 10, 1884, come up at four o clock
as the special order, and was not disposed OF
when the House adjourned. Mr.. Cogan in
troduced bill to license all persons in Gin
cinnati operating stationary engines and pre-
vent lncompetent persons from doing tho
same. Adjourned.
COLUMBUS, March 5.-SENATE.-The Senate
opened the forenoon by considering the cal
endar, composed of bills for third reading.
There was an animated debate over Mr.Lew-
is s. b. 81, to authorize the school board Of
Alliance to compromise with the sureties of
c. X. Greiner, Treasurer. who was a defaulter
to the extent of some $4,000. The bill was
finally defeated, IL to Is. H. B. 2l0, by Mr..
Hnll-To authorize the village of Blufton,
Allen County, to borrow money and issue
bonds. H. B. 30S, by Mr.. Hilles-To authorize
the Bellaire Cemetery Association to sell
lands. S.B.91, by Mr.. ONeal-To authorize the
Commissioners of Muskingum County to issue
bonds for the purpose therein named. s. b.
lO4, by Mr.. Van Cleaf-To provide for the
completion of volume 8, geological report of
Ohio. s. B. No. 106-To transfer certain funds
in the Incorporated village of Batavia. Among
the bills introduced was one by Mr.. Elliott, to
provide for the construction of levees along
streams to prevent damage from overfiows.
The most of the afternoon was taken up hear
ing the Sike-Haynes contested judgeship
cases.
HeUsE.-fhe House spent the entire day
considering the general appropriation bill.
AT precisely o'clock the appropriation bill
passed by 79 to 3.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
The Eastern War.

SUAKIM, March 9.-Osman Digna refuses
to surrender to General Graham, and is
determined to fight. He has two cannon
and one thousand rifles. "The Black
Watch" regiment advanced eight miles to-
day, and encamped in front of the enemy's
lines. 1t is estimated that Osman Digna
enrolled six Thousand men at Sinkat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
William King, upon being converted

William King, upon being converted
in a Methodist revival meeting at Cald-
well, KY, arose and confessed that he
had robbed a store in 1868 of three
hundred dollars worth of goods. He
went to the proprietor the next day and
paid the amount, with twenty years
interest, but was Immediately arrested
for the theft, and now languishes in jail.
st. Louis Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

OF the seeds sent out by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, 1884,, ,514 packages
are vegetable seed, 1885, ,440 packages
are flower seed, and there are large
quantities of wheat, oats, corn, barley,
potatoes, turnips, sugar beet, cotton,
lute, etc. The seeds are purchased in
1ifferent States, New York City, Mar
blehead, Mass, and Philadelphia sup
plying the largest quantities. All the
seed purchased has been carefully tested
before being sent out.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Another Mine Horror.

Ell PAso, Tex, March 6.-The caving in
of the shaft of the Prietas mine, in Sonora,
killed twenty men recently. All their
bodies have not yet been recovered, the
quantity of earth that fills the shaft being
great. The terrible affair occurred several
days ago, but the news has just reached
tbic ipt
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

THE Boston Globe says it may sur
prise some people to know that there is
no legal National holiday-not even the
Fourth of July being one. States, by
their Legislatures, have designated GER
tain days as holidays, but Congress has
never made any day such.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Lasker's Death Announced.

BERLIN, March THE announcement in
the Reichstag of the death of Herr Lasker
led to debate on the action of the Amer
ican House of Representatives. There
was some excitement. A representative
of the Independents expressed his graft
tude to Congress, and his Indifference to
the unjustifiable interference of Bismarck.
A Conservative protested against the ac-
tion of this speaker and against the course
pursued by the American n Congress.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Dreadful Affray in ItaIy.

ROME, March 6.-An affray occurred yes
terday at Pressa between laborers on
railway and the nhabitants of the village.
The Carbineers in endeavoring to suppress
the. disturbance fired, killing eight and
wounding fourteen villagers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Bismarek's Close Shave,

BERLIN, March 1T has just become
known that Prince Bismarck recently had
a very narrow escape from violent death.
The carriage in which he was driving was
crossing a railway track, when an un-
looked-for train suddenly dashed down
upon it, the coachman being barely able to
urge the horses forward i'll time to clear
the rails as the engine swept past.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

The family of Minister Hunt, who
died in st. Petersburg recently, is
widely scattered. Of his six sons, one
is in the navy, one is lawyer in New
York, and another is civil engineer in
Dakota, another is living in Mon
taDa. MIR. Hunts wifs and daughter
were with him in ST. Petersburg.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Business Troubles.

NEW YORK, March THE business fail
ures throughout the country the last seven
days are 272, of which 216 are in the United
States and 56 in Canada. The increase for
the United States is % and for Canada IA,
compared with last week. Failures are
on the increase in the Middle and Pacific
States, and especially in Canada, where
the figures are higher than reported for
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

A PERMIT was recently granted in
Chicago for twelve-story building. to
cost 81, 100000. The Building Depart
ment charged 1888 fer issuing the per-
init. When finished, it will be the high
est building in Chicago, and its roof will
be 176 feet from the pavement.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Canadian conyrinht Bill.

OTTAWA, CAM, March "A bill has been
introduced in the Commons to amend the
present copyright law by placing dramatic
authors in the same position as to copyright
as other authors, the copyright to be vested
in the author and his heirs for fifty years.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

A PROMINENT Western business man
advertised for a boy, recently, stat
ing that one with red hair was preferred.
In an interview he explains that his ex-
perience had taught him that red-haired
boys are smartest, most energetic, re-
spectful and trustworthy, and also that
the red-haired girls in his factory are
more sedate and industrious than the
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

THE square feet of area covered by
the six largest post-ofice buildings in
the United States are as follows: Chica-
go. 70,446; Philadelphia, 67,121; Gin
cinnati, SO, 100; New York, As, 1928; St.
Louis, 49,028; Baltimore, 29,5OO.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

REPORTS from France indicate that
the authorities are beginning to feel
more kindly toward the American hog.
and that there is every probability that
our pork meats will soon again be adj
mitted to that country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Champion Soda-Eater Dead.

WATERFOWL, WIS.,, March 6.-Rev. John
81. Hall, sixty-eight, died at Sioux Falls,
OAK, Friday. Deceased was known far
and near as the champion soda-eater,"
having partaken of large quantities of it as
o relief for a disordered stomach.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Two Children Boiled to Death.

. WHEELING, W. VA, March 6.-Two little
children of Isaac Kennedy, who resides in
Barbour county, this State, were literally
boiled to death yesterday. The little ones
were playing about kettle of boiling soap,
when they fell into it. When taken out the
flesh fell from the bones.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

The London street railroads followed
America in the adoption of the bell
punch, but most of them have since
abandoned it as a nuisance and failure
to prevent dishonesty.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Disastrous Rains Storm in California.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 9.-Last nights
and tn-day's storm was the heaviest for
many years. Santa Clara Valley, for a
distance of eighteen miles, is a vast lake.
Damage to property fully half million.
1t is still raining.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Train Thrown Into Harlem River.

NEW YORK, March "a broken f1ange
precipitated local train on the Harlem
Railroad into Harlem River tonight. The
few passengers and train hands were res
cued by boatmen. Maggie Mcguire, of
Hnnter's Point, had her skull fractured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

Carpenters renewing the flooring
in the Union Station in Worcester,
H'aSs., found S37.T1 IN small change,
witch had sifted t.t',ugn Il crack in the
MOL cy-drawer of the cigar stand in the
restaurant. Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
nYerenme hY Gas.

READING, Pa, March 1.-TWO men were
found overcome by gas at Eckert's furnace
this morning. One, a stranger, is. dead,
and the other, W. Redfern, OF Pittsburg,
Is not likely to recover.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

THE Philadelphia Times facetiously
remarks, that ''just before the battle OF
Trinkitat Osman Digna read the
Queens book, and it broke him all up.V
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

WHEN Bismarck dies it is not prob
able that Congress will send any resolu-
tions of coincidence to the German
Reichstag.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

Soon some energetic museum man
ager will be inviting Ell Mahdi to come
to America and exhibit himself at a
dime peep.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
The gatou Hemufrat.

Business cards of i've lines or less s. per annum.
Local notices, 10 cents per line each insertion.
Simple announcements OF maria -es and deaths,
snd church and benevolent society notices inserted
free. Any additions to obituary notices will be
charged i've cents per line.
Favors must be handed in as early as Tuesday
morning to insure insertion the same week COM
munications upon subjects of general or local
iaterest are solicited.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

"A New York female, whose dog
bst an eye in a fight with Il Cat, EN-
ployed an occulist to put glass eye u
the place of the member that had been
clawed out-N y. Graphic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

To test your popularity: Wear a
ragged coat. Contribute niggardly to
charity. Always get in somebody's
way. Borrow your neighbor's paper
regularly. Never omit to say some
thing on every occasion. Step into
your friends office and sit with your
feet on his desk. If you can do all
these things and retain your popularity
YOU will be warranted in the further
test of running for ice.-Haryord
Past
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
A CHEMIST pronounces unbolted -four:
harder to digest than the white.

The Porte of Turkey has appointed al
Christian Governor for Crete. The
world moves.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

Photographic likenesses are no long
er considered the thing for the rich, the
great, or the beautiful either in England
or in this country. The old-fashioned
ivory-painted miniature is now the rage,
and if the counterfeit presentment' is
not quite so true to nature as those that
the sun makes for us it leaves the field
open for artistic fattery and idealizing.
An English artist has lately come over
here, hoping to paint the bellies and
beauties of the new world in miniatures.
Detroit Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
Suicide on a Freight Train.

CAIRO, ILL, March ga young man,
supposed to be named Pierce, of Harris
burg, ILL.,, shot himself on freight train
ON the Illinois Central Railroad at Irving
ton, last night, and will die.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13
"A stvlishlv dressed couple cal

"A stylishly dressed couple calld one
the Mayor of Jersey City the other day
to be married. After the business was
done, the bridegroom said they were
from Italv, and that he was Count
Francisco St. Angelo, and the bride a
peasant girl whom he found working in
his vineyard as common laborer. He
fell desperately in love with her, but
they would never hear of his marrying
her, so he just bundled her up and
brought her to the land OF the free and
made her his lawful wife.-N Y.
Graphic
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

The premium for the best book On
the Day of Rest. to be delivered to the
American sunday school Union before
October, is 81 Sl,00O.-N. y. ObseTr rer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-13

The New Jersey Legislature has
abolished the contract system in pris-
ons.