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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
STEW ART IS SAFE.
Thirteen Thousand Rebels at Metemnt
Under Oliver Pain, a Frenchman.

Thirteen Thousand Rebels at Metemneh,
Under Oliver Pain, Frenchman.
LONDON, January 29.-General Wolseley
telegraph, from Korti this morning that he
had received reports from surgeons at Gu
bat stating that Stewart is doing well. No
attempt has been made to extract the bull
let. The bullet entered the thigh and is
now lodged in the region of the groin. A
hospital for the wounded and disabled OF
Stewards command is pitched on
the banks of the Nile. All are
housed in cosy tents and provided with COM
Portable beds obtained from natives.
In view of the many hardships and depri-
vations which the wounded men have had
to suffer, and the almost constant moving
they have been subjected to, most of them
are making wonderful progress toward re-
covery. A dispatch from Korti states that
Metemneh is garrisoned by $1,000 of the
Mahdi's troops, under command of Olivier
Pain, an ex-Communist of Paris.
PARIS, January 29.-The Temps processes
to know that the official report much I'M
derstated the losses of the British at the
the battle of Abu-klea.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
a SINGING BEACH.
Musical Stones and Sands In the Bed o
the Susuuehanna River.

Musical Stones and Sands in the Bed OF
the Susquehanna River.
Halfway down this lovely and lonely
island passage we plunged in, as have
many times said; and we had no sooner
struck bottom than Mr.. Butler uttered
a strange shout and threw up his hands.
l was startled till I looked at his face;
and then was puzzled beyond measure
by his motions and expressions. With
his hands above his head he seemed to
be dancing on the bottom of the river,
and with every step he gave shout OF
pleasure. While looked at him. as
tonished, began to feel the infection
of his strange conduct. A thrill like
soft music ran through ME, and seemed
to tingle in my ears and under my
tongue; and every movement made
brought repetition of the inexpressible
sound, for sound it was. that seemed
to run all through me like musical
echo.
What is it9'' cried at length. This
| is wonderfulr'
ut is a musical beach-a singing
beach"' answered Sigouraey. 'tAnd l
should say it was the finest in the
WORTH. Anu tuel ut Sclu--lOE ny
strange chance he knew something
about such queer thing-'I believe
there are only two or three singing
beaches known in the whole world; and
this certainly must be the best"
You may be sure we fingered over
that mellitluous swim. We pushed the
boats ashore, and went in for the wierd
sweet music of the stream. II was
enough to make one howl with sheer
sensuous enjoyment. AS we pushed
or scraped the pebbly bottom with oul
feet we felt or heard, l hardly know
| which, rich resonance passing through
us. clear and sweet as the soft note OF
| distant eow-bells. The slightest dis
placement of the gravel brought it up,
rs if it had just escaped from the earth.
When we had tried it hundred and
thousand times, it occurred to us thai
neither could hear the note caused by
the other-we only heard the sound OF
our own feet. Again the tenacious
memory of my friend found an eXplana
ton He remembered that divers car
only talk under water by placing theil
heads on the bottom.
| Another discovery here: You can
get your head to the bottom of a four
foot stream, unless you catch hold of ;
stone on the bottom, and pull yourself
down. You can dive and get you
hands and feet or knees down; but no
your chin. We are both good swim
mers, and we tried in vain. While un
der water on the dive, or crawlin,
along the bottom on hands and knees
the river was drear and silent sluice
At last we got our chins on the bottom
each on stone, and we heard it-oh
we heard some melodious discord, sue
mixture of near and remote echo-lik
sweetness as can only be imagined il
dreams. The river became as full Q
music as it was of water, and the mex
pressible fusion of notes played throug
our senses like intoXication. Sigourne
was twenty or thirty feet from me, ant
in deeper water; but every sweep h
gave the pebbles sounded to me like
thousand cow-bells melted into liquit
harmony. Never, until we go to tn
same spot again, shall we hear sue
strange. suppressed elfin music.-Joh
Boyle OReiyiy, in Outing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Noise hab eber been deceibin' De
hoss-fy makes mo- fuss den de yaller-
Jacket, but he don't hurt ha' SO bad
arkansas Traveller.
Among the most blessed of all con-
trivances of nature is that which pre-
vents a man from being disturbed by
his own snoring.
AN exchange says: "Will the COM
ing woman workP" If she marries a
titled foreign adventurer she will either
have to work or starve to death.-Nor-
ristoDn Herald.
The newly y-discovered great fresh
water lake in Canada is supposed to
have been formed by the water squeezed
out of stocks during the past twenty
months.
AS young lady of Siverlyville was
singing "My Hearts in the Highlands
a few evenings ago, her brother re-
marked that there would be more peace
in the family if her voice were there also.
OIL City Derrick.
A scientific magazine says that an
air on violin will sometimes set a
whole flock of geese wild with delight.
Some of these scientific publications will
vet awaken the wrath of music-loving
people, Hawkeye.
Only a step from the sublime to the
ridiculous. Brown-"What wonder
full thing is man! His form how ma
jestic! his faculties how grand!' Smith
And how admirably his legs are
adapted for wearing trousersr'-Boston
Post
NO." said the dying punster, with
~
flowers, but don't have any violets,
please. l shouldn't care to have my
grave violeted. you know" 1t was inn
mediately agreed that it was best that
he should go.-Boston Transcript.
"A good jam: Place one finger in
the crack of door. Shut the door
slowly but firmly, and keep it closed
for at least ten seconds. Then open the
door and remove the finger, and add
plenty of spicy interjections. Neveru use
your own finger if you can avoid it
| Western Rurat.
| "A correspondent sends as an illus
tration of English as she is spoke in
Japan card which was handed him
ON his arrival in Yokohama. 1t reads:
.''Reeke, Washerman Repairs effected
and buttons renewed. Should any
clothes, etc., be lost will pay at cost
of value. No. 3 Ichome Ishikawa-
Machi, Yokohama"
| Say, conductor, don't be stingy
about it. Introduce me to that woman
you were just talking to so lovingly" :"
Certainly; step right over. Mrs. Dob
bins, this is Mr.. Stebbins," and the con-
ductor went his way. 20, Mrs. Dob
bins, delighted to know you. Widow.
I suppose? Let me warn you against
making the acquaintance of this con-
auctor; he'll deceive you" o, bless
5ou, Mr.. Stebbins, 1 expect that; he's
my husband. ~ Y. Herald.
| The bore-Summer:
| As he passed along the street
| When the heat,
Like flame
! Filled the atmosphere with hazes--
| Hot as blazes!'
| He'd exclaim.
The bore-winter:
He accosts us when the breezes
| Almost freeze us
Arctic days
bnd with GOODNESS that anazes,
Gold as blazesl".
Now he says.
Boston Saturday Evening GdSstts
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
DEALING IN DEAD HORSES.

Shoes, Fertilizers, Buttons, Glue and La
dies Switches Made Out of Defunct
Equines.
A crowd had gathered on South
side street corner where horse with a
broken leg had been shot. AS the
owner stood ruefully surveying his loss,
a fat, dark-complexioned man elbowed
his way up and said, as he smiled
grimly:
"Say, mister, I'll cart that horse
away if you will give it to me. Is it a
bargain?n
The owner pondered a moment,
looked around at the crowd and re-
marked:
"The animal iseno use to me, and 1
guess you can have it, but I'm blessed if
know what you want with it. You
can have it if you will tell me-
.All right. You see a dead horse
represents considerable money to me,
and when l can get one, l am going to
drop onto it every time. I'll haul the
animal out to my place, where l will
skin it and tan the hide, or else sell it
raw to one of the tanneries. 1t will
then go to some boot and shoe firm, who
will proceed to make it up into shoes.
The leather, being soft and waterproof,
makes up nicely and commands fancy
price.
..Shoes made of cordovan, as the
leather is called, are considered the
proper thing by swells and sell well.
The tail, when it is long and bushy, can
be made into a nice horse-brush OF
switch for ladies. To make nice
switch. l take out the bone from the
tail and tack the skin onto handle,
and there we have it, all ready for use
as soon as it gets dry"
But, what do You do with the re-
mainder of the body-the bones and
flesh?"
80, they come in handy. ! raise
lots of hunting dogs. Of course, if l
| were to buy beef for them it would cost
me small fortune. When get or buv
dead horses save some of the meat,
feeding the dogs on that. They thrive
on it. and it don't cost me much.
The hoofs.I sell to some glue factory,
where they are boiled down and made
into glue. Do make use of the bones?
OF course l do. Sometimes | grind
them up and sell them as fertilizers.
| Ground bone is the stuff to spread on
your garden. if you want to raise good
crops. When l am busy and want to
dispose of them / sell them to some
button-factory. They make buttons,
large and small, out of bones. | have
seen some knife handles made from
bone, but it cracks easily and is not
used much. Buttons are more generally
made from horse-bones than anything
else in that line.
Nov, if you want any meat for YOU
cats let me know, and 1 will supply
you,h but the former possessor of the
| horse did not seem to relish the idea o.
MS cats being fed on horsefiesh, and
declined the honor with thanks.-Mit
aU0ukee Sentinel.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
eoARoIne-HousE "eErriEs."
4 Glass of Human Beings That The World
Knows Little About.


Two young men stood in the door
way of cigar store last night on Clark
Street, near Indiana, when peculiar
looking individual passed by. One Of
them looked at the pedestrian with un-
disguised contempt stamped on every
feature. This was noticed by his COM
panion, and he asked:
know him?''
II should smile.''
"Who is hep"
"He's '6ettyn"
"a what?"
ga Betty"
A curious smile overspread the face of
the uninitiated, and after a pause he
said: "Well, I'll bite. What's q
Betty?"
An incredulous stare from his COM
panion showed plainly that he was un-
| prepared for such feeble display of
knowledge.
"You don't pretend to say that you
know nothing about Bettiesp"
I'm honest-really, I'm clear Off.
''Well! How long have you lived in
| Chicago?"
s'About three months"
"Where do you stop?"
| Boarding at hotel"
| THAT accounts for it then, l was
| going to remark that if you were en-
| joying the luxuries of clearinghouse
life you were exceedingly fortunate if
you have been deprived of forming the
acquaintance of Betty
"rm all curiosity. Let's have it"
| care you ready?'
"Pm prepared for anything" was the
calm reply.
..Well''-and he turned and leaned
over as if in the act of divulging State
secret-'.A Betty is the husband of a
clearinghouse landlady!''
as itpossiblep'
Fact
"Ten me about the creature"
Il am incompetent to undertake the
hercnlean task"
| 'sTry and do the best you can. What's
he good for?"
'sGood for! Alas-nothing."
"What does he do?''
Nothing
care you positive as to that?
'.He is fond of lording it over tn,
cook and straggles around the kitcher
in an absent-minded way about mea
times. AS a general thing he is quit
devoted to his hard working wife, bu
| always has an engagement downtown
when there is stove to put up or an,
furniture to move"
''What else does he do?"
'.Well, he keeps watch on ever,
bucket of coal the boarders use ant
grumbles about their fearful extrava
gance in that quarter. Sometimes h
eats with the boarders when there is
vacant chair, and helps himself to tn
best on the table, with great success il
causing himself to be d:sliked by all Q
them. He gets all of his clothes an
spending money from his wife, an
every Monday morning goes out to d
.. the marketing, but never turns up ur
I til supper time"
That's queer
'1t is very queer and quite strange
| too. He keeps watch of the young men
and gets grand, gloomy and peculiar
if any of them happen to be thrown ou
of employment.
!, where does he stay about tn
house?"
Generally within ear-shot of the din
} ing room, where he can listen to tn
! conversation. ."-Chicago Tribune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
FOREIGN NEWS.
The War Feeling in London---EAcitement
Over the Dynamite Explosions Subsiding.

LONDON, February 1.--There is feeling
in London that the whole truth regarding
the situation in Egypt is not known. and
that Lord Wolseley has suppressed dis
agreeable facts of English peril. The
British victories do not appear to have
made matters brighter for Mr.. Gladstone,
whose policy is still receiving condemna-
ton. Excitement over the dynamite ex-
plosion is subsiding, though the utmost
police vigilance is continued. 1t
is said that there are forty
thousand Irish in London out of
employment, many of them having been
discharged since the explosion. Earl
Spencer will move his residence in Phoenix
Park to the castle for protection from the
dynamiters, A heavy police and detective
guard is kept over it, and every ,precaution,
is taken to prevent recurrence of the recent
outrages. It is now stated that the police
had been apprised of the intention to de-
stroy the houses of Parliament some time
before the occurrence, and that they now
know who the parties are.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
A FRIGHTFUL WRECK.
Fast Express Almost Demolished
at Jersey City.
Deralled Coaches Dash Into a Side-Tracked
Coal Train-Twenty-one Persons
Injured.

NEW YORK, January 30..-The fast ex-
press on the Bound Brook Railroad was
running sixty miles an hour on the out
skirts OF Jersey City, when a wheel of one
Of the forward coaches broke, causing those
which followed to leave the track. The de-
rallied cars crashed into coal train stand
ing on siding, upsetting the coal cars, and
completely wrecking the coaches. Only a
miracle saved the lives of the eighty two
passengers on the train. The whole train,
which consisted of four cars, was completely
wrecked and the coaches almost torn to
pieces. Twenty -one persons were injured,
many of them seriously, and some, it is
thought, fatally. Most of the injured are
from Philadelphia. This was the regular
fast express, which makes the run between
Philadelphia and New York in two hours.
The train consisted of a combination smok-
ing and baggage car, parlor car and two
coaches, which were demolished beyond
repair. 1t is estimated that the wreck will
cost the company 500 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
IL.
THE FESTIVE COWBOY.
Orc of the Latest Exploits of this Inter
>sting Class of Citizens.

Ssting Glass of Citizens.
The capture of a railway t ain by
gang of cowboys the other day in Ari-
zona or New Mexico is the latest exploit
of that interesting class of our fellow
citizens. No one was killed, which is
wonder Perhaps it was had day for
killing. For shooting it was evidently
were careful to fire through every
window and at regular intervals through
the roof of the coach. which must have
been very entertaining for the lady
passengers. The question arises, can
not the troops whom we maintain in
Arizona manage to keep these turbulent
spirits in little better order? Is it in
evitable that man who herds cattle
shall be a savage of the lowest type,
and if it be, can not these savages be
taught by severe lessons to curb their
savage instincts? 1t is evidently great
injury to Arizona and New Mexico that
such class should go orampaging round
with impunity.
There is tendency in certain class
of cheap literature to make a popular
hero out of the cowboy. Much mischief
is done by misdirecting the minds of the
young. Boys can be found who think
it grand to carry knife in their boot
and revolver in their belt. to swear
and swagger and drink and frighten
quiet people. 1t doesn't occur to them
that these are traits of the savage, not
tie gentleman; that they covet dis
tinction in which the Apache will be
their superior. Brutality is never ad-
mirable; even pirates have claimed to
| be the mildest hammered men who ever
scuttled ship or cut throat. There is
| no earthly reason why man who herds
cattle should lower himself in his habits
and manners below the level of the
beasts he tends. If the fashion has sci
in this direction, it is time it were
changed and if the change costs the
lives of some cowboys, SO much the
worse for the cowboys.
People would be glad to hear of a
smart correction being administered tc
these scoundrels who. are so free witt
their revolvers. An officer who turned
loose on them and taught them lessor
that would be remembered for years,
would earn the gratitude of the coun
try. This nation is strong enough ant
its arm ought to be long enough te
reach disturbers of the peace in Arizons
and New Mexico as well as in Ohio OF
New York. Even in so semi-barbarous
a country as Russia such outrages as
the cowboys are fond of committing
would be followed by thorough 'investi
CATION and punishment. A company o
mounted infantry started on the trail o
the criminals. ought to be able to run
| fbaY,, r., o,,tb ,n1 M ono Ivould cnpo
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
Miscellaneous Itens.

THE Common Council of Cincinnati has
decided to visit the New Orleans Exposi-
ton.
Mas. PHILIP GRAvINs dropped dead at
West Massilon.
JOHN J. CRAWFORD, of Ohio, has been
appointed Chief of the Inspection Division
of the Post-office Department..
RICHARD LYNAGH, aged eleven years
while playing in the street in Cincinnati,
carelessly ran in front of a street car and
was killed.
NJ. H. HANDY, ESQ, has been appointed
to fill the vacancy on the Fulton County
Common Please bench, caused by the resig-
nation of Judge J. ]. Moore, to accept seat
in the Third Judicial Circuit.
APoPLEXY cut the life cord of Eliza
livery, an aged hermitress of Urbana.
OK the morning of the 31st merry party
of nine We're sleighing home from ball at
Port Clinton, Ottawa County, to Oak Har-
Dor. While crossing the Lake Shore road,
train came upon them, smashing the
sleigh into splinters and instantly killing
Stephen Hall and Jennie Whipple. Ch2s.
Vogel and wife. Abe Thierwachter and
wife, John Vogel and wife were danger
ously injured. Rice. the driver, and the
horses escaped uninjured.
A SERIOUS epidemic is carrying off horses
by the score in the vicinity of Tiflin.
THE dead body of Mrs. Mary Trovnger
| was found in the spring of water near the
| house of her SON. in law, Mr.. Andrew Bur-
CESS, on his farm five miles west of Newark.
| When discovered the head was down in the
water, the body on the bank. The dis
| covery was made by two of Mr.. Burgess
| children. She had leaten a hearty dinner
and was left at the house about three-quar-
ters of an hour while the family went to
| visit neighbor. She was sixty years of
age and was the widow of the late Curtis
| Trovinger, former member of the Legisla-
ture from Perry County. 1t is supposed to
| have been case of suicide. No cause as
signed.
!! AN open switch at Plymouth caused a
wreck of an express and freight train.
| J.N. WEIGH, ex- County Auditor and ex-
Colonel of the Eleventh Regiment, o. N.
G., Vice President of the Ohio Spanish
Merino Sheep Breeders Association, died
| at his home in Kenton, the other night, OF
consumption.
AT midnight on the 26th Pan Handle
freight brakeman, named Benjamin Etters
fell from the top of his train four miles
| west of Piqua, and had both legs entirely
severed from his body: He died within q
few hours after the accident. His home
was in indianapolis.
JOHN MCCLUsKY, Respondent Youngs.
town thirty year old bachelor, suicided by
filling his heart with shot.
THE Allikana Furnace property, located
above Steubenville, built in 1871 at a coa
of $95, 900, was sold at Sheriff's sale a few
days ago for $4,000.
NATURAL CASTOR Logan is being talked
of.
Hon. H. j. KING, of Maysville, fell OF
the ice on the 26th and suffered the dislo
cation of his right hip, which the doctor
thus far have been unable to replace.
CLARA WALTON sued the village o
Forest for $1,000 damages received by fall
ing in cellarway. She got verdict q
$500.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
Decrease in the Public Debt.

WASHINGTON, January 29.-It is esti-
mated at the Treasury Department that
there will be a decrease of over s., ,000, 900 in
the public debt the present month. The
receipts so far this month amount to S24-
200 and disbursements $11 900, 900. The
receipts are less than for the same period
last year, and the disbursements slightly
in excess. Payments this month on ac-
count of pensions, $500, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05

KANSAS CITY, January 30.-The City
CouncilIpassed an'ordinance to-night,gr
ing to Pittsburgh and Kansas City parties
the right to lay mains for the utilization of
natural gas from wells which have been
sunk in West Kansas City. The gas will
be used for heating and manufacturing,
and is claimed will be the means of bring
ing important manufacturing interests here
from the East,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
Telephanes Wires Cut.

New York, Fubruary ALL the tele-
phone wires to Staten Island from New
York were cut last night. A few days ago
the salaries of employees of the company
were reduced, and the Superintendent and
other employees resigned. The cutting was
done in several places, and the ends of the
wires were linked by cords.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
Decreasing Number of Failures,

Nzw YORK, January 30.-The failures for
the last seven days reported by R. G.. Dun
& Co., number for the United States 317,
for Canada thirty seven, total 354, as COM
pared with a total of All last week, and 400
the week previous. There is a decrease in
every section of the country, though the
failures in the West and South are stIll
very numerous.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
The aStheteS of Now w,

The esthetes of New York are be-
ginning to speak of the ''vapor'' of the
chimneys, and locomotives and steam
ers. Let the citizen of Pittsburgh or
Chicago shake the SCOT from his clothes
in silent wrath, but as for the coal
smoke above and around the indignant
victim, let no dude allude to it as
''vapor.' No harm is here meant to
dudes only friendly warning. Cur
rent
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05

There is law in Bermuda prohibit
ing the removal of bodies of foreigners
who have died there till one year after
death. This unwelcome restriction has
just been made familiar to the friends
of a New York merchant, Theodore L.
Wilmending, who died on that island
last Friday.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
Anthracite Gas Expiodes.

CINCINNATI, January 3O.-This morning
an anthracite stove, in the house of Mrs
Elizabeth Golf, exploded, shockingly burn
ing Mrs. Golf. The force of the explosion
broke the windows of the room, removed a
door from one hinge and demolished the
furnitl1re
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
Oklahoma Boomers Movinu Out

ARKANSAS CITY, KAs., January 90
Couch and his party of colonists, returning
from Oklahoma, are encamped on the State
line, six miles south of here. General
Hatch and command are reported moving
toward Caldwell.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
Wants Part of Detroit.

DETROIT, MICH, January 29.-Jas. Dona-
hue, of Pittsburgh, has retained counsel
for the purpose of entering suit of eject
ment against property owners of Detroit
for 300 acres of property located in the
SbO 600 0OO
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05

-Colonizing is becoming a mania
with the nations of Europe, but Ameri-
cans keep their heads level, don't 90
until they are ready, and then quietly
step aboard the lightning express for
Canada.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05
Haines Elected Permanent Sneaker,

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, January 29.--Elijah
NJ. Haines, Independent Democrat, was
elected permanent Speaker of the Illinois
Assembly on the second ballot to-day,
breaking the deadlock which has existed
for three weeks.