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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
REFORM.
The Object OF Civl-Service Reform and
What IL Really Means.

What 1t Really Means. \
The World has suggested that the new
Secretaries ought 10 set to work prompt
ly to remove the ''barnacles" which in
the long Republican term of Office have
fastened themselves on to the National
Treasury. Many Senator, Congress
man, influential politician or shoddy
aristocrat who has been troubled with
worthless relative has managed to get
the black sheep gathered into the
official fold. Dissipated creatures who
have disgusted even New York, society
and been turned ont of clubs and had
private doors shut in their faces have
been made pensioners on the Govern
ment through the ''infiuence" of their
relatives or friends, until the Washing
ton Departments are not without q
number of characterless drones.
We do not doubt there are many
capable, honest, faithful men in the
Washington Departments. We do not
believe It would be in conformity with
Civil Service Reform principles to turn
such men out
Surely it can not be SO difficult to un-
derstand what real Service Reform
means. Its object is to insure just as
thoroughly capable, efficient and honest
a service in all the, public Offices as is to
be found in a well-conducted private
business. To accomplish this bad men
must not be retained, no idlers and
drones must be tolerated, faithful and
useful men must be rewarded for their
| fidelity, and only capable and honest
men must be appointed.
A President who is nominated and
elected by a political party also owes
something to that party, subordinate
of course to his public duty. When a
position becomes vacant by the expi-
ration of the term of the incumbent or
from other cause, he has perfect right
to fill it with member of his own
party. provided the appointee is as well
qualified and as deserving as any oppos-
ing applicant.
In political sense this is not only his
right but his duty.
Have not Republican Presidents fo-.
twenty-four years recognized and exer-
cised this right? Have they not, in
fact, regarded their obligations to party
as superior to their duty to the public?
There are certain offices closely con-
cerned with the political character of
| the Administration which ought to be
in harmony with the Presidents polit-
ical views and principles, and these
should certainly be filled by Democrats.
! The Administrator can not otherwise
be efficient and successful. But in the
| thousands of subordinate offices merit
should go before politics, just as the in
terests of the country must go before
the interests of any party.
Turn out rascals; get rid of barna-
cles; no new appointees who are not
thoroughly capable and honest. But
all other things being equal, Demo-
cratic President will naturally prefer q
Democrat to Repuolican.-M
World.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Silk Culture Association.

PHILADELPHIA, April 16.-The fifth
annual meeting of the Women's Silk
Culture Association of the United States
was held here to-day. The annual report
contained some interesting information.
AS Congress has appropriated $4,000 for
silk culture in the United States, So, 700 of
which will be'devoted to this association, it
has received a fresh start Last year
paid, were received. Dress material, bro
cades, grosgrains, ribbons, kerchief, knit
ting silk and flag silk were made for the
association. The association has hereto
fore had one reel, but it now aims to en-
courage agriculturists in the growing of
partment, to open school for silk culture
in Fairmount Park, and to circulate in
formation concerning the industry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
WAITS Them Retained.

LEXINGTON, MASS, April 1.-THE fol-
lowing has been sent to President Cleve-
land:
"LExINGToN, MASS, March 20, 1885.
"'To THE PRESIDENT: There are four
Federal office-holders, all Republicans in
politics, residing in the town of Lexington
two Postmasters and two gentlemen
employed i'll the Boston Custom
house. 1t is the belief of their
neighbors that they all perform their
duties in a proper manner, and it is the
wish of the Democrats in the town that
they be retained in their respective posi-
tions, unless some cause such as is not
known to us at present be assigned for
their removal. VIM. PLUMER,
'R. J. ADAIR,
"GEoRGE L. PIERCE,
democratic Town Committee of Lexing-
tor -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Drowned Like Kittens.

CHICAGO, April IA special to the
Times from the City of Mexico says:
-"When the troops of the Colombian Gov
ernment finally entered Colon, after it had
been burned by the rebels under the lead
ership of Preston, they captured several
squads of rebels. During the past ten
been considerably augmented by the re-
ceipt of struggling rebels captured IN sur
rounding districts. 1t is not known now
just how many rebels were thus held pris-
oners at Colon, but good authorities place
the number at about 400. Authentic infor-
nation reached this city last night lWed-
nesday) that the officers of the Colon
bian Government selected 100 of the worst
rebels imprisoned at Colon, and, placing
them on board a steamer, carried them out
into the bay, where the entire 100 were
thrown overheard and drowned"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
A Ghastly Pickle.

DECATUR, ILL, April 19.-On Friday
night the skeleton of an infant packed in
salt was found in box in Mrs. Kate Duff
fy's room. 1t had been secreted there
over a year. A dog smelling it, knocked
down the box, and Mrs. Ed. Blair made
the CHASTITY discovery. Mrs. Duffy has
been widow ten years. and says the
box was left with her over year ago
by a strange lady. Eight months
since Mrs. Duffy says she opened the box
and noted the contents, but failed to in
form the officers, and just put it back in a
corner. The theory of the police is that q
woman, with the intention of destroying
the evidence of shame, packed her infants
BODY in salt
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
SIiuht Increase in Failures.

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE business fail
ures occurring during the last seven days
throughout the country, as reported to R.
G. Dun & Co., to-day, number for the
United States two hundred and four,
and for Canada eighteen, or a total
of two hundred and twenty two, as
against two hundred and twelve last week,
and two hundred and thirty one the week
previous. The distribution of the failures
is about the same as in recent weeks, and
there is nothing important to note in re-
gard to them. Assignments in New York
City are few and light.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Killed His Son with Whisky.

BLAIRsvILLE, Ga, April 16-Edward T.
Smith has been indicted by the grand jury
of Union County for murder. Several
weeks ago he brought home jugful of
whisky, and invited his eight-year- -old
son to share it with him. The little boy
drank over half a gallon of whisky, from
which he died in horrible agony before day
light. For this crime the people propose to
punish the father as murderer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Meteorological Balloon Experiments.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 16.-Prof.
Wise, the aeronaut, accompanied by sew
eral members of the Signal Service Corps
stationed in this city, made another bal
loon ascension to-day from the Girard Col
lege grounds for the purpose of taking OBJ
servations of the wind currents and other
meteorological subjects. The air-ship rose
about noon, and catching a northwest cur
rent sailed off towards Southern New Jer-
sey. A dispatch received at the Signal
Office here this evening says the balloon
landed at Williamstown, Gloucester
County, N. j., at 2:30 P. NJ, with thump,
breaking several of the meteorological in
struments
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Statement as to Cholera in Europe.

CHICAGO, April 16.-At the quarter
meeting of the Illinois State Board
Health held here to-day, DR.. Rauch, in hr
report, spoke of information having beer
received from private sources, that Asiatic
cholera existed in Paris up to Jan. IS; that
that it had appeared in Valencia, Spain, in
March, and that there was danger of it.
introduction into the Mediterranean by
ship from Bombay. In view of these re-
reports, the Board considered the question
of maritime quarantine of great import
ance.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
PIeuro-Pneumonia in Missouri.

ST. LOUIS, April 19.-Dispatches from
Fulton, No., state the people of Galloway
are becoming greatly discouraged at the
failure, so far, to stamp out pleuro -pneu-
monia among the cattle in that county.
They feel that the disease is constantly
spreading, not only in Galloway County,
but in adjoining counties, and that no ade-
quate measures are being taken to prevent
it, much less eradicate it. 1t is said that
over one thousand cattle have either
become diseased or have been exposed to
the plague, and that it will not be long
before this number will be doubled.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23

On the the beach at Seaside Park a
peculiar oyster shell was picked up the
other day. A portion of the outside of
the shell is polished, and smooth as a
piece of marble, and that polished part
contains two capital LIS in reverse order.
These letters are deeply and smoothly
engraved into the shell. Beneath them
are two initial letters of Uncle SAM S
name, also in inverted order. 1t is
believed that the oyster, when young,
lay upon a metal plate in the water
having raised letters.-M Y Tribune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
RarrjOS' Death,

NEW YORK, April 17.-Information
reaches here by way of Galveston and
New Orleans, in private dispatches from
Guatemala, that the death of General
Barrios, the late President of that Repub-
lie, was brought about by the intrigues of
DR.. Zaldivar, President of San Salvador,
and that Barrios was killed by one of his
own soldiers, who was in the conspiracy to
overthrow Barrios at home. 1t is said that
Zaldivar has been for some time furnishing
the funds to promote a revolution against
Barrios in Guatemala, and that a reward
was secretly set on Barrios' head as soon
as war was declared. The proofs of this
conspiracy are said to be overwhelming
and to be forthcoming for publication at an
early day.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Iowa LIQUOR Question,

DUBUoE, Ia, April 16.-On petition of
the Citizens Prohibition League, notices
were served by the Sheriff to-day on nine
saloon n-keepers to have them appear in the
Circuit Court to show cause why injunc-
tions should not be issued against them for
selling liquor contrary to the prohibitory
law. These are in addition to the twenty
five cases tried last fall by the Circuit Court.
Judge Utt then ruled the injunction clause
as unconstitutional. The Supreme Court
having revised his decision, these and ad-
ditional cases come up again. There is no
excitement, and the saloons are still open
a uSuaI
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Waters Spout in Texas.

LAREDO, TEX, April ia wave eight
feet high came rushing down the Rio
Grande this morning with terrific force,
and carried away a Mexican National
Railroad bridge. In few hours the river
rose twelve feet, and then rapidly ran
down. The rise resulted from great
water-spout which fell some miles above
the city. The large quantity of drift
indicates great destruction to ranch prop
erty above
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Accidents Furnished Him a Liyinu.

PITTSBURGH, PA, April 17.-Detective
Reeves, of Cleveland, leaves for home to-
night, having in charge the noted acci-
dent insurance swindler, John Fisher,
alias Spencer, whom he arrested at Will
Transport, Pa, yesterday. Fishers plan
was to take out three policies on the Acct
dent Insurance Company of New York for
himself and two friends, and then contrive
to get slightly injured while leaving the
train After procuring certificates of in
jury from three physicians, under the diff
ferent names, he would claim $50 per week
on each policy, and live in sumptuous style
until his recovery, when the swindle would
be repeated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
FOREIGN NEWS.
No Report from General Lumsden With
Regard to the Pandjeh 'Ahair.-Other
Items of Interest.

LONDON, April 16.-Government has re-
ceived no report from General Lumsden
with regard to the Pandjeh affair, and does
not believe that Russia has received fur
ther explanation from General Komaroff.
A report that the Gear had officially for
warded message of peace is denied by
Gladstone. The Afghans are reported to
have fed to Herat after the late battle.
1t is also reported that revolt has
broken out there against the Ameer, the
Afghans not liking the idea of British oc-
cupation of their country. Lessar, Russian
agent in London, is said to have stated that
negotiations for the cession of Pandieh to
Russia were progressing favorably. Glad
stone disclaims any knowledge Of the
matter, and Granville also denies it. Russia
is reported to have notified Turkey that
neutrality on her part will be considered as
practical hostility. An italian sofficial
organ states that Italy will do what she
can to prevent war, but if it comes, will
consult her own interests, which means
that she will occupy Egypt and Tripoli
Bismarck will endow scholarships to the
universities, with the interest received from
ward Pierrepont, Secretary of the Ameri-
can Legation to Italy, is dead. The Cork
rlot1s said to have been exaggerated. An
other of General Gordon's letters is pub
lished, in which he states that he had re-
signed from the British army, having been
appointed Governor of the Soudan by the
Khedive: Osman Digna is reported di-
vested of his followers by desertion. Pre-
ylous to the agreement between France and
China becoming known, Admiral Courbet
had captured a Chinese vessel, with some
eight hundred men, and General DeLisle
had had battle with the Chinese, in which
the latter were the aggressor and were re-
pulsed. There were few casualties. Par
nell, demanding an inquiry into the
Ma MalioW collision, = was informed that that
of the police, and the inquiry
was refused. Clamagerean, the new
French Minister of Finance, has resigned,
in consequence of disagreements about the
financial policy to be followed. 1t is an
nounced that France will take energetic
measures to secure reparation from the
Egyptian Government for seizure of the
Bosphore Egyptien, newspaper. The
Prince of Wales was warmly greeted at
Killarney. There was some little kissing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23

"A man in Eastern Arkansas was
arrested on a charge of marrying girl
who was engaged to some one else.
"Your honor, said a lawyer, when the
bridegroom had been arraigned, this
man has not violated the law, and 1
demand his release "Wasn't the
gal engaged to John Jackson?'' .Yes,
sir' s.Then Bill Simons must be
held" Under what law your hon
or?'' Under the law of removing
mortgaged property. Take him to
jail, Mr.. Constable. ."-ArkansoW TraU-
eLer
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Planning a Destructive Yessel.

LONDON, April 16.-Plans are being pre-
pared at Portsmouth for new type of
man-of-war, with one turret, carrying a
one-hundred- -and-twenty ton gun, also six
breech and six machine guns, and also six
apertures for torpedoes. If the plans are
approved the government will invite tend n
erS directly
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Presidential Proclamation.

WASHINGTON, April il17.-President Cleve-
land issued a proclamation annulling the
Executive order of February 81, 1885, open
ing the Winnebago Reservation to settlers.
He holds that the order was in contraven-
tion of treaty obligations with the Indians.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Fire in a Mine.

LINCOLN, ILL.,, April 16.-Fire broke out
in the shaft of the Lincoln Coal Company's
mine, and caused a loss of 100000 Six
miners were in the mine at the time, but it
Is thought they will succeed in escaping by
another shaft, three-fourths of a mile
away.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
THE DIFFERENCE.

An Instructive Comparison of the Expen-
ses of the Democratic and the Republican
Senate.
The lower house of the Congress just
expired was Democratic, with the SEN
ate Republican. The Congress pre-
ceding it was Republican, both House
and Senate. 1t will be instructive to
compare the expenses of the Govern
ment under the Congress that was en-
tirely Republican and the one in which
the popular branch was controlled BY
the Democrats. The amount of money
appropriated by the former, in which
the Republicans had it all their own
way, was S439, 339, 6S3, and by the lat
ter, in which the Democratic house con-
tended for retrenchment and succeeded
ton of the Republican Senate, the ap-
preparations were 1910, ,067, 1884. The
difference between the two in the ex-
penses was S130, 900, 600 in favor of the
Congress that had the benefit OF Dem
ocratic house.
This was an immense amount, repre-
senting the extent of the extravaganza
with which the Republicans have been
accustomed to run the Government. II
served as proof that affairs could be
managed with about one-third the ex-
pense that an entirely Republican Con-
gress was in the habit of saddling upon
the Government, and ought to satisfy
the people that if a Congress one-hali
Democratic is the source of such great
saving, one that would be entirely
Democratic, with no Republican Senate
insisting upon piling up the millions,
would be still greater benefit to the
WdShinqton Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
s25. 900 for the BarthoIdi Statue.

NEW YORK, April 17.-Hon. Joseph E. Pull
itzer, editor of the World, haa transmitted
to Hon. Wm.M Evarts, Chairman of theBar-
tholdi Statue Pedestal Committee, S25, ZOO
received by the World from 25,575 people
for that fund within the past month.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Railway Bridge Burned.

CoNcoRDIA, KAs., April 19.-The Bur-
lington and Missouri Railway bridge across
the Republican River, near this point, was
burned last night. 1t will be repaired and
trains crossing within forty eight hours.
Supposed to be the work of 1ncendiaries.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Two Vessel Crews Eaten.

BERLIN, April 19.-It is reported that
natives of the Hermit Islands, in the Paci-
fic Ocean, have eatea the crews of two
German merchant vessels. The gunboat
Hyena has been sent to punish the can't
balls.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
An AGED Murderer.

NEwLURG, N. Y, April 16.-Hugh Nc
Cam, aged eighty years, who murdered
his wife, aged seventy three, was to-day
indicted for the crime.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Ejuhty to Sixteen.

SANDERsvILLE, GA, April ia remark
able wedding, in which Judge Green Bran
thy took to wife Miss Bessie King, has been
celebrated here. The Judge was eighty
last birthday, and the bride will soon be
sixteen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Horse Thief Shot by Sheriff.

ELLSWORTH, KAs., April 19.-Mike
Young, noted horse thief, was shot dead
near Brookville, this county, yesterday, by
the Sheriff of Saline County, while resist
ing arrest.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
Hewspaper Office Burned.

BUFFALO, N. Y, April 16.-A fire, which
originated in the Buffalo Morning Express
building resulted in its entire destruction.
Loss, $3.50, 900; insurance, $4,000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23
The Product of Gold and Silver.
Osman Diana Reported Killed,

WASHINGTON, April 19.-The product of
,old and silver for the year was respective
y $50, SOC, 900 and $3S, ,S0O, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23

In fifteen years Texas expects to
have more congressman than any either
State in the Union.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23

SUAKIM, April ia bazaar rumor is
current here to the effect that Osman Digna
has been killed by his own followers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-23

In his recent Lettsomian lectures on
indigestion. DR. Lauder Brunton de-
cIares acid fruits to he indigestible and
apt to cause intestinal irritation. He
believes sour wines to be peculiarly
liable to cause indigestion, and, when
taken regularly, to cause gastric
catarrh. The tanpin in tea interferes
very considerably with the digestion of
fresh meat, though such is not the case
with dried meat. such as ham or tongue.
Tea at breakfast is not apt to produce
gastric disorders, but afternoon teas are
pronounced bad. Infusions of tea
should be Eight drawn and drained
from the leaves before serving, as by
this means only a small portion of the
tannin becomes dissolved in it
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-16

soul and body together, he is indeed
fortunate. l used to read of the
Pr!ncely salaries Bonner, of the Ledger,
paul some OF his writer's, and | got the
IMPRESSION That the person who wrote
ll'il d uozen or SO OF these sensational
SGorles IN year enjoyed comforta-
ole income. But that was where was
wrong. Mrs. Southworth, John HaIli-
burton and few writer's of that
character on the Ledger are well maid.
put they are the few exceptions. | was
talking to the editor Of Munro's nuh-
locations the other day on this subject
and he said that a majority of story
writer's were women, who did not de-
pend upon their pen for q living. The
highly sensational ones, such as de-
tectlve stories, are written mostly bv
broken-dOWn journalists who cannot
make a living on a daily newspaper.
The price paid is from 50 to SIS Der
column. A great many stories are
sent in, this gentleman said, for which
no pay is asked, and about one in
every ten Of them can be used. A few
OF them will have a good plot, but it
will have to be reconstructed. The
men who take these stories for elabora-
ton are merely gifted with q lively i'm
agination. Nearly all of them are
drunkards and patrons of the opium
joint. Besides, this work becomes
very laborious and cannot be kept up
very long at a time. There is nearly
always at least one story at time
in these papers that has some literary
merit. These are written principally
by persons engaged upon the daily
press. Poetry is better paid for by
these publications than prose. Cabel
Dunn, an old-time newspaper man, re-
ceives $50 per week from the Ledger.
He contributes two or three verses
each week. Walter Cooper, who was
also a shining light upon the daily
press many years ago, receives the
same amount from the Clipper. These
are the two great exceptions as writer's
| of rhVOe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-16

ago the fruit was so abundant in the
farming regions around Hartford that
the local market was overstocked and
farmers Gifted "fed it out" to their
swine. In some way it has died out
in later years, but recently has revived
until now one may find almost as large
and good Connecticut peaches in the
Hartford market as in 1910.
THE poisonous properties of stock
ings dyed with the brilliant analine
dyes, it is said, may berendered harm
less by dipping the articles in a bath
Of rubber dissolved in naphtha or some
other reagent. This having been done,
subsequent evaporation has the effect
to cover each fiber with q thin film Of
rubber, and by this means the trans
fer of the coloring material from the
goods to the skin is prevented.
The Chinese are too cunning for Cal
ifornia law makers. In order to pre-
vent their herding together like bees il
San Francisco a law was passed re
quiring that lodging rooms should be
of a capacity to furnish a certain mum
Der of cubic feet of air to each occu
pant. Only the permissible number o
Chinese are allowed to sleep in a lodg
ing room at one time, but there are
frequent relays of sleepers. After one
lot have slept a few hours they are
awakened and sent out in the open all
to walk around while another shift &C
cupy the bunks.-Boston Journal.