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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
FOREIGN INrELLIoENcE.

Joseph Chamberlain, answering the in-
quiry of correspondent, writes that he
adheres to his original Irish schemes which,
he adds, has nothin g in common with that
of Mr.. Gladstone.
After an abstinence OF twenty-one days,
Jaques, the English faster, partook of food
on the 22d. His experiment to fast until he
collapsed had to be abandoned owing to
pecuniary difficulties, but few people gather
ing to witness his attempt. He walked ten
miles before breakfast and then resumed
work in a silk factory where he was en-
ployed before beginning his fast.
A London dispatch says Lord Randolph
Churchill has resigned his Office as Chan
cellor OF the Exchequer, owing to disa-
greement with the Admiralty and the War
Office with reference to increasing the ex-
penses of the country in view of the exist
ing financial difficulty, and also because he
disapproved the home legislative measures
of the Cabinet.
1t is said the British Government has re-
solved to prosecute John Dillon and Mr..
Healy for their declaration at the recent
meeting of the executive comm ittee of the
National League that they won Id continue
to carry out the plan of campaign in def
ance of the government
In the trial of the cadets and officers Of
the Bulgarian army for conspiracy against
the Regency, now in progress, evidence has
been adduced showing that the defendants
had been in communication with the Rus
sian Consul at Sofa.
The Royal Thames Yacht Club announces
that an ocean yacht race for 1000 guineas
will be held during the coming season to
celebrate the Queens jubilee.
At a meeting recently held at Sidney,
Australia, e1,00O were subscribed to aid the
evicted tenants of Ireland. Among the sub
scribers were Archbishop Moran and the
Premier, who subscribed g1O0 each.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
MooNLIeHT's APPOINTMENT.
Land Reformer Now Governor of Wy
oming Instead of Land Grabber.

4 Land Reformer Now Governor of wy.
oming Instead of a Land Grsbber.
Mr.. Moonlight, the recently defeated
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Kansas, has been named by the Presi-
dent for Territorial Governor of Wyo-
ming in place of young Baxter, whose
appointment few weeks ago gave
such unbounded satisfaction to the
citizens of the Territory interested.
The prompt dropping of Mr.. Baxter
arises from causes which show how
much in earnest the Administration is
in its determination to save the rem
nant of the pub ic domain for the use
of actual settlers. The Governor who
was removed to give place to Baxter
earned his dismissal by 81 ing with the
land grabbers on every occasion and
by attacking the policy of Land Com
! missioner Sparks in his annual report
to the President. 1t had been sup
posed that Baxter was not involved in
any of the land schemes of the far
West, but his appointment had hardly
been announced when reports came to
the White House that Baxter had not
only interested himself in many OF
these enterprises. but that, in open and
| flagrant violation of the Presidents or
der, he had fenced in many thousands
of acres of public land. Unable to
give a satisfactory account of himself
in these respects. the young man was
displaced and Mr.. Moon light. who is in
hearty sympathy with tae Administra-
TONS land policy, was given the place.
1t will beg n TO dawn upon some ol
the free and easy land-grabbers Of that
section after awhile that the day ol
big ranches with whooping cowboys to
chase and murder settlers is past.-Chi
cGgo Herdld
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
An Era of p eace.

A noteworthy illustration of the ex-
tent to which the South has already
outgrown the era of the Confederacy
mas just been furnished in Alabama.
A proposition was made that the Legis-
lature should make liberal appropria-
ton for the erection of a marble mon
ument at the capital in memory of the
Alabamians who lost tn ,ir lives in the
Southern army. But the new Gov
ernor. Thomas Seay, himself oder
on the Confederate side, in his in
augural address takes ground against
such use of the public funds, at least
until ample provision has been made
for the care of surviving soldiers, and
even questions the wisdom of such an
appropriation under any circum-
stances, recalling the fact that there
were those among the ancients who
opposed. the erection of monuments in
cOmmeF Grafton of the triumphs of civil
strife, and that at one time some of
those that had been erected were razed
to the earth. The Noble Register, one
of the most prominent Democratic
newspapers in the State, goes still
further than the Governor. 1t argues
that the proposition is unconstitu-
tional, and that even if it were con-
stitutional. it would not be equitab BILE to
| tax all citizens for q monument which
does not represent the sympathies OF
all the people. since there are "a vast
number of taxpayers in Alabama, old
Union men and their descendants, col
ored men, new-comr rrs from the North,
and others who had no sympathy with
| the Confederate cause. ~ T. Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
A True Reformer.

The Massachusetts, Civil-Service Re-
form Association lately held its meet
ing in Boston. President Darwin E.
Ward delivered an address in VIII .ch he
said, after referring to the old system
of filling all Offices:
been greatly m tigat d by the act on of Presi-
dent Cleveland during his Administration.
He has not merely provided faithful board
law enacted by Congress, but an mared by
the sp r t OF that law. he has strlven to main
tain the pr nciples that publ of.
as as the public RIS'' we % "a g. rather 81 than than
reau re: and that the "a thfui pubic Servant
either In itself or in the manner in which it is
held, ought not to be prescribed for the exer-
else of his ght as citizen to hold
them % by Rs Vote Theye S prncples an esprers ere
obviously Just. and yet they are opposed to
the polit cal trad ton of half a century b.
PresideLt Cleveland has brought about II
revolution in pol tcIl op n on and pract ce of
the greatest benefit to the country He has
ty to the pablo interest, and sense of sub
ord nation and respons bility to the Govern
ment that have placed it ON higher level
than has been known for more than gcner :
tion. Nightly has lie wrought N tn cause,
ana great the results he mas achieved. Moth
ing more rebounds to his honor than even the
hon astls compla .ng cr cism that is some
times lie towel upon his nc ion. For t is al
wa an attempt to judge nm by the lofty
standard of. public duty that bv precept and
pracf ce he has mself establ shed But the
best result of his laborS wi not nave been ac-
compl shed until these prime Piles are made as
Obligatory as the Can bo constitutl Onallv
upon his successors. through the eStab iSh-
ment b. law OF the methods OF the iy,LServ-
ice reform wherever 1t can be properly ap-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
AN INFANT IDEA.
Little Ethers Graphic Description OF q Reg.
ulation Society Lady.

Little Ethers Graphic Description Of Reg.
ulation Society Lady.
Mamma, think will be fashiona-
ble." quothed the youngest daughter Of
u society woman.
"In what way, Ethelp"
"Oh, in the usual way"
"Do you know what constitutes q
fashionable life?'
"Oh, yes, mamma. shall just GO to
lot of luncheons and receptions in the
daytime and eat a Whole lot of stuff
that does not agree with me. Then in
the evening shall dress as immodestly
as possible and go to ball and hop
around room until I-get all tired out.
Then I'll eat lot more stuff that does
not agree with me and hop around
some more. About two o'clock, when
I'm very warm, I'll throw little wrap
over my shoulders and come home. In
the morning I'll have breakfast served
in bed, and spend the day on the sofa
telling my friends what a lovely time l
had, and wondering what have done
that should give me headache and q
bad cold. After a year or two I will
get pneumonia or consumption, and
wonder how 1 got it. Oh, know how
to be fashionable.
And then the mother went off and
thought very hard.-Chicago Rambler.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
Shows an Increase.

The second annual report of the
treasury under Democra tic manage
ment is before the country, and it
shows that the net receipts for the last
fisc Il year were 1886. 439, 100. and the net
expenditures $242, 4s3, 600 receipts
having been S12, $4,000 greater. and
the expenditures $17.743, OO0 less than
tor the preceding year. There was a
decrease of $1.90),O ,OOO in the civil ex-
pen -es; 100000 in the cost of foreign
intercourse; $4,000 in the cost of the
Indian service, and simi ar reductions
in the War and Navy Departm ants, in
the expenses of the District of Colum bia
and in the miscellaneous expendi-
tures. There is only one item that
shows an increase, and that is pen
sions to Union soldiers. Tnes, have
increased from 500, 1O2, 900 last year,
to S63, 3,4O4,000. 1t seems then that,
while Union veterans and widows are
actually better taken care of under a
Dem mocratic than under Republican
Administration, the finances of the
Government have been placed in a
thriftier condition than they ever were
before-an increased income, dimin-
ished expenditures and large surplus.
The downfall of the Republican party
did not mark the doom of the country.
1t was pretty rough on the Republican
party, but the country not only sur
wives it, but actually thrives under it.
st. Louis Republican.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
An Anti-Salary-Grabber.

Fourteen years ago next February,
Mr.. Cox arose in the House of Repre-
sentatives to protest against the in
famous salary-grab which the T Forty
second Congress was then contem-
plating. In denouncing the proposed
act, he was almost. if not quite, alone.
He voted steadily against the grab at
every stage, and he voted against the
bill in which the steal was incorpo-
rated; and when the grab went
through, he was among the first to re-
turn to the treasury the five thousand
do lars which became his share of the
ill-gotten spoils. This record of
scrupulous integrity in the matter of
his own pecuniary relations with the
Government he serves, ought to be
enou to prevent Ohio editors. hebe-
tudinous or otherwise, from SANDER
ing Mr.. Cox. No man in Congress
works harder to earn the salary that is
his just due; no man in Con eress is
quicker to refuse to draw from the
treasury money that does not properly
belong to him for services rendered.
~ Y. Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The chief of tribe of Digger In
dians worships stone churn as his god.
Mr.. Benjamin Carpenter, 'SS. OF
Chicago, has been elected leader OF the
Har GARD Glee Club.
The First Presbyterian Church. OF
Cincinnati, O., has begun the erection
of branch to be known as the Pilgrim
Chapel.
-Papal Rome has witnessed the lay
ing of the foundation of the twenty
second Protestant house of worship
within her limits.
-Garabed 5. Azhderlan, an Aru1e-
nian, is making his way through Am
herst College by selling Oriental em-
broideries, sc,lrfs, etc., sent him from
home.
Professor Whitney, Of Yale, has
more than ten pupils in his Sanscrit
class, the largest class in this language
ever brought together in this country.
Hartford Couraat.
The Congregational Sunday-school
committee averaged one new Sunday
school each day of last year, and these
have developed int, churches at the
rate of one each week.-N. 7. Witness.
Rev. Alexander Mackay Smith, OF
New York City, has been elected As
sistant Bishop of the Diocese Of Kansas.
Episcopal Church. by the Diocesan Com
vention of the Episcopal Church 10
that State.
-Zuig Lee, a Fort Worth Chinaman,
| who has been converted to Christianity,
is trying to convert the Cinnamon Of
Dallas, Texas, under the auspices Of
the Young Mems Christian Association
of that place.
Vermont school-children will BE-
given temperance textbooks at tho
States expense by the terms of u recent
act of the legislature providing for the
appointment of commission to buy
such books for use in schools.-1roy
Times.
In the Methodist church at Em-
poria, Kas., ON Thanksgiving Day, a
mortgage which had long rested on the
church property, and which had been
Cancelled the day before, was publicly
burned, the congregation singing the
doxology.
| AT a recent spelling match in
Cheshire, Conn.,, selected pupils from
all the schools were tested on their
knowledge of fifty pages of the spelling
book. At the end of an hour twelve
competitors were left, and the COM
mittee deserted the book and tried to
floor them with any thing they could
think of, but were unable to put down a
single one. The prizes were then dis.
tributed among the twelve.-Hartford
Post.
Rev. s. Il. Fellows, of Norwich,
has genuine old pitch-pipe used 10t
years ago in New England choirs and
singing-schools. It is a rectangular
box, made Of mahogany, 5f inches
long, 2} inches wide, and II inche;
thick. At one end is little mouth
piece, and at the opposite end slide
, the size of the interior of the box
!, which regulates the pitch. Upon tht
slide are letters of the scale, and by
pulling it out to the desired letter and
blowing on the mouthpiece a mellow
:, i flute-like note is produced. It has |
range of over an octave.-M 2. Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
ASTONISHING FACTS.
The Wonderful Productive Capacity Of the
United States.

The Wonderful Productive Capacity Of the
United States.
Few people who are not specially
posted on questions of this character
have definite and correct idea of the
progress that has been made in the de-
velopment of the material resources of
the United States. The following in.
teresting item will supply them with
something like correct idea in general,
upon this subject:
The value of the products of the vari-
Gus Industries of the United States is
seven times the total value of our for
eign commerce.; nearly three times the
value of the foreign commerce of Great
Britain and Ireland, and five times the
total foreign commerce of France, in
cluding in each case both imports and
exports.
The total value of the products of
industry in the United States is little
more than twice the total value of the
exports of merchandise of all the coun-
tries Of Europe.
The United States is now the largest
manufacturing country on the globe.
The value of products of American
manufacture consumed at home is five
times the value of the Manufactured
products of Great Britain and Ireland
exported to all other countries, and
more than fourteen times the value of
the exports of manufactured products
from France to all other countries.
The relative values of the foreign and
internal trade is represented as follows:
Ninety-nine per cent. of all the coal
mined in this country, ninety-five per
cent. of all the iron and steel products,
ninety-fve per cent. of the products of
the leather industry, more than ninety
nine per cent. of the manufactures of
wool, ninety-five per cent. of the pro-
ducts of the cotton manufactures, more
than ninety-nine per cent. of the manu-
factures of silk. and seventy-nine per
cent. of the manufactures of glass,
glassware, earthenware and stoneware
are consumed in the United States.
These figures show that the wonder
full development of productive capacity
within the past twenty-five years has
been met by very nearly correspond
ing increase in our power of consump-
ton, indicating not only the growth in
population, but a still more marked
growth in the ability of the people to
purchase what ever contributes to their
ease, comfort, enjoyment or prosperity.
-Western architect and Builder.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
WIT AND WISDOM.

The more you check spendthrift
the faster he goes.
The man who is good-natured all
day does more for the race than he who
wins a battle.-Petersburgh L,sder-Ap-
peal.
"A wise man
He travels through life on the pleasantest plan,
Who tries to steer clear Of its worries and jars,
Who does for humanity all that he can,
And gives up his seat to girl on the cars.
The leading dentists in Russia and
Germany are Americans, and they
probably have the French and German
tongue at their fingers ends.-Comnser-
cidl Bulletin.
"A learned man must write and
speak a long time before he can show
his learning to the world. A fool can
show his ignorance at the first pop.-M
o. Pcayune.
Maria said her father, civilian
asked me for your hand last night, and
I consented. .'Well, pa, that's the
first bill of mine you haven't objected
to.-N. Y. Sun.
1t am powerful easy to discriminate
between wise man an a fanatic. De
wise man belongs to your party; de
fanatic to de opposishun.-Brothe,
Gardner's Dissertations.
Says fashion note: Monkey mufs
are again in favor" 1t was certainly
time that these musical accompanies
were protected from the rigors of cold
weather.-Boston Transcript.
IL say, Fatty" exclaimed one
gamin to his fleshy companion. sis it
yer mudder wot makes yer so fatP"
"Naw, of course it haintr' was the
! reply. "It's my fodder. Whitehall
Times.
"A paragraph in a society paper
states that Oscar Wilde's hair is grow
ing long again" Oscar Wildep Oscar
Wildep-Oh, yes, we remember now;
that's the colt that won the two mile
dash for three year olds. Wonder why
they don't clip him again!-Burdette.
Mr.. Winks-I see in your house,
keepers journal couple of lines which
think you ought to ponder, Mrs. Winks.
1t says, "If you always wish to be poor,
scrape kettles with silver spoons. Mrs.
Winks-Oh! 1 never do such work!
II hope not" mo; pay girl to do
that. ."-Onsdha World.
speculate any while you were
abroad?" was asked of Baltimorean
who reached home a few days ago.
"Well, made considerable money in
Rome" "In what wayp" "Well. every
time beggar struck me for quarter
got off for a nickel, and my profits
sometimes ran as high as $40 per day"
Wall Street NeUs.
DIR. Burt G. Wilder, the well-known
naturalist, relates that his parents being
Grahamites, his earliest years were
passed in ignorance of the fact that
people used flesh for food. By some
change of opinion, however, they came
to more ordinary customs, and one day
a roasted chicken was served fer dinner
The six-year-old lad gazed in bewilder-
ment at this mysterious dish for some
moments, and at length he burst out in
conviction and astonishmenk II be-
| that's dead henr'--a conclusion then
wss no ga,nsaying.-Ea,psr's Drosssr
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
EATON. OHIO. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1885,

suffocation, while an imbecile son, aged
forty, was burned to crisp.
D. C. Porter, an Iowa horse thief, was on
the 23d sentenced to ten years in prison on
one of four charges against him. He is one
of the most daring horse thieves in the
country.
Jacob Ottenheimer, of Crab Orchard, Lin
coin County, KY, has been arrested for an
alleged deficiency in his accounts with the
Lincoln Land Company aud held in $4,000
bail to answer.
Cards have been issued announcing the
marriage on December 80 of Miss Mary N.
Sherman, daughter of Nathan c. Sherman,
of Norwalk, O., and Burchard A. Hayes,
eldest son of ex-President R. B. Hayes.
RobertJ. Calladine, employed as ssamper
in the city distribution department of the
Chicago post-ofice, has been arrested for
robbing the mails. Calladine is only seven
| teen years Of age, and was appointed about
year ago.
The contract for the construction Of the
new buildings for the Cincinnati Chamber
of Commerce has been awarded to Ncrcross
& Co., of Worcester, Mass, for S524, 900.
Worcester granite is the material chosen.
After an existence of six months th,, San
Francisco Passenger Association, formed
of lines interested in the overland passeu-
ger traffic, has collapsed. A war Of rates
was Immediately declared.
The south bound passenger train OF, the
Asheville & Spartansburg railroad was
| wrecked near Asheville, N. c., on the 23d,
by the spreading of the rails. The mail,
baggage and passenger cars were ditched.
One coach turned completely over, injuring
several passengers, two quite seriously
At Chicago on the 23d Mrs. Jessie john
SON, daughter of Henry c. Munich, former
wealthy board of trade speculator, and wife
! of a young lawyer at Knoxville, Ia, suici-
ded by drowning herself in the lake. Mrs,
johnson was admitted to the Iowa bar about
| four years ago, and it is said that her intel
| lect was broken down by overstudy.
George A. Lang, of Sioux City, Ia, has
brought suit against G. c. Camp for $1,000
for malicious prosecution and false impris-
/ onment. Camp charged Lang with being
| implicated in the Haddock murder.
Mrs. Jacob Eldridge, of Howell. Mich,
| the old colored woman who has bcen grad
ually growing white for several years, died
on the 23d. Mrs. Eldridge's ancestors were
| fullblooded negroes, and her natural color
was quite dark, even for her race. At the
time of death the greater part of her body
was lily white.
| H. P. Forwood, the well-known cotton
merchant of Louisville, KY, who failed
! about year ago, has been adjudged insane
and committed to the asylum He is q
/ member of the celebrated Forwood family
of Liverpool, England, and is brother to
the former Lord Mayor Of Liverpool.
A gang of five burglars attempted to rob
the County Treasurer's safe at Medina, o.,
early on the morning of the 23d. After three
hours of fruitless work the undertaking
was abandoned and the robbers fed. The
vault contained $4,000. A reward of 81, 900
has been offered for their capture.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
General News Summary.
Interesting Home and Foreign News.
CoNORESsIoNAL

SENATE, Dec. N.-Mr. Morgan introduced q
resolution, which was adopted, calling on the
President for correspondence with Nicaragua
relative to the Nicara5uan ship canal. The
Oil hxing the charge for passports at one dollar
was passed without dissenting vote, as was
also the Urgency Deficiency Appropriation bill
Tor the public printing. The House resolution
for Q holiday recess from December p to Janu-
sry 4, was agreed to. Mr.. Cullom called up the
conference report on the Interstate Commerce
bill, and Mr.. Wilson, OF Iowa, addressed the
Senate at length In favor OF the adoption OF the
report Without action the Senate went into
executive session, and whom the doors reopened
adjourned.
HoUsE.-Mr. Morr1son's concurrent resolution
providing for holiday recess from December
- to January was agreed to- The Senate
amendment to the bill for relief of survivors of
the Arctic exploring steamer Jeanette was con-
Cured in. The House set aside January 20 for
consideration Of suitable resolutions respecting
the deaths OF Messrs. Arnot, Beach and Dowd-
ney. The Senate amendments to the Urgency
Deficiency bill were concurred in, and the House
adjourned.
SENATE, Dec s-Mr. Edmunds reported a
bill to provide for the execution of that part of
the treaty with China relating to the opium
trafic, and gave notice that he would ask for its
consideration after the holidays. Mr.. Dawes
resolution, directing the Committee on Finance
TO inquire what reduction can be made in Gus
toms duties and international taxes reducing
receipts to the necessary expenses Of the Gov.
ernment without impairing the prosperity OF
home industries or home labor, was adopted.
Mr.. Blair, from. the Pensions Committee, re.
ported his bill amending the pension laws
placed on calendar. After the transaction OF
some unimportant miscellaneous business the
Senate adjourned until January l. 1887
HoUsE.-Bills were passed granting the right
Of way through certain Indian reservations in
Northern Montana to the st. Paul & Minneapo-
lis Railroad Company; granting to San Antonio,
Tex, o certain portion Of the military reserva-
ton adjoining that city. Mr.. Warner, Of Ohio,
reported a bill requiring all land grant railroad
companies to construct. maintain and operate
telegraph lines. In Committee Of the Whole
the Oklahoma bill. was discussed OF length by
Messrs. Brown, Of Georgia, and Springer, of IL
hnois and pending further action the commit
tee rose and the House adjourned until Tues-
day January L. 1877