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N maids, cooks laundresses, small and green girls.
wanted at the Insgnin cent once M 9th ay above 10Th
It. Pay when engaged Employers plenty. Come
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03
Congressional summary.

In the Senate the greater portion
of the morning hour was, consumed
by Mr., Scott, in a speech refuting
the position assumed by Commits
sioner Wells In his annual report. The
Naval Deficiency Bill was passed.
Mr.. Chandler, from the COMMITTEES
on Commerce, reported favorably the
bill mentioned in Wednesdays re-
port to promote commerce between
the States. The Mississippi Bill was
taken up, and on the motion to strike
out the provision prescribing oondi-
tions of admission, personal debate
sprung up between Messrs. ThAyer,
Sumner, Trumbuu and Sherman,
on the question of partisan loyalty,
which continued till adjournment.
During the morning hour in the
House, a number of speeches were
made on the; sui bjeet ofAmerican citi-
zens imprisoned in England for polit-
ica1 offenses. The resolution calling
on the President for information fin
ally went over. The House went in
to committee, and took up the Leg
islative, Executive and Judicial APP
preparation Bill. A motion by Mr..
Butter, of Massachusetts,, to strike
out the appropriations for mileage OF
members gave rise to am exciting and
bitter discussion. IN Il 4 ss
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03
The ParagIayan War

Do those who are accustomed to
speak slightingly of this Paragnayan
war ever reflect upon the misery be-
yond telling which has fallen upon
that people, not upon one nor many,
but upon all?. There were nine hun7
dred thousand people there five years
ago; two-thirds of these have fallen
by famine, disease, and battle; and
should the war continue the whole
race will perish. Five years ago
they were prosperous and progress
i've, building railroads and telegraphs
and ships, and improving and re-
building their cities and towns. Now
heirchiefci ties have been laid waste,
their capital sacked. and there is not
to-day home in Paraguay which
has not been made desolate. To
whom is this chargeable? The allies
say to the aggressions of Lopez :: the
Paraguayans to the ambition of Bra
zil. Eobez claims that he was COM
PEELED to fight in self-preserVation
The allies declare in all their public
documents that the war was for the
viudication of their outraged honor.
But they have occupied the capital
of Paraguay and one-haH her terri
tory they have de troy ed thirds
of her population they have taken
DO6OC6b1Oh
they have brought upon the country
misery and desolatiou that surpass
description. Why, therefore, does
the war not cease? Clearly because
the claim that it is only for the vim
dicationl of national honor, and to
obtain Indemnity for the past and
security for the future, Is like, the
treaty of the triple alliance. of which
it is the preambIe-a fraud and de-
lusion. No better proof that Para
quay fights for her very existence is
needed than this one fact-that the
war still continues. In the face of
this the fair promises of the triple
treaty, and the honeyed words the
allied writer's about civilization and
progress and liberty, and the other
specious phrases which are common7
ly used to defend all false causes, can
not be received by honest men nor
accepted by upright governments as
explaining either the origin or tho
objects of the war. The var is for
conquest and absorption by Brazil;
and to permit such conquest and abb
sorption is contrary to the received
and traditional principles of Ameri-
can policy. We have assumed the
role of-protector of the American re-
publics. We played it with success
anu 4OHOr III r0garu 10 MEXICO. w =
encourage by popular sympathy the
struggle which Cuba carries on to
gain her independence! Yet both
the government and the people sur
vey with Indifference the magnifi-
cent fight whieh Paraguay has main
tanned for, five long years to preserve
the Independence which she gallant
ly conquered half a century ago; and
this Independence, won from Spain,
is Threatened by a monarchy far less
enlightened, whose dominion will
be fatal to the development of Para
quay, and to the progress initiated
ruler whom il is the fashion among
certain interested parties of more or
less standing to, denounce as a bar
barian and a monster unfit to. live"
I'M, T. Mcmahon, in Mag
azine for February. q -,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03
Be TrustY and True.

When Lord Wellington was COM
mander of an .aaHmy in India a GER
tain rich man offered him five hun
dred thousand dollars for some secret
information on a very important ques-
ton. Wellington looked thought
fully few moments, as If he was
weighing the temptation. But he
was not. He was only considering
the best way to answer his tempter.
At length he said,
''It appears that you can keep a
secret, sir ?n .-Ff Er-a
"Certainly," replied the man, feel
ing sure that he had gained his point.
HSo can l." rejoined Wellington.
"Good morning sir" and the man
went away with a chopfallen air.
Thus, you see, Wellington was
proof against corruption. He reject
ed bribe of q half million dollars
Wasn't that noble T? Yes. Very
good. Stick a pin in this fact and
make this resolution.
"I will be true and trusty too.
will never betray my trust. Millions
of money shall never buy me to dc
wrong.n 'f' l'Lff' -
Make this resolution and keep it
my children, and you will always
respect yourselves and be respected
by others. You will never cheat mol
steal. You will never be robbers o.
banks nor betrayers of trust. You
will be trusty and true.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03
The Uses of Snow.

The snow which falls upon the
earth is a tender mantle to infant
food plants which would otherwise
perish of frost. In what is called an
'open winter" you may see whole
fields of young rye and wheat, and
clover, all pulled up by the frost and
laid on the top of the ground to
wither and die in the spring sun
shine The frost heaves up the
earth, and with it the plants slight
thaws permit the earth to settle and
renew its hold, and so successive
freezings and thawings gradually
uproOt entire crops. "Winter kill
ed'' is the sad verdict of the farmer,
as he contempIates the loss of his Ia
Dor and seed in the spring; and'win-
ter killed. might be appropriately
spoken of the suffering and dying
victims of starvation prices which
follow the destruction of crops.
+ True, Nature sometimes in her
zeal to protect covers too deep and
smothers the plants ; tucks in the
coverlid so tight that the unseason-
able warmth of the earth stimulates
their vitality into an attempt at
growth, which fails for want of air
and light. But such disasters are
comparatively rare and open winters
are the most deadly to grain crops.
It is also true that in the large ter
ritories devoted to grain growing in
the United States, when crop fails
in one section it succeeds in another,
and so the food supply keeps pretty
steady pace with the demand, but
it is none the less true that in many
sections of the country winter wheat
or rye could not be successfully
grown without snow to protect these
crops from frost.
But snow has another important
Office to perform. 1t is fertilizer.
Ask the experienced farmer, and he
will tell you that the late SHOWS of
spring falling upon the springing
crops make them look green and
vigorous, and really nourish them.
It is the bearer of ammonia, an i'm
portant element of the food plants,
which it collects from the air. We
have known thrifty farmers to rise
early to plow in the light snow be-
fore it melted, being aware of its
value, though perhaps not realizing
in what it's virtue consisted. 1t is
also without doubt true that open
winters are more favorable to the
spread of disease than the contrary
It is an old proverb that "greer
Christmases fill churchyards. p
Scientific American.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03
What the Wind Saws.

ttDo you know what the cold wind
says, grandpa 2" asked a little child
at an old merchants knee.
"No, puss what does it 2" he an.
swered, stroking her fair hair.
Remember the poor grandpa /;
when 1t comes down the chimney it
roars, Remember the poor ;'Jwhen
it puts its great mouth to the key
hole it whistles, 'Remem Der the poor;;'
when it strides through a crack In
the door itwhisPers 1t and, grandpa,
swlIenit blows your beautiful silver
hair about, In the street, and you
.shiver and button up your coat, does
it not get at your ear and say so, too,
in q. still small voice, grandpa?"
"Why, what does the child mean?n
cried grandpa, who, I am afraid, ,
had been used to shut his heart
against such words. "You want a
new mnff and tippet, I reckon. A
pretty way to get them out of your
old grandfather Hs
"No, grandpa, "said tho child ear
nestly, shaking her head !" no, it's
the no-muff-and tippet children I'm
thinking of. My mother always re-
members them, and so do try tor
After the next storm the old mer-
chant sent many dollars to the treas
urer of a relief society, and said /,
"Call for more when you want It,"
The treasurer stared with surprise, for
it was the first time he had ever col
lected more then few dollars from
him and they, he thought came
grudgingly.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03

OILING FARM 1MPLEMENTS.-Ev-
cry farmer should have a can of lin
seed-oil and a brush on hand; and
whenever he buys q new tool, he
should soak IL well with the oil and
dry il by the fire or in the sun, be-
fore using. The wood by this treat
ment Is toughened and streng gthened,
and rendered impervious to water.
Wet a new hay-rake and when it
dries it will begin to be loose in the
joints /; but If well oiled, the wet will
have but slight effect. Shovels and
forks are preserved from checking
and cracking in the top Of the handle
by oiling; the wood becomes smooth
as glass by use, and is far less liable
to blister the hand when long used.
Axe and hammer handles often break
off where the wood enters the iron A;
this part particularly shouldbetough-
ened with oil, to secure durability.
Oiling the wood in the eye of the axe
will prevent its swelling and shrink
ing, and sometimes getting loose.
The tools on large farm cost a large
sum of money they should be Of the
most, approved kinds. 1t is poor
economy, at the present extravagant
prices for labor, to set men atfwork
with ordinary, old-fashioned imple-
ments. Iaborers should be required
to return their tools to the conven-
lent places provided for them; after
using, they should be putaway clean
and bright. The mold-boards OF
plows are apt to get rusty from one
season to another, even If sheltered ;
they should be brushed over with q
few drops of oil when put away, and
will then remain in good order till
wanted.-CFarm Journal. F8
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03

THE FARMERS SHoP.-Every
farmer should have shop fitted up
with such tools as are used by the
carpenter, Joiner, ,machinist andIblack-
smith, or with those that would be
valuable in making repairs. Above
1--we consider good foot lathe very
desirable. 1t would be impossible
within the limits of a newspaper
article, 10 merely notice the. ,advan-
tage of this machine and it's varied
uses. A very good foot lathe costs
from so to 100 dollars, and the money
is well expended in the purchase.
Articles of use and ornament made of
wood ivory and metal may be turned
out by the foot lathe convenient for
use in the house or on the farm.
The pratice on the lathe is one of
the most fascinating pastimes for a
stormy day or an unemployed eve
ming. A part from its use in making
and repairing, the foot lathe is a
pleasant companion Tor the business
haunted and brain weary. One who
adopts it as companion of his lei
sure hours will become an adept,
and the more he uses and becom es
acquainted with his machine the
better he will like it. He will be
surprised at the number and ele-
! gance of the little articles of use and
ornament he can produce from the
rough material, and at the pleasure
that the practice ofa mechanical art
can aftord.-[S Scientific American.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03

The New England Farmer( Boston,
has sensible article with regard to
the ,managem ent of woodland, in
which it very properly deprecates
the hap-hazzard way of cutting
few years. i,3 sssf-.ra11 trB "a
With reference to the time and
mode, it says: sGf 20 4Z..5z.aL
r. 1.-The winter may not be the best
time to5cut all kinds of timber to
have it tdurable+-butit it is generally
the most convenient time, and if.the'
sprouts are any object, it is the best
time. ] know a lot that was cut
while the leaves were on, that has
spr0utedyery poorly. qIs should not
consider it worth ashalf the price of
ordinary lots cut in winter.
H1frlI were going to. be, several
years cutting off q lot Of wood in one
body, I would begin at the farther
side, SO as not to drive the teams
over the sprouts, when getting off
that which remained. ~, 1uoT u
" The woodlands of this country are
becoming more valuable each year,
and it is important. to so manage
them. that the greatest growth of
young timber can be secured.
I'VE, have practioed the plan of cut
ting clean as we went, always on the
south or southwest side, leaving a
skirting, of timber on the border as
a protection from both wind and sun.
Land treated in this way has always
sprouted we'll, and the trees have
shown a very vigorous growth.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03
FHRGoLp DIeaINe-MANIA.-

@AEANIA.-A
Victoria paper depicts the first dis
astrous results of this mania thus !:
"Men had -forsaken their ordinary
avocations the Shepherd had left
his flock, the driver his team law
.yers had foFsaken the courts; the
merchants the counting-houses; the
clerks their desks and field laborers
and artisans had departed without
warning. There was no prospect
of finding men to reap the crops, and
1t appeared certain that famine was
impending. A Absorbedsin the pur-
suits of gold, all domestic and pub
lie and general duties were forgotten.
And while sit was certain that the
miners. would suffer severely from,
.theswant of provisions, there came
among them a thing more terrible
than famine. Crime flowed in among
them as strong stream. It became
known that Van Dieman's Land had
emptiSd itself, and that the flood was
pouring in3o Port Phillip. Men
walked warilY in the daytime aud
fortified themselves for an encounter
which he deemed inevitable and
those who had accumulated gold
never went to sleep without the
dread of being awakerfSd by a savage
murderer s5..i.4 Htx -
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03

five were to choose from all the
periodicals just one to be bound in
book form for family library, we
should without the least hesitation
take Appletor's Journal. 1t is rich
in information, brilliant with the
jewels of miscellaneous literature,
and adorned with admirably execut-
ed Illustrations. Children would
pore over the pictures, and in de
clphering them pick up no incon-
siderable amount of valuable in
formation.& Every class of readers
will be sure to find in lit something
to his liking, If only he seek nothing
unworthy place in a first-olass
magazine. We are glad to see that
the publishers are not content with
issuing weekly and then monthly
edition, of the Journal, but are also
binding each volume in book form
The second volume has just made its
appearance.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03

This is the latest story from Paris :
M. Blanc, a millionaire, who came
within an ace of being elected depu-
ty, was returning from Burgundy by
a night train. A lady, young and
pretty, occupied the same compart-
ment. Now M. Blanc, who, in spite
of his naturally small feet, tries to
make them smaller still, was suffer-
ing terribly from tight boots. All at
once he noticed that the lady was
asleep and he could just as well take
off his boots, which he did. Sudden
.4F the station lights begin to appear
in sights 0ae boot is quickly put on,
but the other, alas does not go on
so easily. Hepulls and pushes fin
ally the foot goes in, but is terribly
pinched. Once at the station, NJ.
Blanc hides himself in cab, and
thinks his troubles at an end. When
he.reaches the house, imagine his
surprise at finding his right foot in
a lady's boot. The lady had been in
a similar situation with himself.
Madame Blanc refuses to believe a
word of his story; she cries, goes in
to Mysteries, and finally returns to
her father, refusing to hold any COM
munication with her unfortunate
husband. But think of the recep-
tion accorded to the lady of the train
when her husband saw her predica-
ment! 81 s1
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03
ANorHER sHADOWaD ALTAK

The popular author, Ned Buntline,-no less
famous as a temperance orator than n writer
is at present writing for that great story and
sketch paper the NEW YoRK WEEKLY, q thrill
ing story Of real life entitled ''The shadowed
Altar This is story that cannot fan to
deeply interest not only all who are already
married, but all who contemplate marriage.
Every young man, every young woman, every
oldman, every child, in fact, who is capable
Of sober thought, viii find food for reflection
In the mysteries and Incidents which hang
around ''The shadowed Altar" We advise
our readers to peruse it without fail.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03

r# One of the most remarkable things
in human affairs is the conformity
and general laws by which every
thing appears to be governed. Even
the accidents and casualties of life
seem to be under a general principle,
that no one could suppose to exist.
Thus, for instance, there is the matter
of divorces. It would naturally be
supposed to be purely arbitrary in
its character. There might be a
great number of divorces one year,
and a small number the next, with
out anything approximating to uni
formity in numbers. The same is
true of accidents, murders, law suits
and. other ills inflicted upon poor hu-
manity.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03

J c Mr;E. ID. Webster, late Assessor
of Internal Revenue, at New York,
famous for his raid on Wall street
brokers, gets So, 900 as his moiety of
the fines and penalties imposed, and
his successor in office Mr.. John r.
Cleveland) gets a smaller sum for
prosecuting the cases to a successful
issue. Mr.. Webster was formerly ed
itor of the Omaha Republican, and
is now of the New York Times. Mr..
Cleveland was late of the Tribune
editorial staff and is a relative of
Greeley. 1t is said that Mr.. Webster
will at once begin war upon 1Au-
gust Belmont and the foreign bank
-accIasss who have not paid any
tax whatever on capital in active use,
although it is known they transact
business amounting to an aggregate
of hundreds of millions of dollars in
year. ..,.,s. sag -s ~
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03
At an inquest over the body of a

AT an inquest over the body of a
man in st. Louis, last week, the cor
wash table and proceeded to hold a
post zaoTten1 examination, resulting
In finding piece Of ham apparently
half cooked stuck tight and fast in
the rear of the larynx, about two
inches aud half long, an inch and
a half wide, and about one-fourth of
an inch thick. The man had choked
to death in the haste of eating, land
not one Of the party" says the st.
Louis Republican, chad sense enough
to relieve him by few well directed
thumps upon the back"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03

The Cincinnati Gazette thinks, that
tsDown East" and "Out West'i are
very uncertain localities, since the
statement by Mr.. McTntyfe, the
agent of the Treasury Department.
In Alaska, that the mouth Of the
Columbia River is about the center
of the United States, east and west,
land, Maine, to Portland, ~ Oregon,
than from Astoria IN the latter State
to Attou, the most westerly, of the
Aleutian group of islands,, which are
part of our Alaskan purchase. siFi
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03
In numbers there is safety. It was

upon thus principle that the formula Of JUD-
soN's MOUNTAIN HEEB Pills was prepared.
Dr. Judson, intending 70 spend q fortune
in advertising his pills, submitted his re-
ctpe 70 the revtaion OF tbs most intelligent
and learned physicianB Of the age, and
1caclous medicine-fhe Jndson's Mountain
Herb Pills. They purify the blood, remove
all distractions, cleanse the skin OF all pim-
safe in their operation. The Judson'e Noun
tain Herb Pills cure Bfllfouhness, Female ir-
Irregularities, Headache, and many OF the dis
eesee arising nom impure blood aud derane-
ed digestion. Use the Judson's Mountain
Herb Pills, and when you have proved their
are both sngar-coated and plain. For sale ovr
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03
INpusrRIAL.--The January num-.

INDUsTRIAL.-rThe January NUM-
ber Of The Manufacturer and Builder,
published by Western & Go. in New
York, has large variety Of informa-
ton concerning novel inventions,
manufactured articles, and architec-
tural news. As q single item of news
gained may be mentioned the fact
that wood toothpicks, now so. conn
mon in use, are manpfacturedby by on
ly one house in the country, and are
sold to heiextent of four or Eve mill
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03

NEW WAY OF 1GHURNING.-The
good offices Of motheE earth do not
seem to be half known yet. Her lat
est discovered service Is TO- dc our
churning. This is the story as a
trustworthy writer gives it I: ilg
A singular method of making but
ter has lately come into quite ex-
tensive use in France, based upon
the observed fact, that cream is cham
ged into butter by being simply buried
In the earth. The theory of this result
is not very ineligible, though the
fact is stated to be beyond question !;
and in Normandy and other parts of
Francs, butter is actually prepared on
q large scale in this way. ,..J A.,
E The process consists in placing the
cream in q linen bag of moderate
thickness, which is carefully closed
then burying the bag about a foot
and q half deep in the earth, and
allowing it to remain from twenty
four to totwenty-five hours After the
Expiration of this period the cream
is found to have become hard, and
it is then broken up by means of a
wooden beater into small pieces and
enough water poured upon it to
wash out the buttermilk. il -
-Tosprevent any mixture of earth,
it is advisable to enclose the bag IN a
second one of larger SIRE and -eoarser
quality. The method of making
butter saves a great deal of labor, and
separates the butter more perfectly
than the ordinary process and we
are assured that butter thus prepar-
ed is of the most excellent quality. 3
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-03

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NIGHT AIR.--An extraordinary fall
lacy is the dread of night air. What
air can we breathe at night but
night air ? The choice is between
pure nightair from without and foul
air from within. Most people prefer
the latter. An unaccountable choice.
What will they say, ifit is prov
ed to be true that fully one-half of
all the diseases we suffer from are
occasioned by people sleeping with
their windows shut ? An opened
window, most nights in the year,
can never hurt any one. This is not to
say that light is not necessary for re-
coVery. In great cities, night air
is often the best and purest air
to be had in twenty-four ahours.
I could better, understand shutting
the windows in town during the day
than during the night; for the sake
of the sick. The absence of smoke,
the quiet, all tend to make night the
best time for airing the patient.
One of our highest medical author
tiles on consumption and climate,
has told me that the air in London is
never so good as after ten O'Clock at
night. Always air you room then
from the outside air, if possible.
Windows are made to open, doors
are made to shut-a ruth which
seems extremely difficult, of ap-
prehension. Every room must be
aired from without-eVery passage
from within. But the fewer pas
sages there are in hospital the bet
ter.-TFlorence Nightingale.