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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-07-27

An awkward looking, stage-struck
hoosier went to see one of the theat-
rical managers ut Philadelphia, lately,
and solicited an engagement. "What
role would you prefer, my friend"
asked the manager. "Well, SQUIRE"
said the would-be American Roscius,
Il aint partial to rolls, no how; corn
dodgers is my favorite.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-07-27

Lippi,,coy's Magazine has the fol-
lowing account of the facetious
sayings Of Judge Richard Peters,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14
he MAINLY.

Never try to keep out of n mans way
when you are owing him any thing, un-
less it is thrashing. 1t is bad enough,
in all conscience, to be in debt, but do
not make your condition worse by grow
ing meaner under its pressure. When
you absolutely cannot pay up at the ap-
pointed time, don't make him believe you
are sick don't skulk abOutin any of the
way-streets to avoid meeting your. credi-
tors; don't sneak around the first corner
when you catch sight of him before he
has seen you. All such conduct is I'M
manly. No doubt you're averse to stand
face to face with man to whom you are
debtor, payday past and you a
debtor still-it is Notifying, very, but
it is only one OF the natural consequences
of borrowing; and as you have incurred
the penalty, why meet it like a man.
Face your creditor, let him know you
neither forget the debt nor underrate his
patience to you. Say frankly that you
are very sorry to keep him so long out OF
his money, and that you will pay up us
fast and as soon as you cam *-
This is the only way to conduct your
self in the case. There is no respect due
to men or women who, failing to be able
to meet their payments at the proper
time, instead of going at once and ex-
planning the reason why they fail, and
be and say all they can to assure theiI
creditors that they mean no dishonesty
just sneak about carefully, an&iously
only to shun the creditors sight. BE
manly.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14
General Robt. H. Lee.

The example of the late General Lee,
in refusing all gifts, and declining to re-
ceive compensation for services not rem
dered, is worth more to his country and
to all who follow it, than millions in
gold. The facts here stated Will not be
forgotten:
of Richmond rendered General Lee an
elegant mansion as some small token OF
the high estimation in which he was held
by the city which he had so long defend
ed. But the grand old man replied: 81
do not expect to be in Richmond during
the continuance of the war, apd my fam
lily are as comfortable as they have q
right to expect to be in these times. ]
must, therefore, with my thanks for your
consideration, most respectfully decline
your offer. If you have money to give
1 hope you will bestow it upon my pri-
vate soldiers. ,.who are more in need and
more deserving than myself"
At the close of the war offers OF pc
cuniary assistance poured in upon him
from all sides, but he steadfastly refused
to receive them.
An English nobleman, thinking he
would rejoice in some place of retreat
from his affections, wrote to offer him
splendid country seat and handsome
annuity He EobIy replied: 81 am deep
sert my native State in the dark hour OF
her advcrsity. L must abide her fortune c
and share her fate"
Soon after he took charge of Washing
ton College he was visited by the agent
of an insurance company, who offered
him the presidency at a salary of ter
thousand dollars. He told the agent thai
he could not properly attend to both
'sBut, General,' said the agent, "we dc
not want you to discharge any duties
We simply wish the use of your name
That will abundantly compensate u.s."
FEXcuse me, sir" was the prompt and
decided rejoinder, 81 cannot consent tc
receive pay for services do not render
He received many offers of this sort
and just short time before his death
large manufacturing company in New
York offered him salary of fifty thou.
sand dollars a year if he would become
their president. But to all such offers he
had the same reply-his duty in the col
lege fully occupied his time, and he
would not receive pay where he did no
render service.
He refused to receive from the college
anything like so large a salary as they
desired to pay him, and when, in 1863
the trustees decreed to Mrs. Lee a house
and annuity of three thousand dollars
the General respectfully declined, ol
Mrs. Lees behalf, to accept it.
He declined all gratuities, and though
loving people, for whom he had toileC
so heroically, would most joyously hav'
settled on him handsome property, HI
preferred to earn his daily bread by hi
personal exertions, and to set his people
an example of honest industry.-Chris
| tidn Observer.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14
Esel;siiYc Rank ofClffes.

The cities of New York Philadelphia
and Brooklyn maintain the same relative
rank as to population that they did in
1860. There has been considerable shift
ing of places, however, among those that
now constitute the remainder of the
twenty foremost cities of the Union:
During the last decade st. Louis has
ascended the scale from the eighth to the
fourth.
Chicago, in a similar proportion
changes from the ninth to the fifth.
Baltimore, which in 1860 was the
fourth, retrogrades to the. sixth. -
Boston purSueS the same direction, from
the fifth to the seventh.
Cincinnati retires a step from the sew
enth to the eighth.
New Orleans falls back from the sixth
to the ninth. -
San Francisco, taking a noble forward
leap, vaults from the fifteenth to the
tenth.
Buffalo lags behind from the tenth tc
the eleventh.
Washington makes a stride from the
fourteenth to the twelfth.
Newark, New Jerseys thriving me-
tropolis, drops, nevertheless, from the
eleventh to the thirteenth.
Louisville, twelfth in rank in 1850, is
now assigned to the fourteenth.
cleveland, IOuf steps IofWarQ7 mounts
from the nineteenth to the fifteenth.
Pittsburgh alone retains the same rela.
tive rank now as then, the sixteenth.
Jersey City rises from the twentieth tc
the Importance of the seventeenth.
Detroit recedes from the seventeenth
to the eighteenth.
Milwaukee from the eighteenth to tht
nineteenth.
Albany, which was, ten years ago, the
thirteenth, now takes the old place o
Jersey City, as the twentieth.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14

the grain, keeping it moist with water :;
let the work dry; then, if you wet it
again, you will find the surface perfectly
smooth, and the texture of the wood
much hardened; by this means, common
soft Honduras mahogany will have face
equal to fine Hispaniola. If this does
not succeed to your satisfaction, you may
improve the surface by using the pumice
stone with cold drawn linseed oil, in the
same manner as you proceeded with
water; this will be found to put a most
beautiful, as well as durable lace to your
work, which may then be polished or
varnished.-Cd6inet Maker.
CLEANSING STONE FRoNTs.-It is usual
to perform this operation by the erection
of scaffold, and the rubbing-down of
the face by hand-labor with sand and
water. 1t has been found, however, that
this course was open to the objection
that it removed what masons called the
weather 'sskin'' of the stone--the thin,
indurated surface produced blythe action
of rainwater with the SCOT upon the cal
careous matter which enters into the
composition of some of the London
building stones, Portland more especial
ly. 1t has been ascertained that the jet
of water thrown from steam tire-engine
has the power of removing the discolora-
ton produced by the smoke, without in
JurlnS The lace OF Ilie stohe ala, acCoru-
ingly, arrangements have beensmade for
the cleansing, in this way, ofthree we'll
known buildings in the city. The work
is done from the ground, the force of
the stream thrown by the steam fire en-
gine being sufficient to effect the neces-
sary cleansing. To give an idea of its
power, we may say that it is no uncom-
mon experience for man to be knocked
down by the blow of the water, if he
happens to be in its way. We may add,
that the approximate cestof cleansing the
fronts of all three buildings will not
probably exceed $500; whereas, under the
old system, the outlay for each separate
building would probably exceed that
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14
Condensed History of Steam.

About go years B. G. Hero, of
Alexandria, formed toy, which eNhib-
tied some of the powers of steam, and
was moved by its power.
a. d. 450, Anthemfus, an architect, az
ranged several cauldrons of water, each
covered with the wide bottom of Il leather
tube, which rose to a narrow top, with
pipes extended to the rafters of the adj
joining building. A fire was kindled be-
meath the cauldrOns, and the house was
shaken by efforts of the steam ascending
the tubes. This is the first notice of the
power of steam recorded.
In 1913, June II, Blasco d. Gar0y tried
Il steamboat with tolerable success at
Barcelona, Spain. 1t consisted of a caul-
dron of boiling water, and Il movable
wheel on each side of the ship. 1t was
laid aside as impracticable. y present,
however, was made to Garoy.
In 1850 the first railroad was construct
ed at NeWcastle-on-Tync
The first idea of steam engine in
England was in the famous Marquis OF
Worcestcr's 'History of Inventions" \.
D. 1868.
In I710, Newcomer made the first
steam engine in England.
In 171S, patents were granted to Say
ory for the first application of the steam
engine,
In IVA, James Watt made the first per-
feet steam engine in England.
In 1736, Jonathan Hulls set forth the
idea OF steam navigation.
In 1778, Thomas Paine first proposed
this application in America.
In 17S1, Marquis Jouffroy constructed
one in Saonc. --z
In 1855, two Americans published q
work on it. 1
In 1779, William Tymington made a
voyage in one on the Forth and Clyde
Canal.
In 1902, this experiment was repeated,
In 1882, Ramsey propelled 4 boat bv
steam to New York. -..- ..
In 17Ss, John Fitch, of Philadelphia.
navigated boat by steam engine on
the Delaware.
In 1893, Robert Fulton first began tc
apply his attention to steam.
In 1893, Oliver Evans, a native of Phil
adelphia, constructed a locomotive steam
engine to travel on turnpike road.
The first steam vessel that crossed tht
Atlantic was the Savannah, in the montl
of June, 1919, from Charleston to Liver
pool.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14
Broken Hearts.

The series of acts of self-destruction
still runs on with pitiless iteration. Our
exchanges explain the recent suicide of
Miss Laura Shanks at South Washington,
d. c., by the statement that she had been
apparently engaged to a young man of
the neighborhood who had broken faith
with her. 1t is not without bearing on
the facts that, in the same paragraph, in
the mention of her relations, it is indi-
rectly limited that the girl, though anna
bic and beautiful, was probably OF OBJ
scure station and presumably of limited
or deficient education.
1t is a noticeable fact in the sadly mo-
notonous details of such cases of self
slaughter from disappointed affection
that the victim is usually of the lower, or
at most the middle class, in social station.
While Rosalind's malicious epigram that
Men have de- and worms have eaten them,
But not for love,
is clearly untrue of women, it might not
be so unfair if predicated of the upper
classes. The reason is not far to seek.
Looking only to the lower and more
selfish elements in matters matrimonial,
it is plain that the brilliant woman in
society, in the average case, has far
better chance to fill the vacant place in
her facile affections than her humble,
less beautiful or less wealthy sister.
The cynical old proverb about Gas good
fish in the sea as ever yet was caught
has especial application to those who
might, by an easy figure, be said to live
ON the sea-coast and own the best of nets
and lines.
But deeper influence is that of cult
vation. Without assuming, What no
one has right to claim, that the wealthy
and well-born have any superiority in
moral and religious principles, it is plain
that in the majority of cases the woman
of the upper class will be likely to have
an intellectual and aesthetic training
which, while it cnlarges her views and
confirms her will, supplies a mental
stimulus and consolation which the girl
of less culture must bitterly need. The
woman of the lower classes, when ell
dowed by nature by a strong nature and
warm feeling; is too likely, if we may sc
express it, to run to heart in default OF
that restraining counterpoise which only
the enlightened brain can supply. To
such nature wound to the affections
may often prove fatal. That narrowness
of view which heightens the intensity o.
Its one concentrated attachment makes
the world but one hopeless and helpless
blank when its object is removed. 1t i:
not the least blessing of high culture fol
| women that il may, without destroying
the original richness and depth of theil
nature, lift them above this limitation
and even amid the ruin of their tender
est hopes, enable them still to see in hu
manity its wide relations and boundlesE
possibilities.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14
How TO Become Bankrupt by
Manufacturing.

Not a few, adopting the maXims we
are about to promulgate as rules for con-
Quoting a manufacturing business, have
succeeded in being conspiclously unsuc-
cessful. If any others wish to follow in
their iIlustrious footsteps, let them adj
here strictly to the advice we shall give,
and we will guarantee the desired re-
suit.
Let them branch off into many kinds
of manufacturing, or, if manufacturing
any particular class of goods, confine
themselves as closely as possible to max
ing as many different varieties of wares
as the class will permit of. The first is a
better and more rapid road to ruin, but
the latter will do, provided that:
They so keep their books that they can
not tell how much or little they are max
ing or losing upon each variety of arti-
cles they produce, or whether there is
either profit OF loss on their entire busi-
ness except when the annual balance
sheet is made up. We have known per-
sons who were so foolish as to employ
skilled bookkeepers to keep them in
formed as to the state of their liabilities
and assets. 1t is rare that such men tail
so conspiciously as to acquire public
fame. Their example should be avoided
by those ambitious to become noted
bankruptS.
Let those who wish to fail, also hire as
much by the day or week as possible, and
eschew the system of ''piece work" 1t
is astonishing how much this will grease
the wheels of financial disaster, especial
| ly if,
They leave everything in charge of a
salaried superintendent, not above hav-
ing his favorites among the employees
who becomes favorites by seeing that he
does not want for gold watch at Christ
mas, or cigars to regale himself with dur
ing the rest of the year.
Finally, having got things in this way
well in trim, be sure and take no care OF
remnants. Let them take care of them
selves. To become bankrupt, one mus
not respect economy. Economy ha;
stood between many a man and the debt
| or's prison OF the aims house. Therefore
have nothing to do with it. Let scrap:
rot, and material run to waste. Spend as
much time as you can with fast horses
in shooting, fishing, ETC., leaving busi
ness to the superintendent. When &;
pinch comes, borrow morrow, having
full faith that it will be easy to pay i
when due. So shall you find smooth sail
ing and fair brcezes to watt you swiftly
to port where you will find no lack o
; congenial society," Scientific american
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14
Some Interesting Facts and az
Alarming Sfatememf.

The Sun gives n history, obtained
from an authentic source, of the boiler
of the ferry boat Westfeld, which ex-
ploded and caused such fearful havoc at
New York some time since. 1t was
made in 1861, of the best Pennsylvania
iron, for Commodore Vanderbildt, at a
cost of 1000 to $12 700. 1t was twelve
feet front, ten feet in diameter, twenty
five feet long, with two furnaces,
weighed thirty-five tons, and was made
to stand pressure of forty pounds. One
of the mechanics engaged in its con-
struction, from whom the information
given was obtained, being asked his
opinion as to the cause of the explosion,
said the boiler was worn out; he had
handled hundreds of the same kind, and
never knew one to last over seven years,
with the greatest care; ordinary usage
would unfit them for service inside of
five years. He said further, that the
place at which the boiler gave way had
not been repaired in ten years, and must
have been worn as thin as a wafer.
Giving the whole story din a nutshell,''
the San informant said: SIT would cost
about ten to fifteen thousand dollars to
purchase a new boiler, and about five
thousand more to put it in and take the
old one out" The whole thing may be
summed up in one sentence ''grasping
capital.'' Another boiler-maker, with
much experience in the business, eX-
pressed his belief that the Westfield
boiler was made of common Philadelphia
puddled iron. He could buy iron at
four cents pound and he could also buy
it at ten, and it would cost $4,000 more
to build a boiler that would stand 300
pounds pressure than one which would
stand 40 pounds, the difference being in
the material and the bracing. This gen
tleman made the rather frightening
statement that he was pretty well ac-
quainted with the boilers in the ferry
boats running around New York, and he
knew of but one that was safe. That
one was made to stand pressure of 300
pounds. He added: ''They are all float
ing magazines, every one of them, liable
TO burst at any moment. Whenever 1
have occasion to cross Oh the ferry boats,
l always stand at the point which is
farthest away from the boiler. 1 tell
you L know the danger, and I'm afraid
of my life''
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14
Girls Wanted.

The San Francisco Labor Exchange
notifies 1.-The world and the rest OF man
kind" that california wants 5000 girls
to do general housework-girlsw who will
work in country towns. Thousands OF
Cinnamon are doing the work of women
in hotels and private houses, simply be-
cause wEitc help cannot be procured" 1t
adds, however, that the stories about the
opportunities for husbandgetting on the
Pacific slope are very much exaggerated.
occasionally bachelors are captured, but
these instances are becoming rare. Cali
fornia is not a wilderness. In some of
the mining camps men predominate, but.
to quote an apropos expression, while
There is as good fish in the sea as ever
swan, they don't bite as well as they used
to-" This is not encouraging for the
misunderstanding class, but it is well that
they should know the truth, before bray-
ing the perils of the American Desert and
the alkali plague of the plains.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14
"How long is it since the Peggy was

"How long is it since the Peggy was
lost?''
this next month; just fourteen exactly"
'Then YOU must be good old fellow
now 90
"Aye; I'm good age now, you may
depend.''
"See what age he is there, Bill, will
you?"
Bill, who had been listening in the
background, and taking notes on the lid
of his chest, proceeded to read the fol-
lowing items
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14
Facts about Ezfc.

1t is singular how much method has
been discovered in the seeming irregUI-
larities of life. Things that appear the
most casual occur with wonderful order
when the aggregate is taken into ac-
count. Take, for instance, the height of
man. What influence has it on longevi-
ty? How can we know whether We are
fortunate or unfortunate in this respect
Facts show that ones height does affect
ones days, and tall men live longer than
short ones.
Marriage, too, affects longevity. Fa-
vorably? Yes; married men live longer
than single men. Ones profession has
an important relation to life. Thus, out
of one hundred of each of the following
professions, the number of those who at
tain their SEVENTEEN year is: among cler-
gymen, AZ; farmers, 40; traders and
manufacturers, 33; soldiers and clerks,
32; lawyers, %; artists, 2S; professors
81; physicians, 2l. Thus it appears that
those who heal us kill themselves more
rapidly than others.
The average duration of life is 81
years. One-fourth of the born die be-
fore they reach the age of years, and
the half before the 18th year. Out O
years, and only l in 1000 reaches the
age of 100 years. Out of 500 only l at
tains so years. Out of ,000, 100000 liv-
ing persons, $4,000, 900 die annually
81 1000 daily, $3.50 every hour, and 60 ev-
cry minute; and still the population O.
the earth increases. The known
tongues which men speak amount to 81
064.
1t seems from these facts that the two
great events of life are being born anC
| dying. After the turmoil, rest.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14

ssThen YOU'LL be two hundred and six
years old I'' said Bill, with Chuckle.
"Bravo!' said Tom. ''There's not a
man like him in the fleet!''
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14

1t is estimated that the people of the
United States pay $10O,O0O,O0O a year
for medicines and medical services, cX-
elusive of $25,000,000 for patent medi-
cincS.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14

To DRIVE AWAY BEDBUGs.-Take
green tomato vines, put them into a basin
or tray, pound them to pieces as fine as
possible; then stain the bedstead they
inhabit with the juice, fill the cTevices
with the pieces of the vine, lay leaves
under the ends of the stats. If this is
practiced twice a year, not bug will re-
main in the bedstead.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-09-14

For Job Printing call at this office.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-10
A Timely Warning.

In March last the Chamber OF Commerce
and tie Board OF Trade Of Charleston held
special meetings to take into consideration
the extraordinary condition of the financial
affairs OF the State, and, after O full discus
sion, both bodies adopted series of resolu-
tions expressing the determination OF their
members to resist the payment of any ille-
gally contracted debt These resolutions
declare that (D the bonds heretofore issued
without legal sanction, and the so-called
sterling loan, or any other obligations there
after issued by the present State Govern
ment, will not be held binding, and their
payment will always be resisted; that (2) all
persons are warned against receiving any
obligations thereafter issued, purporting to
bind the property or pledge the credit OF the
State, which obligations will be held null
and void; that e.; State Convention be
held in Columbia on the second Tuesday in
May; that az the Convention request the
official aid and cooperation OF the Governor
with view to ascertaining the amount and
character OF the bonds and other liabilities
OF the State.
The Convention Of Taxpayers met in Co.
lumbia on May 9, 1871, every county in the
State save one being represented by it's
chosen delegates. Among the delegates
were Mr.. Armistead Burt, Mr.. W. D. Porter,