Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-08-10
ALL SORTS.

DOCKS france Is second, England JnlrQ,
and the United States fourth; while
| strange to say, in the number of news
| papers circulated they rank in directly
| the reverse order. But, reckoning by
the number of copies of books printed,
| instead of the number of new works,
| germany ranks far below this country.
| The most popular books ever published
| there scarcely reach a circulation of
| twenty-five thousand copies, while here
many a successful novel has been sold by
hundreds of thOusands.-N. Y. EUening
| Post.
Official paths in Arkansas are thick
with thorns. A party known by the
name of Charles W. Tankersley, who
was Speaker of the late House OF Repre-
sentatives of the State, was, on the ad-
journment of the body, made Superin-
tendent of the State Prison. Now comes
some political or personal enemy and
produces an alleged official letter stating
| that Lieutenant Chas. w. Caswell was
dismissed from the service of the United
states in 1884 for lying and appropriate
ing Government property to his own use,
and attached to the letter is certificate
affirming that Tankersley is really Cas-
we'll under another name.
| How many objects can the mind COM
prehend and count by an instantaneous
and apparently single act of mental
attention? Not many, certainly; for it
| is well known that we are unable
through the eye to estimate any large
number of objects without counting them
separately. Professor JeVons, after care
full investigation, has arrived at the con-
clusiOn that four is the probable limit,
and five is beyond the limit of perfect
discrimination, by some persons, at least.
| His experiments show that there is
clearly tendency to over-estimate small
numbers and to underestimate large
ones.
TRANSMISSION of blood from lamb to a
man was performed in Wilmington,
! North Carolina, last Friday. The sub
| Ject was a colored man, an inmate of the
| city hospital, who has been suffering for
some time past, and who has lately
seemed in danger of death from mere
exhaustion. When laid upon the table
he was too weak to talk end appeared to
| have but few hours of life left to him.
| When his vein was opened but one drop
of blood fell from it. The cartoid artery
of the lamb was opened, and the blood
was forced from thence, by the palpita-
ton of the animals heart, through a
small glass tube into the patients cepha-
lie vein. In this way about eight ounces
of blood was conveyed from the lamb to
the man. The operation was entirely
|
is now doing very well.
| SEVEN ToEs.-An eminent journalist
in Michigan declared in his paper that a
rival editor had even toes. The rival edi-
| tor thereupon came out in a double
loaded article, i'll which he denounced
| the statement as untruthful, and de-
| clared that The "author of it was q liar
and a scoundrel." The eminent journal
ist replied that he didn't for moment
wish to have it understood that he meant
| that all seven of those toes were on one
foot. And now the rival editor tries to
| avoid the public scorn by asking his
readers seriously, care these subjects
| which ought to be discussed in organs
whose duty it is to mould public
opinion? ?"
| PRoFANE STANDARDIZATION Sir Chris
topher Wren was building st. Paul's
cathedral, he caused the following notice
| to be affixed to several parts of the struc-
ture: Whereas among laborers and
others that ungodly custom OF swearing
is too frequently found, to the dishonor
of God and contempt of his authority :;
and to the end that such impiety may be
utterly banished from these works,
which are intended for the service of
God and the honor of religion, it, is or
dered that prOfane swearing shall be a
sufficient crime to dismiss any laborer
who comes to the call, and the clerk of
| the works, upon sufficient proof, shall
dismiss him accordingly; and that it any
master, working by task, shall not, upon
admonition, reform the proclamation
among his apprentices, servants and la
| borers, it shall be construed his fault,
| and he shall be liable to be censured by
the commissioners.
CHINESE SERVANTs.--We inquired
closely of various residents of San Fran
cisco who employ "Chinee" servants, as
| ton they give. In all cases the answers
were favorable. They are docile, quick,
honest and reliable. o Biddy-ridden
housekeepers can it be that a day of de-
liverence is dawning? Did ever Norah
or Biddy prove at once quick to learn
and docile, honest and thoroughly re-
liable? Cinnamon, however, are not re-
markably cleanly, though they can be
made so, but of themselves do not care
for cleanliness. Neither godliness nor
its next virtue has any. power over them.
| A friend told us that for delicious cook
ing she would put Chinese cook fore
most. One popularity is, that owing to
the national low estimate of women, it
promotes comfort to have many of the
necessary orders promulgated directly
from the gentlemen of the household.
CONSTANT EIPLoYNIENT.-Tob be con-
stantly busy is to be always happy.
Persons who have suddenly acquired
wealth, broken up their active pursuits,
and begun to live at their ease, waste
away and die in very short time. Ye
who are signing for the pomp and
splendor of life, beware! Yc know not
what ye wish. No situation, however
exalted; no wealth, however magniti-
cent; no honors, however glorious, can
yield you solid enjoyment while discon
tent turks in your bosom. The secret of
happiness lies in this-to be always con-
tented with your lot. Persons who are
| always busy and go cheerfully to their
daily tasks, are the least disturbed by the
fluctuations of business, and at night
sleep with perfect composure.
REMARKABLE CAVE.-There seems to be
no end of wonders in California. The
latest is remarkable cave near Calaveras,
wherein columns and pilasters, orna-
mented at their capitals with volutes and
modillions, at irregular intervals enlist
the visitors attention; while fine repre-
sentations of tapestry, cornice and fresco
work are engraved and plainly visible
on its wall. Every form immaginable
droopingly hang suspended, presenting
all the Variagated colors of the rainbow,
and brilliantly sparkle from the pale
light of a candle like a thousand dia-
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