Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-10-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The American Storm Signal Service
has been extended to Canada, by an ar
rangement between the two countries.
The aurora borealis is said to occur
simultaneously at the North and South
Poles. ...f... ID.
C1NcHoNA, OR PERUVIAN, BARK.-A
new alkaloid of this vegetable has been
discovered. t3t 10
A new anesthetic has been, discovered
by DIR. Richardson. He calls it HYDRO
mylc. III.
1t is estimated that America, when her
productive power is fully developed, will
| be able to feed four times as many per-
sons as there are now on the face OF, the
earth. go d .flL-
Official returns received at the bureau
of statistics show that during the quar-
ter ending June 3Oth, 1871, the total
number Of passengers who arrived at the
port of New Y ork from foreign coun-
tries was 10Y, ,114, of whom -64,213 were
A Mrs. Carter, of town i'll ONO, has
discovered a cure for lying in young
girls 1t is the insertion Of a red hot
knife blade into the mouth and holding
the jaws close till it cools. On being re-
monstrated with, she said she acted as a
Christian woman to ,preventj the girl
from going to the lake that burneth with
fire. -fE'uao
Mr.. Grants ssHistory of the Newspa-
per Press announced some months ago
in England, is now completed, and will
be published Immediately in London.
1t consists of two large octave volumes,
and traces the history of Journalism in
England from its commencement down
to the present year. ....
Gen. James c. Clanton, of Montgomery,
Ala, was shot down in the street by Col,
Nelson, a son of Hon. II. A. R. Nelson,
one OF the judges of the Supreme Court
of Tennessee The Selma Times, of the
2Sth, says of General Clanton: SIN all
Alabama he leaves behind him no one so
admired, so trusted, so loved. In the
walks of private life, atsthe bar, in the
counsels of the State, on the field OF
bloody strife, he was everywhere faith
full to the duties of his position; always
superior to the petty weaknesses Of lesser
men, ever prompt to meet responsibili-
ties, and under all circumstances without
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A cotemporary, who knows whereof it
speaks, says: ssThe secret of advertising
is not yet discovered by all who adver-
tise. A good deal of money and space is
wasted in clumsy announcements, which
nobody reads; heavy standing placards,
which no more stimulate purchasers than
the names on signs. Much money is
also wasted in circulars, which are
thrown into entries and down cellar
ways, and always received with con-
| tempt, or in so-called advertising sheets
which nobody reads. There is no medi-
um which comes into such close contact
with the people as the newspaper; and if
advertisers only understood their busi-
ness they could make their portion as in
teresting as any other part of it. In
many of the German papers advertising
is carried on to an extent of which we
have no idea. The newspaper is the real
exchange. Everybody goes to it with all
his wants, and almost all his woes. The
consequence is that the sheets are as
lively as neighborhood gossip, and often
the pages devoted to advertising are the
best part of the paper; and the papers
are read through. The announcements
are always short, always 'stransient,' -
and one looks at them in the morning to
see what the world has to offer him that
day by way of business or amusement.
Perhaps his next door neighbor has a
rare piece of China or an engraving to
sell, or he would like to get number of
some serial, which you happen to have,
somebody, somewhere, announces some
thing that interests you, and so life is
made more endurable, trade is quickened,
and wants are supplied. We look to see
more general use of the advertising
columns of newspapers in this country
for all the wants and queries of life" O..