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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-07
Another Foolhardy voyage.

To risk life in a noble cause is hero
ism; to peril it for no other object than
to gain notoriety, is simple foolhardi-
ness. The East India papers state that
another of those senseless sea voyages,
that have lately become SO fashionable,
is to be undertaken the coming winter.
The voyager is an Englishman; the
loute is from Calcutta to London by
way of the Red sea, the Suez canal
and the Mediterranean; the craft is a
schooner rigged boat of only two and a
half tons burden. In order to intro
duce new element of danger into the
voyage, Mr.. Inman, the amateur navi-
gator, bought boat that had been con-
demned as unseaworthy and unfit to
ply in the waters of river. Men may
admire the courage of the Cornishmen
who made the voyage to Australia in 6
lugger, because they had no other way
of getting there, and were anxious tC
better their condition and that of theil
families. They were fishermen, used tc
exposure and privation in every form
and were willing to risk much to get t.
the paradise of poor men. But the,
will see nothing to commend in man O
means, who hazards his life in making
voyage of nearly ten thousand miles
merely to gain reputation for self dar
ing.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-07
Varieties.

A GREEN grocer-One who trusts.
TINE on the jump-Leap year.
A BAD place to get out at-The ell
| bow.
THE book for pedestrians-WaIker's
Dictionary.
The press that printers ike-A press
of business.
THE damage done by the Belfast riot
ers will reach $25O,000.
How to make an Indian loaf-Give
him gallon of whisky.
A TENNESSEE paper has a subscriber
who has paid up his subscription regu-
larly for 1fty-four years.
If your neighbor's hens are trouble
some, and steal across the way, don't
let your passions rise; fix place for
em to lay.
AN editor says his ancestors have
been in the habit of living 100 years.
| His opponent responds by saying that
+" that was before the introduction of
capital punishment.
Mrs. PARTINGToN, in ILLUSTRATION of
| the proverb, A soft answer turneth
| away wrath" says, I" 1t is better to
speak paregorically of person than
to be all the time fingng epitaphs at
him."
THE Chicago man who stepped be-
hind a pair of mules that he intended
to purchase, asked, with much feeling,
| when he was picked out of the gutter,
/" if the derrick killed anybody else"
A COUNTRY editors sole editorial in
one week was: If anything will
make a man feel juicy about the heart,
| it is to talk velvet to a pair of sky-col-
ored eyes, by moonlight, in clover
| field"
A MAN selling patent blind brides ap-
| piled to an individual who had been
| unfortunate in his matrimonial alli-
ance, having rushed into the knot
somewhat too hastily. " Blind bri-
dies I" he replied testify, 81 had one
blind bridal, and l don't want another
one." He saw the blind.
HERE is an original gem, which ap-
pears on an Arkansas tombstone:
| Grim death has taken darling little Jerry.
Only son Of Joseph and sirepa Howells;
And then he perishod in his little bowels.
Perhaps it was the bottle that killed darling
1t always seemed to hurt his Etomach's tone;
Now up Il heaven he'll gTOw fat % and merry FRY
For there's no nursing Dottles Wnere ne . Boho.
The Prescott (Ari.) Miner says that
during the ten years of its existence
not one week has passed in which it has
not had to record at least one murder
of white men by the Indians of the
Territory. During the past month or
two the Apaches have murdered nine
men, driven away many cattle, and 9TH
erwise stolen or destroyed property.
A PHYSICIAN in Boston lately called at
a house for the purpose of vaccinating
a young lady. After waiting until his
patience was almost exhausted for his
| patient to appear, she presented her
right arm, when the following conver-
sation ensued: az must have your
other arm, Miss we don't inoculate the
right arm" "Oh, dearr' was the re-
ply. "Couldn't you do it on this arm?
1t has taken me twenty minutes to wash
it, and I'm afraid it will take an hour
to wash the otherp
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-07
Grandmamma,s Birthday.
BY CHARLOTTE F. BATES,

BY CHARLOTTE F. BATES.
There are red young lips on a wrinkled cheek.
Counting out grandmamma's S birthdays there
Eighty. the years that the kisses speak
And now there's hand on the snowy hair.
"Whyi grandmamma, really it seemed to me
never, never should reach the end;
How awfully tired you must be
To have had the eighty years to spendP
$50 have been thinkir G. my little son.
The years seemed never so long before
As when, in counting them one by one,
Your lips touched lovingly at fourscore.
" But God has given me strength for all
All the way to the eightieth stair;
I'm resting on it. ready to fall
Softly asleep on the breast of Prayer"
Our Young Folks.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-07
Pou1try.Eouse for The Farmer.

The cheapest way to build a fowl
house and give the greatest amount OF
ground room (which is what counts
with poultry is to make but one roof
and have that meet the ground. The
building should be nine feet wide at the
underpinning, and nine feet high at the
highest part. This gives as much floor
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-07
Sour Harvest Home.,,

Lets have joyful harvest home.
And sing with merry cheer,
The summers labor now has gone,
And autumn doth appear.
The fields of waving golden grain,
In bounteous plenty given.
Have yielded to the reaper's scythe,
Are to the garner driven,
The brawny farmer with his toll.
Is happier than the king.
He does not feel the morbid cley
Which ease and pleasure bring.
His joys are pure. his sleep is sweet.
He wakes at early dawn, =
And going forth his visage greets
The waving fields of corn.
Now in this rural bliss we share.
Of every grade and call,
And have our right princely fare,
Spread for the great and small.
Then swell the notes with joy and gIee.
And to the banquet come.
Lets have n merry time to-day,
A happy harvest home.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-07
Feline Affection.

A young "Tom cat" was accidentally
killed the other day at Hewins' bill
green and chloroform. A curious cir
cumstance occurred at his death. A
female cat, previous to the "Tom's" sud-
den illness, was extremely shy, came to
the funeral, and tried, as far as she
knew how, to alleviate his sufferings,
and finally lay down beside him, clasp
ing her paws around his neck. In this
position she remained until she was
taken away. When she saw the cats
dead body she set up dismal cater
wauling, which was only stopped by its
removal from her sight. Who can say
that cats are an unfeline race?-BostO,
Post
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-07

TIE city of Chicago gloriea in 1887
whisky and beer saloons. And yet her
people are not happy.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-07

THREE thousand species of grass are
now known to botanists, and new ones
are being constantly discovered by
travellers in unexplored regions.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-07
The Song Of a Rose.

loved red rose in garden;
My comrade leaned over the fence
And playfully pluck ed it thence
Not so much as I beg your pardonp
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-15

On Friday last, at the Southern Ban.
tist Convention, in Raleigh, DIR. Curry
presented the report OF the COMMITTEES
on the work OF the Domestic Missions
Board among the negroes. The report
recommends that the board devote as
much attention as possible to tho colored
people, and that the board address cir
cnlar to the churches. urging them to
their duty in the work; that efforts be
made to promote the Sunday school work
among the colored people, and to inte
rest them in the mission work to Africa. !.
and that the board bo directed to esta.
blish, as soon as practicable, a theologi
CO! seminary for oolored students for the
miniatry.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-15

a REMARKABLE MAN.-The MARQUIS of
Camden. who died fortnight ago. was
grandson of the first Marquis, who may
be fairly regarded as one of the most re-
markable men in his own country. That
noblemnn held the patent place Of Teller
OF tho Ji1chequer, an absolute sinecure
with some $6O, 900 year. When he had
held 1t some years, he came to the con-
cluslon that the existence of such a place
was an absolute fraud upon the nation,
and resigned it. His act was the more
oreditable in that he was by no means a
rich man. A parallel case was that Of
the late Lord Tauton, long known as Mr..
Aebonchere. At the outset of railway
enterprise, his father was fiercely prein.
diced against those dreadful innoyators.
which we're to demoralize the whole
world. He stoutly opposed the passage
OF the Great Eastern Railway bill; but
hnding that the company was too strong
Tor him, and that the line must pass
through his estate. he made the most
outrageous terms, with which the COM
pany was forced to comply. When his
son succeeded. he sent the company q
check for largo sum. saying that he
could not afford to profit by his fathers
pre]udices, and, therefore, only retained
what he thought the real value of the
land sold. In this corrupt, self-seekine
world, such deeds as theee "shine like
lights before men," and deserve to be
recorded.
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SAD NEws.-We heard yesterday that
Mr.. Seiglar. who was badly burned at
the time of tho destruction Of his dwell
ing, was at the point OF death, and not
expected to live scarcely twenty-four
hours. The country can i'll afford to
lose 80 good citizen.
Winnsboro Ne,os.
a young man named Bowles, confined
in Griffin Jail, on the charge Of murder,
escaped through the "feed window"
ten.and-a-half inches square, on Thurs
day. So much for being eight
weight"
The laws OF Germany are interpreted
to signify that women can vote in thai
country, and, of course, the advocates
thereof are jubilant.
Milton Smith, Carroll County. III.
boy OF twelve years, in getting rabbit
from under pile of lumber, was crushed
and killed by the boards falling or him.
England has another Tichborne scnsa.
tion in the discovery of an alleged
daughter of Sir Roger in the person of O
farmers servant girl.
4 San Francisco bankrupt swears to
Liabilities Of S24, 500. and assets of only
two suits of clothes.
Stokes is now designated rs the man
who was present when Col. Fisk fell
down stairs nnd killed himself.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-15

quiet, at 1926, Bscon firm -urder, i ;Si |; lo.s
shonlders 616; clear; sides TX, Lard 8A.
CINCINNATI. May IA. Flour declinino
family 8. 25(09.40. Corn advanced. at
61 @ 53. Pork 1900. Lard eTa0.
Bacon and whiskey steady.
AUGUSTA, May l4.-Cotton firm-miS.
ding 22I; receipts 80 bales: sales 95.
New ORLEANS, May 14.-Cotton strong
-middling %: receipts 544 bales: sales
$500; stock 70,944.
GALVESTON, May 14.-Cotton quiet
and steady-good ordinary 2Ok; re-
celpts % bales; sales so; stock 6.849.
CHARLESTON, May 14.-Cotton steady
22!l6 @ 2214; receipts 255
bales; sales 100; stock 1880.
W!hM1NaToN, May 14.-Ootton firm
mlddling 2214; receipts % bales; sales 5;
SAVANNAH, May 14.-Cotton in fair
demand and firm-midlling 22L: re-.
ceipts 437 bales; sales 200; stock l6. S77.
MOBILE, May 14.-Cotton firm-mid-
ding 221a; receipts 80 bales; sales 500:
stock 1896
PHILADELPHIA, May 14.-Cotton quiet
q.
Boston. May IA Cotton 1uiet-mid-
ding "a; receipts 1854 bales; sales 100:
stock l3. 600.
NonFoLK. Nay 14.-Cotton qniet-low
middling 2292214; receipts 465 bales;
stock 2,O31.
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COURAGEOUS YOUNG LADY.-Some
lew days since Miss E. G., an estimable
young lady, reading near Loretto, while
taking one OF her favorite strolIs through
quiet little meadaw, indulging her
romantic nature by admiring and oullinR
the first flowers of the season, and feast.
ing upon the beauties of spring gene.
rally, was suddenly aroused from the
pleasant and absorbing occupation by
the attack OF rabid dog. Unfortu-
nately, her secluded locality rendered
aid from any source impossible. Pos
sessing, however, an extraordinary
amount OF self-possession, instead of
giving vent to her inolinations in screams
ana cries, as many of her sex would
hare done under such circumetanoea
she deliberately seized her formidable
adversary by the throat, at the same
lime LOOKING. but In vain, for a weapon
OF some kind. After holding him fast q
lew minutes, her presence of mind
growing more acute from this trying di-
lemma, she closed her tiny hand, and
with the defence of nature she pummel-
led the cur SO furiously over his head
that he succeeded in liberating himself
from her grasp, and fed from the scene
OF action with the rapidity Of q rein
deer, leaving Miss @. to exult over her
prowess, thus rescued, as it we're, from
the very jaws of death. The dog has
since died from we'll marked symptoms
OF rabies, although some are pleased to
attribute his demise to congestion OF the
brain. caused by the conoussion re-
ceived ut the hands of Miss @.
Idppdhdnnock Inder,
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AuCt1on Sales.
Notice to Capitalists Sale Of CITY Of
columbia Seven Per Gent. Bonds.
OFFICE OITY TRRARI1RRR
OFFICE OITY TREASURED

OFFICE OITY TREASURER,
COLUMBIA, 8. O., April g. 1872
1CnoOANf TO authority delegated by fol-
~ .ftSG fomitnS e. resolution. adopted by City Coun-
o., n11r1R xS 1877: will sell 1T public auction
DRED AND FIFTY THOjuisSAHHn1 j iSH 1"S 1s9sn aUH, ooS;
DOLLARS city OF Columbia seven nsr rent
twenty year bonds: '''o" Po1 oens'
hesotoed, That the City Trea surer be in.
structed to advertise for sale before The Con-t
House, in the city OF Columbia on tbe Xxi.
day OF May next, the bonds Of the o;tv ~ ~
lumDla authorized to be issued bv The .sid
city, under the Act Of the General Aasemhiv
Just adjourned; that the advertisement be
Pupnshed In one newspaper in the city Of 10.
lumDla, one IN the city of Charleston. an Id two
newspapers in tho city Of New York. at least
snirsy Gays before the day Of sale; that the
ponds to be sold be signed as presc1ibed hv
the said Act, on the day Of sale, or as soon
thereafter as practicable, and delivered to the
purchaser as soon as the purchase money has
been paid and the bonds registered; and that
the proceeds OF sale be applied strictlv n
conformity with the said Act. and in no other
way" o1
Said bonds will be OF the denominations ~
sZ3O, $SoO and 81 900. The proceeds of the
sale to be used for the erection Of new City
mepts. F PAo'o-
-, The right is reserved to dispose Of a part Of
me sn SAID ponds In lots or in VIII. . as the
mayor and Treasurer may determine
Any further information detired oan ba ob-
tanned by addressing VIM. J. ETTER'
City Treasurer, Columbie, 8. q.
Charleston Courier New York .Iour,nnf
OF commerce, New York Financial [hyonjcIs
copy and send bill to Oity Treasurer. Coinm.
VIC. April6
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OBSCENE IGrHRArunr.--A regular

OBSCENE I1TRRAruBR.-E reo,1o.
campaign has been commenced In New
York against the sellers and manufao.
turers OF obscene literature. Already
three OF those establishments hays been
broken up, and their propriete rs sent to
the Island for the summer. Yesterday.
motifs SeikeI was arrested on charge OF
manufacturing obscene goods. The
Poilce made descent upon his place in
Nassau street, and seized large guam
tity OF such goods. There were several
young girls and boys employed in the
demoralizing occupation Of selling aud
making these goods. They were all
marched to the Tombs, and Justice
Hogan committed Seikel for examina.
tion. His employees we're detained as
witnesses against him. Last March a an.
ciety was formed for the suppression OF oh.
scene literature. It is composed of eight
respectable and influential citizens. The
society employs number of competent
agents and detectives to hunt up the men
that live by this demoralizine traffic.
The law on the subject at present is
quite stringent. and convictions are
readily had. Under the old reoime. IL
was almost impossible to obtain a CON
viction. The accused were always per.
mltted to go on nominal bail and to re-
sumo their evil work. The injury to the
morals OF the younger portion of the
community, arising from the sale OF sucl
literature, is almost incalculable. The
most vile circulars are passed under the
doors OF private houses, and into young
ladies' colleges and eeminaries. The 40.
oiety intends to spread it's branches over
every State in the Union. It's good
e1eots are beginning to be felt here.
Aiready several large quantities of books
ana plates have been seized. the pro-
prietors Of which will be immediately
prosecuted.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-15

ABOVE THE OLouDs. Robert ].
Bell, an assistant observer at the United
States signal station on the summit of
Mount Washington, writes to the Pbila-
oeIphia Bulletin an account OF his eyerv-
DAY experiences above the clouds. He
was detailed to take the place of William
Stevens, who died in mid-winter, with no
friend near him save his solitary compa.
MON, Sergeant Hearne. A party of stall
Wart mountaineers climbed to tho sum-
NIT and took the body down for burial.
They placed it in box fitted to run ners.
which was permitted to slide down the
mountain side, the men holding on to
ropes attached to the rear to regulate the
motion and direct the course. Mr.. Bell
says:
I'VE occupy the depot OF tho Noun.
tain Railroad, in which we hayo two
rooms partitioned off, item by twelve. J
securely chained to the rocks, so that th 9
wind may not blow us away. One we
use as kitchen and dining.room. and
the other as parlor, bed and dressing
room. We also occupy the latter as onr
Office, in which we keep our barometers
and tolegraphio instruments. the wire
connecting with Littleton, N. H., by
whlch means we are not wholly excluded
from civilization, although I must ad-
@le mat visitors are very few-not sim
gle one since my glorious ascent.
= I'VE generally supply ourselves in
september with canned provisions suifi- :
cient to last throughout the winter,
reckoning, at the same time. to give our
visitors equare meal when they come.
Our time We must occupy chiefly by
reading and studying, for our outdoor
amusements are very scarce. In case we
do have the pleasure OF going outside to
ramole amid the snow. and ice on the
rocks, we are obliged to take advantage
OF the same, and exercise ourselves by
hauling ice, frost-work and snow, 80 that
We may procure the water necessary for
cooking and drinking purposes, as the
weather ls very severe on the summit.
the thermometer since my arrival having
been most of the time below zero. and
the wind at hurricane.
II will give you O small idea how wa
telt' the thermometer standing at forty
nine degrees below zero, and the wind
raging at 120 miles per hour. The cold
weather which have reference to oc-
CURED on the 5th of March, and the
mode we adopted to keep ourselves warm
was to bring all the coats and overcoats
into reqaisition during the day, with two
large coal fires continually burning. At
night we took advantage of our little
bed,' (which is not a bad one.) with
covering enough to sufocate any man in
ordinary winter weather, and then T
must confess We suffered with the cold.
1t was the coolest time that my oomrade
and ever experienced. We do not
mind, during the day, the thermometer
standing at ten below zero, if the wind
does not blow too hard; for then we can
have little holiday by going outside.
But at night, unless the wind is blowing
at least sixty miles an hour. we cannot
sleep we'll, for We are too accustomed to
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HAMPTON Hav.

Hampton Hay.
T AM prepared to furnish any amount OF
i HAY. delivered on the place, at 81. 90 per
100. or 8. 90 O., delivered in the city. The hay is
cut on the plantation known as Hampton's,
the finest quality. Parties can leave orders
at =. hopes, Tor ]. NJ. MORGAN.
May limo
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New England.

New EnSl0nd.
NEW ENGLAND COUGH SYRUP
~ Whitcomb's Asthma Remedy.
Young American Liniment.
heady Spread Mustard Plasters.
torus Plasters and Rheumatic Plssters.
Ayers Cherry Pentoral.
Oriental Cream for the complexion.
Fumigating Pastelles for, the siok room.
Genuine Oastile Soap In bars.
Darby Disinfecting Fluid.
Olive. Tar, Juniper Tar and Tar Soap.
Baking Powders, fifteen cents box.
All Tor sale at HEINITSH'B
May6t Drug Store.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-15

A SOCIAL Mystery. Y.-Remarking upon
the unwonted number of women who
have been on trial for great crimes in
tins country and in England during the
last year or two, tho Boston Post says:
'The great criminals of the age seem to
be no longer hardened and hirsute
ruftians. infamed by passion, greed or
malignant enmity, but women; and not
only women, but women often of
hitherto unsupported reputation, comely
and sometimes beautiful in person,
refined in manners, endowed with educa-
tion and moving in respectable and even
aristooratio circles Of society" What
has produced this mysterious freak in
the epidemic of ain? Why, in the Ian
guage of the Post, ''has crime changed
in its instrument, and taking the pistol,
the dagger and the poison bottle from
the knotty hands of the bearded villain,
placed them between the delicate, blue
veined fingers. diamond-studded and
velvet-skinned.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-15

A Texas Cry RESCUED FROM RADICAL
DOMINATION. the municipal election
in Jefferson, Texas, on the 10th instant.
the citizens ticket triumphed, notwith-
standing moro than 100 illegal Radical
votes were polled, and the oonviots taken
from the Jail and carried to the polls
and voted for the Radical candidates.
Jefferson Was one OF the strougholds OF
Radicalism, from an overwhelming black
population and Radical misrule, and the
scene OF late military despotism and ty-
ranny.
DEATH OF CoLoRED CRNTENAn1AN.-
In Savannah, on Sunday morning, John
Jones. an agel colored man, familiarly
known as ''Old JONES'" died at the ad-
vanoed aged OF 103 years. He was born
in Nassau, N. P, and went to Savannah
about seventy.five years ago. He was
Tor many years O servant in the .AIin.
nis" family, after which be successively
served number OF leading commercial
houses as porter. He was widely ro.
speotod alike by white and black.
1t was reserved for Republican Go.
than to hit upon the extraordinary no.
ton OF putting into proxy, not the bride :
groom. nor yet tho bride, but, of nil
people in tho world-tho parson! The
newspapers chronicle the happiness of a
young couple joined in wedlock, ns the
notice ran, "by the Rov. S. II. Tying,
Jr.. representing the Rev. $. II. Tyuc.
u. d." o.