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and the little girl comes into possession of a
cotton doll stuffed with bran, and the face
brough t out in ink in a manner that
would make an old Egyptian hieroglyphic
dance with envy. A bit Of well-worn
calico, ten years ago flaming new, in
dress that excited envy, a shred of worn
out lace, scrap or two OF ribbon-these
are the whole stock in the child's hand.
But whatjo do they produce? Alb, no
poet has yet sung one of the gentlest,
richest, aud most fruitful of earthly joys,
the JOY of a pet-oving little girl. with her
first real doll. Sacred geographers have
long searched for the position of Eden.
We don't know about the old one, but the
door Of young paradise is placed not far
from the corner where the little girl has
laid her doll to rest. Her imagination
supplies all that is lacking. This is not
corner Of garrett, nor nook in the closet,
t is a splendid room. These are not cob
of crockery-is there in Dresden or Sevres
manufactures any ware so fine in their
eyes as this deli is in the little girls?
But now a days, children are buried
down under the loads Of toys which are
upset upon them. Dolls? In enc little
girls treasury house | can count twelve,
small dolls, large dolls, china dolls, wax
dolls, with eyes that move and eyes that
don't, speaking dolls, creeping dolls, black
dolls, and white and pink, with chairs, and
dolls Of china, and beds, bureaus, stoves,
houses, carriage, wagon and wheelbarrow,
till the very inventory becomes burden
some.
Do not children enjoy these Certainly.
But no more than aforetime children en-
joyed the homemade and scanty provision
for amusement. 1t is the creative faculty
in children that furnishes them their chief
delight.
If the imagination is killed by the su-
perabundant supply, it has no chance to
create All is done for it. This suppress
sion of Imagination by overlooking Is not
confined to amusement. 1t is a deadly sin
in art, literature, oratory, and all other
departments which have for their object
the moving of mems thoughts.
\ chest Of tools, not too many, is far
better present to lad than a cart load of
wagons, machines, and finished things No
boy ever flew a kite that he had bought
Win Hall tue pleasure IudI NC SA pSIIcHCcS
to see the work Of his own hands rising
heavenward.
Some OF our happiest hours were spent
in damming up brook. We toiled at
stones, we burdened ourselves with loads,
we worked for days and days. at spare
hours, in laying the ledge across the stream,
IN stufing in clods, in adjusting boards, to
carry i >heet out as waterfall, and in a
aundred wrigges ofingenuity that were an
intense pleasure, at the same time that they
were stirring up ingenuity and serving as
real education.
\ good knife and bali of Irvine is
good enough capital. Let the boy make his
Kite, make his base ball, make his sled, |
make his bat, his ladder All true pleasure
consists in the creative activity of the hu-
man faculties.
Stir up boys and girls to amuse them
selves. Then amusement becomes hand /
maid to education.-Henry w. Beecher.
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Mistellanu.

LET THEM AMUsB THEMsELvEs-In old
fashioned times boys and girls were left
to their own wits for amusements. nor do
l think that this was very bad thing 10
be left with. L never 60 into a toy shop.
especially one of these magazines in New
York, where ten thousand toys are heaped
together, without plying the modern fam
lily.
Once, the dear old aunt promised the
little girl that if she would be good, she
should have a doll made for her Al
ready she he'd little thin and crinkly pa.
per dolls, and picture dolls on states, and
handkerchief dolls folded and pinned,
which could be opened out again, on
pressing need, to the uses of handker-
chief
But there shall be bran-new doll. set
apart and copsecrated to the high ends of
doll life, and it shall have eyes and nose
and mouth, marked on with ink, and set
forth in the sight of all men and girls
The joys of anticipation almost equal the
rapture Of possession.
At length the creative work is done,
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Little Benny.

had told him Christmas morning,
As he sat upon my knee,
Holding fast his little stocking,
Stuffed as full as full co I'D be;
And attentive, listening to me,
With face demurc and mild,
That old Santa Claus, who filed them,
Did not love a naughty child.
q But well be good, won't We mOder?"
And of my lap he slid;
Digging deep among The goodies,
In his crimson stocking hid
While / turned me to my table,
Where a tempting goblet stood,
Trimming fun with dainty egg-nogg,
Sent me by neighbor good.
But the kitten, there before me,
With h ,-hlte pa~, nothing 10th,
sat, by way Of entertainment,
Tapping OF the trimming froth;
And in not the gentlest humor,
At the loss Of such a treat
/ confess, rather rudely
Thrust hun out into the street.
Then how Benny's blue eyes kiudled;
Gathering up his precious store,
He had buslly been pouring
Into his tiny pinafore,-
With generous look which shamed me,
Sprang he from the carpet bright,
Showing by his men indignant,
All baby's sense of right.
Come back, Harvey" called ne loudly,
As he held his apron white,
You shall have my candy wabbit,"
But the door was fastened tight;
So he stood, abashed aud sileut
In the center Of the floor,
With defeated look alternate
Between me and on the floor.
Then, as by some sudden impulse,
Quic ky ran he {, the fire,
And while eagerly his bright eyes
Watched the flame 20 higher and higher,
In a brave, clear KEY he shouted
Like some lordly little elf
santa Klaus COM down The chimney,
Make my mOder II we herself
81 will he q good girl, Benny"
SAID 1, feeling the reproof
And straightvay recalled poor Harvey,
Mewins on the gallery roof.
soon the anger was forgotten.
Laughter chased away the frown,
And they gambolied meath the lIve-o4ks,
Till the dusky night came down.
In my dim, flre-I GIFTED chamber,
Harvey purred beneath my chair,
And my play worn boy beside me,
Knelt 10 say his evening prayer.
n God bless flder-Gol bless moder!
cod bless sister then a pause,
And the sweet young lips directly
SIurmured God bless santa Klaus
He is sleeping brown AMI silken
Lie the lashe- long aud meek,
Like carcssing, changing shadows
On his plump and peachy cheek
And / bend above him weeping
Thankful tcars-oh indebted
For a womau's crown OF glory,
For a blessing OF "A child.
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PosTxIsTREssEs.-TheP Postmaster General,
in answer TO an inquiry from tho Director of
the Post in Prussia, says there are some seven
hundred women in our postal service. He
adds that these women discharge the duties
OF their respective positions to the general
acceptance of the department. and states that
there is growing public sentiment in the
United STATES favoring the employment of
women in clerical and other minor positions
in the civil service the duties of which can
be as appropriately and satisfactorily dis
charged by women as by men.
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THE SCIENCE OF LIFE OR SFLF-IFf ~t ~
TION. 4 Medical T5eaTt~e OH he Csu~e nd me
Exhausted Vitality, SpermuorT'G Sei.frs. rs
ness. ImBoienCv Premature 4eCl ne 70 N-'- -'t'tA-
and PHYSICAL Debility. Hyuoco7dra and al
ea.es arising from the Errors of youth. or ,ie o.
book Tor every man. Isech edition much eH.sT-s'.
us,rated bon nd il, beautiful French oh- Fr'.- oif
To-
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Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Headache, Pain
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MISCELLANEOUS
Iron in the Blood
MAKES THE WEAK STRONG.

The Peruvian Syrup. Protect
ed Solution Of the Pro .riTe Of
Iron. as so combined a. o hare
the character Of an 0iiH3eRf. ~
easily digeSted dll,} Z, sSll9liI0fc,s
9Cith the blood rs the siU3uJlss
food. 1t increases the qlt0Itiflf
Of Natures OICll TitUTf-jJg(y
3geIlt, Iron iu the blood, ana
cures ga thousand us. " si53DJ5g
or TOniIlg UD. II3Uig0ruf5BG ana
Jitdti@ipg the SyStclR. The en-
7'iched ana C(tOji-ed bTo0d Dcr-
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repairing damages CtlId lf-0Sfc.
searching out morbid Secrr-
lions, and tearing UOJbi5l1 T0}.
disease to feel upon.
This IS the secret Of tee ron
delTttL success Of this reHlcs{lt az
curing Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant, DrOpSy, Chronic Eiar-
rhoea, BoiIS, Nervous Affections.
Chills and Fevcvs, IIumor>.
Loss of Constitutional Ni-or.
Diseases of the Kidneys and
Bladder, Female COMPLAINTS
and al diseases O1'iGiRUfilf4 "a
a Qua Stfttc 81 me GtoDft- E5' FC-
cOB3pd3lied or dc6IitY ol' = Tofi,
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sing strength. rjgoF. ana uety
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and building UlJ az Iron Con-
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Thousands hare Gccs6 CR0pQrff
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See that each bottle bG PER-
WAN SYRUP 6Eo7c32 j3b tH 20
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!. p. DINsMoRE, Proprietor,
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TOeUP@V working people, of either sex. Young q
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AMERICAN AND FOREIGN ptrsHT
r. Fl. EDDY,
SOLICITOR OF PATENTS
For IRVeGlOnS, Trade Marks or Designs.

vi ihlCbuOuNs iIdut MAJ M OF UtNlSHN.
No. 20 State St, opposite KIIby ST, Boston
4 FTER an extensive practice Of upwards Of thirty
~ Years. continues Ia secure Patents Tie Uniiet
states, sis' IN GresI Bri France other foreign
OF ntrgs Caveats, Specifics tons, Assignments, ard
al papers FIR Patents, executed reasons bic Terms
With despatch. Researches de TO determine the
iidty and utts OF Patents Of Inventors legal md
other advice rendered in all matters touchi the
Copies OF the claims Of any patent furnished by
TING one dollar Assignn ents recorded IN Washington
No 4gsaey the UHed States possesses superior 1s
tues fer obtaining Patents sesraEH IL psteHtabifye
All necessity Of journey Washincro o
daent and the usual delay there, here
inventors.
TESTIMONIALS.
. regard Mr.. Ed"y as ou- OF the most capable and
uccesstul PTsctionrTs nh whom have hzd Official IN
eToOurse. Charles SON Csmms'T If Pare nts.
Al have no hesitation in assurirR iHveI ~ the
aud more capable Of puttinE tneir applications a
'm secure tor them early nd favorable
ration al the Patent Once. EDMUND BURKE,
Late Commits Toner OF Pa ents =
Mr.. r. II. EDpT has made for over THIRTY ap
pcation tor Patents having been succss tul almost
every Such unmi>takable proof Of great talent
and ability hs part, leads me to recumme nd AL in
vsntors To apply To him procure tReIT patents,
whey be sure Of having the most faith u
bestowed on their and at reasonable char
JOHN TAGGART.''
no ton, Jan. I. 1872 iyl
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MISCELLANEOUS.

nSdT Iuc O0A6dOA hASoA
See the lohg Inns 81 myriad dead
With hoof OF morse and human head
Rise up and speak
"'rWas proud olympus gave Us birth;
For thousa years We roamed The e;rih-
Eat pertumsd flowers Of he centuTy plant
Drauk liquid from the yO ca nos mouth,
Slew MA nd beasts to play our part,
Then restored 10 ii c by the CentauI,s art
Chased Wild mares the field at Mar,
Lived on the EARTH a. d sept among the star
On other mission now we're sent,
To bless mankind with a emOllieut-
OF which world meier hath dream't,
Even our CESrAuR LtEIHENT.
Ii banlshes pain and al such thinss,
Cures burns aud scAlds, poi-Ouous stlnss-
Rheumatic horrors scaTes way,
Lint stiff Joints In single day
Poor cripples their hobbIng way,
Limp IN o IA cEutches-ihen walk away.
Fear not, dumb hor.e, thy friend nov speaks,
Who'll heal vouT " ruud, and make on leap
len baIs-piles Of oats 20 b~li,
And frisk about like yOnder colt.
Yellow wrapper is The hing for bruiesi
White wrapper alone The family suits.
J. F. Lude Wig. Of Hohoken, n. J., sa' =; " The Cen
Eaur iniment has cured me OF rht umatism after IN
tense suffering for five years"
Teli- The Coad botir ct Centaur itnlme az CuTe
il perfectly. CHAs. HILL, GIG Pine It Phils."
H. Mars1, Ed Sup. Of Adams Express stables
he Centsur Linimsnt. We ind 1t the best thing eve
used in stables.
This te-tuaony could he repeated fer mon 10. II yo
to avoid sufern. just me Ceutaur LtuI eu
Sold by all dug ;Is;s. }. q. ROSE = CO. So Broad
WaY, n. Y.
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No. 4 BuIfncn Street. session.


NOppOsHAc AaA''A7N'S
Medical knowledge tor Every body Two Ml.a" l.E'-'
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$5lOS2O : !

Druggists and Gen. Agts.. San Francisco, Cal
tor. OF Washington and Charlton Sts. NY
BOD by ALL nRT-GEIsTS 4 Z
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28
Western Patents.

The following Western patents were
issued from the United States Patent
Office for the week ending October %,
1872, as reported by Gridley & Warner.
Patent Attorneys, No. 135 S.uth Clark
street, Chicago. Ill.
ILLINOIS.
Back-lash spring for machinery-Hiram w.
Compound to prevent incrustation in steam
boilers7William Pearson: Chicago.
Base-burning stove-Mark A. Cushing. Au-
Machine for polishing marble and wood-Jo ohm
c. Matter; Kankakee.
Mode Of operating sewing-machine John
Revolving CRATE bar George C. Waggoner.
Car coupling-Hardin Bale, Petersburg.
NATURALIZATION P. Champlin. Avoca.
Portable furnace-Adam C. Gilmore, Cen
Machine for rolling metal-William D. Hills,
Elgin.
Apparatus lot burning Observation-Disclosures
Machine for removing snow from railroads
David Townsend. Morrison.
MICHIGAN.
Potato digger-Moses johnson. Three Rivers.
Center-board for vessels james Dean; Detroit.
Tub-washer framc-Butler r. Platt Plainweil.
Counter limb extensor-Samuel Ii. Whittlesey.
INDIANA.
Medical ,compound-Louis W. Wollenweber.
Hay press-Georgo W. D. culp, East Enter
Windmill-Jame Hall. Ligonier.
Milestone dress-Haines O'Conner. Mishawaka.
Washing machine-John A. King, Hamburg.
KANSAS.
Sash holder-WiIliam w. Amos, Olathe.
Hoe-Michaol Cookery, Baxter Springs.
WISCONSIN.
Sleigh brake-Alvin Derby. Viroqua.
Machine for making chair seats-Samuel W.
Cross. Waupun.
WindmiIl-Isaac II. Palmer, Lodi.
MINNESOTA.
Vice-William II Jdcoby. Minneapolis.
Spring wagon-John A. Chapman, Rochester.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

GAIL HAMILTON says in her new book
that woman does not want opportuni-
ties, but qualities.
THE disadvantage of being a woman
Anna Dickinson found to be worth $19,-
600 last year.
A LIKENESS of Thaddeus Stevens, we
read, is to be stamped on one denomina-
tion of tbs national nickel coin.
A NEW horse car, of a new kind, in
Boston is named Ida Lewis, after the
marine heroine of Newport.
CONSIDERABLE interest is manifested as
to who our new Minister to Russia will
be. Burnside and Cyrus w. Field have
both been named.
A YOUNG gentleman writes from Abba
to his wife in Troy as follows: "Dear
Wife-0ollie has got it-I mean the
hippozoo. l am elowly hauling the
buggy in. Home tomorrow.
"CHARLIE."
Mr.. JOSEPH LAMB, of Hawkins county,
Tenn, died last week at the age of 10,
being fourteen years older than the
American Union, and certainly, as
Charles Lamb once said of himself, ''old
enough to be sheep"
King, that caused the English to invade
and conquer Ireland. 1t was a woman
that sold out Troy, and imposed upon
us that miserable slush about the wood
en- horse. 1t was a woman that caused
Adams fall, when we sinned all.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER says: al
Darwin is right in thinking that men
ascended from monade by gradual evo.
luton, then it is very certain that some
men came up by the way of the mus.
quito, the flea and the biting fly, and
that their ancestral traits still linger in
the blood"
Mrs. SwIssHELM presents her ideas
about architecture briefly in words to
this effect Your crook-spined, hump
shouldered house, with a wen on one
side, a wart on the other, a factory
chimney on the door, and pilot-house
on the roof, may make an Interesting
feature in landscape; but for a house
TO live in, commend me to the generous
old square mansion. such as most abound
in the rural districts of the Keystone
State. The wide center hall, rooms on
each side, and L kitchen, for homestead
architecture, never has been and never
can be equaled."
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

BUFFALO, Cleveland, Toledo, and the
lower lake cities generally, will not be
charmed at the discovery of the scien-
fists that Lake Erie, now the pathway
of mighty commerce, will in time dry
up and become the home of new towns
and cities" Careful surveys have
shown, these authorities assure us, that
while Lake Michigan has an average
depth of 1900 feet, Lake Superior of
900 feet, and Lake Ontario of 500 feet,
Lake Erie has an average depth of only
12O feet, which is constantly decreasing,
owing to the sediment carried down by
tributary streams and the constant
abrasion of the limestone shores. An.
other danger, too, suggested several
years since is the wearing away al
Niagara Year by year, it is stated that
the height to the falls decreases, lower
ing by degrees the level of the river ano
the lake. The work is not rapid, ot
course, but the scientists say it is as Ger
tain as fate.
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mer, who was moving off in the same
direction. The editor had hardly time
enough to utter a prefane ejaculation
and to lift his hand to strike the poet.
when an old lady in poke bonnet and
silver spectacles suddenly emerged from
the stairway and pinned the editor to
the wall with the feIule of her umbrella.
After grinding her teeth at him for a
moment, she f1oored him with her
weapon, and seating herself upon his
PROSTATE form, she extracted copy OF
the Morning Glory from her bag, and
pointing to certain stanza in the obit-
uary column, asked OFT to read it aloud.
He did so. 1t ran in this fashion:
Little AIexander's dead;
jam him in a coffin:
Rush his body right around
To the cemetery
With his Uncle Jerry"
At the end of every line the indig-
nant conqueror punched the fallen
Brimmer's ribs with her umbrella, and
exclaimed:
"Oh, you willin D'you hear that,
you wretch? What d'you mean by
writin' of my grandson in that way ?
Take that, you serpint ! O, you-you
"lllluOuS wiper Sou3 GiylH 10 Uredk Il
lone widder's heart with such scand'lu
lies as them There, you willin ! l
kenmore to hammer you well with this
here umbreller, you wicked willin, you
owdacious wiper you Take that, and
that, you vile, indecent, disgustin' waga-
bonel When you know well enough
that Aleck never had no Uncle Jerry,
and never had no uncle in no sepulchre
anyhow, you vile wretch you l'
While she pounded the editor, the
poet groped his way down stairs six
steps at time, and emerged from the
front door with remarkable sudden
ness. His journalistic career ended
on that day. When Brimmer's en-
ployes dragged away Alexander's grand
parents, and carried her struggling and
screaming down the street, the editor
sent for a carriage and was taken home
to bed, from whence he arose week
later with an earnest determination
never to permit another line of obituary
poetry to enter the columns of the
Morning Glory.-Mar AdeLer, in NeO York
DieD1trh
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+" There's a Silver Lining to Every
CIOud.0

The poet or priest who told us this
Served mank ind in the holiest way:
For it lit up the earth with the star of bliss
That beacons the soul with cheerful ray.
Too often we wander despairinE and blind.
But Ills kinder to bid as see{ and and
"A silver lining to every cloud"
May we not walk in the dingIe ground
Where nothing but Autumn's dead leaves are
But search beneath them. and peeping around
Are the young Spring tufts OF blue aud green.
he S tsaE n crowd
Ills saving creed that thinks and believes
There's silver lining to every cloud"
Let us look closely before we condemn
-, Bushes that bear no bloom nor fruit.
There may not be beauty in leaves or stem,
But virtue may dwell far down at the root;
And let US beware how We utterly fpurn
Brothers that seem all cold and proud.
If their bosoms were opened. perchance we might
There's a silver lining to every cloud"
Let us not cast out Mercy and Truth,
When Guilt is before us in chains and shame
Whep passion and vice have cankered YOUTH
Ass % yss soo wt1 s Be tSsre
:, Though its voice may never be heard aloud.
For Shie black with the tapOrs "a Of RsStilsnt air
Sad are the sorrows that ofsentines come.
=, Heavy and dull and blighting and chill.
Shutting the Zig ht from our heart and our home'
Marring our hopes and defying our will;
But let us not sink beneath the woe,
For Se sure. though we may not Of zee # below.
And when stern Death with skeleton hand.
Has snatched the flower that grew in our
Do We not think of fairer land.
Where the lost are found, and the weary at
rest?
Oh the hope of the unknown Future springs.
In its purest strength DER the coffin and STROUD,
The shadow is dense, but Faiths spirit-voice
sings,
There's a silver lining to every cloud"
-Eliz1 Cook.