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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
Care of Tools and Implements.

The injury done to hand tools and
implements by long exposure to rain
and sunshine often amounts to more
than the wear and tear. Even when
implements are made entirely of iron
and other metal, the scales of rust that
will form on smooth and bright surfaces
in a few days, will often injure the parts
more than the wear during the season.
A hand hoe is frequently left with the
bright blade covered with wet earth
pressed down on the surface, thus
facilitating the formation of a thick
scale of rust, which wears out the steel
and makes the tool work uncomfort-
ably. 1t should be one of the infexible
rules of the garden to wipe the bright
surface of all tools clean, and cover the
parts with any kind of oil or grease that
contains no saline matter. The wood
work of hand tools and implements,
even when painted, is often seriously
injured by rain, dews, and sunshine.
Water and dampness will raise the grain
of the timber, settle in the joints and
hasten their decay, and the sun will
crack the surface and warp, contract,
and twist the wooden parts to such an
extent as to cause more damage than
all the work that has been done with it
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
Postage Stamps.

A soon as they emerge from the
hydraulic press, postage stamps are
gummed. The paste is made from clear
starch, or rather its dextrin, which is
acted upon chemically and then boiled,
forming a clear, smooth, slightly sweet
mixture. Each of stamps is taken sepa-
rately, placed back upon fiat board
and its edges covered with large white
wash brush, and the sheet is laid be-
tween two wire racks and placed on a
pile with others to dry. Great care is
taken in the manufacture of this paste,
which is perfectly harmless. This graft
flying fact has been conclusively proved
by an analysis recently made by an
eminent chemist. After the cumming,
another pressing in the hydraulic press
follows. Then more .:counting-in fact,
stamps are counted no less than thir.
teen times during their process of manu-
facture. The sheets are then cut in
half, each portion containing one hun
dred stamps, this being done by girls
with ordinary hand shears. Next fol
lows the perforation, which is performed
by machinery. The perforations are
first made in a perpendicular line, and
then in a horizontal line. Another
pressing follows-this time to get rid oi
the raised edges on the back of the
stamps made by the dies, and this ends
the manufacture. A separate apartment
is devoted 10 the packing and sending
off the stamps to the different postof
fees. 1t will be seen by this account
that any absurd rumors concerninI
the poisonous, or unclean, properties o
postage stomps, are utterly withou
] foundation.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14

the wires; he was helpless. How my
boy cried for helpI The old college
rung with his voice. The prisoners
brother added his voice to my boys in
his agony. He begged, beseeched-all
his nerves were racked-great waves of
galvanism leaped, surged, trembled and
Jared over every sensitive nerve and
fiber. Still my boy was inhexible, and
shouted and turned faster. Upper
ceived upon the marble, in the track of
the burning fuse, was pool of infam-
mable oil. In an instant a great length
burned away. It would last just five
minutes and no more.
"Father'' shouted my boy, 'if no as.
sistance comes, this villain must die
with us. 1 dare not let him free. Helpl
helpi helpl
Alasl l could not answer him.
Thank Godl but some one else did.
The fuse is burnt up. The rope is on
fre-the nitro-glycerineT The door
opens. Tom Richards, on midnight
visit to the sick, has heard the cry; he
comprehends all; seizes the can in his
hand; the weight descends, indeed, but
not on the death dealing oil. No; down
it goes, through the Office hoor-down,
like an evil spirit, to give back dull
metallic echo from the. stones of the
cellar beneath.
We are saved.
Joe johnson, the prisoner, is hanged,
but his brother remains unpunished
by the law; for he stabbed himshlf with
a knife, and thus escaped the hangman's
rODe.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
Hints for the Household.

To CURE ENLARGED NECK.-Take two
tablespoenfuls of salt, two of borax, two
of alum mix enough water to dissolve
them 1.-TWO tablespoonfuls of water is
sufficiently; apply to the enlarged part
of the neck three times day for about
three weeks.
PRESERVING SAUsAGEs.-Aftert the sau-
sages have been hung three weeks in a
dry, moderate warm room, pack them
in box or cask between layers of clean,
dry oats. In this way they will keep
dry and moist until warm weather.
Keep the box N a cool, dry place.
To REMOVE PIMPLEs FROM THE FACE
Take the bark of an elder stalk and put
it in pint of rhubarb wine, then take
teaspoonful once a day an ounce of
the elder bark is sufficient.
BEAUTIFUL PINK DYE.-Take three
parts cream tartar and one of cochinea],
nicely rubbed together; tie a teaspoon
full in a mustard-bag put this with a
quart of boiling water dip in the arti-
cles to be colored, previously cleaned
and dipped in in alum water: if wished
stiff, put in little gum arabic.
SCENT PowDER.-A charming recipe
for scent powder, to be used for ward
robes, boxes, etc., far finer than any
mixture sold at the shops, is the follow
ing: Coriander, orris root, rose leaves
and aromatic calamus, each one ounce
lavender flowers, two ounces, rhodium
wood, one-f fourth of dram musk, five
grains. These are to be mixed and re-
duced to coarse powder. This scent on
clothes is as if all fragrant flowers had
been pressed in their folds.
TOMATO OMELET FOR BREAKFAsT.-Peel
and chop fine five tomatoes of good
size; season them with salt and pepper
add to them half a teacup of grated
bread. Beat four eggs to a foam and
stir into the tomatoes. Heat "spider"
kissing hot, put in small piece of but
ter, turn in the mixture, and stir rapid
ly until it begins to thicken. Now let
it brown for two or three minutes on
the bottom, then lap it half over, slip
on hot dish and serve for breakfast,
garnished with sprigs of parsley and
slices of hard boiled eggs. 1t is an
appetizing and also a handsome dish.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
How to Drive Rats Away WithOu
Poison.

We know of three methods: First,
the old French plan; this is followed
chiefly in Paris by men who make it a
special business. They take deep tub
with water on the bottom and little
elevation in the middle like an island,
on which is only place for just one rat
to sit on it. The top is covered and has
large balance valve, opening down
ward on the middle of this valve piece
of fried pork or cheese is placed, and
when the rat walks on it to get the
cheese the valve goes down, drops the
rat into the water and moves back in
position. A road is made from a rat
hole to the top of the tub, by means of
pieces of board rubbed with cheese, so
as to make the walk attractive for the
rats. In the course of a night, some 10,
20, or oven more rats may go down, and
if the island was not there they would
be found most all alive in the morning
quietly swimming round but the pro-
vision of the little island saves the
trouble of killing them, because their
egotistic instinct for preservation causes
them to fight for the exclusive posses
sion of the island, on which, in the
morning, the strongest rat is found in
solitary possession all the others being
killed and drowned around him. Sec
ond, the New York plan, invented by
one of our friends. The floor near the
rat hole is covered by thin layer of a
moist caustic potassa. When the rats
walk on this it makes their feet sore !;
these they lick with their tongues,
which makes their mouths sore; and
the result is that they shun this locality,
not alone, but appear to tell all the rats
in the neighborhood about it, and
| eventually the house is entirely aban-
doned by them, notwithstanding the
houses around may be full of rats.
Third, the Dutch method. This is said
to be used successfully in Holland; we
have, however, never trieo it. A num-
Der of rats are left to themselves in a
very large trap or cage, with no food
whatever; their craving hunger will
cause them to fight, and the weakest
will be eaten by the strongest. After a
| short time the fight is renewed, and the
| next weakest is the victim, and so it
goes on till one strong rat is left. When
this one has eaten the last remains of
| any of the others, it is set loose; the
animal has now acquired such taste
| for rat flesh that he is the terror of rat
dom, going around seeking what rat he
| may devour. In an incredibly short
| time the premises are abandoned by all
| other rats, which will not come back
before the cannibal rat has left or died.
-Manufacturer and Builder.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
Current Items.


THE oldest German newspaper counts
242 years.
THE population of Kansas is over
400, 900; of this, 100000 came in since
1865.
A CATHEDRAL. to cost 81 100000 is
projected by Providence R. H. Catho-
lies.
The easiest of all work is the making
of other people uncomfortable. You
can realize more from smaller invest
ments in that line than in any other.
Boston has fruit and flower associa-
ton which, during the past year, has
distributed 10,305 bouquets and 986
baskets of fruit to the poor and sick of
that city.
The Troy Marble Company has re-
ceived the contract for furnishing the
United States with 100000 head-stones
for the National Cemeteries, from its
quarry near Rutland, vt.
IT is a rather curious fact that twelve
of the seventeen conductors belonging
to the Railway Conductors Life Insur-
rnce Company, who have died during
the last year, were victims of consump-
ton.
SEVEN miles east of Carbondale, Ill,
lies one of the greatest coaldepo-its ex-
tant. For distance of FIVE square
miles the earth is underlaid with bed
of almost pure carbon, nine feet and
two inches thick.
THE new City Hall in Louisville, KY,
"a costly structure, the erection of
which is nearly completed, has settled
upon its sandy foundation to such an
extent that it is feared the whole build
ing may tumble down.
WHAT becomes of the Indians is as
unanswerable question as what be-
comes of the newsboys when they grow
up, or of all the pins manufactured. In
1860 there were 1920; in 1870 only
25,731-nearly half of their number
having disappeared in ten years.
THERE is on exhibition before the
Historical Society, at Boston, the cane
with which Preston s. Brooks assaulted
Charles Summer, the identity of which
is unquestioned. 1t is of ebony, solid
and heavy, with carved ivory head,
and it incloses q substan tial sword or
dagger of steel.
The survey of the proposed steam
boat canal across the State of West Vir-
ginia, uniting the waters of the James
and Ohio rivers, has been finished. Last
winter Congress made an appropriation
of $4,000 for the purpose, and the en-
gineers, who have arrived at Wheeling
report tuat it is practicable to construc
a canal 200 feet wide and navigable fol
steamboats, carrying 800 tons from thu
James and jackson rivers to the foot o
the Allegheny mountains, and theme
| 1 l. k,, ,41
miles in length, via the Greenbrier, NeI
and Kanawha rivers, to the Ohio. Th
estimated cost of the work is $4,000
600.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
Arithmetlc for Millionaires.

The following paragraph is going the
round of the London papers The
Chinese have most ingenious method
of reckoning all the operations of addi-
ton, subtraction, multiplication and
division, with numbers from one
up to 100000. Every finger of
the left hand represents nine
figures, as follows: The little finger
represents units, the ring finger
tens, the middle finger hundreds, the
forefnger thousands, the thumb tens of
thousands. VIXEN the three joints of
each finger were touched from the
palm toward the tip, they count one,
| two, and three of each of the denomi-
| nations as above named. Four, five
and six are counted on the back of the
finger Joints in the same way; seven,
eight and nine are counted on the right
side of the joints from the palm to the
tip. The forefnger of the right hand is
used as a pointer. Thus l, 2, 8, and A
would be indicated by first touching the
joint of the forefnger; next the hand
on the inside; next the middle joint OF
the middle finger on the inside next
the end joint of the ring finger on the
inside, and finally the joint of the little
finger next the hand on the outside.
The reader will be abl
texamples for himseF
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
Foreign Gossip.

A RUSSIAN translation of J. Fenimore
Cooper's novels is having large circu-
lation. .
THE sale of twenty American papers,
including six New York dailies, is for
hidden in the German Empire. Grimes:
they spoke disrespectfully of German
Princes.
The harvest in Scotland is, according
to the Scotsman, the wettsst and most
disastrous that has been known since the
year 1916, when what were known as
the meal riots took place.
SUMNER was ionized in Paris. He
dined every day with Remusat, or
Theirs, or d'Aumale, or Laboulaye, or
somebody else distinguished in politics
and literature, and many focked to see
the illustrious Senator"
Two HUGE African slaves, with their
faces much tatooed, driving with long
reins a pair of ostriches, are among the
present sensations of Paris. They are
crowd of men, women and children.
THE Cross Gazette says that, of the five
places in Germany where gaming tables
have hitherto been allowed, Ems has
already closed the doors of its kursaal
for the last time, and that the banks
profits this year amount to about $685.
600. Baden Baden and Nauheim close
upon the 31st of October, Wiesbaden
and Homburg upon the 31st of De-
cember.
ACCORDING to the London Morning Id
vertiser, new sect has made its appear
ance in London called the Howling
Repentants," whose practice is summed
up in this pithy sentence: "They howl
at all convenient periods during the day,
and at two periods during the night
At present. they have no recognized
place of worship, but conduct ther SER
| vices in the open air.
THA Tichborne estates are about to be
surrendered up to the widow of the late
Sir Alfred, and the infant heir, by the
| present tenant. There are apprehen-
sions of a row, since the claimants
| friends in the neighborhood threaten to
create a disturbance on the occasion.
1t is said that Tichborne will be escorted
to and installed on the estate by strong
force of police. s'a '--
A LADY who met the author "Ouida''
| in London-in fact, lived in the same
house with her-describes her as ex.
ceedingly eccentric. Sheis middle-aged
| plain, but weird-looking, and drives in
| the most bizarre fashion. Her associates
are entirely gentlemen. She makes
pets of various uncanny animals, sur
rounds herself with all manner of curl
GUS objects, keeps the most irregular
hours, and generally impresses one as q
cross between sorceress and a lunatic
A LONDON paper, speaking of the
underground railroads of that city, says
" The incessant hurry at the subter
ranean stations, the nerve-shaking slam
ming of every carriage door, the hideeus
yells of the engines, the difficulty of dis
tinguishing one train from another ol
of getting a coherent answer to ques
ton from the fevered and inarticulate
officials, with the oppressive atmosphere
and spine convulsing way of putting or
the brakes, render the underground
lines as terrible as they are useful"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
THE CHEMIsrs STORY.

1 am a chemist. Many doubtless
would find it difficult to define what the
duties of chemist are, if asked. To
such, say a chemist is a collector of
facts. 1t is the business of his life to
aid in unmasking, for the benefit of
mankind, the good and evil lowering in
the air we breathe, burrowing in the
earth we tread, mingling with the food
we eat, and swimming in the water we
drink. Then again the law waits on the
chemist. A human being has passed
suddenly away. Somebody thinks there
is foul play. The chemist examines the
body of the supposed victim. The law
listens, hat in hand, to science. The
suspected party trembles in anticipa-
ton. The oracular lips of the chemist
move; he names one out of the fearful
list of poisons. It is either strychnine,
prusssc acid, or the deadly Oil of bitter
almonds. The law then puts on its hat,
takes the decision into court, and hangs
the prisoner.
In short, the chemist must know the
why's and wherefores of everything in
the phenomena of life, as far as feeble
man can know. The composition of
the ocean he must be familiar with he
must be able to name the gases of the
air, and capable of resolving the human
OOOy lb60n 1AIO tl6iO1c VdpOISse d1A IuO
occupant of this important position in
the medical college of F.
1t was about II o'clock on a stormy
evening, that bade good night to my
student, Tom Richards, at the door OF
my laboratory, at the south end of the
college building.
"Good night, Professor" said Tom
"we are going to have fall of hydrogen,
oxygen, and trace of saline"
Hydrogen and oxygen-in our nomen-
clature-is water.
hope" said, in answer to TOMS
playful words, that it will not rain be
fore l get home"
"Oh, no it won't lain for an hour
yet" said Tom.
"Then," said, with a sigh, noticing
that the mercury in my barometer was
falling, sign of a violent storm,
shall certainly get wet.''
Tom was very anxious to know wha
would keep me up after II o'clock, SO
told him / was about to commences
analyzing the stomach of Mrs. johnson
whose husband now lay in P Jail
ust across the road from the college
on suspicion that he was the murderer
Tom said had worked hard enough
that day and deserved the night to my
self. He spoke the truth still had de
layed examining the woman's stomach
SO long, and the trial was SO near a
hand, that could not in conscience pu
of the examination further, although
had heard several classes reclte at tn
different public schools in the morning
had delivered a lecture in the colleg
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
Stable Economy.

The Turf, Field and Farm makes some
good suggestions to horse owners as to
stables. They should be light, dry and
well ventilated. Dark stables and bad
ventilation bring on blinders, glanders,
fancy and other diseases. Ground floors
are preferable for horses 10 stand upon,
particularly in hot weather, but they
also possess disadvantages. When
horses stand on board floors their feet
should be moistened frequently, to pre-
vent fevered legs and contracted feet.
Working horses which are bad feeders
should be often soiled, or mashed out
with scalded bran, to prevent constipa.
ton, restore the appetite and preserve
condition for future service.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
Salt on Tomato Plants.

A market gardener of Lake county,
ILL.,, says that he has the most remarka-
BILE su uccess in the use of salt upon his
tomato plants. He applies it at various
times during the season, and IN every
case its effect is marked in the increased
growth of both plant and fruit. In
some cases he lays the roots of the
backward plants bare, sprinkles them
with a tab espoonful of ordinary bar
rel salt, and covers with soil. Plants
treated in this way take an immediate
start, and develop fine fruit.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
Two Dollars per Annum, in Advance.
WHOLE NUMBER 800.

inches. If selected in the fall it should
contain forty pounds of honey at least
with good swarm of bees, and above
all the rest choose hive that the queen
can deposit large number of eggs
which will be workers. Here is one of
the great secrets of bees, one swarm
rearing more brood and sending out
large swarms from the same sized hive
than another. There is not 80 much
difference in the queen as many have
supposed.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
The Love Of God.

BY MRS. RICHARD GREEEoUGH.
Oh, love of Godl
Thou love SO far transcending
Each trembling hope.
All poor desert of mine;
And the sweet light
Of thy fair presence lending,
Softly transfeurinR
Things the least divine.
As some dark pool.
Deep fringed with bending rushes.
Lies black and sullen
Meath the starless night:
When from the East
The radiant dawn uDgushes.
Shines with q glory
OF reflected light
So my dark soul.
Deep locked within the prison
Of its own sorrow,
Black and cherries lay;
Till on its night
Gods radiant morn uprisen5
Golden and glorious
Shines thy perfect day.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
Requisites of a Good Swarm.

But few in purchasing bees seem to
understand the requisites of a good
stock of bees CT the kind to buy, and
may seem but to little know how to
select. The first thing, get hive of
medium size, about two thousand cubic
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
"And soupe an veEOet oo1on. ,

Those are the fellows who beg the first,
And beg the hardest and beg the worst;
Brokers, who beg your cash for margin"
With profit at naught and a very huge chargein {:
Mining fellows with melting pots;
Spectators in water lots;
Smooth-faeed gentlemen. high in station.
Ready to point to an operation :"
Seedy writer's who have an Internal
Project of starting q daily journal;
Politicians who beg you to run
For place in q race that can't be wen;
Lawyers ready your veal to show
In q case that speedily proves your woe.
And host of such in the begging line
Arrayed in velvet and linen fine.
Worse than the locusts that come to harrow
The souls of the serfs of the mighty Pharaoh;
And SO persistent in striking your purse
And begging the cost of their plans to disbuTse.
That you wish, losing feeling, and. temper. and
ruth,
That the fate of Aktaion to-d.y was q truth.
And the dogs that barked when they came to
town,
Would tear them to pieces and gobble them
down. oScribner's Monthly.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14
VOL. VINO. 6.
The Beggars.
-Horki Hark the dogs do bark p

"HorEl Hark ! the dogs do bark p
The great yellow Schlank with cold In b,
throat.
The fox-like Spitz with a piercing note,
Johnny McCabe's little black-and-tan,
And the NANCY cur of the rsg-caIt man:
Whisker. and Huon aud Brant. and Prince,
Bull, and Bouncsr. and Rollo, and Spring,
snap, and Fido, and Dash, and Wing.
Pompey. and GroWlsr. and Trusty. and Carl,
Bruiser, and Bingo. and Dandy. and Snarl;
Lap dogs. covered with hair like flax;
China dogs, with no hair to their backs;
Dogs that have come from the stormy shore
or rocky and ice-bound Labrador;
Collies. expert the flock to guard;
Hairy fellows from Saint Bernard;
Startling ours that back lanes haunt:
Coach-doRs spotted. and wolf-dogs gaunt;
Greyhounds. pointers. settlers. terriers.
BULLDOGS. turnspits spaniels. barriers,
Mastifs, bearhound E.quimo,
Poodles. mongrels, beef b ou nds low;
Every dog of every kind,
Of every temper and every mind.
ALI engaged in tn o general row
Snap, yelp, growl. ki-yi, bow-wowl