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"a, "a Fon sAIR-7LARGE LIST or HOUSES AND Coz
Es:ss!s
sh w.:assss ssss
ID FOE a!3 sALE-oHEAP hLR.s I FOR FEW DAYS Twd
corns1 @ u II, IN ns 0f'ms"' 90 VIA.
u F'on sALE-cRoIoE tors UPON K1STEf
a 1rav'd Bsdasa. ind 43
m psymant aso oa ao"s 1Fsher .ad
o@asr IENkY Aaf' r. oErMa I Rs5 M ol sia
21ftz I'd IL aA@asoSSf asss'
's e ~ "a sWs:ssasas.s Wssseln:.s!. 10y"
L. u ssss ssssaa s %''
81 issia d :aSa:loa ns4r living Park
iIsuae e Ss{c SST:a toT
:s:g :s.gss
sadooh 1 snd sAn Block noE'h"s"'
FoR s4L;E-F1VE LOTS ON aARsaFIRTD-AY.
@ hEkzY 81 s GooD ess e
E esetre g. d6Sb%s sSf bRiHsi ft Il 81.
nattb1s. XAfUAaLs 50T sss EEE5
saa s ssf2ssa good asur 0F''' W FHAHs
oR s. SAkEHoESE = i T XKD L6T o. VEST 4R1MS
GS i, ,epfa2 Raa8iess sS9i f. som" one EDWIN
FOE sALEfhsTATE;S hs!a st.. ACRES FRoNTIVa on
e6 Gs.,s ssa s.s4Ra
sAs'taopoan Block, northwest ndoph md
ePtyas.t.; cheap. GEakx s. GoobRiGH. 5nG is
Fq5t s4dEAF Il, 1ssFT.Q Q5TMR1s 5ddi fTS
= sssss &c.
5s; :s $E5E
os14 sA5 H. TEsIDENSE aXa !13 S oN ~
double p.ror, largo fa5aiy bed dining.
5ShsR I'D
es.e ssod :ss9as 81. % .s ssas @
s. aRsSs md 'DD on
yaEd rs feet deep: aa5s he aust sel; Ts ooo
fa's u sss iie fH1SSfx
! E1OR sALE-CHOIOE LOTS ON DEK1IB AND
q SsuS sse Slsffs saa
| FOR sALE--THnEE CHOICE CORNERS On SOUTH
sfatB S Ms:a M
FoS: 515F;55o5TzgE 1z9 Lot o. z957awES7
81 fsDs Fl +: 4 ss. 81 E5st ~A aAa
+ fiaE III S5 ii IS f!SSs;ss& Ss = E6@
nnon 1nno AmAi = i ~ ' ON IuEsDAY AFTER
Tel starv I'd ~ " " pIsises tne gen
10 Isl Thirty Ssfo no9iti1 ed % onq !ot
sorye G. r. THIYERt Cn VII F.+etn enu r.Ldoos 70
and Brokars ls6 East Madsons :. ~ 0oA4'0eet@
-, :. - = ---13.ess.. =
H'oh sALEr-Y$S: o$: o0-oN WAsH1fQT0N-ST.. NEAR |
Hoyne nuxl5 feet, south front, house, good
hsFn e. g. oeo down. T. B. BOYD. l1 West Waah-
wv eoa91.
dor SALE-Sf Boo-UOTSF ArJD lot 95r1a5 IN ]
eet1sen Gamma Ard Wood Great
GGe@1. :. -. ~ =. .so y est ~ HsA1a8ton-ae
TOR 8ALE-so1llo FEET. WITH l4-ROOM DWEL-
LIS; .so1s 1oo is. 900 barn. On ncsr
HnVn In E,shtuata.. ~ esA ~ s1otluee. L. 3.
2o32. - --.@4..oa-o. .a.4a.o
Fortiaeh II nIITi ~ 1a!Oaa9 AM1;Ax.s nEAR
SON 4 CO. IA LaSalle IT. OTIS Hloot ~ " NA [
E'OR sALE-A HOUSE AND LOT no. 4 CURRIER-
nransr. ' oAp' 3na"tte IL LILO sea1 nuno1n9 on tho
"0p q.TT 907TE v7T1 Tro1C- ~, = - |
IA AE1~suaE Ft @ a!S i HTS i UN LouK, LYMAN,
h1s.t sisn bous- sseat nof1k ann
terms easy honse, No 145 South Jefferson st., very
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TOR sALE-THAT VALUA8LR LOT 5az934 FEET
o. northwest corner Of FifthAv. and Monroe viii
sTty With tho proapsot Of chanGe Of PostOace ths
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HgH sALE-3 LOTS NEAR TILE BOULEVARD
TWelfth-sts between Central and Dourias Paris only
$So0 oach; easy terms. E. G. GOODWuL1E, lA South
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FOR sALE-HO1JsE AND Lot ON WEST ADAMS
L It. Ter g3 b0o Cheap bone fer one. EDWIN
4. RICE d CO.. 147 Riudplnh- st.

H1QR SALE-STATEST.~- 10 ACRES FRONTING ON
,Stst9-st between Fifty. second md Fitty-thrd F.
:: WElDlNGER 4 CO., Roal EstAte Agents, Room 81.
Metropolitan Block northwest corner Rsndolph md l..
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CITYREAL ESTATE

FOE 6s3A sALE-EY Rs-I J. A. KELLER, us cLARKsT..
p,x3sdsst III stfsk s In tho South
s43;::5as, G9tts:as .9d a.tosy Sea,s. from 81 500 70
ehsss nav oas
gseeus, near Van BuIsu, Hno Basement cottaen md
~ ness Twentsninth and ThirtIoth sts lots
MMttehhiissn-sv., Mtehisssn soEnor Thirty secondst.
Fft lots neae forynnth. 6H7fourth and
near Dougas pl.ce, lots At s1oo per foot
hsi heslo north Of Douglas place, 2S5l3 1t
s,ti &.nod-st naar Ettyninth. lot. st 5000 each
eou24ae-pace, ouo corner South Park Bnuiarsrd
gark-st, north Of Twelfth. e5x1o4.
ent~oEthav south Of Twenty n1nthst, 4s11e5 asst
55ssff:on-:t 5ssf f.on: so:asr Mood, 1ssz1ss:
4ds@s si d.iiofn%a.7., % n.,ss s4o p.r foot
bsExsa eal tEo blocks a Vsa nuren. ho11e aos
L2s cast Of Oa1tozuia-aY. and na1r Twelfth ~ as0o
Wsrren-av., west Of Stanton It,. a4xios Al, I'm
ysskson-st, east of Wostern-av., 1o1iEa, s., Wo.
Seaetson.st, near Q'Bnen a5Il6o 3I,HN.
Park-av., near Iaa1tt~st. 1l5s. 5s1''' '0aa'f '0t'
s1o hi south Oh hadlsor-at and near city 1units
.1a aoEes. IN ctty Limits, south Of Madison.
" aorss, nsax Hawthorn.
~ aores. near bouth Lyro, chap
EoR sALE-BY OSBORN / sKiLLM1N. u SOUTH
a3tR tsis II Rass .od ss
Ts51tS TnasIat9r. a.. sess Hoyne, lots;
R.aln..s mar Harrison. 6a.1s. sheap.
~ 3asssesnhst. e naax DouRs Park. lots and house.
e.ia Z tsa H.: ase house. fms se will giro bag
Txens1,ath. Twenty 1t1th, Twsnty-sevonth, and |
yoa mean bu.lneas, coma and 80 : bargain.
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T0R sAIE-RY r;~t~Coo : WFI6IrGFR : c0 81 !.
Esfata grnfs Henm n afctroaie q Rit HU @ hEA
Vext corner fsndo3oh snd I,saiin o1oc@' aof1n
SAAoA ANe4Ao''pG.6 1n1 = tTat,1I1T1ts.: S9iEs.:
q feet aoat front on 1oi q otoGs E.. r,tt.,.
4}ns asst frnnt ~ n.ahtn' -te91 "any al1tH
vsnt =, 49, AtoHs VI Da@o1cAht-' neaf In11ty~dftn
81 feet east 'front.' On Frederick n,.ca na.r o.kx, .
IS iot4 1rontne On Reuben. Hom.n- and Fre4u.,-.t.
| easy psymcnts AoA'~' 1 eAee"'oa-s~"
30 lo,s fronting on Union shnrmzn. and w,t,,c..te
| near Union Stoek Yards oA'A4'' 0no "a11aee'ts
| es,.ot ~ 7.1.,.,n. '; WEST M sIpE @
g ets on the corner Of Enlton and Caiitornt.-sts.
g toet Aouthweat eoFna1 indiana and Hoyas-sts.
ID foot northwest jackson IT, and Westoru-sv
90 loet esst front, Dudley-at Asyuu1-p
Is feDt s0uth frant, Emma
% lois fronting Western and North avs near Hum
poldt f&tk.
IS fest, wett front, on Vfue-st naax Northsv
ie sass t1an., On oe6 ciaIfsn e,r scb.r
ID feet on .outhwest cornor ~ - ur
lots On nosthaast oorner HslstJ sna a9
paymouts A'et A1"As4eo 0no oenuo-su, cay
g toot, east front, on Hurbut-s st., near soph.,.
e9 feet vest front, on Mohawk-at.. near Sophia.
!ox On Church.at. uoar Wisconsn-st.
g g feet, south front, on Hill It,, near Wells.
can be had 1t bargain ii taken It once "'"s
Is feet. east front fn Sedrrfci.et nr., fvttx..n
s feef Tssf fns 16n9' =, % neaE Yell.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24
Searching the World for the Kansas
MurdererS.

The Aneerico,s Register of Paris says:
can agent of the Special Detective
Agency of New York is now in Paris in
pursuit of the Bender family, who are
charged with being the authors of the
wholesale murders lately discovered at
Cherryville,> Kansas. Detectives from
the same agency have been sent to Lon
don and all the leading European cities.
One of the accused, Johanna, or, as she
is commonly known, Katie Bender, is
quite young, has red hair, and is a per-
son of rather repulsiye features, with a
furtive and dstrustful expression. She
was seen on board steamer which left
New York for Havre, and it is supposed
that the whole family are at present
concealed in the French capital or in
the environs. Kate Bender is possessed
of some education, and is said to be able
to speak little French. If they are
really in France, now that the police are
on their track, it will be impossible for
them long to escape detection"
cit appears that the world is to be
ransacked that these murdercrs may be
caught. 1t is most singular that, with
the strongly marked characteristics of
all four members of this Infamous fami-
ly, they have escaped detection so
long"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24


81 am very sorry that I have been
the indirect cause of this annoyance to
you but it is no fault of mine. This
gentleman" pointing to Higdy, "and
his party seized me, and would not al
low me to proceed to my hotel until L
had proved to them that had not been
visiting you. L must now leave them
with you to make their own explana-
tions, and bid you good evening""
ttGeod evening", said the young lady,
in a very sweet voice.
Somehow Blumble didn't sleep very
sound that night; he was in a very
strange place, and he kept constantly
thinking of his strange adventure, and
of the good-looking strange young lady !;
and the more he thought, the more he
wondered who she was and, when at
last he determined to inquire about her
in the morning, he fell asleep and
dreamed of her.
Blumble was an early riser-bache-
lors generally are-and the next morn
ing, before the village were astir, he
had walked out and passed the house of
Squire Gay but he did not see Mary,
so he returned to the hotel and inquired
of the, landlord concerning her. The
landlord must have praised the girl, for
the bachelor decided to remain another
day and be introduced to her, then to
remain q third, and finally he concluded
he might as well stop the week out, and
SO he wrote to his partners, informing
them that he should remain there few
days to himself. The professed woman
hater walked up that same lane each
evening, and walked into the house, too.
He was not disturbed again by Bill
Higdy, for the Squire had threatened
that if he came within gun-shot of the
house again to put dose of cold lead
into him. So the wise but jealous
Higdy kept out of the way.
There was a great reform in the man
ner and habits of Thomas Blumble,
merchant. He left his bachelor clubs,
notwithstanding the jeers and taunts of
his former companions, and he became
circumspect in his remarks ON female
character. For number of months he
spent his spare hours writing to Mary,
and choosing appropriate gifts for her,
and for long time the Boston and 2.
express considered him one of their
best customers. But ere long there was
brilliant wedding party Mt the house
of Squire Gay, and 2. lost it's most
charming belle, for Miss Gay became
Mrs. Blumble. A few weeks ago Mr..
and Mrs. Blumble went down to Rock
Cove, and visited the old Blumble home
stead. While there, Mr. Thomas Blum
ble introduced his wife to MIR. Jerry
Smike, and Mrs. Polly Ann Smike and
all the little Smikes. It would be i'm
possible to tell which are most con-
tented with their lot, Thomas or Polly
Ann. One thing more and 1 am done.
In answer to Blumble's advertisement
for a chambermaid, who would assist in
plain sewing, who do you think applied
for the situation 4? You'll never guess,
so I'll tell you. It was Hattie Elton
Her New York beau had heard of her
firtations with Blumble, and for that
reason broke his engagement with her !;
and she, who might have been Mrs.
Thomas Bldmble, must be content to
be Mrs. Blumble's servant.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24
The Melancholy Death of Victoria
MuOdhnII,S Sister.

Mrs. Utica V. Brooker, age 81, born
in Ohio, died at the residence of her
sisters, Woodruff and Clafin, at No. 6
East Thirty fourth street, at 30 p.
m, on Wednesday. She had been sick
in bed twelve days, and several physi.
clans, by whom she had been attended,
having failed to agree as to the cause of
her death, Coroner Herman went to the
house, at p. M, yesterday, to hold an
inquest. At the request of the sisters,
autopsy was performed by Deputy Cor
onor Cushman, in the presence of sew
eral physicians. Tennie @. Clahin ex-
pressed strong desire to witness the
dissection of her sister, but Coroner
Herman kept her out of the room. The
autopsy clearly indicated that death had
resulted from Bright's disease of the
kidneys, superinduced by prolonged
intemperance. Several of the relatives
of the deceased testified that she had
been very Incorporate for ten or twelve
years, drinking brandy, gin, whisky,
beer, or whatever liquid she could pro-
cure, and that she had been known to
drink bay rum. While suffering from
excessive nervous excitement, she had
used 1 ZOO grains of bromide of potas-
sium in week, and had been known to
use 300 grains in a single day. While
suffering from delirium tremens, or it's
incipient stages, she has often jumped
from her bed and chased her relatives
about the house. Her sisters stated
that she was married, but that her hus-
band is in Chicago. The jury rendered
formal verdict in accordance with the
statement of DIR. Cushman.
York Tribune.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24
Vegetable Instinct.

If pan of water be placed within six
inches of either side of the stem of
pumpkin or vegetable marrow, it will in
the course of the night approach it, and
will be found i'll the morning with one
of the leaves on the water.
This experiment may be continued
nightly until the plant begins to fruit.
If prop be placed within six inches of
young covovules, or scarlet runner, it
Will find it, although the prop may be
shifted daily. If, after it has twined
some distance up the prop, it be un-
wound and twined in the opposite direc-
ton, it will return to it's original posi-
ton or die in the attempt ; yet, notwith-
standing, if two of these plants grow
near each other, and have no stake
around which they can entwine, one of
them will alter the direction of the
spiral, and they will twine around each
other.
Duhamel placed some kidney beans in
cylinder of moist earth after short
time they commenced to germinate, of
course sending the plume upward to the
light and the root down into the soil.
After few days the cylinder was turned
one-fourth around, and again and again
this was repeated, until an entire revo-
luton of the cylinder was repeated. The
D6dIlS WoI0 blICu UdhOh OuO VI o1O OtbI Oh,
and it was found that both the plume
and the radical had bent to accommo-
date themselves to every revolution, and
the one in its efforts to ascend perpen-
dicularly, and the other to descend, they
had formed perfect spiral. But al
though the natural tendency of the
roots is downward, if the soil beneath
be dry, and any damp substance be
above, the roots will ascend to reach it.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24
Startling Figures.

The assessed valuation of all the prop
erty in the United States in 1870 was
$14, 600, 600, 600, which represents the ac-
cumulations of four centuries of toll
and economy. The assessed valuation
of the railways i'll 1872 was So, ,000, ,O00,-
900, made in but little over thirty years,
in the life of one generation, and not q
creation of capital, but an absorption of
that created by others largely. Taking
this ratio of accumulation, how long will
it be before the men welding this i'm
mense power will override all other in
dustries in their mad race after wealth
and personal aggrandizement? Let the
history of James Fisk, Jr., and Black
Friday answer. Again, the whole re-
ceipts of the General Government for
1872, from all sources, were 1888, ,000, 900,
and the people groan under the heavy
burden of taxation. At the same time
this railway interest quietly levies a tax on
you of 1856, 600, 900, or $72, ,000, 600 more
than the General Government. With
these figures as a basis, how long will it
be before this becomes railway empire,
ruled by and in their interest? And
while we complain of the expenditures
of our officials there has never been an
industry which has been managed with
the same reckless disregard of all the
rules of economy as the railways of the
United States. They have grown, not
because of good management, but in
spite of that which has been excessively
bad.-,Sen0tor CastIe's Fourth Of July
GRAFTON ut PRINCETON, IU.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24
A Ride for a Bride.

Monday last candidate presented
himself to the County Clerk, requesting
a license to commit matrimony; but
when the usual questions were asked, it
was divulged that the lady, the intended
victim, was under age, and her parents
lived fully sixty miles from here, beyond
the San Benito. In vain the would-be
Benedick asserted that he had the full
consent of her parents. The urbane
but inexorabIe clerk, Poole, told him he
had no recourse those mysterious COM
plications of law, inconsistency and alb
surdity, the code, were explicit upon
that one point at least, and the young
man must show cause or wait until his
"lady love" had arrived at an age when
she could be her own as we'll as his mas
ter. "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady
yet," so the plucky fellow unhitched
one of the horses from the team with
which he drove over, borrowed saddle,
and started off. He returned late Tues
day night, and said he would have been
back sooner if he had not got lost ON the
mountains returning the night previous.
He had rode the whole 40 miles with
out rest /; but he had obtained the pa
rents permit, and Wednesday morning
early the twain were united and made
happy.-SaLi'aGs MO- I'adeC.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24
The War Against Monopoly.

Extract from Senator Castles Fourth
of July oration at Princeton, ILL.,:
In this battle against monopolies the
people must not get too much work on
their hands at once. Take the railways
first, and when that is done take the
next evil Nor must the farmers, if
they would succeed, claim that this is
distinctively their work. 1t belongs to
the people, and while theirs is the indus
try which most feels the oppression, all
must join. A class movement can never
succeed in the long run, and to supplant
a railway monopoly with farmers
monopoly might not be great gain.
Instead, let us build on the broad plat
form, 'Antagonism to all monopolies,
and invite to our aid all who love their
country, be they farmers, merchants,
middlemen, citizens, or headmen and
thus, with one banner and one battle
cry, go forth to the conflict, never ceas-
ing until all monopolies are made to
acknowledge the supremacy of law, and,
as the citizen, bow before the law, until
the courts, as well as the Lawmakers,
accept as a principle that all such Off
cial legislation as is designed to favor
one class above another is not in accord
ance with the theories of republican
government. zs----s.s-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24
VOL. VINO. 40.
oALDwELL OF sPR1NeE1ELD.
New Jersey Q7sO).
BY BRET HARrE.

Here's the spot Look around you. Above on the
height
Lay the Hessians encamped. By that church on
Stood the raunt Jersey farmers. And here
You may dig anywhere and you'll turn up ball.
Nothing more. Grasses spring, waters run, flowers
Pretty much they did ninety-three years ago.
Nothing more didI say2 Stay moment you've
Of Caldwell, the parsOn, who once preached the
Down at springfeld7 What, nor Come-that's
bad; why, he had
OF the arebel high priest" He stuck I'm their
For he loved the Lord God-and ho hated King
-Georgei
He had cause you might say When the Hessians
Marched up with Knyphausen they stopped on
At the Farms" where his wife, with child in her
arms,
Sat alone in the house. How it happened none
knew
But God-and that one of the hireIing crew
Who fired the shot! Enough There she lay,
And Caldwell, the chaplain, her husband, away!
Did he preach-did he pray2 Think of him, as you
By the old church to-day think of him and that
of militant plowboys! See the smoke and the heat
Of the reckless advance-of that struggling retreat
Keep the ghost of that wife, fouly slain, in your
And what could you-what should you, what would
yOu do?
Why, just what he did They were left in the lurch
Fer the want of more. wadding. He ran to the
church,
Broke the door, stripped the pews, and dashed out
in the road
With his arms fun of hymn-books, and threw down
his load
At their feet! Then, above all the shouting and
shots,
Rang his voice" Put Watts into 'em-Boys, give
'em Watts J"
And they did. That is all. Grasses spring, flowers
blow
Pretty much they did ninety-three years ago.
You may dig anywhere and you'll turn up ball
Btlt not ALWAYS a hero like ths-and that's all
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24
She Was the Idiot.

A short time since gentleman with
long fair whiskers, and dressed in the
height of fashion, entered n hosier's
in Vienna, and requested the shop
woman, who happened to be alone, to
show him some colored shirts. Every
variety of shirts was brought out, when
he made his choice and requested that a
parcel be made up for him. This being
done, GO What an idiot L am,' he said {;
81 have not seen how the shirts look
when on. Would you oblige me by
putting one on over your dress % The
shopwoman having complied with his
request, "Be SO kind" he continued,
as to button the collar and wristbands,
that l may get a thoroughly good idea
of the effect. And now," he added,
taking up his parcel, "allow me to wish
you a very good morningl" and in an
instant he was outside the door and had
disappeared, the unhappy girl, ap-
parently stupefed, not daring to follow
him into the street on account of hel
singular costume.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24
The Way the Thing Works:

Whenever the subject of reduction
of rates of freight and passenger travel
is broached to railway official, the re-
sponse is, that railroads, as a general
thing, pay less per centage on the cap
ital invested than almost any other class
of Investments. He viii affirm, for in
stance, that among the great number of
roads constructed and doing business in
this State, there are but two or
three that pay living profit to the
stockholders. The farmer is astonishcd
at this fact, for fact we suppose it to be.
But when he looks around among the
men who operate and control the vast
railway system of the country, and ex-
amines into their personal pecuniary
condition, among the men who have
constructed, manned and equipped these
roads, and sees how comfortably most
of them are " "fixed,a what expensive
habits of life they are enabled to in
dulge in, the wonder ceases. When he
learns that Tom Scott receives from
some fifteen different companies salary
of from sc, 600 to $25, 900 each per year,
and sees the commerce of State side
tracked, while his gorgeous palace car
train goes whirling across the continent,
laden with costly wines and rich viands,
on which his fellow spectators, his sa-
traps and toadies, revel and feast, on
their way to the Pacific coast for the
traffic of the Golden State, that he may
lock the whole nation in the monopo-
lists soulless embrace, there is no more
wonder at small open dividends upon
railway stocks. Vanderbilt and Drew
trying to scale the walls of heaven over
church spires and seminary roofs, erect
ed out of the ''pittance they have
been able to save in the railway bust
ness, are ridiculous sights in the eyes
Of the honest yeoman who reads in his
Bible about the camel and the needles
eye. And Vanderbilt's frugal son-in-
law, who died the other day, leaving ten
millions for probate and division, is an
other startling proof of the difficulty
that is experienced in making decent
living out of so precarious and unprom-
Using venture as the railway business
of the United States. But, all these ex-
ceptional cases aside, why should road
constructed where there is no demand
for one, or where there is only prospec-
tive business for it to do, be expected to
pay, from the start, on its capital stock
What other business dependent upon
future development and patronage is ex-
pected to do it The argument is fimsy
and without weight. If high rates are
based on such a foundation, it is fee
BILE one III the eyes of justice and COM
mon sense.-Pr0irie Farmer (ChS-
cGgO).
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24
BILLIARDS.
by A RETIRED AMATEUR.


In the days when spotted the ball
Where my meeting Miss Cue none should mock at
Many did make ut the call
OF her sire, who was great on the pocket.
Nothing less than Count of three score,
If he'd had his own way, he'd have chosen;
And her cheek grew chak-like, L swore
That the red and the white, there, were frozen
All in vain had Banked for the lead
With parent whose draw beat me hollow
Yet he made not point in his greed,
That.I didn't surpass with follow.
Till, at last, unfortunate break,
For the fortune he'd lost made him mourner;
When a spout at three balls did take,
To deliver him out of his corner.
Then he gratefully gave me Miss
Never barring push that was tinglish-
And he said "a You may win by Kiss;
But, be sure, don't put on too much English"
Those were days when a shot off the spot
Was the end of all foul-playing wrangle;
And miss, made for safety or not,
Came with only good, honest angle.
They were times of PiIeian tfun these,
With tenor not quite so Ubassy;
And the French of a stroke that could please
Wasn't what il is now" Lor' a 7llGsse ,"
-Elt. -GrGpLic.