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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23
COrked.

A few evenings since, a would-be
young blood entertained two young
ladies, at an uptown saloon, and during
the interview suggested that "we all
take something" and, looking over the
bill of fare, his eye fondly rested on
Champagne cider, so cents, the loud
est-named beverage on the bill. cone
bottle Champagne" ordered the gent,
purposely emitting the word cider, for
effect with the young ladies, but with a
conscience resting easy at fifty cents.
The affable waiter brought the article
ordered, which was swallowed with a
keen relish, and it was not till the
young gent confronted the cashier, where
four dollars for Heidsick were demand
ed, that he realized that it was best to
call for what he wanted, without any
French airs. There was a sudden
shortening of stature, as the young man
slid down into his boots, and pulled
out the legal-tender.- Y. Graphic
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23
A Remarkable Scene in Court.

A remarkable scene was witnessed at
the Queen county Qreland) assizes few
days ago. Chief-Baron Pigot was about
to sentence a murderer to be hanged.
The trial had occupied forty-fve days,
and every one wished to see the last and
most painful scene over. The prisoner
seemed also to desire to have the affair
finished soon, for when the Judge had
put on the black cap and had got as far
as the name " James Moore" he was
interrupted by the prisoner, who re-
quested him to be quick about it, for
" he was not bit afraid" Unheeding
the interruption his Lordship continued
his solemn speech, when the prisoner
again interrupted him, shouting out in
gruff voice and in no amiable manner,
,tCome, make haste, I am in hurry. "
It was in vain that the Judge attempted
to explain to Moore the awful import
ance of the words which were spoken.
He did not care all he wanted was to
have the matter ended and, said he,
eff you amt quick I'll go down below,
and you may talk to yourself" All
through the speech of the Judge the
prisoner continued to interrupt, threat
ening that if the sentence was not soon
pronounced, "he'd pronounce it him
self" At last, seeing that it was i'm
possible to make any sort of impression
upon the callous brute in the dock,
Baron Pigot, in the usual form, sen
fenced him to be hanged on the 9th OF
| Ootohar
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23
Humorous.

A MATTER of corse-A coroner's in
quest.
In what tone does ghost speak? In
tombstone.
WHY is lady's hair like beehive?
Because it holds the combs.
WHY is love at first sight like seal ?
Because it makes an impression.
A PoUGHKEEHsIE clerk loves the very
ground Highland widow walks upon.
It is worth $500 an acre.
JOSH BILLINGS says, very truly,
You'd better not know so much, than
to know so many things that amt SO. +"
The american Family Bible Publish
ing Co., Chicago and Cincinnati, sell first class
books. employ frst-class agents, and give
| first-class terms. Book agents, make note
of this.
A GENTLEMAN, on taking volume to
| be bound, was asked if he would have it
bound in Russia. "Oh, no, he replied,
Russia is too far off; +; I'll have it bound
here"
A WORTHY old farmer, who was being
worried in his Cross examination by q
| lawyer in Maine, exclaimed Look
here, Squire, don't you ask good many
foolish questions ?"
|
The man who answered an advertise
ment to the following effect says his
curiosity is satisfied If you would
learn how to make home happy, send a
postage stamp and twenty-five cents to
p. o. Box No. :, Cincinnati" He did
send the necessary cash, and soon re-
ceived the answer: elf you are as big
fool as we think you must be for Civ"
ing us your money, you can make home
happy by leaving it and going West by
yourself. .'-Hearth and Home.
CHOW, Johnny" said venerable
lady to her six-year-old nephew, who
was persistently denying an of6ense of
which she was accused, 81 know you are
not telling the truth see it in your
eye." Pulling down the lower lid of the
organ that had SO nearly betrayed his
want of veracity, Johnny exultingly re-
piled: "You can't tell anything about
it, aunt that eye was always little
streaked -
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23
Mark Twafn,s Foreign Billiards.

Speaking of his first day in Paris he
says; 'tAt eleven o'clock we alighted
upon a sign which manifestly referred
to billiards. Joy We had played bill
Eards in the Azores with balls that were
not round, and on an ancient table that
was very little smoother than a brick
pavement-one of those wretched little
things with dead cushions, and with
patches in the faded cloth and invisible
distractions that made the balls de-
scribe the most astonishing and unsus-
pecting angles, and perform feats in the
way of unlocked for and almost impos-
sible scratches that were perfectly be-
wildering. We had played at Gibralter
with balls the size of a walnut, on a
table like public square-and in both
cases we achieved far more aggravation
than amusement. We expected to fare
better here, but we were mistaken. The
cushions were a good deal higher than
the balls, and as the balls had fashion
of always stopping under the cushion,
we accomplished very little in the way
of caroms. The cushions were hard
and unelastic, and the cues were so
crooked that in making a shot you had
to allow for the curve or you would in
fallibly put the English on the wrong
side of the ball. Dan was to mark while
the Doctor and I played. At the end of
an hour neither of us had made count,
and so Dan was tired of keeping tally
with nothing to tally, and we were heated
and angry and disgusted. We paid the
heavy bill-about six cents-and said
we would call around some time, when
we had week to spend, and finish the
game"
Mark Jared somewhat tbetter in
Rome
"We adjourned to cafe and played
billiards an hour, and L made six or
seven points by the Doctor pocketing
his ball, and he made as many by me
pocketing my ball. The tab was Of
the usual European style-cushions
dead and twice as high as the balls
the cues in bad repair. The natives
only play a sort of pool on them. We
have never seen anybody playing the
French three-ball game yet, and we
doubt if there is any such game known
in France, and that there lives any maj
mad enough to try to play it on one O.
these European tables. We had t.
stop playing finally, because Dan got tt
sleeping fifteen minutes between th'
counts, and paying no attention to hi
marking"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23
A PuZZIe.

A couple of scientific Frenchmen (of
course y have been posing themselves
and each other with the question as to
where man who, travelling west from
any place at the rate of a thousand
miles an hour, would find Monday pass
into Tuesday. If he started at noon on
Monday the sun would always be in the
meridian, because he would journey
with equal rapidity with the earth s mo-
ton, and the sun would, therefore, be
at rest, so far as he would be con-
cerned. It would, therefore, be always
Monday noon to him, but when he com
pleted his journey it would be Tuesday
noon. These unhappy individuals can
not find out where Monday night oc-
ours to the traveller.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23
The Sword and the Pen.

The sword of the warrior was taken
down for the purpose of being polished.
It had not been long out of use. The
rust was rubbed off, but there were
spots that would not go-they were OF
blood. The sword was placed on the
table, near the pen of the warriors Sec
rotary. The pen took advantage of the
first breath of air to move little further
off. "Thou art right, said the sword,
q" am bad neighbor." ~ fear thee
not, replied the pen, "I am more pow
erful than thou art but I love not thy
society" "I exterminate, said the
sword" "And I pere eetuate, - answered
self shalt one day be-in the lake of OBJ
1iyiOn"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23
CannphOr.

The camphor of commerce comes
from Formosa, Sumatra. Borneo,
japan and China. 1t is obtained in
crystalline masses already formed, and
also in grains by distillation. The tree
which produces the former kind is a
near relative of our Eastwood, which
we know as a charming tree, perfuming
the air, and yielding the finest honey
in the world. It grows on the Diri
Mountains in Sumatra, and in Borneo.
It towers upward more than hundred
feet, and has been known to attain a
girth of fifty feet. The spirited per-
suasion of the axe draws from this for
est monster the white treasures secreted
in the longitudinal assures in its white
wood, sometimes, though rarely, in a
layer as large as a mans arm, but more
frequently in fragments to be carefully
extracted by some sharp pointed instru-
ment. 1t is not an abundant bearer.
Twenty pounds is rare yield for a
great tree ten pounds is good harvest
from one of medium size, and many are
felled and split that furnish no cam
phor. This is not an entire waste, how
ever, as camphor wood is useful. Cot
ton camphor is obtained by distillation
from the root, stem and leaves of GER
tain species of L0urGcee, but more es-
pecia1ly from the taurus camphora
OF this, also, there are two varieties,
The Chinese or Formosa camphor il
carried in junks to Canton, and there
packed in square chests lined with lead
whence it is sent to the different East
ern ports where we procure it. 1t is o
grayish color, with a grain like sugar
and usually unattractive in appearance
The Dutch or Japan camphor is pre-
pared in Batavia, is packed in tubs Sc
curely matted, is pinkish in hue, AM
coarser than the Chinese. Both kind
need publication before using.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23
THE FORTY-ACRE FARM.
by JOHN B. YATES.


I'm thinkin' wife, of neghbor Jones, that with
He lives in peace and plenty on a forty-aere farm;
While men are all around us, with hands and hearts
Who own two hundred acres, and still wanting
moro.
His is a pretty little farm pretty little house,
He has a loving wife within as quiet q mouse;
His children play around the door-their fathers
Looking as neat and tidy as the tidy little farm.
No weeds are in the corn fields, thistIes in the
The horses show good keeping by their fine and
The cows within the meadow, resting meath the
beeehen shade,
Learn all the gentle manners of the gentle milking
maid
Within the neld-on saturdays-hs leaves no Graded
To be gathered on the morrow, for fear of coming
rain;
He keeps the Sabbath holy-h1s cn1idren learn ms
And plenty fills his barns and bins after the harvest
days.
He never has a lawsuit to take him to the town,
For the very reason there are no line fences down
The bar-room in the village does not have for him
I can always find my neighbor on his forty-acre
farm.
His acres very few he plows them very
,Tis his ewn hands that turn the sod-'tis his own
He has place for everything, and things are in
The sunshine smiles upon his fields, contentment in
his face.
May we not learn lesson, wife, from prudent
neighbor Jones,
and means?
The rich amt always happy nor free from LIES
But blest are they that live content, though small
may be their farms.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23
sea of this man that the scaffold might

sea of this man that the scaffold might
not be cheated"
There is little more to add. The main
proof having been obtained, other
proofs on the prisoners trial were
brought forth, showing him guilty be-
yond doubt.
Long before his execution his name
was ascertained to be Louis Rosseneau,
a noted adventurer and gambler, who,
however, by cool effrontery and winning
address, backed by his good looks, had
been enabled to move among the first
circles of Partisan society.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23
The Public Press an Educator of the
PeOnIe.

And by this time, the influence of the
public press, as the educator of the
masses of the body polite has become
palpably manifest. Undoubtedly the
means of popular education supplied to
most of the children of the republic at
the ightest possible cost, to the poor,
especially, had done incalculable service
in behalf of general intelligence. But
it is certainly true that the fact of the
adult population, in a few years after
the remarkable development of the
press consequent upon the invention of
of the electric telegraph, and the Won
lowed, rapidly reaching a high plane of
intelligence and manly independence of
thought-it is undoubtedly true, that
this magnificent fact is largely due to the
influence of the public press. AS the
people became more Intelligent, more
Independent in opinion, the power of
party, of course, correspondingly dimin-
ished, When the press took position
above party it became at once more in
fiuential with the people, and more
truly representative of them. And, as
among Intelligent people there is al
ways more of wisdom and craftsmanship
that among all the politicians, and as
they now had representative journals, it
did not take them long to perceive that
old parties had become obsolete ; boy
clothes into which it would have been
impossible for the now puissant nation
to place itself without making of itself a
ridiculous spectacle.
Nor will there be any to deny this
claim of magnificent power on the part
of the press, when they once seriously
reflect upon the nature of its operations;
its simple yet majestic means of influ-
ence. All will readily agree that If a
skillful orator were to address large
audiences of willing hearers every day,
he would acquire vast influence. A
great journal speaks to more persons
every day of the week, every day of the
year, than could be reached by any orator
though he had the voice of Jupiter
Tonans. And this upon not a single
topic, but upon a variety of topics,
many of which must of necessity be OF
great value and interest to all the peo-
pie. Ld6ri ci6ets amino. Newspapers
have become the daily intellectual food
endom. The orator, except by the aid
of the press, can only influence those
who stand round about him. The
journalist has greater immediate audi
ence, but his words reach afar off, as
weighty in the uttermost parts of the
land or of the earth, as in the deer
basement where they issue from thai
marvel of modern machinery, the Hoe
press. This orator, with this vast audi
ence, is of a generous nature, an6
comes to you instead of requiring yor
to come to him. Thus with the rising
and the setting of the sun he visits the
hearthstone of every intelligent family
a welcome visitor. When we consider
therefore, the great varied contents o
most of our public journals, and thu
marvellous means of their diffusion
among the people, we connot hell
agreeing that the newspaper press is
and must of necessity be, among tn
greatest of educators. L'agersoIps Lift
and Times of Horace Greeley.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23

The american Family Bible Publish
ing Co. are fast monopolizing the Bible Trade.
The secret is in furnishing the best and
cheapest Bible, and dealing literally with
agents. See advertisement.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23
Sale of Postage Stamps.

The most popular postage stamps may
be gathered from the statement of the
stock of stamps at the manufactory dur
ing the month of July, which shows
about the proportion of the different de-
nominations used by the public in cor
respondence. The number was as fol-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23
A TRAGEDY OF TRAVEL.
BY RoBERTUs BURDErToNIUs.

canto Primus.
Pete was tip-top baggageman, he Number
Where the tears and groans of travelling folks un-
BE cared not how the women wept, or strong men
swore,
carpet-bags, e1terminated band-bo1es, and
This fine old railway baggsge-man, one of
the modern time.
Canto Ssc,.ndus
But Thursday afternoon there came modest travel
Who smiled and watched how ruthlessly the baggage
Pete did slam;
Then, as he pointed out his trunk for him to mash
and jam,
He said: Dear friend, my worldly possessions
few and humble; silver and gold have none,
it tenderly, for it is frall and am poor, and
if there's man travelling who watches and
t Wseps, , and "a prays over his baggage then that's
Chorus the same before)
But Pete seized his shabby trunk with snorts of
wrath and scorn.
And in two seconds both the handles from the ends
had torn,
And needless Of the peadngs of the passenger for
He banged. the trunk down the platform, and
then threw it over the top of the car and let an
omnibus run over it, and then whacked It a
bumper, and threw it off the end of the bridge
and shot into it with his revolver, and finally
nugBed IL IN mis- arms, TOOK q ny1ng leap into
the baggage-car with it, and lit on it in a cor
ner with his heels, head and stomach, and
mashed it into more pieces than there are
hairs on a dogs back, and the next second
that baggage-car was just alive with one inter
esting baggage-man and more crawling,
squirming, wriggling, rafting, coiling rattle
snakes than you would believe had ever been
born.
Chorus previously, but with more feel
ing)
Canto QudrtUs.
In vain the muse essays to tell how Pete, the
smasher, swore,
And yelled and shrieked and howled and roared and
raved and stamped and tore,
And scratched and slashed and sweat and struck
and scrambled for the door,
And turned blue a indigo, and swelled up to nine
times the size of double-decker Saratoga
trunk, and died in two minutes after he got
out of the car, while the modest traveller,
viewing his exaggerated remains smiled sadly
and said "he never knew q bsggage-man 80
fond of snakes before"
Chorus ad hb.)
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23

THE Vice-President's health is more
hopefully improving, and his friends be-
gin to believe that he will be almost re-
covered by the time Congress opens,
though he will never be capable of his
early physical efforts again.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23

The two Bidwells, Mcdonnell, and
Noyes, the Bank of England forgers,
have been removed from Newgate to
one of the convict establishments to un-
dergo their sentence before leaving
they were shorn of their whiskers and
clad in prison-garb.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23

about seventy million stamps and q
money value of about So, 1903, 900.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-23

A PRAYING costume is one of the latest
from Paris.
New-York tribune., 1873-01-30
1inaurldl.
MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD SCRIP
VI DIVIDENDS WANTED. Pull prices paid by
MARQUAND HILL Co, 81 Wbllst
THE
CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE BONDS
OF THB
ST. Louis AID SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY Cd.
CONSOLIDATED
Of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and
Tennessee.
30 year per cent, with Sinking Fund
Of 81 per cent of Gross Earnings.
Principal and Interest payable in Gold in Newly York.
Interest Sem-Annualiy, February and August.

THIS by Consolidation Of the ST. Louis and South
Granville Nashville and the Rdge6e and
Kentucky Railroads. aud Is the shortest and best possible route from
ST. LOUIS and CHICAGO NASHVILLE. MONTGOMERY. AT
LANTA. MACON MOBILE SAVANNAH, and CHARLESTON. Its
upersre equipment unsurpassed BY Snyin the West ITS
MONTHLY EARNINGS HAVE, SINCE THE con-
sOLIoATION, ALREADY REACHED AN AVERAGE
OF S1O5. 900, AND ARE AMPLE TO OPERATE TIE
ROAD AND PAY THE INTEREST on THE ENTIRE
BONDED DEBT.
Three hundred eight miles Of this road completed aud fully
equipped The Bonds issued the rate Of $4,000
per purpose making single debt completing branches
and supplying equipment NEE, the rapidly increasing business
sl 900 have been limited number at 80 AND
ACCRUED INTEREST IN CURRENCY.
Board Of Trade recently passed series OF resolutions
EXPRESSING the opinion that THIS BECOME ONE oP TB
BEST PAYING LINES LEADING OUT OF ST. LOUIS" cOngrau
ltng the stockholders OF THB HONORABLE AND ABLE MAN
AGRMENT OF THB PROPERTY" expressing the belief THAT
THR SECURITY OFFERED BY THB CONSOLIDATED MORT
GAGE BONDS TO THIS AMOUNT OF $4,000 PER MILF
Is GOOD AND RECOMMENDING THEM WITHOUT HESiTA
TIoS AS AN INVESTMENT TO CAPITALISTS BOTH AT
HOME AND ABROAD"
Under Of the Consolidated Mortgage parties boDg Bonds
South Eastern Railway Company ofinos
Indiana the Evansville Henderson and Nashville Railroad
Company per entitled to the privilege Of exchanging
he same Consolidated Bonds do upon ppcaon
We unhedangy Boats uueIcepOnable
Railway Security.
rstru1nr Ufurrfgt "a dupoua annie 4finuh
New-York tribune., 1873-01-30
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

SToSE JAg BEEyEsATTyAls today ,. ear; a. CS"Hs mn
~ .i, those which did aie in the DAY that
, he over if oTrow Rarket Cattle are wanted and
e. b-s..sa Sssf W.. asi
- ~ [ soas i9 Se % sy aS S.. s e.5 o &c
lss on 'ruee 10 o ptPe 1eO3i diseased Euton was hng
81 hsa tsin 90 9a Of h; pocket The real facts are that At TINS
81 leas o Tie blood Aoggg Itself in restless: condition Of '6s
g. rabbnr and bus sometimes rbs the animal Of part Of is
bssoe Possibly there is more Of this year thar usual
hsys "sP ye4y #ie Of i bsIe-tSss !. corsgsrs
Ssc, icing Affection butch
a & Ss.So Of 5 no, @ ss5S madS M We cs ne
bp ai 70 his market healthy stany former year When
@ . AZ e. z, s 9SS9' S o., Of q s "a m sg s.S @ o
&c. eriv two car loi % sed stei Tey WeIe sm.
81 healthy fae ueo Ohio sheep q eSe7s n sO a. 4aS the rest
rsd nom . to . mOsty si aalo Messrs Kse Co.'S books
y I'a' ~ & q es . 10 '.5ea % ard both protest ,Sn ,ss
praee should be stopped al the marNepaes and hats
tn ewes IN that eonuoe are ner the ones wasted upon the
b Dealers and buieAe united against the practice aud ahy
% S eep to- ins1ng hose due in the afternoon car.
& az s9S & was & IRs yfFs sI. 5G Eo TO "a 1e S %
slsS z5 q IS n 7 80 Of n at Tsei and Is4 OF f.
" \ Pidooes .on s7i Ohio. s. Ba1c
Boot nghsn car Illinois ~ ID, at &C., and car 80 n
l9 10. .,p..,,..s,, =, o, ,.,.A 1r,o,, am .,S.
HoA all late 2 car. e FQrSSt ls,3 oiirS and II a. GOS%Un S.
p. tsi 80 9y s,isg n, 7ie ie0 ~ 7 iso H. ec 200
ksasic @ o. 6GglC and hsav{ slS6e ween sresses were
as 2i5 ~ 5t car ls9 ID, at lite, and 2sl Of lS d.
Nac
ByAro jan 29-c,rrtE-Reesps ,od Osl head making
o. up7y the thus far 4573 head 26y
Sr., for the i week The market was no; 50
Yesterday but prees were equals as strong eoIaoa stock
cattle last weeks closing prices
disposed of sales 2ls head Illinois steers
10 l0 to 5iib 50 G 0sC 2o l4I bead Q1o steers rang
l. or cq 10 29 10 s 30; 80 head Indiana steers
s,rrrc f-1rn q head Michigan steers,
l3J 10 - IS % head Canada rteer ranging
r. "a to 6J o. at a. ma ~ Canada bull averaging 35
Il ss 20 head state stleus averaging 1913 70 at 81 62l
sHgsP LANBs-Ihe receipts to-day $500 besd making me
far 2 bead agsin 1000 hesd for sSe tine
The opened seuve ct tc decline from last weeks
s rates gaies; sales made public 3i9 head
sheep aversgng - sO0 IS 6i 80 head Oo sheep
,tsrs ng Cansda Sheep averaging 10 10, at
O !. lJl bead Illinois sheep averaging 20 10 at 81
receipts today, and only csrlOaa The pens
will shipped to-day leaving the ysr bare Of
gs.s Pnees " nominal a. from IS Z52S 90