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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11
Chinese Barber Shops.

The Chinese barber shops in San
Francisco are more numerous than those
of any other calling. On Dupont street,
between Sacramento and Clay streets,
there are not less than fifty basement
apartments devoted to tonsorial opera
tions. At first klush the wonder arises
why so many of those establishments are
needed, but stand on the street in the
quarter and glance at the head of each
passing Chinaman and the mystery is
dispelled. Among them no toilet is con-
sidered complete which does not involve
a shaving of greater portion of the
head and neck, thorough cleansing of
the eyes, ears and nostrils, and even a
trimming and penciling of the eyebrows
and lashes. Razors, probes and lances
of peculiar construction are among the
instruments used by these skillful artists.
The process of shaving and cleansing is
necessarily long one, and when Chi
naman emerges from one of these shops
he may be safely counted as thoroughly
clean-above the shoulders. The comb
ing and braiding of cues consumes no
little time. Every Chinaman of adult
years regards an occasional tonsorial ex-
perience as sacred duty. The closely
shaven head must be scraped over often
to preserve the appearance SO much de-
sired, and all this, in place SO populous
as the quarter" in that city, requires
the constant service of numerous
force. ALI the barber shops of the Chi
nese have a peculiar sign at the door
way indicative of the occupation. 1t is
four-legged frame, the legs painted
green and the top knobs red. On all the
streets in Chinatown these signs are seen
every few steps.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11
The Galaxy on the Foot.

The foot is the base, the support of the
body, and it should neither be too small
to support it firmly, nor, for beauty's
sake, seem to be so. If woman were
to weigh two hundred pounds at forty,
her foot would not be appreciably longer
than it was when she weighed only some
hundred or 80 at fourteen. The most
beautiful foot known is that of the Venus
di Medici, and that is neither remarka-
bly, short nor remarkably narrow. Most
women would look upon it as rather
large. Indeed, the Venus could not
wear cones" nor indeed, although she
is rather small woman, " twos." But
so much the better for her. As to her
foot, it is thing to be looked at daily
with delight and admiration. A per-
fectly beautiful woman's foot should be
in length little less than one-seyenth
of her height. 1t should be arched on
the top so that the line is that of one
half of Cupid's bow, and underneath 50
that if it is wet and set upon the floor il
will leave in the middle only slender
watermark. 1t should be breadest across
the ball, and the rosy toes, of which the
second should be the longest, should
spread fat upon the ground at every
step. The heel, which should also be
rosy, should descend almost in straight
line from behind the ankle, and should
be delicately rounded. It should be as
white as ivory and marked upon the
soft and cushion,like instep with faint
indications of blue veins. 1t is remark
able that there seems to be some very
fascinating idea connected with wo
mans foot, and particularly with its
length, for to "know the length of 8
woman's foot" has long been, according
to an old adage, to enjoy the highesi
degree of her favor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11
The Brazilian wedding Hoax.

Some months ago an account of bril-
liant wedding in Brazil was printed in
journal in this country and widely copied.
1t was apparently yeracious report and
represented "De Souza Cabral, of
Diamentina, Brazil" as one of the
richest and most extravagant men in the
world. In a short time begging letters
addressed to this mythical character be-
gan to accumulate in the New York
Postofice, and when this was announced
in the newspapers the author of the hoax
asked the Postoffice Department to order
their delivery to him. This request
Postmaster General Jewell has refused
in a letter in which he says:
"The letters have all been opened in
the Dead Letter Office and returned to
the writer's. These letters average twenty
week from the New York Office alone,
and probably as many more from the
other exchange offices. The writers rep
resented every condition in life; but
while all parts of the Union were we'll
represented, the South furnished the
largest contingent. With characteristic
direetness, the gifts or loans asked were
usually large, while in one instance the
writer of the letter would have been
grateful for sufficient amount to pur.
chase sewing machine. This was the
smallest sum asked for. Sons of aged
and infirm parents, clergymen, invalids
men who had failed in business, all with
the same childlike faith, Hooked to the
Diamond King for relief, and seemed
confident that the trife they asked would
be surely forthcoming. Many incloseG
postage stamps for return postage other
lnclosed photographs only to have tht
clerks who returned the letters wonde
at the credulity of the writer's, and wisf
they could tell them to place more re
lance upon their own efforts thai
upon the liberality of others"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11
Fragments of Fashion.

Black silk parasols, with cashmere
lace covers, are stylish.
Bootees, for misses and children, are
ornamented with large steel buckles.
Spanish lace wells and high back
combs are worn by some of our fashiona-
BILE bellies.
Striped red, white and blue silk hand
kerchiefs, with star borders, are among
the latest novelties.
The newest thing in bridal toilets are
wells of cream-colored lace, and natural
flowers for ornament.
Sleeveless princeless tuniques, COM
posed of lace, and muslin or silk, will be
worn over both light and dark dresses.
Straw hats for children are trimmed
with bands of red, white and blue rib
bon, having the ends ornamented with
stars.
The coming summer young ladies will
wear their dresses high in the neck, but
toned in the back, and very short pulled
sleeves.
The serpentine wire corset steels are a
great improvement on the old ones.
They never break and the clasps never
come off.
Linen window shades, with lace CEN
ters and curtains of alternate stripes of
lace and silk, are the latest extravaganza
in that line.
Ecru batiste makes very durable suits
for little girls. A kilt-plaited skirt and
princess tunique is the prettiest style for
these dresses.
Beige melange makes pretty and mex
pensive suits. The material costs thirty
seven cents yard, and nineteen yards is
sufficient for an. entire costume.
Fashionable young ladies will carry
Japanese umbrellas and wear japanese
hats this summer-not because they are
pretty, but because they /" are odd, you
KNOW"
The new lap rug for driving is made
of gray. linen, basket pattern, the borders
fringed, and initials worked in the
center with bright colored silk or linen
floss.
Young America suits for boys are
made of navy blue cloth, with yest-cuffs
and lappels of buff color. When Knick-
erbockers are worn they are made of buff
cloth.
The hats and bonnets most in favor
are made of French chip and Swiss
braid, and the Centennial shape, turned
up on both sides and pointed back and
front, is great fayorite.
Breakfast caps of cashmere lace, orna-
mented with knots of bright colored
ribbon, are becoming to elderly ladies,
and Swiss muslin breakfast caps, trimmed
81 L. - e,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11

hold of an ear, another the other ear,
another nips him on the shoulder,
another seizes hold of the tail, and to
gether they bring the unfortunate pig to
the ground quite exhausted.
And the young men, tangled as is the
bush generally, are never far behind the
dogs with their knives; or if they have
no knife handy, they quickly put stick
across the throat; which two men press
down as hard as they can, and SO choke
the pig. A large sow with a young lit
ter is the most difficult to catch, and
shows the most determined fight. The
skins of the old boars are frequently an
inch thick. The tusks are much valued
when they are very long and well curved,
and are worn as neck ornaments. In
FIJI, boars are kept in sites, and fed to
a good old age, on purpose for their
teeth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11
He Wanted to be Soothed.

A man with an ugly light in his eyes
entered saloon on Hillary street yester-
day. The bartender slid behind the
counter and smiled at prospective
profits, but the stranger waved his hands
and said:
" / want none of your vile decoctions.
Mix me something to soothe my raging
thoughts 2"
"Gin and sugar ?" said the bar
tender.
"Do you want to make raging vol
cano of meT exclaimed the stranger.
!" / want something as soothing to my
tumultuous thoughts as the mothers
lullaby song to a weary child"
"Take milk punch 7"
~ want to be soothed, / tell you ?'
whooped the man.
"Take Tom and Jerry? 2"
Would Tom and Jerry drive these
wild, raging thoughts away?''
81 think it would" replied the bar
tender, and he mixed one. He made it
unusually good, and the man slipped it
with great satisfaction, and exclaimed
Ali that soothes me-that does me
good-that turns my raging thoughts
into dreams of ecstatic blissr'
As he wiped his mouth on the back Of
his hand the bartender said:
Change, please"
eyes, that has changed me-" was the
reply.
81 want fifteen cents, if you please,
for that Tom aud Jerry"
"Look out, sirl l am soothed now,
and don't get me raging again !"
Rage be hangedl ! want pay fol
that drink !n
"Look out for the reactionp' warned
the man. 81 am calm and peaceful
now, and I hope you won't bring bach
those terrible, fendish thoughts which
burned in my heart as molten lava slip.
down the rugged sides of Mount We
suviusn
"You pay for that drinkp
"Now rage again |" yelled the man
"Now the soothing influence has passed
away. Nothing on earth can calm ms
again!"
He hit the bartender between tn,
eyes, tore down the stove, and woult
have made sad wreck of things if tn,
police hadn't stopped him. He was thel
taken to the station and locked up
After about three hours he called out
81 am soothed-I am calm again."
But they didn't let him out.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11
J. uNcLE sAms a HUNpRED.n ?



Sn, ye fowers what roar,
% 61en va never neafu Delote
1hun9sllIg, nom snore 70 suores
IL
cannon Doom and trumpets bray,
riddles squeak, and fountaiEs play
lis his great Centennial day
Stalwart men and puny boys,
Maids and matrons swen the the noise,
Ev'ry paDy llits US voice
Nervous folks who dote on quiet,
Though they're hall distracted by ~
Can't help mixing IN tne not;
6futes tnet wax alo pllas tnat ny,
Qn tne earta OF N the SKY,
join the universal cry
Wen, suppose ne is-what then
Don't let's act Ike crazy men
Must We take to fooling when
There he stands-our modern Saul
Head and shoulders above all
Yet Pride goes before fali
What's q hundred IN our day r.
Foreign Uncle Sans VIII say
Let as nit and watch the play
Granted he's = shapely youth
Fair and ruddy- yet iorsooth !
He's TOO youngEand that's the TRUTH
When he's twice As old, pard'eel
Twill be easier to foresee
What will be his destiny
New he's but a hundred.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11

DR.. SAMUEL GRIDLEy HOWE, who
died in Boston few days since, was not
only distinguished as an eminent ply
sician and surgeon, but was the inventor
of the alphabet of raised letters for the
blind, and his success in the education of
Laura Bridgman, blind mute, was one
of the maryela ofthe day.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11

BIZ nAaeAaEr K. sAsesTEs.

II I had known in the morning W
How wearily AL the day
ID. The words unkind
Would trouble my mind
Isaid when you went away. "a,
1had been more careful, darling,
Nor given you needless pain;
But we yex " our own" .
With look and tone -. !
We might never take back agair-
For though in the quiet evening
You may give me the kiss Of peaces
Yet It might be
That never for me 3
The pain Of the heart should cease.
How many go forth in the morning -
That never come home ct night,
And hearts have broken l- -
For harsh words spoken,
1. That SORROW caR ne'er set right
Wehaye careful thoughts for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest,
But oft for" our own -,
The bitter tone,
Though we love " our own" the best.
All lips with the curve impatient,
Ali brow with that look OF scorns
,Twere a cruel fate, ~ 's--
Were the night too late
To undo the work Of morn f
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11

THE Protestant Episcopal Church
Missionary Society has resolved to carry
the Gospel to the powerful Mohammeda-
nized tribes of Africa, who live back of
Sierra Leone, and on the upper banks of
the Niger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11

The parent who sends his son into the
world uneducated, defrauds the COM
munity of a useful citizen, and bequeaths
nuisance. Chancellor Kent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11

WHEN Haytien revolutionists get
down to business, there's no fooling about
it. They've just driven president into
exile, and shot vice president and a
commander-in-chiefas ceolly as if it were
q matter Of every day occurrence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11
ODDS AMI ENDS.

Were ss't the 1 nigh night too too late
To undo fhe work Of morn
--=--- -
VDDo Ann nND
n.-,,,, ,..v - -, 4 non.
ny, Yes, @ my darling daughisrs.3
If you fail this year, ySam,st a 7,nr shut up sn0p'
~ - = ~. 80 as+a1;sl; how lono
y s.ntp,y ydea5 ,,st rs- sfe5d be;ne
tne Dooy u ueau Sas saa or;s;ne,
run osel W wagons ''''>- 1s''-''' : :
a. Snape. -.
A MAN that has no virtue IN mmsel
never enyieth virtue IN otnefs; loi men
.,,.iIs, and who " wanteth the one viii prey upon
the ,iH.s. other he "a ri
~ ,sxstta ,,ld sfaamar New
1HE iloi ~ peoM :, .,S Az se,sllsst sfea,ner
jersey, tne htss any anu slna.:s: o'..as Ss.,th
that ever crossed .ae ;11 s-b;b;teJ e Is Of Of
Am9oy, y. g, anu Wy ~ s'>'1' - -
tne oensennial' s.--, .,,,.. .,ood
LET US careiuiiy opsei so oso SoY.
qualities wherein our eneniiss e1S.t ss1:1:, 70
and endeayor TO excel tnem py asoiuing
what Is faulty, ana lnliDaslhg "nae 70
excellent IN snenr
BROTHER, why don't yon ask sne
stranger to pray = because, !eplos-
ingly replied deacon, tnls an '. ~
place for practical JOKES. Ina. Hai
'Ae -, - o.su..:s ~ A. ;nd;an.,t cor
NokMlch ou4e's.s. ~ tanu -an s.,i w53ch I ;s The
responder. %Anss ~ A'.v ~ " Grocer .,,erx Who
worse, hlghWay nan' NJ. ~ e-SS>. eN1S.. -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11

Who was the straightest man IN tne
Bible Joseph, for Pharaoh wanted 70
make a ruler Of him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11
MorHra may i 90 out 10 pop ;

THE Jury in the Fehrenback Distil-
lery conspiracy ease at New Orleans rem
dered a verdict of acquittal for =. =;
Wills, John McWhirter and Bruce, all
ex-revenue officials.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11

has been changed materially. Hitherto
it has been cleared by professional and
two amatuers; now Mr.. NJ. J. Brooks, of
the Oxford University Athletic Club,
has cleared 6 feet q inches. In a contest
for the challenge cup few DAYS later,
on ground rendered unfayorable by rain,
he cleared 6 feet
oeneennia policemen VIII pc cniiled
snioasn 70 lealn lnas Two aPppean's
,.o@ os"eeo county gos uonn t'sle W
nnu .ne pay "oeio ps y per uay, oes Oh
WHICH must come ~ Genus . gay eior
Doaro ana sizo ior 2 UNIFORM. Aitef
ngofous matnemaucai caicuiation' they
concluded an immediate IMP nome would
70 Aonss II snelf poeAess'
pp1ucr R,s,..pcr bas bssn noao
General Of the Cavalrv This il tba
h;obsst m;,;taTv' ''otfis;cs bs 90 ro,.sct;vs
officer can attain. since the - a. r,,na;gn
of 1866 when he was raised from tl,s. .rsT,k
of Major To that ~ Ms;or-f,ana,al !I.;s-
marck has alwavs worn, b;s n rn;forp,.. r i, 4;
public. even 4, the Re;cfztag and and
tao alfbouel,s lis no;l;tary. offiee has 81,
connscf;or S' v;tb Ii 'antiss as : c;v;l
autbaritv
fs&.,.
HEreport Of the Committee, appointed
by the Pennsylvania Legislature to in
yestigate the boom scandal, shows that
the agents of the lumbermen paid sic. 900
to members to secure the passage of the
bill to reduce the toll on logs. at Mr..
Peter Herdics boom across the Suslue-
hanna, from sI.25per thousand to 81.
Herdic also poured out money Ike water
to prevent the passage of the act, and,
M1ogetner' the Legislature, which went
70 WorK as q pody OF reiormers, Is terribly
smirched by the revelations, which, it is
said, have hardly commenced to uafold
the corruption which exists.
ess
~ ,.;...:,,. ls..:4, a
ne Aoeiss ,iie Sva,'st-sSss!.as, olhce
mas purchased statue OF It's great
editor, George ID. Prentice, to ornament
the stone balcony which overhangs the
principal entrance 70 the building. The
statua 4 cons;dars,,lv ls-oe, +hsn l;fa
- -. - -, l,as,- ~ 60 60
So, S~s .roH1 z SUM DloeA VI 1Aiaia
marble. Mons. bouiay, the artist, who
was brought hither from Italy to do the
work, has been faithfully engaged uuon
it for eighteen months and has s,,cceeded
in nrojnc;ng most sd,n;rabls srd
.,l,; 80. '.s.-.'...se ~ ...-
s.af,''s na ,Uplessh.A'ion =, sne sieas jour
nalise' Inc statue is taken In sitting
posture and is thoroughly characteristic
of Mr.. Prentice as he was known most
commonly bv his friends
Tur %, Fr.no;soo p.,u..;., .one,....
~, r.,,- '.A .s.''o.seo Da'ss,''' vV'liesses
bookstores and newsrooms Of this city.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11

A HOG with an artificial leg must be
touching and picturesque object. The
cow-catcher at Dunleith teok off one of
the hinder limbs of Mr.. Smiths hog,
and his benevolent owner made wooden
succedaneum and strapped it to the
stump. The creature shows its graf
itude by accommodating fat with great
rapidity, the only drawback being
that when killing and curing time
comes, one Of the hams will have nc
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11
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business cards Of fyo lines or less 50 per annun.
Local notices 10 cents per line each insertion
Simple announcements Of marriages and deaths,
md church and benevolent society notices inserted
free. Any additions to obituary notices win be
I charged cents per line
Txvors MUST be handed IN az early - Tuesday
morning 10 insurp insertion the same veok
Communications upon subjects q general G. y
cal interest are solicited- r So.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11

SIx-Foor aspirants for appointment as
Centennial policemen viii be chilled
through to learn that two applicants
from Oswego county got down there to
find the pay would be 81 per day, out of
which must come 80 cents day for
board and s125 for uniform. After
rigorous mathematical calculation, they
concluded an immediate trip home would
be money in their pockets.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-23

WINsLOw TIE >low re-
mains in the house of correction ut London
awaiting the arrival of the Boston officer
who sailed on Saturday with the extradition
papers. lie has offered again to waive ali
fOrmllitics AMI start with the officer us
soon as he gets there, bat the law will rot
allow this. and the regular proceedings
will have TO be gone through. which will
take several days His wife, son, and
sistcr-in-law have been staying at the
Charing Cross hotel, but left for other
lodgings on Saturday; they have only
about 500, and seem to be in great trou
bic The American legation advises them
to return to the United States at once, but
one difficulty about his is that they haven't
money enough, and the legation las no
funds applicable to such II purpose The
United States consul at Rotterdam re
cred about 5000 from Mrs. Winslow
$1,000 in cash. and $1,000 in United
States bonds. She says she does not know
how Win>low obtained this money; she
supposes it is hers She seems to be hon
est in her representations, and does not
appear to know anything about the swim
ding operations of her husband Though
NV ie'''N' = iI'oii 'lSl CSSctt, utltucl
nor Winslow himself appear to full Y real
ize the actual position Of matters WinsIow
Is comparatively cheerful and very t.lk;l
tive; he seems to think he will 90 back to
Boston, have Il grand trial, figure eXtrn-
>lvely in the newspapers, and finally be
discharged.
There are strong suspicious at Boston
that not so many of those endorsements en-
The Wln>low notes were forged rs has been
alleged, and one of the notes ut first iepre-
scented to have been forged is said TO have
been ptid on Saturday.
1t is hard to conceive Of Il more piti:tble
condition in which IN honest and conf ing
woman can be placed, than i, Win>low $
wife rs she awaits in London, Il stranger
in Il strang" l;lnd the course of events tllt
shall bring her fton hush md home, to re-
ccivc the penalty of hi, crimes. We I'M
dcr>tanh that she is an ;,m.ble, Intelligent
and refined woman; L devoted wife. and
faithful mother; one who would shrink in
horror from every suggestion of wrong
dong; and who, in the education of their
only child, has obcycd the scriptural IN
junction TO train up Il child in the way
he should 90. Such u succession of cal
antilles rs have f,llen upon her very rare
ly fall TO the lot of any who have file the
station in life from which she has been 50
suddenly cast down. 1t WIS Il str'nye
lnf,tutlion that led WinSlow to 90 t. Lon
don after once getting to Rotterdam.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-23

HARVEY TILpEN. JUl-e. y. A CHASE. Register
The following business was transacted
ir the PrOblte Court of the District OF
Washington, during the week ending Feb.
q.
Feb. -. Elijah Nye's estatc-Second
supplementary account allowed and decree
made. Riley Manstield's estate--W III
proved. Ira Richardson, EXT. GO. Boyce
and f. Ainsworth, appraisers and commls-
sioner-; License to sell personal estate
granted
Feb. l.. Lucind. Govcs cstate-Ad-
ninistration account allowed.
Feb IS. X. L. Persons estate, and y.
F.. Lewis c.tate- Commissioners reports
returned.
Feb 10. Richard kneeland's estate
Administration account allowed. E. Z.
Fisk-s estate-Airs. J. 5. Fisk, Adm x; L..
A. Gale and S. X. Cameron. appraisers
and commissioners. F. j. Farwells
Guardiansh p-Guardian account allowed
Feb. 81. Haley House estate-Admln-
istration account allowed and decree mace.
c. r. Corey's Guardianship-G. W. Bel
KNAPP, Guardian.