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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
The U,.-Fafr Sec.

AN unusually tough lot of femininity
is attending the Centennial. The only
person who tainted in the grand crush
atthe opening was man.
HALF dozen men may go down con-
secutively on the same piece of banana
peel, and yet each will express himself
as differently as if brought up in sepa-
rate language.
"AyoID all arguments at home," said
Benjamin Franklin. That is, take your
wife to the neighbors to argue with her
on the reckless extravaganza of a seven
teen dollar hat.
AN old chap near Tuscumbia, Ala
bama, died the other day, and his last
equest was for his wife to marry again
as soon as she could. He wanted the
world to know what martyr he had
been.
Mrs. GITUP, of Davenport, remarked
to neighbor the other day, My hus-
band is the hardest man to reason with
that ever lived. had to smash up my
china teapot and throw a milk-pitcher
through the looking-glass before I could
make him promise to take me to the
Centennial"
AN old lady had married young and
rather fast young man. On one occa-
sion, shortly after their marriage, the
husband was about to set of on jour
ney. His wife accompanied him to the
railway station, and there bade him
adieu. "Charles," she said, remember
that you are married" Caroline" he
rejoined with alacrity, "I will make a
memorandum Of it." And he at once
tied a knot in his handkerchief
THREE years ago he accompanied her
home. She held small parcel in her
hand. "Let me carry it, darling" he
said, softly, relieving her of a three ounce
package; "your little hands were never
make to work." They are married now.
They are going home from shopping
excursion. "Please take this pail Of
lard, John," she says, wearily "it's
heavier than lead" "Oh, 1 guess you're
good for it,n he responds, thrusting his
hands deeper into his pockets, and shuf
fling lazily along.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
. HUNDRED YEARS FRom NOW.
By rHE LATE MRS. MAar roRD CUNA).

The suging sea of human life forever onward rolls
And bears to the eternal shore its daily freight o
souls.
Though bravely sails our bark to-day pale death sit
at thepr
And few shall know we ever lived a hundred yean
from now.
Oh, mighty human brotherhood why hercely wai
and strive,
While Gods great world has ample space for every.
thing alive?
Broad fields, uncultured and unclaimed are waiting
for the plow
Oh progress that shall make them bloom hundred
years from now.
Why should we try 50 earnestly in iifes short.
row span,
On golden stairs to climb SO high abovs our brother
man?
Why blindly at an earthly shrine in slaysh homage
bowl
Our gold will rust, ourselves be dust, a hundred
years from now.
Why prize 50 much the worlds applause? Why
dread SO much its blame2
A heeting echo is its voice of censure Of fame;
The praise that thrills the heart, the scorn that
dyes with shame the brow,
VIII be as iong-forgotten dreams a hundred years
from now.
Oh, patient hearts, that meekly bear your weary
load OF wrsng
Oh, earnest hearts, that bravely dare and striving
grow more strongl
Press on til perfect peace is won; you'll never
dream Of how
You struggled Ger Ife's thorny road, hundred
years from now.
Grard, lofty souls, who live and toll that freedom,
right and truth
Alone may rule the universe, for you is endless
youth
When mid the blest with God you rest, the CRATE
full lands shall bow
Above your clay in rev'rent love hundred years
from now.
Earth's empires rise and fall oh, Timel like break
ers on thy shore;
They rush upon thy rocks of doom, go down, and
are no mo,e;
The starry wilderness Of worlds that gem nights
radiant brow
viii light the skies for other eyes hundred years
from now.
Our Father to whose sleepess eyes the past and fu-
An open page, like babes we cling to Thy protecting
hand
Change, sorrow, death, are naught to us if we may
safely bow
Beneath the shadow of Thy throne hundred years
from now
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
SNeufflQ.

That a doorkeeper to the House of
Representatives should be man of high
culture-at least of grammatical attain
ments-is not positively necessary. We
suppose his duties pertain rather to open
ing the door than to spelling the word,
and he might spell it as he pronounced
it, "doah," and yet remain first-class
official of that sort. We knew Senator
once who spelled "Jesus" with little
"g," and when he got on the atmospheric
condition of the hour, gave a friend OF
his very bad spell of weather by writ
ing it "weaghther." He was good sort
of Senator for all that, carrying as much
dignity to the square inch as Senator
Conkling, SO that no one would suppose
that under his lofty bearing he hid dis
regard of orthography that would have
startled spelling-bee out of all pro-
priety. He told us once, referring to his
defect in his early education, that he had
tried to correct the difficulty, and to this
end had purchased Webster's Unabridged
"But it's no good" he cried. 81 spent
half a day looking for the word physician
it isn't thar. DOM Piatt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
End of a strange cr1mlnars Career,

Arthur K. Breed, one of the most
dangerous criminals in this country, died
recently at the Auburn Insane Asylum.
The history of Breed is a singular one.
By birth he was descended from dis
tinguished Kentucky family. Breeds
father is now prominent merchant in
Louisville. In his early youth he was
given to all kinds Of dissipation, and it
is said that in Paducah he lost $4,000
on a cock fight of three mains. He had
a fine education and could speak En-
glish, French, German and Italian,
huently. He went to New York City,
and by force of his talent and address
obtained the position of Washington
correspondent of one of the principal
daily papers. Wilhelm Washington he
filled for short time the position of
private secretary to Senator Morgan.
Finally, however, he drifted into crime,
and having committed an extensive for
gerry in New York City, Detective Elder
was placed on his track. He had moth
ing beyond general description ol
Breed, except the fact that Breeds nose
was of an abnormal size. On this clue
he succeeded in arresting him at Broad.
way and Clinton place. When arraigned
before Justice Hogan, at the Tombs
Breed attempted to swallow the check
he had forged, but was half choked and
forced to disgorge by Detectives Eldel
and Nevins. He was convicted and sem
to Sing Sing for seven years, by Recorde.
Hackett. From Sing Sing was drafted
to Auburn. where he died.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
sleep WaIkers.

Somnambulists frequently perform
feats in their sleep which they shrink
from during waking hours. In part Of
France where men are much accustomed
to walk on stills, over swampy ground,
somnambulist one night walked across a
swollen torrent on stills; on awaking,
hs found himself too much afraid to re-.
cross the same torrent by daylight. An
other man was in the habit of rising in
the night I; he dressed while asleep, wenr
down to the cellar, drew wine from a cask,
walked back, undressed, went to bed
again, and knew nothing about it in the
morning. Once, when he did this, he
woke in the cellar, and found more diff
Guilty in retracing his steps in the dark
than he had when asleep. Simply walk
ing in sleep is a common phenomenon !;
but working, acting, or doing, as well as
walking, is more rare. A man dreamed
that he saw child fall into a river; he
got up, threw himself again on his bed,
as if in the act of swimming, seized hold
of bundle of clothing at the end of the
bed, treated it as if it were the drowning
child, held it with one hand, while SEEM
ing to swim with the other, and. put it
down as if safely landed on the river
side; he began shiyering and teeth-chat-
ting, and said out audibly: "It is freez-
ing cold Let me have little brandy"
and finally returned to bed again. A
young military officer in the citadel Of
Bernstein was seen by his brother officers
to rise from bed in his sleep, go to a
window, open it, Chamber to roof by the
aid of the window cord, seize hold of a
magpie's nest with its young, descend to
the room, wrap the young birds in q
cloak, and go to bed again. An Italian
apothecary frequently rose in his SLEEP
and compounded medicines. A very re
markable case is that of an English stone
mason who was told by hisemployer, one
evening, to go the next morning to 6
neighboring churchyard and measure the
quantity of work done to wall. Wax
ing in the night, he was astonished tt
find himself dressed, in the open air, anc
in the dark. The church clock strucl
two, and then he knew he was in tn,
churchyard. When gleam of summe
daylight came. he found that he hat
measured the wall accurately with
measuring rod, and properly entered tn
items in a book. This is one of the fe,
cases where a somnambulist "caugh
himself in the act"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
Buralaru d. csneinnati.

The following, from the Cincinnati
Commercial, may possibly have some
foundation in fact, but the details appear
to be rather highly seasoned: Mr.. Eras-
tus Pipes, who lives in the West End,
where burglaries have been numerous,
went into the country on business few
days ago, intending to remain away a
week. The next day his wife became
nervous about burglars, and got her
father to come and stay at the house one
night. The same day Mr.. Pipes, after
reading city paper, became anxious
about leaving his house unguarded, and
started home. He reached town late at
night, and not wishing to disturb the
family, thought he would slip into the
house slyly, and snooze on the parlor
sofa until morning. His wife's father,
who was on the alert for burglars, heard
the front gate squeak and the door softly
open, and believed the time had arrived
for action. He pulled on his pantaloons,
armed himself with horse-pistol, and
braced his nervous system for a good
battle. From the top of the stairs he
|slet drive with a bullet about the size of
walnut at Mr.. Pipes, who was about
to enter the parlor door. The ball
grazed Mr.. Pipes head, and crashed
through the front door, tearing hole
something like circus rider makes in
papered hoop. Of course Mr.. Pipes
was taken by surprise. He felt assured
that his home was invaded by burglars,
but with the courage of a resolute man
in defense of his estate, he dashed up
the stairs and grappled with the person
at the top. They fought in mad fury as
they rolled over one another to the bot
tom, biting, kicking, gouging, wrestling
in total disregard of che Gr@co-R Roman
style of art. They fought along the hall
and into the parlor, where the battle was
hot and desperate. Furniture was over
turned and broken, the mantle shelf was
swept of its fragile ornaments, the mir
ror was shattered, pictures were torn
down-in fact, the sumptuous and peace
full room of few moments before was
turned into bowling place of blood and
confusion. Meanwhile Mrs. Pipes was
wildly screaming murder" from a
second-story front window, the watch
dog in the sitting room was barking
sayagely, and the cat was tearing up and
down stairs in mad fright. Mr.. Pipes
and Mrs. Pipes father kept at their
work regardless of surroundings, as if
engaged in war of mutual annihilation.
When the crowd of policemen and neigh
bors, attracted by the terrible midnight
noise at the house, had broken down the
front door, rushed into the parlor sad
turned on a light, Mr.. Pipes was found
on top of his father-in-law, under the
piano, hammering at him with the coal
scuttle, while the father-in-law had Mr..
Pipes by the hair and was gnawing
away at his ear. With difficulty they
were pulled apart. Both were awfully
used up. Late the next morning two or
three doctors were still at work ON them
with court-plaster, leeches and arnica.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
THEFAIR SEX.


"oELY housemaid p She looked from the kit
Neat vas east the Kitchen and t,av Was .he.
There at her window a seamstress sat stitching;
Were l seamstress how happy I'd bel"
Only oueenl" She looked over the waters
IN. fair was heT kngdom 1 and mighty was she;
ters: = ' ~ -''-s'-
We're an Empress how happy I'd bel"
sdr the old frailty they all Of them trip pini
o! Eve IN her daughters is ever the same;
Give her an empire she hep pines ne for pameI
Boston Advertiser.
SMOKED pearl buttons in different
shades are worn
FINE rlibies are rarer than any other
jewels andi far more costly.
SMALL carriage parasols with fine lace
covers are again in demand.
SOMEBODY asked young lady the
other evening if she didn't think the
serial literature of the country was at its
best inst now. She said she did dec;ded.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
The Sea Mouse.

The sea mouse is one of the prettiest
creatures that live under the water. 1t
sparkles like diamond, and is radiant
with colors of the rainbow, although it
lives in the mud at the bottom of the
ocean. 1t should not be called mouse,
for it is larger than bigrat. 1t is covered
with scales that move up and down as il
breathes, and glitters like gold shining
through feecy down, from which fine
silky bristles wave, that constantly
change from one brilliant to another, SC
that, as Cuvier, the great naturalist
says, the plumage of the humming birc
is no more beautiful. Sea mice are some
times thrown up on the beach by storms
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
JUDGE LOUIS wyErH, of Alabama, is

JUDGE LOUIS WYETH, of Alabama, is
one of the pioneer order of judges whom
no labors tire. Finding it impossible to
reach Huntsville in time to open the
Circuit Court on Monday by any regular
means of communication, the steamboat
having been Withdrawn and the roads
being impossible, he took canoe al
Guntersville, and padded to his desti.
nation, a distance of thirty miles, ar
irving on Sunday night and opening
Court on time on Monday.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
TIE President has appointed Edward


THE President has appointed Edward
F.. Beale as Minister to Austria, vice
Godloye Orth. Mr.. Beale resigned his
Lieutenantcy in the navy and settled in
California soon after its American occu-
patton. He was Superintendent of
Indian Affairs, and, subsequently, for
several years, United States Surveyor
General for that State and while there
personal friendship was established be-
tween him and General Grant, which has
continued ever since. After acquiring a
large amount of property in California,
he returned, six years age, to his old
home in Chester, Pa, from which place
he removed to Washington with his
family in 1873 or 1874. He was talked
of for the appointment as one of the
Commissioners of the District at the time
the Provisional Government was estab-
lished, and during bisresidence in WASH
ington his name has been mentioned, by
rumor, in connection with several other
Federal appointments.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01

"Is it becoming to me" asked she, as
she paraded in the costume ofa hundred
years ago, before the man who is not her
lord and master, but is her husband.
"Yes, my DEAR" said he, meekly.
Don't you wish could dress this way
all the timer" she asked. "No, my
DEAR" he answered, but l wish you
had lived when that was the STYLE"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01

The handsomest fish in Florida is the
red grouper. His spots are startlingly
beautiful, his throat and gills are as
crimson as the most gorgeous sunset,
and his eyes sparkle like rubies.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01

DR.. CONNER, at the regular meeting
Of the Academy of Medicine, Cincinnati,
read paper of great interest on the case
ofthe boy Miller, whose parents lived on
Plum street, between Fifth and Sixth
streets. and who was accidentally shot by
a playmate, in 1873. About fortnight
age he died; just three years and two
days after receiving the wound. His
body was examined, and it was found
that the ball passed through the heart
longitudinally, trayersing four chambers
and, if we remember rightly, shattering
one valve. This case is regarded as q
solitary one, the like of it not being Of
record or tradition. The heart itself and
drawings of it were on exhibition, and
they attracted great attention. The case
will interest surgeons the world over.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
ror1cs OF rHn r1nE.

COUNTERFEIT gold coin, made of
platinum plated heavily with genuine
gold, has of late been circulated in Cali
fornia. It is exceedingly deceptive, be-
ing Of the right weight, color, and feel,
ing. The platinum is worth half as much
as gold, making there counterfeits costly
of production.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01

ADv1oEs from Panama state that
peace has been proclaimed between
Guatemala and Salvador. Guatemala is
victorious, and the army of Salvador has
surrendered at discretion. Vale, late
President of Salvador, has left for San
Francisco. Don Rafael Scaldivar has
been proclaimed President of Salvador.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01

THOSE who quit their proper character
to assume what does not belong to them
are for the great part ignorant both of the
character they leave and of the charac-
ter they assume.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01

LOOKING to others for our standing of
happiness is sure way to be miserable.
Our business is with our own heart.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01

BRErE HARTE wears little gyrsyish
hat, set jauntily sidewise on his strag-
Cling iron-gray locks.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01

= -
AT a meeting of the Asiatic Society
of Bengal in Calcutta a piece of tele-
graph cable was exhibited showing that
the India rubber covering had been
pierced by grass. The piercing was SO
complete, and the contact Of the grass
with the copper 50 perfect, that the
!" dead earth, " as it is technically called,
was produced and the efficiency of the
cable destroyed. The species of the
grass, owing to its dried up condition,
could not be determined. 1t was sug-
gested, as a probable explanation, that
the seeds had become attached to the
core when under water, and had after.
ward germinated when the core was
stored.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01

Co1ToN spinning is steadily gaining
ground in the South, and year by year
the number of mills and of spindles in
creases. together with the quantity of
cotton used. At present Texas has two
mills; Arkansas has two; Kentucky,
Louisiana and Missouri have threeea |;
Virginia and Mississippi have nine each |;
Alabama has fourteen; South Carolina,
eighteen; North Carolina, thirty-one I;
Tennessee, forty, and Georgia forty-seven.
The number of spindles run in these one
hundred and eighty-one mills is 49,, ,S21,
and the quantity of cotton manufactured
last year was Lac, ,076 bales.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
Der candidate.
Who hold your hand ven you would start,
Und told you you vas mighty shmart,
Und how he loved you NIT his heart?
Oar candidate -.

who hold your hand ven you would start,
Und told you you vas mighty shmart,
Und how he loved you NIT his heart?
Der candidate. s7-
KEEP the tongue from unkindness.
Words are sometimes wounds; not very
deep wounds always and yet they irritate.
Speech is unkind sometimes when there
is no unkindness in the heart; 80 much
the worse that needless wounds are in
ficted; SO much the worse that uninten-
tional pain is caused.
WHEN Rochester policeman orders
a corner loafer to move on, the loafer
takes of his hat, strikes an attitude, and
replies, Sadly do / again take up the
weary burden of my ife. / leave you in
regret, but not in anger. Heaven smile
on you and bless you. Farewell" Then
he moves.
MANY of the female clerks at Wash
ington once ranked with the aristocracy
of the land. Among them may be found
widows or daughters of army and navy
officers of the highest rank, daughters
and granddaughter Of former members
ofthe Cabinet, Senators, Supreme Court
Justices, and Presidents.
A PARIS letter tells of a new method
of picking pockets. She enters the
omnibus with very pretty and beauti-
fully dressed baby, seats herself close to
the likeliest passengers, and works under
cover of baby's ample drapery. After
succeeding she pinches the baby SO that
| it cries fearfully, and leaves the omnibus
suddenly to buy candy for it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01

HILARY BAKER, whose portrait is con-
spicuot,s in the Worlds Fair Art Gallery,
was Mayor of Philadelphia during the
great yellow fever epidemic of 1898,
when-he devoted himself to the care of
the sufferers, took the yellow fever and
died. He was aided in his philanthropic
labors by three citizens-Robert Whar-
ton (whowas afterwards Mayor, Stephen
Girard, and one more gentleman. The
panic was 50 great that these three gen.
tlemens we're almost the Only attendants
at the funeral of public official who was
universally respected and beloved.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01
PENCIL AVID SCISSORS.

T,,. o,+ of l;s. oons;s+s in ba;no vell
daa.;roa
A WISE man makes more Opp0rtunl-
ties than he finds.
+,
BOSTON 1rdUetter: yesterday tne tner-
momeeer seoou az hse paper collals II
lne snaoe'
a CONSPICUOUS man proudly exnlp-
It's the puiiet winch was snoe tnIougn
tne neaa Oh nus graliaialnef n AolA'
WHo rev DAT peanut az me q asked
a darKey wnen STRUCK on tne Uranium
Win sano Dag thrown out OF a Daiioon.
The man whom yu kan fatter yu kan
abuse at your leisure.
WHEN do two and two not make four7
When they stand for twenty-five.
The recording angel puts down busi-
ness lie lust the same as any other.
HORRIBLE timesl There's hardly
family in the land but kneeds bread.
Tur vbo n.bes b;m.slf r;d;cu.
lon. nrsvsnts o.nv othars from becom-
ing so.
OFT in the stlly night,
When slumber's chain hath bound me-
ns nS nesnD0r gnu rsu rAsI N Dssn ssn,na 4 ms n
-ROu.s Seniiaei.
Npwyopu co,n,,s,c;al Ad,ert;sev. Mr.
RIocLhoord hos bean arrested Il North
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-01

ITis estimated that there are "a, ,OOO,-
600 English-speaking people in the
world. Those who speak Spanish come
next, numbering SO, ,OOO, 900; the French
third, numbering 45,0Oe,OOo. The ex-
tent to which the Spanish tongue is
spoken viii surprise many who have not
considered the subject; but it must be
remembered that it prevails not only in
Spain, but in nearly all the Central and
South American States. But none of
the siyilized tongues can approach in
universality of use the Chinese and
Hindoo languages.