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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

THERE can be no mistake about it,
{" Matchless" plug tobacco takes the lead,
Old fine cut chewers say it gives better salts.
faction and is cheaper than fine cut. You
can not be imposed upon, as each plug has
the words Matches PIT. Co." on a wooden
tag. Try it once and you will always chew
it. Manufactured by the Pioneer Tobacco
Company, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

For some time a black, shining min
eral has been brought from Brazil, which
is found to consist of pure carbon. 1t is
as hard as the diamond, and being much
cheaper than even the smallest diamonds,
it finds useful application for cutting
diamonds. 1t enters into commerce I'M
der the name of carbonate, and is fire.
quently found in the Districts of Bahia,
in pieces weighing w n thousand
carats.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

grand opening of patterns of the novel and beautiful
winter styles in polonaises, basques, cloaks. over
skirts, ETC., 9 Rue de Tracy, Paris; 80 Queen Vic
New York. Agencies everywhere. Centennial
Award for Patterns over all competitors. See Win
ter catalogue and splendid Christmas and New
Years numbers of Democrats NonthIu,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

THE GREAT PANACEA.-In this season
of rheumatism, chilblains, frost-bites,
etc., nothing better can be kept in the
house than Merchants celebrated Gar
Cling Oil. 1t is peculiarly adapted to
family use, yet it answers equally well
for horses and other animals. 1t is free
from stain, and at the same time very
eficacious in all instances where a lini.
ment is required.-Rochester IN. Y,
DaiIy Union and Advertiser.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07
Old Things are Done Away.

Formerly the lancet, calomel, blisters, and star
vation were the treatment of the sick. DB. TUTr's
Pills have done away with this. Being vegetable
they require no change of diet or occupation safe
family medicine. Is Murry St., New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

THE editor takes pleasure in calling the
attention of sufferers from rheumatism, govt,
neuralgia and lumbago to Durang's Rheu-
matte Remedy. Ithas been before the public
for three years, and, it is said, has never failed
in a single case. 1t is taken internally, and
cures at once. Sold by wholesale and retail
druggists everywhere. Price, $1.00 a bottle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

FREs.-I wonder Why my mustache
doesn't grow under my nose as well as at
the corners of my mouth? Soph,-Teo
much shade.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

CHAPPED hands, face, prmples, ringworm,
saltrheum and other %cutaneous affections
cured, and rough skin made soft and smooth,
by using Juniper Tar Soap. Be careful to
| get only thct made by Caswell, Hazard d
| Co., New York, as there are many limitations
made with common tar, all of which are
-ortbloer
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

BAD enough to look aud feel bad yourself
but no excuse for having your horse look
and feel badly when, for a small sum, you
can buy &eridan's Cavalry Condition PoaO.
ders, which given in grain two or three
times a week will make him look and feel
ran
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

CAPTAINS STEPHENSON and Mares, OF
the Arctic exploring vessels, were repri-
manded by the English Admiralty for
leaving their ships on the coast of Ire
land and posting on to London. They
were hardly prepared to find so much
GOODNESS at this end of their trip.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

Splendid holiday novelties, New Years stories. New
Years presents, New Years pictures, New. Years
mos, New Years poetry, New Years chrome book
marks. New Years household. New Years fashions;
New Years etiquette, New Years greetings, and
other holiday novelties, with rare literary gems and
full-size patterns, in the splendid holiday January
free, yearly So, with q splendid Premium: Do not
fail to see the January number, with . beautiful
cabinetsand artistic oil chromos, worth several
times the cost of the magazine. Address W JEN-
NINGs DEMoREsT, IL East I4th Street, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retreu rom active prac.
tice, having had placed in his hands by an
East India Missionary the formula of a sim
pie Vegetable Remedy, for the speedy and
permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and Lung
Affections, also a Positive and Radical Cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having thoroughly tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of
cases, feels it his duty to make it known to
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this mo-
tive, and a conscientious desire to relieve
human suffering, he will send, free of charge
to all who desire it, this recipe, with full
directions for preparing and successfully
using. Sent by return mail, by addressing
with stamp, naming this paper, DR.. w. c.
Stevens, 126 Powers Block, Rochester, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

AT our request Oragin & Co., Philadel-
phia, Pa, have promised to send any of our
readers gratis ION receipt of 15c. to pay
postage) a sample of Dobbins' Electric
Soap to try. Send at once.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

WE do not choose our own parts in
life, and have nothing to do with those
parts. Our simple duty is confined to
playing them well.-Epictetus.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07
Fifteen Months for 81.

~sCRIBNER's MONTHLY for December be-
gins DR.. Hollands new novel, "Nicholas
Minturn," which promises to be even more
entertaining than the story of "Sevenoaks."
The hero is a young man who has been al
ways " tied to a woman's apron strings"
and everybody is curious to see "what he
will do next"
New subscribers may begin with the mag.
ni6cent Midsummer Holiday Number, the
finest number of any magazine ever issued,
containing the opening chapters of another
splendid serial, "That Lass O. Lowrie's," by
Mrs. Hodgson Burnett, and so get fifteen
numbers for 81, ending with October, 1877.
SCRIBNER's MONTHLY is the best of all
the magazines, having finer illustrations and
a greater variety in its contents. Subscribe
nOw, with the nearest bookseller ($4 a year,
or send check or post-ofice order to Serb
NER & Co., 743 Broadway, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

BURNETT's COCAINE allays irritation
removes dandruff, and inyigorates the action
of the capillaries in the highest degree.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07
Anew Cereal.

Among the novelties exhibited in Agricul-
tural Hall at the Centennial is a new cereal,
weighing so pounds to the bushel, as easily
grown as corn, and more productive, excel
lent for table use, for stock and fowls. 1t is
of South American origin, but has been ac-
climated in the State of Michigan since 1872,
where it produced from rs to $50 bushels an
acre, and will ripen where corn will ripen.
Its stalk and leaves resemble corn, it is
planted three or four feet apart, six to eight
kernels in a hill, grows seven or eight feet
high, the kernels being in a cluster, seven or
eight inches long, at the end of the stalk,
which curls over and hangs down like the
top OF a seed onion. The kernel is a little
larger and rounder than rice, which it much
resembles. 1t appears to be a verydesirable
addition to the cereals of the North, aud is
to be sold only in small packages, with cut
of grain on each package, and sent by mail.
to prevent imposition. 1t is called
PAMPAS, OR UPLAND RICE.
c. B. Kress, OF jackson, Mich, grower and
sole proprietor, will send, postpaid, to any
address, sufficient to produce one bushel for
90 cents, or three packages for 81.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

WINTER is now fairly upon us, and the
teams are fastening to the lumber woods in
various parts of the country. Our advice to
every man who goes to the woods, be he cap
tain, cook, teamster, or any other mau, is to
take along a good stock of JohnSon's Ano'
dime Lininlent and Parsons Purgdtiue Pills.
Many months of labor, in the aggregate, may
be saved by this precaution.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS o DOLLS.
Is, 20, and Is inches in height. The set includes IL
garments-polanaise, basque, Jacket, waterproof,
hood, chemise, drawers, overskirt, shirt, apron. pet
ticoat, night-dress, and wrapper. with instructions
and descriptions. Price 10 cts. per set, ~post-free.
Address NINE. DEM0REST, IL East l4th Street,
New York. Sold at all Toy stores or at Mime. Demon
est's agencies eyerywhere.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

Sneezing Catarrh, Chronic Ca
tarrh, Lucrative catarrh,
permanently cured by
RADICAL
CURE.

sAxFoRp's RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRH Is q safe
aud is tie most perfect remedy ever devised, IL Is
purely a vegetable distillation, and is apPned Ioca IN
ministration. Locally applied reifgis fnstdnt1neous
It soothes, heals, and cleanses the nasal passages OF
dizziness. Constitutionally administered II renoystes
the blood, purines it OF the acid poison with which II
liver and Kidneys, p~erfects digestion, makes new
blood, and permits the formation of sound, healthy
disease. The remarkable curative powers, when all
other remedies utterly fail, OF SANFoRD's RADICAL
ommend it to fellowsufferers.. No statement is mads
regarding 1t that cannot be substantiated by the mos
respectable and reliable references. 1t is n great and
good medicine, and worthy all confidence. Eacf
package contains q Treatise on Catarrh and Dr. san
ford's Improved Inhaling Tube, and full directions fol
its use in all cases.
and retail druggists throughout the United States
Price 81. Depot, WEEKS & 7 Boston,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

If you feel dull, drowsy, de5ilitsted, have frequent
headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appetite and
tongue coated, you are suffering from torpid fever,
or "biliousness,' and nothing will cure you $50
speedily and permanently as
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07
st. Nicholas.

"The king of all publications issued for
the young on either side of the Atlantic."-
Southampton (England) Observer.
The third volume of this incompatible
Magazine is now completed. With its eight
hundred royal octave pages, and its six hun
bred illustrations, its splendid serials, it,
shorter stories, poems, and sketches, etc.
ETC., in its beautiful binding of red and gold
it is the most splendid gift-book for boys ant
girls ever issued from the press. Price, 81
in full gilt, SIS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

THE YOUTHS COMPANION, of Boston, is
a thoroughly wide-awake paper, having
among its contributors such writers as j. I.
Trowbridge, Edward Eggleston, Edward Ev-
erett Hale, James T. Fields, J. 6. Whittier,
C. A. Stephens, Louisa NJ. AIcott, Rebecca
Harding Davis, Julia Ward Howe, Mrs. A.
q. Leonowens, Louise Chandler Moulton'
No writers more attractive in the country
and no publication for young people more
enterprising and useful.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07
SICK HEADACHES!

This distressing ~afiiction occurs most frequently.
The disturbance of the stomach, arising from the
imperfectly digested contents, causes a severe pain
in the head, accompanied with disagreeable nausea,
and this constitutes what is popularity known IS
Sick Headache.
From Hon. Alexander II. Stephens, Marchs, 1872:
II occasionally use, when my condition requires
it, DIR. Simmons Liver Regulator, with good effect.
1t is mild. and suits me better. than more active
remedies"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-07

Nothing is so unpleasant, nothing SO common as
bad breath, and in nearly every case it comes from
the stomach, and can Re SO easily corrected if you
will take simmons Liver Regulator. o not neglect
SO sure q remedy for this repulsiv disorder. 1t will
also i'm proye your Appetite, Complexion. and Gen.
araI Health
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-10-19
Peas Three Thousand Years
Old.

In the course Of late explorations in
the ancient ruins of Egypt, General
Anderson, IA traveller, found enclosed
in sarcophagus, besides mummy, Il
few dry peas, which he preserved care
fully, and on his return to Great Brit
ain, planted in a rice soil of the Island
of Guernsey The seed terminated,
and soon two little plants appeared,
from which, at maturity, sufficient
peas were gathered to plant quite a
large tract of ground the following
season.
Some of the plants thus raised have
attained hight Of over six feet, and
have been laden with blossoms of ex-
auisite odor, and of u delicate rose
tint. The stem, which is small near
the root, but increases greatly in size
as it ascends, requiring support to
sustain it upright. The pods instead
of being distributed around all por-
tions of the stem, az i'm the ordinary
plant, are grouped about the upper ex-
tremity. The vegetable, it is said, be-
longs to the ordinary garden variety;
but from its presenting the very
distinctive difference above noted, il
seems worthy of close botanical exam
ination. The peas are of a remarka-
BILE fine flavor, excelling in delicy
those of the choicest known varieties.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-10-19
William Ellery.

William Ellery, one of the signers
of the Declaration of Independence,
AT the age of 81 closed his active and
useful life in an easy and natural
death, peaceful and painless as an in
fants sleep-a veritahle eathanasia.
He was born in Newport, r. l., i'm
l121, and there deceased in 1870. He
was graduate of Harvard, for num-
Der of years u merchant, and after
wards successful lawyer. In lT76 he
was sent as delegate from Rhode
Island TO the Congress convened Mt
Philadelphia, and for eight years he
served in that body with ability and
fidelity. Four years after retiring TO
private life, he was appointed Collcc-
tor of Newport 10y President Washing
ton, and retained the office until re-
moved by death. His personal in
tegrity, his pleasing social qualities,
and his fine intellectual endowments
gained him the high esteem of the
community in which he lived; while
the part which he took in the period
of the Revolution gave his name
lasting historical interest.
The final scenes in the life of Mr..
Ellery are described in Il letter dated
Newport, March II, 1870, which is
preserved i'm Hczckiah Niles Acts
and Principles of the Revolution" j"
The picture presented of gentle and
cheerful death-bcd is edifying TO con-
template. "Old Mr.. Ellery," SO runs
the missive, died like philosopher.
In truth, death, i'm its common form,
never came near him. His strength
wasted gradually for the last year, un-
til he had not enough left to draw in
his breath, and so he ceased to breathe.
The day on which he died, he got up
as usual and dressed himself, took his
old tiag-bottomed chair, without arms,
i'm which he had sat for more than
half century, and was reading Tul-
ly's Offices, in the Latin, without
glasses, though the print was as fine
as that Of the smallest pocket-bible.
DIR. w. stopped In ON his way to the
hospital, as he usually did; and, on
perceiving the old gentleman could
scarcely raise his eyelids to look at
him, took his hand and found that his
pulse was gone. After drinking a lit
tie wine and water, DIR. w. told him
his pulse beat stronger. %, yes,
Doctor, | have charming pulse.
Bat, he continued, 1T is idle to talk
to me in this way; l am going off the
stage Of life, and ii is great blessing
that go free from sickness, pain, and
sorrow.' Some time after his daugh-
ter, finding him become extremely
weak, wished him to be put to bed,
which he at first objected to, saying
he felt no pain, and there was no oc-
casion for his going to bed. Presently
after, however, fearing he might pos
sibly fall out of his chair, he told them
they might get him upright in the
bed, SO that he could continue to read.
They did so, and he continued reading
Cicero very quietly for some time;
presently they looked at him and
found him dead, sitting in the same
posture, with the book under his chin,
as a man who becomes drowsy and
goes to Sleep
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-10-19

From a letter from Mrs. Julia +. w.
Plumb, in China, tn friend i'm this
city we CLEAN some items relative to
the treatment of girls in that far-away
land. Mrs. Plumb, prior TO her mar
liage, lived in Des Moines, and has
many acquaintance and friends In
this city. She is the wife of mis-
sionary in that country, and is living
near Fooehow. The letter says:
Some time ago Nathan and went
out walking, and a man came out of a
house with a tiny little black-eyed
baby in his arms, about two months
old 1.-TWO year old" he called ii, for
ii was born during the last month of
the old year, and SO had lived in two
1t was clean and bright, and almost
pretty, and he begged us to accept it.
They were very poor; had no clothing
or rice for 1t, and it was girl. This
last was the crowning misery. l was
sorry there was no foundling asylum
i'm the Mission, as there has been mt
one time in its history. | think If ii
had been a white baby, we would have
accepted the gift. As it was, Nathan
exhorted the man to keep itand not
drown it, rs he was suggestively near
the river. lie told him how wrong it
was to kill babies because they were
females, and much more which the
the man seemed To understand, and
promised us he would let the baby
live. 1t Is not an unusual thing To
find little girl babies east out To die.
Some time ago ! was at East Street
Chapel, attending my women's meet
ing. A strange woman came in, and
after the services We're over | entered
into conversation with her. She
seemed to bc quite an intelligent wo-
man, and in good circumstances, the
keeper Of shop. | inquired about
her family. She said, 81 had but one
child" said, "Only one child9 No
girls." She replied, "Oh, yes; girls
in plenty, five or six, forgot which.
! drowned them as fast as they were
born" / had never heard such an
avowal before, and | was shocked. l
said, "How could you? Was ii not
hard to do?" She said, "Yes, 1t was
hard; some of them were unwilling to
die, and one took hold of my finger
and held on to ii then was fright
ened greatly" | said, but how
could you drown your own little babies
which you ought to love and nourish?
Did you not love them?' She answer
ed, "They were girls, They must be
clothed and fed, and If they had their
feet bound like mine, to make ladies'
of them, they could not work and
bring in money like boys. | have
one son. lie eats opium, and gives me
a great deal of trouble. It's better
they were killed! It's better so."-
state Register.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-10-19
Caught ON the Fly.

Last evening, while Harper, the
clown of Barnum's circus, was passing
up Broadway, n little child slipped
from athree-story window, came head
long toward the pavement. Harper
at the instant, and, as 1t would seem,
providentially, caught sight of the
child as it left the window above, and,
with the alacrity of Il cat, placed him
self in position to break its fall. When
it came down to him he caught it with
a firm grasp, and not only broke its
its fall, but held it from going to the
pavement. The act was bold and
dangerous, but successful. The ath-
lete suffered some little injury, but
not enough to speak of in connection
with SO extra ordinary a feat. Daily
,Sdrdtogidn.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-10-19

Adding to the above amount the ag-
grcgate of general bills, and we have a
total of -, ,5O3, ,632, 1856, which is
necessary to satisfy the greed Of these
clamorous Rebels, now meditating
their raid upon the Treasury in case
Tilden is clected,-a sum exceeding
the national debt. As Gen. Bristow
said in recent speech: "No amount
of pledges that the Democratic candi-
dates for Congress can give, no amount
of letters that they may write declar-
ing they won't vote for certain South
ern claims, will relieve them from the
obligation to stand by their party" II
the Democratic party is successful, il
means that the "Solid South" will be
the rulers of the Democratic party
from all the States. The confederates
are the men who will dictate policy
and originate and control legislation,
and they are determined that the
North shall compensate them for their
losses during the war, and the North
ern doughfaces and copperheads will
do their bidding next winter as they
did it before the Chicago Tci-
hume
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-10-19
Centennial Awards.

There is considerable misundcr-
standing by the public of the spirit of
the awards made by the Commission
ers of the Centennial Exposition. One
article did not come in competition
with another, nor were medals award
ed for the reason merely that one ar
ticle was better than another of the
same class. The object and spirit Of
the awards were to commend and re-
ward merit, genius, advancement, en-
ergy, enterprise and valuable improve
ments in all departments of science,
arts, industry and invention. If two
or more articles in the same class were
improved in any way by the industry
or genius of the owner, it was the OBJ
ject of the Commission to make IA ia
vorable mention to the world of the
same. So if it is seen that this sew
ing machine or that agricultural inn
plement, has been awarded a premium
it is not for the reason that ii is super
ior to all Others of that class, but for
the reason that the owner has made
valuable Improvements beneficial TO
the world in this article exhibited
And the awards when made public,
will in all eases specify the particu-
lar point for which the award was
made. As announced at present it
would appear that the Commission
had awarded the medals to everything
exhibited. Not so. The catalogues
show a list of over 5000 articles on
exhibition, and the awards will prob
ably be about 1900. There must be
something in the article or industry
and enterprise in preparing it for ex-
hibition to entitle it to marked dis
tinction. Two hundred and fifty of
the best men that could be found i'm
this or any other country on the globe
were selected and amply paid SO that
their deliberations could be learned,
scientific, and thorough. These re-
ported to the Commission who spent
three long and laborous weeks i'm ar
ranging, perfecting and declaring
these awards. There are many croak-
ers, and among them we are sorry to
record some OF the most respectable
agricultural papers in the Union. But
all has been done that practical indus
try, backed by skilled experts, could
do to have the most ample justice done
in all departments of the Exposition,
and impartial history will yindicate
its labors.