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National Republican., 1876-02-22

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FOhD'S OPERA ROUSE

ONE WEEK ON
Commencing MONDAY, FF UARY
HASEKLf'S MIN ELS,
Inc largest and most refined ., reI Org
A CDNGRESS OF $
Led by the King of Negro 4edIars
GOOL RTREE-
In one OF rhII
cHAsTE AND ELEGANT EST eTAINM
WEDNESDAY AND sATTrl MAT
National Republican., 1876-02-22

uOpc VIC uaNc CItattu q renewed interest
and awakened livelier recollection in the minds
of the American people Of their duty.
Congress has invited the representatives Of for.
eign nations to visit our shores to join in
OUR CENTENNIAL REJoIc1Ses.
The invitation has been accepted, and from all
the admiration OF our visitors by pointing TO our
progress OF century unless work is at once re.
sumed on this abandoned monument?
Alter the cornerstone had been laid under such
encouraging circumstances, the board Of man.
ayers at once commenced active operations which
country Tor aid soliciting contributions IRON the
whole people, without distinction of party sect or
creed, at the same time requesting the presenta-
in the monument, and SO arranged as to face the
winding stairway, that they could be seen by Wis.
Each State and several of the Territor,s, San,
block inscribed with its arms or some suitabIc
inscription or device, and others from yarions in
Ititutions and societies throughou the land. Seve
to unite In this great work OF huma nity Intended
to commemorate the virtues Of its chief orna-
Turkey, Greece, China and Japan have grsci,
ously united to pay their homage TO our Wash.
ington. Such tributes are our highest trophies;
the history Of mankind affords no parallel to this
TIE DESIGN.
The foundation Of the obelisk was laid eighty.
one feet square, eight feet below the Surface of
the ground, and contracted In its progress 40 as
to be sixty one feet ten inches at the top an eie
walton Of tTenty-fve and one half feet OF solid
masonry. The monument commenced at the
height Of seventeen and . half feet abeye the
ground, nfty-fve feet square, cased with mar.
BILE, with walls fifteen feet thick, leaving cavity
Of twenty i've feet. The work continued without
Interruption until 1854, when the shan had
reached an altitude of one hundred and seventy
done 10000, the whole amount Of collections.
including interest on Investments from the origin
OF the society, were expended.
In the fall Of that year-ls54-the board OF man.
nregRnfRh rtalr
brief history Of the monument enterprise aud
stating that the receipts from collections wero
tnsufhcient TO Keep the work in progress and
that under the circumstances they broug hi the
subject before Congress for such action a. that
body might def m proper. The memorial was
referred in the House Of Representatives, to q So
National Republican., 1876-02-22
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AMUSEMEN
90.

MARTHA wASHlNGTf
CENTENNIAL TEA IRTY,
AT
WAUGH METHODIST EPISC' PAL CHI RCI.
TUESDAY EVENING p instant
The ladies, in old.time costur,. ,xI1 sarro i,a
rates. - ASNSVN~NlS
Admission ten cents rH,, a.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
The Next House.

The Democratic majority in the House
of Representatives in the Forty-ffth
Congress will be small, but there will be
a majority. The Presidential issue has
swallowed the interest in the Congress
sional elections SO completely that the
political complexion of the next House
can not be determined with exactness.
The present House consists of 292 men,
bersy- The next House will consist of 293,
ColarsdQ adding one member. The De-
mecracy have in this House 1S2 MEM
bers and the Republicans have no.
This statement gives to the Republicans
two members elected as Independents" !"
who are really Republicans. 1t gives a
Democratic majority of seventy-two.
This is a good margin, and is larger
majority than party should have. A
swollen majority in legislative body
is not good thing. 1t is better for the
party and better for the country that it
has been reduced. The infamous gerry
Wandering in some of the Northern
States has given several members to the
Republicans. This is notably the case
in Ohio and Indiana. In Ohio the Re-
publicans have majority of perhaps
one per cent. of the popular vote.
This majority is minority frac-
ton of the average vote of Congress
sional district. The Ohio delegation
should be ten and ten. 1t stands twelve
Republicans to eight Democrats. The
Congressional majorities in Indiana
were in the neighborhood of eight thou
sand, but the Republicans have nine
members and the Democrats but four.
There is possibility that the Returning
Board of Louisiana may count out some
of our members, and if this should be
attempted the seats should be stoutly
contested, and then little light would
be shed upon the Presidential vote of that
State. There may be similar attempts to
count out Democratic members in other
quarters, but the Democratic majority is
sufficiently large to prevent this attempt
from being profitable. From the most
careful examination we can make there
will be at least one hundred and fifty
Democrats in the next House, and that
will give Democratic majority of seven.
An estimate carefully prepared at Colum-
bus gives a Democratic majority of
twenty.one. The lowest calculation is
as follows:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
Mr.. Cooper Scratches His Ticket.

Mr.. Peter Cooper, the candidate of
the Greeuback party for President, re-
mained at his house nearly all day
election. At 11:90 he repaired to the
polling-place of his District - the
Twenty-second Election District of the
Sixteenth Assembly District-at No. 1853
East Twenty-third street. He obtained
one of the Greenback Electoral tickets,
and, upon substituting the names of
Horatio Seymour, Dewitt G. West, and
Parke Goodwin in the places of three
Others who seemed Objectionable to him,
he voted this ticket, with the addition
of the Democratic State, city and county
tickets. In conversation with World
reporter, Mr.. Cooper said: az do not
hope for success from the popular vote,
but rather hope to be able to throw the
decision of the election into the House
of Representatives, in which case | will
have very great chance of success.
Should | be elected President, should
proceed to recommend Congress to pass
certain laws tending to the relief of the
distress now prevalent throughout the
country. would induce the issuing Of
a sufficient amount of greenbacks to pro.
vide for all the necessities of business
and commerce, and then we should have
currency such as as We had at the end
of the war. Our people," continued Mr..
Cooper, warming up, "haye a right to
demand from the Government a con-
tinued use of the legai-tenders that they
were compelled to take in exchange for
all forms of their property and labor, as
the only visible means of saving the ma
tion's life."
In answer to the reporters question as
to which candidate he would prefer in
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16

The terms of twenty-five United
States Senators will expire next March.
The successors of some of these have al
ready been chosen. Powell Clayton, the
notorious Arkansas carpet-bagger who
kept the people of that State under
military subjection when elected by the
aid of the military Governor, will be re-
placed by a Democrat. John A. Logan
will find it hard to be reelected from
Illinois Rodman West, the notorious
California carpet-bagger, will not again
be returned at the point of
the bayonet from Louisiana Blaine
will contest the seat with Morrill,, in
Maine; James L. Alcorn will be sue
ceeded by Democrat in Mississippi !;
Frelinghuysen will, of course, give way
to Democrat in New Jersey; Robert
son will be succeeded by Democrat in
South Carolina; NJ. G. Hamilton, Re-
publican, will also give way to one of
the followers OF Tilden in Texas. All
the present Democratic Senators whose
terms expire on the 4th of March will
be reelected except Kelly. of Oregon.
If we carry Oregon he can be returned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16

THERE is an old man residing near
Gridley's Station, California, who fol-
lows the peaceful occupation of sheep
herding. For some time he has been
depositing in the bank the sum of five
dollars per month to the credit of his
dog and mule, of which he is the for
tunate possessor, so that in case of his
death they would have something to live
upon. The other day the dog died, and
the mule is sole heir to the estate. He
is probably the only mule in the United
States with bank account.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
THE STORM.
BY GEORGE LUST.

Up from mirk midnight to the dawn,
Waking, heard the wild wind rout,
With sobbing wall and gusty shout,
Sweep through the elms that skirt the lawn.
Those patriarchs Of til cir race, whose leaves
Scarce murmured as the zephyrs passed,
Now groaned in concert with the blast
And with their branches smoke the caves.
Dim broke the morn along the crags
That eastward loom above the sea,
And long professions sailed a-lee
OF yapory forms, like weird hsgs.
Now in one sheeted food it rains;
But the slant wind, with headlong force,
Caught it in its impetuous course,
And dashed it on the trembling panes.
Anon the sun looked through the rift,
But pallid as his sister moon
When glows on high nights sober noon,
Chasing through heaven the flying drift.
At length, uprising toward his height,
Majestic moves the orb of day,
And subject nature owns his sway,
And the spent storm attests his might.
Gone the long nights tempestuouS dream,
And mountain vale and forest aisle
And earth's broad fields serenely smile,
Subdued by that all-cheering beam.
And all is still, save fnom afar
That one low murmur evermore,
Where the long roll beats on the shore,
And wind and wave wage war on war.
-Rarpe's Magdsine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
The Song of n Shirt.
with Many Apologies to Hood.


With face that was weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
Poor Morton sat, with look forlorn,
And dolefully scratched his head.
The bottles lay about,
The returns were in the dirt,
And in a voice 'twixt howl and shout
He sang this song of a shirt;
Flap flap fapl
While even the boys do scoff,
And tell me to wash the bloody shirt,
And take the old thing of.
It's Oh for fight in the South,
With bucketsful of gore
How could flourish the shirt again,
And renew the stains once moreI
Work work work
Till the brain begins TO swim;
I've worked upon that bloody shirt
Till my eyes are heavy and dim.
Seam, and gusset, and band
I've stepped them all in gore,
And the bloodier that 1 made that shirt
The Hoosiers cheered the more.
stumped the State all through,
The bloody shirt to wave;
But all my toll and great ado
Could not the " grandson save.
Despite of Cnandler's cash,
Flung out as free as dirt,
A tidal wave has swept the State,
And washed the bloody shirt.
It's all well enough to talk,
And say that my shirts played out (;
But If that old standby is lost
What can we talk ab0ut2
And so, though the thing don't take,
And rather seems to hurt,
For one, never shall forsake
The well-worn bloody shirt.
With face that was weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
Poor Morton sat, with look forlorn,
And dolefully scratched his head.
. His features oft would twiteh,
AS If from thoughts that hurt
But still with voice of dolorous pitch
He sang this song Of shirt,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16

For scarf pins and finger rings the
cats eye has become one of the most
fashionable stones used. 1t is species
of the sapphire, and the most desirable
color is of yellow-green tint. 1t has
threads of white asbestos within it, and
the light is reflected from these in an
intense and peculiar manner. When
this stone is properly cut white band
of light is seen floating in its interior
that changes position as the gem is
moved before the eye, which peculiarly
probably suggested the name by which
it is generally known.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
Pay as you Go.

IL is IopOIlcu IudS JOuu usduuOlpu
once astonished Congress by springine
from his seat, bending forward his long,
lean body, extending his attenuated fin.
gers and speaking in his thin, high tones,
"Mr. Speaker-Mr. Speaker, 1 have
found the Philosophers Stone. 1t is
Pay as you CO."
Now, few and small as these words
are, theyare worthy of the careful atten-
ton of all, and any young man by
needing them will find, if they do not
turn everything into gold, they will
help him materially in his efforts to Sc
cure sufficient amount of that coveted
commodity to raise him above want. He
who pays as he goes may be sure of one
thing-he will never live beyond his in
come and will, at least, be saved the
modification of duns and, what is worse,
the consciousness of using the means Of
another for his own benefit or pleasure.
There are none who should reflect on
these words and put them in practice in
their daily lives, more than young
people newly-married, who are together
commencing new life and who should,
in the beginning, look forward to future
years and in the light of reason and
judgment and of the experience Of
others, determine on such a courseof ac-
tien as will most contribute to the hap
piness, not only of themselves, but Of
those also with whom they may be con-
nected; and among the first rules to be
adopted and religiously adhered to
should be one to avoid incurring pecuui-
ary obligations for things not absolutely
necessary" Pay as you CO." One who
has stated salary will have no difficulty,
if he has the disposition, in SO adjusting
his expenditures that he will always
have the money on hand to pay for all
purchases when made; and he whose in
come is from farming, trading or other
uncertain sources, should never discount
his expectations. Better 60 without de-
sired articles, at however great an in
convenience, than buy them to be paid
for with money not yet earned or
realized. Wear the cid coat or the old
dress another season, if necessary, rather
than run in debt for new ones. The old
ones are yours; the new ones unpaid for
will really belong to the seller, no matter
what legal color the transfer May take.
There is nothing more disappointing
than store bills that are allowed to run
on from month. to month. At the first
glance at the sum total you will be GER
tain that there is some mistake. If it be
not in the addition, it must certainly be
that an error in charging the items has
occurred. 1t cannot be possible that the
few articles ordered from time to time
amount to such a sum. But careful
scrutiny of the whole, line by line, will
doubtless prove that you have not kept
in mind the fact that two and two make
four. Very probably the amount is
more than the same articles would have
cost had they been paid for when
ordered, for cash always buys cheaper
than credit. This would, in a years
time, make considerable difference, and
beside, the account undoubtedly shows
many purchases that would not have
been made had the money been re-
quired on delivery.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
WHOLE NUMBER 49S.
account of his first sight of a locomotive

account of his first sight of locomotive,
steamboat and the other triumphant
products of the march of civilization,
were replete with interest.
Up to the last his faculties were won-
derfully clear. Last year he even made
a small crop of corn and cotton.
On Thursday this man, who measured
his life by decades, not by years, ended
his long and eventful career. Death, SO
long in coming, finally touched his old
limbs and its icy hand crept to his heart
strings and cut the thread of life asunder.
Old Jake, who so long has listened to
the CANCEL voices calling" answering
back, "Pm coming" has at length been
gathered to his loved ones to reap the
reward of life OF usefulness. ReGdiescat
in peace.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16

CINCINNATI Enquirer: No State did
better work for the Democratic cause this
year than Ohio. The Democrats of this
State started into the canvass slightly out
of tune, but they have held the Republi.
cans to the grindstone in nice style. Mr..
Hayes can scarcely crawl out of the
State with the majority given in Octo-
ber to fanatic candidate for a minor
State office. His friends expected him
to secure 10000 majority, and talked
about 10000. Ohio will be a reliable
Democratic State hereafter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
Total

Added to this majority there is little
doubt of a vote in each of the States of
Arkansas, California, Illinois, Louisiana,
Michigan, Mississippi and South
Carolina. There are one or two more
votes that may very probably be added
to the Democratic list, and the next
House of Representatives may be re-
garded as Democratic beyond perad-
venture.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
Multit,ll in Pal.r0.

Soft pity enters at an iron gate.
Poets are too frequently merely poets.
Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful
A pedant is precocious old man.
Pity is love when grown into excess.
Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics
of nature.
Poetry is the natural religion of itera-
ture.
Modern poets put good deal of water
in their ink.
A man may play the fool in everything
else but in poetry.
There is a pleasure in poetic pains
which only poets know.
Poets are all who love, who feel great
truths, and tell them.
You will find poetry nowhere, unless
you bring some with you.
Power is seldom innocent, and envy
is the yokefellow of eminence,
Pride goeth before destruction, and a
naughty spirit before fall.
Politeness has been well defined as
benevolence in small things.
If povery is. the mother of crimes, want
of sense is the father of them.
Prayer is a shield to the soul, sacri-
flee to God, and scourge to Satan.
Pride is increased by ignorance; those
assume the most who know the least.
Poverty makes people satirical,
soberly, sadly, bitterly satirical.
Embark in no enterprise which you
cannot submit to the test ofprayer.
The higher the rank the less the pre-
tense, because there is less to pretend to.
Pride and weakness are Siamese
twins, knit together by the indissoluble
hyphen.
A mind that is conscious of its integ.
rity scorns to say more than it means to
perform.
Laws act after crimes have been com.
mitted; prevention goes before them
both.
FASHION is more than ever devoted tc
mixture of different materials used in
the same toilette, and to a bizarre irreg
ularity in the shapes of overskirts, polon
aises and draperies, whatever the term by
which the upper part of the toilette il
designated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
A one Hundred Dollas. Conundrun..

a one t1tftuFtN DOttNs 'ssss
Some time since Colonel Fitzgerald,
through the columns of the Philadelphia
City Item, offered 800 as prize for the
best conundrum of the Centennial. In
reply at least five hundred were sent to
his office, and ON Monday last DIR. K.
Shelton Mackenzie, together with Messrs.
George K. Goodwin and Eugene H. Mum
day, who had been appointed committee
to decide upon the respective merits OF
the conundrums received, reported that
after careful examination and COM
parison, they had decided in favor of
that appended hereto:
Respectfully submitted for the 800
prize.
Why is the Centennial like a set of
teeth2
Because it is not only in everyone's
mouth, but in their head also, and many
an acre (acher) is filled with golden
products from the head centers (centers)
of the world. Respectfully,
5. I. MACKETTE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16

SPIRITUALlsTs in Texas are required
to take out a showman's license before
the authorities will allow them to appear
upon a stage and lecture.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
case of his own failure, Mr.. Cooper re.
piled: "Mr. Tilden, by all MEANS"
May ask why, Mr.. CooperW

" Well, simply because it is univer-
sally acknowledged fact that the country
demands change in the features of the
government, and, in the event of such a
change being accomplished, it will create
almost universal confidence, and busi-
ness will, as natural result, revive. But
/ yet believe that we are in want of a
President who will induce the greatest
possible circulation of greenbacks."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16

WE should accustom the mind TO keep
the best company by introducing it only
to the best books.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16

THE following is the coinage executed
by the mints of the United States during
the month of October, 1876; Double
eagles, $4,271, 700; trade dollars, $685.
600; halfdollars, s1,04O,OO0; quarter
dollars, s765, 900; dimes, S279, 900; one
cent bronze, $4,440. Total coinage,
Sc. .S25 200,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
PENCIL AND SCISSORS.


The sourest man is not wholly hope
less when he will not blaspheme before
his son.
BEWARE of entrance to quarrel; but,
being in it, bear it that the opposer may
beware of thee.
THE weakness of human reason appears
more evidently in those who know it not
than in those who know it.
SOUND and sufficient reason falls, after
all, to but few men, and those few men
exert their influence in silence.
THE main object of the gospel is to
establish two principles-the corruption
of nature, and the redemption by Jesus
Christ.
A SPEAKER at stump meeting out
West declared that he knew no East. no
West, no North, no South. Then"
said hystander, "you ought to 60 to
school and learn your geography"
WHILE the English are speaking of
the impossibilfty of reaching the North
Pole, on account of four hundred milss
of solid ice,. some Yankee will slip up
there and blast out narrow-gauge rail-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16

THE annual income of the charities of
London amounts to nearly $12, 600, 900.
OF this large amount nearly two-thirds
is derived from voluntary contributions,
the other third being derived from
dividends, property and trade.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
TOPICS OF THE TIME.

QUEEN VICTORIA has received from
the Empress of Brazil present of a
dress woven of the webs of the large
South American spider.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-16
DOUBTING.

When, oh when will this doubling cease?
When, If ever, my heart find peacea
Peace from the doubt, distrust and fear,
That keeps hope so far, and pain so near,
And makes love seem mockery-
A mere plaything for destiny.
Doubling all things, both great and small,
Doubling myself far more than all,
Doubting-oh, may be forgiyenl-
Sometimes doubling the love Of heaven.
When viii these doubts be past for me,
And faith have gained the'yictory?