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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13

scHEycK's PuLMoNIc SYRUP, SEA WEED Tonic, AND
MANDRAKE PnLs-These deservedly celebrated and
popular medicines have effected q revolution in the
healing art, and proved the faIlacy Of several max
inns which have for many years obstructed the prog
ress of medical science. The-alse superstition that
Consumption is incurable" deferred physicians
from attempting to find remedies for that disease,
and patients afflicted with it reconciled themselves
to death without making an effort to escape from g
doom which they supposed to be unavoidable. 1t is
now proved, however, that Consumption oan be cured,
and that it has been cured in a very great number OF
cases (some Of them apparently desperate ones by
Schenck's Puimonic Syrup alone; and in other cases
by the same medicine in connection with Schenck's
Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills, one or both,
according to the requirements of the case.
DR.. Schenck himself, who enjoyed uninterrupted
good health for more than forty years, was supposed
at one time to be at the very gate Of death, his phys
icians having pronounced his case hopeless, and
abandoned him to his fate. He was cured by the
aforesaid medicines, and, since his recovery, many
thousands similarly affected have used DR.. Schenck't
preparations with the same remarkable success.
Full directions accompany each, making 1t moi
absolutely necessary to personally see DR.. Schencs
unless patients wish their lungs examined, and fol
this purpose he is professionally at his principal Of
fee, corner Sixth and Arch Streets, philadelphia
every Monday, where all letters for advice must b
addressed. schenck's medicines are sold by al
druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13
The Underground Telegraph.

As there is talk of running under
ground telegraph wires in New York it
is important to know how the system has
succeeded in London. At present there
are in that city about $500 miles of gutta-
percha covered wire, wrapped with tape
and tarred, drawn underground in cast
iron pipes from three to four inches in
diameter. This system connects the
central Office with the several provincial
railways and the main road line of tele-
graphs, and also serves a large number
Of the metropolitan telegraph offices. At
the new General Post-ofice the whole OF
the 740 wires are carried up the interior
of the building and terminate OF a test
box, where each wire is numbered. Pro-
vision has been made on this box for 500
wires from the west, and a corresponding
number from the east, a total of 1000 in
all. A four-inch pipe will hold 12O wire;
of No. Z gauge prepared, and a three
inch pipe Y wires; but it is not well, un
less compelled by circumstances, to draw
in those numbers. The pipes are Mint
feet long, and previously to being laic
are we'll cleansed inside by having 6
nedNy Cldlu VI mduuIll uIdWu W anu IN
to rub off any superhuous substance lief
in casting. The socket joints are packed
with tarred yarn and lead run in, as il
the case of gas or water pipe joints.
The pipes are generally laid under tn,
pavement of the sidewalk, and each i
numbered in correspondence with tn,
test-box number, and where they ar
Joined in the streets the greatest enem,
and almost the only one they have to con
tend with is dirt, and although full in
structions are issued for the obviation o
this difficulty it is hard to carry then
out thoroughly in the streets of London
Within the past five years nearly tn
whole of the underground system in Lon
don has been relaid, the number of wire
having been found insufficient to NEE
the increased metropolitan traffic, as wei
as the additional wires rendered necces
sary on the railways and road lines 70
the rapidly developing provincial busi
ness. This work has been effected witt
comparatively little or no interruption
of the working circuits, and by far les
than is experienced from renewals on raj
ways or road lines.
The system is SO we'll liked that befor
long it will probably be greatly extended
~. Y. Grdphic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13
Useful Information.

A STRONG solution of sulphate of
magnesia gives a beautiful quality to
whitewash.
LADIES should remember that each
number of kid gloves comes in three
shapes, viz, sho~rt-ingered, medium, and
l~ong-ingered. Undressed kid are much
cheaper than the dressed, though not SC
handsome.
In the vegetable world the reed runs
up in a season, and is frail the oak in a
century, and is as solid as the hills; so
the slower the human body is in reaching
its maturity, the more durable is the con-
stitution and the longer the life.
ONE drop of the essence of bitter al
monds will communicate an agreeable
taste and smell to an ounce of the castor
oil of commerce, and will not at all al
feet its medicinal action. Persons taking
this medicine should order it to be thus
favored.
To clean a nubia take a wooden bucket,
fill it half full of wheat -four; then dip
your nubia up and down in the -four
until it looks white, shake thoroughly,
when it will be as nice as new, and will
not have the drawn appearance which
washing gives.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13

taken up. Mr.. Edwards and Mr.. Thurman
asked that the matter go over till Monday.
Mr.. Sherman said he would not object, and
the report was laid over. Mr.. Clayton pre-
scented a memorial of the Arkansas Legis-
lature asking Congress to pass an act refund
ing the cotton tax. Mr.. Window presented
a memorial of the Minnesota State Grange,
asking an appropriation for opening water
channel by way of Fox and Wisconsin
rivers to connect the Mississippi river with
the Lakes. Referred. Adjourned till Mon
day.
JANUARY 7.-Sendte-A message was re-
ceived from the Governor, nominating
Thomas Ewing of Fairfield, and George w.
Bogee, of Cincinnati, Trustees of the Ohio
University, Uice Bellamy Storer and John II.
Keith, deceased. Bills introduced: To make
decisions of County Auditors final on the
valuation of railroad property; to amend
the Justices act so as to allow cases in which
less than 500 is involved to be appealed"
HOuSc-A number of petitions were present
ed for the amendment of the County Fee
bill. Bills introduced: To extend the act
defining burglary so as to include corn-cribs
and poultry houses; to empower county
commissioner to authorize the people 10
vote on the question Of appropriating money
to agricultural societies, and issue bonds for
the same; to repeal the act of last winter
restraining vagrancy and begging. A
programme for the Inauguration Of General
Hayes was reported and agreed on.
Mr.. Cowgirl offered a resolution to inquire
into the expediency of abolishing the Office
of Commissioner Of Railroads and Tele'
graphs, the statistical part of this Office to
be transferred to the Secretary of State. The
resolution was referred. Mr.. Nixon offered
a resolution for the adjournment of the
General Assembly from March s to Deem
Der 4, which was referred. A resolution was
offered instrueting the Committee on the
Penitentiary to inquire into the expediency
Of establishing one or more intermediate
prisons, where persons are guilty of lesser
grade of ~felonies, and higher grade of mis-
demeanors. A resolution censuring Presi
dent Grant for appointing relatives to ofics
was referred to the Blind, Deaf and Dumb
and Idiot Committee,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13
Now, Girls, or Never.

There is some aspect of this Centennial
year 1876 which deserves more attention
than has yet been bestowed upon it. 1t
is of grave importance in connection with
the institution of marriage and with the
rights of women. There may be people
perhaps who will say that it was only by
a mere accident that the Declaration Of
American Independence was made in a
leap year. These same people will tell
you that it was only by accident that
Macmillan Robespierre splashed his
silk stockings on the memorable occasion
which, as a great historian has so con-
vincingly shown, led him on and up to
the giddy heights of power and crime. 1t
was only by accident, too, we suppose,
that Cromwell and his comrades were
turned aside from their purpose of en-
barking for the New World. Why did
not the Congress of the colonies act in
ITS or postpone action till 1777? There
can be no doubt in the mind of any
thoughtful student of history that the
true answer to these questions is to be
found in the fact that the year 1776 was
not emily a bissextile year, but of all bis
sextile years the most quadrennial year
imaginable, since 1776, being divided by
four, gives us as its result IA, or as many
tours as can be conveniently crowded into
the number of any year which is at all
likely to interest us or our descendants
to the remotest generation. 1t was, in
short, a four.leaved clover of a year, and
as everybody knows who knows anything,
and everybody believes who believes any
thing, your four-leaved clover is the
highest symbol of feminine good luck.
Thisof course prefgured for the United
States of America an influence of the
most unexampled sort upon the united
state of matrimony. 1t was plainly writ
ten in the book of fate from the begin
ming that the old and conventional rela-
tions of the sexes should be reversed in
the republic of 1776; and the young wo-
men of America will be false to their duty
and to the high destiny of their country
if they fail to celebrate this, the first Cen
tennial leap year of our history, by form
ally doing away with the effete customs
of a past barbarism and inaugurating the
new era, which has thus far been only
feebly preached and prophesied by such
voices crying in the wilderness as those
of Miss. Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Cady
Stanton and Mrs. Lucy Blackwell Stone,
Before the sun this day goes down every
unmarried girl in America who respects
herself and the republic should take 8
solemn oath-say on a pair of scissors, OIL
an old shoe, or anything else which may
be regarded as really binding by the fe
male mind-not only to refuse the HAND
of any man who offers himself to her in
marriage, but also to shoot on the spot
any man who may refuse her hand wher
offered to him by her, after mature con
sultation with his parents and guardians
~. Y. World.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13
Legislatures.

The Louisiana Legislature met in New
Orleans January 8. Everything passed off
quietly. The House, after receiving the
Governors message, adjourned out of re-
spect to the memory of L. d. Southland and
E. L. Pierson, deceased members.
Governor Kellogg's message was exceed
ingly elaborate. He says the bonded and
floating debt of the State when he took
charge was $24,093, 407. 20. He gives elabo-
rate tabular statements of the movements of
State finances since, and says it will thus be
seen tina 1.-THE present bonded and floating
debt of the State is now, January l, 1876,
S19, 061, 645.s5, and that the debt of the State
has been decreased during my administra-
ton SIS, 100, 805. While this reduction of
debt has been effected, the general expen-
ditures of the Goyernmenthave been largely
reduced, aud taxation has been diminished
from 21X to AN mills. The receipts of the
present year, up to December 20, have ex-
ceeded by $235,4S0 the entire receipts for the
year 1872, and the expenditures for the cur
rent year, up to December 20, show a rednc-
ton Of 81, 193, 209 upon the expenditures of
1875 and 81 All, 1873 upon the expenditures of
1879. The expenditures of the three years of
my administration show a saving in expendi.
lures of 9,269, 1894 as compared with the
last three years of the previous administra-
ton. With regard to the financial condition
of the city of New Orleans, he states that
the debt of the city is over $23, 900, 1000. The
city's default on interest last year was ST..
295,057, its deficit on appropriations for in.
| terest this year was 81, l42, 500. Accurate
statistics indicate that the crops of cotton,
sugar, rice, and fruits raised in the State
during the past year largely exceeded fifty
million dollars in value, while for the first
time in the history Of the State the crop Of
corn has been equal to all nome demands
out that in National politics all interests o.
the State lie in the direction of hard money
and a protective tariff on rice and sugar.
The Minnesota Legislature met at 81. Pau
January 4. The Republicans have a major
ity in both Houses. w. r. Kenyon, o
Steele county, was elected Speaker, an(
Charles w. Boswell, of Faribault county
Chief Clerk. In the Senate, Charles w
johnson, of Minneapolis, was elected Seere
tary. Mr.. Kenyon was speaker of the las
House.
The Colorado Legislature met at Denve
on January 8. The House elected AlfreC
Butler Speaker. The session will probabl,
be short and devoid of more than local in
terest. The Constitutional Convention i
preparing a State Constitution.
Hon. Harrison Ludington, G~overnor-elect
with other State officers-elect, were inaugu
rated at Madison, Wisconsin, January 5
The attendance was very large, a specia
train carrying the members from Milwaukee
The ceremonies took place amid the firm,
of cannon, playing of bands, etc. In tn
evening a reception was held, and a gran,
ball in the Assembly and Senate Chambers
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13

AT our request, Cragin & Co., Phila.,
Pa, have promised to send any of our
readers, gratis ION receipt of Is cents to
pay POSTAGE, a sample of Dobbins'
Electric Soap, to try. Send at once
They make no charge for the soap, the
money exactly pays the postage. We
would like to have all who test the soap
write us their honest opinion of it for
publication in these columns free. Here
is what one of our friends writes:
Dear Mr.. Editor Il received my sam.
pie bar of Dobbins' Electric Soap, and
after arranging my washing according to
directions, went out and asked my neigh.
bors in to see the result. After fifteen
minutes we took them from the suds and
rinsed them clean and pure. 1t is all we
could wish. Yours, ETC.,
Mrs. NELLIE GRAY.
Wall Lake, Ind.
Dear Editor:-I, too, am a convert tt
the merits of Dobbins' Electric Soap. A
sample bar was sent me by request, and
after trials, have ordered more, and I'm
hesitatingly recommend it to all m!
friends. Respectfully,
MRS. KENNEDY.
Weayarvil1a Rupcomhe IN N q
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13
RAILWAYS
R EADY RELIEF
WILL AFFORD INSTANT EA

INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS.
INFLAMMATION OF THE
INFLAMMATION OF THE BOMELS,
CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS
SORE THROAT, DIFFICULTY Bt.EAIhlN6
P~ALPITATION OF THE HEART, -
GROUP,
CATARRH, INFLUENZA,
HEADACHE, T00THACHE, MUAPS,
NEURALGIA, RHEUMATlSM,
COLD CHIELS, AGUE CHlLLS
Thu eradication of the READY BELIEF to the
part or parts where The pain or difficulty exists VIII
twenty drops in half q tunlbler Of Yater viii IN
few moments, cure gRAMPS ePAsMsi sgSss
STOMACH, HEARTBUKM. SIGN
THE BOWELS, and all INTERNAL PAINSr.n
Travellers should always carry g bottle OF 800
will prevent sickness or pains from change 81 y IA m
1T Is letter THAN FRENCH BkAApN on
B1TTERS AS A STIMULANT.
Price SO Cents, sold by DruggfssA-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13

WHAT Is VEGETINE?-It is a compound
extracted from barks, roots and herbs. 1t is
natures remedy. 1t is perfectly harmless
from any bad effect upon the system. 1t is
nourishing and strengthening. 1t acts di-
rectly upon the the blood. 1t quiets the
nervous system. 1t gives you good, sweet
sleep at night. It is a great panacea for our
aged fathers and mothers; for it gives them
strength, quiets their nerves., and gives them
natures sweet sleep, as has been proved by
many an aged person. 1t is the great blood
purifier. It is a soothing remedy for our
children. 1t has relieved and cured thou
sands. 1t is very pleasant to take; every
child likes it. 1t relieves and cures all dis
eases originating from impure blood. Try
the Vegetine. Give it fair trial for your
complaints; then you will say to yonl
friend, neighbor and acquaintance: "Try
it: il has cured me-"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13
weaverville, Buncombe Co., N. @.
'ThrOw Physic to the Dogs; IN None

We do not in the least feel like blaming
Macbeth for this expression of disgust; in
deed, we are rather inclined to syihpathize
with him. Even nowadays most of the ca
thartics offered to the public are great, re-
pulsivelooking pills, the very appearance
ach." Had Macbeth ever taken DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets he would not
have uttered those words of contempt. II
is really encouraging, when one is ill, to find
that a little, sugar-coated Pellet, no larger
than a grain of mustard, will as promptly
produce the desired effect as a dose of great,
nauseating pills. These little Pellets, unlike
other cathartics, are really natures physic.
They do not debilitate, but tone and invig-
crate the system. No family should be
without DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pei.
lets.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13
Household uelp..

CHICKEN GELATINE. = Slice cold
roast chicken and lay in a mold with al
ternate layers of cold boiled tongue and
occasional slices of hard boiled egg
season with celery salt. Dissolve a halt
ounce of Cooper's gelatine in a pint of
clear brown gravy and pour over the
meat. 1t must stand twelve hours to
harden before cutting.
To make a fashionable muf, cover an
ordinary size tumbler with cloth or vel
vet, and put fur or satin bows on the
edges. Put one thumb in, and let your
arm hang as if broken.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13

The LANDLADY's STRATEGY.-Louis-
vile has been amused by a row at a
fashionable boarding house. A boarder
refused to pay his bill or to go
away until the month for which he had
bargained had expired. The landlady
was told by the lawyers that the money
was not legally due until the end of the
month, and that she must fulfill her
part of the contract before she could sue
him. She next took the case into her
own hands, put damp sheets on his bed,
fed him on the poorest of viands, and put
a whining puppy in the room next to
his. He retreated after three days of
endurance.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13

PIMPLEs on the face, rough skin, chapped
hands, saltrheum and all cutaneous affec-
lions cured, the skin made soft and smooth,
by the use of Juniper Tar Soap. That made
by Caswell, Hazard & Co, New York, is
the only kind that can be relied on, as there
are many limitations, made from common
tar. which are worthless.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13

A CHINESE cook with a butchers
Ratchet as sharp as a razor, will, in ten
seconds, thoroughly bone and skin a fish,
so that not a particle is wasted. He will
give you an unbroken orange full of ten
different kinds of jellies.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13

horses or COWS. If the weather is bad,
it il best to tie into bundles and hang on
poles; but if fair, cut (laying the heads
of the rice upon the stubbles), say three
or four days, andhaul up and house.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13
The


Ohio and Pennsylvania 1eeces. 45@5Oc., the latter
for choice and triple extra Michigan, Wisconsin,
and New Hampshire feeces, 41@451ac.; eombing and
for unwashed; 47H@76c. for secured; 52zc. for
tub-washed super and extra pulled, 37ha55c, the
latter for choice Maine super.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13

The TURKISH PosT.-The postal ar
rangements in Turkey are probably the
most convenient for employees in the
world. These gentlemen are not troubled
with racks, pigeon-holes and windows.
Distribution is unknown. The mail car
rier simply takes his bag into a large
hall, empties its contents into a large fat
basket, opens the door to the public, re-
tires to the corner with his pipe, and the
scramble of the people for letters COM
mences, everybody making a rush for
the fiat basket. The rates of postage are
based on the distance traversed, as eight
cents for 100 hours, sixteen cents for 200
hours, and SO on. Abdul Aziz should
offer Mr.. Jewell a princely salary to
come and show his people how to run a
post-ofice.- - Courier Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13
DR.. RAILWAYS
PILLS.

Perfectly tasteless. elegantly coated with sweet gum
kHbWNY,S PILLS, for the cure Of all disorders
Of tine stomach, Liver, Bowels, kidnsys, BLADDER,
Nervous Diseases, Headache, Constipation, Cossise-
ness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia. Biliousness, Bilious
Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels. flles, ana y
Derangements of the Internal Viscera. Marranteo
to effect a positive cure. Purely Vegetable contain
ing no mercury, minerals, or deleterlous dLugs.-
B6- Observet the following symptoms resulting from
Disorders of the Digestive 0rgans.. M
Constipation, Inward Piles, Fuilncss OF the piooa
In the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart
burn, Disgust Of Food, Fullness or WeigIt IN me
Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking or Yin ttsrlng
az the Pit Of the Stomach, swimming Of tbs Eead.
Hurried and Difficult Breathing, Fluttering 1t tne
Heart, Choking or Suffocsting Sensations when m p
Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots or WELSH
fore the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in the Head, De.
fciency of Preparation, Yellowness OF the Skin.and
Eyes, Pain in the Side, Chest, Limbs, and Sudden
A few doses of PILLS viii free the
system from all the above named disorders. Price
rs Cents per Box. SOLD BY
Read .FAIsE AND TRUE
Send one letter-stamp to RADWAY d o No.
32 Warren Streef, New York. Information
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13
Hitting the Wrong Man.

The following amusing incident oc-
CURED not long since in a denomina-
tional bookstore, not a thousand miles
from Cornhill (Boston).
Amusing it certainly was, though the
hero of the occasion has not yet regained
his equanimity.
The clerks in this store had acquired
the habit of playing off tricks upon each
other-practical joking, they called it
and one of the tricks was this: If one
of the clerks CHANGED to see another in
a STOPPING posture, selecting books from
the lower shelves, he would seize a board,
perhaps part of a box cover, and smartly
spank the stopping victim.
Jerry P was one of the clerks, a
simple-minded, good-natured fellow from
Vermont, always ready and willing for
the hardest kind of work, and priced by
his employers accordingly.
Jerry had of late been the chief vic
tim of the spanking process, and he was
determined upon revenge-not with
malevolence, nor yet with indignation,
but simply in the way of fair play. To
this end he lay low, watching an oppor-
tunity.
One afternoon upon returning to the
store from an errand, the longed-for OPP
portunity seemed to present itself, and
Jerry seized it instanter.
At the far end of the long counter he
saw an individual overhauling books on
the very bottom shelf, his body bent at
a most tempting angle.
Jerry was sure it was Tom s., from
whose hands he had received many an
emphatic spank, and now was the time
to pay off old scores.
So he selected a splendid board, and
creeping noiselessly along to the spot, he
gave the STOPPING man a blow that
sounded through the store like the burst
ing of a retort, and brought him to ar
erect position like a Jack in-the-box.
Here was a fix. Tom s., at the
sound of the blow, appeared from
another part of the store, while the gen
tleman who had been struck stood in ut
ter bewilderment, rubbing away at the
aching part most assiduously; and poo
Jerry then discovered, to his dismay and
deep regret, that he had struck his EN-
ployer's parson, the Rev. DR.. B, who
had been curiously searching among &
lot of old Greek and Hebrew books.
Jerry wept with shame and confusion
and was forgiven; and from that tint
that particular species of amusement
was discontinued in the store.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13

NENYON COLLEGE. Instruction thorough. Ex-
IN penses light. Ad'ss Rev. Z G Benson, Gambler %.
CEND for Prospectus for .Antl-N Masonic Pa
Sper" to- H,H. Woodward, 3s2 John ct, Chit, o.