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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-23

ty of employment.
aWipe off your Chin is the new
slang phrase for eshut your mouth"
The first slcighs of the season ap-
peared on our streets Monday last.
It looks as if We were about to have
some winter.
Democrats will be permitted to vote
at the spring election.
Navigation will 500 open again at
the corner of Main and Barron streets.
How are your peaches and cherries
now
On Monday last we had an ii stall-
ment of about eight inches of the
abeautiful snow
The fox hunt ON Fourmile on Sat
urday last, proved water haul. 1t
will be repeated.
The name of JOIN W. STEPHENS
has been suggested as q candidate for
Assessor. A irst-rate suggestion.
Democrats should not forget to vote
at our Corporation election, eyen
though not invited.
The robbins, blue birds, frogs, and
other spring birds, left this climate in
disgust last Monday.
There is a @Mare-yor" or a Ahcsse
to elect this spring; you can have
your choice.
Master FRED. BRooKINs washed q
gold dollar out of a cake of soap, pur-
chased at the grocery of b. @. Hill.
Three for a quarter.
Spring fashions are coming into
market to gall the woman who is OBJ
liged to make over her last years bon
net.
Rev. Baughman will deliver the
sixth series of discourses on the De-
dialogue on next Sabbath, in thetown
Hall, at 8 p. m.
"a Scholar" from Winchester, for
got to send her name along with the
communication for publication.
Hence its non-appearance.
It is said that there is honor among
thieves, ifthat be true they should
take a higher position in society than
politicians.
Suicide is not more sinful than neg
Letting q cough. For only % cents
can Duya bottle OF ~. bulfs Cough
syrup ana pc saved from heath.
Sarah A. Scott and Jos. Pierson
viii sell at their residence, four miles
cast of Camden, on Saturday, 18th
inst, horses, cattle, farm implements,
corn, hay, oats, &c.
When the warm weather opens We
propose to take a seat of work on ono
or two back yards in Eaton, that arc
reeking with filth and ready TO sick,
en- the citizens with their malaria.
This il The last wool of tbe midi,
term Of the Eaton schools. Genera
exercises and examinations at nortl
b,;,d;no IN Tbrrsdav sonth br;td;n,
On Fr;days
1ohn p;or.on n,,,,.au r..a.
IL uaasa = -. aa.,
,n.t horses bon.abo,s and l,,s So
aa,naso "a .r.'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-23

tic medicine that can be employed: cleans
ing the stomach and bowels, and even the
blood. In small doses of one pill a day,
they stimulate the digestive organs and
promote vigorous health.
Ayers PILLS have been known for
more than a quarter of a century, and have
obtained a worldwide reputation for their
virtues. They correct diseased action In
the several assimilative organs OF the
body, and are SC composed that obstruc-
tons within their range can rarely with
stand or eyade them. Not only do they
cure the everyday complaints Of every
body, but also formidable and dangerous
diseases that have bafled the best Of
human skill. While theyproduce power
full effects, they are, at the same time, the
safest and best physic for children. By
their aperient action they grippe much less
than the common purgatives, and
give pain when the bowels are not infiamed.
They reach the vital fountains fine blood,
and strengthen the system by freeing it
from the elements of weakness.
Adapted to all ages and conditions in
all climates, containing neither calomel
nor any deleterious drug, these Pills may
be taken with safety by anybody. Their
sugar-coating preserves them ever fresh,
and makes them pleasant to take; while
being purely vegetable, no harm can arise
from their use in any quantity.
PREPARED Er
Or. ]. C. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and ANALYTICAL Chemists.
sOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-23

Arc the most eff
fectiye and congo
NAL purgative Y e
discovered. They
+ mild, but eff
fectnal in their
operation, moving
the bowels surely
and without pain.
Although gentle
in their operation,
they are still the
most thorough and
l. 49,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-23

Or. ]. C. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and Analytical Che.nists.
S0LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS LIVERY WHERE.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15

The uncertainties surrounding the
Suez canal bring up the old project of a
ship canal across the isthmus of Panama.
In connection with this matter it is i'm
portant to note the fact that new canal
route has been discovered, or redis-
covered, across the narrow neck of land
uniting the two continents, and a
wealthy citizen of Colombia proposes to
survey the track at his own expense.
The matter has been laid before the con-
gress of the United States of Colombia,
and that body asked to indorse the plan
of Mr.. Gogorzo, which is to have an
accurate survey made by a corps Of
engineers, and than to organize joint
sock company in Europe to build the
canal and put it in operation, the whole
work to be completed in ten years.
there is the least body in this movement
it will be watched with interest by
commercial nations. England virtually
controls the Suez canal. If British
money cuts a ship way through the soil
of the new world from the Atlantic TO
the Pacific ocean then England will
command both commercial shortcuts
and have a vast advantage in the
markets of Asia.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15

The remains of King Louis Philippe,
accompanied by the remains of nine
members of his family, buried in Eng
land have just arrived in France, to be
placed in the mausoleum of the Orleans
family at Dreux. Twenty-six years ago
this same king took the first steps in .
generous and popular act. Just before
his death Napoleon had expressed the
wish that mis- ashes might find resting
place upon the banks of the Seine, in the
midst of a people he loved. Louis Phil
lippe saw that wish realized, and the
Prince de Joinville was sent to st.
Helena in La Belle Poule to bring the
body of the emperor back to France.
The ceremony when it was deposited in
the Invalidas was splendid and impos-
ing, and the occasion furnished pat
riotic fete which reused the better feel
ing of the masses. The king showed
himself generous in giving to the emperor
the homage that history accorded, and
which was really due. And now the
remains of Louis Philippe are brought
to France and buried in silence. There
is something of ingratitude in all this,
for Louis Philippe was an excellent
monarch, wellintentioned ruler, and a
good and amiable man.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15
DIRECTIONS FOR CALCIMINING.

Buy the best bleached glue, if the
walls are to be white or some light tint
(if dark, it is immeterial, so the glue is
clean), and use it in the proportion of
a quarter of pound to eight pounds of
whiting. Soak the glue over night, in
tho morning pour off the water, as it
simply swells while soaking. Add fresh
water. put in pail, and set that in a
kettle of boiling water. When dissolved,
stir it into the whiting. adding enough
water to make it, after mixing, of the
same consistency of common whitewash.
1t may be tinted any color, and is ap
piled with whitewash brush. If the
color is rubbed smooth in little water
and then mixed with the wash it will be
more even. If the walls have been pre-
viously whitewashed, scrap- away all
that will come off, and wash with a
solution of white vitriol-two ounces
in a pail of water. The vitriol will be
decompOsed, forming zinc white and
plaster Of paris, to which the cal.
cimine easily adheres. 1t is important
to dissolve the glue in hot water bath,
for if scorched by too great heat its te.
nacity is impaired or destroyed.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15
CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, JULY Is, 1876

and fighting. The men are at once both
modest and bold. The manner of love
making among them is strange. When
afflicted with cupid's dart the young men
go about wearing their blankets in such
manner as to cover up all the head ex
cept the eyes, and, having spied the OBJ
Ject of their affections, they slip up be-
hind her quickly, throw the blanket over
her head also, and, holding her tightly
around the waist, compel her to listen to
the soft accents of love. In case of
popular belle, they will sometimes range
themselves in a line at the door of her
wigwam, and when she comes out pass
her from one to the other at she in turn
disburdens her surcharged heart. They
have been known to keep a girl this way
all day long. Lastly, the language of
the Indian is we'll known to be pictur-
esque, and no one can appreciate the
grace of their oratory without having
seen it, and even in ordinary converse
ten their gestures are profuse. 1t is the
very poverty of their language that
makes it sound poetic; thus, for the
ship sails,' having neither the word
"ship" nor SAIL" they say, "the wind
makes the boat run on the water" thus
bringing in two of the natural elements
in that one sentence. 1t is noticeable
that when we sometimes express age by
so many summers, they always say win
tiers, and when we say /" so many days
SINCE" they say $50 many nights or
sleeps"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15
At THE QUEBEC FIRE.

1t would be hard to conceive of
sadder sight than the one which pre-
sented itself as night closed down upon
us after the fire, says a correspondent.
Hundreds of POOR families had fed with
heir lew pitiable savings to the Cove
FI.ds and the Cricket grounds and
there were huddled down upon bits of
carpet, beds, or the bare ground, and
falling asleep, hopeless, supperless, and
exhausted. 1t is wonderful to note what
people save at such time, and whether
it is sentiment which comes to the sur.
face under strong excitment or merely
absence of mind, could not decide.
saw cats lying securely in the arms OF
frantic women who rushed past, and
house plants, canaries, bouquet of wax
and paper flowers, pictures, etc. One
little fellow whom we met looked as i
he were willing that the worst might
come, since he had a beloved anG
demure old rooster sac in his arms
An aged grandmother seemed satisfied
that an uDkind fate had left her severa
rolls of wall paper to began life anew
with, and weary and discouraged-look
ing man was struggling along with al
arm-lead of light but unwieldly stove
pipe.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15
ANCIENT POTTER MISSOURI.



The Missourians are searching the
pockets of mother earth for treasures to
be exposed at the centennial. They
consist of vessels of various designs and
sizes, many of them having evidently
been intended for drinking vessels. Some
have the general form of a bowl extended
up into bottled neck Others open at
the top like bowl. One has at one
side of the upper rim the form of a fish's
mouth, which seemed intended as a sort
of spout, while on the opposite side is
the fish's tail, which serves as a handle !;
the fins are placed in proper position on
either side, so that, to one looking
down on the dish, the representation is
complete. Frogs and other reptiles are
represented in these vessels. One has
four legs, head and a tail-the rude
image of some quadruped; rising from
the center of the back is tall spout.
Other pieces, which probably served
as plants, are ornamented with filigree
work, much like our cake plates. The
material of which this ware is composed
is unknown it is neither clay nor metal !;
its color is very like that ofiron, though
there are some pieces of a light yellow
tint
The history of the mouiders of this
pottery is among the mysteries of the
past. Some of the mounds of the west
have been found to contain bones, arrow
heads and wampum of the North Ameri-
can Indians. But the vessels described
are not the work of savages it i plain
that they were moulded by some pre-
historic race, and it is not improbable
that they belonged to the Aztecs or the
more ancient Toltecs, who, as our Next
can history teaches us. came from the
far north,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15
AFTER BEDTIME.

1t was eight O'Clock, and the two boys
were in bed. By the two boys, l mean
Frank and Charlie, of course. About
fifteen minutes after the light was put
out Frank raised himself in bed, and
said:
"Charlie, are you as]eep?"
"No, stree ;" replied Charlie cts
80 hot can't get wink" So both the
boys sat up in bed and began to make
pictures on the wall of cats, dogs, monk
eys, and everything else, for the moon
light was so bright they could get
splendid shadow.
Just outside their window was a shed
with roof nearly fiat on this they had
often climbed after balls which had fallen
into the gutter when. they tried to
"throw over the house."
"What do you say to getting out and
having a nap on the roof?' suddenly
exclaimed Frank "let's try it, any
way" So they pulled the mattress from
the bed, and, after some pretty hard
Juggling, got it through the window to
the roof, and, taking the sheets, they
wrapped themselves up and tried to 60
to sleep. But they were wide awake as
hawks, and decided to have a game of
tag.
Now it happened that Susan, the cook,
was out by the side gate talking to the
milkman's boy, who had just brought
the evenings milk, and, turning to 60
into the house, she happened to catch a
sight of the boys, and the next minute
she had opened the parlor door, and
with cheeks as white as this paper had
exclaimed "Ghosts" and had then shut
herself into the pantry.
So papa went out, but, as the boys
hid themselves behind the chimneys, he
couldn't see anything at all. But mann
ma, who knew always where mischief
originated, went up stairs to the boys
room, where the empty bed and glance
out of the window told the whole story.
Papa shut the window until the boys
promised never again to turn the roof
into a bedroom, and then be went down
to tell Susan, and found that she had
been sitting in the open flour-bucket I'M
til she looked like bigger ghost than
,, any of them.-New York Tribune.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15
BIG SLEEFE-BUTTON.
Den yer News.

Denver news.
cold Sulphuret's sleeve-button," as
they dubbed it at Georgetown, was on
exhibition at the railway depot yesterday.
1t is a mass of ore from the Pelican mine.
near Georgetown, weighing 500 pounds,
and containing between 800 and $500
in silver. The specimen is remarkable
for its great size and weight. 1t was
raised from the deepest working of the
mine, and shows the worth of the rich
vein. 1t contains ruby silver, silver
glance, grey copper, pyritous ore, argen-
tiferous galena, and quartz, and is
familiary designated as 30O-ounce ore.
That is, each ton Of the ore yields about
300 ounces of pure, metallic silver. 1t
also gives a small quantity of gold.
The same mine CONTRIBUTES quantity OF
other and richer ore-in all, about seven
tons, which is arranged in a pyramidal
pile, with the large mass for base, in
the exhibition. The ore increases in
richness toward the top and the whole is
surmounted by monster brick, or but
ton of pure silver.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15
4 CHIN4MAN ON CONSUMPTION.

The following is an extract from a
Chinese book on consumption "Man is
formed from the five elements-metal,
fire, water, wood, and earth. The lungs
belong to metal, and rule over the breath
and skin. The heart belongs to fire, and
the kidneys to water. When the water
cannot control the fire, the latter ascends
and cuts through the metal, causing
cough and excessive perspiration. The
liver belongs to wood, and is the recep-
tacle of the blood. Fire cuts through
wood, and hemoptysis occurs. Hence
consumption manifests itself chiefly at
spring and autumn. When the disease
is of long standing the body becomes
emaciated and the face white, in con-
sequence of the breath and blood being
attenuated. The stomach belongs to
earth, and rules over the five viscera.
Wood cuts through earth, and the
stomach becomes deteriolated, produc-
ing loss of appetite"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15
PHOTOGRdPHS OF ACTORS IND &c
TRESSES.

Actors and actresses generally make
the best picture, because they under
stand the art, for it is an art, of graceful
posing. Harry J. Montague, of Wal
lacks has sat for Quincy, Mora, and
Sarony, and fully 10000 of his pictures
have been sold in New York. Lester
Wallack has been sitting for pictures for
over twenty years, and perhaps 10000
copies of his photographs have found
places in the albums. Of Edwin Booths
pictures over $4,000 copies have been
sold within fifteen years. Edwin For
rests pictures never sold we'll. John
Brougham sells very well for man OF
his age and modesty. About 10000
copies of Capours portrait were bought
Of John Wilkes Booths about DOC
copies were sold before the killing OF
president Lincoln, and as many more
afterwards. Humpty Dumpty Fox
Fechter, Thorn, Stevenson, Barrymore
and Southern sell about equally well
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15

the limit for each not exceeding 5000.
The photographs of ParePa Rosa have.
had larger sale than those of any other
singer or actress who ever sat in this
country. Nearly $4,000 copies have
been obtained from one negative. Next
to Parepa Rosa the demand has been
greatest for Mrs. Scott Siddons' pictures,
over 40, 1000 of which have been sold.
OF Christine Nilsson about 10000 have
been sold of Adelaide Nelson about the
same number; Of Clara Morris $4,000;
and of Fanny Davenport nearly as many.
Maggie Mitchell, who used to sell her
own pictures while travelling, has had
5000 of her photographs disposed of.
THE PROPOSED AFRICAN COMPANY
The government of England will
shortly he asked to grant a charter to a
large and influential company of Eng
lishmen, empowering them to hold, oc-
cupy and use vast tracts of land on the
west coast of Africa. The movement will
be modelled upon the old East India COM
pany, and the argument for its necessity
supported by the fact that the present
system of trading in that region means
very little more than selling rum and
tobacco to the natives and encouraging
them to keep up the slave trade. The
government, under the present dis
ointed system of rule in West Africa,
cannot reach and correct the evils COM
plainet. of by civilized nations. But a
great organized company, such as that
which for years ruled India, command
ing bold, resolute men and ample re-
sources, would do what the home au-
thorities are powerless to effect. This is
the skeleton of the idea; it will doubt
less be rounded into a more perfect shape
in short time and then presented to
parliament. The London Examiner
thinks there is something in the matter,
and other j urnals take the same view of
it, and ALREADY map out an African
empire in which the ambitious Gives
and Hastings will win cash if not honor.
The old East India company at one
time was almost a rival of the home
government in regard to power and in
fuence. Will this point in history re-
peat itself On the soil of Africa.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15

did not mind much, though she did not
like having to climb over Spelling Stile,
which she thought very dull, and could
not see the use of, though Goodchild
assured her that they would never get
along Reading Road any other way.
Neither did she like going through
Grammar Gate, all made up of parts of
speech; and presently they got to an
other stile made OF large pieces of slate,
called Sum Stile, where poor Rosie
almost stuck fast. Goodchild, however,
lent her Aunt Industry's wonderful
stick to help her over, and declared that
they should soon be at Toy Town, and
showed her how to climb up by means
of step called Multiplication Table.
al wish l had got some shoes like
yours" said Rosie, rather mournful-
ly, as she tried to keep up with Good
child.
You must get pair" said Good
child "for / see your shoes are made
by Mr.. Now-and-then, and those soon
wear out; but here we are at Copy Cor
ner, and then we shall soon be there"
But at Copy Corner poor Rosie sat
down to rest awhile, and Goodchild was
kind enough to wait to; for she said it
would be no fun to go into Toy Town
alone, now they had come so tar togeth-
er. So while they rested, Rosie asked
Goodchild if there was anything on the
other side of Toy Town.
ooh, yes" answered Goodchild ''but
that's in Grown-up Land, so l don't know
much about it"
"There's no LessOn-book Lane there
I suppose ?" said Rosie.
"No; at least it's not called 30 there
But I've heard Aunt Industry say we
shall have to 60 up Hardwood hill to 6
great big country called knowledge, and
that leads to-
Rosie was just going to ask what
when all at once she gave great jump
and Goodchild was gone; and in hel
place stood Nurse, looking down on the
blotted copy-book, where she had beer
writing" De avs are dangerous" before
she fell asleep.
Rose expected a scolding; but nurse
only stroked her head, and said she was
too tired for lessons that hot afternoon
and she had better brush her hair and
run down to mamma till tea.
So Rosie ran down gladly to mamma
and told her all the funny dream she had
Mamma was very much amused, ant
said it was all true, and work must come
before play all our lives through.
"But grown-up people don't play
mamma; they would not care for Toy
| Town."
eyes, but they have to work ans
learn Just like little children"
"And then, mamma"
DWELL, not exactly Toy Town, dear
but something we shall like better per
haps. But for tine present, Losson-bool
LAME is enough for my little girl, an'
Toy Town is part of the kingdom o
Wisdom as much as what comes after
ward. AUNT Judy's Magazine.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15
TIE LITTLE FOLKS.
K4jT'S QUESTIONS.

Way down in the buttercup meadow,
/ saw a white haa-sheep to-day
Aud close by her side, i'll the ell vef,
A dear little lamb was at play;
Does the sheep mamma love her white annie
just as you love me? Say, mamma, say7
Yes, Katy, yes,
So guess"
In the orchard, up in the old pear tree,
Willie says they belong to the robin
That W. ars read bib on her breast
IL all the great wide world of brides
Does she love her own brides the hest
Yes, birdie. yes,
SO guess"
The last time played in the garden,
There was just one red rose TO he seen;
Eut to-day there's tiny pink rosebud,
Wrapped in a blanket Of green;
Does the rose want to kiss baby rosebud,
When she tries so far over to lean?
Yes, baby, YES,
So guess"
Last night peeped out Of the window,
Just before l repeated my prayer,
And the moon, with a star close beside her,
Was walking high up in the air;
Dill God make the little st ar baby,
Cause the moon was so lonely up theref
Yes, darling, yes,
So 1 puess.''
Mrs. E. S. F0rmdn, in Wide Audke
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15
4 YELLOW STORM.

After "A thunder storm Tuesday, the
18th inst, along the lire of the Detroit,
Lansing & Lake Michigan railroad, the
country for miles around Howard City
was covered with bright yellow powder
which was at first believed to be SULPHUR.
A specimen was brought to Detroit by
superintendent McMullen and given to
Frederick Stearns for examination. Mr..
Stearns discovered it to be pollen, the
fructifying germs of a plant (probably
that of the pine tree) which is abundant
in that region. 1t is interesting as show
ing the immense quantities of the germs
which must have been floating in the air.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-15
WHY He DID.-When Horace Greeley

WHY He DID.-When Horace Greeley
was on his way to California he met a
Forty-niner coming east. The Califor-
nan was in a terrible stew about his ac-
commodations. He kept saying,
wish had some o them California per-
taters. Them's eatin', them is. Dern
this yer kentry ennyways. I'd give a
thousand dollars for spoonful of OF
Californy air. That's the place to live
in-on'y kentry with Twin in. Mount
ings and valley, Strawberries in winter,
sparegrass alters, bes' BRAN water any
where's, finest climate on Their face ther
yearth. Dern a kentry like this down
yer. Caliiorny's the on'y place fit tel
live
Horace smiled that child-like smile OF
his, and thought he had the Californian
bad when he said:
my friend, if California is such 4
splendid country, why did you ever
leave it %
"Becose," said the Sloper, l were /;
fule."