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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01
The I,npet,.ous Mans Luck.

Yesterday morning, says the Burling-
ton Raaok-Eye, a man out on Valley
Street received a letter, which he
opened, and out dropped a draft for two
thousand dollars, and his heart stopped
beating as he read the letter and saw it
was from Manchester, England, and
signed, "Your unnatural, but penitent
uncle" He gave wild shrek of exulta-
tion and sank senseless to the ground.
When he revived he rushed down town
and couldn't wait until the bank opened,
but ran around buying new furniture,
new clothes, new carpets, furs for his
wife and dresses for his girls, and fifteen
cent drinks for himself, and when nine
o'clock came and he rushed to the
bank, he found man there, inside the
window, who was sufficiently composed
to read the draft clear through with al
equable mind, and who explained that
he could not pay two thousand dollar;
on it, because it was merely an advertise
ment of Difendorfer's Peripatetic Pair
Annihilator for corns and soft bunions
and it took that man until six o'clock il
the evening to countermand the order
he had issued before nine o'clock, anC
then he forgot half of them, and his wifi
had to stand at the front gate all tn
afternoon, turning away delivery wagon
which came backing up to the side-wall
with new things.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01
Why He Wepf.

He left her and stepped out to see a
friend between acts.
"Why, Edward" said she when he re-
turned, "there are tears in your eyes. "
"Yes, pet" replied he solemnly. al
suppose there are-I saw such sad sight
when was out"
"You did-what was it?" inquired
she.
"Such a sad sight continued he,
keeping his face away that she might
not smell his breath-"I discovered a
young man whom 1 have known for
years drinking whisky"
"You did ?" .5ss
eyes, standing right in plain sight be-
fore me, partaking deeply and carelessly
of the dreadful intoxicating glass"
There was a little pause, when the
young lady suddenly said:
Edward, was he standing right il
front of you?"
"Yes, pet" was the reply.
There was another pause, when the
young lady asked again:
Edward, don't most of the fashionable
saloon counters have great nice mirror
right on the walls behind them?'
Edward flushed little and looked
quizzical as he replied that he "be
lieved they did.
And there he permitted the subject tt
drop.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01
EIOped on the NOrning Precious.
ISan Francisco MALL

ISan Francisco MALL
An affecting story comes from Oak
land. A wealthy, middle aged English
man had become somewhat jealous of his
pretty wife. A young New Yorker, with
engaging manners and cutaway coat,
was the cause of his disquietude. The
disturbed Benedick concluded to try the
threadbare trick of ostensibly going up
to Sacramento for week. The second
day, however, he returned and let him
self quietly into the house. In the
library were several coats of mail
brought over from England, and in one
of these he hid. Then he awaited devel.
opments. To his great astonishment
nine o'clock passed without any one call
ing or his wife coming down stairs. Al
about one a. m. he fell asleep through
fatigue, and began snoring. The butler
thought he heard burglars about, SO he
came down stairs in his nightgown, with
a double-barreled gun under his arm
The Jealous gentleman had just begun Il
dream he was an ironclad, when hand
full of quail shot took him in the breast
plate, and, amid his terrific shrieks, tn
butler promptly put the other load int
the pier-glass, under the impression tina
another burlgar was drawing bead o.
him. After the whole neighborhood ha'
become aroused the mistake was discoy
cred. Amid the smokers of heentire al
sembly the chagrined man crawled VI
stairs to his bedroom. A small note wa
sticking on the pincushion. His wife ha
eloped the morning before
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01

The gates of heaven are too narrow
for drunkards to stagger through.
The more a man denies himself, the
more he shall obtain from God.
Sunday is the golden clasp that binds
together the volume of the week.
Some prayers have longer voyage
than others, but they come with richer
larder at last.
1t is higher exhibition of Christian
manliness to be able to bear trouble than
to getrid of it.
1 should say the happiest man is he
who can link the end of his life with its
commencement.
A wise Persian maxim says: Act not
against thy reason; it is sure guide;
set not thy heart on illusions.
One of the most fatal temptations to
the weak is slight deviation from the
truth, for the sake of apparent good.
There is nothing in the world more
useless than a gilt edged Bible that has
been bought for show and not Tor use.
Every human being is intended tc
have character of his own, to be what
no other is, to do what no other can do
If God has chosen your way depend
upon it, it is the best that could be
CHOSEN; it may be rough, but it is right
it may be tedious, but it is safe.
Never was a sincere word utterly lost
never magnanimityfe fell to the ground
there is some heart always to greet anc
accept it unexpectedly.
There is an old German proverb to th'
effect, that great war leaves the coun
try with three armies-an army of Grip
pies, an army of mourners, and an arm!
of thieves.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01
women of Lake County for more stringent
liIfnnr la,ur
Dispersal of Insects.


Winged insects are, perhaps, of all,
most admirably adapted for the special
conditions found in one locality, and the
barriers against their permanent dis
placement are numerous. Thus, many
insects require for their substance sue
culent vegetable food during the entire
year, which, of course, confines them to
tropical regions; some are dependent on
mountain vegetation: some subsist or
water plants, and yet others, as the
Depidoptera, in the lava state, are
limited to single species of plant. In
sects have enemies in every stage of their
existence; foes are at hand ready to de-
stroy not only the perfect form, but the
pupa, the larva and the egg; and any one
of these enemies may prove SO formidable
in country otherwise well adapted to
them, as to render their survival impossi-
BILE. But, on the other hand, most varied
means of dispersal carry insects from
their natural habitats to distant regions.
They are often met far from land, car
r;ed thence by storm or hurricane.
Hawk-moths are sometimes captured
hundreds of miles from shore, having
taken passage on ships which neared
tropical countries, and Mr.. Darwin mar
rates that he caught in the open sea, sew
enteen miles from the coast of South
America, beetles, some Aquatic and some
terrestrial, belonging to the seven genera,
and they seemed uninjured by the salt
water. Insects, in their undeveloped
states, make their abodes in solid timber,
which, transported by winds and waves,
may carry its undeveloped winged freight
great distances. Tropical insects are
not unfrequently captured in the Lon
don docks, where they have been carried
in furniture and foreign timber. Insects
are very tenacious of life, and nearly all
can exist for long time without food.
Some beetles bear immersion in water
almost at the boiling point. These facts
enable us to understand how not only by
means of their delicate wings, but winds,
waves, volcanic dust, and a thousand
other agencies, insects may be carried uo
remote regions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01

THE statements concerning the decline
of watch manufacture i'll Switzerland are
borne out by the export returns from the
country for the last two years. The ex-
port for Switzerland to this country fell
off thirty per cent. in 1875, and in 1876
there was decline of torty-three per
cent. on that, or a loss Of sixty per cent.
on the trade of 1874, or 81 ,5S2, 900. The
export trade in musical boxes has fallen
forty-nine per cent. of the average before
1875. Some branches of Swiss exports
have gained largely, but not enough to
compensate at all for this general loss in
so universal an industry. For a time
the Waltham and Elgin industry will
work trouble for the Swiss manufactur.
ers. but it is only another of those TEN,
porary distresses go common on the in.
PRODUCTION of machinery.
A SUIT for the possession of seventy
fve-pound fragment of meteor which
fell upon the ground of the Amana So
ciety, in Iowa County, Iowa, about yea
ago, and was picked up bya man namec
Mas, has been decided in favor of tn,
corporation, and the fragment will 60 t.
the Iowa University.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01
Ranoaroo Mouse,

A few days ago pet canary bird
owned in family in East Haven was
found early one morning dead in its cage
A good many feathers were scattered in
the bottom of the cage, and the body Of
the bird had suffered considerable lacera-
tion, as from the teeth of an animal. 1t
was impossible that the mischief had
been done by cat, and the following
night mouse-trap was set inside the
cage. No catch, however, until the night
succeeding, when there got into the
trap kangaroo mouse, as somebody
named it. This little animal, which had
undoubtedly destroyed the canary, i
about the size of an ordinary mouse, per
haps not quite as large. Its front legs
are much shorter than the others, and ii
has way of sitting up like kangaroo
Its movement is a jump or a spring, like
that of kangaroo, and it has spot o.
white fur on its breast. 1t is conjectured
that the little animal may have beer
brought to this country in some foreign
vessel, but how it reached the East Haver
shore and entered dwelling-hous,
renders such a proposition hardly reason
able,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01

HARTFORD Sunday Globe: Mr.. Prig-
gott was on one of his periodical sprees-
"bats," as he loosely styles them-and
was astride beer keg, telling the COM
pany the kind of man he was for
courage. etc.; how he hacked fellow up
at Antietam, knocked two men down
with a cannon ball at Seven Oaks, and
strung up three rebel brigadiers on his
bayonet at Fredericksburg. 81 tell ye
fellers," he observed as he asked them
all up, al amt afeard of man, woman
or the devil" At this moment the
saloon door opened, and voice, shrill as
locomotive whistle, shrieked "I-sai-ah
you desateful old scamp, come this
instant" No one would have recog
nized in Isaiah Priggott, as he wen
Sinking after his wife, coat collar turned
up and hat brim turned down, meekl.
treading in the opening that her rubber
made, the glittering hero of many gor7
battles.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01
The2 e2MOttnd-BiIfIder aud Their.
PredeceSSO7S.
Professor A. r. Grote, in Popular Science
Montblv I

The earth of this Continent shows us
that before the Indians there has been a
people whom we call Mound builders
that is, mounds were thrown up here by
men whose bones we find in them, lying
among rough tools and utensils, and
after the mounds We name the race, who,
perhaps, were not different people from
the Indians.
But for these mounds we would not
know of the men who built them. They
are mentioned in no history, human or
divine. What was there before the
Mound-builders ? l would speak te-night
of what must have been long before his
time-of the early, though perhaps not
earliest man in North America. We must
know this early man by our experience
of his traces. New observations of fact
and the ideas they have awakened in
myself are put forward, SO that you may
judge of the reasonableness of the con-
clusions. And here any boy will afford a
competent illustration of the evidence.
Almost the first thing that our boys do
is to throw stones. 1t is one of their
ways of saying no. There is more than
one parallel between savages and our
boys to be maintained. Just as the state
of mind of the adult savage is paralleled
by that of our children, so we must ex-
pect that so common weapon as stone
is to our boys must be extensively used
by savages. And this, in fact, is what
we do find. There was also time when
this stone-throwing was the occupation
of grown men of our own race. Stones
were used in the warfare of the Celt and
the Roman. We remember that David,
Semitic, used pebble from the brook
And we shall find that men of other
races, and before David, resorted to the
same weapon for all the purposes
which in David's time, and with his
race. were partly served by metals
There is, then, not only parallel to be
drawn between our boys and savages in
certain ways, but there exists one be-
tween these boys of the present and oul
own men of the past. Just as, when cut
ting into the crust of the earth, we fine
the remains of animals and plants which
once inhabited its former surfaces, tn.
simple forms below, the more compile,
above, so we find the remains of man
tools and implements in the clays anc
gravelsof the last geological period of tn
globe, and with like sequence in thei
character. The Oldest and the loves
forms of tools are simplest; the newe
and nearer to the present surface, tn
more varied and complex. We have seel
that the simplest weapon man coul
use would be stone. Even now
WAGNER with broken cart looks aroun
naturally for a stone to pound with, an
so mend his ways. He picks up ston
on occasion, as his ancestors did on mos
occasions. For the moment he is in tn
Stone age. And he uses what the earlies
man must have undoubtedly used,
stone just as it is. There must have bee
time when men picked up such stone
as came in the way at the moment wit
which to throw at animals, to break thei
food, to injure their fellow-men. Sue
stones, unaltered by use, can no longe
be identified.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01
OUES s'sONS.
BY GRACE UNDERWOOD.

Have you ever missed us walking alone
By the beautiful shore of the jasper sea?
Do you keep the old place in your heart for your
own7
Do you love US and watcn us wherever weber
Have you sat in the bush Of some holy place,
When heaven was flooded with Gods own calm,
And kissed for its mother, the angel face
OF some little child that crept to your armf
In the harmonies that the holy sing
Have you heard the voices we've missed so long
Have you seen the light which their glad eyes bring
Shining up through the heavenly throng?
Are there any to comfort, to cheer, to blessf
Is this the work to the freed soul given?
Has earth's most beautiful tenderness
A part in the blessed life Of heaven?
National Rspositry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01

THE Pope has pecome very much al
cred. His feet do not carry him any
longer. His face, formerly fresh, and of
a jovial expression, is now shrunk and
of a listless aspect. He rarely leaves
his bedroom, and receives visitors there,
between five and seven in the afternoon,
more reclining than sitting in an arm,
chair. He has large table before him on
which few candles only are placed
between them stands a crucifix. Hi
memory is failing him very much il
matters of quite recent occurrence
though he remembers we'll the things O
long time past. Many doubt whethel
he will complete his eighty-ffth year
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01

he QlQ II! ne QlQ 1t! the young
man cried. in paroxysm of excitement
too earnest to be counterfeit. He
went out to get the poison when he left
me waiting. He put it up to resemble
the druggists parcel, for which he sub
stituted it as we wentalong. Villain-I
know it nowl 1 carried the parcel in the
right pocket of my overcoat, and it was
on that side he walked ~
was seated in my Office on the day
preceding that fixed for the trial, in
dulging in any thing but sanguine ex-
pectations, when tap at the door an
nounced visitor. 1t was detective
whom had employed.
"What is it?" inquired, after closing
the door.
"I made an arrest to-day" he an
swered, "and in the prisoners possession
found this overcoat," undoing package
he had brought.
"Well?"
"In one of the pockets l found this !"
and he handed me a small parcel, which
1 opened.
Inside were three papers, folded as
druggists pat up their prescriptions.
"The person with whom 1 found this
coat" the detective continued, "con-
fesses that he stole it from billiard
saloon, the owner having laid it aside
while playing; and the date he fixes cor
responds with Mr.. Courtney's murder.
But what is more important, I have as
certained that Charles Courtney is the
owner of the coat !'
"Let us at once proceed to the drug
gist's" 1 exclaimed, springing from my
chair and snatchingup my hat.
We were soon there.
"Please examine that parcel" I said,
putting it into the druggists hands.
He did SO, carefully opening the papers
and inspecting their contents. They con-
tanned three white powdersl
"How do they correspond with those
you made up for Mr.. Courtney" ]
inquired, "and for which others seem
to have been SO mysteriously substi-
tuted?"
"They do not correspond at ALL" he
answered; they are the same"
"The same! How do you know
that ?"
"By these figures" he replied, point.
ing to the inside of one of the papers. 81
had made calculation that day on the
sheet of paper, part of which used in
putting up the prescription brought by
Mr.. Edward Horton. The remainder ]
have preserved, not knowing but il
might become important. Here it is
and you see how this piece and the figures
fit it."
They did exactly; the chain of evi
dence was complete!
need hardly tell how the trial ended
Charles Courtney was called by thu
prosecution to prove some importan
point. The counsel whom l had retained
for the defense asked him but three quez
tions on cross-examination.
"Had he accompanied the prisone
from the druggist's?'
"Had he lost an overcoat that day p
"Was that it?'
The questions were very simple, bu
the effect on the witness was most re
markable. He trembled and turned pale
He knew his secret was out. and that ly
ing was useless. He answered all thre
questions in the affirm ative, but in
voice scarcely audible. Before the mex
witness was called he slipped from tn
court, and was never heard of aftel
ward.
With the testimony of the detectiv
and the druggist, not forgetting that O
the thief who stole the overcoat, W
made short work of what had promisec
to be "beautiful case of circumstantia
eYidence.N
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01

WORCESTER (Mass.) Spy: A pleasant
instance of true generosity and its re-
ward occurred lately at Rockport,
Mass. A woman who supported her
two children by hard work was asked by
fellow workman in the mill to aid in
making a purse "f for a poor woman" "
She had but sixty cents left to carry her
and her children through the month, but
she gave twenty-five cents. A little
later the person returned and told the
woman the purse was meant for her, and
handed her twenty-five dollars.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01

A FRENCH writer in Algeria made the
curious discovery that outlet eaten in
the sun at breakfast intoxicated him so
completely that he fell down senseless,
and did not recover from its effects for
several hours. He assures us that the
smallest quantity of meat taken in the
morning during the hot weather there
produces the effect of drunkenness.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01
A PrOfeSsi01,Q{.

Hotel dead-beats are becoming quite
common in New York and Boston. Some
time since lady arrived at a fashionable
hotel in New. York with trunks and
bandboxes, and cut quite spread. The
bill was sent in, but she informed the
landlord that she was expecting her hus-
band by the next steamer. Several next
steamers arrived, but no husband. The
Ian dlord saw that he was done, so he
made this proposition: 81 see how it is,
but 1 will say nothing upon one cendi.
ton" "Name it," she said. 81 will
pay your passage if you will go to Bos
ton and put up with my friend at the
House, and what is more, will
give you letter of introduction to him
announcing that you expect your hus
band in the next steamer" "Lor' bles
you," said she, "your friend in Boston
advised me to pay you visit" Sh'
was professional.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01

WONDERS, in connection with the
blue glass business will never cease. az
sat a hen day before yesterday under
blue glass;" writes correspondent of the
New York Graphic, "and on twenty
four eggs she brought off thirty-two
chickens. 1 never saw anything like blue
glass in my life to hasten the repening
of eggs. 1 know a lady friend of mine
who, after trying blue glass sun-baths for
a month, had a new crop of black hair
and new set of false teeth grown out to.
gether, and besides recovering her health
she bad an offer of marriage, the first she
has experienced in forty.one years"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01
MAN..

Like as the damask rose you see,
Or like blossom on tree,
Or like the dainty flower in May,
Or like the morning to the day,
Or like the sun or like the shade,
Or like the goHrd that Jonas had
Even such is man whose thread is spun,
Drawn out and out, and so is done.
The rose withers, the blossom blasteth,
The flower fades, the morning hasteth,
The sun sets, the shadow flies,
The gourd consumes, the man be dies.
Like to the grass that's newly sprung,
Or like tale that's new begun,
Or Ike the bird that's heie to-day,
Or like the pearled dew in May,
Or like an hour or like span,
Or like the singing of a swan;
Even such is man who lives by breath,
Is here, now there, in life and death.
The grass withers, the tale is ended,
The bird is flown, the dew ascended,
The hour is short, the span not long,
The swans near death, mans life is done.
Like to the bubble in the brook,
Or in glass much like look,
Or like the shuttle in weaver's hand,
Or like the writing on the sand,
Or like a thought or like dream,
Or like the gliding of the stream;
Even such is man, who lives by breath,
Is here, now there, in life or death.
The bubbles out, the looks forgot,
The shuttle's flung, the writings blot;
The thought is past, the dream is gone,
The waters glide, mans life is done.
Like TO an arrow from the bow,
Or ike swift course of waterfow,
On like that time 'twixt food and ebb,
Or like the spiders tender web.
Or like race or like goal,
Or like the dealing of dole;
Even such is man, whose brittle state
Is always subject unto fate.
The arrow shot, the flood soon spent,
The time no time, the web soon rent,
The race soon run, the goal soon won,
The dole Hoon dealt, mans life soon done.
Like to the lightning from the sky,
Or like post that quick doth HE,
Or like quaver in q song,
Or like journey three days long,
Or like snow when summers come,
Or like the pear or like the plum;
Even such is man, whe heaps up sorrow,
Lives but this day and dies tomorrow.
The lightnings past, the post must go,
The song is short, the journey so,
The pear doth rot, the pium doth fall,
The snow dissolves and SO must all.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01

THERE is young lady in Fauquler
County, Virginia, who is beginning to
understand whats in name." She
has a lover who adores her, and the only
bar to their union is the fact that he
hasn't any name for which she can ex-
change hers after that custom OF the
country which Susan and her friends an
athematize. He was orphaned in early
infancy and the name of his parents
slipped out of the minds of those who
took care of him; and although they
gave him Christian name. they didn't
exactly like to inventa surname, and ne
grew up without one. He sought relief
from the courts, but the lawyers argued
that they could do nothing for him;
court could change name, but he hadn't t
any name to change. He had applied to
the Legislature for the passage of a bill
giving him name. Theday heis named
the wedding day will also be named.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01

THE true citizen ishe who realizes and
assumes the duties and responsibilities of
life. The more such citizens we have,
the better for the State and the nation.
Hence, the early training of our boys to
habits of industry and frugality is
matter worthy of our constant attention.
For we should bear in mind not only
that the "boy is father to the man." but
also that can idle mind is the DEVILS
workshop" Anything that induces care
fulness, regularity, and thoughtfulness is
a valuable educator of youth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01

Two hundred and thirteen American
horses have trotted faster than 2:26.