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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08
The Great Wall of China.

The great wall of China was measured
in many places by Mr.. Unthank, an
American engineer, lately engaged on a
survey for Chinese railway. His
measurement gave the height at eighteen
feet, and width on top of fifteen feet.
Every few hundred yards there is a
tower twenty-five feet high. The foun-
dation of the wall is solid granite. Mr..
Unthank brought with him brick from
the wall, which is supposed to have been
made two hundred years before the time
of Christ. In building this immense
stone fence to keep out the Tartars, the
builders never attempted to avoid
mountains or chasms to save expense.
For one thousand three hundred miles
the wall goes over plain and noun
tain, and every foot of the founda-
ton is in solid granite, and the
rest of the structure solid masonry. In
some places the wall is built smooth up
against the bank, or canons, or preci-
pices, where there is sheer descent OF
one thousand feet. Small streams are
arched over, but in the larger streams
the wall runs to the waters edge, and a
oOWOi 10 uullo Ou odCu sluc. OH Iut VOpO
the wall there are breastworks, or de
fenses, facing in and out, SO the defend
ing forces can pass from one tower to an
other without being exposed to an enemy
from either side. To calculate the timt
of building or cost of this wall is beyont
human skill. So far as the magnitud,
of the work is concerned, it surpasse
everything in ancient or modern time
of which there is any trace. TIL,
pyramids of Egypt are nothing compared
| to it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08
Maryland, and Other Cookery.
Nv. NJ. Laffan. in scribner for November


The Chesapeake has conferred upon
Baltimore the title of the "gastronomic
capitap' of the country. The fish, the
game and the reptiles Of Its generous
waters, and the traditions of the Mary
land kitchen, have made Baltimore a
Mecca toward which the eyes of all
American bon eipants are turned with a
veneration that dyspepsia cahnot I'm
pair. Places have their dishes and ex-
ult in them. New England points with
pride toan unsullied record of pumpkin
pies. New Orleans has its pompano,
and boasts it much as Greenwich does
its white-bait. In San Francisco you
win the confidence of the Californian
by praising his little coppery oysters
and saying that they remind you of "Os-
tend penn orths" or Dublin's Burton
Bindins, and that after all the true taste
of the "natives" is only acquired in wa
ters where there is an excess of copper
in suspension. At Norfolk the sacred
dish that is offered upon the altar OF
hospitality is the hog-fsh. The modest
New Yorker, in the acerbity of the
lenten season, asks his foreign friend il
he ever saw anything like "our shad." /"
In Albany you partake of I" beef f"
sliced from a Hudson river sturgeon
fish of which outlets from the shoul.
ders are served in San Francisco to ex.
cellent purpose as flets de sole. Chicago
has been heard to speak of white-fish
In Calcutta one inwardly consumes with
curry. Bird's-nest soup, made from the
gelatinous and insipid secretion of the
sea-swallow, is the dish of honor at Shang
hal. But Baltimore rests not its repu
tation upon the precarious tenure. of s
single dish; it sits in complacent con
temptation of the unrivaled variety o.
its local market and calmly forbids com
parison. While the Chesapeake con
tinues to give its terrapins, its canvas
backs, its oysters and its fish, this may
be done with safety; and among thu
pleasantest recollections that a strange
may have shall be those of a Maryland
kitchen in the "season." Visitors from
the mother-country seldom overlook i
and they have recorded their sentiment
every since the old colonial days. Ii
these days of rapid transit it wer
strange if our transatlantic cousins dit
not know more about it; and Liverpeo
receives many a crate of canvas-backs
many barrel of choice oysters, ant
many a can Of terrapin, cunningl.
packed in Baltimore. There have re
Gently been dinners given in Londol
and Paris at which every article of foo
upon the table came from America.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08


SAN FRANCISCO Post: The other
day a groceryman at Vallejo gave a
large party, at which the daughter
of the carriage painter who lived
next door created decided sensation.
It was not that she was more hand
somely attired than the other ladies
present, but when she gyrated in the
"dance of death" she was observed to
display the only pair of silk stockings in
the room. She left the house for a few
moments at the expiration of the dance,
and in the next waltz exhibited a pair
of light blue dittos. An hour later her
crushed and exasperated female friends
beheld these supplemented by further
hose of a delicate chocolate shade. And
so it went on until her miserable rivals
determined to follow her the next time
she disappeared. They traced her to her
fathers paint-shop in the back yard,
where she was discovered, brush in hand,
and about ornamenting her neither ex.
tremities with final artistic coat of
light salmon. The exulting spies rushed
back with the damaging news, but it was
too late. The men were all too tight 10
understand, the music had gone home
and the lights.were being put out. Thus
it is that fraud and duplicity triumph
while honest simplicity walks around
with darn on its calf and hole in its
! heel.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08
THE diseases arising from compression

The diseases arising from compression
of the chest and body in early life are
not exclusively restricted to the female
sex. Schoolboys and youths constantly
practice the habit of binding up their
clothes around their bodies by means of
belt frightened firmly above the hips,
instead of wearing the braces over the
shoulder. Some boys and youths are
also taught the plan of putting on an
extra belt for holding in the breath !"
before they run or leap. In the pursuit
of certain active businesses, in which
weights have to be carried, this same
system of wearing tight belt is adopted
and practiced by workingmen, until the
artificial and ingenious support, as it is
assumed to be, becomes, like the corset
of woman, a veritable necessity. To
the belt the same objection applies as to
the tight band and corset. 1t impedes
the free action of the abdominal organs
it impedes the freedom of the respira-
ton; it interferes with the circulation
in the young athletes who wear it while
they are running, rowing, climbing OF
wrestling Intends to bring on hernia
| rupture.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08
Nuggets Of Knowledge.

Some of the features of our patent
system, such as the issue of a periodical
containing particulars of recent inven-
tions, have been adopted by the German
authorities. In opening the new i'm
perial patent Office, a circular has been
issued explaining the plan upon which
its business is conducted, and soliciting
suggestions from other countries where
systems for the issue of patents have
been tested.
The new organic acid found in certain
polyporous fungi which grow on the
dead trunks of oaks has yellow color,
and is SO very insoluble in water that
the slightest trace of it, on the addition
of salt or soluble sulphuric acid, leaves
the water turbid. The fact that turbidity
may be 50 produced has suggested to
Prof. G. Stahlschmidt the expediency of
employing the soluble polyporates as
indicators in alkalimetry. i
1t is gravely stated that the marks of
cutting instrument, supposed to have
been stone ak, have been found on one
of the fossil trees of the Calistoga "pet-
rified forest" If authenticated, the
discovery would imply the presence of
man in California during pre-glacfal
epoch. The fact that there are am
monites esamongt the fossils of that locality,
points to an antiquity that was not at
tributed even to the famous skull of
Calaveras.
In several districts Of China, especially
near the sea-eoast, there have been ex-
tensive visitations of locusts. The de-
struction by the insects is said to have
been very great, and the estimates of
loss to growing crops are SO large that
falling off of national revenue is ap-
pretended. The measures taken to check
the insect plague, are, In general, diff
ferent from those adopted in this cotin-
try, though something of the sort was
once tried by western state governor;
they consist chiefly of prayer and re-
igious observance,
Mr.. Alexander Buchan, the Secretary
of the Scottish Meteorological Society, be.
lieves that as deficient rainfall may be
expected to recur in cycles of eleven
years in Madras discovery based upon
the relation of sun-spots to rain-fall-the
permanent remedy for famine is to deal
with the rainfall so as to husband and
equalize the water supply, not merely
of the Individual year, but of the cycle.
He adds that the old native system of
great embarked lakes or reservoirs un-
consciously hit the true solution of
the hydraulic engineering difficulty
which the meteorology of India presents.
The general rules which were adopted
by the juries of our International Ex-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08

THE New York Times says that a
teacher in the public schools Of that city
was recently giving her pupils oral in
structions in grammar, propoundingsuch
questions and explaining such portions
of the subject as she thought they would
comprehend. "Now, Johnnie" said
she, addressing bright twelve-year old,
"giye me sentence containing a noun,
and Pronoun relating to it." Johnnie
looked up at the ceiling, then atsthe
floor, and finally almost in despair
glanced out of the window. Then hi.
countenance changed, and, then point
ing to some fowls in the street that coult
be seen from the school room, exclaimed
"Them is hens, and they're all She's"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08
LILACS.

They hung, heavy plumes of purple,
over the little gateway in that bright
afternoon-the LIST of June. A charit-
able breeze swept one scented bunch of
bloom bit aside, Just out of the reach of
a little brown hand that had moment
ago ruthiessly stripped off halfits bios
SONS.
But the owner of the hand had already
turned about, with toss of her black
curls and firt of her pink calico dress,
that scared the butterflies, and before
the branch swung back she was fastening
up the trim garden path, and fiinging
back a sharp speech over her shoulder at
a tall, sunburned young fellow who,
with yexed light in his eyes, stood in
the gateway watching her.
"Oh, it don't matter what I think
Indeed, don't think at all. You may
take whom you like to the next May
dance-you won't take mep'
1t was such pretty shoulder over
which these words were cast, and there
was such rosy flush of anger on the
round cheek half yeiled in curls, that il
was no wonder that John Armitage took
two or three steps in pursuit of the
speaker; but he stopped, drew himself
up with sudden pride, and said one re
proachful word.
Nancyp
The one addressed wayered a little il
her retreat, then resumed it with in
creased celebrity.
Will you stop and listen to me ?" the
young man queried, his rising indigna
tion somewhat modifying his tone of ap
peal.
Mol" and the pink calico swept th,
myrtles on either side of the walk fastel
yet.
Very vel" ," was the angry response
as he who had pleaded turned towart
the gate. "But mark my words: you'll
be sorry for this before these bushe
. here"-brushing the low spray sharpl,
aside" are out of bloom Now good
bye."-
Nancy, peeping from behind curtain
after his retreating figure, cried. Per
haps the soliloquy will tell why.
Well, it's over between us no,c, an,
way. It's his fault, too: He'd no bus
iness to take any one else to the May
dance when | couldn't go. Ishouldn'
wonder if he's going down to Sara
Anderson's now. They'll be engage
next thing, and she'll crow over m
finely. He'll try to make me Jealous
here Nancy had spasm Of crying
See if / won't make him jealou
firstwi
The way she would do it became ar
parent the next afternoon, when, dresse
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08

No MoCKERY in this world sounds to
me so hollow as that of being told to
cultivate happiness. Happiness is not
potato to be planted in mole and
titled with manure. Happiness is a
glory shining far down upon us from
heaven. She is divine dew, which the
soul feels dropping upon it from the
amaranth bloom and golden fruitage o.
Paradise.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08
Picturesque Scene In Constantinople.
Tribune Letter.l


Sunday, shortly after midnight, / was
awakened by strange noise, which was
not qtiite din, and yet which dom
mated all other sodhds. This was the
combined voice of hundreds of bass
drums beaten with might and main in
the streets of all Constantinople, in honor
of the repulse of the Russian army from
Pleyna. The myriads of lamps hung on
the minarets by reason of Ramazon had
been allowed to burn out, but were now
restored to their pristine 'brilliancej the
streets, the squares, the cofee-shops,
were full of people who were discussing
with the utmost enthusiasm the bulletins
just published by the War Office. On
every lip was the word: at is Gods
Judgment on the proud" and in fact
the Turkish public was as near being
greatly excited as possible. The night
was dark, and as l looked off from my
hill upon the great city, partly hidden
by white mist which filled the harbor
and covered the valleys, 1 could see none
of the deeper shadows, but only the
lights on the minarets, which seemed to-
float in mid-air above the sea of mist
Between the minarets lamps were SC
hung that they formed words in Arabic.
just above the horizon, on the left
blazed the words, " Bismillah irrahman
ifrehimn mn-the invocation of the name Of
the Merciful. Over the mosque of Moor
Osmaniye was "Oh, Gracious Onep p
High over the dome of the mosque Of
Suleiman the Magnificent you could read
in letters of tremulous light, "Mahomet
sent of God" and far around to the
right was written on the sky, in letters
of gold, "Allah Ekber," the old war-cry
of the armies of the Prophet. The whole
arch of heaven was transformed into the
dome of vast cathedral, to the minds
of the great surging crowd of Moslem.
which filled the streets; its base was in
scribed in letters of fire with the phrase.
dear to the hearts of the faithful. Ant
one could not doubt that this cathedra
magnifcence thrilled the hearts of the
joyous multitude below as they gazeG
upon the evidence of the glory of Islam
in the legends written on the sky.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08
Bu.nes. card, Of 1--we lines or lea. s. per .u,,um,
WIZ. CULLEN LoseFEIIow.

You would not think her checks we're blooninl
roses;
No line ur pearls her besming smile discloses;
No delicate perfumes arc und her hover;
And yet love her.
She rivals not the sun in dazzling brightness;
She steps not like the fawn with fairy lightness;
Her eyes resemble not the stars above her;
and yet love her!
Nowaving tresses fall in rich profusion;
No classic form, half hidden by illusion-
No brilliant fancy could e'er discover;
~ And yeti love heri
For she is truly sensible and good;
And all the charms that make true womanhood
Unite in her and she loves me moreover;
And so love heri
Besides that, she's my muvver.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08
Two Dogs at the Hartford Show.
New Haven Reeister.l

Two of the cards" are Mr.. G. L. Rod
mans trick dog Teany and Ethan Allin's
lemon and white setter Cossey. The for
mer is ahandsome little black and tan
who may be easily recognized in the show,
as he is adorned with a London Bridge
collar and blue neck-tie. The dog has an
extensive repertoire of tricks which he
performed during the afternoon and
evening, much to the amusement of the
spectators. The dog performs all his
tricks by command from his master. no
whip being used, as is the case with most
trick dogs, and unlike those dogs, he has
noroutine, butperforms such tricks as Mr..
Rodman may indicate or the spectators
request. Among his many tricks are
standing on his hind legs, sitting down,
creeping, rolling, sneezing, smoking a
pipe, jumping in any direction he may
be directed to, jumping into the air from
his hind legs, shutting the door and per-
sonating dead canine. The best tricks
he performs are in addition, substrac-
ton, multiplication, division and count
ing. When asked his age he responds
with Observation-Disclosures years.
When asked what was his masters age
the response is bow-wow'-a pause, and
7" ow-wow-wow-wow," or twenty
five. Yesterday afternoon, when asked
to divide 5 by 8, Mr.. Rodman asked,
" How many times are 3contained in 5W
Answer" Bow" And how many
overT' Bow-wow.".. And the dog had
answered what was supposed to be
sticker." The process is the same in
arithmetical calculations. The dog finds
plenty of room to stand on the base of
goblet, or on back of chair. Heis GER
tainly curiosity and is remarkably well
trained. ".Cossey," Ethan Allin's native
setter bitch, who is three years old, gave
to many who had never seen sporting
dog work in the field a very interesting
exhibition. A platform had been erected
at the rear of the stage, and on that Mr..
Allin threw small chicken, on which
the setter made point instantly, and
though his master called, whistled and
moved the dog about, the point was held
and the dog would not leave his stand
until the chicken was taken away. The
chicken placed on the dogs back was
pointed in like manner, the dog remain
ing immovable as a statue. The ex-
hibition was most creditable one, and
the wonderful part of the history of the
dog, her pups, and others bred by Mr.. Al
lin, is that the point is always shown by
them naturally, the dogs working with
out training after they are a couple of
months old and able to trot about.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08

VIRGINIA Enterprise: A man from
Honey Lake saw railroad for the first
time in his life, the other day, at Reno.
In speaking of the wonder to friend
he said: "The forward thing give cou-
pie of coughs, and then the whole string
of them got up and started right off"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08
4 sEHIoUs aUEsrroS.
BY ELIZA s. TURNER


Pity NOR voung man
rar ISs.a ~ ssae s,ad,s z.oE - = ~. y uo'
And ~ IN : IN! ~! .o,,r,rr ,v,c - s~n' tr,,'
- e
And one is Cav PHILADELPHIA belIe.
OF an old First-family line,
And one Is farmers daughter.
On the banks Of the Brandyvine.
Her fsnltless tienrs Il tall.
manners ara iine and her be.l. .ra h,oh
And her waist is ,ronsjrns1s s,,,sIi
= '''--S' ''''-
And when at the door Of shopper store
Her hyeried carriage Is seen,
AL smiles and smirks are the supple clerks,
As II they bowed to aqueen.
And .han1.x, s,-,,,. .,d w.1,.r
a. ~ m! II-!;, ~. - 80 =. A-e Nene1'
151 ~ :. - t.sa = VI ~ ~ =, p.
Wi,,,. ~ net ~, H1ncs a sAy Long Dsnen
But when she appeared at breakfast,
Her cheek was chalky and wan;
And her eyes were dull, and her voice was chill,
Ana some OF her nair was gone.
Ans &. ,....,.
Ti ~. ~. ~, =. oase
p,,, - I;sa. ~ Sn~ >,
-<1h o--o ~ y o1AAl VI AhA-A Acb A1tA
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-08

The talking woman is the Gibraltar
of the household. = Whitehall Times
Why not the Babble on?-S. Louis
Journal.
, 1877-04-04


were worth mentioning
TOWN TICKETS.
Returns for town officers arc Incomplete, and
would be useless 10 give rnnas Of diseonncctcd
figures. The ,Isepablieans. e1est their ticket
Supervisor, y. D. II. Gray Tor Assessor, r. @.
Dodge for Collector, and Simeon King. Tor
Glesk. They also carry TIC West elIe,EJohn
II : IT. pf pd5:s %osa cs1 t., e. tic xo aG
Bids tho Cittzcns' Union ticket is elected. This
u made un Of William Turctnan Assessor, Pat
LOTUS Supervisor, Christian Te'npel Collector,
and r. 3. Larson Town Clerk.
pERkr's WITHDRAWAL.
The following letter WA received Monday
night, for publication yesterday morning, but
In the press Of other matter, md In tho fact that
the withdrawal mAdo no practical difference In
the election. 1t was left orcf until to-day:
cne.aG ~ ae ns :- 1-fS e e ssssf With s
iotmed ne u hi dstorminatlon to wthasaw from
wsfe both betrayed BY tnIndIctons fFtrnde* ,whoss
Affection vas not pure, but rather greed for oar
xea'th. was opposed TO making ths taec from
dactton Of Demeefat!e prtaetp!ee into he
ss !; WIZ H.
Ae.aated by spItit ot pnro patriotism. consent
ID to fpsnd the money necessary for ry nonIna'
klul1s 20 HQ% bcRSQ0Aa lt1 lts WATHEN HH&t UFs
comes necessary for tho cfcctfon df Democrat,
even II he IA not elected. and when contemplate
the Rociety tnto which Denocea.tc candidate 10
thrust, md t!.e woar and tear of the lining Of tho
stomach, an grateful 10 Mr. Taylor for ths ex.
ample he cot NO.
Was adt,onished that Chicago needed reform,
aud on that basta consented 10 run. 50 faf a.
prtttnted to mo through my brief but intense en-.
vass conclude that reformation eomprehcn ntls TOO
much 70 tho var Of ths cstobl,hment Of those a,ts
town. arc made to rest upon the monetary
contributions Of tho .fnnoccnt Granger. l WA
cAslY Inrol1ed In pledges which 1nnst necessarily
eulIntna!e il tae de,polat!on Of the husbandtuan,
and As this would ncceae1ry Affect tho earnings Of
the profession. oi which was funt'l my nomlna-
tfon) \ respected member. feel conttratned to
cast plcdgcao every description to tho winds, antt
console myself with the reflection that ts Light II
still burning for the esrinI one.
please consider this my resignation {bcfore tho
set> Of tho Office OF Mayor Of Chicago, and IN
calling upon my s~pp0rters to INTO for Mayor
Heath, pledge myscif tho last md only. pledge
I shall take, to nee snch capacstiea a. may be
endowed with In cndea!oting to my utmost TO be-
eomc q reacofnl lsw-Abfdlng eltl1en ctcn under
The Administration of tho man Of whom was the
1atc opponent PENnr II. 9x11H.
TIE RETURNS,
, 1877-04-04

PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS..
TO CONTRACTORS,

Mouyr frlAsxt. ill.,. March IT, 1911.
eeetd proposals, ia tho form Of contract, wtl bo
feeaiEed By tho undermined It lhe oee OF tho 8ecsr
rJ OF Tho Bus1d OF D!Fector1 Of ihe lfonat russkl
Public School, IN Mount Pulaski. ILL.,. Until Wcdnea
ds{ April 1a II o'clock NJ. for thH cTee!om Of
:;s.e 81 RI
u aSaHs ra!:..l q ssa .ffr IL = q!
Apr11 bext- Hank sGftn4 of proposal contract Antl
S9a ,taa,s9 s II s1esi'h
tH tho.S 4ssrs 70 the Morh uon y:
Aoant ra!s5kt The perto!nsaee Of ths e. ne1atfse. oa
txoof fteeholaen. Stlscns q llIiaoa xho shali
1Is RI i, pe:ss Cd n 4s
81 % x K e haaGf G 6 's Ss
plFseora xho reH.7o ths rEht to reject any ef VI
ka c0uAldnrcd proposition tanned uness Ado III
The prtscrlbed form Of hank. contracting u sretattd
bJ the DIRECTORY 70 furnish al Tho msttAs and do al
tho work Required the building, according
e the pians 1pd speeineatlnn. t9T Gross sum speen
ally sfAteh. Contf4ctA offered will ho In force and h0d
Ernpo3als hnd contracts must Ia OF thn printed for1
fuIl!sledt tneto.ed ln = sealed envelope, indofsea
NJ Pu1aakt, Logan County. Illinois.
ffth. GAsGs, GGA11sGs,
j. IT, TGMEINkoN,
.n!rectott.
, 1877-04-04
THE SOUTH TOWN,
FOR ONCE THE AEsPEc7ABLn PEOPLE or TIE

FOR ONCE THE REsPkc7ABLH PEOPLE or THE
BouTA TOWN,
in town meeting assembled, wtro triumphant
over the bummerp, and, In stsiking tontrsat to
tue confusion, the yells, the push'ng, tho
tuGgtnG and the bnlldoxipR Of voters last year
ut tho erer.n,en.arablc aA Ia 6slls street u1eot-
Ing. The meeting yesterday afternoon in front
OF Howlaad's Nscsy-stab!e, on TWenty-sceond
strect, between State street aud W&haah avenue,
xas conducted eiecently and In order. 4 few
Of tho choice spirits, who hare made themselves
notorious 4. tho representatives. Of hummer
dom, Including Ed Phillips, Jim Gleeson, Tom
Ryan and others, wero presens,. but wese
thoroughly oyesawe<l, not By foEee OF tnsiu,laa-
.ton, but simply by tho prepondertace Of tho
respectable element Of the South Toxn,-a
moral influence which they had tho good sense
not to oppoae BY my Of their dtsreputAbls
tactics.
THIS meeting VA called to order :. 2 o'clock
sharp, by Town Clerk Watts B. Carer. He
stood On the Office steps In front Of tho stable,
surrounded BY such
rRixu AND TEu1 MEN
u tho Hon. William Aldrteh, hurry Ntlson,
Kirk Hawss, Col. John h. Roberts, q. +.
KellozX. A. Crawford. and others, and an