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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

p BALTIMORE american: In the present
condition of society and the advanced
ideas which men and women entertain
as to the mode of rearing families, it is
worth the study of sociologists to in
quire into the cause why we find so
many cases of family estrangement, why
we are continually being met by in
stances of dark shadow of grief resting
upon once happy home; and why mag
istrates and judges are daily being petit
toned by parents whose children have
become incorrigible and beyond their
control. We would naturally imagine
that, with the advantage of an increas-
ing civilization, with the aidswhich edu-
cation furnishes and the consequent ex-
pansion of the moral and intellectual fac
Utilities, the bonds which exist between
parents and children would be strength
ened, and that the influence which is
supposed to hover around the freside
would go with the young when they
move out into the world and serve as a
shield to protect them from danger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
SPEAK NO III.

Nay, speak no I'LL A kindly word
Can never leave a sting behind
And o TO breathe each tale we've heard
Is far beneath a noble mind.
Full ofta better seed is sown
By choosing thus the kinder plan;
For, If but little good be known,
Still let US speak the best we can.
Give me the heart that fain would hide;
Would fain another's fault effaoe;
How CAN'T pleasure human pride
Toprove humanity but base?
No; let us reach higher mood,
A nobler estimate Of man;
Be earnest in the search for good,
And speak Of all the best we can.
Then speak no i'll, but lenient be
To others failing as your own;
If you re the first fault to see,
Be not the first to make 1t known;
For life is but passing day
No lip can tell how bries Its span;
Then o, the little time we stay,
Let speak Of all the best we can.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
rnE noYs.

Twas part Of my wedding portion,
This spot where the old house stands,
And / had the choosingof 1t
From all Of my fathers lands.
We were young, but we were not foolish
Or wasteful, you may depend,
And my mother always taught
Twas better to save than spend.
For while, you know, it was lonely
With me in the house all day.
And no one to come anish me
To hear what had 10 say;
But when | sat vito my baby,
My boy, asleep ON my arm,t
i didn't care much for the neighbors
Or anything else on the farm.
There were Jack and Ben, you remember,
They were all that ever had;
And Jack was his mothers idol,
Though Ben was a likely lad;
And We saved up every penny,
Nor envied another's Joys
For little farm Is little cramped
For couple of growing boys.
l was bent on their having learning, =
For wanted my Jack and Ben
To be able to serve their country
Whenevershe needed men. -
And father said was silly,
For he never could understand
The use Of spending money
For anything else than land.
But kept on my way Of thinking,
And, though not otherwise, saw
That both had a taste for study;
; But Jack had a taste for law. -
And / knew that my prayers and prudence
Would after while be acknowledged,
And it paid for all the struggle
When l entered my boysat college,
I can see that father is failing,
Aud there is NO strength III his arm
To swing the scythe in the meadow,
Or do the work on the farm.
And somehow I've lost my courage,
Though try to be calm and brave;
But what can mother do but weep,
With both her boys in the grave?
The house was never 50 lonely,
And my poor old man and
Sit oft in the chimney y-corner
And dream of the day gone by.
And when the too solemn silence
Is broken by sudden noise,
We start with the old-time gladness,
And whisper, "Here come the boysi"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

BRIGHAM's favorite wife, Amelia, has
been dethroned since the prophets
death, and reports say that she has gone
back to Peoria, ILL.,, with the intention
of remaining. 1t appears that Amelia
was never Mormon at all that her
connection with Brigham was merely a
marriage de conuenance, and based upon a
contract which included handsomely
furnished home, carriage and horses and
full liberty to provide such home COM
forts as she may desire.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

A FAMILY in Springfield, Mass, which
was disturbed by an untimely ringing of
the door-bell the other evening, at first
supposed it was done by unruly boys,
but after while discovered the dog
with the bell-pull in his mouth, and
ringing to be let in out of the cold.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

New YORK Dispatch: There is a
chicken factory on the Palisades where
the chickens are Matched out by steam.
1t is no uncommon thing when man
goes by with a stove to hear the poor
little orphans say: ;, "There goes the old
woman, but darn me if can tell which. !"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Where they harness mosquitos to pull their plows,
And rattlesnakes draw the milk from the cows"
ST. LOUIS Journal: Emma Bailey and
Emma Colby are billed to run foot race
in Virginia City. This will be, we
suppose, what the printers call two-Em
dash.
BosToN Traveller: Several of the
ladies present at the Twombly- Wander
bilt wedding, wore sulphur-co -colored
dresses. Not much out of place at
matchmaking scene.
NEW YORK Commercial Advertiser:
The LATEST man, says Mortimer Collins,
live longest. According to this process
of reasoning, it must be confessed that
centenarians ought to be remarkably
plenty.
ANDREWS Bazaar: Professor Todd
pronounces the "petrifed man" of
Colorado fraud. If all the frauds"
in the United States were petrified
they'd make enough stone to build a
Chinese wall.
New YORK Commercial Aduertiser: A
Fifth Avenue young lady has compiled
list of her gentleman acquaintance,
and entered their names in handsome
parlor album. She playfully calls it her
"him-book."
ANDREWS Bazaar: Awould-be suicide
wrote these farewell words to his wife:
"Dear Mary, when my body is dragged
out of the river they can identity 1t by
the linen patch you put in the seat OF my
black cloth trowsers."
WORCESTER Press: A correspondent
asks, "Couldn't you in some way come
down on the slippery condition of the
sidewalksg Judging by our experience
about eleven o'clock last evening, we
should rather say that we could
A TRAMP came out the Colerain pike
A mutteriDg soft and low,
| "They may blow about their Music Hall
And their Exposition show;
| They may brag about their Southern road,
And their Fountain with its spray,
But they aint got any soup-house,
And don't intend to stay"
WORCESTER Press: We observe that
a well known corset manufacturer places
his monogram conspicuously on the front
of each article. This method of adver-
tising IL about as unobtrusive as an adj
yertisem> Mt in our evening contemporary
would be.
| ONE sentence from dramaIlc crlu-
cism in the Black Hills Champion: One
of the most versatile ladies that ever
graced the Deadwood stage has packed
her kit, lit out from the land of the
bowling wilderness, and is en- route for
Chicago, where she will claw scenery and
whoop it up on old Terpsishore.
ARABELLA MATILDA.
Iwould that might breathe her name,
Ny simple song would grow divine;
Even as these molten rubies turn
IT z. Atdrieh.
Now. pray, confess, 7. B.. my boy
That why her name you do not sing
| Is-best of reasons-it won rhyin
| 81. Louis Globe Democrat.
/ WnLnMANTIc Telegraph: One OF our
young men who visited Europe a short
time since stepped ashore at Liverpool
with beard the growth of the voyage,
long hair, and looking and feeling de-
cidedly rusty generally. He at once re-
paired to the nearest barber shop, and
having entered, said to the native artist
in charge, want you to shave me, cut
my hair, brush me up, and make good
looking man of me" The barber looked
the young man over for a moment, and
j very deliberately remarked, Hi can
shave thee, and hi can cut thy 'air, and
brush thee h'up, but the Lord HAL
mighty 'imself can't make good-look
ing man of thee"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

WHEN Mr.. Vanderbilt drove lady Mac
and Small Hopes on tire Fleetwood
track in 2:23-the best double-team
time on record-he remarked that still
better time could be made. Small
Hopes, he said, had pulled the entire
load, and with an equally handy and
speedy mate could trot to the pole in
2:20. He has been looking for better
mate, and has found him, as western
turf men believe, in Little Fred, a
trotter for which he has paid $4,000.
Little Fred already has record of 2:20
on the Buffalo track.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
EVERYDAY spICERIEs.

NEW ORLEANS Picayu1e:: Fools and
their back hair are soon parted.
P.I. MAN: Whenever you have ten
minutes to spare go and bother some one
who hasn't.
BLINDS are taken off for the winter,
now, and cellars and attics are turned
into blind asylums.
YoNKERs Gazette: May not the ven
erable editor who prefers old to new jokes
be called an old saw sage?
ON CITx Call: Nothing brightens
the life of an editor more than to be
given tickets for free lecture for adj
vertising it.
BURLINGTON Hapk- Eye: The name
of the potato bug, in Germany, is
Pfischtendiriwochtenlaw bedenachtosch-
ooptenschafflichtheit.
NEW YORK Commercial Advertiser:
Because your wife is a fair. carver, it
doesn't necessarily follow that she's a
good help meat, does it?
BEN ZEEN, who is going to enjoy
Floridian winter, drops into poetry as
follows. =
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Business cards of five lines or less ss per annum-
Local notices 10 cents par lins each insertion.
Simple announcements Of marriages and deaths,
and church and benevolent society notices inserted
free Any additions to obituary notices will be
charged i've cents per line.
Fayors must be banded in ~ early as Tuesday
morning to insure insertion the same week.
int rest are solicited.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
VOL. XI--No. 5

her hands, was weeping the bitterest
tears she had ever shed, weeping and
praying for strength and patience to
drink this bitter cup that was thus
placed to her lips.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
" o come with me to the fowery land,

o come with me to the fowery land,
Where the gator sleeps on the shelly sand;
Where they raise in wibter their garden truck,
And the oraI ge and palm spring ont Of the muck;
Where they harness mosquitoes to pull their plows,
And rattlesnakes draw the milk from the cows"
ST. LOUIS Journal: Emma Bailey and
Emma Colby are billed to run foot race
in Virginia City. This will be, We
suppose, what the printers call two-Em
dash. - fi-
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-19
Husband and Wife.

Can wife steal her husbands prop
ertya This question recently arose be-
fore the English court for the considera-
tion of crown cases reserved, where only
criminal causes are heard. The prisoner,
who had been a police constable, was
convicted Of receiving stolen money and
goods, which. he knew had been stolen
from the prosecutor, an innkeeper at
Burslem. The theft was alleged to have
been committed by the innkeeper's wife.
She had undoubtedly left her husbands S
house, secretly, and without his consent,
carrying away with her about 800 of his
money, his gold watch, and other arti-
cles, which she transferred to the pris-
oner. But his counsel contended that
there could be no felonious receiver of
stolen goods, without there first being a
thief, and that the conviction was wrong
because married woman could not in
law steal the goods Of her husband. The
court SO held, and quashed the convic-
ton, saying that although the goods
were taken by the wife, they were not
stolen; that husband and wife were one,
and it would be violation of the law of
England to hold that wife could steal
her husbands goods.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-19
White Wool Dresses.

Soft white wool goods resembling fian-
mel, but OF less weight and as cool as
muslin, will be used for country toilettes
next summer, says the Bazar, especially
at the seaside, where the moisture takes
the starch out of cottons and linen. This
is called seaside barege, and is the nice
fabric that is being initiated by bunting,
and which originally suggested the use
OF bunting for dresses. The French
wool barege costs ,seventy-fve cents q
yard, while domestic bunting is only
half this price. The barege suits are
made with draped princesse polonaise,
or with plated waists and scarf over
skirts, and are given character by rich
brocaded silk trimmings that form deep
square collars, wide Josephine belts,
cuffs, pockets, and scarf sashes on the
skirt. Sometimes the Breton cloth en-
broidered bands are used in quaint olive
green OF robin's-egg blue, with vests,
collars, and chatelaine pockets wrought
in characteristic designs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-19
Some Advantages Of Candor.

Do not let the idea that you know it
all get away with you. Don't try to
make your wife believe that you are
great man because she will know better.
Do not try to make your children be-
lieve that you are saint. They will
find you out. Acknowledge that you
are human, and establish a bond of
sympathy with them. Tell them not to
lie, because you know lying to be bad.
Children are thinkers, and in their
quaint, quiet little way, sharp logicians;
Do not impose on them. A child trained
contrary to its inclinations is not worth
three nothings. Do notify to direct their
minds into channels that are uncongenial
to them. When children ask questions
you cannot answer honestly acknowledge
your ignorance. They will think more
of you for it, and it is far preferable to
have them think you ignorant than catch
you in lie. Let us raise leaders in
stead of followers. Church Union.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-19
Piutes After a Mule.

The Winnemucca Silver State tells
this story: Yesterday was a field day
among the Piutes. A number of them,
mounted on ponies, appeared on the flat
on the other side of the river chasing a
wild mule, which threw it's rider last
December and escaped to the noun
tains.
Last week "Montana offered the In
dians $40 reward for the recovery of the
mule. This incentive led the noble red
man to scour the country in search of
the animal, which they discovered west
of Winnemucca mountain, but, as he
was wild as deer and the fastest runner
in the country, it was difficult matter
to catch him. They succeeded in driving
him into town and capturing him. The
saddle and head gear were still On the
animal, which was in pretty fair condi-
ton, Notwithstanding it had carried a
saddle on its back and hackamore and
blind on its head all winter.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-19
The Pearl.

The commonly accepted idea has been
that the pearl is the result of some acci-
dental deposit or extravasation of the
liquor secreted by the animal in the
gradual enlargement of its shell, slight
in the first instance, but increased by
successive layers of pearly matter. Ac-
cording to paper read before the Lon
doe Linnean Society, the production Of
pearls in oysters is simply due to the il
ritation occasioned by the attacks of the
minute entozoon known as ditcma. The
author of the paper held that, by att
fetal means, the abundance of this para
site might be greatly increased and made
profitable in pecuniary sense.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-19
NO.. 8.
A WOman's Hand.

Only little, soft, white thing
Made for wearing the costly ring
Made for flirting the dainty fan
As only the belle of the season can
Made for the stolen pressure or kiss
1ong Branch fashion), raising to bliss
BY merely the touch of fingers white.
Her escort down on the beach that nigh
Made for "prize for the highest bid
(And under the rose thorn lies hld)-
A thing which the honest summer sun
Has taught his ardent beams to shun,
Lest freckle or tan its beauty spoil,
And make it too near hand of toll,
Instead of only dainty thing
Meant for ease and the diamond ring.
Only sunburned, useful thing
To which the hearts of the needy cling;
To which they turn who have learned the
worth
OF woman's hand on this weary earth;
Made for healing, for smoothing DER
The hearts of those who are faint and sore
Made for honest work each day,
For driving the shadows of life away,
For holding the "cup of water to all
Who faint and thirsty for succor call;
Made for leading the timid on,
For blessing all it may rest upon
Made to be worn by q loyal heart,
Who in its labor will bear part;
Made to be clasped by loyal hand,
Which chooseth the best in all the land.
Wortb-oh double its weight in gold,
This useful hand that can ne'er grow old.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-19
The Wife Beater'S PillOry.

The woman beater's post, which now
stands grim and inexorable at the corner
of the county jail, is an object of interest
to scores who visit it daily. 1t is about
eight feet high, and eight inches square,
made of pine, with two round pegs,
about an inch in diameter, run through
it at point about five feet from the
ground. The arms of the victim will be
run through these pegs and tied behind.
No one passes the wife beater's post
without stopping to inspect it and make
some remarks. A woman who passed it
the other day paused before it for a mo-
ment and CALCULATED: "Thank God !'
The post has several inscriptions scrib-
bled upon it in pencil, some of which
read as follows: Stewards bill" 4" "The
Widder,"" Fee the Judge" Here's the
Place to get Well Posted" ga House
hold Treasure. No Family should be
without it" Virginia city Chronicle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-19
His Personal Sacrifices.

An applicant for the San Antonio post
office is absolutely certain that Hayes
will give it to him. As there are about
twenty in hot pursuit of the office, we
had the curiosity to know what made
him SO positive.
"Are you the widow of deceased
army officer, with family TO support ?"
we asked.
He replied that he had never tried to
be anybody's widow
"Did you stump for Hayes, or were
you on the returning board, or did you
save the Union in the same regiment
with Hayes, or did you go to singing
school with Wheeler, or how is it, any
how, that you know Hayes will appoint
you?"
"Well, you see, I've made personal
sacrifices for Hayes"
Chow so2" =.
"It's confidential, remember"
Certainly, honor bright"
"Well, 1 lost five gallons of whisky
and $50 worth of cigars betting on Til
den. l have sent on the receipted bills
with my application.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-19
Suppose q Case.

Suppose you desired to address a lady
with the intention of marrying her some
future time, but your present circum-
stances and condition preclude the posi-
bility of your doing SO, in what manner
would it be appropriate TO convince her
Of your love for her and future inten-
tions? What would you do? Why,
tell her exactly how it stands with you,
and ask her if she Is willing to wait until
you can afford to marry If she loves
you she will wait. In such affairs the
best way for a man is to expose his
whole heart to the object of his affection,
and urge his suit with entire frankness
and boldness. Girls like to see fellow
make love courageously. Very likely
the young lady will respect you all the
more for wishing to put off the happy
day when you may claim her as your own
until you can provide suitably for her.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-19
and the depression of the mercury, Miss
Orville was not coming.

and the depression of the mercury, Miss
Orville was not coming.
That she would hasten to him next
morning and no earthly power could
hinder, he felt certain He imagined the
sweet girl at that very moment sleepless
and agitated for his sake; and how natu-
rally would follow his declaration OF
love and her promise to be his forever
and forever. With sigh at being com
PEELED to wait ever SO short time, Mr..
Dowley went to bed.
Morning came. 1t brought no fair
lady to her wounded knight but it did
bring a letter superscrbed in Marion's
own hand. Very likely then her broth
er-in-law had forbid her coming. Never
mind; the fact OF the dear, precious mis-
sive sulic emily proved that the effort to
bring on q crisis had not been been i'll
vain. 1t would be neither strange nor
indelicate if, in this emergency, Marion
should have here confessed her attach
ment, with 'come and take me-" Jobs
devoted seat of life beat ecstatically as he
drew the letter from its envelope. 1t
read as follows:
"Mr. DowIEY: Until last night,
whatever other charges were preferred
against you, had never had reason to
suspect your temperance principles. If
you happen to have any recollection of
staggering, and finally falling in c.
street, about ten o'clock, may save my
self the trouble of describing the scene
to you. However that may be, am sat-
istied you could not have observed the
sleigh that the moment after you left
drew up at the steps where you had ne
gotiated with the beggar and orphan, nor
the hand that plucked up this poor out
cast and plunged her under the buffalo
robes, between an animated pair, who
brought her to this their home, and hers.
"Lest even now you may be slow to
identify your errand girl, I proceed to
explain. L had attended fair in the
evening with my aunt. The closing
scene of the entertainment was tableau,
in which L represented q gypsy queen.
Without any change of costume L re-
turned to my aunts house, where we
had just entered, when I peeped out
again to see if Charley and Mary were
coming from their ride-for they had
engaged to call precisely at ten to take
me home. Thus it Glanced I was
witness to your garroting Seeing is be-
Geving. Yours finally,
"MARIoN.
"P. SIT may concern you to know
[ think Of endowing the Home for Little
Wanderers with the shilling you gave me.
"M. O."
Job Dowley took the blood stained
handkerchief from under his pillow and
cast it on the fire. He had meant
it to create sensation it created only
blaze. A fortnight and more elapsed
before he left his room !; he was said to
be suffering from chilblains.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-04-19
Industries of the United States.

There is number of extremely i'm
portant industries which the United
States is fitted, by the natural resources
of the country and the peculiar talent
of the people, to carry on, on a
much larger scale than at present. Cot
ton manufacturing is one, and the manu-
and machinery is another. There are
still others, and one of the most i'm
portant to the country is that of iron
shipbuilding. The experience of the
past has not been favorable to iron ship
building in the United States, and little
or none has been done up to within q
very few years. 1t has, however, long
been apparent to the observer that the
time must come eventually, at some
period or other, when the country would
go into the business on large scale.
The land is supplied with an extraordi-
nary abundance of all the materials
which compose iron ships, in the first
place, and in the second place there has
never been any doubt at all but that the
vigor and talent and other causes which
have enabled cotton and other manu-
facturers to achieve success in their arts,
in competition with the world, would
also in the end enable the iron ship
builders to do the same in theirs. 1t
would appear from the statements of an
article on this subject that iron ship
building has already become successful
in the United States. At any rate, it
has had most interesting growth and
development, and the builders now
claim to be able to serve the country as
well as they can be served anywhere in
the world. An industry which spends
such enormous sums Of money annually
and so benefits people among which it is
conducted, deserves the good will of the
public. .-NetU York Tribune.