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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
sCHooL-BooK RING.

Several of the Western States are
wrestling with the school-book problem.
In some of the older States the question
of supplying the public schools with
textbooks is surrounded with many
vexations and difficulties. But in newer
communities, where a school system has
not yet been fully organized, and where
changes of policy are frequent, there is
necessity for constant vigilance to pre-
vent imposition upon the parents and
guardians of pupils. 1t is well under
stood that there is more money to be
made out of textbook which has been
well "introduced into the public
schools, than from almost any other
copyright. The instances of an authors
reaping great gains from the coinage of
his brain into works of fiction, poetry or
general literature are very rare. But a
successful school-book has in it the
potentialities of wealth." When an en-
tire State can be induced to prescribe a
specified textbook for use in all It's
schools, an immense contract is at once
concluded. 1t is as if 3 law had been
enacted compelling many thousands of
people to buy each one copy of GER
tain book. We have no means of know
ing how much profit is made by the
school-book publishers; but by the time
the book reaches the hands of the pupil,
the cost is usually disproportionate to
its intrinsic value. Usually, the price
of the school-book, as compared with
other publications of similar mechanical
execution, is absurdly large. This may
be explained by the fact that many
school-books support a vast army of
agents and middlemen. An agent for
school-book makes his appearance in the
Capital of Western State, for example,
and if he is confronted by the agent of
a rival book, as he is sure to be, he plans
his campaign with iberality and cunning
The book agent, unlike his humble con-
gener, who peddles his single copies from
door to door, pays his way handsomely,
and spends money with the freedom of
the confidential agent of candidate for
office. This costs money, and it is
charged to the book sale.
Worse than this, the book-job gets into
the Legislature, even into the elections,
and school superintendents have been
chosen, and Legislative Committees
uduc upy vi Iuo iccuc VI Culltu o COpy-
books, or Browns readers. California
has repeatedly been convulsed by the
question of biographies and readers.
At least two State Superintendents of
public institutions in that State have
been bitterly accused of conspiring with
book agents and publishers, and have
had their regulations assailed on these
extraordinary grounds. Up to very
late date, the California Legislature was
wrangling over certain textbook, the
use of which in the schools has for years
vexed the lawmakers more than the
choice of United States Senator. The
reports of the doings of the Legislature
wore burdened with debates about the
school-books to such an extent that one
paper impatiently cries: C. Nc
Gufey's Readersl Why doesn't the
Legislature give us something about the
Chinese ??
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
LOVE LreHrEss LABOR.


A good wife roe from her bed one morn,
and thought, with nervous dread,
Of thu piles of clothes to be washed, and more
Than dozen mouths to be fed.
There were eals to get for the men in the field,
And the children to fx away
To school, and the mix to be skinned AMI
churned,
And all to be done that day.
1t had rained in the night, and all the wood
Was wet as wet could be;
Ther- were puddings and pies to bake, besides
lot Of cake for tea.
The day was hot, and her aching head
Throbbed wearily, as she said:
maidens but knew what good wives know
They would be In no haste TO wedw
Jenrle, what do you think told Ben Browna"
Called the farmer from the WE'LL
And flush crept up to his bronzed brow
and his eyes half bashfully fell.
" II was this" he said, and. coming near,
he smiled and stopping down,
Kissed her cheek twa, this; that you were th
best
And dearest wife In town."
The former went back TO the field, and the wife,
In smiling and absent way,
Sang snatches of tender little songs
shed not sung for many day.
The pain in her head was gone, and the clothes
Were as white as the foam Of the sea;
Her bread was ight and her butter was sweet
Andas golden as 1t could be.
Just thinkIp the children all cried in breath,
Tom Wood has run of 10 seal -
he wouldn't know, II he only had
As happyr home as we."
The night came down, and the good wife smiled
To herself rs she softly said:
:" ] ID so sweet TO labor for those We love,
It's not strange that maids win we'd"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
THE TELEPHONE NOVELTY.


When we begin to use a telephone for
the first time there is sense Of oddity,
almost of foolishness, in the experiment.
The dignity of talking consists in hav-
ing a listener, and there seems kind of
absurdity in addressing piece of iron,
but we must raise our respect for the
metal, for it is anything but deaf. The
diaphragm of the telephone, the thin
iron plate, is as sensitive as the living
tympanum to all the delicate refnements
of sound. Nor does it depend upon the
thinness of the metallic sheet, for q
piece Of thick boiler-plate will take up
and transmit the motions of the air
particles in all the grades of their sub
tilty. And not only will it do the same
thing as the tympanum, but it will do
vastly more: the gross, dead metal
proves, in fact, to be a hundred times
more alive than the living mechanism
of speech and addition. This is no ex-
aggeration. In quickness, in accuracy,
and even in grasp, there is perfection
of sensitive capacity in the meta, with
which the organic instrument can not
compare. We speak of the proverbial
"quickness of thought" but the tele-
phone thinks quicker than the nervous
mechanism. Let word be pronounced
for person to repeat, and the telephone
will hear and speak it a hundred miles
away in tenth part of the time that
the listener would need to utter it. Give
man series of half dozen notes to
repeat, and he can not do it accurately
to save his life; but the iron plate takes
them up, transmits, them to another
plate hundreds of miles of, which sings
them forth instantaneously with abso-
lutte precision. The human machine
can hear, and reproduce, in its poor
way, only single series of notes, while
the iron ear of the telephone will take
up whole chords and trains of music,
and, sending them by lightning through
the wire, its iron tongue will transmit
them in perfect relations of harmony.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14

AN inventor of compound, to be
used as Greek fire." showed the effect
of his invention to President Lincoln,
one summer evening, in the grounds
near the White House. Boards were
set up, and the stuff, being thrown upon
them, burst into flames and burned them.
Lincoln stalked down into the gloom,
where the stuff was still smoldering,
pulled up handful of grass, came back,
and said to the inventor, "That's very
curious, indeed-very interesting. Now,
can't you invent something to burn
bricks, mortar, earth-works, or even
green grass? Up to this date our armies
find no difficulty in burning wood" )"
The inventor went away sorrowfpl,--
Noah Brooks, in Scribner.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14

tailors must have no sinecure, and as for
the Sultan himself how he must suffer
from new coats and pantaloons on every
day; never allowed to keep any article
of his dress till he can get fond of it;
and then if be be enlightened enough to
wear shoes, how his feet must be tortured
by a new pair every dayl His four
hundred wives and their quarrels and
their children must be bad enough, but
pew shoes every day would be worse.
Seriously speaking, all this barbarous
and useless extravaganza must be swept
away; the Augean stable of the Seraglio
must be cleansed. The new Sultan will
have hard work to make both ends meet
in the future. Let him try to effect
that useful process by reform which
has become a necessity for the preserva-
ton of his empire.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
HEBREWS.


The united Hebrew charities of New
York expend 81 1000 annually for the
support of the poor. Mayor Ely recently
made the statement that while the Jews
form ten per cent. of the population of
that city, they contribute less than one
per cent. to the criminal classes. Out
of 5000 persons in the various public
institutions, only thirty-three are Jews.
There is common opinion that the Jew
possesses the magic art of securing
wealth, but it will be found that the
only secret of his prosperity consists in
his "genius for patience, courage, dill
gence, economy and conservation of
earnings to the comfort and elevation of
his family" 1t is secret with which
it would be well for the rest of us to be-
come more familiar.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14

A wELL-KNowN Oxford man, who
was at the same time fellow of his col
lege and head master of a prosperous
grammar school was once detected by
an old pupil skating on Sunday after
noon. az think, DOCTOR" was the not
unnatural observation, "you once
fogged me for boating on Sunday"
" Yes, my dear boy" was the reply, 81
did quite rig ht. If man really likes
boating, one day to him is the same as
another. Skating is entirely different
1t may freeze hard on Saturday night
and then thaw again before daybreak
on Monday morning"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
CIRCULATION OF THE NEW DOLLARS.
New York HeraldI

The Philadelphia Mint begins to stamp
silver dollars about the 18th of March,
and the Western Mints on the first of
April. The Treasurer will probably, as
soon as several millions are coined, trans
port them to the different Government
repositories and give public notice that
on certain day they will be paid in ex-
change for greenbacks. This will be
with the view of letting the lovers of the
Dollar of the Daddies all over the coun-
try have a fair chance at it.
The coin certificates authorized in the
act will, when issued to depositors of
silver dollars, be dated and made pay
able only at the Office where the dollars
have been deposited. If this were not
done the Government would be put to
the great cost of transporting silver dol
lars from one end of the land to the
other for the convenience of spectators
who would deposit dollars, say in
San Francisco, and mail their certif.
Gates to New York, there to demand the
dollars. The certificates will be, in fact
like bank notes, redeemable only at the
place where they were issued.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14

The season of the year has come when
the small boy goes around with his
hands in his pockets and complains of
"spring fever" while the chronic dead
beat listlessly lounges up to the bar
where two friends are enjoying a
Smile" and family murmurs, MAKE
it three-handed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
THE VOICE OF THE PRESS.

ITH1s department Of our paper is intended ogive
the comnenIs of the most intelligent journals,
American Eurt pesn, upon all que stions u pub
lie interest. The editor Of this J .urnsl does BOT
indo,se the sentiments expr ssed IN every parf1cu
lar, but pres, nts the topics quoted as worthy Of
general attention.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
NEleHBoR eoveH.
While passing by the old horse trough
I hearda hollow, hacking cough,
And, turning, met my noighbor Cough.


While passing by the old horse trough
Ihearda hollow, hacking cough, ~
And, turning, met my noighbor Cough.
The wind was blowing raw and rough;
Said I, "Old fellow, rather toughf'
"Ah, yes" wheezed he, "'tis tough enoughi
He limped along perhaps block,
Then said: {" Sharp pains afiict my hough;
Would were by some sunny lough;
"or managing the well-yoked ploughs
Or resting meath the rustling bough,
Lulled by the gently murmuring sough.
But vain are all those wishes, though"
Quoth he In accents sad and low;
{" Alas, / fear my cake Is doughP' ~
With pain heard my old friend through,
And when at last we bade adieu,
felt his fears would soon prove true.
NINE. MoDJEsKA tripped and fell the
other evening on the stage in Boston, and
a paper of that city says: The swift
little smile and motion in which she
conveyed to the relieved audience that
she was not hurt, that she was herself to
blame for not taking care, and that she
was grateful for the sympathy expressed
all this in one look and one step
we're an inimitable and indescribable
exhibition of her art" And then
1WlGu Ouc OtAkCI - AAttAC o4iAito cho
one little step she clearly conveyed to
the audience the idea that the villain Of
the play was to be circumvented in the
end, that the Princess Villette would in
the next act find her child trundling q
cart for red-headed rag picker in the
Rue Saint Antoine, that the stolen
necklace would be, discovered in the
stomach of a dyspeptic Goldfish caught
on the shores of Labrador, by the
Archbishop Dutry disguised as fisher
man, and that the scoundrelly Duke wa
doomed to be lashed to the mast by tht
pirates, and kicked to death by mult
travelling for his health-the way II
which she conveyed all this by one ittlt
smile and one little gesture-why,. I
beats the telephone.-Neto York Graphss
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
EVERY DAY sPICERIEs.

NJ u IL .Ir klx<,
seePi ~ your cioliio' Dt'oiis siio nAp'
----a@ti''y A'y1s'
> ALMOST anybody can send boy on
an errand, but only the wealthy have
the leisure to spare to wait for him to
get back.-Rome Se'attaet.
IT is not surprising that Mr.. Diogenes,
who went poking around with lantern, !,
couldn't find an honest man. We were
not yet born. Novristoacn Herald.
A JIr1cA doctor ia about To run a tele-
nbone from his office to the residences
IF his natients. Death is being made
eas;er every year.-Utica ObseyeT. Re-
o. H. a. pn.s; ,,.ss. :. - - hove tha
NE uaf sno nJ as,lS ana4Sa a.J = =. - 4. ~
!uiAlsl Eyd Nasy dnu "a % ;a - 10y ~ = -
lne W rns neat len C,s,.,ss.. q IN: M.is Lay
reVoisef'-- o''c'''hd's i'asa'u''y 1ss"''
HAVING tried the new " perfumed
ink " in making out bills we are con-
yinced that it's q wicked misnomer-
1t failed to raise cent.-CdtsksH
Recorder.
A WOMAN rarely knows what it is to
yearn after the infinite until she falls in
love, and detects her sweetheartslippi
peanuts into another girls pocket
AndrearS Basar.
rwo.foot rule-keep your feet dry.
4 threet-foot r,,le--sleek
rn vonr ward as snr;nc annroaches =
Boston Globe. A forfeit r1le-pay if YOU
lose -Graphic.
.DupIsG a cold no. one should he 40
foolish h;s health hv sitting by 4 stove
w;thont II = Wh;seIau Times that's so.
Ta4 him ha dating and make a. for
"s thaonaI I hin in " y Commercial
~ NJ - that rar.ia snr;na snn,oochss
q om om M. aay ha % nnseosan.b .b5a ~ vr msnt;o,,
~ nay nos " r;nJars as,,sc;a1iv I +hosa ~,
mhn .Ias oonsa osaf flom New yarE can MAZE |
suar, sau se SetOo,, - ~ +rantv doiiars ] dav IN
toa .Io a,tn t oe Mox;oo },ors,asre;oi IJ,,sr-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14

PROFESSOR NEwooMB says: $50
small is the earth, compared with the
erle-tial spaces, that if any one should
shut one eye and fire at random in the
air, the chance of bringing down bird
would be better than that of comet of
any kind striking the earth"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14

Business cards Of ave lines or less. S3 per aunum.
Local notices 10 ceuts per Ine each insertion.
Simple announcements Of marriages and deaths,
and church and benevolent society no ices insrted
free. Any additions TO obituary notices will be
charged i've cents per line. fas.. S
Favors must be banied in ~ early q Tuesday
~ y s.s;cifed- ~
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
THE GOOD-FOR.NoTHINe.
monthly Companion. ]

Fr nEBEccA HARDING DAVIS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14

JOB PRINTING Of all descriptions furnished 70
ord, = and guarAntsed 70 prove sAisfactory as e
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-26
CAPITAL NOTES.
THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS.

THE CLOSING ARG UMENIS'
Washington, Jan. 26.-The senate COM
mittee on railroads to day heard the closing
arguments OF the Holmes, representing the
Kansas Pacific, and Judge Shellabarger in
behalf of the Union Pacific company, in ad-
vocacy Of the plan proposed by Senator
Dorsey's bill for the creation of the sink
ing fund to liquidate The Pacific railroad S
Indebtedness to the government.
SALE OF FOUR PER CENT. LOAN.
Up to date the popular subscription to the
A per cent. loan, of which the government
has been advised, amount to $2,o25,o00.
WHISKY CASE.
The treasury department has authorized
statement regarding the Roell Junker case
growing out OF tho whisky prosecutions il
Chicago, and claiming that it is entirely diff
ierent from the Jacob Rehmn case, notwith
standing the claim of the counsel.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-26

HEApQR's ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. %, 1873.
To the Hon. j. @ Smith.
My DEAR SIR: l have the honor to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your letter of the
23d, and take great pleasure in assuring
you that your administration of the affairs
of the Indian bureau was most satisfactory
to me, General Sheridan, and to army
officers generally. The moment You were
installed in Office you put yourself In friend
ly official relations to myself, and through
me to army officers serving on the frontier
near many Indian agencies, whereby
you secured their hearty CO.
operation in the execution OF your
most difficult Office. | believe your ad-
ministration of the Indian bureau was the
most successful of any in the past ten years,
and | know, from personal observation, that
you were always most active, Jealous, and
supposed successful in the discharge of its
duties. | am certain that your administra-
ton was efficient, and | thought economical,
though unable to form any opinion on this
head. AS l have often expressed to you, the
great difficulty of administration in the In
dian bureau arose from the fact that each
tribe needed special treatment, according to
its past history and existing prejudlces, and
the absolute impossibility of controlling
them from Washington. The commissioner,
also restricted by specific appropriations,
could not make any issue of provisions OF
the store to meet the clamors of the day, and
the consequence was that disorders resulted
from starvation and distress which the com
missioner could not relieve. am sure your
feelings always prompted you to be just and
liberal, but you could not exceed a change
existing appropriations without violating
the law but as to your wasting the public
money or property do not believe such q
thing possible. l assure you Of my great
personal and official respect, and feel sure
that the more your acts are examined the
more reason you and your friends have tc
be satisfied
With respect, your friend and servant,
w. T. SHERMAN, General.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-26
THE REMAINS OF COLUMBUS.

San Domingo, Jan. Z, via New York,
Jan. 23.-On the Goth Clt., the Spanish
steamer Alcaptara arrived here from Ha-
vana, bringing the commission appointed
by the Spanish government TO examine the
box supposed to contain the remains of
Christopher Columbus An examination
was permitted after many formalities had
been gone through with. The box was re-
moved from the place of its deposit, the
seals broken, and the inscription closely
scrutinized The bones were scrupulously
inspected, and photographs taken of the
remains.
New York, Jan. 23-It will be remem-
bered that some months ago some work
men who were excavating under the altar
in TIE cathedral at Saint Domingo city, un-
earthed small leaden box with the inscrip
tiou: "A portion of the remains of the
first admiral. Christopher Columbus, ois
coverer" The box and its contents were
| afterwards examined by the most eminent
men and scholars of Cuba and Hayti, anC
from collateral evidence it was believed to
| be beyond doubt that the box held the re
mains of the great discover. Interest IN tht
matter is revived by the arrival in this city
today of Lieut.. Col. Cassello, of Saint Do
mingo city, on q special mission from tht
ecclesiastical authorities of the Dominican
republic with reference TO the remains 0
! Columbus. He will soon go to Rome tt
arrange for the construction of q superl
monument, to be erected in the chapel o
the cathedral over the remains. Mr. Cas-
sello brings in little homeopathic bottl
a couple of grains weight of the ashes @
Columbus
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-26
THE INDIAN SERVICE.

Washington, Jan 23-The following cor
respondence has passed between j. Q
Smith, late commissioner of Indian affairs,
and Gen. Sherman, the former addressing
the latter in view of certain statements
contained in the report of q board of inquiry
into the affairs of the Indian bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. %, 1878.
General w Z. Sherman
DEAR SIR: Having had frequen, occas-
ion to consult you during my recent admin
istration Of the aaairs of the Indian bureau
ia regard to the duties I was called upon
to perform, and knowing that you have had
for many years past peculiar facilities fol-
obtaining thorough acquaintance with the
conduct of our Indian business, l respect
fully request to be informed whether, in
your judgment, my management of that
branch of the public service
| was Jealous, intelligent, economical
anil sufficient and how i
compares in those respects with previous ad
ministrations. | will thank you to state
if you can. what opinion is entertained OIL
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-26
CRIME.
A MURDERER ACQUITTED.

Auburn, N. Y, January 26.-Edward j.
Hopper, on trial for the murder of Philip
Proudft, at Mt. Sterling, in July last, was
acquitted, and half an hour aferward was
married, the jury attending the wedding c r
emony. Proudfit having seduced Hopper )
sister fled to the country, and afterwards re-
turning went 10 store where Hopper was
employed, and tauntingly said "You have
lived through it, havn't you? Hopper
seized base bali club and struck Proudft
on the head.
DIR. Hugh Proudfit, uncle of the mar
killed, and who attended him, was witnes.
on the trial, and died suddenly yesterday.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-26
SYNOPSIS OF LAST NIGHTS REPORT
CONGRESSIONAL.

sENATE.-MATTHEws' SILVER BILL.
Washington, Jan. 25.-After the vote sew
eral pairs was announced, the question being
on Mr.. Morrill's amendment. He withdrew
it. that Mr. Edmund's amendment might be
voted on.
Mr.. Edmunds took the floor and spoke al
length, and was followed by Mr.. Jones, O
Nevada.
Mr. Edmuuds amendment to Mr.. Mat.
thews' resolution, providing for the pay
ment of bonds in gold and declaring that
any other course is violation of the public
faith, IS rejected, A to Is.
The yeas were Messrs. Anthony, Blaine
Bayard Burnside, Christiancy, Conkling
Dawes, Eaton, Edmunds, Hamlin, Herman
Mcpherson, Mitchell, Morrill,, Randolph
Rollins, Sargent and Wadleigh.
Mr.. Blaine said he would vote against tht
resolution. 1t would neither aid the credi
nor the creditor The bonds were legally
payable on either coin, but he would show
when the silver bill came up that it was tt
the interest of the United States to taxi
advantage of the letter of the law, and pa,
the bonds in silver. He favored remoneti
zation, net on this pan, but on a basis tina
he would propose,
Mr. Edmuuds moved 10 indefinitely post
pone the resolution.
Rejected 43 to %.
Mr.. Matthews resolution was then agrees
90