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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-31


Bro. Gould, Of the Eaton Demo
crat, since his unsuccessful candida
cy for Sergeant-at-Arms of the Ohio
House, says that he will publish ga
very independent Democratic jour-
nal in the future" Right, Bro.
Gould, but be sure to keep, as you
have heretofore done, all in the good
oil -fashioned Democratic harness.
VaR Vert Times,
If the harness are such as will fit
the laboring classes and benefit the
taxpayers, we expect to work in
them, if not, we will put other ones
on.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-31
w. L. SCOTT, M. ID.
Physic. edicaIiSt and An
fi.PoiSonouS Practi.


toner.
"OULD say to the citizens of Ea-
w ton and vicinity that he has per-
manently located in the city of Eaton
to practice the Physiological system
of Medicine, which is in diaect oppose
ton to Allopathy, Homeopathy and Ec-
lectic Systems, which use many poisons
in treating diseases. This system Of
medicine rejects the use of all Poison,
and uses none but harmness remedies.
Particular attention given to the treat
ment of Chronic diseases.
All calls promptly attended to, day
or night.
OFFICE-No. 143 South Barron St.,
Eaton, Ohio.
Office Hours-from z to 8 and IL to II
A. NJ, and l to 8 and Z to 0 P. M
March 80, 1877.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-31

1t is a "silvery" Congress.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08
Miscellaneous.

Between November, 1871, and the
present date, j period Of six and one.hali
years, no less than twenty-one savings
banks in the city Of New York have been
declared insolvent.
Invention is the real philosophers
stone, which in, modern times turns al
most anything into gold or greenbacks.
This Is shown very forcibIy by recent
transaction il Bradford, England. Ten
years ago scientist made 4 contract for
the ammoniacal liquor produced at the
gas works there, paying $1,000 year
for the privilege, a month since the
contract was relet for seven years nc the
animal rate be S51, 1875. This enormous
increase ii the value Of The liquor Is
owing to the discovery Of It's use IN the
manufactured aniline dyes.
Carefully prepared Statistics show that
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08

there are over six bundled thousand
drunkards in the United States. and that
seventy thousand die annually who 60 to
the grave of drunkard. Every year
one hundred thousand men and women
are sent to prison under the influence of
intoxication, while three hundred MUIR
ders and four hundred suicides occur
from the same cause. Two hundred
thousand orphans are annually thrown
upon the charity of the world by this
curse of intemperance. Nine-tenths of
our crime and not less than seven-eighths
of the pauperism is the immediate result
of whisky, and that at a cost to the gov
eminent, besides Individual want, of not
less than sixty million dollars every
year.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08
Former Attempts to Assassinate
Kaiser Wilhelm.

The Emperor William and his chan>
cellor, Prince Bismarck, have each been
in imminent danger of death from the
hands of assassins. In 1849, during the
political ferment OF that year, an I'M
successful attempt was made on the life
of the emperor (then crown prince), at
Nieder Ingelheim, On June II, while he
was on his way to Baden to command
the Prussian forces sent there to quell
the revolutionary movement and restore
order. In July, 1861, about six months
after he had assembled the throne as king
of Prussia, a desperate attempt was made
to assassinate him by Oscar Becker,
Leipsic student who was possessed of the
notion that King William wss incompet-
ent to promote the union of Germany.
Becker was sentenced to twenty years
imprisonment for this misdeed. The
well known attempt on the life of Prince
Bismarck took place May 7, 1856, at five
o'clock in the afternoon, while he was
returning from an interview with the
king, and proceeding up the center
avenue of Inter den Linden-- the scene
of the occurrence on Saturday. Blind,
the would-be assassin, fired two shots at
Bismarck, one of which grazed his side.
Turning around, Bismarck grappled with
him, but in the scuff1e Blind fred three
more shots. One shot missed Bismarck,
in consequence of quick turn, only
burning his coat, another struck him
right on the rib, which it is supposed
bent elastically, and thus escaped injury.
Bismarck held the criminal with an iron
grasp, and handed him over to soldiers
who were passing. Blind, who was a
political enthusiast, committed suicide
before he could be brought to trial.
I N, Y, Tribune,
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08
DEAD ?
BY HARVEY HOWARD.

BY HARVEY HOWARD.
And SO she is dead:
Dead in the freshness and mirth OF her childhood
Dead like beautiful flower in the wildwood
Where careless feet tread.
Her smile we shall miss,
As tn ough some sweet morning the sunlight should
fail;
We shall yearn in the night with passionate wall
For her lingering Kiss.
Her birdlike sweet voice
No more with its prattle shall tighten our woe,
Her sweet little feet shall not run to and fro
In the paths of her choice,
We loved her 30 WE'LL
Oh can this cold clay be the sweet little child
Who never looked up in your face but she smiled !;
Whose voice was bell.
With clear silver note?
Oh, can this white clay be the rosy pink girl,
These rigid white outlines the changeable pearl
Of her beautiful throat?
These CLASSY gray things
Have no sign of the hue that was graced by her eye
Her locks Of pure gold cannot show as they lie
The grace that life brings.
This is not the child!
This cold thing is Deaths, and the child was our
own,
She left US part of her chad we but knownD
Each time that she smiled.
She stays with us yet.
The pressure but now Of her soft band 1eel:
hear her lew ray just the same when we kneel;
We cannot forget.
We cannot forget,
And go all Deaths efforts to rob us are vain.
he lives. ger her coffin / say it again,
She stays With us yet.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08
WAITS AND WHIMS.

If you act with view to praise only
you deserve none.
knowledge, when in possession OF
only few, has almost always been
turned to Ubiquitous purposes.
If an English mother be an Atheist,
and separated from her husband, the law
takes her child away from her.
-" Mamma" said little rebel during
the war;" mustn't boiler for Jep. Davis
on de street, soldiers III kill me-"
We appreciate no pleasures unless
we are occasionally deprived of them.
Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.
She spoke of Hummel Hayden, Gade,
Beethoven, sphor and Mendelssohn
You play" said she. He played
Shew Fly" on the accordion
Great effort from great motives is the
best definition of happy life. The
easiest labor is a burden to him who has
no motive for performing it.
There is nothing so easy as to be
wise for others; species of prodigality,
by the way-for such wisdom is wholly
wasted.
Good nature, like bee, collects its
honey from every herb, Ill nature, like
a spider, sucks poison from the sweetest
flowers.
Insult not misery, neither deride
infrmity, nor ridicule deformity; the
first is inhuman, the second shows folly,
and the third pride.
Men think it no shame to give hand
some obsequies to those dead whom
living they had suffered to starve un>
noticed; but the struggle of sinking
poverty passes unseen in it's corner.
"A girl being bantered one day by
some of her female friends in regard to
her lover, who had the misfortune to
have but one leg, replied: Pooh,
wouldn't have man with two legs,
they're too common"
Little 6ve.year-old is having her
first experiences of spring in the country.
Looking at pear tree in full bloom the
other day, she exclaimed "Why,
mammal Just look at that tree. It's
all covered with popped cornr'
"A young housekeeper wants to know
how to tell the age of spring chicken.
Strike the bird with q sledge hammer.
If the hammer rebounds with sufficient
force to knock your brains out the
chicken is more than year old. This is
a more reliable way than to count the
wrinkles in the fowls teeth.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08
The Howagte Expedition.

Captain Howgate and his friends are
beginning to get uneasy on account ofthe
delay of congress in providing means to
forward his projected expedition, They
have no doubt but that when the bill
making the appropriation is brought up
in the house, it will pass without much
opposition, but are afraid that the delay
will imperil the enterprise. Reports
from Labrador and other high ATTITUDES
confirm the opinions entertained here,
that no season so favorable to northern
explorations has occurred for thirty
years. as, owing to the mild winter just
passed, comparatively lutte ice was fo1m>
ed, and this is now supposed to be break
ing up and drifting south, as the Euro
pean steamers report having encountered
,cebergs much earlier this season, than
usual. In view of this, it is hoped that
if the expedition can get away from
our shores by July rs no difficulty will
be experienced in going directly north
rs far as Lady Franklin Bay, about So,
nearly as far as the highest point reached
~ any former expedition, Should these
,opes be realized, and base of supplies
,e established in that vicinity during
he coming summer, the friends of the
expedition say that its success would be
ertain, in view of the well-considered
lans on which it is based. To establish
his base of supplies, however, it is neces-
ary that action be taken as soon as
ossible, as all the time between this and
ne last day when such an expedition y
,ould start can be proftably used in
laking proper preparations, without
hich success is very doubtful, 81 scien-
fc American.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08
MORRISSEY AND WOOD.
The Desperate Game for a Stake Of $l2A oot

The Desperate Game for Stake Of $4,000
The death OF John Morrissey and the
failure OF Ben wood recall the celebrated
bout between these two gamblers, when
the latter won 1924, 900 from the former
The New York correspondent of the
Buffalo Courier describes the occasion.
Ben was in the habit of dropping into
Morrissey's place continually for little
recreation, and one night about ten
years ago, he sauntered in as usual and
TELL ateul of the bank. Morrissey was
there and many men about town, all of
whom knew Woods pluck and hang.on>
atlveness, and the party settled down for
some lively work Wood had about
$4,000 in his pocket, and as the betting
was heavy he managed to get to the bot
tom in about an hour. In fact he was
cleaned out. But his blood was up that
night, and, as his reputation for pluck
was at stake among the boys, he decided
that once for all it should make or break.
His ready cash was gone, but he owned
valuable property on Tryon row, where
the Stats Zeitung building now stands,
and he proposed to hypothecate the
property to Morrissey against whatever
sum, up to its value, he should lose. The
otter was accepted, and the great fight
began. 1t lasted all nj ght and up to 8
o'clock next morning, and, when truce
was finally called, Ben had won back the
$4,000 he started with and scored about
$4,000 ahead besides. With the money
that Morrissey had advanced him on the
hypothetical property, he turned around
and gave John the worst whaling he ever
received at the card. table. Not sign
OF wincing was shown on either side till
physical exhaustion forced cessation Of
hostilities. Both men were true grit to
the last, and neither showed the least i'll
temper from beginning to end. 1t was
on that occasion that Ben performed the
extraordinary feat of smoking 800 worth
of cigars in one night. Morrissey had
special brand of cigars at 81 each for his
flush customers, and Wood, who is a
tremendous smoker Tor chewer, rather,
for he merely chews fariously at cigar,
and then filings it away managed to
spoil ninety of them while the fight |
lasted.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08
Taking a Husband scout Shop-
ping.''

Can there be, in the whole civilized
world, a sight more really and affectingly
touching than that of an unfortunate
husband entering store after his better
half? Most fearful and heart~rending is
that picture! She, full Of pride, and ra-
diant with delight at the thoughts ofthe
enhancing silks and rapturous satins
within in no hurry, but perhaps david
ling on the very threshold while max
ing mental calculation as to the num-
Der of yards she can edo with for the
princesse robe, and whether she will
have that at 50 or persuade sweet Will
Ham," now she has "got him there" to
let her have that $3.50. He, hiding his
lace, aud trying to escape recognition,
and looking as much himself as possible,
all the while making up his mind in
painfully feeble manner that he will
not run to more than SO and so,'' and In
wardlY bursting with wrath at "Susan
making him make such a confoxnded
show of himself" Then, as they walk
up the long emporium, in vain does be
try to appear at his ease, and return the
steady gaze of the fifty gentlemen behind
the counters, all of whom stare hard at
him as if he were an object Of the great
est curiosity, and perceptibly wink, as
much as to say, &C What lark /" And
then, as he sits in idgety agony on
rickety cane chair, trying hard to look as
if money was no object to him, as if he
rather liked his position than otherwise,
oh, then, / say " what an afternoon" he
does have! But when, at last, those
beautifully soothing words, Nothing
else to-day, thank you" fall ON his eager |
ears. then, as he bounds gayly from his
hard~bottemed chair, does he present
truly touching tableau, by the side of
which that of The Liberated Slave . is
aoWhere.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08
A Fragment.

When it became an acknowledged fact
that poor Tom Hood could not raIlv
again when his tender physicians had
given him up; when he knew that death
was coming with slow but certain steps.
he wrote the following letter to friend,
y is 90 touching and 70 simple, 80 ex.
presaiye Of peace aEd. resignation, that il
may well be preserved as fragment Of
his life:
DEAR MoIR-God bless You and yours
Rand good byeI ! drop these few lines,
as in BEETLE from ship water-legged,
and on the brink of laundering, being in
the last stage Of dropsical debility; bur
though suffering ID body, serene ID
mind. So without reversing my Union
jack, await my last lurch. TIL which,
believe me, Yours most truly,
THOMAS HooD.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08

In the moral as in the physical
world, the violent is never lasting; the
tree forced to unnatural Iuxuriance of
bloom bears it and dies.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08

Always be as witty ali you can with
your parting bow Won last speech ii
the one remembered
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08
STARTLING EXPERIMENTS.

On May !, 1876, Givodan announced
TO bis friends that for some years he pro-
posed to live the life Of . recluse, in order
that he might perform certain expert
St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-08

Were it net patent to ever body that
modern science has achieve, the most
romantic conquests and outgipped the
widest flights at even the pst prolific
Imagination, the present chrenicler
might we'll shrink from annancing dis.
coveries that threaten to rolutionize
the world and to terrify socig out of it's
proprietY.
The Moorish twin sister had been
named by Professor de Civilian respec.
lively Clotilde and Juliet The psy-
Geological powers develoed by the
former, the Professor says This wonder
full monogram, were far sulrior to those
of her sister. When tIotilde had
lived continuously with 10 fer seven
years under the uninterruted influence
of blue light - which, NAV here
state, was gradually arkened in
color and shaded wit violet. "a
1 pursued my investigations be.
tween the mind and theuter world
she began to astonish me-
At times her cerebrui lapsed into
state OF functional inacvity and the
action of her brain wasautomatic, ON
which occasions pheno1na transpired
which have ever been asidered mex
plicable, except by a refance tn s,1ner.
natural powers, either smoniacal, dia-
bolical o. divine. Her ahormaI psyche
logical sensibility evirsd itself very
peculiarly at first. sheknew perfectly /
what her sister and MELT were doing |
when she was far away |ona us. Walls |
were no obstacle to L supernatural !
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-03
sDp11,I1IEE,ss LAND

! The origin Of "Dixie's Landn is thus
IfvenS When slavery existed in New
York, q ssDixyn owned q large tract of
land on Manhattan island and q large num-
Der Of slaves. The increase Of the aboli-
ton sentiment, caused an emigration of
the slaves to more thorough and secure
lave sections; and the negroes who were
thus sent oH4many being born there
naturally looked back to their old homes,
where they had lived in clover, with feel
hgs Of regret, as they could not imagine
my place like ADixy's. Hence it became
s~ynonomousi whitman ideal locality, COM
bining ease, comfort and material happi-
ness Of every description In those days
negro singing and minstrelsy were in their
infancy, and any subject TINT could be
wrought into o ballad was eagerly picked
hp. This was the case with, :. Dixie" It
was first set to music and introduced as a
Dong by Dan Emmett, a clever and popular
pegro commedian, author of several pleas
ing negro melodies. It was sur in New
York, and ssum the proportions Of a
long there. Its origin has been described
IS Southern, but such is not the case. Dur.
ng any time within the last eighty years
he term Dixie's Land" has been in use
with the New York boys while engaged in
The game Of Stag"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-03
, THE SECRET OF BEAUTY

The secret of beauty is health Those
Who desire to be beautiful should do all
they can to restore their health, If they
have lost it, or to keep it, If they have It
IT'LL. No one can lay down specific rules
Tor other people in these matters. The
work which one may do, the rest he must
lake, his baths, his diet, his exercise, are
matters for individual consideration, but
hey must be carefully thought of and
aever neglected. As a rule, when a person
Feels well he looks well, and when he looks
bad he feels bad, as q general thing. There
IRE times when one could guess, without
looking in the glass, his eyes were dull and
his skin was mottled. This is not q case
Tor something in q pretty bottle from the
perfumer's, or the lotion that the advertise
hents praise SO highly. To lave a fresh
complexion and bright eyes, even to have
white hands and q, graceful figure, you
must be well. Health, and the happiness
which usually comes with it, are the true
iecrets Of beauty. lsssl tqiaoaT
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-03
WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE POOR.


Silver spoons are used to scrape kettles.
Coffee, tea, pepper, and spices are left K
stand open and lose their strength.
Potatoes in the cellar grow, and sprout,
are not removed until the potatoes become
Worthless. iil4r - lIari- .11 lr
Brooms are never hung up, and are soor
spoiled.
ii e-handled knives are thrown into ho|
water. lnaaF ssa,lJ 1911
The flour is sifted in a wasteful manner
and the bread-pan is left with the dough
sticking to it. .tol .slagaa7S
Clothes are left on the line to whip te
pieces in the wind
Tubs and barrels are left in the sun te
dry and fall apart. ltHgygmsi - agrlI'
Dried fruits are not taken care Of in sea
son, n become wormy.
Rags, strings, and paper are thrown into
the fire. nc q t.Ic .Viih-Dfui
. Pork spoils for want Of salt, and beef be!
sause the brine wants scalding. .bef
d Bits Of meat, vegetables, bread, and cold
puddings are thrown away, when they
might be warmed, steamed and served as
good as newt iIfl lat.'f .zis nu 1siii3
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-03
T~RuTHFULNEss

There is to-day no greater need IN m,
life of individuals and Of society than trutA
fuiness, which means integrity Of character
Indeed, ttruthfulness Ii, the foundation 81
AL character building. Neither talent,
genius nor inspiration can Compensate FOL
The lack Of that which gives steadfastness
sadh reliability TO- the f~ndfvfdua1.n Talent
Say lead togrand mental co-nauests-espius
nay, soar to the ilimitable heights Of the
imaginative world, and inspiration NAV
carry the soul into the beautiful realm of the
celestial spheres, but, IL deeper than ali
;his, there lies not the diamond Of truth,
'teadiiy illuminating heart soul, and mind,
inii OF mans grand achievements, an his Vic.
tories fail to win the love and faith Of hu.
man kind-for it Is only the truthful spirit
that inspires and holds the confidence ii
the people, and stands as q beacon liehtf 10
guide wayward, wandering ones into the
eaths of rectitude. Without this element
Z OF truthfulness, upon which all else that IA
} rood and grand must rest, we look,in WIN
Tor true manhood and womanhood. With.
out it, the mental sky may be brilliant with
comet flashes and meteoric CLEANS, but the
.alm, clear, and steady shining light of the
I, everlasting stars is not there. Unfortunate.
y the existing customs and conventional
ties Of society develop and cultivate the
AAo A1V8Q
IN the sacred life Of home, where, more than
any other place, we expect to find loyalty Of
o honesty of motive, sincerity Of heart,
rnd undisguiscd frankness aud headlines
Of conduct and oppression, we too oftenf eel
and see the ~blighting effects of deceit and
hypocrisy Even the dear children, way
Town in theirswcet and innocent baby year..
are taught by example to prevaricate and
TO conceal tho truth. Ali through Their
childhood they received lessons in the art Of
1.ccei win :. oThon ,svhnt wonder that In thu
.ears of manhool, these buds Of evil, whoss
ecrm-seeds were SO thoughtlessly planted
~ the ,notitr'a own hand, in the heart
garden OF her beloved child, should blossom
forth in rank and poisonous luxuriance.
What wonder that our sons and daughten
GROW mp disoyalyto truth, because Of aeon.
i'siencci warped by the evil guiding of
PARENTS hand. We believe that humanity
naturally loves ard seeks truth, andthatit it Z
only a perversion Of our noble human nature
that leads to the utterance Of false words,
mt to the practice Of untmthful acts. Then
let parents and teachers guard with sacred
care that spirit in childhood which instinct
istiy leads to the practice Of truthfulness,
toi'i in word and deed. 4
.L |LMr
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-03

Gentlemen, I can't lie about the horse.
BE Is blind in one eye" said the auctioneer
The horse was soon knocked down to u
Jpectator, who had been greatly struck by
he horse, he said. "You were honest
mough to tell me that this animal was
blind In one eye. Is there any other de-
fectf" Eyes, sir ; there is. He is also
blind In the other eye" was the prompt re-
Ply.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-03

: lido you know" remarked q rather fast
Newark youth, the other day, to a suffering
hiend, to whom he WINS slightly indebted
lido you know thnt I intend to marry and
yettle down ~ do-don't know anything
tbout IT," was the reply "but-but I think
'you had b-b-better stay single and settle up. :"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-03
MAGNOLIA .


"f fHN"f "Na HA RN-fHI| ~ - "-T--T4l
The MAGNOLIA DKEx Is a snre device for creating
q pure and blooming complexion
It concenls all natural blemislcs in the most sur
prisiiiy and effective manner. ,fj1fg En- feHt ua
,, u r1%oySs all r9ushness erupti9ns. rsdne->
? It drives away all evidences Of fatigue. and ex-
element.
IL makes the piainest fncc beautiful.
1t gives the complexion q dazzling purity and
fotund, ssfrd Pump. q sH ~ ATiYl fd-
II make. n riatrpi of IS or 40 look not more than
20 yenr< old. an.l e.innycs the rustic maiden into n
cultivated city bcl.e. iii uaff,ra Sfidrr aC
\ Tie, NaynaLa Balm rensores all Li,,aisles dsd con-
erals eeeTy dru~Lack 10 beauty: aud, ,thiie IL Is as
lharmfeu as toafer, IL Is so hve-iik< 10, az egscfs Aaf
us cioses observer cannot defect lis use.
Ladies' who want TO make themselves attractive
can make nm absolute. certainty. Of it by using
HAokx's MAoNoLfA BALM, and we know OF no other
way. 1t 10 the cheapest preparation in the world,
all thinga considered, and may bc had at any drug
store. 20 ttfi ffl-t -4En-lJ -laf NuTI