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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

POETS Corner, Westminster Abbey,
is not quite so much of poets corner
as it is popularly supposed to be. The
remains of Shakespeare, Milton, Shelley,
Byron, Wordsworth, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning, Fletcher, Pope, Gray, Cow
per, Keats, Coleridge, MARVEL, Thorn
son, Collins, Goldsmith, Crabbe, Mrs.
Hemans, Marlowe, Beaumont, Herbert,
William Browne, Chatterton, Hood,
Moore, Southey, Leigh Hunt and Kem-
BILE do not repose there. Burns was
buried at Dumfries and Scott at Dry
burgh Abbey. When one thinks of the
multitude of England's singing birds, it
is rather the exception than otherwise
to find poet buried in the abbey. 1t
is true that in the Poets Corner are
buried Addison, johnson, Macaulay and
Lord Lytton, and that they all wrote
more or less poetry. But they were not,
strictly speaking, poets. It is their
prose writings that have gained them
their reputation with mankind.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23
What the Wits of Paris Find to Say
In Their Papers.

Some notes from Emile Anglers new
comedy, ole Fourchambault:"
Happiness is the half of virtue"
"She changes her fixed ideas toe
often"
"Failed? Why, thought the house
was solid" cit seems to have been all
facade"
The proud mother-"My son, do you
know how much your fortune amounted
to this morning9 Well, you had 1 $780,
997 francs" Her son, giving three
francs" This makes the round two
millions"
Settling the marriage portion; Baron
Bastiboulois g / have horror of what
are infamously and shamelessly spoken
of as expectations I hope Madame,
you will live to bury us ALL" Mime.
Fourchambault, earnestly-"I hope I
will"
M. Fourchambault-" What, you al
low your daughter to read LIE Marriage
de Figaro p y Mime. F." No; she has
only seen it at the Opera" M. F.
"That's all right-she didn't under
stand it, then"
"She has many faults, but we must
pardon them remembering her -
"Her whatf' "Pm trying to think
what"
"Mary Jane" said the father of Es-
tella Montmorencinde st. Claire the Fe-
male Hercula, Mary Jane is unques-
ably one of the most drawing attractions
billed with any show. That act where
by swinging by the toes she lifts the
members of the company in succession
grace and culture"
eyes" says the mother, proudly,
but | fear that we must soon give up
our darling child"
"Why? 1 have noticed nothing"
"Perhaps you have not, but mothers
eye-Mary Jane is in love with Generic
Gonzales, the cataclysm of California.
Any one with half an eye can seen that
at glance. Every night during her
present engagement and at the Saturday
matinees / have observed that when she
lifts the members of the company with
her teeth she keeps him suspended by
the nape of the neck twice as long as
any of the others. She does not conceal
her preference, and thus strives to be in
his company as much as possible. Her
heart has spoken"
John, devoted old family servant, is
sitting up for his master, who has a
habit of remaining out till ali hours. At
two thirty a. m. the faithful domestic,
exhausted by hisvigil, dozes in his chair.
At two thirty-fve a. m. the master
enters, and seeing the attached servitor,
overcome by fatigue, asleep, undresses
noiselessly and gets into bed. At three
forty a. m. the trusty valet awakens,
rubs his eyes, looks at the clock and
remarks:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23
I! Will the
. him mto---
,ome home. You can 90 to bed"

ulIu uhS
come home. You can go to bed"
Charms of rural life. Smith, showing
his friends over his country-seat, points
to two bell-ropes at the head of the
bed:
One to awaken the servants" says a
friend, "and the other"
"To rouse the watch dog in case I hear
burglars"
Important Correction:
To the Editor of the World:
SIR:-You are correct in stating that
I served six years in Sing Sing for high.
way robbery, but your assertion that
was fined two dollars last week for throw
ing ashes into the street is reckless cal
umny, and 1 demand its instant and un-
qualified retraction.
The Assembly orders his explanation
spread upon the record.
At the door of the European Con-
gress:
Russian to Turk: "See here, now, you
know! We are friends-treaty of alli-
ance-complimentary kilograms ex-
changed and all that sort of thing.
Smile, d-n you; look cheerful or I'll
lick you again"
The prisoner-Your Honor, you said
three months when you began, now you
say six.
The Court-Exposition times, you
know; everything's double. Next
case!
Artist-You carried my picture to the
Exposition and handed it over to the
managers?
Porter-Yes, your Honor. It pleased
them. Lord, how they laughed.
"They tell me old Skinfint is losing
his sight"
"Put up job; he's going blind to save
his dog-tax. Blind mems poodles are
exempt, you know"
What, sir, is dithyramb"
"Itis something worse than an ode."
cop
She-What age do you think I am?
He gallantly-I don't know, but you
don't look it,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

WE have always said that if man
ever planted his brogans on the solid
rock of perfect content, Science would
be the sapper and miner to build the
corduroy over the intervening bog. The
stringers are already down, and here
comes the first load of timber: A
lost umbrella was recovered in Phila-
delphia the other day, by the aid of the
telephone"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

THE fruit crop for the United States
of1S77 amounted in value to $40, 600, 900
OF about one-half of the outcome from
cereals. Fruit of very species and eli
mate is now raised in this country, the
vine prospering finely and the oranges
Of Florida and California surprising
those Of Italy and Spain,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

A HUSBAND and wife of Camden,
Pennsylvania, claimed to have lived to-
gether year without exchanging a
cross word. They received a prize Of a
fine carpet after swearing to this state
ment. The man is seventy-fuur and the
wife seventy years of age.-B Boston Post.
Whereabouts in Pennsylvania did you
say Camden was? We know man and
wife who haven't spoken a cross word to
each other for seventeen years. But
they don't live in Camden, Pennsyl-
yania. And they are deaf mutes, besides.
s.P philadelphia Bulletin,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

NINETEEN out of every twenty-five
of the exchanges received at this Office
now-a-days contain the original linei
Lettuce have peas,D
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Gun Cotton ana Nitro-GIycerlne.

About thirty-two years ago, Schon-
bein, a German chemist, had occasion to
immerse cotton in mixture of concern
trated and sulphuric acids. To his sur
prise he noticed thaC the cotton aid not
dissolve. Taking it AMI washing off the
acid he placed ii in a drying oven to dry.
On returning the next morning no cot
ton was to ne seen. As the students in
his laboratory affirmed that they had not
meddled, he wondered much as to what
had become of it. He tried the expert
ment again, and this time had the good
fortune to witness the disappearance OF
the cotton.
He had discovered gun cotton.
This is very curious substance, al
though it does not differ in appearance
from ordinary cotton. 1t is, however, a
trife heavier. Strange 10 say, the man
ner in which fire is applied to this, causes
it to burn very differently. Touch it
with live coal or lighted cigar, and it
burns away very slowly, much like the
mixtures used to produce the colored
fires of Fourth of July nights; apply a
flame to it, and it explodes like gun
powder, but if you fire it by means OF a
Illuminating cap it explodes with terrific
violence, and arapidity six or seven times
greater
But there is another substance which
explodes even more terribly still. Ii IS
nitro glycerine This is produced some
what similarly to gun cotton, with me
exception that glycerIne is used instead
of cotton, these substances being very
much alike in chemical composition.
Nitro-glycerine is dense, oily liquid
which has very safe and hurmless ap.
pearance, but reality is something ter
rible. small quantity placed upon
hugh boulder and fired, will blow It into
a thousand pieces, whereas with gun
powder the result would have been mere
ly flash, and great pull OF wind and
smoke.
You wonder perhaps, how 1t is that
nitro glycerine merely placed upon a
stone and exploded, can possibly break
it. as you think tine air will give way so
much sooner than the stone. Now the
rapidity with which the gas formed
bv the combustion of nitro-gly cerine ex-
pands is hundred times that Of a can
non ball, and the atmosphere offers more
sistance to a body moving at that rate
than the stone beneath it Nitro 'ycer-
inc in some Of is forms is the agent al
most universally smployed ia blasting
Without Il many of the great railway
tunnels ano other feats Of engineering
would have been impossible
The compounds ofniro glycerine are
many. Mixed with tripoli or rotten
stone it becomes dynamite, or ''die-in-a-
minute" as some wag has facetiously
termed it; this adulterated with nitrate
of soda or potash is known as giant pow
der. When nitro-glycerine IS mixed
with gunpowder. in very finely divided
state, it is called rend-rock powder; with
sawdust, duaIin. These ere, however, all
deliberations. and weaken the power of
the explosive.-Nelo York Tribune,
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Take d Seat.


j. E. NC.
1t is motto of the Cary Indians that
at is better to walk than to run, it is bet
ter to stand than to walk, it is better to
sit than TO stand, it is better to lie than
to Sit Without taking ii quite so far, |
would urge every hnusekeeper never to
stand aDout her work when she can sit.
There is no danger but what she will get
sufficient exercise, in any case, and the
relief and rest she will find in often sit
ting down when she has pan of p0ta
toes to pare, or dish of berries to hull,
or hundred other small matters to at
tend to. can not be computed until the
DAVIS work is done, and she sees the com
parativc comfort with which she has
been able to perform her work.
Some very delicate ladies are able to
carry on the affairs of a household with
very small outlay OF strength by using
great ssvtem and care in this respect, and
the stroDg t-armed woman has need to
husband her strength as she goes along,
for she will need it all before her life
work is done. To make work easy when
sitting Down, a variety OF seats are need
full, placed in convenient corners, for if
one 90 out into another room to look fer
the right kind of chair, the chances are
that the work will be done standing.
A low seat made of q box, well
cushioned and simply covered, is handy
for a great many things. A low rocker,
bv a pleasant window is a real bower ct
ease where a tired mother may catch
many a little breathing space, and have
for "a Jew minutes an oCt-l ok that shall
M AXE her spiIlts brighter as she goes
buck to her work.
But high stool like an office chair,
should form a part of every kitchen out
fit; seated On it, one may wash dishes.
fold and iron clothes and do many
things that most women suppose must be
performed standing, A hundred women
would be glad to make this change IN
their way Of working If it was not for
that great bug-bear "what will people
saw" They have strength to drag about
their work after fashion, but they have
not moral strength to stand up to that. A
little tonic for the moral IS what great
many women need. You must harden
yourself that carping, cynical Mrs.
Grundy's talk, and go serenely On your
way, when you are convinced IL Is the
right way. 4 CHEEKY independent man
mel, disarms criticism and often brings the
critic around ts your way of thinking.
Always yielding and always, in man
ner, trembling for fear other folks won't
like it, makes You a weary slave. You
cannot wisely despise public opinion, OF
run against it determinately; but you
may bend snd mold it to your ownsssr-
vice, anu with lasting benefit to Others as
well as yourself.
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settlement. To hear him one might have
believed that he had seen through our practi-
cal jests from the first, and while seeming to
be their victim, had been quietly amusing
himself at our expense. It's manner, the
delicate irony, the wit. the forcible piquaney,
should be glad indeed to reproduce, but of
such an effort am incapable. Here was turn
ing of the tables? NV friends were bewildered;
those not in our secret applauded vociferous-
ly. Ialone knew who 1t was had planned this
triumph; and | was not surprised when few
days later, it was rumored abroad that Elean-
or Hartley and our newcomer were engaged
to be married. Rumor for once told true
tale. Before that season was over | was IN
yited by Eleanor Hartley's father to his
daughters wedding.
"And would wager" said the gentleman
who had asked tor the story, that my lady
kept him In ORDER
son the contrary" replied our guest, "she
was a model among wiyes-devoted, adoring.
believe she thought that man half divine
Well, poor fellow! he was always delicate, and
after two or three years of happiness,he died
"And his wife.p
u think you have met herr
what! She cannot be"
'Isee you have guessed. Thank me for Civ
ing you peep into the character Of Eleanor
Walthingham."
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Is an easy stage in cases of dyspepsia. A
slight attack of indigestion, especially when
there is predisposition to digestive weakness
Of the stomach, must speedily eliminate in
the more obstinate form of the disease. 1t is
well, therefore, 10 adopt preventive measures
early Although Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
o,ercomes, if persisted in, cases of dyspepsia
of long standing. it is obviously the part OF
wisdom to use it ere the malady assumes
chronic phase. This is particularly true, be-
cause as dyspepsia advances, it engenders
other bodily evils, such as disorder OF the
liver, constipation or undue looseness OF the
bowels nervous disorders, hypochondria, sleep,
lessness. These maladies al e both prevented
and remedied by theBitters but how much BET.
ter to check themin their outset withthe grea'
alternative, than to wait until they establish
ed a firner foothold in the system. surely
TIE advisability Of this must be apparent
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PHYSICIANS recommend DIR. Graves HEART
REGULATOR as a cure for Heart Disease,
showing they have confidence in it. A lady
says;
'From child Ihave been subject TO Palpita-
ton of the Heart, and for the past few years
have continued to grow worse, palpitation
being followed by dizziness and suffocation,
so much that if | atteIn pied to lie down my
heart would seem to cease beating entirely,
causing great prostraton. was Obliged to
have Il physician in attendance for nearly q
wear at last he advised me TO try DR.. Graves
HEART REGULATOR, which did, and have
not taken any other medicine since. Am
nearly well. and have great reasons to believe
/ shall get entirely cured by continuing to
take the HEART REGULATOR
MRs ALoNzo MORGAN, Concord, n. Il.
Send your name to f. f INGALLs, Concord,
n. H. for pamphlet containing list OF
testimonials of cures, &c.
For sale by druggists at 80 cents and ST per
bottle.
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Confessions.
I.-FRIENDsHlP.

TO A. E. L
by dearest thoughts unite to name you friend,
You who have given me OF your heart and
mind
In ri .h profusion, till feared to find
Your generous love grown wearT in the end;
But well it is that our two lives should blend,
Like leaves by tranquil breeze ent~lned-
For We are of sad, cOmmuning kind
Who love strange gods and wander IS the
wend.
Through all the growth Of time you have not
lost
That faith in what my life has vaguely told
In words that falter with the weissht Of
song;
The world may marvel little at the cost
Wherewith the human heart is bought or
sold
Yet we have learned it wisely and are
strong.
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s perlence OBJ Rcb'reud Quaeko Strong

Swing dat gate wide, 'Postle Peter
Ring de big bell, beat de gong,
Saints and MARTYRS den will meet dar
Brudder Reb'rend Quaeko Strong,
Turn de guard out, Gin'ral Michae
Arms present, de line along,
Let de band play "Conkring Her
For de Reb.fend Quacko Strong.
Joseph march down wild your bredren,
Tribes an banners musterin' strong
Speeches of welcome from ole Abram,
Answer, Reb'rend Quacko Strong.
Tune your harp-strings tight, King David
Sing vonr good Ole Hundred song,
let de seraphs dance wild cymbals
Round dc Reb'rend Quacko Strong,
Angles hear me yell Hosanner,
Hear my dnclem speritool song;
Halleluyer; I'm q comm,
I'm dc R9b'rend Quacko Strong.
Make dat white robe RAIDER spacious,
And de waist-belt 'strondn'ry long,
Cause twill take seem room in glory
For de Reb'rend Quacko Strong.
What No one at de landin'l
Pears like suff'in 'nu dder's wro
Guess III glib dat sleepy Peter
Fits-from Reb'rend Qaacko Strong
What narrer little gateway
NM dat gate am hard TO move.
who am dat?p says 'Postle Peter
From de parapet above.
Uncle Peter, don't you know mo-
Me shinin' light so long?
Why de berry niggers call me
Good ole Rebrend Quacko Strong.
Dunno me-de shoutin' precher,
Re'lar hull hog Wesleyan too;
Whar' in de woods you've been O lofn'Y
Some old ROSTERS bodder'd you.
| reckon Whyi I've convarted
Hundreds o. darkies in song.
Dunno me! nor yet my massa!
Pm de Reb'rend Quacko Strong.
Hark to that ar GURUS roarin'
Far away but rollin' higher;
See de dreffle drajon flynn,
Head like night and mouf OBJ fire
Ills de berry king OBJ debbils,
An he am rushin' right along,
oh, dear Peter, please to open
To Class-leader Quacko Strong.
Ole Nick's comm, can feel it
Getting warmer all about,
Oh, my good, kind Kurnel Peter,
Let me in, Pm all too stout,
To go long wild Major Satan
Into dat warm climate 'mong
Fire an birthstone. Hear me knockin'
Ole church member Quacko Strong.
Dat loud noise am comm nearer,
Dreffle smell like powder smoke;
'Nudder screechi Good heaben help me
Lord, forgib dis poor old moke.
Alters was so berry holy,
Singin' and prayin' extra long;
Now de debble's gwine to catch me.
Poor ole niger, Quaeko Strong.
Hi! dat gate swing back little,
Mighty squeezin' to get lrool
Ole Appollyon howlin' louder,
Everything around am blue.
Bang de gate goes an Belzebub,
Bunch OBJ wool upon his prong,
Goes along without de soul ob
Missabul sinner, name eb Strong.
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lis SYMPATHY.

The moonlight glimmers over throhbing
seas
The stars aglow in myriad paths ofncht-
The solemn grandure of some mountain
height
The gentle sweep Of murmuring forest trees
The faint ethereal music Of the breeze
And an familiar sound that mark the eight
OF dawn beyond the circle of our sight
And dreams exhale like dew from grassy ieas:
We see, and hear, and feel, like souls IN
one,
For one brief hour, in purity Of grace,
And in desire that yearns for wings % fly;
We have forgotten time, whose moments run
To the low wailing of a weeping race
That sees not any hope beneath the sky.
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All! there are times when my sweet years OF
youth
Seem chilled at heart. like flowers of early
spring
Nipped BY the icy frost in blossoming;
When grace and beauty seemed deformed. I'M
cOuth,
And love unlovely as a dream Of ruth
When all the songs that | have lived to sing,
Sound hollow as the cold and cherries ling
OF mockery ON the resonant air Of truth.
Yet hope returns in some sad hour Of thought,
Aud with soul grown strong Ia death rise,
And walk the earth with calm, heroic tread,
Then, like a bird, my heart goes out unsouSht,
To the free splendor of the dropping skies,
And to the august glory Of the dead.
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Little John Is visiting his grandfather.

Little John IS visiting his grandfather.
This is an extract from letter TO bis
mother, 'sPetater- bugs Is plenty, an en-
Joy 'em worry much cause they make
grandfather swear. and every time he
boils over he spills his false teeth, an he
always forgets where he spills 'em an ne
hires us to roust 'em eut. So yer see
huntin's go5d here. Fl pays us in pigs,
an fore fhe sesin's over think I'll have
enough to start IA swine shop. Tel. Sam
jenkins, cause it'll make him hoppin'
mad to know ime hevin' such binanzer
- Onkers Gazette.
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W-COSSOLATION.

Men cannot daunt me with their petty rage,
Nor sorrow kin me for laugh 1T both
As one who feels within himself the grO@ tn
OF power which is the glory Of the sage
! am a standard bearer Of my age
And march in serried columns, nothing
lOath
To fight like any hero for his oath,
Or like an emperor tor his heritage.
In the cold night-tim of my life ! see
Faint forms OF splendor borne through star
lit space
On white diaphanous wings that never tire;
Then / forget the earth and seem TO be
One Of the pure and dream begotten race
Whose love is sweet as air and strong as
f.e.
-George Edgar Nontgonamery.
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nayes,s Tit,e.

However varied may be the opinions con-
corning the validity of Hayes's title to the
Presde y, there is not a question in the
minds of either Democrats or Republicans
upon one important point, viz; the unquestion-
able right of Dr. Pieree's Family Medicines to
the title of the Standard Remedies Of the age.
Listen to the voice of the sovereign people.
NEW ORLEANS, June 10th, 1878
Dr. r. " PIERCE, Buffalo, N. T.;
Dear Siy-Your Pleasant Purgative Pellets
seem to be particularly adapted to the wants
of the people in this warm climate, where
bilious affections are particularly prevalent.
| regard them as the best cathartic | have
ever tried. Yours truly
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Familiarity with the W things Of the great
poets is a necessity to any one who wishes to
appear wen IN company For Zoe. we wiz
send a book Of 100 selections from the beau
tiful melodies 81 Moore, the grand poems Of
Byron, and the unequa.ed songs Of Burns
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r7rPossr ANr NOTICE

IMPORT ant N0'EE CE.-Farsners.F ami
lies and Others can purchase No Remedy equal TO Dr.
TOBIAS VENETIAN EMINENT for the cure Of
Cholera. Diarrhma, Dysentery Group, collie and Sea-
sickness, taken nternaly(it is perfectly harmless
Chronic rheumatism. Headache, Toothache, Sore
THROAT, Cuts, Burns. Swsilings, Bruises, Mosquito
Bites, Old Sores Pains in Limbs Back and Chest The
VENETIAN LINIAfENr introduced in 1345, and
who has used Il but continues to do So many
stating II 10 Tea Dollars Bottle they would not
be without It, Thousands OF Certificates be seen
at the Depot, speaking OF It's wonderful curative
properties. Sold by the Druggists at 30 cts Depot 4
Murray St. New York
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so popular songs. Desmond & Co., 9l5 Race
81 ph;la

The Mason & Hamlin Organ Co. have taken
the highest honors at the worlds exhibitions
for more than twelve years-viz., at Paris,
1867; Vienna, 1873; Santiago, 1876; Philadel-
phia, 1876. and Paris, 1878; aud they are the
only American makers who have taken such
at any.
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PERFECT PURITY is restored to the circulation
when contaminated, if Soov1LLs BLOOD AND
Liver SYRUP is taken Scrofulous, syphilitic
and m rcurial disorders are completely van
uuished by it, persstene in the use Oh the
remedy being alon,s required 10 accomplish 81
cure. ErupSions Of all kinds, sores, chronic
rheumatism, govt, liver complaint and goitre
Weld to its remedial action, and it not only
purifes the blood but vitalizes the system.
Sold by all Druggists