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Agricultural Implements.

We have been handed one of the
Walter A. Woods Moving and Reaplng
Machine Company's Twenty seventh
Annual Circular for 1880, and as a
large proportion of the farmers of Ore
con and Washington Territory are well
acquainted with the machinery manutac-
tured by this company, we will notice a
few points in their catalogues. They
have their machines represented by
AGENTS all over the world-London,
England; Paris, France; Buenos Ayres
and Valparaiso, South America, and at
Cape Town, South Africa, ETC., as well
as in all the towns and cities of the
United States We will give the farm
ers q tabular statement of the Walter
A. Wood harvesting machines produced
and sold from 1853 to 1879, inclusive :
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II you ara gong to pant your house,
barn, wagon or machinery, the wonder
hll Imperishable Mixed Paint II surely
the best, for it is warranted by their
ag ats IL your oga town nc. 20 Chal..,
crllk, pesl or blEtrr; 70 cover lettor ard
ifl' an.H Paint Uar utTurfela Grt TlHu uu
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But one month has scarsely closed, and
yet Philadelphia girl is already dis
gusted with leapyear. Theiothereven-
ing as she began "Willa You. 4m s..s her
young man, without wasting to ascer-
tain whether or not she was going to
propose, sprang from the sofa, : leaped
through the sash, and has carefully
avoided the house ever since. And yet,
aware that she possessed very large
mouth, She was merely abont to ask,
"Will you please shut your eyes while [
cape q -- ----I
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A medal has been struck to commem-
crate Gladstone's seSentieth birthday
anniversary, and copy in gold has been
accepted bv Mrs. Gladstone.
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We think It is5needless to say that

We think it is5needless to say That
superiority in principle combined with
general excellence of manufacture must
have conduced tothese results for com.
mercial energy and skill, however
marked, could mot alone have created
the immense demand for these machines
1t will be observed That over 327 600
of these machines have beentin use, and =
we think that the demand from yeartto
year exceeds that of any aotber like
establishment in the world. This record
tells not only of progress, but continued
superiority, unequaled in the history OF
moving and reaping machines. .e.g
This company manufactures the fol-
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WOOD - "" 49,
Mr.. Wood claims that the new en-
closed gear mower was brought out in
1878 and is already in use by more than
10000 farmers. Its popularity is SO
great and the demand for it SO active
that he has, for the epast two seasons,
fallen largely short Of filing orders. %
1t combines theibsst qualities of the
well-tried and justly celebrated " Walter
A. Wood IRON frame Mower" with many
new and advantageous features entirely
peculiar to itself. Its superior cutting
qualities, adaptation TO all conditions of
grass and surface, unequaled lightness
of draft and stiffness of operation have
been fully demonstrated, and its strength
and durability subjected to unusually
severe and trying tests, with the most
gratifying results both Co the farmer
and the manufacturer.
Walter A. Woods sweep-RalSe Reaper
Junior Size, s IT, cut; Senior Size, IT.
in. cut. E.l
This reaper has passed through eight
harvests, during the frstthree of which
it was mainly furnished >fof the Euro
pean trade, having been generally intro
duced to the home trade in 1875 in re-
sponse to n growing demand in many
sections for frst-class reel.rake reaper
1t has made for itself a most brilliant
record, and one to which each succeeding
year has added new laurels ; its sales,
both foreign and domestic, during the
period named, having reached apunpre,
cedentedly large number elraGial and ID fan can be be
called ..g ..'tn',......... ',''
Tho Model Reaper OF the Period, 49,.
They manufactured and sold in 1879
at least three times the number Of, these
reapars made in any previous year, and
the increase for 1880 promises to be
equally large. 1a.r .r 3 o.....
We call the attention of the public
to the following points Of excellence /:
The automatic gear for controlling the
raking-In 1878 they added to this
reaper what they term the automatic
gear" which comprises train Of small
gears compactly encased in close box
at the right hand Of the drivers sent
This train Of gears absolutely controls
the successive action Of the rakes aud
by means Of a lever connected with IT,
the driver in his seat, and without stop.
ping the machine, can re, this device SO
that every alternate rake viii act ag q
rake, aud every alternate nike act n7 a
beaier or 30 tha, every third rake vili
at a. a rake. ari tls nvzt tu1 hrf a.
beat,rs; oG To- thar every f7nrh rake
vill a6t as a rake, sni tla ntEi t.fe
al ~ heaters lF sa tbai f..E 500
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daynltnt.y rsgl.sfrs shr nklrt aH1ri
irrlv az t is ts,, iLs driver An nua
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My Kidneys in very bad condition. The Urine was k
mediate relief .f
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Having backache last Winter induced to try
beneficial in its results twas not unpleasant to take
afflicted as was
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02
Cost of Modern Armies.

A detailed comparison of the cost en-
tailed by standing armies shows some
very curious results, which the Co1astitu-
tion1eeL gives in a compact form. Among
the great Powers, England of course,
stands pre-eminent for the extravaganza
of its expenditure, the annualc cost of each
man in the army being 8, ,500f or 9140,
while for the Indian army the cost per
man is 1,500f, or about half Next but
at long interval, comes Austria Hun
gary with an expenditure of about e51;
then France and Germany, the latter of
which countries spends just e43 per an
mum per man. The other two great
Powers each spend little less than Ger
many, but the difference is exceedingly
small Italy appears to pay just under
940 and Russia just over EDS, which Is,
as will be observed, not very much
more than a quarter of the expense re-
quired by the British soldier. On the
other hand, table showing the proper
ton of money spent on the army to the
general expenditure of the countries tells
a very different tale, and almost reverses
the positions on the list of the several
European Powers. 1t appears from the
calculation made by the Constitutional
that there is paid toward the army in
England and the colonies only IA per
cent of the budget, and this percentage
is the same in the case of Italy. Austria
Hungary occupies the next place, with a
proportion of 19 per cent, and next come
the two rivals, France and Germany,
with similar total of 81 per cent, Rus
sia bringing up the rear with an expen-
diture of 20 per cent or double that of
England 1t is estimated that the main
tenance of the army cost annually to each
head of the population about IS. cd. in
Italy, rs. 4d. in Russia, IS. cd. in Ger
many, 12s. 4d in France, and 12s. Cd.
in great Britian. Globe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02
Chicago Men When They Laugh.

Somebody corners McVicker and puts
him through an examination nearly
every day.
Yesterday an able-bodied citizen began
to complain about the removal of the
mirrors from the auditorium.
"See here, Mack, said the A B. c.,
"what We taken them mirrors out for :?
It's mistake All the ladies are in
dignant about it.
ssI'll tell you how it is, +" returned Nc
Wicker. 81 imported those mirrors at a
great deal of trouble and expense. The
first five were broken CT the passage and
[ had to send back and have them
duplicated. I got them especially to
please the lady patrons of the theatre,
but someway they haven't seemed to
realize the treat offered, haven't come
out in encouraging numbers, so thought
! perhaps they objected to the arrange
ment, taking it as a sort of reflection on
their well A-knewn difference to locking
glasses. I thought best, therefore, to
cover them up. Then the glasses operated
badly on the gentlemen. wouldn't say
this outside, you know, but the men Of
| Chicago are an ugly set. No getting
around that. They smoke and chew,
and are not pretty sight to look at any
time. They know this themselves, and
get sort of discouraged when they are
compelled to look at their own faces.
Especially are they forbidding sight
when they laugh, and it is my experience
that those mirrors detracted at least halt
from the enjoyment of play. The
average man would begin to laugh and
settle down for regular side-shakine
time when suddenly he would happen to
catch glimpse of himself in the glass,
and, presto! his mouth would shut like q
clam. That would be the end of his
outward manifestations of enjoyment fol
that evening. IF he laughed again he
would bury his mouth inhis handkerchief,
and, mirth being contagious, and gen
eral expression Of it being a sort of gauge
to determine the practical merit of {
comedy or farce, this laugh-smotherine
was positive damage. Now they cam
see themselves, and they will shout with
out ever dreaming of the frightful ap'
pearance they make. .'-Chicago Inter
| Ocean,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02
Flies.

Many mournful pieces have been
written about "dead leaves" dead
flowers" and "years gone by;" but I
have never yet read one word about de-
parted flies. To be sure, flies are not an
honored race indeed, they are quite the
contrary, for they come in the spring
time andnearly torment the life out of
man and beast throughout the summer.
It is like tale of war this fighting
with flies we barricade our doors and
windows until the house looks like
fortress, and we prepare feasts of deadly.
poison for the coming enemy. They
come by hundreds and thousands, with
troops of ugly drummers, called beetles,
and millions of accomplished swords
men, named mosquitoes. And these
Liliputian swordsmen are as cruel as
any Hessian soldier that ever fought in
the British army. .zT
They are not content with rioting by
sunlight; they must attack us by night
also, and that is the worst of it for
fresh reinforcements are ever ready at
night-fan to commence their attack. Then
stealthily moving with doleful song the
ight-footed warriors creep through the
crevices of a building to wreak their
vengeance on its inmates. ss
It is rather humbiing to.Shink that, af-
ter all our efforts to overcome the enemy,
we should be tormented through all the
loveliest weather of the season, and
when the cheerless days of winter come
again one breath of our fearless ally
Jack Frost, should kill them all.-Er,
change.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02
Six Little Women of the Olden Time.

In 1916, sixty-fve years ago, says the
Boston Journal, six little women of
Waterford. VT, rode on the same horse
and at the same time some miles over the
Waterford hills. Their names and ages
were as follows: Lois Rowell, aged
twelve years Nelly Caswell and Rhoda
Pike, aged eleven years; Polly Caswel
and Lois Pike, aged eight years, and
Anna Caswell, aged four years. Lois
Rowell sat on the saddle and held the
reins, and small Anna Caswell and the
other four misses rode behind her. They
had q nice time, which they all still re-
member, for they are all still living.
Lois Rowell, now Mrs. Charles S. Greg
ory, lives with her son-in-law, Mr.. Cas-
well, on a beautiful farm on the west
bank of the Connecticut in Concord, vt.
She has been totally blind for some five
years, but is intelligent, cheerful and So
cial, one of those venerable ladies whom
it is pleasant to meet and converse with.
Nelly Caswell is now Mrs. Jiles Jones OF
Victory, VT; Rhoda Pike is Mrs. Nelson
Millen, whose residence the writer does
not remember; Polly Caswell, now Mrs.
Horace Buck, and Lois Pike, Mrs. JEFF
ferson Hosmer, live in Littleton, N. 81.
and Anna Gaswell, Mrs. Wilson Buck, in
Charleston, vt. They are all now
widows except Mrs. Millen, and Mr..
Millen is her second husband. Who
knows of six other women who together
enjoyed lark sixty-four years ago that
has been a pleasant memory to them
from that time to this?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02
The Women Of Lima.

Lima. saws an exchange, is called the
paradise Of women. They are called
beautiful; SO they are, if you admire
black eyes and ebony tresses-not the
dreamy black eyes of the .harems, nor
the sparkling black eyes of the Syrians,
nor the liquid black eyes of the Egyptians,
but the black eyes that easily reveal the
different types of character. Peruvian
ladies have character and are not afraid
to show it; yet we hear nothing Of equal
rights and privileges among them. For
them to lay claim to q right is but to
possess it, for they can easily win over
the priesthood, and thus have the most
powerful class of Peru on their side
They are generally occupied, but do not
work; they look upon labor As degrading.
They rise early, take cup OF tea and go
to mass. Their toilet requires but q few
moments. Their walking suits are neat
and pretty; In this respect they surpass
us. The dress is black and never touches
the ground; there is no fussing or
fumbling with t. Inns A white skirt Is
sometimes seen little below the dress,
with deep hem and two tucks, and al
ways white and clean. Prunella CATERS
are generally worn; and hands are bare;
the manta is thrown over the head, fall
ing gracefully down almost to the bottom
of the skirt.
The subject of dress claims most of
their time and attention; their ball
dresses and opera and soiree suits are
magnificent. Their boots, especially,
are beautiful No people have naturally
as small feet as the Peruvians. The
Peruvian-made boots are too small for
foreigners.
Peruvian ladies are not very intelligent;
as soon as they pass beyond the school
girl period they care little for books or
literature. Many learn to play the piano
when young, but do not care to continue
when married. They are excessively
courteous in their manners, but we are
not to be misled by appearances. Their
mode of salutation is more OF an embrace
than anything else, and they always
say: "My house and all that have Is
entirely at your disposal, and we are to
be as one family" They are always
wealthy in imagination-at least they
never speak of poverty. They love tt
smoke. Although handsome when young
they scarcely turn twenty when they be
gin to fade. One thing always lasts witt
them, and that is their gait. Their move
ments are gliding and graceful; the SAM
is true of the men
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02

caught from under the very horses feet.
She had hurriedly crossed the track Just
In front of the car when her dress caught
and jerked her back, and In another
moment she would have been trampled
under the horses had not strong arm
caught her while the car passed ON, tax
ing almost the whole of the soft, SHIN
mering train with it. And, as soon as
Ethel was released, / was surprised to
see her turn and joyfully extend both
hands to the stranger who had so gal
lantly rescued her. Retaining one of
the hands, he placed it in his arm. and
in a moment they were beside me. A
glance at her escort assured me that he
was no other than the subject of our
morning discussion. OF course we took
possession of our old friend. and, calling
carriage, were soon safely deposited at
home. It was, indeed, happy little
party that gathered around the dinner
table that day. Even Ethels naughty
uncle was very gracious and grateful,
and gave our friend warm welcome.
All, merry party we were that evening
Ethel, Eugene, Harry and las we
sat in the warm glow of the bright CRATE
fire, whose Pickering light we would not
suffer dimmed by lighted gas how we
laughed, chartered, and finally drifted
back to the days of yore. A regular ex-
perience meeting we had, each relating
his or her own varied fortune. But
another story read in the eyes of our
friend Eugene as slipped away, soon
followed by Harry, who found his pres
ence sadly ignored.
That old, old story, which I afterward
learned he had come from his far West
ern home to tell to the blue-eyed Ethel,
whose image his heart had ever held !;
and few weeks later stood beside my
friend that snow-clad Christmas morn
ing in the softly-lighted parlor, fragrant
with the breath of the lovely white bios
SONS peeping out from every niche, and
nestled down among the holly and ever
green, silent witnesses of that short, i'm
pressive ceremony which gave Eugene
and Ethel back to each other after the
many days when each had thought the
other lost. t.-Chicago Ledger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02
Knowing How to Swim.

The recent disasters on the waters have
conclusively proved the advantages of
the art of swimming. Those who were
Conscious of their ability to swim were
cool in more than one sense of the wCrd;
for they not only were not panic-stricken,
but they did not burn. Even those who
can but float in the water feel that they
have resources which others do not share.
Among the passengers of the SeawaIl-
haka was Mr.. Samuel Barlow, of New
York, who having provided himself with
life preserver, gave it away to another
passenger and dropped into the water.
He turned himself upon his back and
foated, managing to keep his nose above
water until he was rescued. All the pas
sengers who could swim, or at least who
did swim, reached the shore in safety.
1t would reinforce persons otherwise
liable to be fear-stricken, with assurance,
enabling them to take measures for saw
ing themselves. If, for example, the
water were not an absolute terror to one
half or three-fourths of the passengers,
when collision occurs or a fire breaks
out, they would, with some degree of
carefulness and deiberation, set about
lowering the boats. They could exercise
their reason and take precautions, would
look to see if the plugs were all in, and
would lower the boats, perhaps, without
emptying everybody out or filing the
boats with water. On the Narragansett
one of the boats was lowered while the
plug in the bottom, allowing the rain
water to run away, was out, and the boat
filed. The patent plug, which, by the
pressing of the water on the bottom, is
| forced home, ought to be used in all
boats; but it is not, and little caution
and preservation of the mental balance
on the part of thepassengers would avoid
these unnecessary dangers.
It is not merely, therefore that the art
of swimming will save the lives of voy-
ayers, but the familiarity with the water
and the consciousness that one can, even
when he must take to the water, support
himself in it for q time at least, and I'M
til help comes, would prevent the dread
full panics to which more than to the dis,
aster itself, the great loss of life is due.
Should every man, and every woman, a1Io
every child that's old enough to learn, bt
aware that as soon as they touch the
water they could support themselves il
it, nearly all of the Immediate danger
would disappear. A swimmer, too, cal
use even a lfe-preserver to better advan
tage than one ignorant of the art.
OF course swimmers drown sometimes
but the proportion is very small, and i
happens quite as often that it is the boy
that cannot swim who is drowned Will
in bathing The number of swimmer
that are drowned is very much smalle
than the number of non-swimmers whit
are drowned while bathing or sailing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02

IT is common sight in rural England
to see the parson cows andsheep brows-
ing over the grave mounds-an old &C.
clesiastical law giving the clergy the
right to make such use of the parochial
burying- places, and many village Pope
who shudders at the idea of permitting
unorthodox dead to lie in corsecrated
ground never hesitates moment to turn
his live stock in to Craze there.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02
WHOLE NUMBER 500.
9. Resoluea rhatwe arraign him for the fraud-

9. RESOLVED, Thatwe arraign him for the fraud
ulent manner in which he attempted in bis
September, 1874, to shield himself from CEN
sure in receiving the before-named $4,000, by
falsely representing, In said speech, that the
Congress of the United States were not re-
sponsible for the acts Of said board, nor the
United States liable for the debts created there
knew, the said Board of Public Works and the
officers of said District were but the agents and
instruments of Congress, and the United States
was responsible for the indebtedness by them
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02

COMMUNAL PUDDING Five table
spoonfuls of corn-meal, one quart of
milk, five eggs, two table-spoonfnls of
sugar (or to the taste); boil one pint of
milk and stir in the meal until thick,
then pour in the remainder of the milk,
eggs (well beaten) and the sugar, add
ing raisins or currants, if liked. Bake
until good brown, and eat with cream,
or hard sauce Of butter and sugar,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02
The Family Purse.

The money question between husband
and wife is one of the most serious draw
backs to married happiness, and it is
time it was adjusted on more just and
equal basis. The life of utter depend
ence which some women lead is crushing
and degrading. Men do not realize the
utter helplessness and vacuity to which
the system condemns woman. Now,
does anybody believe that it is necessary
for the welfare of the family that she
should go to him for 25 cents every time
she needs it for car-fare or spool of
thread? Is it right or just to take her
imbeciity in money matters for granted
before she has been tested? Is it not
just such women, who are left by the
failure of some speculative craze to their
own resources, with the burden of a
family upon their inexperienced shoul-
ders, who often display wonderful
powers of energy and calculation, in
addition to thrift and persevering in
dustry, which ought to put all such men
to shame?
Women, as general rule, can make
one dollar go as far as two in the hands
of men; and many conceited individuals.
who now consider that the social system
bounded by four walls of their dwelling
would cease to revolve if they were taker
out of it, would find great happiness an6
great pecuniary advantage in putting the
control of ali the interior details of theil
homes in the hands of their wives, will
division of the income equal to the re
Quirement. WOn1an's Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02

THE report of the Silk Association of
America for the fiscal year ending July 1
last shows the total value of the raw silk
imported to have been $11 ,6SS, ,S22, an
increase of $3,000,O 900 over the previous
year, and 81, 900, 600 over the year 1878.
The value of the entire importation of
manufactured silk goods was $50, 596, 500.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02

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