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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
Imagine Him in Retirement.


At high noon Oh the 4th of March,
1881, Hayes, that poor player on the
White House stage. yields up that
lcepter of power that he has played with
rs a child plays with squares and cubes,
knowing nothing of their meaning.
What is left for him? He is despised
by the Democrats and pitied by the Re
publicans, and both will be glad to bid
him long farewell. He will return to
Fremont, serene in his own mental
weakness, and, without healthy attri-
ion with the world, he will gradually
!ose the little worldly wisdom he has
earned here and relapse into dotiDg
dleness, telling over the things that
,nly he will remember of his vacillat-
ng and trifing administration. Dressed
n his black clothes, his hair nicely
creased and turned under at-the ends,
ais hands gloyed and carrying gold
headed cane, he will 60 daily to the
village postoffice for his mail and di' ker
with the marketman, on his way, over
che price of fresh meat for the MONDAY
Inner. People outside of Washington
have very little idea with what little
respect Mr.. Hayes is regarded by those
who know him. The mention of his
name generally produces a smile. All
look forward to the happy day when he
leaves the White House.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
A Good Joke ON a Preacher.
Detroit News.1

A funny anecdote is told of Rev.
George Mueller, illustrating the power
of imagination. Last Sunday he
preached in the Central NJ. E. Church.
Now ithappens that among the members
of this church there is a very worthy
lady who is lady afflicted with deaf
ness. In order to enable her to hear the
preaching, speaking tube running un-
der the floor connects her pew with the
pulpit. At the pew end is flexible
tube, with ear piece attached, which,
when the service begins, she takes in
her hand and holds up to her ear. The
pulpit end terminates in funnel
shaped attachments extending down
ward from the desk, and covered with a
sort of grating or perforated metal disc.
On the Sunday in question Mueller es-
pied the grated opening in the top of the
desk and came to the conclusion that it
it was a hot air register. The fancied
heat arising from it seemed to annoy him.
First he moved as far away from it as pos
sible, but finding that inconvenient, he
clapped the Bible right over the opening,
and, it is to be hoped, experienced nc
more discomfort. When the services were
over the great apostle of faith innocently
remarked to Or. Bayliss, the pastor,
Doctor, you will kill yourself in that
pulpit. Such current of hot air con.
stantly arising in your face must be ex'
ceedingly prejudical to health. Wha'
wonderfully curious people you Ameri.
cans are in your methods of heating"
DIR. Bayliss was too polite to undeceive
the old gentleman, who will probably
return to England with the impression
that pulpit desks in this country are
provided with heating apparatus fol- the
comfort of the preacher hands and face
What the lady thought of the sermon il
Lot recorded.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
Why We Butter Our Bread.

The layers of the wheat berry as we
proceed toward tbs certer, becomes more
and more completely starchy, and at the
center but little else is found, and this
portion makes our finest -four. The
finer the flour the less fit it is for nutri-
ton. In its natural state, the wheat,
with all its componnets present, is not
fitted for human development. There is
deficiency in the potential heat-produc-
ing materials, especially for cooler
climates, there being only 2 per cent of
fat in wheat. We instinclively. supply
this deficiency by the addition of fatty
bodies. We spread butter upon bread,
we mingle lard or butter with our bis
cult or cake, and the fat meat and bread
are taken alternately or coincidentally.
The starch being carbon hydrate can
afford, comparatively, but little heat in
consumption, and the fats are demanded
by the wants of the system.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
A Race on All FOurs.

A highly entertaining, if not deeply
intellectual, amusement in Florida is
described by sojourner in that sunny
cline. Half dozen juvenile darkeys
are called for race. The goal and
starting point being marked, the little
"nigs" are sent off on even terms on all
fours. 1t is the most ridiculous thing
imaginable to see them strive for mas
terry. The conditions of the race are
that they must start on their hands and
feet only, their knees not to touch the
ground; and away they scamper, each
as eager to win as though his life de-
pended on it. They are dirty half-clad
little wretches, and as they speed along
in their semi-horizontal position look
for all the world like so many monkeys.
The race over, they assemble in a row,
and the winner of course gets the purse
but when there is an extra prize offered
for the one who can stretch his mouth
the widest, and as they stand there al
together, each striving to make for him
self the largest opening in the world
the effect is irresistibly ludicrous.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
Commissioner Hayt's Removal.

If Commissioner Hayt was dismissed
for cause, and that cause involved the
disgrace of the ex-oficial, the course of
Secretary Schurz requires explanation.
1t bears too close resemblance to Gen.
Grants acceptance of Secretary Bel
knap's resignation of the War Ofice
after he had disgraced the public service
and was proved by an official investiga-
ton to be a bribe-taker of the worst
kind. Gen. Grant stepped in just as
the House of Representatives were about
to impeach Belknap, and the Senate
to try him for high crimes and misde-
meanors, and threw the shield of his
protection about the fallen Secretary
by accepting his resignation and render
ing the Congressional prosecution un-
der the Constitution miscarriage.
If ex-Commissioner Hayt was guilty
of frauds upon the Indians-those
much plucked wards of the nation"-
or of corruptly speculating in an Ari.
zona mine through his official opportu.
mites, it will not do for Hayes Admin.
istration to cover up the evidences oi
such transactions under virtuous-look
ing or Ier of dismissal from Office. Car
Schurz says in his note to Hayt: The
public service demands change in the
Commissionership of Indian Affairs
and your further services in that office
are dispensed with" This, too, in the
face of charges of the gravest nature
against the Commissioner. If he is in
nocent his summary dismissal is {
brutal act of injustice, and cowardly
use of ill-gotten power on the part o.
The Secretary of the Interior. If, a
seems more likely, Hayt has been en-
gagged in dishonest practices (min,
stealing, forgery and other corruption
are charged), it is a public scandal t.
send Mr.. Hayt away with negativ,
certificate of good character and no othe
punishment but a loss of Office. A Con
gressional investigation now can alon
place the responsibility for this dis
graceful business on the proper shoul
ders. No more Belknaps or Babcock
should be allowed to flourish unde
Hayes, while Democratic Congress j
in Washington to prevent it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
The Blaine Confession.

The fraud of 1877 is repeated in 1880.
In 1877 the people, having declared
by two hundred and fifty thousand ma
'ority in the largest vote ever cast that
the Washington rings should go out of
power, were cheated of the President
they had chosen.
In 1880 the people of Maine, having
declared by majority which resisted
the pressure of ring influence, the use
of Federal patronage, the employment
of money, the power of the press, and
skilled political machinery. that the
Blaine ring should not return to
power, are cheated out of the Governor
they prefer. .e..
In both cases this is done by the aid
of a packed court.
In both cases the rings confess their
resolve to hold power despite the peo-
pie.
Thus they confess that the live issue
to-day is between despotism and free
dom.
Let the people meet this issue.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
The Exodus scheme.

The investigation into the negro
exodus from North Carolina into the
State of Indiana by what is known as
the Voorhees, Committee, is developing
the fact that the only object in view by
those who have been most active in the
project has been that of making the
State go Republican in the coming
Presidential election. The following
which is taken from an Associated Press
report, is only a portion of mass OF
testimony of similar character:
Thomas Mill (Rep.), of Indianapolis,
testified that he remarked to "the boys'
when the North Carolina colored people
first began to arrive at Indianapolis,
"We want 10000 bucks and not women
and children"
Mr.. Voorhees-"You wanted them to
voteT
Witness-"Yes, we wanted them to
vote"
Mr.. voorhees-"Well, that's a square
answer You thought if you had them
you could politically "slay" us"
Witness-"Yes, we thought if we had
them we could get away with you ever.
lastinglY" Laughter
Voorhees-"But they brought good
many women and children with them.' u
Witness "Yes; they oveldid the
thing in women and children; but we
thought it would be a good thing te
scatter them around on cheap lands"
Veorhees-"In close counties%
Witness-"Well, yes; in close coun
ties" Renewed laughter.
| ,I,&I IL y,
which you have given SO frankly, arr
shared by your party in Indiana"
Witness replied that he thought they
individual members Of the party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19

Seaate-After three or four days recreation the
Senate convened with barely quorum present-
The only business transacted was the second read
ing of . lot Of bills.
Hou,e.-The House convened, after several days
recreation, with scarcely quorum. Among I'VE on
M bills % the os one st p
the expense for collie citing taxes upon unlisted prop
erty in Hamilton County; between the county,
Durbin Ward, of Warren asking the postponement
Of the bill referring to the removal OF the county
seat of Warren.
change the time of meeting OF county boards Of
equalization from the Tuesday after the first Mon-
and in cities of the first and second class the time of
meeting Of such boards shall be changed from the
fourth Monday of October to the second Monday OF
September: Bouse Dill to enable the several town.
ships of Fayette County separate road distTicts-
Bills were introduced as follows: Dividing Green
vile Township CLARK County, into Es two election
land, Ashland County, TO issue bonds; authorizing
the Commissioners OF Hardin County to increase
school sch oi', district ia soioa Township caseSosa
County-The House joint resolution directing the
leg % slstiOa for the regulation Of freight and passsn
monstraDcs was received from Guernsey County
County buiIdinss.The Senate Bill allowing real
estate assessors S. per day was passed-Mr. Coles
House bill authorizing the Commissioners of Scioto
County to purchase toll road was passed; Mr.. En-
trekin's bill authorizing the Council of Chillicothe
to establish a hre department was passed.
Rou,e-Petitions were presented in favor Of a
State Board Of Health local option for the right of
women to vote for school officers and hold school Of
fees, to enable the COMMISSIONERS of Ross County
to construct free turnpikes against the establish
] ment of subschool district in Reilly and Hanover
| townships, Butler County-Mr. Saltzgaber's Sem
ate bill to allow the city of Lima TO issue bonds To
the amount Of 100000 to build railroad machine
shops was passed by vote of 80 to S-The follow
ing bills were introduced: Defining the duties ol
| persons in keeping up fences; authorizing County
| Commissioners to change roads to avoid bridgtne
and to permit changing of beds of streams to avoid
crossings to require Clerks of City Councils to re-
| ceive and open bids st certain specific umes-Iht
House bill authorizing the Board of Education oi
Washington, Guernsey County, to issue bonds va
passed; the House bill uniting the Offices of Mar
shal and Supervisor in hamlets was passed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
A Story of q Rat.

This story of a rat comes from Brattle-
boro, VT, and is vouched for by the
Phenir: It was caught by cat who
wss rearing family of kittens, and
was adopted by her and brought up in
the most approved style. Last June
the rat was removed to another house,
and some four mon .hs after his change
of residence was carried on he paid visit
h ef @ hnnS as ms her sd
protege made no further effort to harm
him and the kittens, then full-grown,
enjoyed an old time frolic with him. In
the evening he is let out and runs about
the room, climbing on to people,
whether friends or strangers. Heappeara
to be destitute of fear, and plays with q
young cat belonging to one OF the neigh,
bors with all the freedom of kitten
He will also play with persons finger
and will allow himself to be handled 10y
any body, and has never been known to
hifa
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
A Democratic revival Demanded.

The old things have passed away, an
era of new responsibilities have arrived,
and the sooner those Democrats who are
/ enamored of archaic issues, or whose
minds are still cropping amid the fossil
iferous deposits of a POLITICAL past,
awake to the living questions of the
hour, the better it will be Tor the party.
The Democratic organization repre-
sents to-day clear majority of the
| American people, and the practical
question for every member of it to
answer is: How shall it maintain that
prepotency?
That it is imperiled it would be idle
to deny, and the menace comes not so
much from the strength and resources of
the Republicans as from its own incerti-
tude, supineness and lax of aggressive
| instinct.
In this country a great party that
truly reflects the sediments of the
masses can never stand still The
instant it ceases to advanSs, that instant
it>ceases to be representative.
Progress is the law of American
vitality, and it is therefore q law to
which all political organizations, to be
successful, must confoum.
The tenacity of life exhibited by the
Democratic party-that which has en-
abled to survive disaster after disaster
aud defy the disintegrating influences
of long banishment from power-is due
in no trifing degree to the memory OF
the courage, energy and wisdom with
which from its v,ry birth it has grappled
the vital issues of the moment and dealt
with them from the popular standpoint.
Why should it disregard such tradi
tions now and fall back into state q
inaction and imbecility? Why should
the Hannibal of Democracy halt his
army at Capua, when yigilant rival ii
making forced marches toward the capi
tal2
We respectfully submit that it is high
time for the party to brace up and ad
dress itself to the realities of the situa
ton with something of its pristine vigol
and resoluteness.
The stress and strain of the new era
! has evolved Inomentous sissueE-poktical
industrial and economic. Capital ant
labor are at war; between the principle
of. consolidation of power the indica
tions of bitter struggle are 30 clear tina
he who runs may read; day by day
! some popular barrier falls before the in
sidious onset of monopoly; the prob
lens of finance press for solution will
incessant and accumulating clamors
and all the signs foreshadow a grea
trial of the very principles upon whicl
the claim of mans competency fo
self-government and the right of tn
many to be Independent of the tyrann,
of the few repose.
i Surely in the midst of such actuali
ties, and with such environments, tn
party of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe
Jackson and Benton has grand mission
to perform, which should sink its pun,
internecine feuds out of sight and reani
mate it with the spirit that once made
invincible.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
Here's Your Plum Pudding.

A two-guinea prize was offered in Lon
don for the best recipe for a Christmas
plum pudding. Five hundred recipes
were sent in, and this was awarded the
money: One pound raisins one pound
currants; one pound suet, chopped fine
three-quarters pound stale bread
crumbs; one-quarter pound -four; one
quarter pound brown sugar; rind of one
lemon chopped fine; one-half nutmeg
grated; five eggs; one-halt pound mixed
candied peel; one-half pint brandy.
Well mix all dry ingredients; beat the
eggs and mix the brandy; then pour
over the other things and thoroughly
mix. To be boiled in basin or mold
for six hours at the time of making and
six hours more when wanted for use.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
Food for Thinking People.

A fellow in the Quincy Modern Argo,
in the following, introduces material
sufficient for all the debating societies
in the kingdom. The propositions, OF
problems, seem to fall as fast and thick
as the rain:
Suppose case. A well-ordered com.
munity where industry is the rule and
idleness the exception-that is. all the
laboring forces are employed, and there
is wholesome balance of supply and
demand. Wouldn't that be almost an
ideal state? Now of these laborine
forces, one hundred men are shingle.
Understanding out one hundred shin.
giles per minute, each man his shingle
The one hundred men are the heads OF
one hundred families, averaging five to
the family-all we'll housed, well clothed
we'll schooled, and well fed. A machine
is invented whereby one man with the
machine makes as many shingles pei
minute as the one hundred men made
before. What is the consequence i
that invention curse, or blessing
If either, why ? and how?
Maybe it is easier to answer two qucs
tions than one:--
Is division of labor a blessing?
The skill that is acquired by long
working at one thing is valuable SO long
as there is the one thing to work on
But if the thing be taken away, how
thenf Some new thingf A, new ap
prenticeship and term Of years without
skill and breadf
If man work half lifetime polish
ing watch-cases and not know the differ
ence between the watch itself and {
coffee-min, what would happen to hin
and his family of five or nine children
if the watch factory should burn dowr
or ego upf"
The larger the shop, the greater thu
division of labor, and the larger th'
profits-to whom7 To the employed ol
employerf If to both, are profit anc
benefit the same to eitherf
Which is better for a man, to hav,
small profit and medium skill in man,
things, or large profit and great skill il
some .particular thinga-=So- long as th,
particular thing and the special skill
keep together, profit and benefit ma.
go hand in hand-may be the sam,
thing; but if in the vicissitudes of thi
unstable world, it comes to pass tina
some new thing is thrust into the hand
of the old skill, which finds itself unabl
to cope with it-then what2
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
PUNGENT POINTS.
rFrom the Political Press. I

GEN. GRANTS boom is now carefully
preserved on ice in Havana.
ANOTHER good Republican gone
wrong is the verdict in the Hayt case.
Nextl
THE coup de Maine sounds more like
the cav de raven or the roar de liar
N. Y Star.
GRANTS friends are grumbling be-
cause they see the third term prospects
ebbing fast.
The hold of the third termers on
Pennsylvania is slipping. They grabbed
the creased end.
HAYES is q weak, timid creature, who
lives in constant dread of having his
title questioned, while Sherman is Ieso-
lutte and unscrupulous.-Iotedo Demo-
crdt.
The New York Tribune alludes to
Maine as ga Sta te lying under Mr.,
Blaine's nose" This confirms our sus-
picions that there has been a great deal
| of lying under Mr.. Blaine's nose.-At.
ldntd Consultation.
EX-SENATOR Howe's artful advocacy
of the third-term principle-or lack of
principle-int the February North Aneri-
can is regarded as the initiation of
Hayes boom"
JIM BLAINE is called the Giant pine
of the Penobscot," but that won't pre-.
serve him from sunstroke next summer
if he forgets to put a sponge in his hat.
"LlTrLE BILLIE" Chandler says he
is for Blaine, and that there is no use
talking about nominating Grant. But
perhaps Blaine can buy him of. He
will have to if he is in earnest about the
nomination.-Detroit Free Press.
EIGHT persons, it is said, declined the
English mission. Hayes began in the
nominative case and they put it in the
objective case; and in that way it got
well declined.
SHERMAN's show in New York is nc
longer worth talking about, apparently
The national bank that he favored
doesn't seem to have enough influence
with the Republican State Committee,
Detroit Free Press.
IT is announced from Washington
that Mr.. Roscoe Conkling does not, by
an means, consider himself uncondi
tionally out of the race for President
He is out only in the event of Genera
Grants receiving the nomination, ant
| uOG OJu6EWlSe. ne ID IOI 6IauG HIST
last and all the time, if Grant can ge
votes enough to nominate him. But i
not, then he is for Conkling first, las
and all the time."-Ne,O York Sun.
i WHILE General Key ha
been educating the people and flooding
the dead-letter Office, his postmaster a
Providence has been footing up his &C
counts, and finds himself $50, 900 shor
to the Government. He is going t
"explain," however, and hopes he vii
not be Judged too harshly." OF cours
he ought not to be if he hasn't stolel
more than $4,000. The harsh jude
ment is for the big villains.
DOUBTLESS Senator Bayard voice,
the sentiment of the entire America
!! people when he declared in his grea
speech that the interoceanic cans
must be under the control of th
Government of the United States.
. Amen to this patriotic declaration; bI
if N. de Lesseps should insist upo
prosecuting his undertaking, notwi'l
standing the protest of the Unit
States, what steps would it be in ords
!, for the Administration to take?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
Aren't These Facts.

The Senatorial investigation into the
colored exodus from North Carolina is
of good service in opening the eyes of
the people to the avowed objects of
those who have turned to Indiana.
There is not the slightest doubt that it
has been engineered for political pur-
poses; and the effect upon the negroes
has not been the subject of moments
care on the part of the promoters of the
villainous scheme. If they could land
q few thousand colored men in In
diana in time to make their votes avail
able at the October election, they would
keep an interested eye upon them until
their votes were cast; and then the cal-
ored men could starYe, steal or 60 to the
mischief for all the Republicans who
enticed them away from home would
care.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
"a LONG BRANCH LYRIC.
By EUGENE /. RArnosD.

Long Branch the scene,
Three persons, he of stately mien,
Aud she maiden somewhat green.
Tie third, by looking sharp, you'll find
The undersigned.
Twas eight O'Clock
(P. NJ. They sat upon q rock
ITO say upon the sand would knock,
II not the sense, at least the rhyme,
Quite out of time.)
So close thV sat,
Themselves intently gazing at,
Twas manifestly obvious that
They did not see the sea,
And much less me-
/ know him wen,
The ocean held5no heavier swell,
And when at home he was the tell
Er Of the Constitutional Bank,
And smoked and drank.
Venus she
Beside the yacht-embracing sea,
(That's quite good it seems to me,
As anything that Homer had
In 1liad.
Her cheeks were pink;
Her eyes deep black-unlike this ink
Her form perfection, aud think,
She wore No. 3-not more,
Pm sure, than four.
One year." she said,
And then her cheeks grew rosy red
Zone little year and shall wed,
The best, most manly Of all men,
And then-ah, then"
" One year." said he,
And gazed upon her lovingly
"One little year and shall be,
Your husband, happiest Of men,
And then-ah, thenw
Gone year." said I,
Who happened here to pass them by;
"0ne year, and shall wager high,
An even hundred say to ten,
You're not wed them"
She gave start,
Then pressed one hand against her heart,
And thereupon the teller tart
LIZ said he'd take my little bet,
And fix me yet.
" Six months went by,
] he teller, who had lived "too high"
EmbeZzled and was forced 10 hy,
(This teller wisely told but few
Just where he aew.)
Meantime the fair,
As~A rianced bride waE In despair;
Because with treachery ymost rare
Her teller did not tell her first
The b nix would burst.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19

SETH SP1oER calls his night-shirt
"loose change" An editor with a
night.shirtl Whew! Pride, where is
thy stiDg3 o Wealth, where is thy vic
tory?