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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
Our Neighbors in Canada.

Our neighbors on the other side of the
Canadian line are In. trouble. The
United States make up~a problem over
which they puzzle with all the ardor of
13, Is, IA That we should trade with
them is necessary to Canadian prosperity,
yet that trade continually assumes forms
and manifests influences that excite the
Canadian gall and arouse every inch of
his proverbial pride. Now the States are
a rich neighbor whom it is well to be on
good terms with; then they are an
enemy whose presence cannot be escaped,
but against whose Vaccinations every
precaution, must be taken. The last
Canadian precaution was the adoption of
an ronclad system of protection by which
the Americans were to be made; to feel
what an important thing It was to lose
Cananian trade, and Canada was to be
made independent by having high duties
on goods that paid only low duties be-
fore. But still Canada is not happy.
Adopt what policy they may, it seems to
be Just the policy that helps the United
States to flourish, and Canada to en-
counter additional difficulties. Since the
Canadian protection tariff came into
operation, Canadian trade has got worse;
Toronto droops and Montreal hangs its
head. In the meantime Canadian resi-
dents cross the line by hundreds and be-
: come good American citizens, and this is
the bitterest grievance of all: We feel
no satisfaction from Canada's woes The
country is a fine one and ought to pros
per, and we believe it will do so from
the time it adopts cordial, friendly feel
ings toward the States;, lays aside petty
jealousy, and allaying itself with them
in devotion to human liberty and human
progress, marches side by side with it
on the way to prosperity and solid sue
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
Down with the Fences.

It being decided that Davenport is
no longer to be cattle pasture, why
need the lot owners of this city be longer
burdened with the expense Of maintain
ing fences? That burden is an onerous
one. The mechanic, or other citizen of
limited means, Who has expended from
81, 200 to 50, 600, in erecting comfort
able residence has heretofore been com
PEELED to add thereto an outlay of 800 to
5000 for fences. This need no longer be.
That 300 to 5000, with constant ad-
ditions thereto for repairs, repainting,
ETC., may now be saved. GHenceforth, in
Davenport as in all civilized communi-i
ties, only those who kept cattle and hogs
need build fences. Now and hereafter
fences will be needed only to keep quad
rupeds in; not to keep them out There
fore, down with the fences. They be-
long to dark age at the best. They are
remains of the centuries in which the
meat, the portcullis, and the drawbridge
were the essential protection of every
mans castle. They are no longer
needed. In fully civilized regions, as
throughout New England, the fence long
ago entered upon its disappearance. To
day, one may go into hundreds of New
England towns and find lawns, shrub
berries, flower gardens and residences all
open to the street. Indeed, in some
Iowa towns, as in Grinnen, the same
absence of unsightly and altogether
needless barriers is observed. Why not,
then, in Davenport also? Let the an
swer be "down with the fences. ."-DdV.
e,lDOrt Gazette. ,i J.a..i .. . Eafr-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
The Jefferson Desk.

It is curious circumstance that the
author of the Declaration of Independ-
ence should not have known how tospen
the word independence. He was ahighly
educated gentleman, o graduate of the
College of William and Mary, and all his
life long a thoughtful and dilgent stu
dent. Nevertheless, in carefully writ
ten note-a note intended to be preserved
he spells the work wrong twice, Gin
dependence" instead Of independence.
When Thomas Jefferson was in Phila-
delphia in ITS, as a member of the
Continental Congress-, he needed port
able writing desk for use at his lodgings.
Z His landlord was Benjamin Randolph, a
cabinet-maker. Mr.. Jefferson who was
J himself pretty good mechanic, and very
ingenious in invention Cit was he who in
vented the revolving chair and the port
able seat), drew the plan of new kind
/ of writing-deslf, which Benjamin Ran
dolph made for him.
In the following year, the ever memo
rable 1775, he wrote upon the desk the
Declaration of Independence. He wrote
/ it in a small, clear hand, upon small,
neat desk; the article last named being
fourteen inches long, ten wide, and three
high.
When he returned to Monticello he
took his little desk with him, and he con-
tinued to use it for many years. In 1925,
when he was just fifty years old, one of
his granddaughters, Miss Ellen Ran
doiph, was married to Mr.. Joseph Cool
| idge, of Boston, and soon took up her
residence in that city. The married pair
travelled to Boston by land, but sent most
of their effects by sea in vessel that was
wrecked. +.,,-r1 s-,g ~ N EI,,ri ...ssii
OF all her lost treasures, the young
bride lamented most writing-desk con-
tanning the e'letter she had received from
| her grandfather, as well as some OF the
| presents he had made her when she was q
| child. 2 s7t IA .tFrHfs1 -
To console her for her loss, Mr.. Jeffer.
son, who was then past eighty-two years
of age, sent to her husband the desk
made by Benjamin Randolph in 1775
upon which he had written the Declara
! ton.
This interesting desk is now the prop
erty of the United States, the heirs O
Mr.. Coolidge having presented it to Con
gress as gift to the nation. It will re
main among the national relics In thu
State Department, where also the origi
nal Declaration with the signatures Il
preserved. The document, it is said, i
fast becoming ilegible; but the desl
made by the faithful hand of Benjamin
Randolph more than one hundred year,
ago, will last for many centuries.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
The Russian Soldier.

The great cause of the success of the
Russian soldier lies in his almost un-
bounded patience and endurance. The
men have marched and fought and slept
in snow and ice, and forded rivers with
the thermometer at zero. They had no
blankets; and the frozen ground precluded
all idea of tents; the half-wornout shelter
tents that the men had used during the
summer were now cut up to tie around
their boots, which were approaching dis
solution; and although an effort was
made to shelter the men in the huts in
the village, yet always half of them had
to sleep out In the open air without
shelter. Their clothing at night was the
same as the day, and it differed from
that OF the summer only in the addition
of an overcoat, wollen jacket and wool
len mufiler for the head. Their food
was one pound of hard bread, and a
pound and half of tough, stringy beef
driven along the road; they were forced
to carry six and eight days rations on
their backs, in addition to an extra sup
ply of cartridges in their pockets; there
was more than one instance where
the men fought, and fought well.
not only without breakfast, but without
having tasted food in twenty-four hours.
There was not single case of insubor-
dinahon; the men were usually in good
spirits, and the number of stragglers on
the march was far less than during the
heat of summer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
a Heathen Burial in New York.

The body of All Sing, one of the col
ony of Chinese 1aundrymen at Be1leville,
N. u, was buried with peculiar eere-
mony last Monday. His fellow country
men had ordered q hearse with particular
instructions that it be decorated with
"chickee felle" (chicken feather) plumes.
The hearse is an innovation at Chinese
funerals. As the body was borne into
the Chinese quarters, show money, con-
sisting of pieces Of brown paper, bear
ing Chinese characters, was scattered.
A tin pan with burning incense was
placed at the head of the body in the
hearse. The grave had been dug deeper
than was considered proper, and it was
partly filled with earth again. In a hole
at the foot of the grave an earthen jar
was put, and over this were thrown can
dies and nuts. When the hole had been
filed up, plate with meat and chicken
was placed over it. Near by were chop
sticks, a bowl of rice and bowl of tea
The grave was partially surrounded by
burning tapers. Tea was poured over
the grave, and the mourners, prostrating
themselves, went away. The ceremony
was witnessed by large number of peo-
ple.-NesO York World. -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
ALoyER,s QUARREL.

could not hear all that they must have said; ~
But as sat beside the little stream
watched them pe-t with just one angry word.
She passed me qufskiy, with down trooped head
Red cheeks, eyes flashing with scornful gleam,
A hasty step, as by deep passion stinei.
She did not turn, nor look back where he stood,
But vanished quickly In the thick green wood.
- 4 -
watched him Sigh, then noted how he eased
At her retreating form; he whistled low
And softly to himself; In deepest thought
He whispered, " Is she yexed7"-tben was amazed
That twas, IN truth, she really meant to 20.
He looked once more, as If indeed he sought
10 bring her back, but on she went that day
Then he went too-bct twas the other way.
They never met again; but oft see
The girl, . Woman grown, come by this seat,
And gaze into the stream with tear worn eyesi
And then wonder why such things should bel
II she had turned her head, or stayed her feet,
Life would have altered, loves bright sunny skies
ehone Ger her fofeveri IT'S but things like this
That form our lives and make our woe or bliss.
An the Year Rots1d.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
The Power of a Cyclone.

The London Times says: In discuss
ing the two cyclone which visited the
Bay of Bengal in October, 1876 Mr..
Elliott, meteorological reporter to the
Government of Bengal, incidentally
gives some idea of the .cyclonean forces
which are developed by such storms.
The average "daily evaporation" reg
istered by the Iengal instruments in
October is two inches" The amount
of heat absorbed by the conversion of
this amount of water daily over SO large
and area as the Bay of Bengal is enor-
nous. Roughly estimated" said Mr..
Elliott, sit is equal to the continuous
working of 100000 steam engines
of 1,o00-horse power" A simple
calculation will show that it sufices to
raise aloft over $4,000 cubic feet of
water in twenty-four hours from every
square mile of the bosom of the bay, and
transport it to the clouds which over.
hang it. When we extend the calcula-
tion from single square mile to the area
of the whole indian Gulf, the mind is
lost in the effort to conceive the force
which, in days time, can lift 80, ,000,-
600 tons! Yet it would be easy to show
that such figures, fabulous as they seem,
do not adequately represent the cyclonic
forces of single storm.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
Lassoing 4 locomotive isaiJ

Inone of the ld-fashioned school-books
we used to read the story of a bear who
undertook to fight ssw-min; and very
soon found himself in two pieces. Bruins
luckless attempt was d type Of all the rash
and ignorant resistance made against the
march of Improvement eAn6fher
and sadder example was the fate of one
of the wild /" Gauchos," those Arabs of
the South American deserts, when the
railroad cars first ran across the pampas
of Buenos Ayres. Says one of the engi-
ineers: ~ = va GsTss2 2a1o-sc1 hae
They instictively looked upon Eus, as
foes, and sought to kill, FOB, or thwart us.
Weiwere Ikea small garrisonsurroundedl
by savage hordes.
At last we got ready for frial trip
AS the locomotive ran, across the bound
less prairie with its smoke and its clatter,
Gauchos might be- seen starting up in all
directions, and then came flying toward
us, half In terror, half bew1deredi with
cufiosity.b Most of them reinede in at o
distance from the line, when their snort
Eing stations did not themselves suddenly
halt. ,,f S..ss ..4.-f--
We had run the distance we intended,
| and made ready for our return. AS we
had tested the road, we felt more secure,
| and put on the steam. i Away We few;
but, to our amazement, we saw two
Gauchos start out ahead of us, circle
round, and halt on the track, to catch,the
new beast with the -lasso. Before we
could check our speed the lasso flew; but
as it cireled around the smokestack, horse
and man went down before it, the 1asso
dragging the unfortunate man under the
wheels. ,,,5.;.., ...,.=.,,5 ...-..z5
| o., ] 1a : -, = if H., c.x,r.. 10
we stopped and did;all r that we could,
taking up the body of the mad man and
bearing it on to our destination, his
i friends following, but, afraid to enter. III :
We endeavored to explain to them the
4 nature of steam and its terrible power,
/ but argument was useless; nothing could
make them believe that boiling water
could outstrip and outpull q, horse.
/ Horses in the iron box were, to their
minds, sensible explanation Of what
| thew saw,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
Home Decorations.

ab Whatever the thought be in the deco
rations of a room, let there be a prevail
ing idea to which all others are to be
subordinate, leading up to and harmon
izing with. Thus in color, if the leading
color be crimson, the others need to be
such as harmonic and contrast well.
Blue or green, or perhaps dash of yel-
low or black, viii serve to heighten its
force and yet subdue it. Or If it be a
fayorite picture, or piece of china
which takes the place of honor-the best
light it needs to support and contrast
to disclose its merits z.tN ara f-z-.
Amid the bewildering choice of things
of beauty, the novice may find it diff
cult to select what may serve her pur-
pose best; but bearing in mind the car
dinal principles underlying art in the
household simplicity and harmony
she will never go far astray. What
would be in accord In one place, in
another might be manifestly harmonious.
The carpet which was appropriate to the
large rooms and elegant furnishings of a
mansion, would certainly be an mcon-
gr1lity in the cottage - -
As carpets are so essentially decora-
tive In their nature, there should be great
care given to their selection. No
flowers or birds nests, or anything it
would be inappropriate to walk upon;
but rather some simple design-as grace
full scrolls, in quiet colors, which should
be brighter or darker than the walls; fol
lowing the artists method which makes
the foreground or background run into
the figure though our own preference,
both on the score of health and o.
beauty, is for polished hard wood floors,
with oriental rugs. Walls and ceilings
should have good amount of color on
them, not so much, however, as to be
glaring; and where there are hangings
let them differ enough to avoid monot-
ony. Throw In a bit of effective con.
trast in chair or rug, then spot Of
vivid color, as brightly painted plate OF
glowing picture, will produce charming
effect. -Housekeeper's Companion.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
A Paragraph OF the Future.

Time, A. D., 1900. The necessity for
church going and edifces is almost dis
dispensed with. The Rev. DIR. Turgid,
from the central edifice of the Sacred
Telephone, breaches every Sunday to fire
thousand families of his persuasion in the
privacy Of their homes. The musical
adjuncts to the service, vocal and instru-
mental, are also dispensed by telephones,
and as waited to the five thousand homes
by electricity each family joins in the
hymn. The average attention to service
is much greater now than quarter OF a
century since, as the ladies have not each
others dresses and bonnets to look at.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10

IT is estimated that this year the col
leges and universities of the country will
turn out one thousand new ministers of
the gospel, two thousand new doctors,
about one hundred of them women, and
three thousand new lawyers. 1t will be
seen from this that the world, the flesh
and the devil have greater attractions for
the rising generations than the church
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
rher nIu,t Re unitx.

Tildenites have but one idea, one .pur-
pose, one candidate. But those who are
against Tilden are ready to unite cordial
ly upon either Seymour, Bayard, Thur
man, Morrison or any other available
man to achieve success st. Louis
Post Dispatch. r.- ras it.e
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
The Democratic 8. ntimeut.

1t is generally coming to be known
that Kentucky is not at all for Tilden.
The real sentiment Of the State is for
almost anybody in preference-Fie,d d,
Hancock, Bayard and English, of In
diana, being looked upon with greatest
favor Were it not for the Tilden senti-
ments which he is charged with holding,
the statement is made that Mr. English
could secure an instructed delegation.
Washington Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
A soutneru Voice.

Mr.. Tilden will find it impossible to
force MS man Sam ksnda RamdaI upon tte the
less Objectionable to the Democratic
masses, especially of the South, than the
boss machine man, Tilden. RandalPs
course in Congress has been hostile to
every southern interest. He is the tool
of the protectionists, and therefore, is
the enemy of the farming class in every
section of the Union. His nomination,
like that of his chief, would insure de-
feat.-THopkinsville New Era.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10

Senator David Davis letter, which
was telegraphed to the country yester-
day, may be considered as his bid for
the Presidency. 1t is very good letter,
fullof generalities and shy of particulars;
but it will not nominate Mr.. Davis
We should think that a man of his
weight, age, sense and dignity would get
tired, after awhile, of blowing up his
own boom. When the people want any
body they call for him. I Philadelphia
Record.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
The eImnortantI. I.sue.

When the issue is so well understood
to be between Democratic government
and imperialism, any considerable bolt
from the Democratic party at once be-
comes an impossibility. Amy one who
attempts it will lose caste as a statesman
and as a patriot. We may therefore
expect to see the Democracy. when the
time of the Presidential election actually
arrives, substantially united.-[N Y.
Sun. .rfa ass
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
Protective Tarifr earneld.

Nonewspaper should forget its debt
of gratitude of Garfield Detroit Free
Press. Aye, on our bended knees we
have sworn never to cease paying that
debt, with inter st. Wood'st pulp him?
-[New Haven Register. $50.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
Grants DupIfclty.

The GRANTEES have put out two mot
toes, The one for the North reads:
"The strong man, who can hold down
the rebelhous South.na The other, in
tended to be scattered throughout the
South, says: Grant and reconcllla-
tion.-E Abend Post.u q 5ii~ I5t itsiA 2
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
The Nece..ity on a Fir.t Term.

1t is all very timely and proper for
Democratic Conventions to adopt reso-
lutions denouncing the third term
heresy, but what he want now is a first
term, and that p. d. q.-[St Louis Post
DISPATCH. 5sa -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
/. A. Won Like IT.

Tilden is feeble and infrm, says one
authority Tilden was never in the en-
ioymemt of better physical health, says
another equally responsible authority.
You lay your mo ey and take your
choice.-TSt. Paul Globe. .
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
A Fling at Tl,tlen.

The standard-bearer of the Democratic
party for 1880 should be gentleman
whose existence could be reasonably
well established without resort to dur
nal health bulletins.-[St. Louis Post.
Dispatch.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
Two Similar Events
III I

I 1t would be an illustrative event if
the Republican party should make the
same sort of shipwreck in 1880 as the
Democratic party made in 1860. To-day
it seems not improbable.-l Boston Her,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10

"TAIKNa about angels, did you ever
read Byron's Loves Of the Angels?'"
was the question we heard a lady pro-
pound to a gentleman, as we passed them
by on the street last night. "Never."
What, never?" WelEnet that I
remember" And turning around we
we were quite sure that we had not only
heard these words before, but that we
knew the opera from which they were
taken.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
The Fat Man.

Senator Med points the way, and
it lies Davisward. But will the Assem-
bled wisdom of Cincinnati be as wise as
the Senator from Indiana II { hicago
Times. ifai fa
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
. An InaePendent DeciaraIon.

The Philadelphia Times .(Ind.) de-
.clares that " "Horatio Seymour is the
strongest of2all the leading men who
have been discussed fol, the Cincinnati
nomination"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10

THE longest recorded drought in
America is said to have occurred in
1862. No rain fell from the 1st of May.
to the LIST of September-a period Of 100
days.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
70 January /. 1880. p

January l, 1851.
Dolly's lovely eyes opened to their
widest extent, GA checkr' she 'ex-
claimed, and with trembling fingers tore
open the second envelope, which was
also addressed to her, but in different.
more elegant hand; and sure enough
there was a check-G check for. a Mous-
and dollars, payable to. the order of
Miss Dorothy Waldo. And on slip of
paper which had kept its company were
these words: "In payment for shce-a
very large slice-of bread and butter. y
And that's all the young girl ever knew
about it.
For one moment she stood dazed with
Joy and astonishment. The next she
thought of Dan. Perhaps he had not
started yet. How could she get to him
through the deep snow? Sleigh-bells
again. Farmer Beers coming back with
out the wood. She ran out into the lane.
"Oh, do take me with youi' she cried, to
the great surprise of the honest old fell
low. "I must see Dan-Mr. Howell, I
mean. I must see him as soon as posi-
ble." ~
"Jump right in, my DEAR" said the
old man, "and I'll have you at the stone
cottage in jiffy."
/ Away they went, the gray mare max
ing excellent time-for her; and as they
neared the house, Dolly caught sight
of Dan just leaving it. fi
"Dapl Dani" she called, her clear
young voice ringing on the cold air, and
madly waved her crimson shawl.
Dan turned, saw the bright flag and
| her sweet face below it, and came bound
ing over the snow in time to receive her
In his. arms as she jumped from the
sled.
"You couldn't-no, not if you guessed
forever" she said, half crying and half
laughing = ''you couldn't guess what
brought me here this morning. "liS s=
] s-'tWhatever it was, heaven bless it q
/ thousand timesr" said the lover.
cit islleap-year you know, Dan"
eyes, now I think of it, it is. But it
can't be possible you have come here to
propose to me?"
livery possible indeed" answered
Dolly, slowly and deliberately. "Mr.
Daniel Howell, will you marry me?"
Mr.. Daniel Howell's only reply was
to fold her in so close an embrace that,
being the tniest of maidens, she almost
disappeared from view.
"And has Miss Gross" he began,
j when the pretty blushing face, all
dimpled with smiles, was raised against
his own.
"No, she has not" interrupted Dolly
"She knows nothing about it. But its
all right, Dan," carefully tucking some
thing with her dainty left hand-Dan
held the right-into the breast pocket OF
his overcoat. You may come and see
Aunt Lorinda as soon as you choose.
You didn't know it, Dan dear, but you've
got thousand dollars"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
m. Oid AmIctio,,

y 4" Grants got 'em"-[St..Louis Globe.
Democrat. That's bad. Better give
him a soda" and put him to bed with
a wet toweL-[Cincinnati Commercial.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10

BAs1Ne his calculation upon the rate at
which the delta of the Mississippi is de-
posted, Prof. Nudge reaches the conclu-
sion that man has been ON the earth less
than two hundred thousand years. ,.,