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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
As They Average

The average boy believes that he may
be happy when he is man and can do
as he likes; the average man finds that
he cannot do as he likes, and sighs to
think he was not aware of the fact when
he was boy. The average maiden i'm
agines that most husbands are Indifferent
to their wives, and that a wife may keep
a man lover until he is old enough to
die; the average wife finds it about all
she can do to bear and train her children,
cook, wash, sew, and keep her house In
"half decent ORDER" and twice year
visit her mother who lives six miles away.
The average teacher imagines that never
yet was one so tired as he, nor had a
harder lot. and endured it better. The
average parent of the average scholar
thinks that in some things the
present teacher might be improved
on. The average spinster believes
that nobody but herself knows Just how
to bring up children; while the aged
grandmother realizes that most people
have to bring up at least two before they
can know how to bring up one properly.
The average man or woman who has
never had the care of children wonders
chow people can have their houses so
cluttered up and budgets in every chair,
and they imagine that a persons bump
of order must be small indeed who can
not successfully manage by moral suasion
any five ordinary boys and girls Those
who love and have the care of children
know that they are not like grown peo-
pie, but must have both playthings and
pets, and physical and mental exercise,
even though there may be budget In
every chair, and muddy footprints on
the floor. So it comes to pass that on an
average each is happy in his own CON
ceit, and would not change himself, his
views, and his lot in life with any m n.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
A Man af Muscle.

In Upper street, Islington, London,
the Dukes Head was remarkable, toward
the middle of the last century, on ac-
count of its landlord, Thomas Topham,
''the strong man of Islington. He was
O carpenter, but abandoned it soon after
apprenticeship expired. When he had
attained his full growth, his stature was
about five feet ten inches. The first
public exhibition of his extraordinary
strength was pulling against horse,
lying upon his back and placing his feet
against tine dwarf wall that divided Up
per and Lower Moorfelds. He afterward
pulled against two horses, and 1t was the
opinion of DR.. Desaguilers, the eminent
mechanic and experimental philosopher,
that, in proper position, he might have
kept his situation against the pulling OF
four without inconvenience.
Among the curiosities of the British
Museum is a pewter dish marked "April
8, 1877. Thomas Topham, of London,
carpenter, rolled up this dish (made of
the hardest pewter by the strength OF
his hands in the presence of DR.. John
Desaguliers, etc." He broke pieces of a
tobacco pipe by the force of his middle
finger, having laid them on his first and
third fingers. Having thrust the bowl
of strong tobacco pipe under his garter,
his legs being bent, he broke it to pieces
by the tendons of his hams without alter
ing the position of his legs. Another
bowl of this kind he broke between his
first and second finger, by pressing them
together sideways. He took an iron
kitchen poker, about yard long and
three inches round, and bent it nearly tc
a right angle by striking upon his bare
left arm, between the elbow and the
wrist Holding the ends of poker ol
| like size in his hands, and the middle Of
it against the back of his neck, he
brought both extremities of it together
before him; and, what was yet more diff
| ficult, pulled it almost straight again
He broke rope of two inches In circum
| ference.
He lifted a stone of eight hundred
pounds weight. standing above it, anc
taking hold of chain fastened thereto
Topham exhibited the exploit of lifting
three hogsheads of water, weighing ], ,o3l
pounds, in Coldbath Fields, May %
1741, in commemoration of the taking o
Porto Bello by Admiral Vernon, in thu
presence of the Admiral and thousands
of spectators. Topham had loose wife
In a fit of frenzy, after beating and stab
bing her in the breast, he inflicted
several wounds upon himself, and dlet
in the flower of his age, August 10, l749
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
A ShreWd Old Valet.

The greater part of the stories which
relate to the gains and the losses of game
sters are tragic rather than comic. One
which belongs to the category of the lat
ter is reported from Monaco. A certain
German Baron, belonging to one of the
best families in Mecklenburg, was one
day so lucky as to gain 100000 francs.
He left the table, hastened to his hotel,
and at once locked up his enormous sum
in cash-box On awakening the next
morning what was his dismay to find it
had disappeared, as well as his old valet
Jean, who, ON hundred occasions, had
given proofs of his fidelity and his affec-
ton for his master AS it was, the Baron
found himself short of money, and tele-
graphed to his father for assistance, ac-
quainting him, at the same time, with
his adventure. IT, is was the answer he
received: Don't disturb yourself.
Jean is here with all the money which
you think you have lost. He feared that
your louis would go the way they had
come, and, little liking the anticipation,
he has come here to keep the treasure
safe. You come, too."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
Don't Flavor Your Butter Too Much.

It is too true that unless we adopt the
improvements of the day and look care
fully after our interests, we shall be left
in the back ground as to quality and
profit. But why is it that Western cream
cry butter brings better price? We are
told it is because of its uniformity of
quality. The butter is made from day
to day, from week to week under the
same conditions, and always free from
anything that would impart unpleasant
favors. Milk set in farmers kitchen
or in any place where it will absorb un-
pleasant odors from cooking vegetables,
from tobacco smoke or from clothing
fully charged with the odor of the sta
bles, cannot make butter free from un-
pleasant flavor. We complain of low
prices received when we ourselves are to
blame. The flavor of the butter is af-
fected by the feed of the cows. We lay
the blame at the door of the dairy wo-
man, when he who feeds the COW is re-
sponsible. .-Ne,0 England Homestead.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
A SymDathetic Man.

The proprietor of one of the great res
taurants in Paris was signing and lament
ing at the door of his establishment.
Some habitues, as they were going out,
asked him what was the matter. "Ah !!
Messieurs, four persons have just gone
away without paying for sumptuous
dinner which they have eaten" 'That
is unfortunate, but you need not dispair
so violently" stAh !' replied the res
taurant-keeper, in tone of distress, cit
is not on my own account. [ am, rich.
But my waiter, Messieurs-my private
room waiter-the father of family, who
has nothing but his place to live on He
will have to bear the loss, and not Ir'
And he sank down on chair and melted
into teara.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
A Trne Chinese Story.

An American merchant who has been
engaged in the tea business for seven
teen years in Hong Kong related lately
some incidents which had fallen under
his own observation i'll China which
throw pleasant light upon the char
acter of these little known people.
Americans" he said, "are the best
fed and best clothed people in the world.
1t is absolutely impossible for them to
realize the excessive poverty which
exists among the agricultural population
of Northern China. They have no food
but rice and water, and seldom enough
of that. There are hundreds of thou
sands of them who do not possess twenty
cents in currency in the course of a year.
''When famine comes-and it needs
but a partial failure of the rice crop to
produce famine-they are reduced to live
upon earth and grass. Lots are drawn
to find which of the children shall be
sacrificed for the others, and the victim
is brought down into the town and sold
for fifty cents as slave, the parents
parting with it with grief and despair
which are, believe, genuine.
''Female infants are strangled at birth
in hard summer because, the parents
aver, it is simply impossible to feed
them, and it is better for them to die in
this way than by slow starvation.
81 tell you of these extreme conditions
of their life to make you understand my
story. 1 once went with some English
officers duck-hunting up into these barren
regions. Becoming separated from my
companions, L lost my way, and asked
the assistance of one of the poorest of
these Chinese trice-planters. He lefthis
work instantly, and with the smiling,
friendly courtesy of which, by the way,
one is always sure in the poorest China
man at home. He remained with me
from noon till dark, searching among
the winding creeks and fiat marshes for
my companions. When we had found
them I handed him o dollar, sum larger
than he would own probably in two OF
three years. He refused it, nor could all
my persuasions force him to take it.
my religion, he said, bids us to be
kind to strangers, and the chance to obey
the rule comes to me SO seldom that
dare not destroy the good deed by taking
pay for it.
"How many Christians might learn &
lesson in humanity and faith from thii
poor follower of Confucius!''
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
Behavior When in Company.

We reprint from the first Worcester
edition of Isaiah Thomas " Little Pretty
Pocket Book" one of set of juvenile
books very popular when our grandpar-
ents were boys and girls, the following
very practical and simple rules for be-
havior while in company. The Mosaic
style is very apparent:
l. Enter not into the company of thy
superior without command or calling,
nor without bow.
2. Sit not down in the presence of su-
periors without bidding.
3. Sing not nor hum in the mouth
while in the presence of superiors.
4. Stand not wriggling with thy body
hither and thither, but steady and up
right.
s. Play not wantonly like mimic with
thy fingers or feet.
9 6. In coughing or sneezipg make as
little noise as possible.
Z. If thou canst not avoid yawning,
shut thine mouth with thine hand or
handkerchief.
8. When thou blowest thy nose let
thy handkerchief be used, and make not
a noise in SO doing.
8. Gnaw not thy nails, pick them not,
nor bite them with thy teeth.
10. Spit not in the room, but in the
corner, and rub it with thy foot, or rather
go out and do it abroad
IL. Lean not on the chair of super
ior, standing behind him.
12. Spit not upon the fire, nor sit too
wide with thy knees at it.
13. Sit not with thy legs crossed, but
keep them firm and settled, and thy feet
even.
IA. Turn not thy back to any, but
place thyself SO that more may be behind
thee.
Is. Read not books, letters or other
writings In company, unless there be
necessity, and thou askest leave.
Is. Touch not, nor look upon the
books or writings of any one unless the
owner invite or desire thee
IL. Come not near when another reads
letter or any other paper. Sos
Is. Let thy countenance be moderately
cheerful, neither laughing nor frown-
ing.
10. Laugh not loud, but silently smile
upon any occasion.
20. Stand not before superiors with
thine hands in thy pockets; scratch not
thine head; wink not with thine ewes,
but modestly be looking straight before
thee.
81. Walking with thy superior in the
house or garden, give him the right or
upperhand, and walk not even with him
check 6y jole, but a little behind him, yet
not SO distant that it will be troublesome
to him to speak to thee, or hard for thee
to hear.
%. Look not boldly nor wishfully in
the face of thy superior.
%. To look upon one in company, and
Immediately whisper to another, is un-
manneriy.
"a. Whisper not in company.
25. Be not among equals forward and
fretful, but gentle and affable.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
G

A is the hennery; b is the old man,
and c the syringe; d is the young man
lightly turning to thoughts of love as well
as the corner of the fence; is the house
itself, painted brown, and f is the fat
girl sitting by the piano and singing
Father, dear father, come home;" Gggg
is the gathering darkness.
Gaily up the back yard the young man
comes. Silently in ambush the old man
lies Cheerily the fat girl MARBLES.
Quiet but awful is the syringe. In the
uncertain light of early evening the old
man sees figure stealthily drawing near
the pen. With bated breath he waits
the onslaught The syringe sounds its
dreadful "wh-s-s-p" and its deadly con-
tents fly through the air like wild and
mad avenger. A yell that tore the azure
robe of night, fairly knocked the fat girl
off the piano stool and curdled the old
mans blood, followed the discharge, and
when the neighbors rushed in, under the
impression that the Grant boom had
bursted right in the neighborhood, they
found the unfortunate young man paw
ing the ground, and screaming out awful
Mexican words terrible to hear, while the
old man hovered over the scene with q
syringe in his hands, looking like an ami
mated figure escaped from an allegory.
Sympathizing arms bore the young man
into the house, after their owners had
stopped their nostrils with cotton, and it
required the combined efforts of the fat
girl and eight friends to bring him TO,
and it was some hours before he was
able to fairly inquire if the meteor hit
anybody else whep it struck.
That night, beneath the darksome
shade of a cypress tree, whose thick
branches the struggling moonbeams
vainly strove to pierce, an old mans tot
tering1 form rested npon a spade, and
silently viewed n new-made grave. He
had just buried the syringe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
Jewish Health.

DIR. S. Gibson, medical officer of health
for the Holburn district, in his report
for the past year, states that, whatever
may be the cause, there is no doubt that
a Jews life in London is, on the average,
worth twice as many years as Chris
tian's. The Hebrews of the metropolis
are notoriously exempt from tubercular
and scrofulous taint. 1t is very rare
that one meets with pulmonary con-
sumption among them. The medical
officer of one of their large schools has
remarked that their children do not die
in anything like the same ratio as Gen
tile children; and in the district of
Whitechapel the medical officer of health
has reported that on the north side OF
High street, occupied by the Jews, the
average death rate is twenty per 1000,
while on the south side, occupied by
English and Irish, it is forty-three per
1000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
Open Air for ConsumtiYes.

DIR. J. Henry Bennett, in communi-
cation to the British Medical Journal,
on the influence of mountain air in the
treatment of pulmonary consumption,
asserts that the temperature which exerts
the most favorable influence in the treat
ment of phthisis is day temperature
ranging from 55 deg. to 65 deg. or 20
deg Fab. and a night temperature between
As deg. and so deg. in other words, that
the climate and temperature which are
the most conducive to the physiologi-
cal well-being of the Caucasian race are
also the most favorable to the treatment
of phthisis. He draws attention to the
fact that phthisis is rare among the peo-
pie inhabiting the high plains of Central
and South America, although common In
the neighboring seacoast towns. DIR.
Come, with whom DIR. Bennett has lately
been u! z correspondence, states Fiat dur
ing a. residence Of four years in Quito,
where he was one of the professors at the
medical school, physician to the hospital,
and engaged in active private practice,
he only saw two or three cases of spon-
taneous phthisis among the natives, and
in all cases of imported phthisis from
the seacoast that he met with the pro-
gress of the disease soon appeared to be
arrested. He also states that in large
room, without fire, and with doors and
windows open day and night, he found
the temperature to oscillate all the year
round between 81 deg. and 65 deg. Fab.
DIR. Bennett relates the case of young
married lady, aged 26, whom he attended
for two winters at Mentone She was
native of Guayaquil, but educated and
married in France, where she became a
consumptive; and finding that her recov-
cry at Mentone was only apartial one, she
returned to her native country. She has
now been two years at Quito, and has
become quite well and robust But then,
at Mentone, she lived shut up, while at
Quito she has lived in the open air con-
! stantly. He therefore thinks the i'm
munity, or comparative immunity, from
phthisis enjoved by the inhabitants of
the elevated mountain plains of tropical
and sub-tropical America, from Mexico
to the Argentine Republic, cannot be
owing to mere elevation-to barometric
1nditions- inasmuch as phthisis reigns
at all elevations, even above 5000 feet,
on the mountains of Switzerland. 1t
cannot, either, be attributed to mere
| dry cold, as the mortality from phthisis
is greater in Norway, Sweden, and
Northern Russia than in London or Paris
1t must, then, be owing to the ideal
physiological climate, which enables the
entire population to live, as it were, out
doors, in the open air, night and day.
Why should not the Andes, with de-
GghtfulIy mild, dry, and equable climate,
.Shich is unequaled in any part of the
world, become the health resort of the
| future?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
A Timely Question.

On his way to his apartments he
stopped under the window of a pawn
broker on Sixth avenue, and with violent
knocking and shouts attracted the atten-
ton of that estimable tradesman, who,
putting his head out of the window, ire
fully asked the business of his visitor.
81 want to know the time" cried the
curator. "What do you mean by waking
me up to ask such stupid question:"
roared the pawnbroker. "Stupid ques-
ton p' howled the curator, clinging to q
lamp-post. 81 like that. Where else
should I ask for time-haven't you got
my watch P'-7he Hour.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
Sea-Water In Disease.

A writer in the Bulletin Generate de
Merape,ttique states that sea-water acts
as an alternative in such cases as are bene-
fitted by certain saline mineral waters;
and, as its continued use increases the
appetite, facilitates digestion, quickens
nutritive changes, and augments the
proportion of red corpuscles in the blood,
he recommends it in the following cases !:
First, during convalescence from acute
diseases; second, in the apyretic forms of
dyspepsia; third, in neurosis associated
with impoverishment of the blood; fourth,
in the scrofulous and tuberculous dia-
thesis; and, fifth, in diabetes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
Resting.

met student toiling up a mountain.
His face was flushed, and the perspira-
ton was starting from his brow.
"What are you doing here?" I said.
'Resting," was the reply, and he was
not jesting with me.
He meant what he said. He was
brain-weary. He was tired of books and
of the narrow walls of his study. He
wanted to be in the open air, to develop
his muscles and rest his nerves. The
very toll of climbing relieved the pres
sure on the brain. Physical exercise
stilled the throbbings of thought and
care, and gave him an exquisite feeling
of relief.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
Thick with the Nobility.

Two Gascon soldiers are boasting to
each other of their conquests in the lists
of love. 81 tell you, old boy" says one,
''there's little baroness that Just dotes
on me-" Baroness says the other,
disdainfully, 81 tell you, the other day 1
called on Duchess that is soft on me.
and no sooner had I entered her 5oudoir.
when-bang! in comes the old Duke with
an ax-handle, and while I was boiling
out I stumbled and fell right into ket7
tie of soft-soap she had been boiling that
afternoon"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02

In a girl who lately died at Caen,
France, the whole Of the thoracic and
abdominal organs were found completely
inverted, the heart being at the right
side and the liver at the left, while the
usual position of the latter was occupied
by the stomach and the spleen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02

SMALL things please. Deep learning
will make you acceptable to the learned,
'butit is only an easy and obliging behavior,
and entertaining conversation, that will
make you agreeable in all companies.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02
puslness card, Of ave Zines or lass s. p.r annum.

Business cards Of Ave lines or l,ss 81 pr annum.
Local notices. 10 ceuts per ne each Insertion.
Simple announcements Of marriages nd deat. S,
d church end benevolent society no ices ins -rted
Any ad litions to ob..-lry notices vii be
cbarget Fl We :1ntsdper line.
Favors must be ban Ell in as early es Tnesd y
morning to insure inss tion the me week.
Communicate ms upon subjects of general n locs.
'rt-rsst solicited
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02

THERE are 1, 455, ,923, 500 men, women,
and children in the world, and moro
coming.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02

'T mean to be such a good wife,
Horace" she said, gently.
my darling, know it, )" he answered
her. fAnd I am most blessed of any
man on Gods earth to-day"
So their welded life began.
+ =
Two years afterward, and half city
in mourning, because of the pitiless
scourge that the hot midsummer days
had swept relentlessly down upon it.
And in q nearly deserted hotel, where
fashion, and beauty and wealth had fed
before the grim oncoming Of the pesti-
lence, two people lying dead-young,
handsome even 10 death, with refinement
and nobility on their msrbls faces.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-02

AHu SP1US MS PdHIH!oous, uOHo IO
myself; know Just exactly how it is.
Why, bless your heart, you"
Snip, snip, snip. Paste, paste, paste.
But it is with a saddened heart that he
snips and pastes among his exchanges
now. The beautiful vision that for a
moment dawned upon him has left but
the recollection in his heart of one sun
beam in his like, quenched by the shower
of tears with which she denounced him
as ''nasty brute" and went out from him
forever.-Brooklyrs Eagle.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-01-11
Who is Mrs. WinsIOw !?

AS this question is frequently asked, we
will simply say that she is u lady who, for
upwards of Thirty years, has untiringly
devoted her time and talents, as female
physician and nurse, principally among
children. She Las especially studied the
constitution and wants of this numerous
class, and, as result of this effort, and
practical knowledge, obtained in a life
time spent as nurse and physician, she
has compounded Soothing Syrup for
children teething. 1t operates like magic
giving rest and health. and is, moreover,
sure to regulate the bowels. In conse-
quence of this article, Mrs. Winslow is
becoming world-renowned rs a benefactor
of her racej children certainly do RISE UP
and bless herr especially is this the case in
this city. Vast quantities of the Soothing
Syrup are DAILY sold and used here. We
think Mrs Winslow has mortalized her
name by this invaluable article, and we
sincerely believe thousands of children
have been saved from an early grave by
its timely use, and that millions yet un-
born will share its benefits, and unite in
calling her blessed. No MOTHER has dis
charged her duty to her suffering one, in
our opinion, until she has given it the ben
eft of Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
Try it, mothers-TRY 1T Now.-LadieS
Visitor, New York City. Sold by all
druggists. Is cents a bottle
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-01-11
Guilty of Wrong.

Some people have fashion of con-
fusing excellent remedies with the
large macs Of "patent medicines" and
in this they are guilty OF wrong.
There are some advertised remedies
fully worth all that is asked for them,
and one at least we know of-Hop
Bitters. The writer has had occasion
to use the Bitters in just such eli
mate as we have most Of the year in
Bay City, and has always found them
to be first.clsss and reliable, doing
all that is claimed for them Tribune.