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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
What a Child's Kiss Could Do.

In, prison at New Bedford, Mass,
there now is man whom we shall call
Jim, and who is a prisoner on life
Upto last spring he was regarded a
desperate, dangerous man, ready for re-
belIlon at any hour. He planned q
general outbreak, and was Z" given
away" by one of the conspirators. He
plotted general mutiny or rebellion,
and was again betrayed. He then kept
his own council, and, while never re-
fusing to obey orders, he obeyed them
like man who only needed backing to
make him refuse to. One cay in une
a party of strangers came to the institu
tion. One was an old gentleman the
other ladies, and two of the ladies' had
small children. The guide took Que of
the children on his arm, and the other
walked until the party began climbing
the stairs. Jim was working near by,
sulky and morose as ever, when the
guide said to him: ha =.
"Jim, won't you help this little CIR:
up stairs e. 92B
The convict hesitated, a scowl on his
face, and the little girl held out her
hands to him and said zssa.,s, !.
off you viii, , / guess I'll kiss YOU"
His scowl vanished in an instant,
and he lifted the child as tenderly as a
father. s- s.s - la.ss.-9.. ,ssisgi
Half way up the stairs she kissed
him. 1-ds - - s>5 - tsiH isa85Jr
At the head of the stairs she said:
CHOW, you've got to kiss me, too."
He blushed like a woman, looked
into her innocent face, and then kissed
her cheek, and before he reached the
foot of the stairs again the man had
tears in his eyes. Ever since that day
he has been changed man, and no one
in the place gives less trouble. May bs
in his far away Western home he has &
little Katie of his own. No one knows
for he never reveals his inner life sbu
the change soIquickly wrought by s
child proves that he has a heart, ant
gives hope that he may forsake his evi
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
A Rich Thing About Editors.

s Editors ARE usually wealthy" the
man with the sample case remarked
"Yes," l said, they are familiar
with all the slang and business phrases
of the money market; they write about
millions asP ordinary men talk about
dollars; they build railroads; they or
ganize mining and magnificent transpor-
tation companies with fabulous capital:
they declare war without first consult
ing the Rothchilds, and if all the banks
wouldn't be cent poorer than they are
to-day. Yes, they are rich. They as.
sociate with the raoneyed classes, they
sit down at the tables with Kings, and
sometimes in happier lucki moments,
with aces; if you want to borrow money,
go to the editor. He will turn to his ad-
vertising columns, and tell you where
you can borrow it. If you have money
to loan, rather than see you suffer he
will borrow it of yon himself. Rich ?
He knows the secrets of the moneyed
rings; he divulges the plans and the
schemes of the heavy operators to, the
people; he roars himself louder than
the bulls, and growls among the bears
his voice is heard in the temples of the
money chargers asking for money; he
MARBLES his little roundelay out on the
curbstone, in melancholy minor key
when he doesn'tget it. Oh, yes, editor:
are rich. When you want to spend all
the money you have in this wide, wide
| world, go to your lawyer; when vou
want something done for nothing, HE
to your newspaper Office. Then, wher
/ you want to send some man to Congress,
send your lawyer because you can gel
along without him." lElas .
l paused, and a profound, impressive
silence filled the car like dream q
peace. looked around upon my audi
ence. 1t was asleep.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
2 The Sham 1t Was. !

Go7s-gY sT53 JFl7 lY. J. .sun.la s4ass vf4asig
Gen. Grant was, never what might
be called a personally popular man. It
would hardly be possible fer any ionesto
achieve al. his military victories and at
the same time elicit less Enthusiasm for
his person from the masses. aiis''J "a
But we were told some time since that
all this was chs ngedy and that Gen.
Grant had become the most popular man
since Washington. He could notmove.
it was said, without thousands of, ad-
mirers at his heels.
niiAnd what had wrought this changer
Why, his residence abroad for two or
three years, and the attentions he had re-
ceived from crowned heads. just as If
the American people srequire to be told
blythe sovereignsI of the Old World
whom to respect and ,admirel ...t
Now that all this pretence was shsm
is spretty clearly shown by single cir
5cumstance: Gen. Grant came over to
Jersey City, within q few minutes from
New York, and spent day, without
scarcely more than dozen persons
knowing of il. until after it was all over
and he had gone back. -. -. -,
The truth is the grand displays in
honor of Grant were not spontaneous,
but were the, artificial product of politi.
cal maneuvring, with q lavish expendi
ture Of money on the part of his snob-
bish Supporters sands corrupt followers
and associates. Grant can travel al
quietly and as privately as any one if ht
chooses to. ) The great and prolonged
Grant show is sham. 81 fY5E s.l3
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

Isenate-seDator Jiuks introduced a bill providing
that canals and water cOurse may constitute
boundaries paris Of boundaries of wards-Sen-
Pon1 introduced bill TO enable the Govern r,
with the advice and conseat of the senate, to fiji
vacancies in appointve offices during the sessions
Of the Senate. The Code now seems to provide for
filing vacancies in vacations. but has provisions
for the same while it is in session. 60 rr.-
House. The following bill were introduced: I:
Directing the State Commissioner of Common
Schools to fix, from time to time. the retail prices
of xtbooks to be used in the public schools the
State. By Mr.. Scott. of Warren (frem the Commit
tee on Finance) making appropriations f-r the
commonsch of the State. rhe bill appropri-
ct Si,51z 4sa 5S; allowing the defendant to prove
making Councilman ineligible to Office where he
has been yicted of bribery or receiving compen
satops for vote or be ng interest," in contract;
to restrict insurance companies Organized under the
laws of this State from doing than one kind of
insurance business; appropriating S250,000 to in
demnify the Ohio University at Atheas for the
curtaiment of its revenues in consequence of GER
tain legislation: by Mr.. Scott of Warren. (from the
70 nm a ,ss money for the
Sinking Fund Commissioners. The bill appropri-
| ates $4i0 83t.44. -
Seratc-rhe following Bills were passed: To
punish persons selling firearms to minors; inereas-
ing the. amount appropriated for building the
Dayton Court house; requiring the Commissioner
of Guernsey County to trantfer portions of the
| stock Of the Central Ohio Railroad Company for
railroad purposes establishing commission to pass
| upon law school certificates; authorizing the or
|
] in Gleveland--A b Il was Introduced 10 authoriEs
4 the Commissioners Of Ro S County to construct q
certain turnpike--The Senate Joint resolution
directing the printing OF all new matter in. bi /.
amending and existing Jaws adopted.
House.-T The Finance Committee have summoned
the Trustees and officers of S. and s. o. Home tC
appear and explain why they ask for 500 for the
remainder of the fiscal year, when they have on
hand an unexpended balance of $1S,O ,OO0 which Is
| abundanty large enough to carry them through
| "A petition, was presented from Madison County
for local option law The following petitions were
presented: From 2 5s6 citizens of Belmont County
xens of Hamilton County for the passage If the
| Board of Public Works bill from SIX citizs ms 'o
| Guernsey County for authority for the Schoo
Board Of Washington to issue bonds to liquidate
debit from six teen citizens Of Guernsey County fol
!. the reliet OF AleIst der McCullough-The follow.
| ing Bills were Introduced. To exempt from ta y
alton the unpaid part Of the appraised value of rsa
estate; to appoltion the Stale Into Congressiona
districts; repeating the act creating the ofic- O
Criminal Balif was lost Yeas, 4S; n.ys,55 aboI
ishing the Board OF City Commissioners Of CiLoin
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
Letter from Blayne. Confidential.
lAmericn Punch

30 AUGUsTY. Me, January sc, 1880.
to have a; little chat with you, for some
time, about my chances for the Presi-
dencY, but have been 30 ALFRED busy
fixing up this new Legislature, that i
couldn't hardly find time 10 eat or sleep,
and besides that, have had all creation
hanging around my house. Those coun-
try members came swarming into my
place in droyes, with some great secrets
about what the confusionists were doing
and how Old Garcelon was q going to
steal the State House, and all such stuff,
when half of them hadn't seen the State
House at all, but come straight to my
house so as to save their board and lodg-
ing. l had an awful lot of them one
night; they filled my parlor and kitchen
full, and some of them got down cellar
and drank up some of my old wine,
given to me. by the fellow who runs the
Arkansas Railroad. 1 kept it for sick
ness, and was terrible mad when I found
that these Skowhegan chaps had gobbled
it all up; but had to stand it, for if
got any of them mad they would go over
tothe other side, and vote against me.
But this wasn't the worst of it. After
feeding and lodging them for two or
three weeks they demanded money OF
me, and kept threatening so that ] had
to come down at last. It seemed az
Ihongh they would bankrupt me. 7 did
not intend to pay more than one or two
of them at first, and cautioned them to
keepg still aboutit it.; but some how or
other tue estsgotshold of it and i had
to pay every darned one of them, and
what made-me thezmaddest-w those
that paid first. came back for more. I
tried to put them off by, promising them
good fat Office as soon as got control OF
the Legislature, but it was no use they
all wanted the money first and an Office
besides.
We had terrible fuss here one night
and set up until daylight. Uncle Ham.
| hlin got mad as a hornet. He was
accused o of keeping back. some OF
the, campaign money he got last fal
from John Sherman. 1 didn't know Al
one time but that all hands wouldlget tt
| fighting, but explained the matter in {
| few minutes and gave them some more
money all around and hushed it up
| The fact in the case was the old mar
gave some money to a fellow in Port
land to fix up the voters down there, anc
| he stepped out with it. We didn't wan
the matter to get out, as he was in th'
Custom House, and was afraid it woult
hurt our party. 81,
II will be a pretty hard rub for me t.
get along with half the State, for ] hav'
got to give away so many places to keel
these Legislature. chaps still, and, j
W, Mt leave me anything to work on fol
the Presidency miles, ! take the none,
outof my own pocket. This last electit !
pretty nearly strapped me for funds
i Sherman won't come down cent, as b.
wants all the money to get delegates fo
! himself. This census business is prett,
good nit for me after all, as these cen
sus chaps aint limited and we intend t
| appoint every ablebodied man in ou
party who can read or write, and tn
backwoods chaps are tickled almost t
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
Declining Years of Fast Horses

81 The cruel fate which overtakes many
of the famous race horses after they
have lost their power to win money or
their callous masters, is illustrated in
the career of Ambo, the fastest English
mile horse of his day. He was con.
signed to a coach, and at length found
in ditch, stoned to death. Mameluke
was drawing Al cab after having won
seventeen races. He was inflicted with
incurable stringhait, and sold for less
than $40. At length he was worked in
an omnibus. There he was cruelty used, !,
the stringhalt sadly aggravating his tor
ture., The skin was rubbed from his
shoulders, his hips and his launches
were bruised ineyery part, and his STILES
were continually and painfully coming
in contact with the pole. He was seen
| by the veterinary surgeon to the London
Society for the Prevention of Crueltyto
Animals, and bought to be slaughtered
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
That Nomination.
q Hugh Hastings.I 6


? General Grant is private citizen,
without control of one Office. Secretary
Sherman, who is believed to be inspiring
the g independent" Republicans to, op-
pose General Grants denomination, is
using the vast patronage of the Treasury
to further his own ends. 1t is believed
he has the ceuntenance of the President
himself in this work. Is not this ma
chine, and aopowerful one q Senator
Blaine holds an, exalted public Office
and wields great influence. If not on
the most intimate terms, he is at least
friendly to the Administration, and
arguing from the reformers' standpoint,
this ought to stand him in good need in
convention But we do not hear it
said there will be bolting, and especially
if Mr.. Sherman is the nominee. The
sole objection thus far made by the
captious i" independent is to the nomi-
nation of General Grant, mere, private
citizen. Now, on the other hand, no
one has heard the admirers and friends
of the ex-President say they will bolt ii
they can not secure the nomination for
him. On the contrary, they will stand
by the action of the party, no matter
who secures the prize. % IL ssp
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12

poor Peter, what is. to be done g's7She,
adds, aside to pAlice, "your father
wants to destroy the clock; it is a pity
to do 50. for it would sell for many, Q
dinner
/ BY that. time the tailor has sunk upon.
q chair, quite overcome. sse4 },9's : 81
, cpl lltell you what we'll do,
mother; we'll remove it into my little
bedroom, Alice says, softly. ~ = z,lfi sf
My dear, it's a tremendous weight;
1t took three ems arms to carry it
here
.@Why should it be 50 heavyf" : 80 ;
Nay, how should know, child I" ~
q 1t vexes father to seeit here; the
eight Of it is driving him mad, as you
see, mother: go let us do our utmost to
remove it, $50 troy grsE
Alice now approaches the clock. Her
father is sitting still and quiet, with the
children all around him. He has his
his eyes fixed on the ground, and his
arms hang listlessly by his side. He
is taking no notice Of what is passing
around him; he seems quite stnpefed.
Alice takes the chair, mopnts it, and
tries to remove the head of the, clock
door but cannot do SO. Sc shakes, her
head. Then she springs off the chair,
and opens the clock door; as she does go
piece of wood is dislvdged, and q shower
of gold coins descends, and scatter them
selves on the floor before the astonished,
eyes of ALL 4s.,s f,sd v7.,,ts'r 1siIv trs
!" Sovereig gnsl sovereigns sovereigns"
cry mother and daughter in a breath.
" Sovereigns in twenties, in tifties, in
hundredsp p they add, as the gold con-
tinues to pour forth from the clock
case. ta1J Joc 9isgsi 9it Uasdi
The children now start up, and ger.
eral scramble takes place amongst them
for the pieces of gold. ss.5sf.irfas 8
Oh, and bank notes, too, mother,
bank notes in thousandsi" cites Alice
examining the interior of the clock.
: Here the tailor rouses himself. Eli.
whatF' he exclaims, rubbing his eyes.
Bank notesl Where? Where Y'Fa -
"Here-here, father i"- Alice an.
swers, drawing forth and showing him
roll after roll of bank notes. Oh, you
darling, beautiful old clock, how love
you'll she cries. And she lays her fair
young face against the time-stained oak,
and sobs, hysterically, "Bless you, bless
you'll" 70 'fsa5ttE2ls9
HMatty, Matty, catchrhold- ofYme,
Wl1eF says Feter, staggering about.
My head is spinning reundl Is it
really money that the children are pick
ing up like-like SO much dirta My
dream, my, dream, wife, is all come
true! Hal hal ha :
stake care of your poor head, says
the wife, prudently.
"iNot a bit of ii, wife. Tol-de-rolI'
=" We are rich, father, we are rich !"
says Alice, still producing fresh gold
and bank notes. Now, Willie Mead
ow,s Grandmother will alter her tone
she won't object to-"
E :" Hang Willie Meadows grand
mothe:P' interrupted Peter Who
cares dump for her objections? We
are rich-we are richl Hlrrahl for
Uncle Durant's legacy; and let us bless
the cd clock, everyonei" -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
DRIv1se HOME THE Cow..

Ont ~ ti,e cIovar and hI,,o-o,-o.l -,
n - ,,,-,, @ ~ ~ ,1 an. 49,. isS.eySu st ~, e,a<ss
.l s,ssn Z a.iso tne IlNer-iane
And fsstened % he ,eaSsz ~ ,1sm Sa,l sSs,n
as - tIa
e, T - We s,s'.1 w,ii9Es anu oyer tne n us s
rh p.s.enssy l1,.SMeo .nelr sooer pacei
AIe s,id me- ~, lls Il loE once was stlil
Only a howl and his father had .s,d
Ne never vo,,id ie, ~; .oas. n-u ssu ~ gf-,1
Two already ys-s irsn. m,S 5ssS soSSnsess eoi
Under the feet Of The he strsmn,lino ann, foa,
But after The, ,eyrer,;,v VOL, ,z,sa,,a . \
And the fro9s v-ere lo,,d in ~ ~ y,
Over his sbusiSer bs M % -
And steaithily foljoved ths is- s-.h a.,,,,,
- = -S-,' ~ - ~ - ~ -pA'ii .'. u~anP
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
Are These Jokes /!

Another one like the following and
the Hackensack Republican man will get
shot: ..-.-..-.-- -
"He was several years older than the
little girl who was playing with some
alphabetical blocks on the floor, and
had been watching her with intense
interest for several minutes, when he
suddenly sprang forward, picked up
the letter Y, and said:
Now, that belongs to usl p"
The little girl, startled at his impet-
uous manner, and not exactly compre'
hending the force of his observation,
began to cry and beg him TO return the
block. The precocious youth succeeded
in assuaging her grief, and then re e
marked, - ----s -
".Why, wouldn't keep it, you know
I only wanted to show you that if | took
Y from yours, it would be oursl" 80
Then he threw down the block, wen1
into the kitchen and dangled dead
mouse in front of the cooks face, just te
see her jump. It reminded him so much
of spring, he said. -, '~i,r..5...'.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
He Made a Mistake.

A few days since at the railroad sta
tior while young couple we're await
ing the train, the gentleman was ad-
monished byt:e biting keen air to pro-
tect his neck from a prospective cold,
by adding scarf to his wearing ap-
parel He opened his travelling bag, took
out and arranged about his throat what
he supposed 10 be, an, embroidered scarf.
but was convinced of his error by look
ing into the glass after he had seen the
quizzing smiles on the faces OF the spec
tators and was completely abashed to
find that he had adorned himself with
tine ornately- -clocked stockings of his
beautiful and now deeply blushing
bride.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
Minority Representation South and
f4s 4gfsiss ia North. ,,fs & :,

=
< It is the greatest of the alleged griev-
ances of the Republican party that ita
members In the Southern States are un-
represented in Congress. !" Look, !" asa,
Mississippi, at South Carolina and Lou.
isiana, look, in Q word, at the Solid
thousandss and tens of thousands Of
Republicans, there comes not up to the
Capitol . solitary Republican Repre-
sentative.y * The spirit oftncastes the
hatred Of the colered man, prescription,
Republican of qhis rights and the ma
sion with big NJ sits with folded arms
doing nothing to protect him. in one
form or another Is this picture pre-
sented by the stalwart press in every is
sue and By the stalwart speaker on every
occasion ! In the solidity Of tie South
is found the excuse and justification
for every fresh attempt to increase the
powers of the Federal Government and
to cuftail those OF the States. 1t is, in
fact, the most trusted waf-cry of the
Repu blican leaders, becauss they dare
not attempt toiunite the party upon any
other basis. nd -zgon9islagga bHs geGo
4 There is, one foundation for the cry.
The, South is solid and Whatever Of
comfort or of par tisan capital: the. Re
publicaus can draw from that fact they
are entitled to- IT, is true that
they are tmainly responsibleEfor the
soliditysoSS BY .1opg years of scarpetrbag
oppression and robbery, by the encourr
agementnof race Ipfejudice for political
purposes, by fraud and chicanerys Of
every specie, they. have made the Re
publican name synonym in the South
for tyranny; !. and if the people of that
section have learned the lesson they
taught, they nave themselves to blame.
But, they, are. still entitled to all the
partisan capital there is in the fact
that Southern Republicans are unrep-
resentedxn 4t.fY g % ..rs{ r..lEs.,.. q.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
stomachs in the Far West.

ID Perhaps our readers do not knew what
supports life in the far West. Well,
says an exchange: A farmer living
near Ma ssagaweya, Ont, recently killed
two perfectly healthy cows. In the
stomach Of one he found forty7thfee
nails, screw, pin, and button. In
the stomach of the other were found
tifty-three nails, parts of the knives OF
feed-cutter, and four buckles.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12

teath to get five dollars day, Besides
that it is prime chance for our party.
When they are canysssing the State for
Uncle Sam they can fix up the voters 90
we wont have to pay them any money
next fall, and old Solon Chase's blarney
won't do any harm. 9HJ q tdes st5s
i wont sign my name in full lest some
one should get hold of it and let the cat
out of the bag, but you know my hand
writing, and will do as some of our
Returning Boards did, leave out the
name and sign myself. JIM.
p. S.ADon't let Mulligsn see thil
letter. Is ~. ma.l I...l.... ..a.i
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-12
PUN PUEeENT POINTS.
[Fron the Political Prsss.l {

BLAINE made goose of himself wheI
he attempted to bribe Swami Vicks
burg Commercial. 9li1 sa5 5ali
TIE opinion of the Maine Supreme
Court boiled down: "Whatever Re
publican does is all right"
THE latest political joke is that the
Republicans of Delaware hope to carry
their State. The whipping post is much
more likely to get them than they are to
get the whipping-post States Electoral
vote. % n.a4aiss SAD Sa iub L43ssesi