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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-11-25
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It was just this side of Detroit that
man entered the car, took a seat, and
devoted his attention to the morning
paper. After time the conductor came
along and touched him gently on the
shoulder, but without effect. Again he
tapped the passenger on the arm, but
there was no response, and the official
had to speak.
Cricket, sir?"
The traveller looked wearily up from
his paper, and said:
81 haven't any ticket.
"Money, then, said the conductor.
"I haven't any money"
"You must get off at the next sta
tion."
"I WILL" was the submissive re-
sponse, and the conductor passed along.
The train stopped at the next station,
started again, and was bowling along at
thirty miles an hour, when the conduc-
tor again came through, and saw the
traveller on the same seat as before.
ST told you to get out of this car" he
said, somewhat sternly.
"You did"
"why didn't you do it ?"
"I did"
"And then got on again ?"
81 did,"
"Now look here, my friend, 1 don't
want any more of this nonsense. Get
out of the car at the next station, and
stay out. You hear me!''
Again the train stopped and again it
started, and again, but, in another car,
the conductor found the self-same trav-
eler, as calm as June morning.
ha,.o ocyoir, 9o ha oslya1
eyes"
"Didn't tell you to get off this train
and stay Off"
"No."
"I did"
"No; you told me to get out of that
car and stay out, and I did"
CHOW, my friend" said the conduc
tor, "listen to me, and mind you do
just what I tell you. At the next sta
ton get off this train and stay of. Do
just what I tell you, or you will get into
trouble"
Agreed" said the traveller, and the
conductor passed on.
Again the train stopped and started,
and again the traveller turned up on the
train. The conductor was just reaching
for the bell-rope to stop the train and
eject him summarily, when the traveller
stayed his hand.
"I obeyed ORDERS" he said. "You
told me to do just as you ordered ]
got out, and stayed out until you said
fAll aboard T Then got aboard, for ]
didn't want to get into trouble, you
know"
The conductor gave him his hand,
and it was noticed that, later in the day,
they ate together in the dining-car, and
ate heartily. y.-Bosto7a Transcript.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-11-25

"OUR hearts, our thoughts, our very
beings grow tender with age" said the
pastor, thoughtfully. "Yes," said the
new boarder, with a passionate CLEAN of
intelligence in his mild blue eyes, "but
then we are not hens" Nobody
laughed very much, except the landlady.
She seemed to enjoy it immensely; but,
when the pudding was brought in, it
was noticed that the new boarder got
all the crust and none of the "dope," :"
SO it was generally thought that Mrs.
McKerrel had dissembled.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-11-25

"DoN'T get out of anybody's way"
advised Henry Ward Beecher. But,
Mr.. Beecher, when you recognize your
landlord only half a block away, and it
is three days past rent day, and there
are two cross streets, an alley and three
four-story stairways with rear exits
winking at you from the near side of the
street-are we-is man, that is, to go
straight ahead and collide with the land
lord? Oh, nonsensel what kind of talk
is that to give debt-laden people, with
money at 8 per cent, and your summer
clothes not paid for?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-11-25
The Text.

A pious old lady, who was too unwen
to attend meeting, used to send her thick
headed husband to church to find out
the text the preacher had selected as the
foundation of his discourse. The poor
Ounce was rarely fortunate enough to
remember the words of the text, or even
the chapter and verse where they could
be found; but one Sabbath he ran home
in hot haste, and informed his wife that
he could repeat every word without miss
ing q SYLLABLE. The words were as fol-
lows: "An angel came down from heaven
and took live coal from the altar.
stKnow every word" said the hus-
band.
sI am anxious to hear it." continued
the wife.
ssThey are nice words" observed the
"I am glad your memory is improving;
but don't keep me in suspense, my dear, "
said she.
"Just get your big Bible, and I will
say the words, for know them by heart.
repeated them hundred times on my
way home"
"Well, let's hear them"
"Ahemi' said he, clearing his throat
-"An Injun came down from New Ha-
ven and took live colt by the tail and
jerked him out of the halter r.
TIE Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon is ready man.
On one occasion he was much annoyed
by three young men persisting In wear
ing their hats. He appeared for the time
not to notice them, but proceeded to tell
his audience of a visit he had paid to Q
Jewish synagogue. "When I entered, !"
he said, III took off my hat, but was In
formed that the great mark of respect
was to keep it on. I did SO, though I
assure you felt very strange wearing my
hat in q place of worship. And now, as
paid this mark of respect to the syna-
gogue, may ask those Jews in the gal
fery to conform equally to our rules, and
kindly uncover their heads" The young
men "collapsed."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-11-25

The price of wife in Siberia is eight
dogs. The Siberian wife worth her
weight in sausage must be an extrordi-
nary woman.-Philadekohia Chronicle
Herald
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-11-25
AsARN.YAnD TRAGEDY.
THE ANCIENT AeR1cuLTuR1sr UNTO THE suMnrl
BOARDER:

NE ANCIENT AGRICULTURISr UNTO THE SUMEE
B0ARDER:
Milkin', friend--why, it's easy 'nuff-
so, there, boss consarn your tall
" course there's cows that viii act rough
That's right, darn ye, mash the paill
You'd like to try one, eh?-all right;
Thar's stool, thar, In the shed,
An here's pall-now take that white,
On, no, stranger, milk that red.
Heyl 'tother side thar that's the way;
30, 50, bossy, steady nowi
She won't hook ye, it's Just her play
Ye can't find gentler COW.
got her from Squire SINNERS JOSH
Oh, yes, milkin' is prime fun
hold on, great scott! swon, By goshl
Darn 1t, she's killed him, sure's gunl
Oh, say. old fellow, raise yer head;
Come now, set up, show yer sense.
No, siree, ye amt bit dead
She just kicked ye DER the fence.
Where are you now7 Why in the yardf
Your hatf say-up that tree;
well, yes, she's drapped you pooty hard
What was the cause7 that beats me.
What's that you ask7 What uade her kickf
What made her kick-wall, swar;
Ye arnestf Why, twas Just the trick
osmilkin' with q lit ciEari
r..
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-11-25
0 First EfOrts.o

long for some patent method for con-
vincing every man, woman and child,
who is poor, unhappy, or wants pin
money, that they cannot rush into itera-
trre pell-mell, and make money at will.
Above all, should like legal penalty
imposed upon every one who sends
"first effort" to me. 1t is an equal
"eftort" and by no means my "first"
for me to read their poetry, and for them
to write it. I am fast becoming q
misanthrope from the amount of trash,
garnished with neither sense, grammar,
rhyme, nor metre, that my fellow crea-
lures perpetrate with view of fame and
fortune. Will anyone ever convince this
crowd of imbeciles that to write even
decently demands previous cultivation,
information, and common sense; or that
real genius is like any other diamond,
and needs careful cultivating and polish
ing? Isuppose not!-Atlaratic Magazine.
THE Detrait Free Press gives long
list of definitions of words from thS
thieves dialect" The Boston Post
thinks that ''this will be great help te
new settlers in Detroit who don'twant to
appear ignorant ip good society"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-11-25

"Now Jest fun, Jim! which had you
rather be, gas-meter, q water-me-
tor. or avmeter by moonlight, alone9'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-11-25

The province Of Buenos Ayres pos
sesses "a, 600, 900 sheep, of which 1S,-
900, 900 belong to Hish settlers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-11-25

Business cards Of fve lines or less s. per annum.
Local notices 10 cents per line each insertion.
Simple announcements Of marriages and Deaths
sad church and benevolent society noiices inserted
Ires. Any additions to obituary notices VIII be
charged Eve cents per line.
Fayors mnst be banded in as early Tuesday
morning to insure inssftion the same week.
Communicstiens upon subjects Of gsusrzl O locaa
tataye-t eve solicited
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-11-25
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

space. u w.ia vii n. 3 N. Il ME m. pc
New-York tribune., 1880-02-19

Stote bonds were inactive, but Louisiana consols
sold ut Is, seller 30 days; Alabama. Class A. at
6iaG3l1: tennessee Us, new, at 33l9 North Carolina
Is funding act 1866. at 03l. and o., old, January
and July. AZ %; Missouri o. of 1855 az l0o' and
6s of 1887 at l0Sl2. and Quebec 0s at 100;
The business in city bank shares luc udcd COM
mc1ce Il 81 at 40. and Merchants Exchange t52l
4 well-listrimted and fairly active business was
done In railroad bonds, and generally az firm
nrices There was a noteworthy transaction in
Erle first c0uSos ~ 600, 900 selling az 1911 and
aiterward $4,000 At l22 second consos sold up
Io 35s closing al 93ll, aud funded D were steady
NJ S77s6SS1 Missouri. Kansas AMI Texas iirsis
declined | prr cent 10 l04i2 the seconds rising
per cent to 677s c., G. and !. &. first assented
bones advanced from S9li tO 0OL, and Chesapeake
and ONO firsts series b. rose to 7OaG94, the c1r.
reucy interest debts rising l. TO ~. -. Louls aud
Iron Mountain second incomes, after decline 10
S3l1 and au advance i0 Sii2. closed al 81, mo
Gr,i incomes dropping - 10 %. Mobile and Ohio
fist Us were higher at lO02. aud the first deben:
lures a better at 7dsi Canada southern hists ell
| ner cent to % OHIO and Mississippi hrsts Spring
field Division. were strong at an advance TO 81.
Ohio Central first Os sold ~ 93 and the incomes at
SIS New-York Elevated trSts and Metropolitan
.hrsts were strong at 1913 and lO3la Respectively,
Kansns Pacific frss Denver Division, advanced 60
no and the cx certificates TO lOlos and St. Louis
aud San FIaucscO seconds. class A, rose pa per
cent To 91lt. -
The Sub-rreasnry to-day gained $1.1S2.S57 on
balance made up BY com gain of S1.2fG, s52. less
a currency loss of SO3,9o0. ihs rednc' the loss
since last Friday TO Sl.3s30i2. Money at the
Stock Exchange ruled easy at Gas per cent on
pledge of the usual collateral, aud on GOvernment
bonds at about per cent. The domestic exchanges
on New-lork are last quoted, except at n. Louis,
where the rate has dec.inrd To 7J cents discount.
The United States Treasurer at Washington to-day
received $4,000 IN National bank notes Tor TO
drlnptiOn, The customs receipts were TloVUOv
and The internal revenue receipts were S3Ol,oOo
The following is the Clearing House statements
to-day: Exchanges $l36,752,OIIi balances
~ sol 700 The business az fhe Sub treasury % COW
cred Receipts, 81. 500 241 payments, SO2o, f3zi
currency balance. $6S54.62 coin balance
500 5l4, 100. ~. a., -, 49,,
chanyed ouotatIons which are rs follows;
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The Government bonds to-dav offered to the
Treasury IN response 10 the invitation TOR offers Of
81 600 COO amounted To S3.362. 300. 81 prices
ranging as follows: ia Of 1880 at 1903 0Jd lO5 6s
of 1881 az l0J. .5Gd lO6 5s OF 1881 at lG3.5O to
IOl The ped offer. were as follows: S57, 900
IS of 1850 ut from lO3.95 10 10307; S532.OOO 0s
of 1881 at from 1896 10 1OJ.7I. aud T4ll 900 Js
of 1881 ut from 1O3l2 to lO3.G7. At the boards
the market strong, with q business amounting
to 1863 600, distributed as follows: SOL 900 cou-
pon Gs of lssl at l05 i2i 1883 ~ OOJ cnnpon Is
of 1850 nj 1884 $1,000 cOupou Js at i03's;
30 600 coupon / LIS at lO9li, and S2G5,O00 coupon
Columbia 3.GJs further advanced ! per cent 10
07i, The market closed strong at the annexed
uuotatlOuS:
New-York tribune., 1880-02-19
WV vnxx DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1880

minded pedagogues who criticise Colonel Parker es
mot original" reflect that TO talk over his theories I'D
their meetings does not amount4to anything is his
application of them that has made Quincy the one
bright spot III American education and is rapidly con-
vincing all rractca people that the teaching that
thing ideas and OF gable that cultivates ana en-
arges the mind from inside instead of siuthng u from
the outside is the teaching that we are bound 10 nave
soon or late.
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This institution prepares Young men 'or business ahso
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Travellers by this ine avoid both transit by Engush r
way and the discomorts OF tho Channel IN Sma
boat ~ .,--,. ,,o,ros,or ,t.h . IN -,
An f(l our, JOucia. "Wednesday Men - a. IN
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Credt yOnnas o Pans In amounts toslL
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MRS. l.. JERNEGAN BOWEN has resumed
l her lessons in music and foreign languages especial at
teniO paid pupils backward in English branches noi
further apply 49 Clinton st, south BI0OAh
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Art Schools-New- York City.
RS. LOUISA 3, CULVER

WIN receive pupils painting Landscape flowers sun HE
clipa and decoration. her studio "lhe Bella no 40 lst
2eihst corner 4th-avc. 5ceilning October l.
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AN. KINDERGARTEN NORMAL SCHOOL,
N ~; East lOth-st. T.. NJ. coz PTD.-New classes VIII
begin after the holidays Lessons Thorough and practical
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~ rilverwaTe bought sold back at small advance
GEO. C. ALLEN, 100 broadway near Zyihh
DASH PAID for OLD NEWSPAPERS,
" BOOKS. PAMPHLETS. RAGS. ROPE and BAGGINO,
COPPER BRASS, LEAD. ZINC. PEW1EkTYPE METAL.
FIICIIOTYPE PLATES STEREOTYPE PLATES TIN
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~ Premature Weakness special diseases radically hpecdy
cured medicines prepared.
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Iightdraft boat suitable Tor North River towing
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lLbeautiiul without using dangerous cosmetics SERkN
TEA eruptIOns Oi the skin clears The colpe1On
the Whole system Those wg use stfike AT ho
and beauty aud youthful freshness instead OF
destroying both by cosmetics. To be bought 0oy OF te
SERKEYS TEA CO.. 800 ATcist, philadelphia orders o.
Da promptly sent at Doc ana IL per box Liberal discount
10 trade.
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VALE Law School.-Regular course, 2 years
Il Gfaduate 00r degree of DC La Fall torn
opens Sept. zo Address PrUf wAYLAND New'HAveD, CT
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FROM THE WHITE STAR DOCK, FOOT OF WEST
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uontmens The "a OOh Staier0Oms smoking ami Bath
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'ois ] sales tor tho aav
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RS buyer 80 days O's buyer so days. 'G0ia buyer 81
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IMPERIAL GERMAN NAIL Hamburg
u American Packet COmplnys Line Tor PLIMOU III
CHERBOURG and HAMBURG. .
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Feb. 20 SiLt~IA Marrow II
Rates OF passage Plymouth Lonnon. Cherhoufg liam.
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Cabin gold 500; bin. gold. $50: Steerage cur
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kCNIIARDT q co, 81 bio.ilWay' New oiA'
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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-10-07
A Bit of a Sentinel.
Savannah News


During the war Gen. McLaws, now
postmaster at Savannah, was riding
down his picket line and encountered a
son of the Old Pine Tree state on duty
who had taken his gun apart with the
intention of giving it a thorough clean
ing. The general halted in front of
him.
look here, my man, are YOU not Il
sentinel on duty"
swell, y-a-s, a bit of a one
Don't you know it is wrong to take
your gun apart while OH duty?''
'Well, now, who are your
The general saw his chance, and with
a sly twinkle of the eye, REPLIED Pm
a bit of a general
'Well, gineral, you must excuse me.
You see thar is SO many fools ridin'
round here a fellow can't tell who is GIN
eral and who amt. If you will jist wait
till get Betsey Jane fixed. will give
you bit of Il s'lute"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-10-07
4 Curious Case,
Dublin (Ga.\ Gazette.

Last Wednesday morning young
man in this place awoke from re-
freshing nights slumber both deaf and
dumb, nor has he spoken word since
or heard at all. The night before when
he retired he could talk and hear as
well as he ever could. He remember
ed no unpleasant feeling during the
night, nor is he affected in any other
way. We sympathize with the young
man, who is very intelligent and a gen
eral favorite with every one. He is
about 81 or % years old.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-10-07
VERY REMARKABLE.
An En- Prisoner Survives Sfxty-tWO
Days Without Food. and Thirty -four
Without Water.
Oshkosh Northwestern.

OSHhOsu A\oItn"csCClH.
On the 10Th day of July the North
areste,7a gave an account of Patrick
Murty of the town of Nekimi, who up
to the Dist of that month had been
without food for ~ days, and without a
drop of water for 10 days. Since that
time, as before, his death was hourly
expected, but most remarkable to re-
late he lived in the same condition I'M
til Thursday, Aug 9Th, on which day
he expired. The circumstances attend
ing the case have been published. He
was afflicted with softening of the brain,
and paralysis of the nerves which supply
action to the muscles of the throat so
that it was impossible to swallow either
food or water.
It was precisely 81 days that he lived
without food, and 81 days without even
a drop Of water. Along towards the
last he lay insensible, and slow breath
ing was the only evidence of life left in
the body. If any case on record will
equal this the people who are so much
interested in starvation nowadays
would like to know it. The funeral
will occur tomorrow. It is needless
to add that when Murty died there was
nothing to him but a skin covered
skeleton. Murty, before the war. was
Il strong, healthy and lively young
man. He entered the army, was taken
prisoner, and was kept for several
months in the horrible southern prison
pens, where exposure, want and hard
ship brought on an affection of the
brain. For fifteen years he has suffer
ed more or less with attacks of soften
ing of the brain and has been under
medical treatment most Of the time,
being incapacitated for either mental
physical labor to any extent.