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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
How Johann Strauss Writes his waltzes.

Strauss and his wife we're enjoying a
quiet walk in the park at Schonau re-
GENTLY. when suddenly the composer az
claimed "My dear, I have a waltz in
my head quick, give me the inside of q
letter or an envelope to write it down,
before I forget i" Alas ! after much
rummagingof pockets it was discovered
that neither of them had q letter about
them-not even o bridesmaids account.
Johann Strauss music is considered
light, but it weighs heavy as lead on his
brain till he can transfer it to paper.
His despair wa h~eartrending. At last
a happy thought struck Frau Strauss.
She held out a snowy linen cuff, and
Johann smiled. In two minutes it was
MS. Then its mate shared the same
fate, then Frau Strauss collar, then not
another scrap OF starched linen on which
to conclude the composition. His own
linen was limb colored calicoNno hope
there. Johann became frantic. He was
much the worse for having been allowed
to write three-quarter of the waltz. He
was on the point Of dashing home like q
mailman when another happy thought
struck Frau Strauss. She plunged her
hand into a capacious pocket, fshed ont
a purse, opened it and displayed, to his
delighted gaze, a bran new hundred
gulden note. Hurrah The entire finale
was written on the bank-note, and then
Johann Strauss relapsed into his usual
placidity, 5sfFE -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
HYgienic Yalue Of Mfrth.

But, aside FROM all this, mirth has an
hygienic value that a hardly be over
rated while our social life remains what
the slavery of vices and dogmas has
made it. Joy has been called the sun
shine of the heart, yet the same sun that
calls forth the flowers of a plant is also
needed to expand its leaves and ripen its
fruits and without the stimulus of ex-
hIarating pastimes perfect bodily health
is as impossible as moral and mental
vlgor. And, a I'LL as a succession of
uniform crops will exhaust the best soil,
the daily repetition of q m~onotonous oc-
cupation will wear out the best man..
Body and mind require an occasional
change of employment, or else a liberal
supply of fertilizing ~recreations, and
this requirement is a factor whose omis-
sion often foils the arithmetic of our po-
litical economist.
To the creatures of the wilderness af-
Fiction comes generally in the form of
impending danger.famine or persistent
persecution and under such circumstan-
ces the notifications of the vital pro-
cess seem to operate against its long con-
tinuance ; well-wishing nature sees her
purpose defeated, and the vital energy
huSo, Vic pap vi LILO Iu11b " oCCos OA
the same principle an existance of Joy
less drudgery seems to drain the springs
of health, even at an age when they can
draw upon the largest inner resources /;
hope, too often bafied, at last withdraws
her aid the tongue may be attuped to
canting hymns of consolation, but the
heart cannot be deceived, and with its
sinking pulse the strength of life Gibbs
$780, N,-4 l1-41- ~ - u - L.
are literally starving for lack of recre-
alton not the means of life, but its OBJ
ject, civilization has defraudea them of
they feel a want which bread can only
aggravate, for only hunger helps them
to forget the misery of ennui. Their
pallor is the sallow hue of a cellar-plant;
they would be healthier it they were
happier. I would undertake to cure 9
sickly child with fun and rye-bread
sooner than with tidbits and tedium. :
DR. FeLi1 L. OSUad.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03

the spires of the churches. On each
side thousands of acres have been re-
claimed of the most fertile soil in Europe.
h scenery is not picturesque, for there
8 nothing to be seen but long lines of
poplars skirting the sides of the bitches,
that are, however. invisible from ur
standpoint, and here and there a village
with its gables and church steeple peep
ing over the banks. We have none of
natures grandeur to command our adj
miration, but the works OF man, with
their comparative tameness, yet great
utility, predominant"
BREAKING CoLrs.-One who writes
sensibly on this subject says : No man
can master o colt properly who cannot
control himself. There is no mystery in
education. The whole method is accord
ing to law. Rewards and punishments
underie just government. Beware of an
improper. punishment of a.colt, as you
would of a human being for you must
command respect if you would educate
either. Nor trife nor deceive. When
you must draw the whip to compel atten-
ton, remember to reward obedience with
sugar, or some pleasing gift First make
your colt your friend, and then educate
without Impotence or severity. Condes-
-cend to talk to your horse and be clear
in your language, for he can hear and is
glad to be coolly and intelligently df
rected. eco on / Steady Whoal"
are three magic words which should be
used to start, to moderate, or to stop the
movements of a colt. Repeat them
clearly, as you have occasion to use them,
for just what they mean, and the cot
will soon obey them, and be proud of
his knowledge. Be at all m consider
ate, kind, fair and firm, remembering
there is a limit to every sensitive organ
izat.on. 1t does no harm TO tire a colt,
but never exhaust one. Groom well,
after work, rather than before.-Indidna
Farmer.
SonING Cows.-A correspondent of
the Loma Homestead, who keeps five
cows on five acres oil ground, from which,
besides supplying his family with milk
and cream, he manufactures 300pounds
of butter annually, and raises a calf from
each COW, thus describes how he does it
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
The Speculative Mania.

The disposition to get rich suddenly
ensnares many men who are engaged in
safe pursuits, and with whom it is only
a question of a few years when they will
have an assured competence. They are
tempted by the occasional gains of lucky
gamblers, embark on the sea of specula-
ton, and not infrequently lose honor as
well as their worldly possessions. Take
the case in Boston, Of Henry B. White,
who was for a long period identified
with the insurance interests of New Eng
land. He was greatly esteemed, and
made Secretary of the Shoe and Leather
Insurance Company, of Boston. he was
paid q fine salary, attended closely to
business, and his habits were considered
exceptionally good. Suddenly he disap-
peared, and an examination of the books
of the concern revealed the unwelcome
fact that he had, at odd times, appropri-
ated $15, 900 belonging to the company
to his own use. It was subsequently,
learned that White had been dabbling in
stocks and losing on his speculations.
As result, he became guilty of en-
bezzlement, lost his place, became a
fugitive from Justice, and brought misery
and disgrace upon his wife and children.
The terrible danger of gambling in any
shape is that, with persons of a weak
nature, 1t finally holds out some tempta-
ton to betray trust in order to crafty a
passion which has become an imperious
necessity. People begin with ~hazarding
their own money and end with putting
the money of others at stake. The form
of gambling which is illustrated by
speculations usually starts with q desire
to make money faster than by the com
mon routine of business. Men, urged
by their own greed, which is too often
stimulated by ~extravagant wives and
daughters, and tempted by the chance
fortunes of others who have gone safely
through the whirlpool, turn aside from
the slow-going and absolutely safe pur-
suits which have never failed them, and
venture into speculations which are at
best uncertain, and in most cases abso-
lutely ruinous. In q shocking number
of cases there is not simply q loss of
money, but as events prove, a loss of in
tegrity; all that makes life desirable is
offered up at the same Questionable
alter. Arational view of life would sug-
gest thatit is not really desirable to get
suddenly rich. The employment of life
are in the nature Of discipline and it is bet
ter that men should fill up the full
measure of their vigorous manhood in
honest and useful work, and take their
ease toward the close. A young, rich
man, will, in nine cases out of ten, get
into evil ways, and if he do not entirely
squander his money he will squander
health, morals and worthy ambition. II
you are doing passably well at any vo-
cation, however, umdrum, stick to it and
let speculation alone. A bird in the
hand, etc. Any man who can see his
way with reasonable clearness towards o
competence at the end of his journey, il
fortunate and ought TO be catisfed he
should take no risks whatever. With
the majority OF men life is all the way
through simply a struggle for present
needs, with nothing to show at the end
Louisville Commercial.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
Japan,s National Flower

The cherry blossom is the national
flower of Japan, IS the rose is of
England, the lily Of France, the thistle
of Scotland, and the shamrock of Ire
land. On the Mikado's flags, pages and
carriages, and on the soldiers caps and
uniforms, you will see the open chrys-
anthemum. But the flower of the peo-
pie and the nation is the flower of the
poisoning cherry tree. The Japanese
cultivate all over Japan the sakura tree,
which is valued only for the beauty of its
blossoms. From an entire tree you
could not get ripe cherries enough to
make a pie; but the blossoms are massed
together on the boughs like clouds, and
the blooms are often as large as a rose.
Picnics in Japan are called "going to see
the flowers" In June millions of people
go out to sing and sport and laugh and
play under the cherry trees, or to catch
"the snow showers that do not fall from
the Skies" Some of the people become
so enchanted with the lovely blossoms
as to even worship the famous old trees.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03

THE remarkable discoveries of Jenner,
Pasteur, and others, showing that some
of the most fatal virulent diseases may
be rendered comparatively harmless by
inocculation with a weakened virus,
have led to the suggestion of the pos
tibility of combating tuberculosis in
the same manner. It is now quite gen.
orally believed that this disease, like
smallpox, chicken cholera and anthrax,
is due to the very rapid increase of GER
tain minute organisms in the body, and
it seems reasonable to hope that inocu-
lation with its weakened germs may
produce as favorable results as have
been achieved in the case of the other
maladies. This is an important prob
lem for science to solve.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03

PREVIOUS to the invention of the mule
for spinning cotton few operators could
spin it to 200 hanks to the pound, $40
yards making a hank. At the same time
the natives of India were spinning cotton
to a fneness of about 300 and 400hanks.
Since the introduction of the mule
the Messrs. Houldsworth, Of Manches-
ter, England, have succeeded in spin
ming 700 hanks from a pound of cotton.
Within q short time 10, 600 hanks have
been spun from a pound, but the thread
was too fine to be woven. The thread
from this single pound of cotton reached
in length 4, ITO miles. The finest cotton
yarn is spun in England and made into
lace in France,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
Reckless M0ShH.

Although a guerrilla, Mosby was e
brave man. He would run risks and
take chances which he would not order
his men to take. He was in Washing
ton three different times during the war;
in Baltimore four or five times, and in
more than q dozen instances he pene-
trated the Federal lines for information.
Near Middletown he was once cut off
by Federal cavalry who held the pike
in both directions. When ordered to
surrender he drove his horse over the
stone wall and got away through the
fields. Three bullets pierced his cloth
ing, his horse was struck twice, and an
clean cut away by bullets. One day
ray valley six Union cavalry walked in
on him. They did not know him as
Mosby, but rightly co~njectured that he
was a guerrilla. As they attacked him
he shot two and dashed through a win
dow and made off with one of their
horses. He was orce captured in
Washington while on a spying expedi-
ton, but feigned drunkenness and made
the Provost Marshal's Office. At that
time he had plenty Of proofs on his per-
son to have convicted him as a spy.
Near Warrenton he one night rode with
twenty-four men full upon a Federal
reserve picket of at least a hundred
men. Both sides stood staring at each
other for O moment and then Mosby
called out:
ibid any of them mules come this
way?"
-- E
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
A SMindIer Disgraced.

There is a man in New York whose
dinner could not have digested very we'll
or afforded him much solid comfort. He
dined at a hotel and t pok his meal in
good style. After laying in q liberal
supply of what he fancied and running
up a substantial account, his check was
handed to him. Instead of paying the
amount marked on it he furtively put it
in his pocket and attempted to pass out
the door N an unconcerned manner,
without bestowing the customary atten-
ton on the official who sits at the receipt
of custom. Had the greedy and we'll
fed person been mindful of the fact that
two detectives are kept on constantduty,
lurking for just such patrons as himself,
his course would have been different.
As it was, his passage to the street be-
came a very different affair from what he
had intended it to be. Instead of being
allowed quietly to chuckle over having
swindled the hotel out of the price of
his dinner, he was brought to a halt by
one of the detectives and made to give
an account of himself. His stammering
apologies did him no good, and only
served to stimulate his captor to make a
conspicuous example of him. Calling
to his aid another employe of the house,
the detective caused the wretch to
"walk Spanish" to the doorway, at
which point he kicked him into the
street, amid the applause of the bystand.
ers, who by this time were informed as
to the why and wherefore of the transac.
ton. In ademoralized manner the de.
tected and disgraced "diner out" landed
on the pavement and skunk away with a
view of reaching a place where the gaze
of his fellow men would not be SO con-
~spicuously directed at him. 1t would
have been quite as legal to have had this
fellow arrested and convicted of swind.
ling the hotel, but the moral effect Of
thus boosting him into the street was fan
more impressive on the bystanders than
a years imprisonment in jail would havl
been.-Phitadelphia Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
THE WORKSHOP.


A oIsTERN four feet in diameter will
hold ninety-four gallons of water to every
foot in depth. :
. ePAPIER MACHE is made from paper pulp
without sizing; sometimes clay, chalk
and other pigments are used.
A SUBMERGED steel tube forty feet be-
low the surface is the latest suggestion
for the crossing of the English Channel.
PLNY tells us that Dedalus invented
the saw. The earliest saw-mll of which
we have mention vas built at Madeira in
1920.
SOME of the largest mirrors ever manu-
featured were recently made for the
Grand 1Opera-house at Paris. They
measured As by 50 feet, their weight
being 1900 to 1000 hundred pounds
each.
NEWLY painted room are very III
pleasant for several days, but if a hand
full of hay is strewn on the floor upon
whichSis sprinkled a little chloride goi
lime, after a couple of hours the often
sive smell will have entirely disappeared.
To MAKE sand paper, crush glass
under a runner and sift it into about SIX
sizes ; coat a good quantity on Manila
paper with thin glue, and dust the pull
verified glass over it. Sometimes two
coats of glue and glass are thus applied
to the paper.
A GOOD cement for stopping joints,
such as around chimneys and the like,
may be as follows : white lead, as sold II
the key, mix with enough pure sandtc
make a stiff paste that will not run II
grows hard by exposure and resists heat
cold and water.
AT THE Paris mint medals are bronze6
by boiling them for a quarter of hour III
the following solution Pulverized verdi
girls, 500 grammes |; strong vinegar, 16(
grammes water, 8 litres. An untinneG
copper boiler is used, and the medals arr
separated from each other bC bits o
glass or wood.
A NOVEL kind of wire betting has beer
brought out by an Austrian. The wir'
which is as small as practicable, and it /
spiral spring (the number varying &C
cording to the power transmitted is lai'
in a groove on the pulleys. The metho,
of transmission is reported to be chea
and effective.
CAR wheels made of paper have been i
use for some time. Now comes ca
wheel made of sawdust, which is an abur
dant waste product in saw-mills of til
West. The Lun1bern1an describes
model wheel, consisting of an iron rim
seven inches outward diameter by half a
inch thick, fitted with a wellpropo,
toned hub, the space between bein
filed with pine sawdust, pressed in {
solidly that we are ready to believe tt
assertion that a pressure of twenty thrt
tons applied to the hub failed to develo
any sign of weakness.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
stirring all the time, and pour over the
cabbage, which set away to cool,

stirring all the time, and pour over the
cabbage, which set away to cool.
PERFECTION CAKE.-One pound Of
-four, one pound of sugar (puIverized),
three-quarters of a pound of butter, one
gill of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of
baking powder, and eight eggs; cream
the butter and sugar together until light
as q feather beat the eggs separately,
the whites to a stiff froth and the yolks
until rich and thick add yolks to but
ter and sugar ; then -four, and lastly the
whites of the eggs beat lightlyguntil all
are well mixed, and bake in ordinary
cake tins in a very slow oven. For
favoring either vanilla or lemon may be
used.
ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING.-Take one
cup of r~aisins, one cup of sugar, three
cups of -four, two cups of suet chopped
fine, and one t~easpoonful of salt mix
these ingredients thoroughly, then add
cold water enough to make it into a stiff
dough ; make it into a loaf like bread,
tie up in a cloth and boil steadily for
four hours, at least, and as much longer
as you like. No is better than
butter and sugar. Use neither milk nor
eggs, but above all avoid soda, yeast
powder or anything to make it light ; the
suet and steady boiling will accomplish
the result without assistance.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
Why We Die Early.

Some of the reasons why men catch
cold and find premature graves:
Living nine-tenths of their days in the
house; breathing house air !; bleaching
in the house, and getting thin and sallow
in the house. Sitting down to eat, tired
and perspiring, and then wondering why
nothing "touches the right spot" and
ones food seems to do no good
Soaking and scrubbing oneself to death
in daily hot baths.
Taking a health paper and trying to
live up to its directions.
Going to he'd hungry. Getting crazed
with an idea that it is unhealthy to eat
nights. -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
Public School DISCIPLINE.

There is in the public schools too much
of this military drilling which forbids a
Sred and restless child to change its po-
sition and rest from a cruel constraint.
It is sometimes absolute torture to a del
icate child to maintain the stiffness and
stiffness enjoined by the foolish teacher.
A moderate amount of freedom of move
ment car not be productive of disturb
nee to a well managed school. The
teacher who thoroughly knows his bust
ness and is born to his work is never an
unreasoning martinez. -New York Ift
bune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03

LIE Southern States possess a chicken
syndicate. Six firms virtually control the
poultry market. The combiaed capital
Is $50, 600. Their agents receive. 5-per
cent for purchases not only of poultry,
but eggs. butter and sausages. Tie
quarters are at New Orleans, Savannah.
Charleston and three places in Tennes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03

1t is no vile drugged stuff, Iretending to be
made of wonderful foreign roots, barks, ETC.,
and pulled up by long bogus certificates of pre-
tended miraculous cures, but a simple, pure,
effective medicine, made of well known valua-
BILE remedies, that furnishes its own certificates
by its cures. We refer to Hop Bitters, the
purest and best of medicines. See another
STANDARDIZATION.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03

IT Is learned from a private report
that on. the southern seaboard of the
Chinese province of Kwantung are found
wild silkworms which feed on the cam
-phor tree, and whose silk is utilized in a
singular manner. When full grown, the
caterpillar is cut open and the silk ex-
tracted in a form much resembling cat
gut. This substance is subjected to a
hardening process and made into fish,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
Set hack AZ Years,

"I was troubled for many years with Kidney
Complaint, Gravel, etc.; my blood became
thin 1 was dull and inactive could hardly
crawl about was an old worn out man all
over could get nothing to help me, until 1 got
blood and kidneys are all right, and 1 am as ac-
tive as a man of 80, although 1 am ~, and 1
have no doubt it will do as well for others of
my age. 1t is worth a trial.-(Father. Sum
day Mercury.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
Where Pearls are Found.

They are found from Texas to Ohio.
st. Clair County, ILL.,, and Rutherford
County, Tenn, are good places for them,
but the largest ever found on the on
tinent was near Salem, Mia number
of years ago. 1t was about an inch across
and it soldin Paris for So, ZOO. Most of
them are very small and sell In lots for
small sums, but one large one pays for
the time. Along the Ohio river all the
boatmen and fishermen are in the bust
ness, especially boys. They wade along
the flats and scoop up the unios with
their hands, while others have regular
arrangements for hauling them up by
the quantity. The best are perfectly
round and white, with rich orient. The
next shape is the pear. Some are per-
feet all but one side, and this can be con-
cealed in the setting.
Small pearls for use In onyx need not
be perfect, as they are half hidden in the
setting, SO the imperfect ones have a
value as we'll. The best pearls the
Eround ones, are those found in the man.
tie of the animal. You see, the pearl,
either in fresh or salt water, is merely
the result of the animals attempt to pro-
tect itself.
The great naturalist Linneus thought
he had iscovered a plan to cause pearls
+ to grow, which was to initiate the par
asites already mentioned. The pearl
mussels were taken from the water and
the shells bored, then placed back and
left for four OF. five years. The Swedish
government paid him 81, 800forthe idea,
butt did not prove a success. The
Chinese have done well with the pearl
oyster. They sprinkle sand over the
bedSwhen the oysters or mussels are
open, and also put little images in the
shells that soon become coated with q
pearly luster. These can be seen at the
Central Park Museum. In japan a
similar plan is adopted with the unio-
hyria.
It would be hard to deceive a dealer,
but spurious pearls are made so skill
fully that it is extremely difficult to tell
them. For years a bogus pearl manu-
factory was carried OF at Murano, a lit
tie town near Venice. The forms were
made of glass, while the iridescence OF
orient was produced by quicksilver but
they were chiefly used as beads for the
peasantry. Finally, the French took uI
the business, and noticing the richness
duce the luster, and with great success.
The dace and the roach were the fishes
used. In Italy the smelt is taken from
the Tiber, and its scales yield, an ex
tremly rich secretion or mucous that cal
be used for the purpose but to the eye
accustomed to the real pearl these imi
tations are so much dross, and I can
hardly better express the difference thar
to say that the spurious ones seem dead
and devoid of the blush and sparkle tina
10 the haautv of the real pearl TIN