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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09

American Sugar.

The time is approaching very evident
ly when the manufacture of sugar in this
republic will reach a sufficient magnitude
to supply the whole country. Our terri
tory is SO extensive and the temperature
SO varied that there is scarcely anything
consumed by man that it will not fur
nish, when the intricacies of the art of
producing it is once sufficiently well I'M
derstood. We do not say that the sugar
supply will come from beets, though to
some extent, and a very large extent, it
may, and we hope will. But more like
it will be the product of sorghum and
the amber cane, which would seem to be
less costly in the way of labor. Sugar
from beets can undoubtedly be made of
as excellent quality as any produced
from any other material, but we fear not
SO cheaply. Labor is the great draw
back; this being so much more n
than in the United States, readily ac-
making there; and it seems that it will
always continue to be SO, at least so
long as this discrepancy in the price of
ever, to counterbalance this by increased
prOQucG Oh bne Doeb per acre, Or ny ILL
proved machinery, or from any other
cause not now developed, the aspect of
things may be changed. The factory in
Delaware is experimenting perhaps more
intelligently than any other that has
been established in this country, and the
prospect is more encouraging than any
other. Should it be finally successful,
it will of course lead the way to the
establishment of others, and hence sup
ply a want in the United States SO great
and commanding as to give employment
to labor and capital to a enormous ex-
tent.-Germantoa0n Telegraph.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
Lincoln and Father Blair.

Respect and reverence for old G was
one of Lincoln's marked characteristics,
as was strikingly shown in an instance
which occurred On theroute from Spring
field, Ill, to Washington before the cere-
monial of his first Inauguration.
The sullen roar of civil war was heard
in the distance, and a spirit of apprehen-
sion and doubt possessed all grades of
society, as was made manifest in the vast
crowds that assembled everywhere along
the line to either greet the President with
enthusiastic cheers or muttered mad
threats of denunciation and death.
In. the progress of the Journey the
party had reachen one of the larger
cities of Southern Indiana, and Lincoln,
while standing on the platform of the
car, discovered an old white haired man,
whose form at one time had been of her.
i, lean proportions, but then bent and
feeble, vainly making an attempt to ap-
proach him. 1t mattered not to Lin
coin hat his audience were speIl-bound
with the weight of his argument, and
thrilled with the appeal made to their
patriotism and loyalty. For as if alone
before him stood the veteran of almost a
century (Father Blair), challenging his
assistance and sympathy, so with a few
neatly turned and appropriate words he
descended, passed rapidly through the
throng, and placing the old mans arm
within his own, retraced his steps to his
former position. -Iowa State Register,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
A Preachers Artifice,

Fra Roces, the celebrated but eccen-
trio preacher of Naples, once scared his
congregation in the most beneficial way.
He preached a tremendous sermon on
the inevitable consequences of a sinful
life. His hearers were in a CONFUSION
of excitement with the blazing picture
of a sulphurous r%etribution before their
imaginations. { All at-once he stoppedin
the very midst of an eloquent appeal
and cried out, "Now, all of you who
sincerely repent of your sins hold up
your hands" Every hand in the assem-
bly, was up in an instant. The preacher
looked upon the scene for one awful mo-
ment, and then, addressing the higher
powers, exclaimed: "Holy Archangel
M1chae1, thou who with thine ALBANIAN
tine sword standest at the right of the
Judgment seat of God, hew me off every
hand which has been raised hypocriti-
cally." In an instant nearly every hand
dropped to its owners side.h
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
How a sedentary Life Arscts.Bouep

The Popular Science Monthly re-
marks that many of the ills or diseases
prevalent among the women Of our day
are no doubt traceable to the sedentary
mode of life among them. The progress
of the industrial art has done away with
much of the household drudgery to
which many women were formerly sub
jected, and In many cases the want Of
sufficient occupation for needed bodily
exercise. 1t says: The fruits of this
state of things are strikingly exhibited
in certain observations made by the late
DR.. Robertson, a Manchester surgeon,
who in his practice as q specialist for
women's diseases found that women who
themselves performed all their house.
hold work found no trace of certain COM
plants; that these complaints began to
make their appearance in women with
n servant, became more pronounced
in women with two servants, OF worse
still, with those who had three servants.
and SO on. He showed statistically that
the deaths from childbirth were -four
times greater in cases of women with
four servants than those with none. On
the other hand, we noticed a statement
the other day that since the suspension
of labor in the mills of New England on
account of the panic many of the female
operatives have sought employment as
domestics, and as a consequence there is
much more sickness among them than
there was previously. This would seen
to show that housework is not as healthy
as labor in cotton mills"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
The Origin of the Name "Artemus
Ward.O

There has been not a little specula-
ton as to how Brown came by his N
de plane, "Artemus Ward" Dr..
Shattuck says that, having some conf
Dental business with him during one OF
his last visits to Waterford, he took the
occasion to inquire in particular about
it. Brown said~it was in this wise I:
While engaged at the PldindeaIer Of
flee, in. Cleveland, Ohio, he made the
acquaintance of III eccentric old gentle
man whose actual name was Artemus
Ward, though assuming some more pre-
tentious titles. This man was in the
show business, having a few "wax fig
While waiting on the printers for his
bills he amused Brown by telling an
endless number of anecdotes, all of
which were duly treasured up. Among
these were ONE of the incidents in
Browns article entitled edwin Forrest
as Othelle." He reforred to the follow
ing as one of the contributions of the
original Artemus Ward
ED was actin at Niblo's Garding,
but let that pars. I sot down in the
pit, took out my spectacles and COM
menced peroosin the evenin's bill. = =
AZ L WIS DGIOOS1u I'LL JILL aS4dfO JOuhS
man who sot, near me axed me if I'd ever
seen Forrest dance the essence of Old
Virginny.
%He's immense in that sed the
young man. He also does a fair cham
pion jig the young man c~ontinnered,
but his big thing is the essence Of Old
Virginny.'
"Sez I:
"'Fair youth, do you know what I'd
do with you if you was my SUM-
"'No,' SEE he.
"'Wall,' seq I, I'D appint your flu,
neral tomorrow AFTERNOON, and the
korps should be ready You're toe
smart to live on this yearth.'"
The old man claimed himself to be the
hero of this story. Brown, however
wanted the credit of correcting the
spelling and of dressing the stories VI
in good literary style. Pleased with thu
name, he attac led it to several of hi
comic productions, and, finding that i
took with the public, adopted GA
Ward" as his own.-Scri6ner.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
Timber Planting.

To make timber plentiful and to render
our climate more genial W. must reclothe
all rugged, broken land and rocky ~crests,
intact, every acre that is not cultivated
or is cultivated at a loss, with valuable
forest trees.
First-Al ravines and steep hill-sides,
all land too rocky to be thoroughly
cleared Of stone and plowed, should be
devoted to trees.
Second Protecting belts of timber
should be planted wherever buildings,
orchards, gardens, etc., are exposed to
cold, sweeping winds.
Third-The banks of streams, ponds,
open bitches, etc., should be so planted
with trees that they will be protected
from abrasion by foods and rapid cur
rents.
Fonrth-An public roads should be
belted by graceful, stately trees.
We should preserve, improve and
extend our existing forests by keeping
up a constant succession of young grow
ing trees of the best varieties. To do
this it is necessary:
First-To allow no stock to run in
wood lots for the purpose of forage. This
should be a rule infexible and relent-
ness.
Second = Young growth in forests
should be Trimmed moderately and judi
ciously. Worthless varieties should be
cut out and the valuable sorts should be
trimmed up SO that. they will grow tall,
forming trunk rather than branches.
Third Timber should be cut with
intelligent reference to future growth.
Valuable trees that you wish to propa
gate should be cut in the spring. Those
that you wish to exterminate should be
cut in August Lazenby
Cornell University.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
.AnecdOte Of Poe.

Mr.. George H. Boxer tells this story
about Edgar A. Poe: Gone day I was
sitting at a booksellers, who also pub
lished a serial, when Poe came in. If
shabby, he was generally genteel, and
had the inherent look of man of the
world out of place and ostracised, yet
with a compromising pride in his sense
of finer intellect. After some little
while, he said to the publisher, Lend
me $10.' Il can't do it. He was al
ready in debt to his friend a hundred or
two. Lend me SIS, Them said Poe.
L can't do it, Poe; L have made up my
mind not to lend any more WELL
said Poe, will you give me $40 for a
poem?' yes, 1 will be glad to do that.
Poe sat down, and almost without hest
tation wrote a sonnet, exquisite in its
feeling. He handed it over to the pub
Usher, who paid the money"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
Cosmetics and Collins.

Paint yous faces, girls, but first let
the undertaken have your measure. Such
at least is the lesson SO often found in
the reports of our medical practitioners.
We thus learn that poison is poison,
whether it reaches the vitals through
the stomach or the skin. A well-known
pantomimist who was won't to set the
audience in a roar, became paralyzed by
the paint necessarily appliedt to his face,
and he died in an asylum in untimely
dotage. Such was the fate of the once
popular G. l.. Fox, and nov we have the
case of Fanny Blanchard, whose death
was also due to cosmetics. Her physi-
clan made a prolonged effort to effect
restoration, but it was too late. The
poison had become fxedin in the system
and the poor girl died by u~nintentional
suicide Utica Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
Reward for Lost Property.

One P. lost a diamond pin and pub
lished in a city paper the following no
tice: "Lost, $25 reward-A diamond
pin. The finder will be paid the above
reward by leaving the same at this
office" The pin was found by O., who
demanded the reward, which was re-
fused. P. then demanded the return of
the pin, and, on being refused, brought
action in replevin for recovery. Held
that the finder, according to the COM
mon law, becomes the proprietor in case
the truesowner does not appear, and
meantime his right as finder is a perfect
right against all others. And he is en-
titled to recompense from the owner for
his care and expense in its keeping and
preservation but his status Is finder
only does not give him a lien. Yet, if
such owner offers q reward to him who
will restore the property, a lien thereon
Is thereby created to the extent Of the
reward so offered.-Wood VI. Pierson,
Supreme Court, Nebraska.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
Lotteries I'm italy.

An employe of the italian Lotto adj
ministration has published an interest
ing pamphlet respecting the lotto play
ing in Italy, to which rich and poor,
learned and unlearned, are addicted with
equal passion, and which contributes a
considerable to the Government revenue.
Not counting the Island of Sardinia, the
lottery in 1879 brought no less than
1913, 269 lire into the treasury. The
total amount of prizes was 80, 614, 126
lire. The sixty-seven chief provincial
towns, with 500 lottery Offices and q
population of 4,019, 500 inhabitants,
caused the enormous sum of 49,
OBJ, 814 lire to flow into the treasury.
The rural districts, with 1,102 offices
and %, 145, 074 inhabitants, contributed
"a, 451, 454 lire; in other words, the pop
ulation of the chief provincial towns paid
a voluntary tax of 10 lire II centesimi
per capita, that of the rural districts only
l lire IL centesimi, making an average
of 2 lire 5S centesimi for every italian
subject of either sex. The Basilicnta,
the two Calabrias, the Abruzzes, Molise,
the Marks and Umbria, containing the
smallest number of persons unable to
read or write, furnish also the smallest
amount in lotto-moneys as well as In
direct and indirect taxes. The provinces
with the greatest number of persons not
able to read and write, and a population
of 10, $50, 1874 souls, spent 81, 6S9, 808 lire
for lottery playing, i. e., EOS lire per
capita, and the remaining ones 2.22 lire
for each inhabitant. People play more
where the. game is facilitated by a large
number of lottery offices.
Twenty-four provinces with 1,279 Off
ces expended 50, 22S, 277 lire ; the other
43 provinces with 452 offices only To-
285, OIL lire, making an average of 4 lire
II centesimi for the former and l lire IL
centesimi a head for the latter. In those
provinces which pay a larger quota OF
taxes the inhabitants are more given to
playing. As a curious and at the same
time re%grettable fact be it mentioned
that the city of Turin, with SO per cent.
of persons unable to read and write,
pays on an average 10. 70 lire a head to
the lotto administration /; Milan, with an
equal percentage, 9.41 lire Venice,
AZ per cent, IA. 70 lire; Genoa, with 6e
per cent, 500 lire Rome, with 60 pei
cent, 1891 lire /; Florence, with IS pei
cent, 1888 lire ; Bologna, with 68 PEI
cent, 60, and Naples, with SO pei
cent, 1891 hre.-Wiener AUgenaeint
Zo1CUT0s Lt,. - rF
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
Funny.

One is very fortunate if he has wit
enough to get out of a funny dilemma
without being laughed at. The poor
Teutonic musician of whom the follow
ing story is told by a Southern doctor of
divinity was not one of these fortunate
ones.
The doctor was pastor of a fine city
church. The organ loft and choir gall
lery were Immediately in the rear of the
pulpit, and a little elevated above it.
The organist was German, who, though
a fine performer, was not remarkable
for presence of mind, and was easily
disconnected.
The hour for afternoon service had ar
rived, and, though the organist was in
his place, the choir had not arrived. By
some mishap, also, the key of the organ
had been misplaced.
The minister, not knowing these
nouncing a hymn and reading it, took
his seat. There was no response from
the organ or choir. Silence reigned SUI
preme.
The minister and congregation became
uneasy. ALI eyes were turned to the
organ-loft.
At length the organist, with fdgety
name and q very red face, came to
the railing in front of the loft, and in a
tone intended as a whisper, but which
was distinctly heard by all, made the
following startling announcement
"Mistar breecher, mister breecher,
We WON'T have no singing dis afternoon.
De key not coomed, and de lady vat
sings de sobrano bees not coombed, and
de rest of de people vat sings be not
coomed, and de organ bees not obened,
and We won't have no singing dis after
noon, mister breecher, OATS So" The
effect may be readily imagined.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
ExtraHagant but Rather PRETTY.

The following beautiful tribute to
woman was recently delivered by a re-
formed man: CT should like to propose
a toast tonight, although a total absti-
nenceman myself toast &c woman. To
be drank, not in liquor of any kind, for
we should never pledge a woma0 in that
which may bring her husband ,aeling
home to abuse where he should love and
cherish, send her SONS to a drunkar. =
grave, and her daughters to a life O.
shame. Oh, no, not in that, but rather
in the Me-giving water, pure as her
chastity, clear as her intuitions, bright as
her smile, sparkling as the laughter of
her eyes, cheeringbas her consolation,
strong and sustaining as her love-in the
crystal water I would drink to her that
she would remain queen regnant in the
empire she has already won, grounded
deep as the universe in love-"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
How kentucky Horses are Trained.

A Lexington correspondent OF b
Cleveland Leader says: some after an
other beautiful saddle horses were
ridden out over the track moving along
at a gentle, easy gait, flying at a rapid
canter, racking or breaking into a trot,
as the rider willed. All these horses, l
believe, were thoroughbred, and their
prices ranged from $500 to $1,000. So
well were they gated and trained that
the rider had but to touch the name in
a given place or make a certain signal
to have them take a rack, canter, trot,
run, or lope. Anyone can learn to man
age these gaits in a very short time, as
I found from experience. But the
method by which these horses + so
perfectly trained I could not learn.
Either the trainers do not know exactly
how to impart this information or they
are determined to keep it to themselves.
Some answered my questions by saying:
1T is easy enough. You can make a
horse do anything you want to. Only
let him know what you want him to do.
You had better wear spurs in riding,
give him his head freely, and if he takes
one gait when you spur him on the right
side, Just spur him again there when
you want the same geit.' Here q horse
passed on a rack, and as the rider
touched him with the tip of his finger on
the head he struck out on a square trot.
Now said I, how was that horse
trained SO as to strike a trot by that
signal?' Why answered the Ken
tuckian, 'our saddle horses all learn that
from the time they are colts l asked
Mr.. Lindenberger, What is the secret
of the superiority of Kentucky horses?
There is a combination of causes he
answered. The great majority OF the
horses here have some good blood In
them, and you will find it crossed some
where back in their pedigrees. The
best strains of running and trotting
blood have been taken from here to other
States, and they there fail to produce
the desired result. There is something
in the blue grass, the water, the tmos-
phere and the genial climatic influence,
and then, as Mr.. Treacy told you this
morning, there is everything in judicious
breeding and training. We force ou1
horses to gait when they are n year
old, and at three years old they are
pretty we'll developed. The Northern
men, however, always improve them.
sHowlong have Kentucky horses held
their high placer I querried. No one
hereabouts can tell. I know men VIII
have lived here eighty=fye years, and
they state that from their earliest child.
hood they have heard of the superiority
of our horses. Their fathers before
them had the same story to tell. The
fact. is, that somewhere in the past there
was brought into this State q pure strair
of thorough blood, derived from the
best stock of the mother world, and il
has transmitted its qualities from sire t.
son to the present time. It is a lament
able fact that we have not the exact data
upon which to base a history of the
Kentucky horse
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
"A Sly Cat.

On the plains of Nevada, a mile from
any house, a gentleman noticed a cat, a
huge one. It lay ON its back, its feet
uppermost, and was apparently dead.
Around it, feeding unsuspectingly, was
a flock of small birds. just as he was
thinking how much easier it would be
for the animal to feign death and catch
a bird by deceiving it than by slipping
up to it, he was astonished to see the
cat suddenly roll over and grab n of
the feathered tribe that was very near.
The other birds flew away a hundred
yards or so, and alighteds The cat only
made one or two mouthfuls of the game,
and then crept around to windward of
the birds, laid himself out again, and
once more successfully played the dead
dodge.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
Researches With the Photophone.

After working for some time with the
thermopile and ~galvanometer, it oc-
Cured to me several weeks ago that the
results thus obtained might be checked
by a more direct and simple form of ex-
pertinent. Placing the gases and vapors.
in diathermanous bulbs, and, exposing
the bulbs to the action of radiant heat,
the gases and vapors ought, I considered,
to be rendered evident by ordinary ex-
pansion. J. devised an apparatus with a
view of testing this idea. But, at this
point, and before my proposed gas
thermometer was constructed, Ibecame
acquainted with the ingenious and
original experiments of Mr.. Graham
Bell, wherein musical sounds are obtained
through the action of an intermittent
beam of light upon solid bodies.
From the first, ] entertained the
opinion that these singular sounds were
caused by rapid changes of temperature,
producing corresponding changes of
Shape and volume in the bodies impinged
upon by the beam. But if this be the
case, and if gases and vapors really
absorb radiant heat, they ought to pro.
obtainable from solids. Ipictured every
SurOke Oh Tie Dedm ny ouu-
den expansion of the absorbent gas, and
concluded that, when the pulses thus
excitedfollowed each other with sufficient
rapidity, a musical note must be the
result. It seemed plain, moreover, that
by this new method many of my previous
results might be brought to IN indepen-
dent test. Highly diathermanous bodies,
1 reasoned, would produce faint sounds,
while highly athermanous bodies would
produce loud sounds; the strength of the
sound being, in a sense. a measur Of
the absorption. The first experiment
made, with a view of testing this idea,
was executed in the presence of Mr..
Graham Bell, and the result was in exact
accordance with what I had foreseen.-
Prof. IyndaU in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-09
Lime.PreserYed Wood

Lime has been found successful as a
wood-preserver. The method, which is
French, consists in piling the planks in
a large tank, then covering them with
quicklime and shaking them with water.
The timber requires about a week to be
thoroughly impregnated with the lime
water before it is taken out of pickle
and slowly dried. The entrance of the
mineral particles into the grain also rem
ders the wood harder and denser than
before. Beech wood, for example, be-
comes like oak, and, without losing the
elasticity that fits it for t~ool-handles, is
far more durable than oak.