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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28

Many an otherwise pleasant letter has
been spoiled by words which the writer
meant as. a jest, but which the reader
took in earnest. A pleasantly depends
on other things besides the words ut
tered. Along with it go the manner OF
the speaker, the tone of his voice and the
expression of his face. None of these
can be put on a cold sheet OF paper, and
so the letter of the sort / here complain
of gives pain instead Of the pleasure in
tended.
It can not be read with the emphasis
with which the writer would read it.
The reader catches no half blown smile,
no suppressed merriment on its cold, i'm
movable face, as he might if he could
have looked on that of his correspondent
when the epistle was penned. The ex-
pertinent is thus a dangerous one to try,
If we value the feelings of others and
care to retain our correspondents.
We can hardly blame others; If they
misconstrue our words. We are liable
to do the same with the words of others.
All the punctuation of exclamation
points will not make up for just one
twinkle of the eye in q conversation. a.
I would say to young folks (and others,
too, for that matter), don't joke on
paper. You may be sorry for it. A
sheet of paper can't smile, or modulate
the tone, or shrug the shoulders, or con
vey the delicate emphasis that indicates
that fun is meant and not seriousness.
Many misunderstanding have riser
from the habit of using playful sarcasm
in friendly correspondence Prolonged
alienation Of warm friends has often
times resulted from the most uninten
tiopal attempt at humorous satire o
some innocent jest in a letter.
If you have not the habit, don't ge
into it; if you have, do get out of it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28
Our Mothers.

In the formation of our characters we
owe to Our mothers o than to any
other human agency, for it is their
hands that first Irvine fhe,tendrils of our
hearts, guide our footsteps Alright, lead
us IN the path Of virtue, andin the.
dark, sdreary nightsof. pain, their watch
full ygils keep besidethe couchof their
dear ones. Whose but the. al-seeing
eye of Jehovahscan fathom the depths
Of anxiety they feel, and who a tell
Of the ceaseless prayers which they offer
for their sin-stricken children?
Their influence ever shines with an
unsullied light which softens and purifies
the hayward impulses Of the youthful
mind, and guides it onward in its course
toward heaven. How, then, can we pay
Just tribute to our mothers-with what
measures OF gratitude and affection shall
we requite them for their maternal care?
To those who have lost their mothers
in early life there is a hallowed spot,
sacred to memory, where they retrospect
the past-recall days and nights when
when their mothers kept watch over
/. their sinless years, and where they may
look forward, with faith and hope, to the
blessed reunions of the everlasting fu-
ture.
Friends may be torn from our hearts,
hopes may be blasted, and Our love for
others may grow cold, yet every princi-
pile of gratitude and every feeling Of
virtuous sensibility requires that we
should cling to our mothers and love
them still.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28
German Emigration touAmerica.

The growth Of the stream of emigration
from Germany to the United States has
attracted even more attention in Ger
many than here. and the government
there is at its wits end to stop it without
striking at the root of the matter-the
heavy burdens imposedon the people by
the large standing armies. M. Wrandl,
who is described as an American citizen
of Hungarian birth, tried to get permits
sion to lecture on emigration in Berlin,
but his application was sternly refused,
the authorities evidently fearing that any
agitation Of the subject will increase the
exodus still furthur. In Schleswig,
Prussia proper, and Posen, whole vii
lagos are. described as having been aban-
doned, the inhabitants going chiefly to
Illinois andNebraska. According to the
Berlin correspondent of the London
Times, a new experiment is the founding
of a German Socialist colony in Texas,
where the great problem of hoy to keep
everybody.a as poor as everybody else is
to be worked out once more.-NeW YorA
Graphic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28
The Enrlish Heal

DR.. Beddoe read a paper before that
exceptionally serious body, the British
Naturalist Society, and what Dr.. Beddoe
was after in his paper was to prove that
English peoples heads have been stead
lily getting hitler and hitler right straight
along during the past five and twenty
years; to prove 1.-THE gradual diminution
of the dimensions of the human head In
this country in the last quarter of a cen
tury"-as he put it in his solemn old
scientific way. Now, DR.. Beddoe is not
at all a person to be trified with in any
matter relating to bones. Twice has he
been President of the Archaeological
Society; he has written q book on the
''Stature and Bulk of Man on the British
Isles" and he 'thas largely applied the
numerical method to ethnology." In con-
Quoting his present researches he seems
to have measured a terrible lot of heads
in order to get the thing settled; and the
result of all his measurements being
added up and then divided by the total
of the heads measured warrants him in
making the shocking announcement that
t.the average shrinkageis ~one-seventh OF
an'ineh." We gather that DIR. Beddoe
means not that the English head has
fallen in a seventh of an inch each year,
but that it has fallen in that much in
the whole s'quarter of. a century" But
this is bad enough. The average head
is ten inches thick; and so it is easy
enough to see that if the English people
keepo n shrinking at their present rate,
at the end of just 1,750 years there will
not be a man, woman, or child in the
Kingdom with any head at all. This is
applying the numerical method to eth
nology"a with "a vengeance. -Phitadel-
phia Times. -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28
The Craze for Relics.

Relics and autographs It is often
said that this age and this country are
given to- materialism and skepticism.
Yet how much of faith there is leftl 1t
is not faith that changes; only the OBJ
ject of its attention is changed from
time to time. Some pious Catholics
and other Christians believe in the bones
of martyrs and apostles; SO these bones
are manufactured in Rome to suit all
wants, and whole boxes of astrological
remains are shipped to America. They
are usually certified to as genuine, al
though the Pope now declares that most
OF them are frauds. The museums Of
Europe are stocked with South American
antiquities, many of the latter coming
from we'll known factories and shops in
Peru and elsewhere. In China and
Japan ''old porcelain and. bronze are
manufactured to supply the demands of
European collectors. And autographed
Many an American Collector is proud of
his volume in which some great man or
grand dame has written proprid manu-,
unless the signature emanates from the
skill of an adroit Partisan OF London
| bookseller. 1t is science and religion
| alike which suffer from these frauds, and
the frauds themselves are encouraged by
humble ignorance a much as by the
.opulent purses of the proud. 1t should
go to the Pope's credit that he has or,
dered an inquiry into the pious bone
trade conducted in the Eternal City, and
that he is grieved at the impious frauds
by which it has been not SO much desc
Grated as rehabilitation Advertiser
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28
Imitation Precious Stones.

The. really beautiful imitation stones
madein Paris consists of a very pure,
transparent, and 1ustrous glass, called
Strass, after its. inventor, which is fire.
quently colored with the same metallic
oxides as real precious stones Thus the
color Of the topaz is obtained from anti
mony and gold; that of the ruby from
purple of Cassius "a ~stannate of tin with
stannate O oxide of gold), or from,a So
luton of gold in aqua regia (nitro-
muriatic acid). The well-known Bo-
hemian ruby glass is produced by cop
per, and a commoner kind byron. Some
of the finest yellow glass is colored with.
silver. The first precious stone to be
successfully produced by artificial means
was the lapis lazuli, the sapphire of CLASH
cal times, but by no means to be con-
founded with the sapphire of the modern
jeweler, though closely related to it.
Lapis lazui is an Opaque stone of an ex-
quisite' corn-fower blue, and was highly
priced by the ancient Indians, Assyrians,
Persians, Jews, Egyptians and Greeks.
Freed from impurities and rubbed down,
it gives the ultramarine used by mediae-
val artists for the robes of the Madonnas;
and in their day it was worth its weight
in gold, the purchaser of a picture hav-
ing always to pay extra for its use. Its
rarity and the cost of preparation make
the true ultramarine still worth from ten
shillings to fifty shilings the ounce.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28
Soma Mems Luck.

Gen. Gordon was severely wounded
four times in one battle and within an
hour, and lived to fight again /; and this
is only q specimen of the singular good
luck that attended some men. In 1854
a Michigan cavalryman named Drake
was out foraging in the Shenandoah val
ley in company, with q comrade named
Cooper. Cooper was in a smoke-house
after meat and Drake was on guard at
the door when thirteen Confederates
suddenly appeared. They were mount
ed, and advanced at a gallop, part of
them firing as they rode up. One bullet
found q suitable opening in the stone
wall of the smoke-house, and flew IN and
killed Cooper dead in his tracks. Drake
was standing beside his horse, and his
saddle was hit by three bullets, one of
which glanced through his hat.
As soon as the trooper could realize
what had happened he swung himself
into saddle and dashed at the circle
around him. The moment he happened
in view he was a target for carbine and
pistol. His horse made q rush at the
line, but was driven back. Followed by
Cooper's horse he galloped around and
across a circle not over 100 feet across,
all the time under a steady fire by the
Confederates. This fire was soon re-
turned by Drake, who fired away seven
cartridges and hen drew his saber. His
seven bullets, as afterward youched for,
killed two men, wounded two more, and
killed one horse. His fire broke the
circle, and5hegot out of it, but for thirty
rods, as he made of, he was exposed to
the fire of nine u ten men. Cooper's
horse was killed IN the circle, while
brakes was hit ne:less than nine times
and yet not disabled. AS for the rider,
his comrades, on his return to camp,
counted up a record of a truly-miracu-
lous escape. Three bullets struck his
scabbard, two his hat, four went through
his ciothing, one burned his cheek, one
raked his knee, and two hit his left
boot. While one single bullet killed the
one trooper, the other had sixteen fired
point blank at him and yet did not lose
a drop Of blood. ..Oooper's horse was
killed by one bullet, while nine failed c
disablethe larger and -more-exposed ami
mal.-Detroit Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28
A Plucky Daughter.

A queer case comes from S~teubenville,
Ohio. A pretty damsel is the heroine.
The parties concerned all belong to the
~aristocracy and are well known in Steu-
benyille. The tale runs thus: Some
gentlemen of families were accustomed
to spending their evenings in the rear of
a first-class saloon, and to make the time
pass more pleasantly they introduced
the exciting game of spoker," which
they occasionally e~nlivened by the aid of
a social glass. In this manner they
passed their evenings till the small hours,
when they wendell their way homeward
to their families, some richer and some
depressed in spirits. To make the place
more attractive, pretty waiter girls, who
do not mind a kiss from a man of a fam
lily, were in attendance on these gentle
men of the upper circles. Things went
On smoothly for a while, but presently
notes began to arrive at their residences;
addressed ito their wives. detailing the
state of affairs. The notes came quite
frequently, and were quickly burned.
1t was-on one Sunday. The good people
were all at church, and the three gentle
men were at their favorite, haunt. A
daughter of one of the misguided men,
ascertaing the whereaboutsof her parent,
resolved that She would find him and
bring him home. On reaching the tab.
ernacle Of sin and three aces she sent
word up to the private apartment that
she desired to see hergfather apdswante6
him to come downs The message fel
like a thunderbolt upon the men, but
father refused to answer the summons
Pushing the messenger boy roughly
aside, she bounded up the stairway, ani
opening the door of the room, boldly
confronted the guilty trio. The knigkt'
of h eapasteboard sfrembled in then
shoes. Had q bombshe1 exploded i
could have had a better effect. On thu
table was a large pile of money. Snatch
ing up the money, the almost i~nfuriatet
girl accused the others of robbing he
father, whom they at first usually mad.
drunk. All three men were more or les
under the influence of liquor, and for
time some very high words. were in
dulgeds in, but the plucky girlcame Of
first best. She pocketed the none.
and marched her disgraced parent Of
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28
B1Ts OF APPROXIMATIONS
sus dials were invented $50 B. Q.

6uN dials were invented $50 B. O.
The sextant was invented in 1850.
The first locomotive built in this
country was at West Point in 1880. II
was named the Phoenix.
CALICO received its name from Cali
cut, p city of India, which was discov-'
cred by the Portuguese in 1893.
The English is the most difficult of all
modern languages for a foreigner to learn
with accuracy. The German comes
next. The French is easier to acquire,
and the italian easier still.
Foe is caused by the union of two
masses of vapor of different tempera-
ture. The sun heats the earth in a
much shorter time than it does the
ocean, and when the warm air of the
land unites with the colder air of the
sea the vapor is condensed and rendered.
visible.
DURING a time of scarcity the ancient
others that of dice. One day they would
engage in games SO entirely as not to
feel any craving for food the next day
they ate and abstained from games. In
this way, according to an old historian,
they passed eighteen years.
THE following thirteen States formed
the Union at the time of the Declaration
Of Independence: New Hampshire,
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Connect
cut New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia. The last six were -slavehold-
ing States.
TIE Gift of "a red rosebud means,
4 ssThou hast stolen my affections ;" of q
white rosebud, 81 am to be .won," OF
st shall win you if ] cam" Both are
declarations of love, differing only in
intensity. Gone is a hint, the other q
dead sgive-away,'" said a recent writer.
The moss rose means, "Thou art one oil
q thousand )" the white rose, "My
heart is free;"' the damask rose, ''Blushes
augment thy beauty" the cinnamon
rose, without pretension;" the wild
rose, simplicity 5" q withered white
rose, "Transient impression;" a with
cred red rose, "Our Irritation has
ended"
THE average daily temperature o.
daily mean temperature is found by add
ing the temperature at Z a. m, 2 p. m
and twice the temperature at g p. m
and dividing this sum by four; to fine
the monthly mean temperature, thu
daily mean temperatures of each day ar
added and divided by the number o
DAYS of the month. The annual meal
temperature is found by taking the. sun
of the twelve monthly mean tempera
lures divided by twelve, and the meal
temperature of q place is ascertained b,
adding the annual mean temperature
sand dividing by the number Of years.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28
Colnr.RIindness.

There is no human sinfirmity more GU
rious than is color blindness; and scarce
ly any other about which SO little is
known. The oldest thing about it, per-
haps, is that it is not certain, or eve
likely, that the person who is afflicted
withsthis color-blindness is awaresof the
defect.
Colorsblindness is an inability to dis
tinguish colors. Those who are wholly
color-blind can see no more than the
forms of things, but cases of total abb
sence-of the power to perceive color are
very rare. In most persons who are
lacking in this respect, the infirmity ex-
tends only to certain colors. One man
cannot perceive a red color; another
green; another blue, and SO on.
This partial color blindness is not un-
common. Examinations by experts
seem to show that about one in every
twenty men is defective in the perception
of color; and it is asserted that the defect
is not SO common In women rs in men.
Probably not many readers of this pa
per ar conscious that they, are color
blind, Yet, if occdlists a~re.correct, and
four o. five in every one hundred per-
sons are deficient in this respect, the de-
fects assume proportions that command
attention, for the reason that there are
many occupations in which a quick and
neutrality-suspicious. of color is necessary.
The lack Of it may render success impos.
sible. o.
There are many ways of testing the
eye, to find out if it is color-blind. The
best is to put into the hands of a person
worsted of various colors, and ask him to
separate the pieces into red, blue, greer
and other c%olors; and then to shade them
from light to dark. A man who is color
blind will usually make a mistake in as
sorting the colors, in the first four or five
pieces given him for examination.
Another test is to see if a person car
read red letters printed on a blacl
ground. A third is to cover a blue sheet
printed with black letters, with THU
white tissue paper. To the perfec
vision, the letters will appear a yellowisl
brown. Hthey are black letters printed
on a red sheet, they will appear greer
under, the paper.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28

THE ,prcductiveness of the apple,
pear, peach, and pun trees, and of
gooseberry and currant bushes, etc may
be increased and the size of thefruit con-
.siderably enlarged by pruning-that is,
by. shortening in the shoots of the last
years growth, leaving only spurs a flew
inches in length. Failures in tree
planting too often arise from the mis-
taken notion hat when the roots of a
tree are once in the ground, the work is
done. After a tree is carefully planted
it should be mulched with leaves, straw,
tan, or any similar material, not so
thick as. to exclude the air, but sufi
Gent to retain the moisture in the soil;
for although there may be plenty of rain
early in the season, the chances are
that a drought more or less severe will
follow.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28

William J. Coughlin, of Somerville, Mass, says: tin
the fall of 1916 1 was taken with bleedings OF the lungs,
mitted tothe hospital. The DOCTORS said I had q holein
my lung as big as half a dollar. At one time areport
went that I was dead. I gave up hope, but q
friend told me Of De. wnLIAN HALL's BALsAH FOR THE
LUNGS. I got q bottle, when, to my surprise, I COM
menced to feel better, and to-day 1 feel better than for
three years past. 1 write this hoping every one afflicted
with diseased lungs will take Dr.. WILLIAM HALL's BAL
SAM. and be convinced that CONSUMPTION oAH BE CURED.
I can positively say Il has done more good than all tn
other medicines I have taken since my sickness"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28

Mess. J. R. BENNETT & Co., Muske-
gon, Mich, thus speak; est. Jacobs Oil
is the best liniment around here. We
sell more of it than of any other proprie-
tary medicine we have in our store. Our
customers are continually praising its
effective qualities; and We think that it
is the best remedy for rheumatism, leu
ralgia, etc. we have ever had in stock"
-Muscdtine (Loya) Daily Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28
ruE MARKETS.

Observation-Disclosures Light; fancy,
!: $ as sSss g 81 th s,@i assr g s S Cas- 81 .a sRsins tsRhsss;
Mediterranean, 81 is: Comic. 2 mixed 4se.i
., While, 1aac. isNo. 2. mixed, nc. 'Rye-No.. .,
Sii s2h. Bariey-No. 2, fall, siioi 81 oS91 O. for
extra No. 9. Ho%es.Conmon, 81 5o@S So; hesCyy
6 IS. Hemp-Rough Kentucky, s95@10o. Hay
Choice timothy, $40 50921 80. P~RovIsIoSs.Meas
pp 1jFa, s sett e. ,a hsedlr5ap = Sin.sn s'e miiist, n Il Il
al rs; Hungarian, 81 1901 90; choice clover, l7N@
Sc; fax-seed, 81 10@1 IL. Cotton-Good middling,
lie; middling fair, 12c.
Western and State, IS Dogs Is; common, to good
oa,s s1t g 5 tsRilS g. 81 S ssSs = 81 w Mannss9 SaI pssas9ss
No: /, do, 81 2e15a; unsraded white, g 29I1zsi No. z,
white, &c. Oats Mixed western. 44sl5Hc.;
white, 4594sc. Groceries-Coffee-Rio, in .cargoes,
Ish@12Ae. ProvisiGnsJ;Mess pork, old, srs 2SS
PHILADELPHIA Flour - Minnesota extra
family, IS OO@6 90; Ohio extra family. IS 5o@6 ooi
Indians extra family, s. 50; Sinter whe s1rl patent en-
.P@ Wheat, No. 1' : winter red, 81 M; MGdiehigan
white, 81 20; No: 2, winter red, 81 2lss91 2isl,
Corn Sail, mixed, 57ssg5sc. oats.No;i I, white.
Prime, sis 90. Lard, u.55@l1eoc.
BALTIMORE Flour-Wes tern supeihnes vs. %
"a 90; Western extra, 81 1886 90; Western family
& 2isIa1 70. .CoIn-Western, mixed, 57@57Hs.
Oats White Western-6@47c.; mixed, do, A0
45e. Mess pork, old, SIS 90, and S9 % Tor new.
Lard-RefnedAin tierces, 1910, - NIt
LoUISvILLE.-Cotton-The market is dull at
1910. ~Flour-Exfra family, So 1894 %; 4 No. I,
S $Gs5 2si choice ssa fa aSS,.5 70 Il 7 s IS! 60 co mhest.aa, 1,
White, 4ic.; No: 2; mixed, 4ce: Rye-No.2 :, 81 $50
/ 40. Hay, $40 0oR22-o 90. Mess pork, $1s 90: Live
Hogs-Pricss range from IS 10 toss Co. b
MDIANAPoLIs.zW Wheat TIE market il
steady; N 2, red, 81 09401 10. Corn, 45@45Hc.
Oats-New white, 371a939c.
LIVE STOCK.
with prices ranging as follows: Common, ~ 25@
Q u.s.. fair to medium, So O0@3 70; good to choice
butchers grades, 81 25G5 Is; common to fair ship
pers, q 1894 Is; common to faiL oxen, - oogs ~. 90
Is. HoGs-Market Arm; selected butchers and
heavy shippers, Sc 1096 %; fair to good packing
F IRA & g ss5 SSS 90: So S6m odni5 to & sG0S SO es6i so 81 li sfS to t1s III
and ~scalawags, IS 5O94 25; stock hogs, 81 2594 So
SHEEp-Common to fair, s. 6o94 25 good to choice
IS OO@6 90. Lambs firm at 7c- to &c. a pound gross
NEW YORK Ss9ae-ordinary prime steers, 81
a11c. per ID. Died eef-Common to good sides
S@sc. Sheep and lambs Fair unshorn sheep
sOe97 121Na per no lbs.i S6 759l 20 Tor unsh @
Je e In ISL IS 9o gss1 90 for elHIR Gpssk shssp' s Sc o g SO s
pet ie0fbs., and IS Oo9s rs for city dressed.
EAST. LIBERTY, PA.-Bee Cattle-Best ship
ping grades Sc 00@6 50 per 100 lbs. fair to- gSo'
butchers steers, 8 1905 %; stoeksrs Y %; bulls
ssx 1ss and x sta g., g soo o'9 r. o. YSrper,, s. Seas IS
SheepSwoaled sheep s5 oo@6 40 per 100 lbs.
clipped sheep, a 159b 20. ~
Observation-Disclosures shippers, S6 200
6 80 per 100 lbs; Yorker ii = 5o 1eg9 ~ ~ sn Set.se
81 1905 90; Suckers and feeders. IS 0O@4 sc
SheepeCommon to fancy, "a 4o0s 90.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostration
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MENsMAN's PERFORMED BEEF Tonic, the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-mak-
ing, fuce-generating and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the result of exhaustion, nervous pros
~tration, overwork, or acute disease, particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well, Hazard d CO., proprietors, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-28
OLD LETTERS.

-
BY l. y.
IT'S only . package Of letters,
All faded aud yellow with age,
But their lines Illways will cherish,
Though famine and war may wage.
For q friend has kindly spoken
The words that they contain
And our ties-they are now BROKEN
But, perhaps w win meet again. y
And now for years I have kept them
They have always been dear to my heart;
Sometimes l think III destroy them
So memories from neil depart.
IT'S then I am cruelty reminded,
In after yeafs 60 come,
That when ( feel sad, twill made my heart
glad,
To read the old letters again.
When my course In life has run,
And from Mother Earth has fed.
The friend Who wrUte those lines TO me,
Ihope-will think Of me when I'm dead.