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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
Old Times.

It is really not very long since lros-
porous business men were satisfied with
apartments which would hardly suit
well-to-do workingmen now. That,
however, says a New York correspond
emit, was before we got into the arena of
great millionaires. There are lots of
folks still among us who remember very
well when the possession of 5000, 600
made a man. a nabob. Aston was the
only actual millionaire in the city.
Back in those times it was the custom
of rich men to live in apartments over
their places of business. That was
when the stores were all below Canal
street and Murray hill away out in the
country. The merchants and lawyers
who lived over their stores and offices
were quite as comfortable there as the
richer men of to-day living in 300, 900
mansions up town. The elite of the
city could be found in the neighbor-
hood of Bowling Green, and the Battery.
had greater charms than Central Park
has now. Between riches now and
riches then the difference is enormous.
One of our present millionaires, with an
e~xtravagant family, spends as much
money in q year as would have made a
permanent family fund in the old times.
1t is not an uncommon thing. for such a
man to lay out SAC, 600 between New
Years and the next Christmas. In the
times I speak of a man who could COM
mand $40, 600 all told was considered
rich for life. An income of 50, 500 or
So, 600 a year was thought enough for
any family not given to downright ex-
travagance. Five or six times that will
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
A New Industry.

Self-supporting industrial employment
for women is attracting more and
more attention from the public as the
necessity for it becomes daily more APP
parent. The Investigation of indus
tries, which is now increasing with such
wonderful rapidity under the demands
of modern life is furnishing rapidly
many new opportunities for all degrees
of intelligence and skill, and a plain,
practical hint upon the subject was
offered recently in the proposal that
shops should be established where mend
ing could be done. The idea is so sim
pie and reasonable that it seems almost
useless to dilate upon it, but here is an
occupation which could be remunera-
lively added to the work of many OF the
small shops in which there must neces-
sarily be mulch time not fully occupied.
In the variety shops, which are already
generally attended by women, a simple
card is only needed to announce the fact
that mending is done, to produce an In
slant demand for small services. Es-
pecially in cities where a large part OF
the population is employed away from
home, both men and women would glad
" avail themselves of some assistance of
the needle in repairing the damages
wrought by the wash-tub, or accident
upon the wardrobe Washington Critic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
Natures Big Gas Tanks.

Bradford, Pa, and neighboring places
are lighted and heated by natural gas.
In 1876 an oil company was sinking a
well in q high hill west of Bradford. At
the depth of several hundred feet they
struck vein of gas. No oil was found.
The force of the gas was such that when
it was ignited apillar of fire more than
fifty feet high was formed. The roar
of the gas could be heard for a mile and
more. This burned for months. The
heat was such that grass and foliage
grew in the depth of winter as luxuri-
antly for hundreds of feet around as it
did in the summer. Strawberries
ripened heal this well in February.
The we'll had been burning for a long
time before the feasibility of utilizing it
was thought Of. A belt of dry territory,
but yielding vast volumes of gas, was
subsequently found to exist in the vi
cinity of the original gas well. A com
pany was formed to carry the gas into
the city. It is now distributed all
over the place by pipes. A gas-pipe, with
jets attached, is run into the parlor and
kitchen stoves. The supply of gas is
controlled by a stopcock on the pipe.
When a fire is wanted a lighted match is
thrown into the stove and the gas turned
o The fire is started at once. The gas
possesses great heating qualities, and
apartments are warmed as quickly and
as well by it IS by coal. Gas for illu-
minating purposes is conducted into the
house the same as artificial gas is taken
in. At first the light was not brilliant
andsteady, owingtoimpurities. Processes
for refining it were invented, and now the
natural illuminator is unsurpassed by
the finest manufactured gas. It is SO
cheap that people seldom turn out their
lights. It burns day and night in stores
hotels, private houses and streets. Con-
sumer pay by the month instead of by
the thousand. Gas-wells have come to
be more valuable than oil wells, and the
sudden phenomenal appearance of oil in
some of the principal wells in the gas
belt has created CONSERVATION among
owners and consumers. For years the
gas has flowed from wells in unremit-
ting volume. That oil was not to be
found there it was thought had been con-
clusively settled. - Philadelphia Iete-
graph.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
A New Dance in Milwaukee.

We learn that a young Milwaukee gen.
tleman has prepared the music for a
new dance, to supersede the racquet,
and that it is of such a lively and capti-
waiting nature as to leave the racquet in
the lurch as a slow coach. He has been
experiencing some difficulty, however,
In securing a band to properly execute
the music, and of a recent rehearsal had
the misfortune to lose his trombone
swallower. In executing n of the
l~iveliest passages, where the trombone
is depended upon for a crash represent
ing the earthquake at Scio, the yonng
man forgot to work the escape valve, and
the blast recoiled and blew out his
brains: OF course, that finished him as
a trombone player, and he'has since been
doing editorial work as a writer of fl
n The new dance will be called
'dThe Duelo,," the dancers having the
choice of weapons, but tossing up for
positions. Competent surgeons will be in
attendance, to pick up.the pieces of girl
that have been squeezed in two, after
each dance, and match them, and the
greatest care will beexercised not to send
home the upper part Of n girl with the
lower portion of another.-PecE'S Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
.Hammerchure.

Manager Piperwas this morning called
out OF the box-ofice of the Opera-house
by aman who wanted to speak privately
with him. They stepped over to the
foot of the gallery stairs, and Mr.. Piper
said:
ssVwell, sir, what is it all about9"
CT want to be engaged as a hactor."
ssOh, that's it, oh?" said Mr.. Piper,
taking q survey of the applicant, who
did not have any external marks of the
profession.
ssWhat line of business do you do
best ?"
'eWell, I ayent benny partickler line.
Hi thing hi should mention"-here he
looked down and lowered his voice
Shin a hammachure."
seYou're a hammer chewer I" exclaimed
the astonished manager. "Some Don
nerwetter is der man verrueck?" he
added, forgetting his English in his sur
prise and falling back on high Dutch.
eli said q hammachure, sir, repeated
the applicant with dignity.
"Vwell, dots joost what thought you
said; but, myfriend, look here, what sort
of hammer is it you chew? like to hev
you tell me some more about it. Is it a
sletch hammer" to-
The applicant grew red in the face.
He was evidently very indignant. He
said: 't
"Mr. Piper, hi spoke to you, sir, like a
gentleman, sir. Hi told you hi wasn't
professional hactor, but simply a hanna
chure. You see fit neither to poke fun
at me, sir-to be insolent-or else, sir,
you're add hignoramusp
The man strobe away with an air OF
lofty scorn, and John Piper was left to
mediate.
SsHe said he was q hammer chewer,
but he wasn't a professional; a hammer
chewer-he meant to say he was a anna
choo. Hal ha! hal well, it's all his
own fault if he got mat; why don't he
speaghk plain English?"- Virginia City
Chronicle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
Grizzly Dan.

"Grizzly Dan," the hero of Montana,
led a wonderful life. He was once set
upon by a whole tribe Of Indians and
obliged to run for his life. He headed
for a cliff 700 feet high, lodging the bull
lets fired at him rs he ran, being able
through long practice to tell the course
of a ball by the sound as it approached
from the rear. Grizzly Dan unhesitat-
'ingly leaped over the cliff, to the amaze
ment of the Indians, As he was falling
Dan turned, raised his Winchester rifle
to his shoulder and pulled the trigger.
An Indian toppled over with a ball
through his left eye, and while he kept
falling Dan kept pulling the trigger IN
til seventeen redskins had balls through
their left eyes and were falling over the
cliff after him. The eighteenth shot only
carried away an Indians nose as the air
was SO full of falling Indians between
him and the top of the cliff that his aim
was a little confused. He struck feet
foremost in the stream below, and swan
to the opposite shore before the last In
dams dead body struck the water.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
. oE1EpRArEp and somewhat eccentri

A CELEBRATED and somewhat eccentric
preacher in London played a little trick
on his people in order to get them to
come to church'early. They had been
in the habit of coming wheneverit suited
them, thereby causing him much annoy
ance. This minister one Sunday told
the people that he would on the next
Sunday have something Of unusual i'm
portance to Communicate to them, but
that in order to avail themselves of the
benefits Of it they must all be in their
seats at the very moment appointed for
beginning the service. 1t turned out
that all he had to communicate was the
expression of his pleasure at finding
them all in their seats in season. Only
two persons were late, and the others
grinned at them as they came in on tip
toe and took their seats. 1t was the i'm
preston of most of those who were thus
1ured into a spasmodic punctuality that
the minister had sold them very cheap.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19

Mr.. JULIAN HAWTHORNE writes con-
corning Lord Beaconsfield's audacity:
''Some years ago, while he was plain
Disraeli, he was at a large dinner, where
his wife also was present-an excellent
lady, but not distinguished for outward
attraction. 1t happened that her next
neighbor at the table was Bernal Os-
borne, and after the ladies had with
drawn, the latter (who has the manners
of a city cabman) broke out in a loud
voice: Good God, Disraeli, how on earth
did you come to marry that woman p
Hereupon ensued an appalled, hush, all
eyes fixed on Disraeli. At length he
said, with a quiet, friged drawl: Partly
for one reason which you, Osborne, are
incapable of understanding-gratitude!
This completely crushed the vivacious
Osborne"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19

TIE following amusing wall is from
the "reminiscences of an ancient real
estate lawyer of Boston: ''And here |
take occasion to remark that invariably,
if a owns a large landed estate,
she is sure to keep getting married, from
time to time, as often as death affords an
opportunity, thus making great embar-
rassment in tracing titles"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
How Happiness May Be Obtained.

There is one way Of attaining what
we term, if not utter, at least mortal
happiness. It is this-a sincere and
unrelaxing activity for the happiness of
others. In that one maxim is concen-
trated whatever is noble in morality,
sublime in religion or unanswerable IN
truth. In that pursuit we have all scope
for whatever is excellent in our hearts,
and non for the petty passions to which
our NATURES heir. Thus engaged, what
ever be our errors, there will be nobili-
ty, not weakness, in our remorse ; what
ever u failures, virtue, not selfshness,
in our regrets and in success vanity it
self will become holy and triumph eter-
nal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
Terrible.

Such is the term Mr.. G. ". Purcell, of
the National Stock Yards, Chicago, ILL.,,
applies to his sufferings. He says: I,
for one, wish to speak a word of praise
for st. Jacobs Oil. I suffered with a
pain in my shoulder and arm for some
six months and at times it was terrible.
One bottle of st. Jacobs Oil, however,
cured me ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Daily
Np,ue
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19

'cThey are not a beverage, but a medicine,
authoritative properties Of the highest degree,
containing no poisonous drugs. They do not
tear down an already debilitated system, but
build it up. One bottle contains more hops,
that is, more real hop strength, than a barrel Of
ordinary beer. Every druggist in Rochester
sells them, and physicians prescribe Them
Rochester Evening Express on Hop Biters.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19

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 bTood-idak-
ing, force-generating and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the result of exhaustion, nervoas pros.
~tration, oyerwork, or acute disease, particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well, Hazard q Co., proprietors.fNew York. ~
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
GOOD WORK.

Remembering the past, our friends will not be surprised
that the publishers and booksellers who do not like the
Literary Revolution, are s~landefing in advance our editions
of this work, pretending that theie will be many errors,
resulting from its hasty production. In reply, we can only
promise to those who have trusted US, and have not found
us wanting, that 1t thalIbe geographically, one OF
most accurate works ever printed ON this
Continent. The printing house offs. W. Green's Son,
Nos. IA 76 Beekman street, which will do the work, has
no superior in this country in the character of its work
men, and no equal in its ability to do good work quickly.
They will take double pains to do the best work possible,
as this will be for their reputation, the most important
work they have ever printed, and following them, our own
lproof-readers and critical. scholars engaged on our Ency-
clop@dia will all unite TO make the work absolutely free
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19

For five years, says Mr.. j. Echter, this
city, have been afflicted with rheuma-
tism, and for two years have had a sore
on my leg the size of a silver dollar,
which nothing would heal. st. Jacobs
Oil cured the rheumatism and healed the
s~ore.-Harrisburg pa Independent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
SLieAi Rir LIesS,s

Not SO fast my friend; for if you would see
the strong, healthy, blooming men, women and
children that have been raised from beds of
sickness, suffering and almost death, by the
the use of Hop Bitters, you would say seTruth,
glorious truth" See 'Truths," in another
column,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19

No -nEpAnAr1o sver discotersd4 except Can
BoL1rsE, a deodorized extract of petroleum, will
really produce new hair on bald heads. 1t will
heads fully understand this Hei8Ra soT
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
a MARKETS,

C1NCINNATL.-FLouR : Family, q s6@5 IL;
spring family en- iys g s5g5 So o fancy x o q fc Ss, t Gis Sn5
Ewhest1So 2 red, 81 i1ei IL; No. ? amber.
81 Os; inferior, 81 OO@1 O5. Corn-No. ? mixed,
47z4c.; No; ? white, ole; prime ear aGc 0O gSacN oa y
81 81 BarleY-No. 2 fail, 81 90. Hogs-Common,
q 5O@5 s5; butchers selections. Sc 0 80.
thy. 81 Os@3o %. PsoyIsfoSsVMes pork, sI7 90
@l7 25. Lard, 10000. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
.st5awbs sias g. q O9 9Ssa 80 ID per per sr5 5ps; OF P % aassts:
9 90 per brl. Green peas, s. 1872 90 per crate:
cucumbers, 75c. per doz. Cotton, 115sc.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES market is dull at
1919. Flour-Extra, So 0O@S Isl extra family: IS 70
@425; A No. !, s. oo@5 %; choice fancy nc 3 7S9
Is in fair demand; No. 2 white, sic; No. 2 mixed,
aye. Oats-No 2 " white, 42%c; No; 2 mixed, 4le;
Rys-No 2 81 Is 3, IL MayPp lsv dull and drooP PnrkM ans
quiet and quoted at SIS 90: Bulk Meats Shoulders,
&c clear rib, sides, 5000. clear sides, s,9Oc. Bacon
1shOuldeTs' Soc; clear rio side ham, 4 arc ou S1ssi
at I1911%c. Whisky-Tne market is steady and
quoted at 81 o6. Live Hogs-Are dull and prices
range from S. II to IS 60.
NEW YORK Cotton Middling Orleans, 10
11-16c.; middling uplands, 10 7-16c. Grain-Wheat
-Ungraded winter red, 81 1901 %; No. 2 winter
ssd ss 8 az aas ~; o mS: / aS,s q 81 54s as S NJ. z,
sic. Oats-Mixed Western, 46c.; White Western,
47655c. Groceries -Coffee-Rio, in cargoes, quoted
at 9244lZNc.j lODDlnB AZ S140lo14c- Cukaat
to good refining, 7a@7Hc. Molasses - Refining
quoted at Soc. Mess Pork Old, SIG 90; new, SIT 90.
Lard-Prime, 10.90@11c-
BALTIMORE -Flour-Wester extra, 81 COG
5 90; Western family, SIS 25@6 So. Wheat-Mo. 2
winter red Western, 81 26s491 1873, est
ern mixed, -5S%da5S54c. Oats White Western
5O@5215c /; Western mixed, 40 d5oc. Mess Pork
Old, SIS 90; new, $40 90. Hams-Sugar-eured
11@1i19c. Lard-Reined, l2Ac.
INDIANAPOLIS Wheat - The market Ii
steady; No. 2 red, 81 O91&@1 10. Corn-Is steady
at 44944hc. Oats-Are weak; new white, 37L@
s9hc.
LIVE STOCK.
CINCINNATI.-CATTLE-Common, So 5093 so
fair to medium, So 75@4 so; common to fair oxen
IS 5Oa4 90, and good to choice do, "a 5095 90
common to fair shippers, 81 5oG5 90; light stockers
s. 5Oa4 80; feeding steers, D. 7595 so. Hoes
Selected butchers and. heavy shippers, 70 O096 30
fair to good packers, S. 60@6 co. common, 81 5o@
5 90; stock hogs, 81 5o@5 60. SHEEP Common t
fair unshorn, So 25@4 so; good to choice do, S475@
! 5 rs; common to fair clipped, 81 5o9S 90, and goot
to choice do, 81 Dogs 90. Spring lambs, &c. to &c
per lb. -z.faT-f etc.
INDIANAPOLIS.-Hogs-The demand is activ
and prices are a shade higher best shippers, " f5@
6 rs per 100 lbs ; light Workers, s. 5O95 6O. Catti
The market is steady and prices are uncnanged
common to prime shippers, IS 4O95 so; butchers
s. 25d5 so; stockers and feeders, "a 2596 90.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Hogs Philadelphia
] Sc 1905 60; Workers, IS 70G6 90.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
IN CHAINS!

: A few centuries ago the few Bibles in existence were
commonly chained In the churches and accessible only to
afew. Those who attempted to free them, translate
them, and give them 70 the Reople, had the stake and
,ament was completed, printed, and bound, months ago in
to monopolize its sale and make Jew hundredthousand
dollars the more, it has been WITHHELD from the public.
The Copyright Law in England ia such that at least two
newspapers, which, by some method, secured copies OF
portions OF Il, and published extracts, with comments,
were compelfedt to desist rom r~epetiion Of the Ycr1me,,.
and to publicly Agclogi.s for Their swrcng,, We arein
give authors due reward for their labor, but Americans
will mot care to see such an English law transferred 70
this country.
On May 18th these monopolists promise to unbind the
"chains" and release probably amillion testaments to the
world. They promise one edition in very small type, 10
paper covers, st 10 cents per copy.
We propose to give, with speed never before equaled in
the history of publishing, in type Of nearly double the size
used by them, the New Testament Tor 10
pels separately. each for 2 cents; and in many various
forms and styles up to fuliTurkey morocco, gilt edges, fcr
the new and old versionson pages facing'f for SI.50.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
Young's Great Bible Concordance.

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19

Low life marriages are not SO swell as
high life affairs, but there's more appar-
emit naturalness about the way the fellow
kisses his girl.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
OUR o FOLKS.
MEADOW QUAKERs.

II the early autumn
Come the Meadow Quakers;
Not the shakers, net the ShakersE
No, no, no.
These quiet little people
Stand straight rs a church steeple,
And no one ever saw them come,
Or ever saw them go.
White their hats and broad -brimmed,
Lined with pale slk lining,
On dewdrops often shining
Yes. yes, yes.
Nobutterly goes near them,
No brown bee huns to cheer them,
And what these Quaker folks are called
Iwant you all to guess.
-Aarpers' Young Folks.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-19

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