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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
Skiuping Hard Places.

Boys, I want to ask you how youthink
a conqueror made out who went through
a country he was trying to subdue and,
whenever he found a fort hard to take,
let it alone. Don't you think the enemy
would buzz wild there, like bees III q
hive, and when he was well into the
heart of the country don't you fancy
they would swarm out and harass him
terribly.
just SO, I want you to remember, will
it be with you, if you skip over the
hard places in your lessons and leave
them unlearned you have left an en-
envy in the rear that will not fail to
harass you and mortify you times with.
out number.
"There was just a little bit of my
Latin I hadn't read' said ayeIed student
to me, "and it was Just there the pro-
lessor had to call upon me at examina-
ton. There were just two or three ex-
amples I had passed over, and one of
these Twas asked to do on the black
board"
The student who is not thorough is
never well at his ease he cannot forget
the skipped problems, and the con-
seriousness of his deficiencies makes him
nervous and anxious.
Never laugh at the slow, plodding
student; the time will surely come
when the laugh will be turned. IT
takes time to be thorough, but it more
than pays. Resolve when you take up
a study that you viii go through with
it like a successful conqueror, taking
every strong point.
If the inaccurate scholars difficulties
c1osad with his scboo11 life II MIGHT NOT
be SO great q matter for his future Ca
reer. But he has chained to himself q
habit hat will be like an iron ball al
his heel all the rest of his life. What.
aver he does will be lacking somewhere.
He has learned to shirk what is hard,
and the habit will grow with years.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
The Penalty Of a Days Philanthropy.

It's q great thing to be a philanthfo-
pist. So Mr.. Goodheart thought, and
at the suggestion of his neighbor, Mr..
Snide, he resolved to have a grand pic
mic for the poor bootblacks of the city at
his elegant country house. So he sent a
man to hunt up q lot of the boys and
bring them out there one fine afternoon.
They came, a good hundred of them,
and the old gentlemen received them
with smiling faces and kind words.
,"Make yourselves right at home, boys,
and have Just ss good a time as you
know how to-" he said to them. Then
he left them to go it and went into the
house. In about fifteen minutes his
head gardener came In and asked him if
he had given three of the boys permits
sion to ride upon his Attorney COW, and
to throw rocks: and hard names at who
ever objected. MI. G. said "No," and
went out to see about it. He finally in
duced the boys to quit that amusement,
and then his coachman came and said if
he wanted to have any fish in his trout
pond he'd better go and stop the boys
from fishing in it. lie dds 80 and began
to feel rather annoyed at their proceed
ings. But he stood it and didn't scold.
Presently his dog few by with q bottle
attached to his tail, and the whole gang
SIT off in pursuit, and ran owe his flow
er beds and into the conservatory and
upset valuable plants, and did a neap of
damage. Then he ordered the gang
started for the city, and in hunting them
up four were found to have just got the
barn afre by smoking in the hay. Wig
orous efforts, however. saved the build.
ing and the boys were shipped away
And then Mr.. G. sadly told his men tc
try and repair the wreck while he went
over to see the neighbor who suggested
the affair. And they parted foes. And
Mr. G.. declares he is not and never viii
be a p~hilanthropist. It's harder thar
being q hero.-BOston Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
Dead Leaves and Their Uses.

We very naturally admire growing
leaves, and cannot help a feeling of sad
ness when they wither and fall. A cas-
ual look at the fallen leaves gives US the
idea that their work is done, and that
therefore He who has wonderfully
created them permitted them to decay.
But those who give more than a passing
look find that, though their ornamental
life is over, their useful life is but be-
ginning. You pause perhaps, and for a
moment wonder how dead leaves are
utilized but SO many varities are used
that it would be impossibleto name them
all, 80 we will only refer to the most
common. Of these it is only fair to
state that many of them are not allowed
to wither on the tree, the reason being
topreserve a larger amount of the es-
sence of the leaf. For example, the
leaves of the tea plant are allowed to
grow to certain stage, and are then
gathered and dried quickly in the sun.
Ofcourse, every one knows that the death
of a leaf is usually caused by the drying
up of the sap, on which it depends for
nourishment SO that by forcing the
leaves to die more quickly than they
naturally would, more of the taste or es-
sence of the leaf is retained. And SO
dead tea leaves are of use to provide DIR.
Johnson's favor1te beverage, "tea." OF
course, there are many different kinds of
tea, but they are not under our consid-
Grafton /; sufficient is it if you consider
that that most common of all commodi-
ties is simply dead leaves.
Next, let us take tobacco, as being an
article in common use. This plant is a
native of America, and is supposed to
have been first brought to England by
Sir Walter Raleigh, who taught his coun-
trymen to smoke it. The leaves only
are used, and great care is taken in its
cultivation to bring these to perfection,
and the drying and preparing for use is O
long and difficult process but no one
looking at a cigar or the usual tobacco
can for a moment doubt its being any.
thing but dead leaves.
1t would be a long and difficult task to
name all the dead leaves which are used
by herbalists and doctors but many o.
the more simple kinds of the class Of
leaves known as herbs are of great use II
cookery, such as thyme, mint, sage,
etc.
Having mentioned these individual
leaves, you will probably say these arr
very few /; not a hundredth part of the
leaves there are, and granting them tx
be a hundredth part, what becomes o
the ninety-nine kinds left? Many leave
are allowed to drop off the trees ant
decay to a certain extent, and are thel
used for to enrich the ground
that it may bring forth more leaves
which all in their turn will also decay
Then, again, it is an acknowledged fac
that the decayed vegetation of centurie
lin fact, whole forests which hav
died and been replaced-go to form
larpe nrnnortion of nur coal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
Put the Wires Under Ground.

The practicability of putting the tele-
graph wires under ground is being
amply demonstrated by the German Gov
ernment. More than two hundred cities
and towns of the Empire are now con-
nected in this way, and the operation of
the wires is, we are told, a complete sue
cess. The experiment is of very prac-
tical interest and value to our W coun-
try, where the question, particularly in
the large cities, has been agitated for
many years. Thus far the wires are un-
der ground in, we believe, only one of
our cities-Washington, and there they
are carried along in the sewers by a COM
pany which could not obtain the privil-
ege of disfiguring the streets. No diff
Guilty that we have heard of is expert
enced in the working of these lines. The
only obstacle in the way of securing the
same results all over the Union is the
Discrimination of the companies to incur
the extra expense.-New York Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
Translated BY the Queen.

A good story reaches us from Belgium,
the truth of which Is guaranteed. A
banking house at Verviers received a let
ter from a bank at Buda-Pesth. The
recipients knew that it related to q mat
ter of the greatest importance; but un-
fortunately, they could not master the
contents of the missive, as it was written
in the Hungarian language, and there
was not q soul at Veryiers who understood
that tongue. Accordingly one of the
partners took a journey to Brussels, ex-
pecting to find everything he wanted at
the capital, but only to be disappointed
nobody at the banks could read Hun
garian. There was, however, still the
Austro-H Hungarian Embassy, whether
the banker betook himself, to learn that
there was an attache who spoke Hungar-
ian, but he had gone to Biarritz for
some sea-bathing. Almost in despair,
the hero of the story called upon the
Burgomaster, with whom he was C
quainted, and related his troubles. After
some thought his worship, striking his
forehead, exclaimed: "After all some
times our mostfoolish ideas prove the
best" With this enigmatical observa-
ton he asked for the letter. "This is an
affair involving some millions, and I
shall be happy to pay q handsome
douceur to the translator who has en-
abled me to get at the meaning OF the let
ter in time to conclude the affair" "1
take you at your word" replied the
| Burgomaster. "Give me 100000. fol
the poor of Brussels, for the translator
is none other than the Queen. She has
experienced lively satisfactionin employ,
ing her knowledge of the Hungarian
language to oblige her subjects" The
Queen of the Belgians is q daughter O
the Archduke Joseph, whose benefcent
rule of Hungary is still remembered by
the people, and she was born in thu
Capitol city during her fathers palatine
-Mdnchester Examiner.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

CHOCOLATE PUDDING. - MIX one
quarter pound chocolate and three table
spoonfuls -four with n cup of milk
smooth, add one-quarter pound fresh
butter, melted, and cook all till it loosens
from the pot. Add n egg, stir all
together, and let it cool. In the mean
time mix the yolks of even eggs with
one-quarter pound powdered sugar, add
ing first the cold dough, then the beaten
whites of seven eggs and a little pounded
vanilla. Put the whole into a buttered
form and let it cook two hours. For the
sauce take one-quarter quart cream, one
quarter quart milk ; cook both with one
quarter pound sugar and a little extract
vanilla. Add to the mixture three yolks
of eggs to which have been added one
teaspoonful corr starch and a little cold
milk, and let the whole cook for a few
minutes, stirring all the time.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
A Country of Small Things.

Almost every variety of animal life in
Japan inclines to the pigmy or diminu-
tive order. The horses are small po-
MES. the native cattle are not much
above half the weight of the Devon
breed. The largest Japanese duck is
small by comparison with the American
wood-duck, our highest variety Of the
species. Their geese are no larger than
our maIlards and canvas-backs. Their
swine rate in size between the small
chinas and the Guinea pig, and their
men and women are considered large
at the respective heights of five feet two
inches and four feet ten inches. They
are active, wiry and athletic, however,
and a endure great hardships better
than many weightier breeds.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
What Allied Mrs. Oldgay's Chicken.

At a school examination in Wincnes-
ter county, N. Y, the following compo-i
sition was presented by a youthful com-
petitor:
ga rooster is a male hen, whose bust
ness it is to help shout when one OF the
sisters lays an egg. The rooster is also
made to fight. I onct had a rooster.
He was wat was is called a Brawmaw.
He stood eighteen inches high and
weighed fifteen pounds. He was not
supposed to be a fighter, but there is
where they didn't, know him. Old Mrs.
Oldgay lives next door to us and her
daughter SalIie goes TO school with me,
and maybe she don't know whatever was
the matter with her mothers game roos-
ter, SO I am going to tell her.
my rooster hadn't been bought
more'n an hour, and didn't have time to
get use to the lot, before he crowed, and
Mrs. Oldgay's game flew onto the fence
and crowed too. Billy (that was his
name) thought he was saying howdye,
30 he hollered showdy-do' as loud and
friendly as he could. But the game
meant business. He few down and
sided across the yard with his neck all
stirred up, and, before Billy had time to
explain, hit him an awful whack in the
nav. Billy run off a little ways and
talked fast, but the game run at him
again and whacked him in the neck
once more. This time Billy run off and
stood still, like he was too surprised to
think, but all on q sudden it come over
him what was the matter, and then he
got mad. He didn't know nothing
about rules and fancy work, but he just
ofrofohn1 ont h1o hno1 on1 oo~on 10urn
seen them meet. Billy didn't check up
a tall, but the game rolled end over end
when the fifteen pounds hit him, and
then laid still, exceptin' a little wiggle
of the legs. Billy went up and kept 9
jumpin' on him till I throwed the game
back over the fence, and that was what
allied Mrs. Oldgay's chicken"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
Objects Of interest in India.

-
one OF prlnclPal oolects Oh Inte,.
est IN India 70 q estrangerls the tempie
OF worship Q can enter my WitneSs
their worsnip OF the various ldols WIFE
which their temples are adorned, ana 10
which the. are co~nsecrated, by paying
q trliie to the usher. He VIII then take
you 70 every point OF lnterest, ana OK
plan 70 you the meaning OF wnat otner-
WISE would seem a senseless devotlon.
he Will SHOW you also h other temples
and instruct you In their pecullarltles
and q Welrd LEGENDS concerning them:
near u OF the temples Is n OLD car
Juggernaut, upon which the poor VIC
Tins OF long ago used to be broken, and
under whose ponderous wheels many a
wretched victim has been crushed to
appease the anger OF the gods.
Among the other points OF interest Is
the river Ganges, worshIped as sacred
by the natives, M called by them tne
goddess Gavga. P1lgrlmages are maze
to particular places on Its shores, apiu-
tlons performed, b dying exposed, the
dead thrown In, infants frequently sacrl-
heed This river Is replete with inter
est from its source to its mouth. kissing
as it does among hills OF eternal snow
in the Himalaya mountains, and sweep
ing down a distance of 1,500 miles to
the Bay of Bengal, it forms the most ex-
taDsiva delta in the whole world max
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
To Husbands.

Always complain of being tired, and
remember that nobody else gets tired.
Your wife should have everything in
readiness for you, but you should not do
anything for her.
When your wife asks for money, give
her a nickle ask her what she wants
with it, and when she tells you, ask her
if she can't do without ii. Then go down
town and spend ten times the amount
for cigars, for they are q necessity.
Go down town of an evening, stand
around on the street corner and talk pol
itics; its more interesting than to stay
at home with your family.
Charge your wife not to gossip, but
you can spin all the yarns you wish.
Have your wife get up and make fires,
but don't get up yourself till the rest of
! the family are eating breakfast, as you
might take cold.
Wear old clothes, and make yourself
as untidy as possible until your wife's
health fails, then it would be best for
you to fix up some, for in all probability
you will want another when she is gone.
Have q smile for everybody you meet
but get q frown on before you go home.
-PhysiolooisL
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
Death of the Presidents.

George Washington, the first Presi-
dent of the United States, died at his
home, Mount Vernon, on the 18th of
December, 1893, and WA there buried.
John Adams, the second, and Thomas
Jefferson. the third President. both died
on the Fourth of July. 1926. Adams was
buried beneath the Unitarian Church
at Quincy and Jefferson was buried at
Monticello, his Virginia home. Madi-
son died June %, 1886, and was buried
at Montpelier, his home on the Virginia
mountains. Monroe died on the Fourth
of July, 1881, at the residence of his
s%on-in-law in New York, and he was first
buried in the Marble Cemetery of that
city, but was finally buried in Holly
wood Cemetery, Richmond. Va. John
Quincy Adams died in the Capital, Feb
ruary 81, 1S48, and was buried by the
side of his father at Quincy. Jackson
died June 8, 1845, and was buried at the
Hermitage, which had long been his
home. Van Buren, died July "a, 1862,
and was buried at Undertook, his home.
Harrison died April451eA, and was
buried at North Bend. Tyler died JAN
uary IL, 1862, and was buried in Holly
wood Cemetery, Richmond. Polk died
June Is, 1849, and vas buried in the
lawn of his own home in Nashville.
Taylor died July 9, 1850, and was buried
in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville. Fill.
more died March 8, 1874, and was buried
in Forest Lawn Cemetery, neal Buffalo.
Pierce died October 8, 1869, and was
buried in Minot Cemetery, Concord.
Buchanan died June l, 1868, and was
buried in Woodland Hill Cemetery, Ian.
caster. Lincoln died April Is, 1865, and
was buried in Oakridge Cemetery,
Springfield. johnson died July 81,
1875. and was buried at Greenville
Garfield died September 10, 1881, anG
was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Cleve
land. -Four Presidents died in office
Harrison and Taylor b~yillness and Lin
coin and Garfield by assassination. Only
two ex-Presidents are now living-Grant
and Hayes, and three Vice President.
are yet living Hamlin, Colfax anc
| Wheeler
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
.Do,,t Know Half Their Value.'

"They cured me Of Ague, Biliousness and
Kidney Complaint, as recommended. I had a
half bottle left, which 1 used for my two little
not be cured. I would have lost both Of them
one night if I had not given them Hop Bitters.
They did them SO much good 1 continued their
use until they were cured. That is why l say
Won do not know half the value OF Hop Bltters,
and do not recommend them high ough."
r. Rochester. N. Y. See other column-Amer-
io1n Rural Home,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

deacon Wilder, I want you to tell me how
You kept yourself and family well the past sea-
son, when all the rest of us have been sick 30
much, and have had the doctors visiting us 30
often"
"Bro. Taylor, the answer is very easy. I
used Hop Bitters in time, kept my family well
and saved the doctor bills. Three dollars worth
of it kept us well and able to work all the time.
III warrant it has cost you and the neighbors
one t. two hundred dollars a piece to keep sick
the same time"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

supply OF breadstuffs. Wheat was first
sown in those colonies in 1892, Gosnold,
the traveller, scattering the first seeds on
the Elizabeth Islands, in Massachusetts,,
during his exploration of that coast.
It is curious to reflect that it was English
energy and daring which first Of all sup
piled America with the means of enter
ing, nearly three centuries later. into q
disastrous competition with the mother
country"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostra1on
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MENsMAN's P~EPToNIzED BEEF Tonic. the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-mak-
ing, force-generating and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the result of exhaustion, nervous pros
t~ration, o~verwork, or acute disease, particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well, Hazard 4 Co, proprietors, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
WElTHER--oR NOT.

We admire the philosophy Of the unfortunate
man, who, when everything had been swept
away, said, Web, theren be weather and taxes
Left, at any rate" Alasi weather Is the yellow
dog" Of ali subjects; everyone thinks &c his
special right to try 10 better the weather, and
hurls his anathemas against "old Probabilities"
the weather. The following communication is
from Prof Tfce. of s. Louis, No., the renowned
meteorologist and weather prophet of the West.
It does not discuss the weather but something
surely Of more importance to those who suffer
with that painful malady he speaks Of: THE
day after concluding my lectures at Burlington,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

THE New York Clipper lately cited the
case! of Captain Jacob Schmidt, of Tomp-
kinsville, Staten Island, N. Y, who had
been a great sufferer with rheumatism
for many years. He used st. Jacobs
Oil with splendid success.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

A KANSAS reformer asks the Leigisla-
ture to prescribe by law the quantity
and quality of food which a person NAV
eat In the State. He believes that most
OF the ills of mankind arise from over
feeding.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

NurHIN that Is not a real crime
makes a man appear so Contemplate
and little In the eyes of the world as in
constancy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

THOUSANDS of families have had occasion to
try the never failing qualities of DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup, and they all unite in the praise
of this wonderful prescription.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

LABoAING man, don't feel al all humil-
lated because of your occupation. You're
a manufacturer-you make money every
day you work. State Journal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

W. 8. LINsoorr, Niles, O., had ~scrofula for
thirty years, and "Lindsey's Blood Searcher "
cured him. Isn't it wonderful?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

Iowa on the 2ist Of December last, I was seized
with q udden attack Of neuralgia in The chest,
Ing Breathing. Ny pulse, usually Sc, fen to Is;
intense nausea Of the stomach succeeded, and q
cold, elammy sweat covered nay entire body.
The attending physician could 10 nothing to re-
leve me Ater suffering for three hours. I
thought-esI had been using 81. JACOBS. on with
good effect for rheumatic pains-l would try II.
covermy chest. with the on, and appliedft The
relief was almost instantaneous. In one hour /
taken the train to MI an appointments that night
in q neighboring town had my friends not dis
suadedm me. Asft was. / took the nfghttrain formy
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

To ENusrEnArE the miraculous cures wrought
by CDR. Sellers Cough Syrup" would fill a vol
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

FAITH must be backed up by works. Have
faith to try Kidney-Wort and it will the work.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

ONLY the genuine axle grease has the name
of Frazer on every package, and wears longer
than any other.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

Don't DIE I'm the House.
Ask druggists for Trough on Rats" It clears
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

GOING wEST-Do you want to learn all about Dakota
the wonderland-its crops, climate and peoplef Send
81 for 4O-col. weekly newspaper 6 mos. Land laws ano
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

From the Atlantic (Ga. Sunday Phon-
ogroph: The editor of the Pixies
County NesDs has been cured of rheuma-
tism by st. Jocobs Oil.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

DIR. ROGERS WORM SYRUP instantly destro,
WORMS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

BAKERS PAIN cure. pain in Man and
paast rEH-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

- place to secure 8 sound Business
HI " Education or Spencerian Penman-
Hn ship is at the SPENCERIAN coll
/W LEGE, CLEVELAND, O..
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27

WILL SELL YOU S snlnshser ~ 10 UE Es :, Red
berry, or 100 Strawberry Plants, packed in moss, for 81.
r.. d. THRAPP, TaTiuia, III.