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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
The Hogs.

1t is a tri1e early yet to think of pre-
dieting what the corn crop will be, for
although the season has thus far been so
unpropitious, in many large sections of
the west it is not unusual to get a very
satisfactory crop, even when the planting
has peer done after the middle of June.
But appearances certainly indicate that
the crop will be far below the average,
andif that shall prove to be true, itmeans
that pork will be high. 1t, therefore, be-
hooves u swine breeders to do all with
in their power to reap whatever advan-
tage there may be promised. During the
summer it costs little to keep the hogs
growing andimproving, and a little extra
care to that end, always profitable, is
doubly so when prices for hog products
promise to be above the average. One
of the beauties of keeping hogs is that
the animal consumes almost anything
that is offered it. 1t is a mill that grinds
the refuse of the farm into value, and
Very much hat the hog eats, would be
thrown away and wholly lost, if it was
not thus fed. Therefore, although the
corn may be short and the price CORE
spondingly high, swine may be kept
growing. of course, without it. and they
may get considerable of their fat from
food that is worthless for other purposes.
Thus the refuse of the farm, under such
peculiarly favorable circumstances, will
be made worth a great deal, and may
make the cost of pork production, even
if corn shall be high, comparatively mod,
crate.
When corn is high, of course it is de-
sirable to get our hogs into market as
soon as possible, and it will aid us to dc
this by leaving as little for the corn to do
as possible; in other words, let the hog
have every advantage which the season
naturally gives, and see that nothing is
wasted which nothing else but the hog
will proftably consume. Hog raisers
seem to be greatly favored just now. We
hear very little of sickness among swine.
There has seldom been so little COM
plant in that respect as for the last sew
eral months. This apparent freedom
from disease, however, should not in.
duce swine breeders to be careless of the
health of their hogs. Human beings
ward off disease by carefully protecting
themselves, keeping themselves free from
communicating influences, regulating
their diet and keeping Clearly. Animals
must be treated similarly if we would
keep them in health. If the advice that
we have given. to help the hogs grow
ing, were more generally obeyed we
should have less hog cholera" In
stead of building up n part of the ami
NAL to the neglect of another part, we
should then succeed in getting a sym
metrical development. The animal
would be strong enough to bear the fat
tenning process without injury. The
hog should have clean, healthy sur
rounding, or it will be a marvel if it
keeps in health. 1t shoul |, also, ever
in apparent health have an occasional
dose of charcoal, That will not only dc
it good by imparting carbon to the blood
but it will absorb the injurious gases OF
the system, which are often the specific
poisons that breed disease. There is
nothing in this world that is SO good TO,
the health of swine as charcoal.-West.
crD Rurdt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
The Sumner and Dickens Divorces.

There were, doubtless, reasons not
fully revealed in both these cases, but it
is generally understood that there was
no charge of immortality in either case.
In neither instance do husband and
wife seem to have been well-mated IN
mind, tastes, or habits. MI. Sumner,
absorbed in his books and literary and
political pursuits, had an aversion for
gay society; whereas, Mrs. Sumner, a
lady of refinement, fashion, and strong
social tendencies, was very fond OF So
ciety. She was lively and ardent; he
wal intellectual, self-absorbed, and OF
comparatively cold temperament. Partly
on account of the injury to his brain,
suffered when Brooks, of South Carolina,
assaulted him in the Senate Chamber,
and partly from overwork, he was at
times extremely nervous, If not irascible.
Husband and wife gradually grew apart;
Mrs. Sumner spent much OF her time in
Europe; and, at last, it was arranged by
mutual friends that a divorce should be
effected with as little noise as possible.
It was not contaminated until the year
before his death, although the two had
been twain for some years. Charles
Dickens ardently loved his wife for
many years. She was not his equal in
mental power or attainments; and he
complained that she manifested little
interest in his literary work. Their
tastes seemed very different, and
socially she was almost the opposite Of
Mrs. Sumner, being retiring and quite
averse to society, while MIR. Dickens,
though a hard literary worker, went
much in company. Their five children
kent than tooether for MANY wears bui
after these had grown to full age and
scattered, the separation between hus
band and wife widened, and finally
ended in a sslimited divorce" or legal
separation, which provided, among
other things, for Mrs. Dickens support
in comfortable style.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
A Dog in a Well.

On the North road, about four miles
from the city, lives a highly respected
family named Stetson, consisting Of a
young mar and his wife and the aged
and infirm sire of the lady. The old
gentleman is crippled with the rheuma-
tism to such IN extent that he canuot
leave his chair, but is wheeled about the
room by his daughter. The Stetsons
are the owners of a large powerful dog,
half mastiff and half Newfoundland,
noted for his intelligence and sagacity
throughout the whole neighborhood,
while a near neighbor possesses alittle
shaggy Scotch terrier. Between this i'll
sorted pair the strongest friendship has
grown up, the dogs being almost insep
arabic. Mr.. Stetson has been digging a
well, and had reached depth of twenty
about a week ago he and his wife found
it necessary to visit Elmira on business.
The wife drew her fathers chair up to
the window in the sunshine, and other
wise rendered him comfortable, and left
him watching the gambols of the risky,
strangely-matched friends.
Mr.. Stetson had not more than driven
out of sight when the little terrier fell into
the well, which contained about two feet
of water at the time. The old dog was
almost frantic and lost his canine pres.
ence of mine in a wonderfully undigni.
fed manner. He would look down into
the well at the yelping, padding terrier
and then howl and run to the window.
scratching on the easement and other
wise exhibiting all the evidences of al
most frantic grief to attract the old mans
attention. Suddenly he paused a mo-
ment and looked grave, as if collecting
his scattered senses. Mrs. Stetson, be-
fore leaving for town, had taken in the
washing hanging on the clothes-line, coil.
ing up the line and laying it on a bench.
The mastiff had seen the workmen draw
up pals of water by mean of the rope,
and an idea seemed to strike him. Seiz-
ing one end of the rope in his teeth he
ran to the well with it and commenced
slowly drawing it up to him and lower.
ing it into the well. The helpless old
man at the window who was watching
the proceedings with b~reathless interest,
then saw the old dog m e pulling
up the rope by walking slowly away from
the well. Slowly and carefully the sa-
gacious old mastiff drew up the cord,
when up over the side of the crumbling
walls came the muddy, dripping form Of
the almost exhausted terrier clinging t.
the rope with his teeth. When Mr.. Stet.
son and his wife came home the old man
attempted to tell his story, but it was so
incredible that they could hardly believe
it, but upon Mr.. Stetson's going out to
the well he found the mud-bedaubed
rope lying where the old dog had left it,
and the prints where it had cut into the
soft earth sides of the well were plainly
discernible .-Elmira IN. " Advertiser.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
Sanitary Condition Of Summer Resorts.

Within the last few years the demands
of the public in regard to health resorts
and watering places of this country have
increased, not only as to quantity, but
as to quality, Quite a number of peo-
pie now require not only bathing, boat
inc, and amusements of various kinds
at their summer resort, but also that they
shall have some assurance that they shall
have pure water to drink, and that the
air which they are to breathe shall not
be rendered offensive or dangerous by
imperfect systems of house drainage.
At the present time the dangers from
fouled water supply, especially if this
be derived from wells, are in most places
much greater in boarding houses than in
the hotels proper, and this is due to the
fact that the hotel proprietor is USUALLY
not only sufficiently a man of busiEess to
understand the importance of keeping up
the reputation of his house for health
f~ulness, but his attention has been called
to the close connection which is now
generally believed to exist between such
diseases as typhoid fever, diarrhea,
diptheria, etc., and methods of sewage
disposal, and he therefore pays more at
tention to sanitary engineering details
about his premises than does the keeper
of the average clearinghouse. The
tendency of all popular health resorts is
to become unhealthy, because they de-
part more and more from their original
type, which is that of a temporarily
occupied camp. and tend to become vii
lagos, with village methods of water
supply and disposal of excreta. This
appears in foreign health resorts as well
as in this country, and the insanitary con-
dition of some of the most famous water
ing places is a common topic of discus
sion in European medical and sanitary
journals. 1t would certainly be wise on
the part of those selecting a summer re-
treat to give as much attention to the
water supply and drainage as they usually
do to the table in making their selection,
but it must be confessed that at present
it is difficult to obtain satisfactory infor-
nation as to the sanitary condition of
such places without a personal visit to
the locality. We advise our readers to
look before they leap, for to leave ones
comfortable city home in pursuit of
health and pleasure, and contract ty-
phoid as the result, is too much like
going out to look for wool and coming
back shorn.-Santary Engineer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
SORROW.

/ would not weep because the roses die,
/ do not murmur when the red leaves fall;
But when blue beef goes mounting to the sky,
weep above my soup, and that is all.
1 AVE not wept, when wintry blasts have
roared,
Because tho summer flowers were in the
snow;
but when wood sells nine dollars for a cord,
wcpt for that; l would not have it so.
I would not weep, because the birds of spring.
With autumn's caves and summers flowers
are fled;
1 only sob because I played n king,
After the other man an ace had led.
For birds, and leaves, and buds, 1 do not weep,
Foolish the heart that for such tribes "hol-
lers;"
/ do not mourn for things supremacy cheap.
My human grief mounts upward into dollars.
-BnlinntOn HnlCE-E Ere.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

The voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.
taic Belts and Appliances, on trial for thir
ty days, to men (young or old) who are af-
ficted with nervous debility, lost vitality
and kindred troubles, guaranteeing com.
plete restoration of vitality and manhood
Address as above.
N. B.-No risk is incurred, as thirty days
trial is allowed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

For coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis,
l~aryngitis, and consumption in its early
stages, nothing equals DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery" It is also a great
blood-purifier and strength r~estorer OF
tonic, and for liver complaint and costive
conditions of the bowels it has no equal.
Sold by druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

Workingmen will economic by employ
ing DR.. Pierce's Medicines. His Pleasant
Purgative Pellets" and Golden Medical
Discovery" cleanse the blood and system
thus preventing fevers and other serious
diseases, and curing all scrofuIous and
other humors. Sold by druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

would appear n by one in the windows
above, and they would climb homeward.
All this fed the warm friendliness he
felt for her, which is often mistaken for
love. The fragrance of her life filled
his Imagination, and he determined to
make her his wife. But of that delicious
agony, that glorious fear that makes
| pallid the face of the lover, the VOID in
| the life that must be filled by the pres
ence of a beloved woman-what did he
know? Nothing.
His nature was as yet cold, hers was
all aglow. She was one of those women,
passionate, yet sweet and pure. with
any strong emotion. If she had never
seen him again, it is improbable that she
would ever have cared for another; per-
haps she would have waited in eternity
for the sequence of that first glance of
his.
They fingered or till the honeysuckle
woed the meadow-sweet in the deep lanes
above the village, and the young summer
was in its beauty. Then there came a
moment when, the two being alone in
the woodland path overhanging the sea,
John asked Margaret to be his wife. II
was the sweetest time of the afternoon,
Just before sunset, when the day has lost
its WEAKNESS and the sky is calm, and
the sunshine is dimmed by q soft haze.
Mr.. Townsend had left them in order
to write q letter which he had forgotten,
and the others had sauntered toward the
village in dreamy silence. Then she be.
came aware that he was asking her to
be his wife, telling her that she was the
sweetest woman he had ever seen.
Whence then her sudden shrinking from
him, as in fear?:
81 am not good enough" she cried.
She was afraid of her joy, for she was 6
timid woman, but in the midst of his
wooing he was vexed at her humility
not understanding it, for he was only
offering her q scanty armful of first
fruits, and she was returning him the full
harvest of her soul, though she did not
know its value. He drew her to him
and kissed the brown head and laid il
on his breast. She began to cry-she
had been so greedy of joy lately, and
here was its perfection!
And he?-well, it was the sweetest
hour he had e passed in his life
This girl, with her simple dress and
manner, and her serious brown yes anC
undertone of %joyfulness about her, salts
fled the more spiritual side of his nature
And yet she was not the ideal of his
past, which ideal had been compounded
of s~oft-voiced Cordelia, passionate Ju.
liet, bright Rosalind, witty Beatrice, AND
dear Desdemona-in fact, of all the
sweets of many natures compacted into
one.
She was not his heroine, but he wa:
her hero, and her gladness inclined to
ward sadness; for a true woman see:
herself valueless at the moment she be
lieves that the s'man of men" sees in hel
a precious jewel.
"Are you sorry?'" he asked, half jest
ingly.
.Sorry!" she said, and, with a frank
yet coy gesture, she nestled close to his
heart.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

YOUNG, middle-aged, or old men, suffer
ing from nervous debility or kindred
affections, should address, with two stamps,
for large treatise, WoRLD,s DIspENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

MICHIGAN Cry, IND, June 1, 1881.
H. Fl. WARNER & Co.: Sirs-A years suf-
fering from kidney disease was completely
relieved by your Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure. JOSEPH F. LoTTEs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
KIDNEY-WoRT in this season sustains the
system and keeps up the strength.
Personal.

RICE was introduced into Europe by the
Saracens. It Is introduced into the Chinese
with chop sticks.-Teras SJtings.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

IF one should send water pitchers as a pres
ent to a friend how should he sign the note
accompanying them? "Ewers truly"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

Miss Daisy Faralee (of Boston)-O,
Mr.. Cheviot, 1 hear you have just re-
turned from the West! Now do sit down
and tell me all about Chicago and ranch
lifel
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
Mh,l,. snred /. COINED.

PRIZE fights are becoming very frequent.
This may be called q revival of the old style
of ound partics.-Phlddelphid Chronicle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
Greate.t Dt.coxerv s,nce Iaea.

IN the bright lexicon of youth the school
house is sometimes affect .onately spoken Of
as "the tannery."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
Food in Timed Cans.

1t is stated by Prof. Helmer, in the
London Lancet, that tin, even whei
quite pure. is much more readily attacked
by canned articles of food than is com
monty supposed. He has made an e.
animation of a large number and a grem
variety of such canned goods, finding
tin in comparatively large quantities In
nearly all of the samples examined.
Thus, in the line of acid fruits, as peaches
and cherries, the metal was found cor.
roded to an alarming extent. Meats,
and even condensed milk, had taken up
and become contaminated with sensible
quantities of the metal. A can of soup
showed the presence of one-half grain
of tin to the pound; n of condensed
milk, one-eighth of a grain; and a al
of oysters, about seven-tenths of a grain
to the pound. Prof. Helmer, continuing
his examinations in this line ascertained
that soda water, and all other varieties
of aerated beverages which fell under
his observations, and which were con-
Quoted through timed pipes, contained
appreciable quantities of tin. =
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

PURE cod-liver oil, from selected livers,
on the sea shore by Caswell, Hazard & Co.,
N. Y. Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients
who have once taken it prefer it to all 9th
ers. Physicians declare it superior to all
other oils.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
Ye.r's suffering,

You never hear of a strike among the
astronomers. Their business is always look
ing up.-Phaddelptia Bulletin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

THE pig has sometimes been compared to q
musical instrument. The corn-et seems to
hit his case.--LopeH Courier.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

Cashiers in China are not paid sal
aries. They depend for their remunera-
ton on buying imperfect coins and pass
ing them off on their customers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

"A son of the late President Tyler
was lately arrested in Washington for
drunkenness. although a poor, be.
sotted creature" says a Syracuse Jour-
nal correspondent, she is one of the
most courtly and polished men, in
demeanor and conversation, to be found
in Washington. One who has not seen
him accept an invitation to take a drink,
and the air with which he will take it,
has never seen Il true Virginia gentle
man of the real old style"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
BITTER.SWEET.

A symphony of sound and light and
scent. A voice of many birds twittering
delicately to each other from newly-built
nests, amid boughs that swayed to and
fro in the wind. and shook their latest
buds into leaf and blossom. Into the
woodland from far below came a MUIR
muir of waves trailing on a shingly beach,
and mingling with this murmur, the talk
and laughter of the fishermen mellowed
by distance. Right down through the
sloping woodland a brooklet leaped tink-
ling and gurgling to the sea.
The dim fragrance and dappled lights
and pleasant sounds of the day made a
threshold joy TO q young girl who stood
beneath the trees in the April noon. She
stood on a part of the slope whence the
trees had drawn back Il little, and the
light fell about her just beyond the verge
of the shadow. Round her feet were
dead leaves and living flowers, and soft
green MOSES full of the sweet rain that
had fallen all the previous night. With
one hand she shaded her eyes, the other
was uplifted TO tend back a branch which
had barred the open space. Her hair
was blown in a brown cloud about her
face, and her hazel eyes shone with a
serious joy beneath the shading hand.
For the first time in her life she was
tasting that singular gladness which
comes to mind and body, when alone
with nature in spring, after a long i'll
ness. To this full content of hers, all
the long hours of feyered tossing to and
fro, followed by tedious weeks Of conva-
lescence. were but a background.
And now into her loneliness there
came another human presence young
man, earelessly whistling, treading gayly
over moss and flowers till he reached the
rivulet. and paused on the further side,
looking at the tall, slim figure in the soft
gray gown, crowned by the brown hair
and wistful face. just one moment, and
he turned off a little higher up and
sprang across the stream. Only one
look, and there might have been no sec
ond; their lives might have glided apart
forever, but for an accident-or what we
call an accident; which is really a strong
link in many a chain of life. As his
foot touched the bank he slipped on the
damp earth, spraining his ankle in the
fall. He drew himself into a sitting
posture and leaned against a tree, faint
with pain. The young girl came quickly
toward him. II will run and get help,n
she said, and meeting his grateful look
for a moment, went quickly along the
path that led toward Cloverleigh, the
village where she and her father were
staying. At a turning she met a tall
scholarly looking man.
4 was looking for you, Margaret.
Are you wise to go ~bareheaded, my
child?n he said, anxiously.
INV haf foil into tba broolr onJ - :,
so mild. But, OH papa, there is a gen.
tleman hurt down there. He has
sprained his ankle and cannot walk"
And she waved her hand toward the
woods below. They found him faint and
white; but he made light of his suffering
as they helped him through the fringe of
apple and pear trees to his lodging in
Cloyerleigh.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

TEACHERS wanted for fall and winter va
cancies. Address, with stamp for applica-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
skinny Men.

CHAprED hands, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap,
made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

It Is tho
, testimony otthe pub
lie and the medical
profession. that Hos
letter Stomach Bit
tiers 10 . medicine
which achieves re-
suits speedily felt,
thorough and be-
nign. Beside rectify
ing liver disorder. Il
~invigorates the fee
bic. conquers kidney
and bladder COM
plants, and hastens
the convalescence of
I h o s e recovering
from epfeebllng dis
eases. Moreover Il 10
the grand specific for
fever and ague. For
ealc by Druggists and
Dealers generally.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

'sWells' Health Remover restores health
and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence,
Sexual Debility. 81. Druggists. Send for
pamphlet to e. s.. WELLS, Jersey City,
N. j..
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

ONE trial will convince you that it is the
best. Ask your dealer for the Frazer Axle
Grease, and take no other. Every box has
our trademark.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
THE

THy the new brand Spring Tobacco.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

So John comforted his wife, but her
grief grew silent. She was gentle to
him, but her thoughts were with the