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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30

"While I was in Topeka last winter"
said the Hon. Arthur Edgington, 81
had a pretty rough time Of it. I got q
bad cold, and, then that not being sufhc-
iently severe, I was also attacked with
rheumatism. The pain was In my left
shoulder. At times 1 almost writhed in
agony. I tell you, sir, that the pain
could not have been greater had my
shoulder been screwed up in q wise. I
was utterly helpless, and felt like / was
destined to remain in that condition in
definitely. My friends and a physician
were generous in their prescriptions and
my room 500 became a miniature
apothecary shop. But nothing did me
any good. One day ONE one told me /
was enduring a great deal of needless
pain when I could invest fifty cents in a
bottle of st. Jacobs Oil and be cured.
I invested in a bottle of the Oil, rubbed
it OF my shoulder twice, and in two
days forgot that I ever had rheumatism.
Yes, that is a great remedy, and no
mistake. They can't say too much in
favor of its healing power"
The above was uttered by MI. Edging.
ton while sitting in the porch of the La
Gonda House, at Columbus, the other
evening, and was overheard by an es.
capped reporter, who is travelling oyel
the country incog. Inquiry developed
the fact that Mr.. Edgington is n Of
the most widely known men in Kansas,
figuring prominently in politics, and
acting as the responsible agent OF the
Bradstreet Commercial Agency. Upor
subsequently making MI. Edgington'i
acquaintance the reporter was assured
that all he had heard was true, and he
was at liberty to s it in the papers
OsaDego (Ran.) Democrat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
The ConYeYance of Steam.

The conveyance to long distances of
steam for power or heating purposes has
long been a problem with engineers, and
its use has, in many instances, been dis
carded for compressed air. In fact, the
measure of the distance to which steam
may be carried with economy is not yet
determined. A suggestion is now made
by which owners of establishments in
which steam is largely used might effect
o large saving by concentrating their
boilers in one place adjacent to a railroad
station, or to the shore, or even con-
structing a large central boiler, where
their coal may all be landed and used
without carriage, and thence distributing
the steam to their several works. The
difficulty has always been to find a coat
ing for steam pipes absolutely preventing
the radiation of heat, and, according to
the Boston Journal of Commerce, such
a covering may now be prepared. 1t is
made of four parts of coal ashes sifted
through a riddle of four meshes to the
inch, n part calcined plaster, one part
of -four, and one part fire clay. Mix
the ashes and fire clay together to the
thickness of thin mortar, in a mortar
trough ; mix the calcined plaster and
-four together, dry, and add it to the
ashes and clay as you want to use it
put it on the pipes in two coats, accord.
ing to the size Of the pipes. For a six
inch pipe put On the first coat about one
and one-quarter inches thick /; the second
coat wants to be about half an inch
thick. Afterward finish the outside with
hard finish, the same as is applied to
plastering On q wall.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
Old Trees.

The ages attained by some of the
conifere are scarcely less extraordinary
than their colossal bulk. The greatest
longevity assigned to any tree is perhaps
credited to the celebrated ta1odium Of
Chapultepec, in Mexico, III feet in cir
conference, which is thought by De
Candole to exceed in age the baobab of
Senegal, inferred to be $3.50 years old.
Goeppert states that Idrodiunn DIST
chunn has been ascertained by its annu-
lar rings to live 1900 years. The man.
moth tree has been estimated to live
1000 years in California. De Candolle
quotes a number of instances of longevity
In the yew, and Endlicher considers one
in Derbyshire to be 2 ,096 years old, and
the n at Grasford, in North Wales,
], 400 years old. The pines, cypress, frs,
larches and cedars are credited with
ages of 200, 800 and even 800 years.
Picea 200 feet in height is mentioned by
Goeppert, as ascertained by its annular
rings, to be 460 years old, and a lark of
100 feet to be 576 years old, The Scotch
pine (Pinus sylvestus) is said to require
200 years to mature its timber to perfec-
ton. In Veitch's Manual of the Coniferae
the ages of some of these are stated at
considerably less. Other examples OF q
longevity greater than 500 years are
mentioned. These are Cedras deodara,
$50 to 900 years; cedar of Lebanon, 600
to 800 years. 1t is important, however,
to recognize the fact that rings of growth
are not in all cases trustworthy guides,
and the subject is still involved in some
~obscurity. The rings of growth in
eucalyptus have been ascertained to be
biennial. White cedars planted in Eng
land show symptoms of decay, as in
this climate at least we're already reached.
London Gardeners Chronicle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
A Terrible Mess of 1t.

There is o young editor wandering on
the face of the earth, who formerly pub
lished a paper at Storm Lake, Iowa. He
left there the day after the issue of his
last paper, and is supposed to be cross
ing the State on foot, to get away from
an Infatuated female populace. It seems
there was q concert given by young
ladies of the city, and the gallant young
editor wrote it up in splendid shape.
The same day he had visited a herd of
short-horn cattle, owned by a farmer in
the vicinity, and he wrote up the cattle
also. The cross-eyed foreman of the of
fee got the two articles mixed as follows:
"The concert given last evening by
sixteen of Storm Lakes most beautiful
and interesting young ladies was highly
appreciated. They were elegantly dressed
and sang in a most charming manner,
winning the plaudits of the entire
audience, who pronounced them the
finest short-horns in the county. A few
of them are of a rich brown color, but
the majority are spotted brown and
white. Several of the heifers weighed
as high al fifteen hundred pounds, fine
bodied, tight-limbed animals, and
promise to prove good property"
The poor editor killed the foreman
and left. He should be acquitted of the
charge of murder, as he was evidently
crazy. 1t could not be otherwise.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30

THE probability that nearly every
large town Oh city will soon be supplied
with large quantities of electricity for
lighting purposes has given rise to con-
asderahle interest IN b -.e~liAe
use of the same supply for producing
power for light household work. Several
small motors have been devised to
meet the expected demand. The first
of these little machines was constructed
about three years ago by M. Marcel
Deprez, and was found to work effec-
lively. Ascend apparatus of this kindhas
for some time been used by M. Trouve,
an electro-magnet being used in place of
the permanent steel magnet Of Deprez.
This motor drives . sewing machine
very readily, although it is of very small
size. Trouve's little electric canoe at
the Paris electrical exhibition was pro-
PEELED by some Of these engines, and M.
Tissandier has suggested their use for
balloon steering. The last and best
motor is that of Mr.. Griscom, the
American electrician. One of these
powerful little machines, four and a half
inches long and weighing little more
than two pounds, will run a sewing ma
chine very rapidly with a small expendi-
ture of electric energy. The lack of
la~bor-saving conveniences in the house
hold has often been deplored, but the
introduction of electricity seems to offer
a ource of power which may serve in
many ways to tighten the toll of the
weary housewife.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
The Baby Smile.

Whether q man or woman is any
richer for having a beautiful smile, may
be q mooted point; but n thing GER
tain, the world is richer for it. There is
nothing more potent for good; no such
inestimable blessing to others, as the
warm, intelligent smile. Every one,
probably, can recall some one whose
smile seems to open the paradise of a
loving heart, and invite admission. And
yet such smiles are rare, scarcely one
person in a hundred reaching the acme
Of perfection in this respect. The per-
son who smiles is not always a laughter.
Indeed, the smile is not the true indica-
the genial and loving qualities of the
heart. The person who smiles may also
laugh, but it is because he combines q
sense of humor with the warmth of
genialty. The person is not only blest,
Perhaps nothing in all the world is so
beautiful as the smile of a child. Only
grave babies smile. The majority Of
them bubble over in such madcap
laughter, the remembrance of it is catch
ing. But the recollection of the grave
baby's smile seems somehow to bring
the tears to ones eyes,. The parting Of
the beautiful lips, the revealment of the
white teeth closed, the slow emergence
into life of the coy and half reluctant
dimples and-note this (net the brighten
ing of the eyes) but the slumbrous depth
of inner feeling revealed by the softening
and hanging over of these luminous
windows of the gentle, reticent and low
ing young spirit.-Helen Wlmans.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
n XXI

,cINCINNATLzFLouR-F.ncy, s. 5o@7oo fam
VIZ Wbe ss eSgs : 10 Winter sae r aSur b s s, sss S. co. cS anA1Sa
2 white, 77@7sc.i No. 3 mixed, 7IA@72c.; ear
corn, 7097le. on track. oats-No. white, SIG
Ley, NJ. fall, 81 90 Hay-choice timothy, 81 90
CHS 90. P~RovIsIoNs-Mess pork, SIS 90. Lard
i Prime steam steam u; sSs; %Bssonasides 1Ssfs; Sugar,
i iSEs. R SANDS ll2 4faoSSS, 8 gie sasa Sc Ssll pss b s4s
E1sKseed, g Is; Glover, 7hs@Tsle. per ID.
WHINE WHINE ! q q e Choice ssO s 4 zsS4 v g. Fosatos.AEgaais
Rose, 81 so@1 IS per bush. from store; burbanks,
81 IS; peaehblow, 81 oo@1 20 per bush. New pc,
toes-Bermuda, 81 Oo@1 IS per peck crate. As
paragus, 81 90 per doz. punches. Strawberries,
40c. per quart.
NEW YORK.-Cotton, 10 3-16@12 7-16c. Flour
W Wests1s s. sna s sa%ily Is g sotS sss g. 0S %h sssd to s5 TdTs
81 455sa1 45I; Nos white, 81 S7si So. Corn corn
Nj Z :, 7f%S ss,sg6' 5j9 SS; 2 ws snesr szsfsi5A C. s osti
refined, N9ZSc. R~ice.-Carolina and Louisiana,
5119FAe. Cofiee.Rio, in eargoes, s@11c. Mess
S eScli e. st5ssF1 SuA .ar to cb1ies v saeam; x 1o.ss..
e oo97 0oi fancy winter wheats, 81 70. Wheat
No; 2 Chicago sPTiIng' 81 $50; No: 8 Chicago
Spring, s2as4c. Barley-No. . spring, 81 OK.
FlaIseed, 81 1901 80. Mess pork, s16 isO916 IS.
Lard, 1910. Whisky, 81 IS.
BALTIMORE-Flour Family, Sc 12@7 Is.
Wheat-No 2 winter red, 81 33@1 34%. Corn -
Western mixed, 734c. Oats-WhiteW Western, 53e
55c. Rye, 9509sc. Hay-Timothy, SIS 0Odi7 90.
Mess pork, 81 75@1s so. Sugar-cured hams, 100
1916. Lard, 11Ec.
NEW Observation-Disclosures, SIS %
as so; treble-extras, IS 1906 %. Corn-Mixed,
TIC; choice yellow, TIC. fancy white, s2c. Oats
60@63c. Mess pork, SIT rs. Lard, 11@11Lc.
Observation-Disclosures 2 winter red, 81 IS.
Corn-No. 2 mixed, 73c. ats-No 2 white, 51bc.
Bacon-Clear sides, 10000. Hams-Sugar-cured,
1lM@11Hc.
LNDIANAPOLIS.- Wheat - Weak at 81 310
1 3lL. Corn, 6sA@69c. Oats, 4s050c-
LIVE STOCK.
CINCINNATI CATTLE - Market rules firm,
with best grades averaging higher. Common, 81 sc
@3 rs; good to choice butcher grades, SIS 25g6 90
fair to medium dairy COWS, "a O094 IS; common
to fair oxen, s. 0094 Is; fair to medium shippers
IS 25@5 IS; feeding steers, 81 1895 so; stockers
So 5@4 so. HoGs-Selected butchers' and heavy
shippers, IS 9097 40; fair to good packers, Sc 45d
6 30; fair to good light, Sc S5@6 so; common, SIS 2:
@6 90; stock hogs, "a 5o95 Is. SHKEp-Commor
to fair, s. 5094 IS.
CHICAG0.-Hogs Commbn to good mixed
packing, So 20@6 80; good % choice heavy ship.
ping and packing, IS eo@7 20. ~Cattle-Exports
IS 50@7 so; good to choice shipping steers, IS 9Od
6 so; stockers and feeders, SO 50@5 10.
NEW YORK5Cattle-Prime to choice steers
11A@l2He. per ID. Western dressed, 9L@IOLc
Hogs, Sc 25@7 %.
EAST LIBERTY, Pal Hogs Philadelphias
q 5Oe7 co. Workers, Sc 1907 90. Sheep, S. OOq
6 so per 100 lbs.
Observation-Disclosures and shipping
! IS 1897 10.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
piamoud.cutters in Nen YORK..

Five years ago two diamond-cutters
dressed and polished all the stones that
came in the rough into this market. In
the main only the finished diamonds
were imported. But it was found that
the work of cutting and polishing dia-
monds was often done carelessly in
Europe, and that American workmen
could better satisfy the critical taste of
American buyers of precious stones.
So marked was the difference between
the imported diam onds and those cut
and polished here that a demand for the
stones of American finish was created,
and within five years five or six more
diamond-cutters have established them
selves in New York. They dress and
polish perhaps one-twentieth of all the
diamonds sold in this city, and the
excellence of their work is recognized.
The stones are imported, as a rule,
from South Africa, and although many
of the Africa diamonds are off color, it
is said that as large and as fine stones
are found there as in the old mines of
the East Indies and Brazil. The stones
come here in the rough, uneven in
shape, and lacking wholly the luster and
sparkle which attach to the very idea of
a diamond. The first process is what is
called cleaving. By this process the
irregularities Of shape are Clipped off
and the general form of the diamond is
secured, but without any of the angles
which separate the faces. The pieces
Clipped off, if of suitable color and
without flaw, are used for making what
is called rose diamonds. Then the faces
of the diamond are cut by the rubbing
together of two of the stones, aud after
this process the stones look like irregu-
lar pebbles of ground glass. They are
entirely without luster or beauty. The
polishing concludes the process. Each
face of the diamond is in turn exposed
to the surface of an iron wheel revolving
two thousand times a minute, and, by
means of oil and diamond dust, the
stone is polished and given its wonderful
brilliancy.
Mr.. Henry Fera, a diamond-cutter II
John street, said that a large part o.
the work of the diamond finishers II
this city was repolishing the stones Gu
in Europe, to satisfy the more particular
Judgment of American buyers. On &C
count of this extra pains which is take1
with the work here, the diamonds o
American polish command somewha
higher prices. An idea of the business
in cutting diamonds in this city may b
had from the statement that last yea
nearly five thousand carats in the rougl
were cut and polished here. Wages TO
labor here are from twice to three time
what is paid in Europe for the sam
kind of work. The labor adds ten dol
lars a carat to the value of the uncu
diamond. The loss in weight fror
cutting is over one-half. This 80 add
to the value of the diamond that a ston
of one carat, costing in the rough, fo
instance, forty dollars, would sell fo
about one hundred and ten dollars whe
cut and polished. The value, however
does not depend alone upon the weigh
of the stone, but is affected also b
the presence of blemishes or impurity
co1or
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
Village Architecture in China.

Villages, not badly built by any means,
occur at intervals of q mile or two apart
all along the roads of China. Very good
brick, much about the same size, shape
and material as those made in this ouu
try, compose the walls of the better
houses, while for the poorer order OF
edifces mud is used. The brick walls
in China are excellent, better than the
cheaper brick walls in America, and but
little inferior to our best pressed brick.
When villages are constructed of mud
there is a striking resemblance to the
villages of Egypt The houses have no
outside windows and but one opening,
which is the door. The openings for
light are upon inner courts or back-yards,
and are without glass. The caves are
made to project, so as to keepseut the
rain, and in doing SO of course exclude
much light as well. Blinds made OF
Stats are sometimes used, and thin, light
paper pasted over the Stats serve to keep
out some of the cold air and to let in a
little light. The houses are invariably
one story high. And at the bottom of
this custom is q superstition hat higher
houses would interfere with the spirits
of the air ('Fung Chui") and offend
them, thus bringing disaster upon the
house or village. In front Of each door,
and at q distance of eight or ten feet,
stands a detached wall, fifteen feet long
and as high as the caves of the house,
~concealing the door from any person
standing in front of it. This is for the
purpose of protecting the house and
family from malignant "Fung Chui," or
spirits, which are popularity believed to
fly only in straight lines and to be In.
capable of turning a corner. It follows
that when traversing the air In search oil
a certain house, when they come in con-
tact with the wall they are thrown off Of
an angle and thus baf1ed of their fell
pose, and fly in a tangent through infinite
space and are lost. A Chinese village
has but little in common with those o.
this country, either in detail or in gen.
eral appearance. While the villgaes o.
America copied from English prototypes
are peculiar, from their detached and
separate build, with gardens and grasi
plots, those of China are compact, hud
died together and present from a distanct
the aspect of q mere dead wall. Ont
popularity of all Chinese cities and VII
lagos is the absence of steeples. spires O,
pinnacles of any kind. While Moham
medan countries have the mosque, will
its flashing domes and graceful minarets
and European and American centres o
population are marked by lofty tower
and spires, China is almost absolutel,
without any of these striking architec
tural points. Theresult is greatmonoton,
and dullness of aspect.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
The stereotyped Smile.

It is impossible, of course, for q mere
human being to fathom thesecret springs
of human action in another. A persons
features may express something and it
is very often the case that they do, when
he gets q full hand or four of a kind;
but upon general principles it is safe
enough to say O mans face expresses a
little of what is running through his
head, and his language still less. In
stances have been known where men
specialized on the board of trade and
lost every dollar they had in the world
and more too, so if they had settled up
they would have been sixteen thousand
dollars in debt, but they never let On.
They continued to do business, buy and
sell, draw checks, and their bright smile
haunted them still, and before the final
day of reckoning came around they had
recovered lost ground and were ten thou
sand dollars ahead of the game. These
instances, of course, we do not hear
much about. 1t is only those who fail
to catch on before the settlement comes
around that are spoken of in the news
papers as being Temporarily embar-
raised to the extent of $40, 600 OF $780,
000," and for whom there is much SYM
pathy. Actors and actresses have on
siderable control over their features, so
that they can be called from clawing
each others hair behind the scenes to
go upon the stage and melt the audience
to tears by their gentle tones and silver
plated sorrow. But it all ends at the
drop of the curtain, and they go to their
hotel and sleep like a hired man after a
days work in a hay field. The business
man, however, who is skating over q
mighty thin place in the ice, takes his
little comedy right home with him, and
thought countenance may be as smooth
as though he had been ironed by the
Shorthand feels he is liable to be al
any moment)-his dreams will be filled
with cat concerts, and crows will come
and step their feet in. the corners of his
eyes. But we started out to tell what 8
Boston bankrupt told his Creditors the
other day, when they had assembled to
see how much he could pay on the dol
lar. He said he had been bankrupt fol
years, that all he could do he could MOI
turn the tide /; he kept sinking deeper
and deeper, but he had never seen {
chance to let go. The business hung tx
him like a dog to q bone, and he could
not kick it of. People were willing t.
lend him any amount of money, on in
terest that he could never pay /; he had
family to support, and could not see any
other chance to make a living. He wal
4lashsa to the wheel. and the only wa.
was to keep the old thing dead aheal
until she filed and sunk. The man dit
not say this in a gloomy manner, bu
with that winsome smile that he ha'
practiced for twenty years, until it ha'
become stereotyped.-PecRS Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
Parader Of Morality.

A man has a right to take pride in his
moral character. It is the one thing that
counts with men in the long run down
the ages. Intellect coupled with infamy
does not last. Time covers it with neg
lect. Intellect to live, must be associ-
ated with some right principle, and COR
rect conduct. There must be something
manly about it. A great many things
are pardoned to private conduct when it
is known that the mans public princi-
Piles are pure and noble. There can be
no question but Webster, in private life,
had many shortcomings, but where do
you look for healthier, or more manly
words than you find in his letters and
speeches There is this, too, to be said
of him. He never made any lofty and
ostentatious display of his sentiments.
He was conscious of his principles, but
he never made them Extensively promi-
nent. In excusing the faults of Lord
Bacon, the Pail Mall Gazette says "The
most offensive part of Macauley is this
assumption of a lofty moral tone when
he is ibeling a great lar In the case
of torture. as in the latter case of cor
ruption, it is clear beyond doubt that
Bacon's error or weakness consisted in
this, that he was not SO far In advance of
contemporary morality as we nighthave
desired. But there is a wide distinction
between a man who breaks accepted and
recognized rules and one who is only not
in advance of them. A compliance with
questionable, but hardly yet questioned,
practices is compatible with lofty and
patriotic aims, whereas a man who,
judged even by the contemporary stand
ard, is a contemplate sneak can hardly
be credited with any kind of virtue.
Now, Macauley gets a cheap credit by
refusing to allow this plea of Bacon. To
the average common sense of mankind
it looks very virtuous to say that cruelty
and corruption is corruption all the world
over."-Indianapolis Herald,