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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
TIVE MARKETS,

CINCINNATI FLOUR Fancy q so@7 Is;
Is9l 4 s. s. No. SS.s, = j a,on track; choice, j S. Corn
II re asn ost. Is Nc : mixed S.sT s sSsy' No: 2 White,
fIsSe. eyi / timothy 4 Isl Sis o sSsisS@N1p aov IsH;
Mess pork, $40 25@2o 90. Lard-Current-make
11.s5sii soc. Bacon, clear sides 12szc: Sugar
AND Notwithstanding s3 5o@5 90 per
crate of tventy-four quarts. Cherries s 0O@9 90
per busheL Potatoes.EaIly rose, 81 15@2 % per
toes, bermuda, 25@46c. per peck crate.
NEW Neutrality-suspicious. to good, extra
Western and State, S oOes 50, WhsatnNG: 2
sGr Wist sa 81 81 81 81; No, ri ! white III. '1 Corn@No.
2, ss1zc-; 10; 2 White s2Ags2Mc. oats5Mixed
cargoes. sz@io5Ic. sugar-Fair to good refined
T7$@5He Mess pork, $40 2Ss2o s71sr Lard
Chicago heat No, 2 Chicago 'pSing;
mixed nc. Oats-No q mixed, 4sNc. Rye
No. 2 ,pringt &c. ~sa5ley-No; 2 spring, q 90
Ii 85c. whisky, 81 IS
ST. LoUIs-wheaENo. 2 red fan, 81 50; No. 3
do, 81 q. Corn No. 2 mixed, 7zsz@76c. Oats, No.
2mi.ed 5sc. Rye, 7sc. Barley, medium to fancy,
steam. i1.2o@1I.27kc.
Observation-Disclosures Pennsylvania extra
family, IS ooe6 IS; Ohio do, 81 90. Wheat No. 2
T white = sl Y Mes @ss. i pork a 80 Sc. Lar Lard, G Kettle re rem .
dered, i31lc. whisky, q IS.
NEW ORLEANS.-Corn-Yenow and mixed,
s4@s5c.; white mixed, e7Lc.; choice white, 81 90.
Oats-Prime, s4@s5c. Ness pork, $40 80.
BALTIMORE Flour Family, IS 0o96 rs.
Wheat No. 2 winter red, 81 Az Corn-Western
mixed, SOC. Rye, Western, S73S9c. Mess pork
old, $40 90; new s21 90. Whisky, u 2o@1 81.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS steady at 81 8:
@I S5H. Corn, firm ut 75@75hc. Oats, white, soy
csc.
LIVE STOCK.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, IS 0094 Is
| good to choice butchers grades, IS 1901 90; goot
to choice COWS and heifers, IS 5086 rs. Hoes
selected butchers and heavy shippers, 50 0o@s Is
fair to good packers, 81 5o@S 90; stock hogs, IS 5
| @6 rs. S-HEEP-Common to fair 3H@4c; good 4
choice 4L@5zc. Lambs, common to fair "a
VIC. and good TO choice, 5000.
CHICAGO.-Hogs- Common to good mixed
| ~ 30aS IS, heavy packing and shipping, 81 900
s 70. Cattle, exports, IS 25@s 70.
NEW YORK.-Beef cattle, 11E@13Hc. Hog,
good live, 81 s09s rs per 100 lbs. Spring lamb.
81 5099 12H.
EAST LIBERTY, PA--Hogs- Philadelphiai
IS 25@s SIS per 100 lbs; Workers, 81 oo@7 90.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
sweet sixteen.'

She was In a palace car munching
earamels and laughing as only a girl
can, you know, with her sweet face all
dlmples, that played bo-peep with each
other and the very mischief with me,
woman that I am.
There were two of the witches, but
the other one seemed q shade demure ;
had, l suspect, the most uncertain of ali
passions under the sun, q lover who
probably had not written to her for the
long eternity of twenty -four hours ;
hence the fit of q shadow across the
sunshine of her Joy.
How rosy and beautiful they looked,
dipping slender finger and thumb into a
bag OF sugar plums-not q bit sweeter
than they-and laughing at their own
delicious fancies, as if life held nothing
graver, and I just wanted to hug both
OF them, anyway.
My dimpler wore q brown sacuue,
half slipped off from one rounded shout
der. full of cunningest dimples, no
doubt her hat of many pokes and
plumes and other mysteries, among
which angels would fear to tread, bobbed
and nodded most coquettishly on top of
most ~coquettish bangs, while her blue
eyes fairly danced, SC brim full of fun
were they.
How 1 shuddered to think of the un-
lovely possibilities hidden away among
the shadows of the years-the cruel,
cruel years They would bring her the
stern necessity of wearing her brown
sacque circumspectly on her dimpled
shoulders ; her fluffy hair, of the color
of pale gold that the June sun rains
down on the tassels of corn, defiant now
of band or braid, drawn back In proper
est precision /; a righteousness in invest
ing 10 cents In villainous bonbons, and
munching, regardless, in a car of solemn
wiseacres, and, worse than all, the sup
pressed giggle of society limitations, If,
from the wreck OF matter, anything re-
mains to smile at.
And then the longing of soul for new
bonnets and things ; the hankering after
kindred spirits and antique soup bowls !;
the refuge Of Sunday headaches ; the
worriment of wash-days and church So
cials the broken friendships and shat
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
why Americans Die.

"When we learn that in the year 1880
the death rate in New York was 26. 4S to
1000 inhabitants, that in the year 1881
the rate was 31.08 per 1000, while in
London for the same period the average
death rate was %. IA, and that forty
eight cities In the United States during
b same time exceeded the death rate
of New York, it becomes us to ask,
Why. are Americans dying out?' In
1881, in this city, there were -, 494 more
deaths than births, and in the months of
january and February, 1882, the deaths
don, during the year 1880, there were
81, 1913 deaths and I32, 1913 births, or 81.
047 more births than deaths. I have
considered these facts worthy Of close
attention. One reason why Americans
are dying out is because they eat too
much and too fast. A person studying
closely the habits of Americans would
think that their object in life was to eat.
Americans can't converse five minutes
without something to eat. Another rea-
son why Americans are dying out is be-
cause they drink too much. The curse
OF our nation is intemperance. A third
reason why Americans are dying out is
ooOduoO Lucy ShIuUlo 100 IdSb. we are
becoming q nation of gamblers. This
spirit of gambling is undermining all
honest industries. Another reason is
disappointed ambition. We are a nation
of rivals. Each man desires to lead his
fellows. A Republic has many bless
ings, but it possesses one disadvantage
the failure to satisfy the grasping ambi-
ton of its teeming millions. The last
reason for Americans dying out is their
false standard of success, money. If a
man in Europe fails in business, or loses
his money by some unexpected calamity,
his friends will still remain true to him,
as a rule. But in this country let a man
lose his fortune by adversely, and he is
quickly forgotten. We should not gauge
the amenities and duties of life upon a
persons bank book, for in doing so we
introduce those causes of encouragement,
inaction and national death which will
not only mako Americans die out, but
every nation under the sun."-Rev.
George ". Gauager, of Neao York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
They Rugged Him.

Two sprightly and beautiful young
ladies were visiting their cousin,
another sprightly and beautiful young
lady, who, like her guests, was of that
happy age that turns everything into
fun and merriment. They were fond of
practical jokes, and were constantly
playing all sorts of pranks with each
other. All three occupied a DON on the
ground floor, and cuddled up together
in bed.
Two of the young ladies attended at
party, and did not get home until 11:30
o'clock at night. As it was late, they
concluded not to disturb the household,
SO they quietly stepped into their o
through the low, open window.
] In about half an hour after they had
left for the party a young Methodist
minister called at the house where they
were staying and craved a nights lodg-
ing, which of course was granted. As
ministers always have the best of every.
thing, the old lady put him to sleep in
the best room, and the young lady Gan
nie) who had not gone to the party, was
intrusted with the duty of sitting up for
the absentones and of informing them
of the change of rooms. She took up
her post in the parlor, and, as the night
was sultry, she departed on an excursion
to the land of dreams.
We will now return to the young
ladies who had gone to their room
through the window. By the dim light
of the m-oonbeams, as they struggled
through the curtains, the young ladies'
were enabled to descry the outlines of
Fannie Gas they supposedly ensconced in
the middle of the bed. They saw more
TO wit a pair of boots. The truth
flashed upon them at once. They saw
it all. Fannie had set them in the room
to give them a good scare. They put
their heads together and determined to
turn the tables on her. Silently they
disrobed and, stealthily as cats, they
took up their positions On either side Of
the bed. At a given signal they both
jumped into the bed, n on each side
Of the unconscious parson, laughing and
what a man - They gave the poor, be-
wildered minister such a promiscuous
hugging and tussling as few parsons are
able to brag of in the course of a life
time.
The noise of the proceeding awoke
the old lady, who was sleeping in an
adjoining room. She comprehended the
situation in a moment, and, rushing te
the room, she opened the door and ex'
claimed:
Gracious, girls, it is a mani It is a
man, sure enough!"
There was one prolonged, consolidated
scream, a flash of muslin through the
door, and all wal over.
The best of the joke is that the min,
II - -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
Distance of the Sum and Moon.

There are several methods of determ-
lining the suns distance from the earth,
some of which it would be difficult to
explain satisfactorily to the reader moi
already familiar with the subject of the
terms used. The refined Investigations
of modern science, say Professor New
comb, have brought to light other
methods, by at least two of which we
may hope, ultimately, to attain q greater
degree of accuracy than we can by
measuring parallaxes. OF these two,
n depends on the gravitating force OF
the sur upon the moon, and the other
upon the velocity of light. And the
same author says, In regard to measur-
ing the distance of the sun by the veloc-
ity of light !: "There is an extraordinary
beauty in this method of measuring the
suns distance, arising from the contrast
between the simplicity of the principle
and the profoundness of the methods by
which alone the principle can be applied.
suppose we had a messenger whom we
could send to and fro between the sun
and the earth, and who could tell on his
return, exactly how long it took him to
perform his journey ; suppose also we
knew the exact rate of speed at which
he travelled. Then, if we multiply his
speed by the time it took him to 90 to
the sun, and we shall at once have the
suns distance. just as we could determ-
inc the distance of two cities, when we
knew that a train running thirty miles
an hour required seven hours to pass
between them. Such q messenger Is
light. 1t has been found practicable to
determine, experimentally, about how
fast light travels, and to find from astro-
nomical phenomena how long it takes to
come from the sun to the earth. In
1862 Foucault found by experiment that
light travelled about 29S, 600 kilimeters,
or 185, 200 miles per second. In 1874
Cornu found by a different series of ex-
periments a velocity of 300, 400 kilome-
tiers per second. In 1879 Ensign A. A.
Nicholson, U. s. Navy, found the veloc-
ity to be 299, $40 kilometers per second.
The result of Michelson's is far more
reliable than either of the preceding
n Combining them all, Professor
D. P. Todd, in 1880, concluded the most
probable value of the velocity to be
299, 800 kilometers, or 1856, $50 miles per
second. Now, we know from the phe-
nomena of alteration that light passes
from the sun to the earth in about 1873
seconds. The product of these two
numbers gives the distance of the sun
in miles. = y These two methods of
determining the distance of the sun may
fairly be regarded as equal in accuracy
to that by ~transits of Venus when they
are employed in the best manner.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

All was Over | She was dead. The wife
and mother slept her long last sleep.
Her tired feet were at rest ; her busy
hands lay filed for years with a wifeis
and mothers solicitude for the welfare
of her beloved ones her throbbing,
aching brow was like chiseled marble,
the pillow scarcely winter than the cheek
that pressed against it /; the brain that
had mapped and planned through the
silent night, while all around were wrap
ped in slumber, how best to accomplish
the tasks of tomorrow, is still now.
ALI is over Poor tired Martha,
"careful and troubled about many
things" is it a wonder that thy feet only
trod half of LIES journey? Is it a
wonder that thy cheek palled and thy
figure stopped while in the prime of
womanhood? Is it a wonder that be-
cause of the vexations and disappoint-
ments that met thee through the day,
thy pillow was wet with tears of regret
and repentance by night? Or is it q
wonder that at times thy faith was sc
weak thou couldst hardly say "Oui
Father?"
But all is over Life's fitful dream is
broken. The husband gazes wishfully
on her quiet face, while he smooths the
hair from the marble temples, and press
ing a last sad farewell kiss upon the
sealed lips of her who has toiled sc
faithfully for him and his, LAYS tbs
bunch of fragrant, dew-wet violets ~
has gathered within the folded hands
and turns away. The little ones stea
in, by one, to take a last look a
Mamma" They hardly realize VIII,
it is that she sees no hears them not
Sleep, mother, sleepl No longer vii
thou sit by the restless little on
through the lone night watches, O
sing the soft lullaby to charm him T.
repose. Thy ear is closed to thy in
fant's cry, and thy lips to the song O
love.
Rest. sister. rest iHPo,vhattan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

Its earliness highly recommends it to the
whole country. It has another desirable
quality-it stands up well, does not
easily blow down; unusually o
eleven and twelve feet high with us.
When planted between the LIST and 10th
OF May, the seed almost invariably
r1pens. thus giving one the advantage OF
a double crop in one year from one
planting. some twenty or twenty.ive
bushels Of seed, and a hundred and fifty
or more gallons of fine syrup per acre,
that is, if it is skillfully handled. Ali
kinds of farm stock are fond of the seed:
when ground and mixed with bran ii
makes a good heavy feed for horses;
nens are very fond Of the seed. and | be-
abundantly than almost any other kind
of grain. We have seen sugar produced
from this variety equal to the best coffee
sugars IN the market"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
A Curious Fact.

Professor W. d. Cunning, the noted
scientist and geologist, made the follow
ing statement in q recent lecture
A Goldfish in one year lays 5000, 600
eggs. Suppose that every egg became
a cod; suppose that in all tho universe
there is only one Goldfish that all germs
lived, and that space furnished matter,
as the fishes furnished eggs. On the
morning Of your twentieth birthday you
hold this fish on the palm of your hand,
walk out on a pier, and drop the cod into
the sea Then fly. Under your feet in
one year will be an ocean of cod, invest
ing the globe and overlapping the loft
lest peaks of Colorado. With the speed
of light fly. Through the depths of
space fly. The swelling, bounding globe
Of cod is after you, and on the morning
of your fortieth birthday it will overtake
you and enguH you in Onon's rebula I
The speaker couldn't tell a bigger fish
story than that.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
The Battle of Austerlitz.

At the great battle of Austerlitz, three
Emperors commanded, namely, Alexan-
der of Russia, Francis of Austria, and
Napoleon of France. The losses of the
allies who were fighting the Little Cor
poral are variously placed at from 3d.
600 to A $1,000 in killed, wounded, and
prisoners: Alison gives the first figures
and sets down the losses of the French
at II, 900 /; however, Russian and French
accounts make their respective losses
smaller. The French army was about
80, 900 strong, while the allied armies
numbered about "a, 900, of which 49,
600 were cavalry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

A PAPER laid before the Biological
Society of Paris tells us, from q scientific
point of view, what it is to be "dead
drunk" It seems that this condition
exists when the vital fluid presents the
proportion Of l of alcohol to 1876 of
blood. It is at this stage that most
drunkards cease drinking, or we should
have more deaths from alcoholism /; for
when the -inebriate continues to drink
until each 100 parts of blood contains 1
part of alcohol, death invariably ensues.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
1t Cut.

TIE editor of the Courier, Mr.. ". F.
Cook, was seized few months ago by a
terrible pain in the left shoulder and
neck. Having been favorably impressed
for some time with the virtue of an article
recommended for all sudden pains, and
especially rheumatism, we rubbed the
offending part, and in less time than we
write it, relief came. That article is
st. Jacobs Ol.-Canajoharie (M. ~
Courier.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

"How MUCH do you charge for your
peanuts ?" asked a lady at the fruit stand
at the Central station. "Ten cents a
quart" said the clerk. "Too dear, re-
piled the lady. "But," persisted the
young man, ''these are hand-plcked, and
we warrant them to cure consumption
and heart disease" The woman actu-
ally purchased two quarts. -Rochester
Chronicle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.


"sweeis to the sweet" he softly said,
As bending DER her lovely head,
He profered her . flower.
I" And may / dare to hope with this
You'll give me just one little kiss
In memory Of the hour?"
"You think 'twould be q fair exchanged"
Said she. "How boundless is the range
OF mans uncurbed conceitI
And IL I do as you propose
In barter for this lovely rose,
I'd give Sweets to the sweet7'p
al meant not that" quite growing red,
al only meant-just what 1 said,
And not the thing you make it.n
"Beg pardon, then, hut still, - she quoth,
"I must not give It though you're wroth,
But may be, you can take It"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

A RELATIVE of Julia Ward Howe tells
this story: DIR. Howe was a great phre-
nologist. de met his future wife one
evening at a game of blind-man's buff.
He caught her by the head-"And I
fell in love with her bumps " he always
explained, enthusiastically, in speaking
of it afterward.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

ALEXANDER commanded all sailors and
traders to bring the peculiar productions
of the countries they visited to Aristotle.
Apuleius made a collection Of Alpine
fossils, while the Emperor Augustus had
a large cabinet of curiosities from all
parts of the known world.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

EVEN the violet has its special enemy,
and in Europe at least is menaced with
destruction. An almost, imperceptible
spot appears upon the blue of its petals
as it blooms, and rapidly extends. The
flower soon becomes colorless and dies /;
and then is discovered the microscopic
insect which has been feeding upon it.
The provinces of the Rhone are already
bereft of their choicest flowers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

AN Austin teacher was instructing his
class in natural history. "To what
class of birds does the hawk belong?"
he asked. "To the birds of prey" was
the reply. "And to what class do quail
belong?" There was q pause. The
teacher repeated the question. Where
does the quail belong?" son toast"
yelled the hungry boy at the foot of the
class. -IerGs Siftings.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

MENsMAN's peptonized beef tonic, the only
preparation Of beef containing its entire n,lvi-
tous properties. It contains blood-making,
force generating and DEMONSTRATING properties /;
invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result Of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly il resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Oaswell, Hazard
& Co, proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
H.ra Lump. In Breast.

Dr.. R. Y. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear SIR
I wrote you sometime ago that I thought 1 had
q cancer. There was o large lump in my breast
as large as q walnut, and had been there four
months. I commenced taking your Golden
Medical Discovery" "Favorite Prescription"
and Pellets +" in June, and the lump is gone.
Yours gratefully, Mrs. B. R. CLARK,
IrYington. Mich.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
.u...-.sor,a ,,a w.u.n

R. Y. PIERCE, M. D.: Dear Sir-My wife,
who had been i'll for over two years, and had
tried many other medicines, became sound and
well by using your "Fayorite Prescription"
My neice was also cured by its use, after several
physicians had failed TO do her any good.
Yours truly, THOMAS ]. METHvIN,r
Hatcher's Station, Ga.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

DURING the past year several different
women who had been dumb for years
have suddenly regained their speech.
When q man gets that way it's good-by
to CAB forever. An earthquake can't
bring a single yell.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
Personal.

The voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich, will
send DR.. Dyes celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belts
and Appliances, ON trial for thirty days, to men
(young or old who are afflicted with nervous
debility, lost vitality and kindred troubles,
guaranteeing complete restoration Of vitality
n manhood. Address as above.
N. B.-No risk il incurred, as thirty days
trial is allowed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
spee,.l pr..eu.atio..n

WILMINGTON, N. c., Feb. 4, 1881.
I regard your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure
as q sort Of special dispensation Of Providence
to those "hopelessly |" i'll of kidney and liver
diseases. Rev. DR. BERNHEiM.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

The man who lives chiefly on flesh,
eggs and bread obtains in two or three
pounds of such food nutriment equiva-
lent to an Irishman's ten pounds of po-
tatoes and extras.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

"I BELIEVE st. Jacobs Oil to be the
very best remedy known to mankind"
says Mr.. Roberts, business manager of
this paper.-Mils0aukee { WIS., Sentinel.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

TINE works changes; or, as the Texan
colored boy expressed it, "things is not
as dey used to was in de future times
back" The ex-Empress Eugene is now
known in France as "the Widow Bona
parte."