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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
The Bicycles.

As a mere machine for transportation,
the bicycle is entitled to a high consid-
Grafton. In England, and more especially
in the large cities like London, the
bicycle has taken an acknowledged
place with the cab, the omnibus, the
tramway, and the steam.car. In London
thousands of them are in use by men
who employ them for the same purpose
that they would q. saddle;herse. Theygo
to their business .onfthemihthe morning
and return at night, with thessamepregu-
larity that other men travsrsaf kessame
routes by means of the regular lines of
transportation: This is the case often
with men who live as many as from six
to ten miles from their places of bust
ness. They escape the fetid air of the
omnibus, they have no fare to pay, and
as a rule they make the journey in less
time than they could were they to travel
by the usual vehicles of transportation.
In this direction the matter of economy
is of no small account. The person
who uses a bicycle to go to and from
his place of business in London, or in
any of the larger cities OF the country,
say not less than ten cents q day-a not
very large sum, it is true, but one which
pays him from forty to fifty per cent.
per annum on his purchase Of a machine,
and gives him the advantage of a most
inspiriting and delightful method Of
locomotion.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
Art Thoughts.

The arts are dependent upon the GUS
toms and manners of the people.
In countries where caste prejudice
predominates, we may look for stu
pendous edi6ces, the work of the servile
class under the direction of the reigning
caste.
The mighty pyramids attest this truth.
Time was of no value and human servi-
tude and sacrifice of little moment, in
view of the grand monumental result.
The Egyptians took no delight in
commerce or in industrial progress ;
they we're self-contained, self-immured,
solitary, and it is small wonder that the
Kings workmen should devote a life
time only to the ~excayating and the dec
Grating of the tomb of the King.
The Greeks conducted the arts into
new channels. The extent of their coast,
and their republican government aided
and stimulated commerce, progress, and
the spirit of research, common to this
people.
With the Greeks nothing was value
less which showed intrinsic beauty.
They had a rare passion for form, for
perfection; everything useful must also
be ideal. With practice came skill, the
appreciation OF time, and the rewards of
industry. In q short space Of time they
monopolized commerce, and industry,
and perfected all the arts.
The Egyptians and HiaaeesTbJ caste
| prejudice and isolation, never rose higher
than their own, barren intelligence
in matters of art. The Greeks had
Progress" for awatch-word. Thought
was necessary to progress, and all their
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15

Say st would rather walk" and moi
81 had rather walk"
Say "I doubt not but I shall" and moi
ST don't doubt but I SHALL"
Say "for you and me. and not $50,
you and l."
Say whether I be present or not, >
and not present or no."
Say "not hat know" and not "thai
I know of"
Say "return it to me-" and not Gre.
turn it back to me-"
Say SCI seldom see him." and not
"that I seldom or ever see him."
Say "fewer friends" and not "less
friends"
Say eff I mistake not" and not "ii
I am not mistaken"
Say "game is plentiful" and not
"game is plenty"
Say ST am weak in comparison with
you" and not "to you"
Say cit rains very FAST" and moi
every hard"
Say Gin its primitive sense" and moi
primary sense"
Say she was noted for his Violence
and notSthat she was a man notorious
for violence"
Say "thus much is true" and moi
"this much is true"
Say ST lifted it, " and not ct lifted il
up"
And last, but not least, say "I take
my paper and pay for it in advance"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
A Detectives story.

Inere Is q story told of alady and gem
teman travelling together on an English
rdlroao. They Were strangers to each
Suddenly the gentleman said:
Madam, l VIII trouble you to look
out OF the window for a few minutes ; I
am going to make some changes in my
wearing apparel"
Certainly, sir" she replied with
great politeness, rising and turning her
back upon him. In q short time he
said
CHOW, Madam, my change is COM
pleted, and you may resume your seat. .
When the lady turned she beheld her
male companion transformed into a DASH
ing lady with a heavy veil over her face,
Now, sir, or madam, whichever
you are" said the lady, at must
trouble you to look out of the window,
for I also have some changes to make in
my apparel"
Certainly, madam" and the gentle
man In lady's attire Immediately COM
piled.
snow, sir, yon may resume your
seat"
To his great surprise, on resuming his
seat, the gentleman in female attire
found his lady companion transformed
into a man. He laughed and said:
eft appears that we are both anxious
to escape recognition. What have you
done !? Ihave robbed o bank"
"And I" said the whilom lady, as he
dexterously fettered his companions
wrists with a pair of handouts, "I am
Detective j, of Scotland Yard, and
In female apparel have Swallowed you
for two ~days-now," drawing q revolver,
"keep still"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
East Indian Snakes and wolves,

An East India paper says: Gone
Thousand two hundred and sixty-four
persons were killed by wild animals and
S,5I5 by snakes in the Presidency of
Bengal last year. In the same period
the number of cattle destroyed was up
ward OF $4,000. This, says a Bombay
paper, Is a considerable bill of mortality
Tor n Presidency, but we suppose in
tins, as In .nl other matters, as is SO
often asserted, the minor Presidencies'
must admit the superiority of Bengal.
compared with the returns of 1878, the
ngures quoted from ain interesting state
ment just issued by Mr.. Counsel, the
Acting Registrar, show a considerable
increase. In one respect, however, there
was a falling off, namely in the number
OF persons killed by wolves-eighty-
three, against 152 in 1878. Probably
wolves are less yoracious in Bengal than
they used to be, but the shikars, anna
g and professional, have not shown
more, consideration for them than for
merly. Indeed, the sportsmen have met
with, greater success than ever, for
nearly 300 more were killed than in the
previous twelve months. Altogether
5,543 wild animals were destroyed dur
ing the past year. From the statistics
sent mEto1Government it appears that
21,102 snakes were killed, against "a, 276
In 1878, but the actual number was
probablyy very much larger. The re-
turns relatepn to the snakes for the
destruction6f which rewards were paid.
These rewards are only given for CO.
bras, daboras,S : and keraits. destroyed
within the limits of towns, municipal
ties, and villages in which the Village
Chowkidaree act is in force, and it seems
that many persons who destroy venomous
snakes, even within the limits for which
rewards are given, never ask for the
money to which they are entitled. The
total amount paid in rewards last year
was %. $40. IA rupees"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
THE WORKSHOP.

THE difficulty in the way Of using
plaster of Paris, due to contraction and
expansion, may be to a great extent
overcome by mixing it with lime water.
The fan in use for ventilating the st.
Louis railroad tunnel between the bridge
and the Union station, will clear it from
smoke of the heaviest freight train In
three minutes.
SEALING wax Is not wax at all, nor
does it contain a single particle of wax.
It is made of shellac, Venice turpentlne
and cinntbar. Cinnibar gives it the deep
red color, and turpentine renders the
shellac soft and less brittle.
English steel casting of a certain class
are, by some manufacturers, it appears,
made from old files in connection with
| other material, and are said to be sound
and very strong. It is stated that the
excess of carbon in such stock proves to
be of no disadvantage.
A NEW form of drill press is now made.
It has the column carrying the platen at
one side of the frame, SO that the platen
can be swung out entirely clear OF the
frame ; this leaves nothing between ii
and the work, which is bolted on the
main bed-plate under the platen.
AN ANTI-FRIcTIoN composition, used
with great success in Bavaria, instead
of oil, tallow, etc., is thus made: Ter
and one-half parts of lard are melted
with two parts of ~pulverized plumbago
the lard is melted, the plumbago mixed
in slowly, stirred well, and the mixture
applied cold.
To REMOVE bolts that have ruste6
without breaking them the most effectua
remedy known is the liberal application
of petroleum. Care must be taken thai
the rusted parts are reached by it, ant
some time mnst be allowed to give it
chance to soften the layer Of rust befor'
any attempts are made to remove tn
bolt.
THE decay of wood embedded in tn,
earth is difficult to guard against, Blu
according to the British Farmers Ga
zette, a simple precaution, costing neithe
money nor labor, will increase the dura
bility of posts put in the ground b.
fifty per cent. This is simply by taking
care that the wood is inverted, j 9.
placed in the opposite direction to tina
in which it grew. Experiments hav'
proved that oak posts put in the groun'
in the same position in which they grew
top upward, were rotten in twelve years
while their neighbors, cut from the sam
tree and placed top downwardsi Yin the soil
showed no signs Of decay for several year
afterward. The theory is that the capil
larry tubes in the tree are so adjusted a
to oppose the rising moisture when tn
wood is inverted.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
&c entity, but Drunk.''

Capt. Henry's misadventure recalls a
story which went the rounds twenty-five
or thirty years ago, and is old enough to
be new. It illustrates the embarrass-
ment which o glass too much sometimes
occasions the best of men. There lived
in Georgia, says Col. Bradbury, whom
Burton credits with the narrative, a Cir
cult Judge by the name of Brown, a
man of ability, of integrity and beloved
and respected by all the legal profession.
But he had one fault. His social quail
tiles would lead him, despite his judg-
ment, into occasional excuses. In
travelling the circuit it was his habit, the
night before opening court, to get
comfortably corned." In a certain
county town, one day, a tough citizen
was arraigned on a charge of stealing.
After the clerk had read the Indictment
to him he put the question:
"Guilty or not guilty?"
Gently, but drunk" answered the
prisoner.
"Whats that plea?" exclaimed the
Judge, who was half doing on the
bench.
"He pleads guilty, but says he was
drunk" replied the clerk.
Qdb 3 Iu0 ckldTSo uBd1hsG tUo IlaH e
"He is indicted for grand larceny"
"What's the case?"
"May it please your Honor" said the
Prosecuting Attorney, "the man is 1e-
gularly indicted for stealing a large sum
from the Columbus Hotel"
"He is, hey? and he pleads =
Tie pleads guilty, but dfunkP
The Judge vas now fully aroused.
equity, but drunk! That is a most
extraordinary plea. Young man, you are
certain you were drunk?"
eyes, SIR"
Where did you get your liquor?"
cat Sterritt's."
"Mr. Prosecutor" said the Judge,
"do the favor to enter a noue prosequi
in that mans case. That liquor of
Sterritt's is mean enough to make q man
do anything dirty. The court got
drunk on it the other night and stole all
of Sterritt's spoonsi Release the prisoner,
Mr.. Sheriff; I adjourn the court
Louisville Courier Journal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
Indian Courtship.

Among the Northwestern tribes of
Indians innocence is as marked among
the girls as their color. The impression.
that the red maiden does not entertain q
high standard of morality is an error,
for she is taught as other girls ars. and
grows up with ~well-developed ideas of
the responsibilities of life, and & firm
resolution to discharge them. Educated
In the faith that she was ordal3eh to
work, she trains herself to undergo hard
labor, and at sixteen years ofsage is
sturdy and strong, brave against fatigue
and a perfect housewife, 49,
She may not possess New Ensland.
notions of cleanliness, but she takessnos
q little pride in her personal appearance,
and in the arrangement of her lodge she
displays some crude ideas of taste and
a certain amount of neatness. IF she
marry a white man she makes him a
good wife as long as she lives with him.
His home is her sole comfort and his
comfort her whole ambition. She thinks
of him and for him, and makes tLher
study to please him and make him re-
spect and love her. She recognizes in
him one of a superior race, and by her
dignity and devotion endears herself to
him, and struggles to make him happy.
At the agencies of the upper frontier
thousands of men are employed, and it
is not an exaggeration to say that the
majority of them have Indian wives and
live happily. They are not sought after
by the maidens, for the Indian girls
custom is to remain quiet until after the
marriage contract is made and the mar
rage portion paid over. The husband
must have the dowry, with which he
must invest his projected mother-in-
law before the ceremony takes place.
The process is a little ont of the usual
run, and a description may be of inter
est: 70
The aspiring bridegroom must be well
known in the tribe before he can hope
to win a wife. Her people want to
thoroughly understand him, and know
If he can support not only her, but also
her relatives In the event of a pinch.
He must be a kind-hearted man, with q
temper warranted to keep in any domes-
tic climate, and he must have a good
lodge, and at least half a dozen horses.
Ii he be, and have all these, he can
a-wooing go. Selecting the lady, he makes
appilcatlon to her mother, and at a q
Gil the price is fixed upon.
II the girl be especially pretty, her
motner VIII demand q gun, two horses
n a lot OF provisions, blankets and
cloth. A gun is valued at $50, a horse
at $50, and he must furnish material TO
bring the amount up to from 800 to $3.50.
Then ne tries to beat the dame down.
n II he succeeds he knows there Is
some reason for letting the girl 90: if
not, ne understands that he is getting a
good choice. The courtship is left en-.
siseiy to the mother--Montreal Star.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
Daphne McGuire.
"There is no more pie"

"There is no more pie"
"God help us, then" said Daphne
Mcclure, looking up to her mother with
q weary, wistful, why doesn't-somebody-
buy-me-a-seal-skin-sacque expression on
her oval face.
Mr.. Mcclure did not reply. Leaning
her bangless head on a thin, white hand
the hand that Vivian O'Rourke had
called ga dimpled treasure that one
might risk his soul to win,"' that night,
SO many years ago, that she had rejected
his proffered love and caused him to
wander away in wild despair and marry
Girofie Quirk-and thought of how, had
she plighted her troth to him, life would
now have been q garden in which pretty
flowers waved their bright faces, instead
of a wind-swept waste, barren alike of
flowers and venture. She remembered
how, for the first few years after their
marriage, every thing went well with
Percicles Mcclure, and how, when
Daphne was a prattling infant, he had
come home full one evening and told her
In proud tones that he had reached the
summit of his ambition, and was a
policeman. All these memories of the
past-the bitter and the sweet-came
surging through her mind as she looked
out through her tears and saw the Blue
Island 9 cars going by like ghosts
in the twilight.
why do you weep, mammal" said
Daphne, placing her soft West Side
arms about the neck of the mother she
loved, so dearly-the only mother she
had.
"I fear me, Bridget" said Mrs.
Mcclure, using the pet name by which
Daphne was known at homsassethat our
future must indeed be a cherries one;
thu atA chning days will hold for us
only sofE6# and misery"
"Donot be disheartened, mamma, !"
replied the girl, kicking the dog off the
front steps and kissing her mother with
o warm, lingering, Ihaye-come-to-stay
altysinter iand-part- of the spring kiss.
Things may not be so bad as they
seems We have still one hope, you
know one resource in case all else tails. +"
!" What is 1t, child?" asked the mother
n hoarse, anxious tones. "What is this
hope you speak Off"
"Doughnuts, replied Daphne, speak
ing. the word softly, and with infinite
tenderness. "We have q jar of them
down stairs, you know"
"Then let us tackle them at once
said the grief-stricken parent, starting
for the pantry at a 2:20 clip.-Chicagc
Tribune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
An Old. Old Story.

Come in ! Well I declare, stranger,
you gave me quite q turn I-I-was
kind of expectin' somebody, and for half
a minute / thought mebbe as twas her,
but she'd never stop to knock want a
bite and a sup and a nights lodging?
Why. of course ; sit down, I-a-most
forgot to ask you, I was that frustrated.
Poor soul How tired and worn out
you look can make you comfortable
for the night and give you q good meal
of victuals and a shake-down on the
floor, but I would hardly like to put you
in Lizzie's room-she was that particu-
lar, and your clothes are so wet and
drabbled. Why, woman, what makes
you shake so-ague? Never heard
tell of any in these parts. Guess you
must have brought it with you. Well, a
good nights rest will set you up wonder
fully, and you can lie right here, by. the
stove, and the fire q smolderin' will keep
you warm, and the light will be burnin'
till its broad day-broad day !
What dol keep the light a-burnin'
for? Well, now, when folks ask me
that, sometimes I tell them n thing
and sometimes I tell them another. L
don't know as I mind tellin' you, because
you are such a poor, misfortunit crea-
tur, and a stranger, and my heart kind
of goes out to such. You see, / have a
daughter. She's been away these ten
years, has Lizzie, and they do say as
she's Gvin' in grandeur in some furrin'
place, and she's had her head turned
with it all, for she never let's her poor
old mother hear from her, and the fine
people she's with coaxed her off unbe-
knownst to me, and I don't mind tellin'
you as it was q great shock to me, sandsI
amt the sameSwoman siaceIizzias }Fent
out one night; andtwhen she EsseAtns
said, "Leaye a. hight In the wiRdow,
mother, till 1 come back /" and thatts
ten years ago, and I've never seeRNher
since, but I've burned o. Light inathe
window every night all these ten years,
and shall till she comes home.h Yes ,it's
hard to be a mother and be disappointed
so. I allowed she was deadtill folks, as
seer her we'll and splendid, told me diff
ferent, and I was sick a long time-thats
what made my hair SO white-butI hope
she never heard of it, 'tvould have
made her as miserable as I was, and hen
fine things would not be much comfort
to her ! Folks blame her terribly, but
I'm her mother, and it Just seems as il
I could see her, SO pretty, with her long
brown curls, and the smile she had, and
her gentle ways, and I loving her better
than heaven above me This is my pun
ishment-to sit alone all day and never
go to sleep at night, but I hear her cry.
ing Mother mother | where are your
and if I go once, I go a dozen times tc
the door, and look up and down the
lonesome road and call, Lizzie
L-i-z-z-i-el" and there's never any
answer but the night wind moaning il
the trees.
Well, I did't mean to make you fee,
so bad don't cry, poor soul ! You've
had enough trouble of your own,
guess, by your looksl Your hands ar,
like Iceland your temples and YOU
face is white and-and-and-why, wha'
is this? You are not old and your hal
hangs in brown curls-and your eyes
Merciful Godl it's Lizzie come back t.
her mother-it's my child that was los
and is found-put out the light,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
POPULAR SCIENCE.

An OBSERVATORY has just been COM
pleted on Mount Etna, 9,671 feet above
the sea level.
PERFUMES exert a healthful influence
on the atmosphere, converting its oxygen
into ozone.
THE gastric juice is more acid while
digestion is going on than in the intervals
of the process.
IT Is claimed that railway ties saturated
In creosote will last for twenty years or
more in good condition.
SUGAR, according to q prominent
physician, promotes digestion, and may
be prescribed in certain cases Of
dyspepsia.
roads are heated with crude naphtha,
which is introduced into the tender as it
comes from the wells.
The eggs of a gnat are placed side
by side to form the figure of a boat, so
that the gnat-boat, like the life-boat,
has the property of righting itself when
capsized. 10
GASES from the furnaces in iron dis
tricts are very injurious to trees in the
neighborhood. The sulphuric acid con-
tanned in the gases is absorbed by the
leaves.
The CLEAN of falling water attracts
certain insects as powerfully as does
artificial light. In Iceland, moth after
moth have been seen flying deliberately
into a waterfall, where they disappear.
ToDEopoRIze rubber, cover the articles
with charcoal dust, placethemin q closed
vessel, and raise the temperature to
Die +. Let them remain for several
hours and they will be found free from
all odor.
glass goblet previously moistened W.
water, and next rinsing the glass inlPAfe
distilled water, this liquid will be fa9hhd,
by the usual tests, to contain ap<Ronia
and nitric acid.
The tsetse fly of Africa, WHOSE bite
proves fatal to domestic animals, 16ss its
eggs within the flesh at every be; gfid
the animal which dies from tHs effeci
proves to contain myriads Of white
worms in its stomach.
The Chinese pharmacopeia Aaatains
instruction for making various Kinds Of
wine known as mutton, deer, supg -ol
snake wine. The ingredients of MUTTON
wine are a sheep, milk, brown sugar,
honey, raisins and various drugsS
PLAoMG one or two bits of roast meal
on the leaves of the droserd roti1aefoko
shows that the leaves fed wefeEof
brighter green than those starvedA The
supply of NITROGEN had evidently
assisted in the production of chldl6phyl.
A NEW use of the micro-telephone is
that of finding underground sNater-
courses. The m~icro-phones are buried
IN the soil on a hillside, and each CON
nected with a separate battery and
telephone. By listening at the telephone
at might, the faintest murmur or gnrgline
OF water can be detected,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
Marble Heads in a Gold Mine.

DR.. Cary Cox has q gold mine in Cher
okee County. The other day the hands
were sinking a shaft, and when six feet
below they came upon two pieces of mar
BILE hewn into the shape and size of the
human head. The work had evidently
been done with good tools and, while not
entirely finished, showed that it was q
skilled artist who handled the chisel.
The heads were found under six feet of
clay, which, to all appearances, had
never been disturbed and lay directly
upon a bed of slate. Near the mine is a
bed of marble, such al the heads ale
hewn from. The question is, who made
the heads and how did they get under
six feet of clay atlanta Constitution.