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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07
Common Sense About Garfield

From the Philadelphia Record.
1t is about time that common sens
was exercised a little in considering
the life, manners, and morals of the
late President CART ed. He did not
have a monopoly of all the virtues,
and he sometimes skated perilously
near the edge of improper practices
at the very least he offended against
that very wise-and to a public man
important-canon which recon-
mends us to "ayoid the appearance
If evil" Since his unfortunate death
his friends and political associates
have mistakenly tried to place him
on a pedestal as a paragon Of perfec,
ton. This he was not, and their eff.
forts are probably as much due to
their sordid self seeking as to their
hero worship. The Garfield Fair,
which opens to day in the national
Capitol, has been made possible only
by the persistent pushing Of these
cronics, and by a natural reluctance
on the part of people of more sensi.
tive susceptibilities to oppose any
tribute to Garfield's memory. 1t is
time now, however, to call a halt and
to announce clearly that the reflect
ed light from his life will not here
after so dazzle the eyes of the PEG
pie as to prevent them from seeing
the schemes of those formerly near
TO him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07
sThe Cincinnati News.,'

At last the Democrats of Cincin-
natl and Hamilton county have a
paper they can rely on, and we hepe
they will "rally around its flag" and
make it a ''ixed institution" We
have receiv ed the first four numbers
of the News, and pronounce it equal
in every respect to any other daily
in the Queen city. The daily News
will be furnished at 10 cents per
week, or 81 per annum, and We be
speak for it a good round list in Ea-
ton. 1t is well printed, full of the
latest news and has the true Demo
cratic ring to its able editorials. Try
it..
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

In the sixteen Southern States and
the District of Columbus the white
school population is 1898, 961, and
the colored 1,8O3,267. There are
1860 colored public schools, A
normal schools, 80 colored institu-
tions of secondary instruction, u
colored universities and colleges, %
colored schools of theology, 8 color
ed law schools, 2 colored medical
schools, and 2 colored deaf and dumb
and blind institutions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

The fatal accident at Cincinnati,
on Thanksgiving day, during Frank
Frayne's performance of Isl Slo
cum," will probably prove the end
of foolhardy shooting on the stage.
Frayne shot and killed Miss Won
Behren. who, as "Slocum's" wife,
was in the act of having an apple
shot from her head by her husband,
personated by Frayne-owing to
some alleged defect in the gun the
bullet passing through the poor girls
head instead of the apple. Every
person engaged in such foolhardy
business ought to be Gagged in an in
sane asylum.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

There is talk at Washington that
the Republican Congressman intend
to get even with the Democrats for
beating them in the late elections by
cutting down appropriations so low
that the next Democratic Congress
a economic no further. When a
party is forced into economy and
honesty by the stern rebuke of an
outraged people, it deserves, and will
receive but little credit.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Old Simon Cameron, the brainy
stalwart of Pennsylvania, says the
two factions of the Republican party
will never unite, and that the stall.
warts will vote with the Democrats
in 1884, rather than have the Half
Breeds elect a President. 1t will be
conceded that old Simon knows @
thing or two about politics.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

It is now stated that the loss by
the overflow Of the sugar plantations
in Louisiana last spring was greatly
over-estimated. The crop in Iberia
parish will be nearly double that of
last year-say 225,oOO hogsheads of
sugar to 123, 900, last years CROP
This years crop may reach 100000
hogsheads.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Hon. E. B. Eshelman announces
through the Wayne county Demo
crat that he does not desire any clerk
ship within the gift of the new Dem
ocratic Secretary OF State. We make
the same announcement to Mr.. New
man. Next.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

In regard to the systematic rob-
bing of mails in Colorado, a Denver
dispatch says there is no doubt that
drafts and postal orders aggregating
100000 have been taken from the
pouches within the last year, while
the loss Of currency can not be esti-
mated. The more recent thefts &C.
Cured October 2, II and 81 and
November Z.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

The successor of DR.. Updegraf in
Congress, for his unexpired term, at
least, will have to be chosen at a
special election, and at The same
time, probably, his for the
long term will have to be elected, as
the term of a Congressman begins
on the 4th Of March.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Joseph S. Wise, Malone candidate
FOR Congressman at large in Virgin.
ia, is declared elected by a small ma.
jority. His seat will be contested
on the ground of corruption.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

The Bellfontaine Examiner sensi-
bly, remarks that the Democratic
newspaper OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
sumes to discuss the Ohio Senatorial
succession until it becomes a prac
teal question, or until after another
Legislature is elected, is either, un
Willingly or otherwise, an enemy to
the Democratic party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

The largest and finest assortment Of
Piece Goods for order work. Come and
see them, at Jos. Woerner's.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

The New York San figures out
that on the basis of the vote at the
last election, the electoral college
would stand 298 Democrats to 1O3
Rennhlicans.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

The Star Route ScandaIis again
being brought to the front and 9TH
er sweet scented government officials
are being implicated in the robbery.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07
NOTICE
OF Vacation of Town Plat.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
IN at the January Term, 1888, of the
Court of Common Pleas, of Preble
County, Ohio, application will be made
to said Court to vacate all that part Of
the plat of Gilmore's addition to Eaton.
lying north of the alley running cas-
and west between Somers and Decatur
streets; being alley No. 2, as shown OF
said plat,
JOHN V. CAMPBELL,
Atty for applicants.
nov23-w5
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07
Thursday, Dec. 3, RsS.

Congressman j. T. Updegraff, Of
the Seventeenth Ohio, and Congress
man elect Herson, of New Orleans
are both dead.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07
Ague Cure

Is a purely vegetable bitter and power
full tonic, and is warranted a speedy and
certain cure for Fever and Ague, ChiIIs
and Fever, Intermittent or Chill Fee
Yer, Remittent Fever, Dumb Ague,
Periodical or Bilious Fever, and ali
malarial disorders. In miasmatic dis
tricts, the rapid pulse, coated tongue, thirst,
l~assitude, loss of appetite, pain in the back
and loins, and GOODNESS of the spine and
extremities, are only premonitions of
severer symptoms, which terminate in the
ague paroXysm, succeeded by high fever
and profuse perSpiration.
1t is a startling fact, that quinine, arse
mic and other poisonous minerals, form the
basis of most of the "Fever and Ague
Preparations, Specifics" "Syrups," and
"Tonics," in the market. The prepara-
tons made from these mineral poisons,
although they are palatable, and may
break the chill, do not cure, but leave the
malarial and their own drug poison in
the system, producing quinism, dizziness,
ringing in the ears, headache, vertigo, and
disease they were intended to cure.
AYERS AGUE CURE thoroughly eradicateS
these noxious poisons from the system,
and always cures the severest cases. 1t
contains no %Quinine, mineral, or any thing
that could injure the most delicate pa
tient; and its crowning excellence, above
its certainty to cure, is that it eaves the
system as free from disease as before the
attack.
For Liver Complaints, AYERS AGUE
CURE, by direct action on the liver and
hillary apparatus, drives out the poisons
which produce these complaints, and stim-
ulates the system to a vigorous, healthy
condition.
We warrant it when taken according to
directions.
Prepared by DR.. J. G. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
Lowell, Mass.
oU.D BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

in. Collins, sentenced to one year
in the Ohio penitentiary for voting
illegally in Van Vert Co., at the
October term of court, vas pardon
ed out by Gov. Foster after being in
but a couple CT hours. 1t is need
less to say MI. Collins voted the Re
publican ticket. The purity Of the
ballot must and shall be maintained.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Shiloh's Vitalizer is what you need
for Constipation, Loss of Appetite,
Dizziness and all symptoms of Dys-
pepsia. Price 10 and Is cents per bot
tie. Sold by Webb & Coover.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Catarrh cured, health and sweet
breath secured by Shiloh's Catarrh
Remedy. Price so cents Nasal In
jector free. Sold by Webb & Coover.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Shiloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure is sold by us on a guarantee. 1t
cures consumption. Sold by Webb
s. Coover.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Gov. Foster called at the White
House the other day, but President
Arthur was TOO busy" to see him.
Ia ia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Will you suffer with Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer
is guaranteed to cure you. Sold by
Webb & Coover.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Suits and O%vercoats made to order at
Jos. Woerner's.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

For Clothing in every grade, in every
style, in every size and at lowest prices,
go to Jos. Woerner's.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07
BENJ. HUBBARD,

A TTORNEY AT LAW AND NO
N TARY PUBLIC.-Prompt atten-
ticn given to business intrusted to
him. Omcein the I'd story of Filbert's
block, northwest corner Of Main and
Cherry streets, Eaton, o,
July %, 1878.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

That hacking cough can be SO quick
ly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We guar
antee it. Sold by Webb & Coover.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Boys Caps Is, 25, So and 40c. at Jos.
Woerner's.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Group, Whooping cough and Bron-
chitis Immediately relieved by Shi-
loh's cure. Sold by Webb s. Coover.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Sleepless nights, made miserable by
that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is
the remedy for you, Sold by Webb
& Cooyer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Fancy Vases, Cups and Saucers, Mugs
and China Ornaments, at o. E. C. S.,
next to P. O.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Good Merino Undershirt and Drawers
% and 2Sc., at Jos. Woerner's.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

The best laundried White Dress Shirt,
linen front and double sides, in Eaton,
for 81, at Jos. W~oerner's.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Sweet, Orr & Co.'S. Overalls and Sack
Coats, the best in the world, at Jos.
Woerner's.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

For lame Back, Side or Chest use
Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price 25
cents. Sold by Webb & Coover.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

My husband has drunken habits he
could not overcome until Parker's Gin
ger Tonic took away his thirst for slim
ulants, restored his old energy of mind
and nerves, and gave him strength to
attend to Observation-Disclosures Lady.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

BRowN's IRON BIrTERS
does not contain whiskey
or alcohol, and will not
blacken the teeth, or cause
headache and constipation.
1t will cure dyspepsia, indi-
gestion, heartburn, sleep
lessness, dizziness, nervous
debility, weakness, &c.
Use only Browns Iron Bitters made by
Brown Chemical Co, Baltimore. Crossed
red lines and trademark on wrapper.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07
EDMOND S. DYE.

A TTORNEY AT LAW AND NO
n TARY PUBLIC. Ofice-with
Judge j. V. Campbell, No. III Barron
ST., Eaton, o. [jun22-6m*
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

The Presidents Message will be
on our outside.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07
TheSecret

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ply this: 1t is the best Iron
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By thorough and rapid
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

The Cincinnati Lancet and Clinic
draws a gloomy picture of the I'M
wholesome condition of that city,
which, it thinks, "has not in the memo
ry of man been worse" Certain local
%nuisances, it adds, occupied with the
vile sanitary condition in which we
live, present a broad invitation to the
cholera germ to come and hold high
carnival in Cincinnati.
The National tribune., 1882-05-20
The Issue sauarely Loiaed.

The Issue Squarcly Joi'ad.
At the close OF the war, when the brave
men who composed the armies Ok the
Republic were mustered out of service
and forced to seek civil employment, the
ability of the country to reabsoIb such
vast body Of labor became question of
supreme importance. There is but one other
instance in English history Of the accom-
10 the Industrial and moral welfare of a
people, and that dates back to the time of
Cromwell when good citizenship was con-
sidered prima, facie evidence of military
service under the Puritan commander.
When, therefore, the problem of furnishing
employment for our returned soldiers con-
fronted the country, it was universally con-
ccded that they ought to be preferred for all
positions which they were capable of filling,
and resolutions to this effect were adopted
10y nearly all the leading trade bodies of the
country. Public policy as well as the
national sense of obligation TO the preservers
of the Union justified this action, and for
time the returned soldier found friendly
hands outstretched to help him on every
attitude Of Congress, and took practical
shape in the enactment Of statute pro-
viding for the employment of honorably
discharged soldiers in Government positions.
In harmony with this legislation section 354
Of the code of the District of Columbia was
enacted, as follows: No person shall be
appointed to Office or hold Office in the police
force who cannot read and write the English
language, or who is not citizen of the
United States, or who shall ever have been
indicted and convicted of crime; and no
person shall be appointed as policeman or
watchman who has not served in the Army
OF Navy Of the United States and received
an honorable discharge" With what degree
of fidelity this provision of law has been
carried out by the Commissioners we have
no means of knowing. What concerns us at
the present moment is the disposition which
has been shown by some of the members of
the present Congress to antagonize all legis-
lation of this description. A notable illus
tration of this opposition was afforded by
the debate which occurred in the House of
Representatives on the oath ultimo on the
bill to increase the pelice force of the Dis
trict. The original bill contained section
repeating the statute already quoted in
regard to the employment Of ex-soldiers and
The National tribune., 1882-05-20
Judce Kelley on the Tariff.


If there is any statesman now in public
life whose experience and learning entitle
him to rank as an authority on all questions
relating to the tariff it is the Hon. Wm, d.
Kelley, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee of the present
Hou:e. Aside from the fact that the period
of his Congressional service exceeds in length
that of any other living member, and, with
a single exception, that Of any Representa-
tive who ever sat in the Lower House, he is
distinguished above all his contemporaries as
the only party leader Of our times who does
not owe his elevation to politics. There has
never been period in his political career
when his Philadelphia constituents would
not have returned him to Congress over any
nominee that either Republicans or Demo-
Gratis could have pitted against him, and if
he is to-day as staunch a Republican as he
was twenty years ago, it is because of
his unalterable belief in the righteousness
of Republican principles rather than any
dependence upon party favor for place and
influence.
1t is no part of our present purpose TO
review his public career, and to do that
indeed would involve retrospect OF the
most eyentful epoch in our national exist
ence, but we cannot refrain from expressing
the belief that when the history Of that
epoch shall come to be written by some
American Macaulay, the influence which
he has exerted upon the fortunes of his
country will be held at a higher value
than it is possible for any one in the
present age to thoroughly appreciate.
But for the protective tariff which was
established in 1861 we doubt whether this
now rich and prosperous country could have
borne up under the burden of debt incurred
during the war, and but for Judge Kelley
we doubt whether that tariff could have
been maintained in spite of the persistent
assaults of the Free Traders. 1t was his
de(t hand that framed the present schedule
and his unanswerable arguments in Congress
and at the hustings that convinced the pub
lie of its wisdom. The prosperity that has
attended the growth of American industries
long ago justified his most sanguine predic-
tions, and in the fact that the Democratic
party can no longer present solid front in
favor of free trade we have a most convinc-
ing proof of the extent to which his ideas
have leavened the sentiment of the country.
We have before us at the present moment
the full text of Judge Kelley's speech sum-
ming up the recent debate on the Tariff
Commission bill, and it is easy to divine
from it the secret of his wonderful influence
over the opinions and votes of his colleagues.
Here is no rhetorical splendor, no rhapsodcal
eloquence, no sky-scraping theorizing, no
headlong reasoning, no sublime contempt
for logic, but simply a plain, lucid, un-
vanished recital of facts whose verify can
not be shaken. Mr.. Kelley takes up the
The National tribune., 1882-05-20
American rnrnsfrY.


The subject of forestry is at last beginning
to receive the attention TO which It's import
ance entities it, and we note with pleasure
that Representative Dunnell, of Minnesota,
has recently made it the theme of a very
interesting speech III the House. Few per
sons have an idea, on the one hand, of the
immense annual consumption Of lumber or,
on the other, Of the comparatively limited
character of cur timber supply. When the
suggestion is made that the time is not far
distant when builders Will be forced either
to import their lumber from foreign eoun-
tries, or adopt some other material in its
place, they smile incTeduiously, and init
mate that it is simply dodge to bull the
market. Yet the latest statistics, gathered
bp experts, and covering all the timber belts
east of the Rocky Mountains, prove beyond
question that unless something is done to
replace our forests, the first decade of the
next century Will witness the exhaustion of
all the lumber regions from which we now
draw our supply. For the sake of convent
ence, these regions may be considered in
three divisions, to wit, the Maine timber
belt, the Great Lakes timber belt, and the
Southern timber belt. As to the first. il. may
be said to be already practically exhausted
The ship-yards on the Maine coast-the few
that survive-now obtain their timber largely
from the Southern States and from Canada,
and the receipts at Bangor, the principal
Eastern market, which thirty years ago
amounted annually to 1O0,000,000 feet, have
dwindled down to one-tenth of that total.
In fact, the supply is no longer more than
sufficient to meet the local demand.
In the second region, embracing the pine
ries of the Southern States, the apparent sup
ply amounts to 116,983, 100000 feet, which
certainly seems like prodigious quantity,
but as we shall presently see, viii not last
long at the present rate of consumption. It
should be remarked, too, that much of this
timber, if not the greater part, is inferior in
quality, and not available for general pur-
poses.
The Lake region, which for the last ten
years has been the chief source of our sup
ply, and is likely to remain so for another
decade, is being stripped of its forests at
rate that is fairly startling. According to
the census of 1880, the total number of feet
of standing pine that year in the three States
of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, was
The National tribune., 1882-05-20
The Agricultural Deyartmept.

The overwhelming majority by which the
bill to make the Agricultural Department
an Executive Department of the Govern
ment and give its chief officer q seat in the
Cabinet passed the House Of Representatives
last week must be taken rs strong proof of
the public demand for the measure, and
although it is by no means certain that it
will become law during the present ses-
sion of Congress, since the Senate is under
stood to be unfavorably disposed towards it,
its enactment is now only a question OF
time The bill in its present form provides
for the establishment of four bureaus within
the Department., viz, Agricultural Products,
Annual Industry, Lands, and Statistics, and
these again include divisions devoted to
Botany, Entomology, Chemistry, &c, and
it seems calculated to promote and extend
the present efficiency of the Department.
1t has been objected to the elevation of
the Department to the dignity of an Execu-
tive branch of the Government that it is not
of sufficient Importance to merit that distinc-
ton; that it is not at all concerned with the
actual administration of the duties vested
in the Executive, and that it might indeed
be abolished altogether without detriment
to the agricultural interests of the country,
but upon careful consideration it seems to
us that these objections are not well founded
So far as the Importance of the interests
with which the Department is charged are
concerned, they are certainly of the highest
instead of trihing Importance. 1t is q truism
that agriculture is the foundation Of all
The National tribune., 1882-05-20

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