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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08


Observation-Disclosures have shown
indisputably that the art of weaving was
practiced in prehistoric times. 1t may
eyen date back nearly to the creation of
man, as fragments of woven cloth have
been found among the relics of the Lake
Dwellers, who are supposed to have
been about the first representatives Of the
human race. The Bronze Age furnishes
specimens which place the art above
most others in degree OF perfection, even
fabrics of wool being found In the re-
mains of Denmark, Scandinavia, and
England-the remains Of France and
Switzerland yielding linen fabrics. The
Oldest historical reference to the
art of weaving is furnished by
the Bible. Job lamented that his
days were passing with the feet
ness of a weaver's shuttle I; and Joseph
was attired in svestures of ino linen"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
The Gobbler Who Kept School in a
Workshop.


Did you ever hear of John Pounds ?
Probably not, and yet he was one of the
worlds benefactors. He was born in
l166, In Portsmouth,, England.
In early life he learned the trade OF q
shpwright, but was SO injured by a fall
that he had to this. lie then
mastered the art OF mendlng shoes, and
then hlred a little room IN a weather
peaten eenemen', weere ior awhlie ne
nVed alone, except Tor his birds: tie
Y BIRDS dearly, n always had a
numper oil them hylng about his room,
perchlng on MS snouider or feeding from
ms nam
In the course OF tlme a llttie cT1pp,e
g 10y nns nePneM came 70 INV WIN on NEE
III. a diI 1 heI iin unt sL anu spalfoMs. Ing
Which overianned eacb o ose " an ns t ,ees'
NJ 80 efia TIl saan os1er, ana surn.
gu iawaro; Inc 5lnd uncle did not rest
sn.n ne naa graouaiiy 4ntwlsted the
te ns s'reag9nening mem py an appara-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
A Hint for Summer.

The tattie in India, says Chambers
Journal, is a large curved or sloping
screen, which accurately fits into each
door o window facing the west, and is
made of the roots of the khuskhus grass
(~AndrOpogon muricatus), which singu-
larly combines strength and porosity
with the most delicious and refreshing
fragrance. These screens are about an
inch in thickness, and, during the hot and
dry west wind, are saturated from ontside
with water, which Immediately COM
mences evaporating under the f-erceness
OF the blast and as evaporation always
implies cold, the wind which, in the
veranda, would raise the Thermometer to
l20 degrees Fair, passes into the house
at rs degrees or so degrees, laden with a
delicious fragrance. While tatties are in
working order all other cooling appli-
ances are unnecessary. In the neigh
borhood of Gwalior and Jhansi there is
another form of tattie. A small creep
ing, thorny variety of the Der (Zizyphus
iuju6a) is largely found in the jungles ;
this is collected and dried, and at the
proper time the whole west veranda is
inclosed with thorny walls nine to ten
inches thick, and these being saturated
from the outside, all doors are thrown
open, and a delightful temperature is
secured. Tatties are of no use during
the easterly wind, which ushers in and
accompanies tine rains. Laden with
moisture, it is a damp wind, and, there
fore. retards evaporation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
.rhe,r occup.,,on Gomez

R. v. PIERCE, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y: I was at
tackled with congestion of the lungs, soreness
over the liver, severe pain nthe joints, q burning
fever, and general giving away Of the whole sys-
tenn. Failing to find relied in remedies prescribed,
I tried your "Golden Medical Discovery" 1t
effected my entire cure. Your medicines have
only to be used to be appreciated. If every
family would give them q trial, nine-tenths Of
the doctors would, like 0thello, find their occu-
patton gone. Yours truly,
L. B. MCMILLAN, N. D., Breesport, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

IoEBERos are often Of enormous size,
measuring miles in area and many hun
bred feet in thickness. Hayes saw one
reaching an altitude of 315 feet above
the sea, and most of the Arctic explorers
have encountered bergs of 200 feet or
more in height. Pyer has estimated
that in an iceberg 200 feet above the
water o total height Of 900 or 800 feet
may, as a rule, be inferred. An excep-
ton to this rule must be the bergs Cap
tain Ross saw aground in 1900 feet Of
water. A mass of ice floating in the
Southern Ocean is reported by Captain
d'Urville to have been thirteen miles
long with vertical walls 100 feet high.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
Cash.

The word cash is derived from the
italian casa, the chest in which italian
merchants kept their money, as do at
the present time the Spaniards in their
GAIA, and the Portuguese in their caxa,
and the French in their caisse. The ap-
~plication of the word "cashi" to money.
is altogether English, it not having q
corresponding term In any other Euro
pean Language. Cash having been 30
inconsiderately adopted instead of casa
(chest), entries in the cash book Git
should be chest book are made in count
ing-houses in this unmeaning way
"sCash Dr." and leash Cr.," whereas
the chest, and not the money, is DR.. to
what is put into it ; and credit for what
is taken out.
In China cash is the one-thousandth
part of a tael, or about one-tenth OF an
| American cent. The earliest public
bank in modern Europe was that of Ven
ice, founded in 1157. It originated in
the financial difficulties of the State,
which In order to extricate itself, had
recourse to a forced loan from the citi.
zens, promising them interest at the rate
| of four per cent. It is generally be.
lieyed that the Chinese were the invent.
ors of bank notes, which are said to have
originated about 119 years B. O., in the
reign of the Emperor Quit, who hap
pened to be in want of money at the
time, and hit upon this device "to raist
it" About 800 A. D., the Chinese, in the
reign of Haintsoung, of the dynasty o
Thang, issued true bank notes. The,
were called feytsien, OF flying money
There was a frequent over-issue OF thest
notes, and it was SO easy to create thil
paper currency that the value declined
1t took II, 200 min, or 5000 of our dol
lars to buy a cake of rice, and at last the
issue ceased. Two centuries later note
were issued in China, under legal re
strictions, by joint stock companies, VIII,
promised to pay cash for them ever
three years.
In 1924 Sir John Vaudeville, who Wis
tied India, saw the described none
made "of lether emprented, or {
papyre Troy Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
Tho Human Form.

Almost every dressmaker will tell the
inquirer that there are but few women
that can have dresses in which the two
sides are made exactly alike. One will
have q slight curvature of the spine, one
shoulder or hip higher than the other,
or some other irrregularity of the kind.
On this basis of fact g~ymnasiums
for are being started in all the
large cities, with q view to remedy this.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
Il. star ss.rl A.ceudi,r.

In a recent call upon Mr.. W. II. Nc
Allister, 206 Front street, general agent
for the sale of the Star Chewing Tobacco,
he thus spoke to one of our reporters !:
81 was tortured with pain from acute
rheumatism, and cared not whether I
lived or died. I tried st. Jacobs OIL
just two applications of which entirely
cured m ."-San Francisco (CdL.) CaM.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

81. JOSEPH, Mo-, May II, 1881.
81. Il. WARNER d Co.: Srs-For a great
many years I suffered from kidney disease,
Nothing gave me relief. FINALLY tried your Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure and now am in perfect
health. Mrs. THOMAS JELLY
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
Pcrycr.Itv OF womcn,

The perversity of the fair sex is some-
thing fearful and wonderful. Your aver
age woman suffragist will travel, lobby,
read papers, attend conventions and
worry Legislators as long she has a hair
pin left, to get her divine right of voting,
and then. when it is given to her, she
won't use it. Vermont furnishes the
latest example of this. Now, the ques-
ton is, when women talk about wanting
the suffrage, do they really want it, or
do they talk for the sake Of talking, as
tyrant man sometimes accuses them of
doing?-Bufdlo Express.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

The cutting and polishing Of diamonds
is an art supposed to have been discov-
cred in the middle of the fifteenth CEN
fury, IL was first carried on at Bruges,
in Flanders, and soon passed into the
hands of the Jews of Amsterdam.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
Could Hardly stand ON Her rect.

r. v. PIERCE, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y: Dear Sir
Il must tell you that your medicine has done
for me. Before taking your "Favorite Pre-
scription" / could hardly stand on my feet, but,
by following your advice, I am perfectly cured.
The "Fayorite Prescription is . wonderful
medicine for debilitated and nervous females.
I cannot express how thankful I am to you for
your advice. Yours truly,
Mrs. CoRNELIA ALLISON, Peosta, La.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

"MAJoR, I see two cocktails carried
to your o every morning, as if you
had some one to drink with" eyes"
sir; one cocktail makes me feel like an
other man; and, of course, I'm bound to
treat the other man."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
Not Appreciated.

As little Mrs. Blifkins was getting
supper the other night she was startled
by the abrupt and unexpected entrance
of her neighbor over the way, Miss Par
rot. who was evidently charged with i'll
news.
How long since you've seen Mr..
Blifkins 2" she asked breathlessly.
Little Mrs. Blifkins dropped the tea
pot she wa just about to fill. and
screamed convulsively and loudly.
Be composed" calculated Miss Par
rot, taking off her hat and tanning her
heated face with it eTry and bear up
it's dreadful, but other ome have s1f-
fered and lived. ] may as well tell Won
and not keep you in suspense. Mr..
Blifkins is dead" "Oh-oh-oh.oh, gra-
cious mercy r shrieked Mrs. Blifkins.
throwing herself into Miss Parrot arms.
"What have / done to deserve this /? and
it was his birthday, too, poor, dear
David; you can't mean it. and we SO
"Yes, I do mean it." said Miss Par
rot firmly. eft is q cruel truth. I said.
I'll go and tell his poor wife, for she
must know it sooner or later he was
found lying dead"
OA-OATOA-Oh oOOOCu b40 l1btl6 WIG
incoherently, "and I had such a nice
supper all ready for him, tool Oh, it's
dreadful and { can't believe it. l won't
believe it. Who saw him, poor, dear
David?"
"I saw himi" said Miss Parrot with a
grimace of disgust. Eve all saw him
He wasn't the only one either. There
were a dozen of 'em, and they were all
hoDaleaaIv daad DRINK ~
Then little Mrs. Blifkins turned on
Miss Parrot like Q small fury. You're
dictively, "and I'd thank you to &c
home and attend to your own affairs.
My David, indeed | It's a pity a man
can't keep his own birthday to suit him.
self, but prying folks must make such a
fuss about il, coming here to brighten
me out of my lenses and spoil my sup
perl"
And Miss Parrot heard the door slam
as she skinned through it on her way
out to inform the neighborhood.-De
tr0it Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

Contributed to the Detroit Free Press Household" BY
Housekeepers, and the results of actual experiments. /
PARKER HOUSE RoLLs.-One quart
flour, one cup milk, teaspoonful salt,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

PATRICK, dressingfor a party-"Bedad,
now, and I shan't be able to git on these
boots till I've worn them a tonne or
two"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

Ex-SANrrARY Con-. RUFUS Z. HmEMAN,
of New Orleans, wal cured of a severe
attack of rheumatism by st. Jacobs Oil,
SO we see by an item in the Columbus
(Ga.) Enquirer-S,g
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
The Pope as a Farmer.

How many people are there, asks
Land, who know that the Pope is a
farmer? Such is the fact, however, and
there is reason to believe that his Holt
ness makes a very good thing of it. Leo
XIII. is, however, neither a grower OF
cereals nor a raiser of stock, but a
breeder of fish. The lagoons of Com
macchio are thus turned to profitable
use. Eels are the staple food and sew
eral tons of cooked cells are sent from
the lagoons every Lent. The fish come
up in immense shoals from the Adriatic
and are fed in the lagoons on other fish
provided for them, until they are nicely
fattened, when they are killed and
cooked in q vast kitchen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
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
and manhood. Address as above.
N. B.-No risk is incurred, IS thirty days
trial is allowed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

Fon dyspepsia, indigestion, depression Of
spirits and general debility, in their various
forms also as a preventative against fever and
ague and other intermittent feyers, the "Ferro-
Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya,n made by
Caswell, Hazard q Co., New York, and sold by
all Druggists, is the best tonic and for patients
recovering from fever or other sickness, it has
NO anuaI
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

LYDIA e. PNKHAM's, Vegetable Compound
will cure all di~splacements and the consequent
spinal weakness, INC is especially adapted to
change Of life.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
me Latest Novelty in Cor.es..

Zone of the latest sensational nov
elties," writes Clara Belle, sis the
electric corset, of which rival manu-
on the principle Of substituting mag
netized steel strips for the usual metal
or bone. One enterprising exhibitor has
his Continuance most neatly fitted on a
pretty girl, and illustrates how COM
pletely she is lghtning-bound by touch
ing her corset here and there with q
piece of steel. A spark drops out at
every contact What would happen if a
magnetic kind of q chap Rugged her can
only be coniectured. As she is on exhi-
bition in a dim room, the display of
fireworks is excellent, considering that
it doesn't cost anything. But it is for
women only ; not that there is anything
indicate about it, either, for the girl is
all covered but her arms and neck, and
is far less bare than the average belle at
q ball. Still, l suppose that men would
jam that store, and tight like mad to get
into the front row, if she were made WIS.,
ible to their sex, just because she is ar
rayed IN her dimity. There seems to be
a vast difference, to mems eyes, between
the tweedle-dee of an outer dress and the
tweedle-dum of underclothing. Ican't I'M
derstand why, but it isso. Nine men out
of ten will rush wildly to a window to
see q woman In flowing white across the
way, and turn away disappointed when
they find that the snowy garment is a
wrapper instead of a chemise."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

MEN are less prone to be unnerved by
their fears than women. Women are
more prone to be nerved by their afec-
ton to great actions than men.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

ALL creeds and ali guides for living
and doing can be safely boiled down to
this : Do your best. That covers the
whole ground.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

The Worlds Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel,
at Buffalo, N. Y, destroyed by fire q year age,
is rebuilt and full Of patients. For "Inyalid's
Guide Book" giving particulars and terms Of
treatment, address, with two stamps, WoRLD's
DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo,
N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

s-urrEnEns from Constipation should make
one trial of Kidney-W Wort and be cured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
HEALTH

it this season the health
needs Careful attention. Inc
blood being weakened ana
the system run down. GAN
gerous disease IS ilaDie 20
secure a hold that cannot
be easily removed. Wnar
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
Kidney Disease

Pain, Irritation, Retention. %Incontiner
Deposits, Gravel, ETC., cured by "Buchupaii
81. Send for pamphlet to E. S. WELLS, Jer
City, N. ].
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08

TRY the new brand Spring Tobacco.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-08-12

Theatrical amusements are provided for
the wants and means Of all classes. The
entertainment is eheapo one, too. 1t costs
thirty cents to enter the temple Of dramatic
art-that Is, TO be in the place for the up
per-tcndon, the gallery--or dress-circle, it
may be called-which runs on both sides Of
the house. as well as on the end fronting
the stage. Tea is served between acts 10
those who choose to buy, and smoking is
allowed al over the house There Is no
sharp practice in the way Of reserved seats
in Japanese theatres. Neither is there any
necessity 10 80 outside for Glove or Drowned
coffee. When once seated You are al ease,
not having 10 draw yourself up for any other
fellow. The second-g grade places are Of a
cheaper order, where one can sit on the
aoOr, there being no seats, or stand uTon
the ground. there being no foor, the earth
doing duty in that regard One cent and
a-half and two and one-half cents give the
grades Of the establishments They are all
best as well as inferior, lighted with the do
nestle made candles, and when the original
dips Of our grandmothers are remembered,
the kind of a candle used is described
The candles smoke as well as the audience
There is a large stock Of amnsements TO be
had in 0ne-and-a-half-cent concern, that
Is. If you are not particular about the asthet-
ie nature Of the surroundings, and do not
carry with you cultivated musical ear, or
take exception to the often heard voice Of
the prompter There are very many side
shows to attract the pleasuFe-seekers, all of
them being within theeompass of the humb-
lest; the charge being from One-half cent to
one and one-third cents In these places
are witnessed Juggling tricks of neal merit,
and top-spinning that Is bewilderment to the
looker-on. Tops Of all sizes are spun with
the aid Of a string, and made to revolve by
the action of the hands only. An expert
will throw his top from him, and by the
action Of the string as it unwinds draws it
back so that il is caught in his hand, OF
course. without it having touched the
ground. An unopened fan Is then taken
in the other hand, and the top is placed
upon one of its sides and spun along it.
Then the fan is opened, and the top con-
tinues to spin along It's edge to its further
side and along it until the hand is reached,
when up it runs ON the arm to the shoulder
and across she back and down the other
arm on to the fan again. Then it will be
tossed into the air and caught upon one of
the corners of the opened fan, from which
it is tossed again and again into the air and
caught as it deseends. The way they eau
manipulate a top is wonderful.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-08-12
Don't Use Big Words.

Inpromulgating your esoterie cogitation,
or articulating your superficial sentimen-
talities and amicable, philosophical or phys
sociological observation, beware of platitudi-
nous ponderosity. Let your conversation
al communications possess clarified con-
eiseness, a compact comprehensibleness-
eoaleseent consistency, and coneatenated
eogency. Eschew all conglomerations of
flatulent. garrulty, jajue babblemant and
ealfectations. Let your extempora-
neous descantings and unprecedented ex-
patiations have intelligibility and yeracious
yivacity without rhodomontade or thrason-
ical bonlbast. Sedulously avoid all polly
sallabic profundity, pompous prolixity,
psittacous vacuity, yentriloquial YER
bosity and yaniloquent vapidity. Shur
double ententes, prurient joeOsity, and pes
tsiferous profanity, obscurant or apparent
In other words talk plainly, briefly, natur-
ally, sensibly, truthfully and purely. Keep
from "slang;n don't put on airs; say what
you mean; mean what you say. And don
use big words.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-08-12
Austrian Women.

There are no ladies in the world so capa-
BILE of doing many things, and doing them
we'll as the Austrian ladies. / refer to
those of high birth. | care not what they
may be called on to do, from cutting
dress to making salad, they are always
ready, Young girls with titles and for
tunes are sent to famous milliners and
dressmakers, where they serve regular
apprenticeship. and remain until perfectly
able to cut and make any garment. An
Austrian lady that cannot swim, or does
not know how to ride horse well, is an
exception. Needlcwork Of every kind,
even to the making of lace, is part Of
every girls education. There is no smat-
tering og anything; whether she learns the
piano. or to draw, she learns it thoroughly.
If she has no talent at all for an art-which
is seldom-she lets that art entirely alone,
Her pedestrian accomplishments put us
quite to shame; her efforts of memory are
another source of wonder to us. This
wonderful memory which enables Austrian.
girls to repeat sometimes the whole of
Paradise Lost, or an entire drama. comes
from practice begun in babyhood. Every
day the Girl is expected to learn poem or
a page. She often does il while making
her toilet; and at last, from habit, poem
requires but a single reading, and it is stow
ed away in the memory safely. As inguists
they are famous. This too, comes from
learning when very young. An Austresa
lady, who chances to sit by me at this mo-
ment tells me that at eight years old it
mattered not to her or her sisters whether
she spoke German, English or French; and
she recalls no effort in learning those Ian
guaees foreign to her. The court language
is French; and the learning oft is therefore
compulsory, and | often found it spoken
more generally in private families than
German. Servants are expected to speak
both French and German. 1t is only among
the nobility and higher classes that one finds
these accomplishments. The burgher's
daughters will not condescend to the learn
ing of dressmaking and cooking, which the
titled lady can do without thought of its
rejecting on her social position. And so
the young women to whom such knowledge
would be of practical benefit are inefficient;
while the Princess Stephanie and all the
ladies at the court have at their fingers
ends the power to do anything.