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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The United States is a ~peace-lov-
ing nation, and not anxious to be at
war; but we spend more for military
purposes than anybody. The last
Congress appropriated for army,
navy, Notifications and military pen
sions, all military purposes, with the
clerical force employed on pensions,
$3.50, 100000. This is the largest
sun spent in peace for military pGr-
poses by any nation on the globe.
For the last year reported, France,
1881, spent 1925, 00O, O0O; Germany,
1882, 500, 600, 900; Great Britain,
1881, $136. 700, 900, and Russia, 1881,
SIT, 500, O00-all the other nations
of Europe spending each a much less
sum. AS two thirds Of our expendi-
ture is spent on men who are not
withdrawn from the active indus
tries of life, the loss is less than in
the case of the expenditures of Eu-
ropean nations; but the bare fact re-
mains that labor is to-day more tax
ed for military purposes in the Uni
ted States than in any other civilized
country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The verdict of the people through
the ballot boxes is in favor of Dem.
ocratic consistency, in favor of NOR
atty and temperance! All the leg
islation on the statute books now in
force, in regard to temperance and
the observance of the Sabbath, was
put there by the Democracy. VIII
silly preachers and hypocritical Re.
publican sham reformers please beai
this in mind?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

We commend to the prayerful con
sidcration Of some of the politicians,
and others in this county the follow
ing extract from the letter of accept
ance Of Grover Cleveland, the honest
man the Democrats of New York
have nominated for Governor, and
whom hundreds of prominent Re.
p~ubllcans are endorsing. The ring
ing truths contained in the following
extract will be apparent to every
honest mind:
The expenditure of money to in
iuence the action of the people at
the polls, or to secur legislation, is
calculated to excite the gravess cor
Germ. When this pernicinus agency
is successfully employed, a represen-
tative form of government becomes
a sham, and laws passed under its
balcful influence cease to protect,
but are made the means by which the
rights Of the people are sacrificed
and the public Treasury despoiled.
1t is foolish to shut our eyes to the
fact that this evil exists among us,
and the party which leads in an hon
est effort to return to purer and bet
ter methods will secure the conf
dence OF our citizens and receive
their support.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The astounding change in Ohio
must have great influence in deciding
the result in Pennsylvania, New York
and Indiana. Pennsylvania has not
heretofore been doubtful, owing to
the distractions of the Republican
party; but the Ohio wave will swell
The tide of Democratic victory, and
add to the vigor of the contest in all
doubtful districts where Congressman
or members of the Legislature are tc
be elected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

Gen. Newton Curtis, who was con-
yicted of a misdemeanor under the
United States statute forGiddipg any
officer of the Govern ment TO collect
Official assessn ent, will contest the
constitutioaaiity of tie statute he
fore the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The States which have already
elected their Representative III the
next House are Maine, Ohio, Ore
gon, Vermo ont and West Virginia.
Maine and Vermont each lost Con,
gresham under the new apportion-
men., while Ohio and West Virgins
each gained one. These five States
are represented in the present Con
gress by % Republicans, 8 Demo.
Gratis and 2 Greenbackers. They
have elected to the next Congress II
Democrats and 16 Republicans.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

Ifthere is M species of gambling
more despicable than another, it is
gambling in grain. Men who gam
BILE for money i%njure only them.
selves, or, at most, only a narrow
circle of people depending on them.
Men who gamble in stocks often ruin
the honest Investment of thousands
of people, and thereby cause much
suffering; but men who gamble in
grain are dealing with the food of
the whole community. and, in a
scarcely less than literal sense, with
the life blood of the people. It is
these men who make enormous COM
binaticns of capital to corner" the
market and lock up millions of bush
els of wheat, who prevent the farmer
from marketing his grain to the best
advantage, prevent the merchant
from filling his contracts, cause the
price of -four to raise, diminish the
size and increase the cost of the poor
mans loaf, and maintain famine
prices in the midst of plenty. They
do all this merely for amusement
They do not need the money they
receive in this way, for men who car
control so vast an enterprise as this
are rich enough; but they find 9
lpleasure ia the excitement @she
game, and. ofkonrse, an added plsrs
ure in The triumph of success, jus
as the gambler. with cards finds 1
zest in the excitement of his play
Unlike that gambler, however, o
rather Ike the gambler but milk
his victim, they do Iot play an hon
est game. They are not content t.
let the natural causes have theirnat
ural effect on the market, and be
their money on the consequent ris
or fall. If they did they would b
no worse than the card players who's
occupation is forbidden by law. I
is because they interfere with tn
laws of trade and make legitimat
business uncertain that their deal
ings should be strictly prohibited
and it is because their operation
bring suffering and want to thou
sand of families that justice an.
good government demand their abe
%lition. Grain gamblers should b
dealt with by the law so much moi
sternly than the gamblers of the car
room, as their operations are MOI
wide reaching and destructive.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The editor of the Toledo Blade is
very unhappy. His clothes don't
fit. He is to be pitied. Hear this
sad wall over his recent defeat:
Now let us have a new coat Of farms
for the State of Ohio-a lager beer
keg-rampant, rampant, trampling
upon a PROSTATE citizen. The design
may not be pretty, but it has many
heraldic possibilities. The old rob
Der barons chose lions, bears, wolves
eagles, hawks, and similar types OF
rapacity for their c%ognizance, but
they are all small potatoes alongside
Of the all powerful beer key.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

We notice that Republicans around
here are paying the same for whisky
they did before the election, and OBJ
serving Sunday about the old way!
How about the cry of Stree whisky
and no Sunday" if the Democrats
succcededr
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

Republican editors are terribly
sore ovcr their late defeat, and say a
heap of mean and bitter things about
Democrats, but after fifteen or TWEEN
ty years of such adversely, they will
learn how TO accept it more philoso-
phically.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

A private circular from the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
announces that they propose to con-
centrate their efforts toward intiu.
encing the Legislature at its coming
session to submit to the vote of the
people an amendment to the Consti.
tuition prohibiting the traffic in in.
~toXicating liquors. They assign nu
merous reasons for this action, al
though they would, doubtless, dc
more good by working for a strict
license law.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

A m is under sentence of
thirty-fve years imprisonment for
selling liquor at Rutland, Vt, that
period being composed of 200 differ
ent terms for a like number of of
fences.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The Democratic State Executive
Committee paid no attention to Pre-
bic county in the late campaign, yet
we made gain of 135 over Fosters
vote of last year and saved our Con-
gresham! Any thing in that for
State Central Committees to ponder
cyer2
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26
Akron Beacon.

A Democratic Congress car he
counted upon to unseat Hart, McKin-
lev and Morey, if there is any possible
way to do it. Majorities ofa l3 and
AZ ought to be as sacred as a hundred
or a thousand times as much, hut that
will not be the way the Democrats
will run things, if they get control OF
| Congress.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The official vote gives Newman,
Democratic candidate for Secretary
of State a plurality of 1915, and a
majority Of 1868 over all. Schu
macher, Prolibitionist, has 12,202
votes and Hofern, Greenbacker, has
5.345.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The Mayor of Fayetteville, Ark,
insists that he has no Jurisdiction
ovcr u drunken man, and declines to
try any IN who is Intoxicated
wherenpon a newspaper opponent re-
marks that the only way to escape
punishment is to be on a perpetual
Snree.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The taxable property OF Texas has
increased in amount from 1929, 504.
073 in 1871 TO $357.O00,O 900, its esti
mated value in 1881. Galveston
county contains tie largest amount
possessed 10y any single county, its
tax list aggregating 17.741,55O.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The Prohibitionists propose TO in
WIDE a Democratic State next year.
They have decided to nominate a
full ticket for the Gubernatorial
election in Kentucky, and make an
interesting canvass for it's success.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

Senator Malone, haveing assessed
his appointees at Washington 5 per
cent, o compels them to come
nightly to his headquarters and mail
documents in the interest of the
readjusters.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

An intimate friend of Secretary
Folger states that the treasury chief
tain will no. tender his resignation
unless elected governor ofNew York.
He won't be elected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The Chicago Times says that
"Ohio Republicans ought to be con
WINGED by this time that the beer
mug is a deadly weapon" In cleo
tions the ballots of independent vo-
tiers are more deadly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

Gen. Grant, who has been visiting
at Philadelphia thinks it necessary
to announce that he is entirely out
of political life. Hope he viii stay
ont.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

Successful experiments are report
ed at Champaign, ILL.,, in making
sugar from sorghum cane by a, new
process discovered by the Professor
of Chemistry in the Illinois State
University. AT the first run of the
machinery it yielded 1900 pounds
of excellent sugar.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The 'free whisky and no Sunday"
howl may as well be laid away with
the "bloody shirt" Sham tempe
rance reformers and silly preachers
will profit by the advice if accepted.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

My Wife said I was a Fool when 1
broi ght home a bottle of Parker's Gin
ger Tonic. But when ii broke up my
cough, drove away her neuralgia and
cured baby's dysentery, she thought l
had made an excellent investment.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The bonds ~bequeathed by The mi
ser, Joseph l.. Lewis, amounting to
$950,000, to assist in paying the
public debt, have been received by
the Secretary of the Treasury. The
will was contested before the New
York courts by an alleged widow of
the testator, but she was proved to
he an
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

Republican ~rascality, corruption
and hypocrisy, is what turned the
tide in Ohio. It will do the same on
the 7th of next month in New York.
Indiana end Pennsylvania.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26
cleveland plain Dealer

The present Republican Congress
occupied some weeks in turning ont
Democrats whose majorities were go
large as to be perfectly unquestiona-
BILE. You have made %precedeRts
enough for Democrats to follow, but
if Hart, Mckinley and Morey were
E8%tsssnssthey will retain their
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

1t is said that the invention and
subsequent improvements of the
American plough made a saving oa-
last years crop intnsHegddsly OF
$50, 100000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

That letter we referred to last
week, as coming from the editor of
the Eaton Democrat to a prominent
Richmond democratic politician will
bear a second reading.-Richmond,
lind Item.
The editor of the Item lies about
"that" letter referred to, or if he has
one it is a forgery. He a take his
choice of the two. We never wrote
Mr.. Abbott any document containing
the language attributed to us by the
aforesaid editor. We ask him to pro-
duce it or stand branded as a fnlsi-
fer or particeps criminis to q for.
gerry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

Honest and independent Republi-
cans helped the Democrats to defeat
the S candidate for Congress in this
District.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26
Wayne Co. Democrat.

1t is amusing to hear Republicans
give the reasons for their defeat. That
I'D Legislature" land temperance
fanatics" come in for the greatest
amount of blessings. Well, that same
Legislature will grind away this win
ter,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

In California the Republican,
Democratic, Greenback, Prohibition
and Granger parties have all made
nominations for the State offices.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The old maxim that it is q ''long
lane that has no turn" has about
"turned up" through the rascality
and robbery of the Republican par
tv. =.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

Emanuel Shultz's address win be
Miamisburg during the session of
the new Congress, should it be called
after March 4th, 1883.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26
Carlisle (Pa.) Volunteer.

This is an off-year without doubt
The people of Ohio have commanded
the Republicans, who have been rid
ing these twenty years, to get off ant
walk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26
MONEY! to Loan.

Money to loan in sums to suit, at low
est current rates of interest, on one TO
five years time. A number of valua-
BILE farms for sale. Also, town proper
ty in Eaton.
Office in ~Schlenker's building.
aug2G-tf( M. l.. HOLE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26
Thursday, Oci. 80. Iss2

The Republicans elect but one
Congressman in Virginia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

The Cincinnati Exposition clear.
cd about $4,000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26
PRESS OPINIONS.

Albany Evening Journal.
The Machine is to be smashed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26
M. L. HOLT.

A TTORNEY AT LAW AND NO
N TARY PUBLIC.-Ofice, I'd story
Of %Sehlenker's building, Commercial
row, east of Court House.
All legal business entrusted to his
care attended to with promptness.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

A Philadelphia detective has again
found Charley Ross.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26

be an impostor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26
philadelphia Record.

seats.
The National tribune., 1882-01-14

An appalling thought crossed Bently's mind.
What if the savages were to keep on rolling
down boulders till they carried away the rocks
below, tree and all
The sweat rolled down his face, and he felt
faint and sick at heart the probability Of this
event dawned upon him. For how then could
he ever escape from his hole in the steep, bare,
lofty wall of the canon?
In great suspense he waited for some time,
hearing occasional noises above him.
Net daring to show himself, Bentley remained
in his close prison all that night, and next day,
until late in the afternoon, when having heard
nothing OF his enemies for fully twenty-four
hours, he ventured to peep forth and then to
climb back up the pine, to the top of the cliff,
which he regained after a good deal of effort
No Indians were there awaiting him-much to
his relief; and he at once set off to find his way
back to French Creek, which he reached at about
ten o'clock in the evening-Yoath's Companion
The National tribune., 1882-01-14
OCEAN WAITS,

1t is the habit of people on board ships to throw
overheard bottles tightly corked and labeled, con-
tanning news. Sometimes this is done during
storms in which the passengers fear they will be
drowned, and they take this means of informing
their friends of how they are passing their last
hours. But generally these communications are
of scientific character. On March Sd, 1879,
Mr.. Charles S. Renaut threw overheard from the
ship Pleione, of San Francisco, bottle contain
ing document stating the ships position and
the set of the Pacific equatorial current. This
was in the neighborhood of Cape Horn. This
message was picked up on the Fiji Islands ON
the 9th of September last. 1t was in good pre-
servation and tells marvellous story of the ad-
ventures through the vast ocean it traversed
In fifteen months it travelled in direct line
nearly seven thousand miles. The adventures
of this bottle are of great interest to the scientific
world as showing the drift of the ocean currents.
Of course this bottle could not have taken d.
rect course; it must have moved repeatedly to
the right and to the left-Demorests Monthly.
The National tribune., 1882-01-14
THE NOISE OF THE FINGER.

DR.. Hammond says that when you poke the
end of your finger in your ear the roaring noise
you hear is the sound of the circulation in your
finger, which is fact, as any one can demon
strate for himself by first putting his fingers In
his ears, and then stopping them up with other
substance. Try it, and think what wonder vi
q machine your body is, that even the polnts T."
your fingers are such busy workshops tha1 tne5
roar like small Niagara. The roaring Is PROV
ably more than the noise of the circulation Oh 'ho
blood 1t is the voice of all the vital processes
together-the tearing-dow and buildiag-up pro
cesses that are always going forward IN every Nv
ing body from conception to death.
The National tribune., 1882-01-14
SMITH, JONES, AND ROBINSON.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

Smith, Jones, and Robinson, three neghbo<s gay
Went out upon one Christmas day
To spend social hour together;
They walked and talked, and joked. and smoked
And laughed and quaffed in merry mood,
And made remarks about the weather
An hour two ran into three,
Time seemed to run so merrily
TO these three jolly neighbors.
And when the shades of night came down
They had not left that part of town
Where bar-men ply their labors.
But now from nonsense energetic
They fell into a mood pathetic
And grew quite confidential;
Robinson pensively remarked to Smith
That hearthstone bliss was all a myth
And marriage non-essentiai
And Jones and Smith took up ii strain
of all their sad connubial pain.
And what it cost in money;
And Robinson told Jones in n audlip tones
OF what per cent. he paid on loans,
And neither thought il funny.
About the hour when midnight cocks
Crow echoing answers to the clocks,
Those three convivial Christmas tramp
Went Keeling homeward neat the lamps,
And each one had special reason.
Smith told his wife that Jones-poor fellow
Had got with Robinson, and both were nt llow'
And Robinson said that Smith and Jones had beel
drinking,
Till both were past all sober thinking;
But Jones, the best one in the lot
Confessed to several WHISTLES hot,
This little story has moral
Except it ended in a quarrel
Mrs Smith in freezing tones
Says she won't recognize that Jones;
And Jones and Smith have gone TO sneaEing
Through devious ways to keep from speaking.
The National tribune., 1882-01-14
BEFORE THE DAYBREAK.

Before the daybreak shines star
That i'll the days great glory fades:
Too fieroely bright is the fall light
That her pale cleaning lamp upbraids
Before the daybreak sings a bird
That trills her song ere the morning light:
Too loud fer her is the days stir,
The woodlands thousand-tongued delight.
All! great the honor is to shine
A light wherein no traveller errs:
And rich the prize to rank divine
Among the worlds loud chOristers
But [ would be the paler star
And 1 would be that lonelier bird;
To shine with hope while hopes afar,
And sing of love when loves unheard
F. r. Bourdtto
The National tribune., 1882-01-14

When we were young said Sir John Lub-
book. recently, we knew that the leopard had
spots, the tiger was striped, and the lion ta"ny'
but why this was so it did not occur to us to ask
and if we had asked, no one would have answered
Now we see at a glance that the stripes OF the
tiger have reference to it's life among jungle grass
es the lion is sandy like the desert, while 'ne
markings of the leopard resemble spots Oh sun
shine glancing through the leaves.
The National tribune., 1882-01-14

M Gley, a French Psychologist has been invest
igating the effects of brainwork on the circula-
ton of the blood. In his experiments he has found
that when he applied himselfto difficult subject,
upon which he had to concentrate all his energies
the rhythm of the heart was tar more acceler-
ated then when considering some matter with
which he was familiar.
The National tribune., 1882-01-14

It is sometimes necessary to bore one OR more
holes in porcelain, but the usual way of doing
this is not easy If, however, an ordinary drill
be hardened and kept moist with oil of turpentine
it will easily penetrate the porcelain. The drill
commonly employed in connection with SCROLL
cutting machines answers very we'll.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-07-28
PENCIEETTES,

City council tonight.
Frank Gibbs will make a number one
Criminal Court Clerk.
1t is warm weather again, and no mistake.
Vote for Frank Gibbs, the Republican
candidate for Criminal Court Clerk.
The health authorities report a total dis
appearance of smallpox from Nashville.
Frank Gibbs, the Republican candidate
for Criminal Court Clerk, will be elected by
l 900 majority.
Nashville World: Scott Bennett superin-
tendent of State prisons, has returned from
tour of inspection of the branch prisons
in East Tennessee. He reports them as be-
ing in fair condition. There were two
escapes from the State mines last Thursday.
Dan Hatton, colored, ..died at Hatton, and
Jim Mills and Jones Whitaker died few
days ago at Tracy City. Mills is the negro
who was shot in an attempt to escape.
We understand that Casteel is making
arrang ements for his first trip up Salt
River.
Mrs. Ellen Pate, wife of G. D. Pate, and
daughter of Col. D. P. Gass, died of con-
sumption at Sevierville, Friday, 2lst inst,
aged 25 years
Casteel, one of the candidates for Grim
inal Court Clerk will be distanced by both
of his competitors.
The first passenger by the new route to
Cincinnati, went through all right Tuesday,
according to the Kingston East Tennessee
an. When it becomes generally known,
this route promises to be very popular
one. By it, the traveller leaves Knoxville at
$3.50 a. m, takes the steamer Perez Dickin-
son at Loudon, goes by hack from Kings
ton to Emory Gap. takes the Cincinnati
Southern train and reaches Cincinnati at
s o'clock the same night, about $500
cheaper than by Chattanooga.