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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
Josh Billings.

The famed writer of the Yankee prov
CRIBS is now about sixty IN years, and
shows it. His hair, which is as long and
unkempt as ever, is iron gray, and his
stiff, dropping mustache is fast changing
to the color of old age. As he grows
older, he seems to become more and
more supremacy regardless of persons,
surroundings or opinions. As he greets
one with a machine-like Chow do, ye
do" or an inanimate "Good day" the
impression is conveyed that he has ar
rived at the state of life and prosperity
where he deems fate powerless to work
any alteration for worse. Billings is es-
sentially a man to himself, taciturn and
unobtrusive everywhere. He is not so
popular as formerly, his only work now
being that which appears in the Neac
York Weekly. For this service he re-
c~eiyes, perhaps, $1,000 q year. His
royalty from the circulation of "Prov-
erbs," his almanacs and other works
swell his yearly income to about 5000.
He is now q willing, but not an attractive
lecturer; his services In this field are
small and waning demand. From the
proceeds of his labor he has amassed q
fortune of over $50, 600. All this money
apparently affords himself and wife but
meager and inelegant comfort. They
pass a quiet, relocated, but doubtless
contented life, in an unpretentious
Sixty-third street dwelling. house, the
garnet of which is made to answer the
combined purposes Of literary sanctum
and store From a New YorA
| LETTER
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
An Oriental Beauty.

Mad. Yoshida, the wife of the Japanese
Minister, is the most daintily pretty
creature that any picture on a
paper fan can give an idea of. No taller
than a child of ten, she has all the
charms and graces in miniature, and her
perfect little Japanese beauty is always
offset by the most perfect toilets. French
taste.and fingers dress her after the most
approved manner, and from her own
country she brings stuffs, brocades and
embroideries un~attainable and unnama-
BILE in our dry goods trade. The perfect
oval of her face, with its clear cream
complexion and half-opened black eyes,
is surmounted by masses of blue blacl
hair that give her a strangely dignifed
and stately mien. Perched OF the edge
Of one of the superb ebony and brocade
chairs of her long drawing-room, with
her tiny slippers not touching the floor
she is one Of the most charming little
figures to be seen, and Washington viii
miss one of its prettiest pets when the
diminutive lady is gone.-MitDauke'
Republican.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
Every Man aHis Own Doctors

Many a man who, If his horse or COW
is sick, sends at once for the veterinary
practitioner for ailments of his own that
are on the face of them quite as serious
and as much in need of professional
treatment.
He will take the advice of an ignorant
neighbor rs to what is 'tgood for" an ILL
ness, when he would laugh at the idea of
going to the same person for counsel in
any other business or concern whatever.
In the days of our grandmothers, when
the household nadteria medica consisted
Of stroots and YARDS" with a few simple
drugs like epson salts, this domestic or
clay" prescribing was less dangerous
than in these latter days when oncen
trated and powerful agents have become
SO common and familiar.
The household remedies of the olden
time were rarely liable to do much harm,
even if they did no good. The cure was
generally in reality left to nature, though
the ssroots and YARDS" got the credit OF
it. But most Of the drugs of our day
are not of this inert or negative charac.
ter, and the danger in their use by the
ignorant is a real and serious danger.
The most powerful medicines that un.
professional people of a former genera
ton ventured to fool with bore about the
same relation to those in vogue that gun
power does the nitro-glycerine; yet the
latter are used even more recklessly thar
the former ever were. A little knowl
edge is not always a dangerous thing
but when it leads a man to think that ht
can "doctor" himself, in ailments of an.
serious nature, the old and often-abuset
proverb is indisputably true.-Journa
of Chemistry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
The Pugilist's Sad Fate.

A New York Herald correspondent in
teryiewed the once famous pugilist, Mike
McCoole, in New Orleans. The old ex-
champion thus stated his experience:
"This prize-fighting profession is bad
business anyhow. A man is bound to
lose his fight some day if he keeps at it,
and then his friends are sure to desert
him at the last and worst part of his life,
which is just the time he will need them
most. I know all about that, and feel it
more and more every day I live. When
I was at the top of my glory and had
v been whipped I had all sorts of
good things put upon me, and that, too,
oftentimes. when 7 didn't want them,
and now I could hardly get a good dim
ner if I was to beg these men for it, and
there is not one of them that would car
to lend me a dime. Not one of them will
ever believe it that a poor devil may be
fairly and squarely whipped without any
trick in the matter. It is like backing
the favorite. Let the fayorite fail, and
nobody has the same confidence in the
favorite again. I am now steamboating
on the river, and shall stick to that as
long as I live"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
Government Publications.

Very frequently it occurs that one,
hearing of a certain book having been
published by the Government, wishes to
obtain a copy, but is ignorant of the
manner of procedure necessary to pro-
cure it. Now, in order to obtain a copy
OF any government publication, you must
first know the full name of the book, the
authors name, date and department it is
published by. Having learned all this,
you must next send a letter of request to
your Congressman or United States Sen
ator. Either one will do. The shorter
your letter the better, as congressman
usually have enough to read without be-
ing troubled with a long letter which
can easily be reduced to a dozen words.
It is not necessary to give your reasons
for wanting the book, mol is it necessary
to give your family history, references,
etc. Secretaries of societies should al
ways affix the seal of the society to the
letters unless the secretary be person.
ally acquainted with the Congressman
or Senator. Always be sure and give
your full address-State, county, city
and street-and never fail to return the
enclosed receipt blank to the proper per-
sons, postage prepaid. In ordering
books always write a separate letter for
each department. Never write to two
different men for the same book, as the
various departments keep q record of all
books that go out, and if caught trying
to get duplicates, without good reasons
for doing SO, you are liable to fall into
trouble and not get any books st ALL
Indidnnpolts Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
He MD Not ,r,nce Matters.

A representative of the Lynn (Mass.),
Item, in a late ramble throughout that
city, gathered, among other scraps of
interest and information the following !:
The first place visited by the reporter
was the fruit store of MI. J. Levett, No.
81 Market street, in response to a rumor
that the proprietor had been cured of
the rheumatism by the great remedy.
Mr.. Leavett not being in, the reporter
had a talk with his son. Mr.. Levett
stated that his father had been cured of
an exceedingly bad attack of rheumatism
by the st. Jacobs Oil. He had the dis
ease in his right arm and shoulder, which
became perfectly helpless after being
affected a few hours. His pain was 81
great that he could not rest in comfort
or attend to business with any degree of
satisfaction. After enduring this sort of
thing for some time, he purchased a bot
tie of the Great German Remedy and
began to applyit. He did not mince mat
tiers at all, but just used the Oil for all it
vas worth. After pursuing this mode OF
treatment for three days the pain was
banished and his father was in q per
fectly healthy condition. He has never
since felt any rheumatism.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
Trailing.

One of the most remarkable features
of uncivilized life is the power savages
show of tracking men and beasts over
immense distances. Many travellers
have spoken of this as something almost
miraculous, yet it is only the result OF
careful observation of certain well-known
signs and we have here before us q col
lection of very-common-sense hints on
the subject. In countries like ours every
trace or footprint or wheel-track on
roads or paths is DOE obliterated or
hopelessly confused but it is otherwise
in the wilderness, where neither man
nor beast can conceal his track. In
Cafreland, when cattle are stolen, If
their foot prints are traced to o village,
the head man is responsible for them,
unless he can show the same track going
out. A wagon track in a new country is
practically indelible. "More especially"
saw the authors of "Shifts and Expedi-
ents of Camp Life, is this the case if a
fire sweeps over the plain immediately
after, or if a wagon passes during or after
a prairie fire. We have known a fellow
traveller in this manner recognize the
tracks his wagon had made seven years
before, the lines of charred stumps
crushed short down remaining to indi-
cate the passage of the wheels, though
all other impressions had been obliter-
ated by the rank annual growth fully
twelve feet high. Sometimes, the origi-
nal soil being disturbed, a new yegeta-
ton will spring up along the wagon
track, and thus mark out the road for
miles.
Even on hard rock a mans bare foot
will leave the dust caked together by
perspiration, SO that a practiced eye will
see it; and even if there is no track, a
stone will be disturbed mere and there,
the side of the pebble which has long
lain next to the ground being turned up.
If it is still damp, the man or beast that
turned it has passed very recently. If q
shower of rain has fallen, the track will
tell whether it was made before, during
or after the shower similar indications
a be obtained from the dew and Other
indications of the time that has elapsed
since a man passed by is furnished by
the state of the crushed grass, which will
be more or less withered as the time il
longer OF shorter. Other indications arr
drawn from the direction in which the
grass lies this tells how the wind wa.
blowing at the time the grass wa!
crushed and by noting previous of ths
wind, one learns the time at which eacl
part of the track was made.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
Tall Stories Of Old Age.

From Brazil comes q story of q mulat-
to woman having died at the age of 1877
years. just as the Goth was CLUTCH
cred to make a Roman holiday" 30 this
unfortunate old colored lady seems to
have been killed to furnishforth a news
paper, paragraph. This is a pity, be-
cause she would have answered the pur-
pose just as well in a couple of hundred
years time, If the newspaper telling the
tale could have had patience to wait.
She is said to have lost her sight at the
age of 100, but to have recovered it
somewhat later. Her death was brought
about by a fall from a. bench, SO that
there is really no knowing how long she
might have lived If the Brazil paper had
not arranged that fatal fall. The sub
lect OF longevity is always being dis
puted, some persons being credulous of
all sorts of wonders and others being as
skeptical as the late Sir G. Cornewan
Lewis. The case of the Brazilian mu-
latto is put In the shade by that of Je-
hannes de Temporibus, who, according
to Stow, died in the year 1014, at the
age of 361. Unfortunately, that was
not an age of statistics, and marvellous
statements were supplied. A native of
Bengal Is said to have died in 1856 at the
age Of 800; but here again distance of
place Is as important an element as dis
lance of time in the other instance. In
1888 a native of Evercreech, Somerset,
is reported to have died aged 200. In
the latter end of the last century death
at the age of Its or thereabout seems
not to have been uncommon, but as we
come nearer to our own times the
records are fewer, until now we are
obliged to go to Brazil for a striking in
stance of extreme age. The moral would
appear to be that, if in a time of regis
tration and research this class of won
ders had become extinct, the former
statements with regard to them were
myths. Perhaps life was so dull in those
slow times that a man put his sensations
into figures, and thought he had lived
200 years instead of N.-Liverpool Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
rHE

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 11Lc.
s5 co. g. I saic ia%si e sc Sns' 81 eos7 % Per ii;
GRAIN-Wheat-No. 2 winter red, 81 Al; In small
l ssait q sasa ri red eh 81 Is. do soI 81 4; AND 3 ani se9i s
SSSSqsSNsi ear arc, corn, 49, ssas5Ic;x dO5 good g T. prime Ras:
ley-No. 2 fall, 81 O3. Hay.Prime to choice tim
othy, SIC 0Oal7 so. Ho~gs-Common, So 2d96 20:
81 esa oCs.4 P sc. Pso " Segs M sq poaf. sls s eSsis So.
Lard, 1.2Oc. Whisky, 81 16. FRUIT AND VEeE-
TABLEs-APples-Good to prime, 81 90 per brl.
sfssf; Bu!6anEEs, h s. Is! u c sSSa 10 3 1T a5s sSi % pen Sa
brl. turnips, 81 5O@2 90 per brI.
NEW Y~ORK.-Cotton, 12c. Flour-Common to
choice, IS oO9s rs; Ohio extra family, SIS 25@s rs.
~; v. req ssst y ~; 70 white, s. 3. oesTs
48SsSc. M Mess ISais rs ISL Is. o Lard, 1l.fSe. "e'"
Sc 1907 90; choice fancy, ii 5o@s 90. Wheat,
oats-No. 2 white, SOC. RyeENo. 2, 81 oS. Mess
pork, $40 90. Hams sugar-cured, 12H@13c.
whisky, 81 16.
BALTIMORE. -Wheat-No. 2 winter red, 81 ~
al 425M. Corn Western mixed, 69Lc. Oats
White Western 51@53c. Rye, 9O@s5c. Mess pork,
SIS 70. Lard, 12Ac.
=: ! e us s. 2O9s 80; choice aiHee
Corn-No. 2 mixed, sac. Oats-No. 2 mixed, 46
@47c. Rye, $3.50.
NEW Observation-Disclosures, IS so
UO doJ lItDit-tAlIdSt y NOS1O OU. OOTn-mlAcut
S0@slc.; yellow, s5c., and white, s6@s7c. Oats,
SIC.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2 winter red,
81 441aG1 45. Corn-Sail-mixed, 69@6gAc. Mess
pork, SIS 25@1s so.
TOLEDO.-Wheat-No. 2 red Wabash, 81 405S.
Corn-No. 2 mixed, 63Ac. Dressed hogs, 81 go per
100 lbs.
INDIANAPOLIS.-wheat - Steady at 81 $50
43H. Corn, 63A@64Ic. Oats Dull at $40
47ac.
LIVE STOCK
Observation-Disclosures, So oo@3 Is
fair to medium, So 50@4 Is; good to choice butcher
grades, 81 50@5 Is; good to choice COWS, 81 25@
4 80; good to choice heifers, 81 5095 90; common
to fair oxen, So 509S rs; feeding steers, "a O0@
4 rs; common to fair shippers, 81 5O@5 rs; stock
ers, 50 oo@s 75. Hoes Selected butchers and
heavy shippers, 81 00@7 Is; fair to good packing
grades, SIS 65@7 90; fair to light, s6 45@6 so; COM
mon, IS S5@6 10.
ST. LOUIS.-Hogs-Light shipping, IS 95@6 10;
Workers and Baltimores, Sc 1896 SO; common to
good mixed packing, S. 25@6 70. Cattle-Good to
choice heavy shipping steers, s. 25@6 90.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Cattle Best grades,
g DOGS Is per 100 lbs; fair to good, IS 25a5 Is.
Hogs Phiiadelphias, 81 25@7 10 per 100 lbs
Workers, Sc so@6 90.
NEW YoRK.-Dressed beef, sA@ss<c. per ID.
HogEGood prime live, So 25@6 90 Per 100 fbs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
The Dress Album.

The latest novelty is a dress album in
which are pasted samples of each dress
a lady has, and SO from season to season
she may remember her costumes. The
dress album may do for some women,
but the average can paste one sample on
a book back and turn it over year after
year, and stick a little piece of trimming
from somewhere else on to it, and that
will constitute all the dress album she
needs. You see there are women and
there are women, and economy is worth
two in the bush.-LGmpton.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
A Question of Mileage.

Jones held an execution against a
farmer and when he called for a settle
ment the ,agriculturist took him out into
a big pasture and pointed out a wild
steer as the particular piece of property
to be levied upon. Jones chased the
steer around for awhile, and then sat
down, and taking out his book began tc
write.
"what are you doing therea" asked
the granger.
Charging mileage" replied the con
stable, without looking up.
"Do I have it all to payP p gasped the
rancher.
"You bet" l
"Then take this tame heifer here.
can't stand any such game as that"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

and forces itself upon the attention of
the farmer. Where there is q large
patch no uprooting or sailing will an
swer. The plant "means business, and
unless the farmer accepts the challenge,
he,had better sell out, or the thistle will
eventually get the better of him. There
is no one fact more thoroughly proved
than that a plant cannot live long without
leaves. If the green foliage be cut off
as often as it appears above the surface,
the plant must die. If cutting with a
sharp hoe, every few days, if need be,
be persisted in, the plant will in time be
exhausted. IF it be cut two or three
times in the season, the plant will like it
rather than otherwise, and probably
spread all the,faster for it. It is a case
in which there can be no half measures;
it must be "war to the knife and the
knife to the hilt," else the farmer will
come out of the fight second best.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
Congratulations.

Peck, of Peck's Sun, helped an old
lady off the cars at some Western station
three or four years ago, and she died last
month and left him 500, 900 in bonds.
Even as homely a man as Peck never
loses anything by playing grandpa
Detroit Free Press.
Very likely the editor of the Free
Press thought he was doing us a kind
ness by starting that story, but If he
could see the procession of charity
seekers that have fled up our golden
stairs since, he would be sorry. We
never appreciated what an immense
circulation the Free Press had until the
people began to congratulate US On our
good luck. But its circulation must be
principally in poor houses.-Peck's Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
The Next New State.

The question Of anne1ing Northern
Idaho to Washington Territory accom-
panies the other question of our admis
sion to the Union as a State. and botl
will be agitated more or less vigorously
from this on. Joined to our Territory
as at present constituted, the new Terri
tory or State would have an area exceed
ing $4,000 square miles, or as great a.
that of New York and Ohio combined
The new State must be a grand one.-
Seattle ". ~ Post Intelligence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

A Boston artist discovered an ancient,
moss-grown, vice-clad stone mill in
Maine, and sat down to sketch it, much
to his own delight. as well as to that OF
the owner. When night fell he had his
sketch half done, and the next morning
he returned to finish it. Meanwhile,
the owner had 'tidied up" the place by
grubbing up the vines, scraping off the
moss and giving the stones a fine coat Of
WhiteWash.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
Charred Bran.

The use of charred bran for preserving
delicate fruit while on the road to mark
ct bids fair to solve the problem which
has SO long perplexed some milIers.
Converted into charcoal, the light and
slippery product of the mills ceases to
be unmanageable; and it is quite likely
that a large local demand for charred
bran will arise in the vicinity of most
mills, for packing not only quickly
perishable fruits like peaches, plums
and grapes, but also apples and other
frmer fruits, for storage as well as trans
portation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

TIE proprietors of st. Jacobs Oil
have issued a bright and breezy New
Year souvenir in the shape of a very at
t~ractive and valuable calendar. The il
Illustrations were drawn and engraved by
New York's great artist, J. g. Beard,
Esq. they are unique in their way, es-
pecially appropriate, and are no slight
recommendation to the increased value
of the little book, being a pleasant diver
sion and pastime, without an undue
obtrusiveness of the Great German Rem
edy. The weather predictions were also
calculated expressly for the book, and
will no doubt be found q valuable feature.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

LORD BYRON, in reference to a beautiful lady,
wrote to q friend-"Lady-h has been dam
gerously i'll, but TO- she is dangerously we'll
again" American bellies, when attacked by
any of the ills that flesh is heir to, may be kept
killing, and avoid being killed by taking DR.. R.
V. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription, ~ which ban
ishes feminine weaknesses, and restores the
bloom Of health. By all druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

WE HAVE heard both Democrats and Republic
cans say that there is nothing better for Cough
than DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup; this old reliable
remedy never fails to cure a Cough or Cold at
once, and may be obtained at any drug store
for Is cents a bottle,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

FoR dyspepsia, indigestion, depression Of
spirits and general debility, in their various
forms ; also as . preventative against fever and
ague and other intermittent fevers. the Zero
P~hosphorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by
Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by
all Druggists, is the best tonic and for patients
recovering from fever or other sickness, it has
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

The voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich, viii
send their Electro-Voltsic Belts and other
Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to
any person afflicted with Nervous Debility,
Lost Vitality, and kindred troubles, guarantee
ing complete restoration of vigor and manhood.
Address as above without delay.
p. S.-No risk is incurred, as thirty days
trial is allowed. tf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

HORACE B. DICK, ESQ.,, associate ed
itor of the Delaware Co. Republican,
Chester, Pa, was cured by st. Jacobs
Oil of very severe injuries resulting from
a fall. His arm appeared to be para
lyzed, but the Oil cured him.-Phila-
deLphia Ledger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
"Fnsr q cough, carried me of,

And then q cofin they carried me on inT
This will not be your epitaph if you take
your cough and DR.. r. Y. Pierce's Golden
weak lungs, splitting of blood, night-sweats,
and the early stages Of consumption. By all
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

A FLASH of lightning made an Ohio
boy cross-eyed, but n day when his
mother boxed his ears his eyes few back
to their old positions and he was made
so happy that he tainted away.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

IT Is the misfortune of many reforms
that cranks control them.-Seyzaour
Timer
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

CONSUMPTION is . disease we all dread. It
often carries its victim to an untimely grave.
How important, then, for those who cherish
life and health, to prevent that disease in its
early stages. Every Cold or Cough should be
no better remedy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

Throat, Bronchial, and Lung Diseases
o specially. Send two stamps for large treatise
giving self treatment. Address, WORLDS DIS
PENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
What . Hotel Clerk Says.

fremont HOUSE, CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 2, 1881.
b. 81. WARNER & Co.: Sirs-I have used
your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for kidney
disease, and found it very beneficial.
GEORGE A, Com,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02

HEADACHE, bilious attacks, dizziness, and loss
Of appetite, are cured by Kidney-Wort.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
A Sure Cure for Fits

A Sure Cure Tor Fits
Will be sent by mail to any address, postpaid, on
receipt Of one dollar. Address J. Alonzo Greene,
Indian Doctor, 816 Pine st., st. Louis, Mo.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
HENRY'S CARBOLIC sALvE

Is the BEST sALvE for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, corns,
and all kinds Of Skin E~ruptions, Freckles and Pinples.
Get HENRY's CARBoLIC sALvE, as all others are
eounterfeits. Price IS cents.