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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

condition of the country" said Mr..
Conkling, 'to make men think to.
gether, act together, feel together, as
to general and public matters; to
bring men toward each other. who
have thought apart in the years and
the days that are gone. Old party
issues have largely passed away
passed away, at least, as dividing
party lines. We are in a period of
peace and great prosperity. But let
us Dever forget that prosperity often
tests and tries the wisdom of a ma
ton and of men more, even, than adj
versity. The tendency is to spend
ing largely. The tendency in gov
eminent is to profuse, perhaps law
ish, appropriations of the public mo-
ney. In the affairs of government
and in the affairs of business, unless
1 greatly mistake the lesson, the
need and the admonition of the hour
is frugality, foresight, and care. We
have more need of the brake than of
steam in a good many ways just
now"
We have never been much Of an
admirer of Mr.. Conkling, but the
above quotation from a brief speech
made a short time ago at Utica, con-
tains not only the truth in q nutshell
but a breadth of craftsmanship and
timely wisdom that might be elabor-
ated into volumes. The truth is,
there are no distinctive national is
sues now dividing the people. 1t is
true that party lines are drawn, but
when you come to investigate or in
quire into the reason for separation
the issue generally resolves itself in
to a matter of out and in Office, rath-
er than any great national question,
such as has heretofore made clear
and distinct the party divisions OF
the past. The finances of the coun-
try are in a settled condition. On
the question of protection there is q
wide divergence of opinion. But
this is governed and grows out OF
locality and the varied interests OF
the several states of the union, and
the advocates of a high or low tariff
are to be found in both the great pc.
~litical organizations. Slavery and
the status of the colored race are no
longer questions that vex the people.
So that old party issues have passed
away, leaving but one great absorb.
ing interest upon which all good men
can and should unite, viz: A more
faithful, honest and economical ad.
ministration of our municipal, state.
and national affairs. Party, long en-.
trenched in power, becomes corrupt
This is just as true of one party rs
of the other, and when this state Of
things comes to pass, the people
should consult their own interests,
and as the New York statesman SO
well says: "Men should think to-
gether, act together, feel together"
and then work together for their own
best interests and that of their chill
rem.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

scandalous session, productive of lit
tie good and much harm to the coun-
try, leaving untouched, comparative
ly, the great questions which are
pressing for solution. AS it showed
itself incapable of dealing with them,
even were the session ~protracted till
December, it's adjournment will oc-
casion no regret.
We could fill our columns with ex-
tracts from staunch Republican pa
pers against the profigacy and cor,
ruption of the Keifer Congress, but
it is not necessary. Every honest
and intelligent man is familiar with
the facts, and Zone but an unfair ano
reckless partisan journal will attemp'
an excuse for its villainous doings
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

Stringency is looked for in New
York financial circles because of the
large sum of money needed to move
the western crops.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

Private Dalzell must surely be a
Democrat. Republicans are opros-
ed to "free whisky" and never drink
any!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

An exchange remarks: "The Re-
publican party is great on bosses
They even have the boss scoundrels
in their party"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17
PRESS OPINIONS.
Ohio State Register.

Our Republican exchanges are full
of what they term the keynote sound
ed by Gov. Foster. 1t was only the
whiskey-note, and doesn't alarm any
body.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

From March l to date Chicago
packers have slaughtered and salted
|, 600 hogs, against l ,709, 600 for
the same period last year.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

Isn't Private Dalzell in favor of
Stree whisky" Our neighbor should
have interviewed him while in Cam
den.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

Preble couldn't get in for a Con-
gressional candidate. She can vote
all the came, however.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17
M. L. HOLT,
BENZ. HUBBARD.

A TTORNEY AT LAW AND NO
N TARY PUBLIC.-Prompt atten-
ton given to business intrusted to
him. Oficein the I'd story of Filbert's
block, northwest corner of Main and
Cherry streets, Eaton, o.
July %, 1873.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

Nobody Enjoys the incest surround
ings If in bad health. There are mis-
cradle people about to-day to whom a
bottle of Parker's Ginger Tonic would
bring more solid comfort than all the
medicine they have ever tried.-NEws.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

How docs Emanuel Shultz stand
on the River and Harbor grab?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

The Montgomery Democracy don't
owe the Preble Democrats anything.
They seem to feel that way at least.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

"Rebel liquor Dealers" who are
they? What party produced them,
il. there are any in Ohio'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17
SanduskYSUnion.i

Charlie Foster was cheek by jowl
with the brewers in the campaign of
1881, and was wonderfully pleased
when the Liquor Sellers Association
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

The editor of the Register piles
up in round figures the appropria-
tions of the present Congress for the
fiscal year ending June 30th, 1888,
which he makes 1922, 552, 900, an in
crease of $76,ooo,o 900 over the year
just closed. He than says:
Upon this lump showing Demo
cratic yelpers open in one grand cho-
rus by denounciag the present Con-
gross as the most extravaganza and
profigate in the history of the Amer
lean Republic.
democratic yelpers" indeed
Why didn't he add, and honest and
independent Republicans are de-
nouncing it also. For instance, the
Cincinnati Commercial, the atlest
and most influential Republican Jour.
nal in the west, says of this rascally
body:
The Congress just adjourned Las
left behind it nc monumental work
as an evidence of its craftsmanship.
1t has been profigate in the expend-
iture of the public moneys 6eyond
any of ats predecessors. The voting
of u gross sum of one hundred mill
ions of dollars for pensions without
discussion or deliberation, and the
appropriation of over eighteen mill
ions OF dollars to be squandered up
on so-called improvements of rivers
and harbors, are proofs of the dis
position of n sp%endthrift rather than
evidence of a "ise purpose to make
the best possible use of the large rev,
enues extorted from the people by
laws that it had neither the courage
to revise nor the wisdom to improve.
K X
Had the House been organized ex-
pressly to promote profigacy and
extravaganza, it could not have been
more nicely arranged; and there
were then predictions made that the
subsequent action of the House has
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17
Thursday, Aug. h, Iss2.

Kentucky went Democratic as usu
al and so did Alabama.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

filled his grip-sack with money to fur
the saloon-keepers that they
might treat the boys. This year
Charlie denounces them as rebels, and
is crying out a whisky instruction.
The III of this sudden change is
found in the fact that the brewers
won't ante up on Charities call.
ClevelandsPIain Dealer.
Republican Congressman who went
to Garfield's funeral got drunk and
turned that solemn occasion into a
debauch. When they went to York
town it cost the government $4,000
for grog, and enough was drank to
float M efSecor Robeson's monitors.
And now G. Foster, Deacon Dick
Smith and others of the Lords an
nointed want to make out that the
Republicans are down on beer and
beer drinking, and regard whiskey as
an abomination. Before the Republi-
can party appears in this role it had
better eat some cloves.
Hamilton Observer.
1t is a principle long established
that laws prescribing what we shall
eat drink or wear are dangerous in
the extreme. There are a great many
things that are wrong which cannot
be cured by legislation. Their cure
belong elsewhere.
There are no more drunkards
among the Democratic party than
among the Republican. Good Dem
ocrats are as much in favor of law
and order as are good Republicans
Bnt they recognize the fact that glut.
tony, extravaganza and such vices can
not be cured by laws, and therefore
do not want to bring law into con
tempt by enacting those which are
dead letter.
Democrats are in favor of regulat
ing the sale of intoxicating liquor
and of protecting the innocent an,
helpless victims of the vice of intern
perance. But they are in favor O
''the greatest personal liberty consist
ent with the public welfare" Wha
better principle ofjustice could be ad
vocated?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

TOHN HERMAN was accidentally
q drowned near Eaton, Ohio, on June
18th, 1882. He was OF medium height
and spare build, had light brown hair,
blue eyes and fair complexion. Nativ-
ity unknown. Relatives or friends can
have further Information by cores
ponding whit the Coroner at Eaton,
Ohio, Preble Co. [jun22-3m*
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

You will be disappointed il you use
cheap Plasters, Liniments, Pads or Elec-
trical Magnetic toys.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17

When other remedies fail get a Bez
sons Capcine Plaster.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17
Have Signed or Endorsed the
Following Remarkable

Benson's capeine Plaster is q genuine
Pharmaceutical product, OF the highest
order OF merit, and SO recognized by
physicians end druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-08-17
NOTICE..

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n MEAD'S Medicated CORN and BuNiOh PLASTER,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-09
Ingrowing Toe Nails.

This most painful of the diseases of nails
is caused by the improper manner of cut
ting the nail generally of the great toe,)
and then wearing short, badly-made shoe.
The nail, beginning to grow too long and
rather wide at the corners, is trimmed
around the corner, which gives temporary
relief But it then begins to grow wider
in the side where it was cut off, and as the
shoe presses the flesh against the corner the
nail cuts more and more into the raw flesh,
which becomes exceeding tender and irri-
table. IF this state continues long the toe
becomes more and more painful and ulcer
ated, and proud flesh sprouts up from the
sorest points Walking greatly increases
the suffering till positive rest becomes in
dispensable. To treat ingrowing nails, pro-
ceed as follows Begin the effort at cure
by simple application to the tender part Of
small quantity of chloride of iron. 1t is
found in the drug stores in liquid form,
though sometimes in powder There is
Immediately moderate sensation OF pain
or burning. In few minutes the tender
surface is felt to be dried up, tanned or
mummifed, and it ceases to be painful.
The patient who could not before put his
foot to the floor now finds that he can walk
without pain. By permitting the harden
ed, wood-like flesh to remain two or three
weeks, it can easily be removed by soaking
the foot in warm water IF thereafter the
nails be no more cut around the corners OF
sides, but always cut in across the front
end, they in future grow forward, and by
wearing shoes of reasonable good size and
shape, all future trouble will be avoided.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-09
LocK-J aw.

A writer in the New York Observer
comes to the rescue of all sufferers from
nail wounds, and such wounds as are likely
to produce lock-jaw and prescribes some
thing which can be easily prepared.
Scarcely week passes" he says, "that
there is not report in the newspapers of
some one who has died of tetanus, common
ly called lock,jaw, brought on by some
sharp instrument being stuck in the body
usually nail in the foot. Such wounds
will generally prove harmless if the follow
ing liniment be properly applied: Two
ounces alcohol; two ounces oil OF organum;
one-half ounce tincture of camphOr. l
was once called to see boy twenty -four
hours after he had run rusty nail in his
foot. He appeared to. be in intense agony,
and his foot was considerably swollen. l
opened the wound so that serum flowed a
little from it, and then folded piece of
soft cotton cloth, eight-ply, and thorough
ly saturated it with the liniment and bound
it on the wound, giving Instructions to
renew the application every two hours till
relief be given. In six hours I called to
see the boy, and he was out in the yard
playing, and suffered no more from the
wound
The liniment is good for any fresh
wound on man or beast and every family
ought to keep bottle of it. I do not affirm
that in every case it will prevent lock jaw;
but I do believe that, if properly used
lock-jaw would seldom occur. In an ex-
perience of many years have not known
of case where the iniment was used
The liniment ought to be used till a cure
is Effected
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-09
The Stupid Boy.

Never set boy down for stupid because
he does not make figure at school. Many
of the most celebrated men who have ever
lived have been set down by some conven-
tional pedagogue as donkeys. One OF the
greatest astronomers of the age was restor-
ed to his father by the village schoolmaster
with these encouraging words ''There's
no use paying good money for his education.
All he wants to do is to lie on his back on
the grass and stare at the sky. I'm afraid
his mind is wrong" Scientific men have
often been fogged for falling into brown
studies over their books, and many an ar
tist of the future has come to present grief
for drawing all over his copybook and sur
reptitiously painting the pictures Of his
geography. Your genius, unless musical,
seldom proves himself one in his childhood,
and your SNUG and self-suficient piece of
precocity, who takes all the medals, and is the
show scholar of the school, often ends by
showing no talent for anything beyond a
yardstick. Sir Walter Scott was called
stupid as child, and it was not even con-
sidered to his credit that he was fond of
''sich trash" as ballads, and could learn them
by heart at any time. That boy who really
worries you by being SO unlike his bright
brothers, may be the very one who will
make you proud and happy some years
hence. Take that far your comfort.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-09
Only One Cure.

Everywhere we meet men and women
who are mere wrecks of themselves-vie-
tins of nervous debility-people who are
ever on the lookout for something they can
0take" which win restore the tissue of wasted
nerve, which will bring back brain power,
which will give again the health which has
been squandered by over-exertion, by going
without sleep, by indulgence in stimulants,
by excesses Of various sorts, by continuous
violations of hygienic laws. But there is
no such thing. Wasted health is like
wasted time irrecoyerable. We build on
that is left, but what is gone is gone for
ever. 1t has been proved that our climate
makes us as people, peculiarly nervous
and sensitive; therefore we should certain
" counteract this tendency by every means
in our power; we should cultivate whatever
will make us less sensitive, less nervous; we
should avoid stimulants and excitements
and conserve by every means within our
reach our nervous power. There are va
rious ways in which we may do this.
Early, regular, sufficient sleep, abundance
of plain, nutritious and well-cooked food,
avoidance of all stimulating beverages,
proper adjustment of the clothing to chan.
ges of temperature and moisture, habitual
indulgence in simple but satisfying pleas
ures, avoidance Of close, hot rooms at all
seasons of the year-these are some of the
requisites that make health sure to the
well, and restore it or build it up again in
these who are sick. These conditions lie
within the reach Of many, it not ALL
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-09
Nothing to Eat in Europe.

G. G. Fulton, editor Of the Baltimore
american, now travelling in Europe, writes
to his paper from Vichy Springs, France
By the time an American passes through
England and France he gets homesick for
home cooking and home food, The table
dhote becomes almost terror instead of
pleasure to him. Think of chicken being
served with no vegetables but salads, and
peas and beans being served as separate
courses. This afternoon spinach was posi-
lively served alone, and this too ridiculous
for the French stomach, as we noticed that
only two persons out of thirty at our table
partook of IT, The table d'hote breakfast,
at 10 o'clock, is served without coffee; ev-
erybody being expected to drink wine for
breakfast. The bread, in long rolls about
as thick as mans wrist, could be used as
very efectual club in personal encoun-
ter, SO hard and solid is it baked 1t is
nearly all crust, and no one could tell
whether it is week or month old, but it
must certainly be some days baked before
| it reaches the table. The time required to
eat one of these unsatisfactory meals is an
hour for dinner and about forty-fve min
utes for breakfast. Not much complaint
can be made as to the quality Of the food,
but much of it we can scarcely decide after
it is eaten what it is we have taken into
our stomachs The young folks with us
daily groan in spirit for some Of old Aunt
Charlotte's hot rolls, corn cakes and griddle
cakes and hot wafles, as well as her ginger
and sugar cakes. Her fried and broiled
chickens would be regarded as a positive
luxury, as chicken is always stewed In
France, and often served only half stewed.
Rare beef is good, but rare chickens is new
under the sun. We begin to think that
cooking is one of the lost arts In both
France and England Fruit is served in
homeopathic quantities half dozen cher
ries, one peach or two green cages being q
portion, and if any takes a double portion
they are liable to mar the chances of the
rest of the guests, as noses are always
counted when the dinner is prepared
The luscious peaches and cream, the canta
loupes, watermelons, green corn, sweet DO
tatoes, ice water, and even good roast po
tato, must be lost for the season to al
Americans making SKINNER tour Of Eu
rope. The young folks certainly have
right to groan over tba loss Of all thei
home comforts, as wM as their cakes an,
cream.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-09
How to be weatherwise.

John II. Tice, the weather prophet of
st. Louis, gives the following directions to
those who aspire to be weatherwise:
As everybody is interested in the wealth
er so each one should qualify himself or
herself to read the sky, and to interpret the
meaning of the winds, sky and clouds.
An intensely blue and serene sky indi-
Gates heavy rains and severe storms in from
twelve to forty-eight hours. A gray haEy
sky indicates continuous dry and generally
hot weather.
A southeast wind indicates the existence
of low barometer, if not a storm center
in the northwest. The aspects OF the sky
and clouds will tell whether it means mis-
chief or not. An almost immediate cessa-
ton of rain may be expected as soon as the
northwest wind sets in. 1t matters not
what the aspects of the sky are when the
west wind sets in, fair weather will ensue
it. and continue from three to four days.
The passage of a storm center from the
gulf and southwestward of our locality Is a
partial exception only so far that it clears
off more tardily.
There really are but two primary kinds
of clouds, namely Cd, those that float at
great height above the earth's surface, and
12) those that float low. Those that float
high, say from six to nine miles, are Of
fbrous and gauzy structure; they are hence
called cirrus, that is, hair or tuft clouds.
The clouds that form in the lower strata OF
the atmosphere, say from two to three miles
above the earth, are irregular In structure,
and of more or less nodular form. They
are called the cumulus, that is, the heap
OF pile clouds.
While the cirrus remains nebular In
structure and indistinctly defined against
the sky no rain need be expected. Under
the low barometer, however, they develop
by accretion, become smooth and compact
in structure and much enlarged in volume.
They now sink lower and become sharply
defined against the blue sky. Rain may
now be expected, especially if they unite
with the cumulus forming the nimbus or
rain cloud. IF the cirrus, instead of form
ing the nimbus, reascends, it dissipates, and
no rain need be expected until it lowers
again, which generally is in twenty-four
hours
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-09
A Talent for Wretchedness.

There are fortunate people who have
what may be called talent for happiness.
There is the habit of looking on the bright
side. However perplexing the situation,
however hedged about with embarrassments
and obstructed by hindrances, they either
see beyond it halcyon skies and smooth
pathway or they manage to extract the
present sweetness from its bitterness.
1t is almost impossible to wear radiant
face when one has deranged digestion, or
to be equable and tranquil when the nerv-
GUS fountains are in state of exhaustion.
Yet who does not know invalids whose
rooms of suffering are full of a divine peace;
and who can not think of some who, out of
great tribulation, have entered into hal
lowed region which no storms invade ?
And on the other hand, theirs are those
who, regarded as to outward circumstances,
appear to have everything in their favor,
yet who manage to be so uniformly miser-
able that it may be assumed that they have
talent for wretchedness.
To be successfully wretched, one must
have certain measure of sef-love Woun-
ded vanity is more potent faculty and a
more subtle source of trouble than we
sometimes imagine. The over sensitive
woman, who is always feeling sighted and
neglected, who thinks her acquaintance
and friends do not treat her as well as she
deserves, and who goes about her home
with fearful, injured air, is not as uncom-
mon as we wish she were. Nothing should
be more resolutely discouraged in children
than the loneliness of disposition, which
is easily affronted, and which is, after all,
only form of inordinate selfshness. |
know some people who are SO marred by
this popularity of character that, in talking
with them, one has always the feeling OF a
sailor among quicksands. There is no pre-
dieting the unseen and unexpected shoals
on which the conversational boat may strike.
Unhappy themselves, these victims of NOR
bidness make others unhappy, and go
through the world without having the
good times to which every honest and con-
scientious person is entitled
1t is easier to be wretched than to be
cheerful, if we consent to let lower feelings
rule us, or, yielding to them, we may make
ourselves as frost to the tender flowers of
love and charity at home.