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SELECT POETRY.
THE SECRET OF DEATH.

''she is dead!' they said to HIM Come
away;
Kiss her and leave her-thy love is clayH
They smoothed her tresses of dark brown
On her forehead of stone they laid it fair;
Over her eyes, which gazed too much,
They drew the lids with gentle touch;
With tender touch they closed up we'll
The sweet, thin lips that had secrets to tell
About her brows and beautiful face
They tied her veil and her marriage-lacs,
And drew ON her white feet the white silk
shoes
Which were the whitest no eye could choose
And over her bosom they crossed her hands
"Come away" they said; "God understands "
But there was silence, and nothing there
But silence, and scents of eglantere
And iessamine, and roses rosemary;
And they said Gas a lady should lie, lies she" "
And they held their breath as they left the
room
With shudder, to glance at its stiffness and
gloom;
But he who loved her too we'll to dread
The sweet, the stately, and beautiful dead
He lit his lamp and took the key
And turned it alone again-he and She
He and she yet she would not smile,
Though he called the name she loved ere
while
He and she; still she did not move
To any passionate whisper of love
Then he said, "Cold lips, and breast without
breath!
Is there no voice, no language of death?
dumb to the ear and still to the sense,
But to heartand soul distinct, intense?
''See now-T will listen with soul, not ear;
What was the secret of dying, dear?
WAS it the infinite wonder of all
That you ever could let lfes flower fall?
''Or was it greater marvel to feel
The perfect calm DER the agony steal?
WAS the miracle deeper to find how deep,
Beyond all dreams sank downward that sleep?
"Did life roll back its record dear,
And show, as they say it does, past things
clear?
so perfect dead O dead most dear!
hold the breath of my soul to hear.
II listen as deep as to horrible hell,
As high as to heaven, and you do not tell
There must be a pleasure in dying, sweet,
To make you so placid from head to feet.
II would tell you, darling, if l were dead,
And 'twere your hot tears upon my brow shed;
81 would say, though the angel of death had
laid
His sword on my lips to keep it unsaid.
"You should not ask vainly with streaming
eyes,
Which of all deaths was the chief surprise;
The very strangest and suddenest thing,
of all the surprises that dying must bring"
Ah foolish world 0, most kind dead
Though she told him, who will believe it was
said?
Who will believe what he heard her say,
With sweet soft voice. in the dear old way ?
"The utmost ,conder is this Il hear,
And see you, and love you, and kiss yom, dear;
and an your angel, mho uos your bride,
ind know hat, though dead Ihare neuer died. "
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-02-02

The discovery and development of
coal in Iowa is so rapid that interest
ed persons there apprehcnd large
overproduction and reduction in price
i'll the near future, In a few years
the number Of persons engaged in
the coal industry of that State has
increased from an insignificant num-
her to more than 10000. The set
tling Of the Northwest is increasing
the demand for Iowa coal, but the
increased demand is not keeping pace
with the rapidly increasing proluc-
,lon OF the e,tate.
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GENERAL ITEMS.

The reports from the rolling mills
and steel works at Pittsburg indicate
the existence of a feeling that was
not looked for, for at least a month
later. Very few works were closed
last week, and almost all that were
running on double turn in the pud-
ding forges.
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CONTINUED STORY.
LAST OF THE MOHICANs.
j. FeminsOre Cooper.
fContinued from last week. |

Continued from last week
'Some six or eight thousand men,
returned Montcalm, with much ap-
parent indifference, "whom their lead.
er wisely judges to be safer in thei,
works than in the field"
1t was now Heyward's turn to bite
his lip with vexation, as the other SC
coolly alluded to force which the
young man knew to be overrated
Both unused little while in silence.
The artifces of neither, however, sue
ceeded; and after a protracted and
fruitless interview, Duncan took his
leave.
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AN ENGINEERING TRIUMPH.-En-
gineering in China has achieved ii
notable triumph in the construction
Of the bridge at Lagand, over an arm
of the China sea. 1t is five miles long,
built entirely of stone, has 300 arches
seventy feet high, and the roadway
Is seventy feet wide. The pillars are
seventy-tive feet apart.
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THE SUNDAY HERALD

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PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM PIER 40.
North River New York
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Vitality Of Dried Willow Germs.

During the summer of 1858 Sylvester
Piper, now a resident of Chicago, called
my attention to a willow basket in a
ditch, which had sprouts several inches
in length all around it. A curiosity SO
remarkable possibly having no paral-
lel-led me to take Immediate steps for
it's preservation. l dug the basket
up with the greatest care and found il
to be a WORKOUT cast-away, which had
done service IS a basket until it had be-
come so badly worn as to render it
worthless, when it found its way into a
ditch at the base of the bank of the Hi
nois & Michigan Canal, about 800 feet
from the Bridgeport lock (now within
the city,, from whence I transplanted
it with great care, placing it in a wet
place in my fathers garden; but, not
withstanding its former vitality and
careful removal, the shock was too
great for the tender shoots and they all
died. The basket was made wholly or
in part of unpealed willow, whose dried
and withered germs needed only the
opportunity to return to life. l have
often resolved to have the story of the
.'willow basket" written and placed
upon record, while there were still
living other witnesses than myself to
verify it.-Scientifc american.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Human Life in Mexico.

As an instance q how little regard
the Government has for life, let me tell
yoi d pitiful story: A child was miss
ing from a mining settlement at the
edge of Zacatecas, and as weeks went
by bringing no trace of him, the dis
tracted parents imagined that he had
been kidnapped. Thereupon, sonnet thirty
persons, most of them laboring men
about mines, were taken out and shot
on the merest suspicion that they might
know something about the lost boy!
About three months afterward some
body happened to look down into a deep
hollow ~(probably al abandoned pros
pect hole) not many yards from the
fathers house, and discovered some
thing which excited his curiosity.
Closer investigation revealed a small
skeleton, the poor child having undoubt.
eddy fallen in during n of the epilep.
tic fits to which he was subject, and had
starved to death in sight of home! ]
happened to be present when the little
moldy jacket and muddy shoes were
brought up, amid a crowd who wept
with sympathy for the mourning
mother; but no body had a thought fol
the thirty victims-mostly fathers Of
families-who were sacrificed in the
unavailing search. = Zacatecas cor
Springfield (MasS.) Republican.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Variety in Farming.

1t is the idea of many that any one
can learn to farm. Rut as there are SO
many branches of farming any n of
which will require years OF steady and
close application to master by the best
minds, it is deemed advisable for all
farmers to avoid undertaking too many
things. There are some vegetables,
grains and fruits which have been raised
that their production does not require
so much study and can be used profit
ably in making up a variety on the
farm. And yet, these simplest things
require active minds and close attention
to business to produce profitably, and
great care and thought to sell to ad-
vantage.
But there are many things which re-
quire the undivided attention and study
of the most active minds. 1t will not
often prove a success if any man at
tempts to carry on two or more of them
at the same time. And while we would
advise variety in farming, the diversity
should be so selected that this one great
division shall not be neglected by the
care and absorbing attention of others.
The successful farmer is most gener.
ally a specialist. 1t is not safe for 8
man to attempt to raise cattle, horses,
hogs and sheep for breeding purposes,
at the same time keep a large number
of COWS and run an extensive dairy, OF
raise cane and have a sugar mill, or &C
extensively into grain or raise hogs fol
pork. This would be spreading toe
wide, and many, if not all the enter.
prises will suffer neglect. One mans
capacity is not sufficient for all these
complicated branches of industry. Bet
ter way is for a man to make himself
a specialist-a success in one branch.
Conquer it thoroughly. Nearly all
men who have made themselves emf.
nent in the world have devoted their
lives to one branch of study or indus
try. There is scarcely a branch OF
farm work but is full enough for one
mind, if fully mastered and made a sue.
cess. And this is especially the case
with most of the new branches of farm.
ing which have been introduced within
the last fifty years. If you will looR
around it will be seen that previous tc
that time it was not expected or re
quired that a farmer should be a mar
of hard study as well as hard work
But the new enterprises and plans Of
farming require the fullest exercise o
both of these powers of man to keel
abreast of the push and energy of thu
agricultural and commercial world
both of which are now required to b.
mastered to insure success.-IoWa Stat
Re0isLe7.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

"A compost of good muck with lime
has sometimes been found as effective
as manure, load for load, upon light and
heavy Soils Chicago journal.
If you are doubtful about the econ
omy of using the finest potatoes for seed
try a bushel at least, and see for your
self which will produce the most and
largest tubers.-N. Y. Herald.
Green clover turned under will in
crease the fertility of land five times as
much as the same crop left on the sur
face to ripen and dry up and then
ploughed under.-W Western Agriculur-
ist.
The Germantown Telegraph adj
vises ordinary farmers to hesitate be-
fore building expensive silos, but they
need not hesitate to cut down the "a
tons of corn and feed more roots.
Farmers Pudding: One-half pint
of molasses, half a pint of water, two
teaspoonfuls of s%aleratus, one teacupfuA
of any kind of berries rolled in flour;
thicken with flour and steam three
hours. Raisins are nice to use in place
of berries.-N. Y. Times.
-Brahmas, says an exchange, are
| often sick. In n~inety-nine cases out of
a hundred the sickness is caused by
overlooking. They are naturally dis
| posed to lay on fat and must be made
to scratch around a little for themselves.
! They are bad fowls to be kept in lots
with other varieties, as they require
different treatment.
To a farmer, the idea of ~currying a
cow, mich or otherwise, is an absurd
ity; but to dairymen, who have highly
bred cows, who take a pride in their
business and get the top price of the
market for their produce, it is a matter
of moment, in that it is known to in
crease the flow of milk and the butter
produce by ten to twenty per cent. We
say this is known, and will say further
that it is so far an established fact that
few, if any can be found to dispute it.
-RuraL World.
-Rasp the horn with a file to bring
it to a smooth, yer surface, then scrape
with glass in the same manner as q
shoemaker scrapes the soles of boots
This if carefully done will leave a fine,
clean surface. Then rub with a piece
of cloth and electro-silicon wet to
paste with water. Then polish with 6
| CkOGu anu ONiuc VI I'LL WCO WdGOl "
a paste. Sometimes the horn is rubbed
down for a final polish with French
polish instead of the oxide of tin.
Whiting and chalk in water is also used
Scientific american.
"A nice cup pudding is made from
this recipe: Weigh three eggs, an6
use an equal quantity of butter, f1oul
and sugar. Cream the butter ant
sugar, beat the eggs very light, ant
when all is well mixed pour into cups
fill only half full. Bake for ten minute
and serve with wine sauce, and have
plenty of it. A good wayto make win
sauce is to melt two tablespoonfuIs o
butter, drain it from the salt which viii
settle at the bottom, add the grated RIM
of half a lemon. and the juice, also
white sugar to suit taste; let this com
to a boil, then stir in one glass of whit
wine.-N. Y. Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Param ne In Candies.

"You may not believe it," a candy
maker said, ''but in making the COM
mon caramels which are often sold on
the streets paraffine is used to give them
a waxy appearance. 1t is a dangerous
substance to eat, for it is an utter i'm
possibility to digest it. The caramels
which I have noticed especially to con-
tain paraffine are about half the size of
the ordinary good caramel and are
wrapped up in tissue paper"
''Why is the paraffine put in themP"
"To keep them from sticking to the
paper and to save the expense of good
butter, which is costly. Bad butter is
too apparent to be used. The parafine
is the same as that of which candies are
made, and has the appearance of white
wax. If you want to convince yourself
buy some of the small caramels of which
I have spoken, and keep one in your
mouth until all the sugar part dissolves
You will have left a little piece Of
paraffine fully as large as a duck-shot.'
N. 2. San.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
A Gold Coast King.

'sOld King Peter, down on the Golf
coast" said . former African trader to
a Tribune reporter recently, "was a
great swell among the monarchs OF
that region. He was a rich old fellow
and had a large wooden palace and
fifty wives. [ have frequently seen
him after dinner lying on q mat, his
head supported by one wife, while two
others famed him. He fancied himself
a great magician and was so regarded
by his sub ects. He had been b great
fighter in his day, but as he grew old
he gave up war and devoted himself to
trade and necromancy. One day l
wanted to 20 aboard our ship, which
was lying off the Kings village. The
surf was so high that no boat would
venture out. / called on the King and
found him Just disposing himself for an
after-dinner nap.
".Rihg Peter said /, what time surf
go DOWN. Me want-go aboard ship
"'Surf go DOWN. said the King; me
make surf go down all one time
"He took a little vial from a closet,
and going to the beach poured the con-
tents of a vial on the water, chanting an
incarnation the meanwhile. The next
day the sea was as calm as a millpond,
and every boat in the village was out.
The old King was proud enough of
what he considered his complete victo-
ry wei the ocean. Poor old Peter, he
is dead now, and all his wars and CON
quests and all his necromancy are dead
with him.
at is extremely dangerous down
there for one not acclimated to get wet.
If a boat is overturned in passing
through the surf, a person thrown into
the water is sure to have the fever, if he
isn't drowned. ] was going ashore one
day in a boat in which there were some
women. Being younger than L am o
and much more gallant, I stood up in
the boat and held up my cloak so as to
shield the women from the flying spray.
Of course I got wet myself and a few
Gays after l vas taken down with the
fever.
''Once when we get down there we
took the Attorney General of Liberia
along. He wanted to prospect for gold.
The natives are extremely adverse to
having any prospecting done in their
country. They wantn no gold nor any
thing else taken away, except in the
course of trade. We did some digging,
but the natives opposed all sorts of OBJ
stacles to us and we were unsuccessful.
All the gold we got We got by barter.
The natives do not take very kindly to
their civilized brethren of Liberia, whom
they call black gem'man.'"-M. Y.
Tribune,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Rough on Boys.

There is a steadily growing unwilling
ness on the part of lawyers, to pay their
bills on the first of the month, or, in
fact, on any other time. In some cases
this unwillingness amounts to a positive
aversion. We infer so, at least, from a
conversation between two boys that was
accidently overheard in the alley, in the
e a of Siftings' sanctum.
81 say, Bob, where can I find you to-
morrow"
"Lemme see, tomorrow is the first,
amt itP"
eyes"
"Well, you be on the venue to-mor-
row about ten o'clock, and if you see a
boy of about my size flynn out of a law
yer's Office on all fours, its me. The
boss is going to give me a lot of bad
bills to collect.-Teras Siftings.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

The fan drill performed by twenty
young ladies was a feature of a church
entertainment in Brooklyn. They went
through these movements: Entrance
march, present your fans, the audacious
firt, shoulder your fans, handle your
fans, carry your fans, unfurl your fans,
furl your fans, futter your fans, charge
your fans, the majestic wave, discharge
your fans, the scornful wave, shoulder
your fans, the coquettish %f1utter, ground
your fans, the bashful fiutter, attack,
the angry futter, retreat, til merry fut-
ter, triumph, the amo. .as futter,
surrender, the invitation Gutter ,recov-
er your fans, the repellant futter, the
greeting, gossip, farewell, salute, the
Parthian retreat.zBrooklYn Eagle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
4 NOTIFIES GREE.

IAN hat is left Gs my darling
And the mother drew with trembling hand:
The drawer from its resting place,
And / saw Q baby's garments,
Fashioned with dainty grace
Out Of the finest fabric,
Edged with the richest lace.
And thy, h-sS6t-hued stockings.
And littf shoes, ~half-worn,
And broken toys, and picture books
That baby hands had torn,
She touched them with trembling fingers,
Her eyes were filled with tears,
''These are ALL" she said, shat is left to me
Through all life's weary years.
'"These and a little mound of earth,
o, God, how can it bel
That of all the treasures my baby had
Only these are left to me.
For hushed is the merry laughter,
Folded her dimpled arms,
And hidden beneath the eofin-lid
Are all her countless charms.
/ could not comfort; my lips were dumb,
/ could only her sorrow share.
Why should / whisper of Heaven above,
She knew that her child was there.
She knew it was "well with her little one,"
But she longed to see its face,
And to fold once more its precious form
In a mothers fond embrace.
And her heart will never be satisfied
Till the River of Death is crossed,
And she finds again in the other world
The child that in this she lost.
Mrs. E.H. wilson, in Chicago Inter Ocean.