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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
Homeopathic Farming.

1t is told of the son of an Ohio farmer,
who had been reading with the view of
becoming a homeopathic physician, that
he was seen tying!a number of sacks
containing about a teaspoonful of some
thing to the fence stakes IN the wind
ward side of the wheat-field.
'What are you doing, TomP" said a
neighbor who happened along:
81 am homeopathically fertilizing this
wheat-field. These little sacks each con-
tain one drachm of fertilizer, tae vital
element of which will be broadly dis
seminated over the fields by the summer
winds, which is much better than scat
tering the sinking stuff with a shovel"
"Well, you may be right, but if 1
amt much mistaken you'll eat homeo-
pathic biscuits this winter, observed the
fogy farmer.-Pittsbaugh Dispatch
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
Accounts.

Every farmer should understand
enough of business to know the cost of
all his productions; should be able to
tell the cost of an acre of grain, SO that
when he sells it will be possible for him
to determine the profit or loss, as well
as be a workman. Everybody is COM
planning of the hard times, and none
more so than the farmers, for prices are
low, and, unfortunately for Californi-
ans, we have not learned to bring our
expenses down to correspond, and to
raise our productions up to paying
profits over expenses. The greatest ex-
pense we have is interest on borrowed
money and there is hardly a farmer to-
day who is not in debt for his capital,
and which must be paid, whether or no.
That takes one-third of the grass crop.
The next is the waste in family and
barn; this leak a be easily remedied if
taken hold of in time. The last-which
is never considered-is the loss of fer
tility with every crop. Times will be-
come still harder unless these especial
expenses are curtailed. Many farmers
will say that the land will wepr out
naturally, and we cannot make it pay
all the time. The Old World teaches
us that the yield can be increased by
by feeding the land and by proper culti-
walton so hat we can double the present
returns.-N. Y. EUening Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
Antiquity of the Spoon.


The use of the spoon is widespread,
and datesfrom remote antiquity. The
form which we use at the present day
a small oval bowl, provided with shank
and fattened handles not that which
has been universally adopted. If we
look into the and customs of
some of the people less civilized than
we-the Kabyles, for example-we shall
find thatthey use q round wooden spoon.
Romans also used a round spoon, which
was made of copper. We might-be led
from the latter fact, to infer that the
primitive form of this utensil was round,
and that the oval shape is a compare
lively modern invention. But such is
not the case, for M. Chantree, in making
some excavations on the borders Of Lake
Paladan, the waters of which had been
partially drawn off, found, in a good
state of preservation, wooden spoons
which in shape were nearly like those
in use at the present day, the only
difference being in the form of the
handle, which was no wider than the
shank. The Neolithic people used oval
spoons made of baked clay.-Londor
NeWs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
Not Good at Conundrums.

His heart was full of a burning de-
sire to say something not only compli-
mentary but brilliantly suggestive, SO
after revolving the matter in his mind
during a ten-minute burst of silence he
said, gazing into the cracking fire:
"Ah, Miss Eunice, why is the and
iron SO like MYSELF"
And Miss Eunice, looking so solemnly
demur that the clock stopped, said that
she didn't know, unless it was because
it had a brass head.
He was cropping blindly for the front
door before she could catch her breath,
and it didn't appear to relieve him a
bit when she followed him down the
hall to tell him that she wasn't good at
conundrums, anyhow. He only went
out into the starlight and held his
%throbbing temples by the bits, and
wished that he had died when he was a
laughing, innocent babe.-Burlington
HdaOkeye.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
GOD o

Behold the stretch of sea I view;
Blue sky above the waters blue,
Whereon the ships in hurried flight
Are borne by sails as broad and white
As angels wings, which outward bear
Departing souls from here to there;
Tha port of rest, in God knows where.
Light winged ships that skim the blue,
Deep sea-, for gain, the tale is true
That after years of toll unblest,
You shall confess that place is best
your return from, God knows where,
The sad, sweet faces left behind
So long ago are still defined,
And gOodly land, or sunny sky,
Hold not the wanderers; by and by,
The absent vessels homeward bear
The Jul which come from, God knows
where.
Sail onl o ships; It's not denied
To search and not be satisfied,
10 love and wander is to learn
How fierce loves glowing embers burn
In hearts whose constant watch n prayer
is for the absent, God knows where.
Behold, o friend, the sea I view;
How much is old, o little new,
These careless ones who come and go,
Receding fast, returning slow,
Each seeks some phantom, here or there,
And hopes to find 1t, God knows where.
Yet all shall learn that home is best
Where love lies waiting in its nest;
And sometime from its weary chase
Each heart will seek its resting place;
Its port of rest it hopes to share
With one who waits in, God now where
Behold how fast the ship sails oni
The near is far, the far has gone;
Ny souli My shipi Sail on; the breeze
Watts over lies tempestuous 9
But sometimes, where the waiting are,
j, too, shall stand in, God knows where.
But it shall be my home, and
No longer search to satisfy,
IL those Hove, who longing wait,
Shall meet me at the Colder late.
How blessed, indeed, hall I be there,
AT rest, at home, in, God knows where.
Augustus CurTcy, in Detroit Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

"A crown of oak was considered by
the Romans worthy of the highest emu
lation of statesmen and warriors. To
her who had saved the life of a Roman
soldier was given a crown of oak leaves,
one indeed which was accounted more
honorable than any other. In Corio-
Janus, Volumnia says: HE comes the
third time home with the oaken gar
land" And again: ssTo a cruel wal ]
sent him; from whence he returned, his
brows bound with oak"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
Origin of Carriages.

The Oldest carriages, used by the
ladies of England, were called whirli-
cotes. These became questionable
after Ann, the daughter of Charles ".
and Queen of Richard II, about the
end of the fourteenth century, showed
the ladies how gracefully they could ride
on a side-saddle. Coaches were first
known in England in the year 1880.
They were introduced from Germany by
the Earl Arundel. They came into gen.
eral use among the nobility in the year
1905. The celebrated Duke of Bucking-
ham was the first who rode in a coach
and six horses; to ridicule this pomp,
the Earl of Northumberland put eight
horses to his carriage. Coaches let tc
hire were first established in London in
1925. There were only twenty of theRi
kept at the principal inns. In the year
1857 there were two hundreds; in 1894
they were limited to seven hundred; and
in 1855 to eight hundred; there are nov
eleven hundred-Farners' Gazette.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

"A couple of confidence men were
neatly taken in by a Boston broker the
other day. They induced him to go
play cards, and in their anxiety to bag
their game they loaned him $75 to be-
gin playing with. The broker was taken
with violent cramps after he had bet
$40, and i succeeded in getting out
side and away with the other $65 in his
pocket.-Boston Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

Bingham was first manufactured in
the United States by Erastus Bigelow,
at Clinton "a town founded by him), in
Massachusetts, about 1876. 1t was the
first attempt to manufacture gingham
by machinery, and enable the American
manufacturers to compete successfully
with the English.-Boston Budget
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

London is the great fur market of
the world, and the great bulk of all
skins are shipped there. There are two
large sales of furs, one in October and
one in March, at each of which. the
skins are bought by agents for Amer
lean account.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

DIR. RoBT. NEWTON, late President of the
Eclectic College of the City of New York,
used DR.. Wa. HALLS BALsAM very extern
sively in his practice. He always said that
so'good a remedy ought not to be considered
merely as a patent medicine, but that it
ought to be prescribedfr freely by every ply
stefan as a sovereign remedy in all cases of
Lung diseases.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

If SUCCESS be the true test of merit, it is
a settled fact that "BrOuR'S Bronchial
Troches" have no equal for the prompt re-
lief of Coughs, Colds, and Throat troubles.
Sold only in boxes. Price, % cents.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
The End Of Pain.

During 20 years Of
suffering from catarrh
and catarrhal head
ache found any
thing to afford lasting
relief untn TRIED Ely's
Cream Balm. ] have
used two bottles, and
now consider my ca
tarrh cured. i have
recommended It to sew
eral OF my friends with
ike good results.-D.
T. HIGGINsoN, 15Lake
Street, Chicago, Ill.
Cream Balm IL q
remedy based upon Q
correct diagnosis of
this disease and can be
depended upon. 50 cts.
at druggists; 60 cts. by
e by mail, 10 cts. ELI
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

A exchange says: "The guest
of the Ottawa House embrace an unusually
large number of young ladies."-N. Y. In
dependent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was married at the
age of twenty zone. He discovered light
ming shortly afterward.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

az TRIP the light fantastic" said the
bad young man, sticking out his foot anG
letting a dude fall overit.-Merchant IrGu.
eler.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

LATEST from the Conundrum Club: O.
"When is a window like an over-ballasted
balloon?" A.-"When it won't go up."-
". 7. Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

Trough on Rats" Clears out rats, mice, flies,
reaches, be6-bugs, ants, vermin ,chipmunks. l5c
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

Skinny Men. wells Health Renewer'restore
health & vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence. 81
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

DR.. Rush Brown, of Addison, N.
Y, was given one hundred acres of
land, worth $1,000, for saving the life
of the daughter of Farmer Edminster.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

eRough on Toothache." Ask for it. InstaI
relief, quick cure. 15c. Druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

Those languid, dresome sensations. causing
you to feel scarcely able TO be on you feet;
that constant drain that is taking from your
system all its former elasticity; driving ths
bloom from your cheeks; that continual strain
upon your vital forces, rendering you irrftar
BILE and fretful, can easily be removed by the
use of that marvellous remedy, Hop Bitters-
Irregularities and Instructions of your sys-
tenn are relieved at once, while the special
causes OF periodical pain are permanently re-
moved. None receive 30 much benefit, and
none are so profoundly grateful, and show
such an interest In recommending Hop Bitters
as women.
A Postal Card Story.
was affected with kidney and urinary
Trouble
After trying all the doctors and patent
medicines I could hear Of, I used two bot
ties of Hop
a.Bftters;"
And / am perfectly cured. ! keep It
Gall the time p respectfully, b. 3. Booth,
Salisbury, Tenn.-May 4, 1888.
BRADEoHD. Pa, May 9 1876.
It has cured me of several diseases. such a.
nervousness, sickness at the stomach, months
" troubles, etc. 1 have not seen . sick day in
. year, since I took Hop Bitters. An my neigh
bors use them. Mrs.. FANNIE GRzEn.
$4,000 Lost.
"a tour to Europe that cost me 5000, done
ame less good than one bottle Of Hop Bittsrsj
nervous weakness. sisepiessnsss ana
So. BLoosuNGy1LLE, o. May ], 'M.
SIRs-I have been suffering ten years, and l
tried your Hop Bitters, and 1t done me more
good than all the doctors.
MISS B. 8. BOOM
Baby Saved.
We are SO hankf to say that our nursing
baby was permanently cured Of O dangerous
and protracted constipation and frregularity
of the bowels by the use of Hop
mother, which at the same time restored her
to perfect health and strength.
The Parents, Rochester, n. r I
~ None genuine without o bunch Of green
| Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, pofB
onous STUFF with 'Hop"or.Hops'inthei name.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

TIE cash system is a no-bil art.-MS~
chant Traveller.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

Catarrhal Throat affections, hacking Irritating
Coughs, Colds cured by Rough on Coughs Csc
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

sBuchu-Paiba.' Quick, complete cure, a
annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases. 81
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

TEXAS laments the cattle fever, and man
Texas steers are dropped in consequence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

A WOMAN seldom writes her will. Their
is so much of it that she can't.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

az None genuine without q bunch OF greeu
Hops on the white label Ehun all the vile,poiD
onous stuf with sHop'orsHops'1ntheir name.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

us, but rather as if she felt responsible
to herself for the truest and best things
she is capable of, like the character in
that story sNoblesse Oblige,' that you
read to me yesterday"
THAT may come of her Huguenot
blood. You know her ancestry suffered
for conscience sake, and these inherited
tendencies sometimes grow stronger,
instead of weakening, by transmission"
"Well," answered his wife, 81 don't
know much about hereditary and such
things, but it is a great satisfaction to
have Marguerite around, the satisfaction
one feels in the possession of a genuine
article, and the best of its kind, like
owning china that is real Meissena, or
wearing real diamonds, or handmade
lace. 1 can't explain it, but I feel it
very strongly indeed. And think of the
benefit to Robbie to be constantly asso-
ciated with such a person." she went
on; "why, only the other day l over
heard her reproving him for torturing a
fly: 1T is low and base to be cruel to
anything weaker than we are, Master
Robbie; your father is a gentleman,
and the son of a gentleman must not
do things that are low and base"
"And whas did the prince replyP''
asked his father.
Mrs. Blandin snifled.
"He said: Papa may be a gentle
man, Marguerite, but mamma is not,
so 1 shall do what I like"
Mr.. Blanding laughed heartily.
Trust his small highness for an ar
gument. We shall have to make a
lawyer of him, Louise. But is it not
strange that we have never discovered
Marguerite's brother? Wood-carvers
are not so plenty in Chicago, or in
America either, for that matter, that
one Of his skill should remain undis-
covered after all the efforts we have
made to find him."
Perhaps he never came to Chicago at
all. John. Do, pray. go out and take
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20

mail registered. Sample bottle BY mai, 10 cts. ELI
BRos- Druggists, Owego. N. 7.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-15

PRESIDENT ELIOT, of Harvard Col
lege. thus spoke before the Association
of High School Teachers in Boston,
last week, about baseball playing:
Il think it is wretched game, but
as an object Of ambition for the youth
to go to college, really it is little
weak. There are only nine men who
can play the game, and there are $50
men in the college; and out Of the
nine there are only two desirable posi-
tions, | understand-that Of pitcher
and catcher-so that there is but lit
tie chance for the youth to crafty his
ambition. / call it one of the worst
games, although [ know it is called
the American national game
We agree with President Eliot, and
for the reasons stated by him think
that all intercollegiate baseball match
es should at once be forbidden. There
is neither reason nor sense in devoting
valuable time to such useless and dan
gerous struggle. Ordinary ball play
ing that does not require dog muzzIe
to protect ones head and life is we'll
enough, and is a good healthy exercise.
Any other sort should be abandoned
as brutish.-N. Y. Independent.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-15
Swept into the Stream.
One Thousand Acres of Land and
s'Right Smart of Bears"

On the deck of big Mississippi steamboat stood
aged Southern planter Indicating by sweep of his
the waters the boat passing over, he said
passenger from the North: "When was twelve
years old killed my first bear plantation
my father then cutting out of forest that grew
directly over the waters of this bend. That was q
mighty good plantation and there right smart of
bears there too. But that thousand of land
went into the Mississippi years ago."
1t is putting strain upon the figure to say that
great forests of youthful hope, womany beauty and
manly strength swept in the way every year
into the great turbid torrent of disease and DEATH
Yet it should not be That 1t is is disgrace as
well as loss. People are largely too careless too
stupid to defend their tnterests-the most pre-
cious of which is health. That gone, all is gone.
Disease is simple, but to reckessness ignorance
the simplest things might well be complex
proposition in Comic Sections. AS the huge Western
rivers, which often flood the cities along their
shores, arise in few mountain springs all all
ments be traced to impure blood and small group
of fdisordered organs.
is PARKER'S TONIC. 1t goes to the sources of
pain and weakness. In response to its action, the
liver kidneys, stomach and heart begin their work
afresh, and disease is driven out. The Tonic is not
however, intoxicant, but desire for strong
drink Have you dyspepsia, rheumatism, or troubles
which have refused to yield to other agents? Here
is your help. Smay1m nrm
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-15
Training Dogs to Patrol Mines.

A GAINESVILLE, o., correspondent
writes US that dogs may not only be
made profitable workers in mines, be-
ing taught to draw small coal cars,
but it is entirely feasible to teach
them to patrol mines, as detecters of
fire damp or natural gas. A dog Of
Is or 20 inches high is recommended
as likely to be most serviceable in the
work, but he should be so trained by
the watchman as to be always ready
to rapidly make the rounds of the
mine before the latter starts. The
plan is to send the dog through the
mine. If he returns, it will be known
that the mine is safe. Failure of dog
gy to come back indicates danger from
gas.-Scientifc american.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-15
CFrom the German of Seidl.1
Lord, Thou Art Great.

Lord. thou art greati' cry, when in the east
The day is blooming like of fire.
When, to partake anew OF life's rich feast.
Nature and man awake with fresh desire.
When art thou seen more gracious. God of power,
Than in the morn's great resurrection hourp
Lord thou art great - cry, when blackness shreuds
The MONDAY heavens and crinkling liShtnings
flame,
And on the tablet of the the thunder clouds,
In fiery letters write that dreadful name.
When art thou, Lord. more terrible in wrath.
Than In the midday tempest's lowering path?
'Lord, thou art great ~ cry, when in the west,
Day, softly vanquish'd, shuts his glowing eye;
When song -feasts ring from every woodland nest,
And all in melancholy sweetness die;
When givst thou, Lord, hearts more bless'd re-
pose.
Than in the magic of the evening shows?
Lord, thou art great!' cry at dead of night,
When silence broods alike on land and deep:
When stars go up and down the blue-arched height
And on the silver clouds the moonbeams sleep;
When beekonist thou, o Lord. to loftier heights,
Than in the silent praise of holy night?
''Lord, thou art great! ~ in natures every form;
Greater in none-simply most great In all;
In tears and terrorS, sunshine, smile and storm,
And all that stirs the heart, is felt thy call:
Lord, thou art greatr' Oh let praise thy name,
And grow in greatness as thine proclaim.
Golden Hours.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-15
Whisky and the Riot.

The Indianapolis Qnd.) Monitor
Journal says:
Cincinnati is reaping the benefit
Of it's saloon business with ven
geance; for years it has been termed
the ''drunkenest city in creation Sa-
looms wide open all night and on Sun
days. Beer-halls, beer-gardens, dance
houses, and worse have been the prom
inpnt resorts
Again:
Cincinnati is controlled by two
Thousand saloons; officers are elected
with the understanding that they will
not enforce law In short, the city
Of Cincinnati, like several other large
cities, is in the hands and at the mer-
cy of two thousand high-handed out
laws, called saloon-keepers, some of
whom have not been in the country
long enough to understand our Ian
guage."
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-15

James A. Garfield made James G..
Blaine his close and intimate friend;
made him his Secretary of State; was
arm in arm when the murderers bull
let did it's death work. Did not Gar
field know Blaine? Yes, closer than
brothers, were their attachments; sur
passing that of Jonathan and David. :"
IF Garfield was an honorable man so
is James G. Blaine. He is the pres
ent Edison Electric light of the Ma
tion.-CarrOU Free Press.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-15

The London Times admits the mag
nitude of the evils of the liquor traf-
fic, but cannot offer any better cure at
present than ''very stringent protec-
ton against bad and adulterated Ii
quor." It would have, we imagine,
something more adequate than this to
propose against threatened invasion
Of Asiatic cholera.-Independent.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-15

Give us, oh. give US but yester-
day !" is very pretty saying, no
doubt, but it never becomes rooted
very firmly in a school-boys soul
while he is skating on Saturday and
thinking Of the awful whaling he got
the day before for putting bullfrog
in the teachers desk.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-15
From Iowa.

SIBLEY, OsoEoLA Co., Iowa
May 3rd, 1884. :
To the Editors of the Standard
Please send paper to above Office.
Every thing lively in northwestern
Iowa this spring. Thousands of i'm
migrants from the East to Dakota
Territory and Nebraska country are
settling up very fast.
Respectfully,
d. W. G1LLILAND.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-15
Notice to Teachers.

Notice is hereby given. that until otherwise order
ed, the Board of School Examiners of Jackson Coun-
ty, Ohio, will hold regular meetings for the examina
SON. on ON the First Friday in erery month.
BY order of Board of Examiners.
5lsug79tf j. w. LONGBON, Clerk.