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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
puneENT PARAGRAPHS.

One of Sir Joshua Reynolds finest
works, simplicity was sold last
month in London for SIS, 900. Simplici
ty always pays.-Losoeu Courier.
The town of Derby. Conn. has
tbirteen d,nm eorps When tbey are
all out on parade there is but one man
and goat left in the whole town to
stand on the street corner and puncture
the atmosphere with cheers. Philadet
phia Press.
-Guest-.Who owns this hotelas
Waiter-s.Mr. Blank am de proprietor
thoueht from YOUR actions that tho
walters owned the hotel waiter
30. NO. sab. We don't own muffin but
de guests. s."-P Philadelphia Call
At Rnffalo N recentlv. several
mon whose nast;me was ouail-shooting
or ..h;rd;ng + as thew cav ;n tbe Sout6.
Were chatting and chatting together.
.sTbat,s an A1 doc of yo1rs. . said
highlander to one Of the sportsmen. ..In.
JeeJi,, ,yas tbe renIv .sT Thought 4,
wasaK o (canineS
e.yon Gov yo,, ,ook b;ob for yon,
| aa.l.o 81 ~ -, Enrl;sS lord I;,h
ennt anognhp,, M W. s cir W ;, .Ab N What p.
ordinate ambition! Perhaps you look
toward an alliance with plumberPn
Higher STILL Higher still?' Great
heavens, royalty itself?f No, sir; a
| Niagara hack-driyer has laid his fortune
at her feet"
..Has be eoone daarp,, ..Yes Grand
- "And shat was that so5,nd in
1aSa;o9,, ..yvh,, = ,,,,,st h.,,-a
.ne nail oeSeio Si 10 :, =
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
No Lonaer an October State.

WHEELING, W. VA, November 21.-
West Virginia now disappears as an Octo-
ber State, and her Importance in the po-
litical arena is greatly decreased. At the
October election constitutional amend
ment was submitted changing the time of
the general election and fixing it on the
same day as the Presidential election, and
tomorrow Governor jackson will issue his
proclamation declaring the amendment
ratified
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
Suit Dismissed.

NEW YORK, November 20.-The suit
brought by the executors of the estate OF
Secretary of the Treasury, to recover $780,
600 for cotton taken during the war, was
dismissed by Judge Shipman, in the o: s.
District Court, on the ground that plaintiffs
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27

"A sharp trick was played upon q
Lambertville citizen few days ago.
He gave tramp pair of old panta-
looms and was surprised shortly after
ward by the chap returning and giving
him five-dollar note, which he said he
had found in one of the pockets. So
pleased was the citizen with the tramp's
honesty that he presented him with a
silver dollar. but imagine his rage upon
discovering shortly afterward that the
bill was ounterfeit.-Irentois (N. J)
True american.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
Six Persons Drowned and One Goes Mad.

CHATTANOOGA, November 23.-Six per-
sons were drowned in the Tennessee River,
near Stevenson, Ala, yesterday, by the
capsizing of boat, in which were Tom
Key, the ferryman, his son, two negro
women, named Lane and McCurdy, two
McCurdy children, white man
named Short and two negroes. The river
was rough, and the boat overturned. Key
was drowned while trying to save his son,
who was also drowned. The negro women
and their children were also drowned.
Mrs. Key witnessed the drowning of her
husband and son from the opposite bank
and went stark mad.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
The European PIague.

PARIS, November 20.-From midnight
to 6 O'Clock last evening fourteen deaths
from cholera have occurred. Advices from
Oran, Algeria, state that nine deaths from
cholera occurred there yesterday. The
papers here publish an appeal for aid from
English and American residents of Paris in
behalf of their cholera stricken fellow
sountrymen, copies OF which have been
sent to newspapers in England and the
United States
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
Earthquake in New Hampshire.

CONCORD, November pa slight shock
of earthquake was felt at 1880 this morn
ing, followed sixteen minutes later by
very heavy one lasting several seconds,
during which large buildings were shaken.
The second shock was accompanied by
heavy rumbling noise sufficient to awaken
people. Shocks were felt in various parts
of the State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27

DUBUKUE, Ia, November 20.-Judge Utt,
of Circuit Court of Iowa, sustained the
demurrer of the saloon-keepers to the petit
ton of the Citizens League for an injunc-
ton to close the saloons as criminal nui-
sances. His judgement was on the general
ground thatit is Unconstitutional to deprive
a man of his property.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
s5o.OO for Breach of Promise.

LONDON, November 20.-Miss Fortesque,
the actress, has accepted the offer of $J0,-
600, made by Lord Garmoyle, to settle the
breach of promise suit brought by her as
Miss Finney.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
Cattle Men Make lin a Purse.

ST. LOUIS, November 21.-In the Cattle
mems Convention, General N. NJ. Curtis, of
New York, called the attention of the con-
vention to the report of the fearful scourge
sweeping through certain counties in Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and Kentucky, Con-
tributions were at once made, amounting
to 81 200, and transmitted by telegraph to
General Jubal Early. Lynchburg.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
The Weeks EaiIUres.

NEW YORK, November 21.-The business
failures throughout the country the last
seven days in the United States were 24S;
Canada, 30; total 277. This is striking
increase as compared with last week, wheI
the total was 236, and the previous week
PA. The increase is mainly in the Western
and Southern States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
The American. spanish Treaty.

LONDON, November 23.-The American
Spanish treaty is believed to insure large
expansion of American trade, and is re-
garded in England as triumph of Ameri-
can diplomacy, England having hitherto
vainly attempted to secure similar con-
ceSSionS,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
The Lake IS There

NEW YORK, November 21.-The Sun has
a special from Quebec stating that the
story of the discovery OF a lake as large
as Lake Superior in the northern part of
the Province of Quebec, is true, despite the
denials made after the first statement of
the discovery.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
The Next Session of conuress.

WASHINGTON, November 21.-The next
session of Congress will begin On Monday,
December 1; but, after deducting tue two
weeks usually appropriated for the Christ,
mas recess and the Sundays, there will
remain only about seventy-five working
days.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
conuress of American Churches

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, November 20.-A
meeting of clergymen of all denominations
was held to-day to arrange for Congress
be held here in May, 1885. The founder of
the association is Bishop Clarke, of Prov.
dence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27

1T is not what we earn but what
we save that makes us rich" Remem-
ber this when you want chew OF to-
bacco. Your friend always has some In
his pocket.-M Y. Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27

Six millions of dollars worth of
silver is used in this country every year
for manufacturing and decorative pur-
poses.-C Chica1o Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27

About five thousand patents have
been granted by our Government for
churns, and still inventors are at work
perfecting new designs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27
A pianist,s GreatInnk

VIENNA, November 21.-Stieglitz, the
Russian millionaire, is deceased. He be-
queathed 5000 900 roubles to Madame Men
ter, the pianiste.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-27

"A monument costing $4,000 has
been erected at Santa Fe to perpetuate
the memory of Kit Car-on.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-23
AN ANTIQUE LESSON.
By MRS. @. W. WHITE.

costly window for great cathedral
Was ordered from master once, whose skill
Was rated unsurpassed, and whose rich fancy
Was the transcendent servant of his will.
BE planned and pondered with true artist gladness,
And deftly toiled to make his picture fair,
SereneIy confident that with its beauty,
Nothing, when he had finished, would compare.
But from the bits of glass that he rejected,
Apoor apprentice meekly wrought with care
A picture also, lab'ring unsupported,
Deemed quite too humble for task SO rare.
Slowly the window grew, until its glory
Eclipsed the daintiest work the master DID,
And when the buyers came $50 runs the story,
They chose in rapture, and they placed amid
The grand cathedraPs gorgeous decorations,
The splendid product of patient mind,
That could despite harsh fortunes limitations,
Build such dazzling wonder for mankind.
Thou who art toihng, like the prentice lonely,
Painstakingly, and with an earnest heart,
Remember, that from scraps and gleanings only,
Was reared his teseuaUed :" gem of art"
If deep thoughts have been penned, and swee
scenes painted,
Until there seems naught left in beauty's store,
Thy soul need not by enVious grief be tainted,
There will be rainbow =" fragments !" evermore.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-23

quarter, and twelve-and-a- half for fore
quarter. The pelt of the sheep is worth
seVenty-fve cents. From the tallow is
realized from 81 to $1.50. Each sheep
Killed is worth from $2. so to So.
A WESTERN farmer who has tried wheat
bran as manure for wheat reported the
effect OF an application of one ton of
bran to the acre as equal to that OBJ
tanned from the usual application of a
mixture of bone dust, guano, lime and
Wood-ashes, and the difference In yield
OF the crops that received bran as COM
pared with those not SO treated was very
great.
The New York Times says that line
seems to be preventive of rot in pota-
toss IN the cellar. Some potatoes that
were rotting and were picked out of
heap OF forty or fifty bushels were put
into corner and well busted with air
| slaked lime. They stopped rotting at
once, and the decayed parts are now
dried up. There is no disagreeable
smell about them.
The president of the Northwestern
Cider and Vinegar association at It's re-
cent annual meeting said that to have
cider that will keep sweet, it must be
made OF ripe winter apples. Remove all
the pumace possible, rack off and leave
the residue in barrel. This will do for
use IN early winter. He had kept it
much later by adding one ounce of
saIicylic acid to the barrel. Had also
used antiseptic, but could not tell which
was best.
A RESTLESS disposition in a horse is
often very annoying and generally hard
to overcome. One thing noticeable
about it is that such disposition gen
orally belongs to horse which is def
cient of real good horse sense; hence
the lack of good foundation on which
to begin reform. Kind treatment and
quiet handling are about the best treat.
ment that can be prescribed in such
cases. One thing il positive, that the
rOugher they are handled, the more
liable they are to become nervous and
excitable. = Western Agricultural.
The Country Gentleman says two
things are necessary for the growing of
good asparagus, namely, plenty of room
for the plants to grow, and copious
manuring. The latter is best applied to
thick beds by covering the whole sur
face with manure two or three inches
thick, late in autumn, and forking it in
very early in spring, before the new
shoots start. Thick beds, however,
should not be planted, but the plants
allowed three or four feet each way to
each. Three to five is a common and
suitable distance, and large stalks may
be obtained in this way.
TURKEYS do not require as warm quar-
tiers in winter as do other fowls. How
ever cold the weather, they should be
allowed to run out of doors every day,
except, perhaps, in very stormy wealth
Ell. If confined to warm quarters and
not allowed to run out of doors, they
usually show signs Of indisposition, lose
their appetite, become dumpish and in.
active, and not infrequently die. They
are very hardy birds and easily win.
tered. About all they require is place
to roost at night where they will be out
of the wind, plenty to eat and drink and
their liberty during the day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-23
Little JOhnny's Lunch.

Little Johnny Bolts found garter
snake in the park the other day, and he
brought it home and hid it in the piano
When his sisters young man opened
the instrument that evening to plav
For Goodness Sake" he thought he
had EN- and yelled Ike Piute on the
war-path. they won't believe in John
ny's innocence somehow, and bis father
said that after dinner he'd attend to his
case. When the family sat down to
table Johnny solemnly entered the room
IN his stocking feet and carrying a pill
low which he placed on his chair before
sitting down. "What new monkey
SHINE IS that ?" growled old Bolts.
S-s-s-h, pa, said Johnny, anxiously:
l was playing fireworks with Billy
Slmson this afternoon, and I swallowed
a torpedo" "Did, eh p" "Yes, and
If anything should touch me kinder hard
| might go off and all bust up"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-23
Thought 1t Didn't Look Right.
from the somerville Journal. I


A cobbler's sign in a neighborine
town bore the announcement, 'sShoee
half sold seventy-Gve cents" A pass
ing drummer observing the omission of
the sc" in soled, stepped in and thus
addressed the artisan:
"You advertise shoes half sold
here ?"
"Yes, SIR
"Well, I would like to understand
what you mean, whether you sell half of
a shoe or half of pair for rs cents. or
whether you have lot half of which you
want to sell. It's the most ambiguous
advertisement ever saw"
The cobbler scratched his head and
looked up over his spectacles in surprise
at the drummer. After pause he
asked:
"Can't you understand by the sign
that I put half soles on shoes for rs
cents ?"
"No, sir" replied the drummer. 81
can't understand any such thing
from your sign. You have left an se .
out of the word soled and as it stands
now, it means to sell, or already sold. :"
The cobbler smote his hand upon his
knee and said:
+" By links / thought that the word
sold didn't look Just right. I thought
that it wanted an S. Thank you, sir,
for calling attention to it.
After the drummer's departure the
cobbler went outside with brush and
added an &c" to the word, making it
ISOLDE"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-23

mere in time. Road agent? Oh, that
is too rich. Oh dear, oh dear, 1 shall
die and Franks voice ended in q
high squeak of laughter,
[" Frank, Frank! What is the matter :?
What do you know about the road
agent?" ..
Frank was holding her sides in
despair of stopping her irrepressible
laugh.
"Road agent? There wasn't any
road agent at all; I stopped the stage to
get on, and the driver threw a box at
me- -
" What does this mean, Frank :? Tell
me. What were you doing on the road
at this time of night all alone ?"
It took her long time to get the
story out, but she did, while Charley
stood with his mouth open wide enough
to represent his played-out claim with
$1,000 in sight
No sooner had Frank told her story
than he caught her in his arms with q
| wild shout, "yOu little darling, you
shall have every cent of il. :"
About two, hours afterward O file oil
disconsolate, Disguised horsemen wend-
ed their way up to the tavern, with 9
suggestive rope dangling from one Of
the saddles" and box containing
$1,000.
It is sufficient to relate that Charley
did not sell his $4,000 in sight, but OF
the contrary received q much larger
sum; sufficient, III fact, to make him 6
happier man, financially and matrimo
nially. When enough of the story hat
been told In the bar-room to account TO
the stopping of the stage, Black PETE
had to provide for a smile all round
| with q continuendo.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-23
Artist and Model,
from a Paris Letter.l

From Paris letter.
Artists are supposed to be naturally
romantic. Perhaps they are; but it has
yet to be demonstrated that they as a
class fall in love more readily than other
men. And yet one is continually hear
ing Of affairs d'amour among the knights
ofathe brush at Paris. They rarely be-
come enanored to their models-thati is,
rarely seriously enamored. Models are
not as a rule, of lovable or loving kind.
But there was a case of true, love be-
tween an artist-we will call him Palette
ather than use his own name-and a
damsel who sat for him in "fgu-e
pieces" He was an American, young,
whole -souled, and successfully rising.
She was an Alsaclenne, young, handsome
and poorer than the proverbial church
mouse. Her parents had lost their little
property in the Franco-Prussian war
when the hungry German gobbled up
the fair provinces of Alsace and Lor-
raine. Rather than swear fealty to the
kaiser they had sacrificed everything and
fled, eventually turning up in Paris,
where they had managed to wiring out
meager living in various honest ways.
Marguerite, the daughter, had been en-
dowed by nature with a splendid face
and form, and she was as good as she
was beautiful. By and by her father
was disabled, and her mother had to de-
vote to him her constant care, so that on
MargUerite's shoulders fell the burden
of supporting the little family. All went
well for while and then bad times came.
There was no work to be had. A friend
of the family, one Mons. N, frequent
er of the studios, suggested sitting for
the artists. No! It could not be
thought of. At last necessity compelled
some action. There were stern land
lords and implacable tradesmen to face.
Palette was looking for model. He
was painting a classical picture. He
wanted an Athenian girl, but he could
not find anyone who satisfied him in the
Greek costume. He pressed N, whom
he well knew, and N. pressed Marguer-
tie, who In the end consented. Palette
was enchanted. The very thing; and he
painted away for dear life. Somehow
the picture was an Internationally long
time IN the fnishing-the was always
something to be done to the figure of
the Greek girl. And Palette was capt.
tai talker, and he drew from Marguerite
her history. First she had his sympa-
thy; then his friendship. She sat for
him often in other pictures. He as
sisted her family in various ways, and
he discovered that she was a very un-
common girl. To make a long story
short, he loved her; devotedly, too, and
she loved him. And they were married
of course No! There is no happy
ending to this tale; there was no ring of
merry bells. Marguerite fell i'll and
died. And Palette? Well, he will
never marry. He keeps her memory
sacred. He paints with sadder and
more effective touch now, and people
say there is a wonderful deal of heart
and poetry in his work. He supports
the mother and makes her old age free
from care The father died not long
after his daughter. 1t is sad story; It
is story of romance, but such things
show the better nature of our race.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-23
THE VIM. AND THE TILE

A goat stood by the orchard wall
goat serene and fat;
He spied little distance off
On the ground a white felt hat.
And in jiffy swallowed it whole
And his heart went pit-a-pat.
Then joyfully on his hinder limbs
He assumed buttful pose.
Then stood in gentle reverie.
Like bard in a popped doze.
And wriggled his tail and blinked his ewes
And twisted his purple nose.
oh, can the boot and oyster-caD
And the old hoop-skirt digest!"
just then he jumped ten feet off the ground,
With motion of vague unrest
He suddenly learned that that white felt hat
was raging hornet's nest. Puck.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-23
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
HAM TOAST.

Chop some ham (Which has been
cooked) very small, and to one teacup of
this add an egg well beaten up, small
bit of butter and little cream, and a
little pepper and celery salt. Have
ready warm stew-pan, TOSS the mixture
into this and out again almost immedi-
ately. Have ready some neatly-cut
pieces of bread about the size of silver
dollar, but thicker, fried in good butter;
spread the mixture on these and serve
on a napkin.
TEA.
People must consult their own tastes
as to kind of tea. Mixed is the best to
use with ice. Allow one teaspoonfulfor
each person. Use boiling water, but do
not boil the tea, and use while fresh.
Tea is best made in an earthen teapot
never IN tin. Iced tea should be made
several hours before needed, and then
set upon ice. When ready to use it,
sweeten and drink without milk or cream.
Use cracked ice to put into the glass.
vERMICELLI PUDDING.
To one quart of milk allow four ounces
Of vermicelli; boil for twenty minutes.
Stir it all the time, as there is danger of
the milk burning. In twenty minutes
take it from the fire and beat in it a
lump of butter, the size to depend on
your taste; four eggs Cor more-four
will do,) the white and yolk beaten
separately. Bake for three quarters of
an hour in a buttered pudding dish.
Serve hot with sauce, or with sugar and
cream; flavor the cream with vanilla, or
with cinnamon or nutmeg.
VIENNA COFFEE.
Leach OF filter the coffee through a
French filterer, or any of the many COT
fee-pOts that filter instead of boiling the
coffee; allow one tablespoonful of ground
coffee to each person, and one extra for
the pot. Put one quart of cream into a
milk boiler, or if you have none, into a
pitcher in a pail of boiling water; put
it where the water will be kept boiling;
beat the white of an egg to froth, then
add to the egg three tablespoonfuls of
cold milk; mix the egg and cold milk
thoroughly together; when hot remove
the cream from the fire and add the egg
and cold milk: stir it all together
briskly for minute or two, and then
serve.
CREAM FRITTERS.
Ou0 PInU Vi Auh, Uu0 JOlhS VI SIX huU
whites of two eggs, two tablespoonful
of sugar, half pint of -four, three heap
ing tablespoonful of butter, half tea
spoonful of salt, slight favoring of
lemon, orange, nutmeg or anything else
you please. Put half Of the milk on in
the double boiler, and mix the -four to q
smooth paste with the other half. When
the milk boils, stir this into it. Cook
for five minutes, stirring constantly;
then add the butter, sugar, salt and
favoring. Beat the eggs well, and stir
them into the boiling mixture. Cook
one minute. Butter shallow cake
pan and pour in the mixture. Have it
about half an inch deep in the pan. Set
away to cool. When cool cut in squares.
Dip these in beaten egg and in crumbs,
place into the frying basket and plunge
into boiling fat. Fry till a golden
brown. Arrange on hot dish, sprinkle
sugar over them and serve very hot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-23

A CORRESPONDENT briefly describes
Mr.. Joel Chandler Harris (Uncle Re-
mus) as "a young man with red hair"