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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06
Some Things Education Can't Reach.

There's some things" said q Broad
way policeman the other day as he
mopped his brow carefully, (which
makes me feel as if there wasn't no use
spreadin' ~edjercation and SIGH like with
a lavish hand in this great country.
Peoples so internally ignorant of COM
mon things. Now 1 stood on this cor
ner about half an hour ago watchin' an
umbrellar family tryin' to cross the
street."
''Nhat kind of a familyP"
"a numbrellar family. Father,
mother an nice, large, fat, pious son.
Every one of them had a big new UNI
brell, an they carried the umbrellas open
to perfect themselves from the sun. The
sun was shinin' at an angle of about
forty-five degrees, but that bloomin'
family insisted upon holdin' its umbrells
straight up in the air. They paraded up
Broadway three abreast, with their big
umbrellas an three red mugs, which was
drippin' wet. The sun fell on them like
a furnace, but they stalked on on the
sunny side of the street until lost te
view, tho still to memory dear, an
seq to myself, what's the good of edgur
kation after allP"-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06
FASHION NOTES.
Some of the Triaes in Dress Which ]
light the Metropolitan Woman.

Some of the Trifes in Dress Which De-
light the Metropolitan Woman
Stripes are coming in vogue.
Very little crinolette is worn by the
best-dressed people.
The Marquise Catogan couture grows
in fashionable favor here and on the
other side.
Large wooden or porcelain beads are
some of the decorations of the latest
woollen laces.
The new woollen laces with velvet
figures applique thereon come in colors
to match fabrics.
"Housemaid" frocks of white lawn,
nainsook, and null are the order of the
day.
Fluffy Fedora hair curriers' are in de-
mand this warm weather. !
Woollen lace comes for fall enriched
with the addition of a velvet pattern
chain-stitched on the wool ground.
For evening, dinner, and garden
party toilets young ladies wear one
small tuft of natural flowers in the hair
and another on the shoulder.
The coarser and rougher the fabric
the more fashionable it is for the day
wear, but for evening it must be the re-
verse, as fine or sheer or elegant as pos
sible.
Drawn thread work, filed in with
braidene, the new fancy embroidery
| stuff for flower petals, is the popular
occupation for mornings on the piazzas
at Saratoga and Newport.
A woman must have a good figure to
wear the English housemaid's dress,
! for its plain skirt reveals all deficiencies,
and t try to cancel them with crinoline
makes the matter much worse.
The sshousemaid Dress" so popular
in England, is gaining ground here. 1t
is a good dress, but its chief charm. SIM
| plicity, is entirely lost when it is worn
over c~rinolette or artificial p%rotuber-
ances of any kind.
The costumes seen on the various
beaches lea the city yesterday, when
the wearers were near enough to be seen
under their portable canopies of red,
blue, black, beige, and white-their
parasols-showed that the art of dress
making has progressed lately among
the masses. But for all that, there are
still plenty of women that nothing can
aver f1oat into the heaven of taste in
color, form, and niceties of detail.
A gown or printed lawn, rhythmic in
form and harmonious in color, is made
by having the ground of the material a
warm, pinkish shade OF cream falling in
a full straight conlisse skirt over a white
petticoat, banded with maroon Saline
edged with narrow cream-color woollen
lace, the blue bodice of lawn worn un-
der a short cutaway Figaro jacket OF
maroon Saline, bordered and edged
with woollen lace, and a high collar
Saline. This frock, worn by a tall,
slender. pale brunette, along with a hat
of pinkish cream straw trimmed with a
nodding tuft OF maroon and cream
makes a picture worthy of the study OF
a Vandyke, Joshua Reynolds, or Angel.
lea Kauffman-M. Y. Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06
A r AND

Rock salt, put where it can be licked
1t pleasure, suits sheep.-Prdsr'e Farm
To stain wood blue, boil Q pound of
indigo, two pounds of wood and three
ounces of alum in a gallon of water;
brush well over until thoroughly stained.
philadelphia Press.
Lemon Pie: Into one pint of boil
ing molasses put one-half cup OF water,
the grated rind and juice of three
lemons, one tablespoonful of corn starch
and two beaten eggs; bake with only
an under crust.-1He Household.
"A very good way to clean rag Gar
pet is to cut fresh grass and sprinkle
over the carpet and sweep. A good
way to clean wall paper is to take new
baked cold bread and rub the paper.
1t will take off almost all kinds of dirt.
IN. 7. Times.
"A clothes-pin apron is made of two
pieces of ticking the same size; these
are fastened together in a band for the
| waist; the lower are rounded;
in the upper piece of ticking make two
round holes large enough to admit the
hands, bind, or stitch firmly around the
| edge This is convenient for hanging
| out or taking in clothes, and the pins
| can be kept in it and be always ready
i for use.-Boston Budget.
Lancashire Pie: Take cold beef or
veal, chop and season as for hash; have
ready hot mashed potatoes seasoned as
if for the table, and put in a shallow
baking dish first a layer of meat, then
a layer of potatoes, and so on till dish
is heaping full; smooth top of potatoes
and make little holes, in which place
bits of butter; bake until q nice brown.
N. 2. Esnminer.
For Scotch shortcake (not straw
berry, take one-half pound of slightly
sailed butter and one pound of flour;
then mix flour and butter with the hands;
then add four ounces of loaf sugar, and
work all into a smooth ball; then roll
out until it is an inch thick; prick over
with a fork and pinch round the edges,
and bake for half an hour in an oven.
with a moderate fire, in a round OF
square pan, according to taste.-Ioted0
Blade.
Mr.. Thomas Meehan says: Rose
cuttings are generally easily raised by
those who know little about it. In pro
portion as one becomes a skillful florist
the failures to strike rose cuttings in
crease. Almost every one who puts ir
a few 'slips" of half-ripe wood into
pot of earth, and sets the pot under {
shady fence, succeeds; but as soon a:
he or she knows ''all about it," they
can't strike roses. Here, at least is al
encouragement to the beginner.-M. E
Farmer.
For a good common whitewasl
l l. l. ----
child's head. having it new and entire
ly ~unslacked, and put it into an irol
kettle that will hold a pailful. Pou
over it a few quarts of boiling water a
night; cover and let it stand till morn
ing; then fill up with water and set or
the stove. Add a handful of salt ant
stir occasionally till hot. Pour off int
a pail, and if too thick, add more water
Allow it to become cool before using, a
the smoke will strike through worse j
used hot.-Rural NeW Yorker
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06
THE BLACK MUSEUM.
A Collection Of Curios Connected
With Crime and Criminals.
Representations OF the Heads of Sundry
Executed C~riminals-The
Trade of Various Noted Burg
lars-A Little Piece
Of Professional
Advice.

The lame at the head of this paper
will be q puzzle to a good many of our
readers. Even among Londoners born
and bred, not one in a hundred per-
haps has heard of the Black Museum.
Whitaker's Almanac knows it not; and
Dickens Dictionary of London" that
'.guide, philosopher and friend" of the
wanderer in the great metropolis,
makes no mention of it. Mr.. Samuel
Weller himself, extensive and pecu-
liar" as his knowledge of London is adj
mitted to have been, might have had
to plead guilty of ignorance in this one
particular. And yet the Black Museum
can show names of mark in its visitors
book. Counts a many, and dukes a
few," from royal highnesses downward,
have here inscribed their signatures.
Literature and music are represented
by MI. w. s. Gilbert and Sir Arthur
Sullivan, the drama by Miss Minnie
Palmer. the fire brigade BY Captain
Shaw, and the last offices of the law by
Mr.. William Marwood, who, we are
told, was a frequent visitor. Not to
keep the reader in suspense, the Black
Museum is a small Darkroom on the
second floor of the offices of the Convict
Supervision Department, Scotland
Yard. and its curios consists exclusively
of articles connected in one way or an
other with crime and criminals. The
objects exhibited are about one hundred
and fifty in number. They are careful
ly labeled. and are further described in
a bulky catalogue, which, in addition
to names. dates and other particulars,
contains a number of photographs and
newspaper cuttings having relation to
the various items.
The collection is so arranged as to
allow free inspection of tile various OBJ
jects, and the curator, Sergeant Brad
shaw, takes an evident pride in his
charge. and furnishes the history of any
given item with remarkable prompti-
tude aud accuracy. Round three sides
of tho room, ON a high shelf. are ranged
a number Of plaster casts from Derby
Jail and York Castle. representing the
heads of sundry criminals who, for one
offense or another, have suffered the
last penalty of the law. If it were GUS
tomsry to hang people on the strength
OF their personal appearance. we 'hould
say that most of these gentry fully de-
served their fate. They are not a
pleasant sight, and for the most part
have not even notoriety to recommend
them. One of them, however, a big
heavy head. ticketed as that of John
Platts"-executed in 1S47 for the muir
der of m George Coils, of Chesterfield
acquires q Fictitious interest from the
fact that the identical rope which
hanged the original is looped we the
gas pendant in the ENTER of the room.
The halters connected with the other
casts are also preserved in the museum.
but this one chances to have the place
Of honor. The curator calls our atten-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06
T BREEDING.
A Picture of English Gentlewomen by q
High English Authority.

High English Authority.
E~nglishmen to their own women are
both helpful and protecting, if a little
more masterful than some of those
women like; generous and giving, if al
ways more than a little o~verbearing to
all creatures that are weaker than them
selves. When the ladies of a party are
their private friends, or belong to their
own special family, they may rely on
being treated with consideration and
protected against the consequences of
their own comparative weakness. When
they are strangers, and without private
claims, they will find the tables for the
most part turned, and, in the manners
of the modern young man will be as
much consideration as there is likeness
between a bear and a poodle-a crab
apple and a Newton pippin. They are
no more unselfish than the ordinary
foreigner, and they arc not so polite.
And if you have your ears boxed, you
might as well have it done pleasantly
al brutally. To illustrate this selfish
ness:
The other day a young and very
pretty woman, with eyes of the kind
supposed to be able to melt the typical
ice, was on the point of stepping into
an omnibus where only one seat was
left. A we%ll-dressed, well-got-up man
of about thirty pushed her rudely aside
as he sprang up the steps and took the
vacant place. At another time, on
coming out of the theater, while the
people were waiting just inside the
| door for their carriages and cabs, a
man lighted a cigar and blew the smoke
into the face of a lady standing there
| with a friend. She made a gesture Of
repugnance, when the man said. "Gen.
| tlemen may smoke here" ''You may
smoke here, but you can not be a gen.
tleman if you do" said the lady-one
of those not easily put down.
The annoyances to which young
women travelling alone are often sub.
jected is again by no means a proof that
our p%oliteness is intrinsic. If a lady meet:
an ordinary young Englishman who doe:
not know her, she meets some one who
does not hold her worthy of %politeness,
and who does not go out of his way tt
show her any. If she be pretty hi
stares at her, perhaps smiles, perhaps
speaks; if she be of 10 personal at
Effectiveness, and has only her woman
hood as her claim, he leaves her emphat
ically to herself. Whatever she may b,
about to do-to pass through a door
way, enter a railway carriage. or al
omnibus, or a lift, he pushes past her
though no one is hurried for time, ant
lets her follow meekly after. The eide
men are more courteous. They retail
still a certain flavor of the stately OLE
times when manners were part of
gentleman's education. and politenes
was one of the points of distinction be
tween a courtier and a boor.-Londo,
Queen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

"A new industry in the Southern
forests is the utilization of the needles
of the longleaved p~ine-pinus palustris.
move the glazing, and then ''crinkled''
for stufing cushions and other up
holstering purposes. They are specially
valuable on ship board and other
places where furniture is in danger of
becoming infested with insects. The
turpentine which remains in the leaves
makes a most inhospitable abode for
these annoying visitors.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

The will of the late Joseph W. Tor
rey, of Boston, contains the following
peculiar provision: 81 declare that
none of my family shall make any
parade over my funeral or waste any
money in the purchase of mourning APP
parel, fully believing, from observation,
that widows weeds are too frequently
a badge of hypocrisy, and the more con-
spicuous the habiliments of woe the
more the inslncerity."-Boston Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

THE VoLrAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRo-VOLr
TAIc BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on triaEsS6O days, to men lyoung or old
afiicteS@y fifth nervous debility, loss of vital
itv andEl kindred troubles. Also for rheu-
matisnr,neuralgia paralysis, and many 9TH
er diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor,a and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
them al once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
STRAW hats show which way the wind
blows.-Chicdqo Tribune.
SAVE your wagons, your horses and your
patience by using Frazer Axle Grease.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06
THE eyes of old age see best the danger.
GUS flaws of childhood.-N. Y. Post.
"rhrow Physio to the Dogs"

when it is the old-fashioned blue mass,
blue pill sort, and insist on using DR..
Pierce's "Pleslsant Purgative Pellets,"a
medical luxury, being small,
eranules, containing the act
and which will be found to contain as
much cathartic power as any of the Id
fashioned, larger pills, without the latter's
violent, drastic effects. The pellets oper-
ate thoroughly but harmlessly, establish-
ing a permanently healthy action Of the
stomach and bowels, and as an anti-bilious
remedy are unequaled.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06
"a little fire is quickly trodden out

"a little fire is quickly trodden out
Which, being suffered, rivers can not quench."
Reconstruction may rob you of time,
but by increased diligence you can make
up the loss; but if it rob you of life the
loss is irremcdiable. If your health is
delicate, your appetite tickle, your sleep
broken, your mind depressed, your whole
being out of sorts, depend on it you are
seriously diseased. In all such cases DIR.
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" will
speedily effect a genuine, radical cure
make a new man of you and save you
from the fortunes of lingering disease.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

While digging on the site of the old
jail and tavern at Somerville, N. j.,
lately, workmen found a rusty pair of
shears, a large key, a ''horse-head
penny of the date of 1887, and an En-
glish penny of 1718.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

Where you find one young man
who can, if he has to, saw wood to raise
a family, you will find two others who
can display only white hands and talk
nonsense.-ChicGqo Ledger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

$3.50 Piles, fstules and rupture rad
ically cured. Book of particulars two let.
ter stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

PIXIES TooTHAcHE DROPS cure in 1 minute,25 &c.
Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. z6c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns & Bunionk
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

"THE Shamrock" A pretense at kick
ing the cradle.-Philadelphia Call.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

A doesn't write for money but
"just for the fun of it."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

The membership of the Grand
Army of the Republic is 300, OOO.- Chi
caao Inter Ocean.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell It. 90.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

The butcher should always be placed ON
Joint committees.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

THE barber's trade is the best trade, for
it's always at the head.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

DOES the man who puts the powder in
he fire-cracker fllibuster?-ChicGgo sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

A TALE.

A TALE.
Lovely Mary, on her way
From Singapore to Boston Bay,
Had cloudless skies and glorious weather,
With favoring winds for days together;
And everything was going well,
When. near the Cape. il so befell
That, with q most decided shock,
The Lovely Mary-struck a rock.
She sanks but as the night was clear,
The ocean calm, an island near,
All who could keep themselves afioat
With cask, spar life-preserver, boat
In short, whatever came to handJ
Put, OF, and safely reached the land;
Leaving the gallant ship to sleep
Beneath the waves nine fathoms deep,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

A~hS SAe ~ eAS ~ ~
LEROY, the murderer of Mr.. Gold. on
the Brighton Railway. Here is the rope
used by Marguerite Dixblanc to strangle
her mistress, Madame Riel. in Park
Lane. Here are the boots of the unfor-
tunate girl, Maria Clausen. murdered
at Kidbrook Lane, Ethan, and the plast-
erer's hammer which did the deadly
deed, With another p~lasterer's ham
mer, also here preserved, Mullins MUIR
dered Mrs. Emsley at Stepney, in 1860.
Here, too, are sundry memorials of the
Wainwright case, or Whitechapel muir
der, of 1874. Here are the chopper with
which the unfortunate Harriet Lane was
dismembered, and the spade which dug
her grave. Here is one of the buttons
cut from her dress, and a correspond
ing button found with her body; and
stranger ten still-the piece of shin
bone taken by a surgeon from the leg
of the living Harriet Lane. and which
formed a last unmistakable proof of the
identity of the pameless corpse. Even
the cigar which Henry Wainwright was
smoking when arrested is here preserved.
Turning to offenders of a more frivol-
Gus character, we have the peep-show
apparatus wherein a pretended as
trologer, calling himself Prof. Zen
davesta. and residing in Homer Street.
Marylebone Road, London, was wont,
'for a consideration" to call up the
image of an inquirer's future wife or
husband. To illustrate the audacity of
the Professor and the faulty of his
dupes. we may mention that among his
pictorial collection of promised hus-
bands were found Nh. Holman Hunt
and MI. Henry Neville. Another branch
of the Professors business was the
casting of nativities; and a number of
his hand-bills, showing the great ad-
vantages to be derived from possessing
the straight tip in this particular, are
preserved with the peep-show apparatus.
Next to this latter is a circular board
with a number of shallow cups or de-
p%ressions, painted of different colors,
but higgledy-piggledy, like a solitaire
board ''gone wrong" This is an appli-
ance for public-house gambling. A
marble. being dreprsd into q eylin-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

not quite SO stout. Whatever NAV be
SAID as to the projected reform of the
city of London, u readers will agree
with US that the sooner this corporation
is abolished the better. Passing down.
ward from the Common Councilman,
we come ultimately to the pocket
jemmy-James the less, in more re-
spectful language-which is about
twelve inches in length. The Black
Museum specimen is of finely tempered
steel. and hinged so as to fold in half,
in which condition a curate might carry
it in his breast-pocket without exciting
suspicion. The larger sizes divide into
two or three lengths, which are screwed
together when required for actual use.
Some are solid. some of tubular steel,
the latter construction giving increased
lightness without any sacrifice of
strength. Each end terminates in a
chisel point. the n straight, the other
slightly bent. IN close contiguity to
the crowbars we are shown specimens
of the .knuckle-duster," a small but
formidable weapon, for which we are
indebted to our American cousins. The
ordinary knuckle-duster is a flat piece
of iron or brass about half an inch thick.
with four oval openings of such size as
to allow the passage Of the four fingers.
The fingers being passed through these
holes, the hand closes with a firm grip
on the ''butt" of the weapon, while the
remainder of the metal stands out in
the shape of an iron ring OIL guard over
each knuckle, a blow from the hand
thus armed coming with terrific force.
Still more formidable is the spiked
knuckle-duster. Here each loop of the
projecting guard over the knuckles,
instead of being rounded, as in the
former case, is fashioned into an angle
of about ninety degrees, giving
a cutting effect in addition to
the natural force of the blow.
Passing on from the knuckle-dusters,
we give a cursory glance at a varied
collection of life-preservers. pistols.
daggers and other lethal weapona. ali
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06


domestic purposes, if for nothing more.
There are now vast tracts of excellent
grazing lands that can not be utilized
from the want of water for the use of
stock, and in such localities artesian
wells, if a success, would be of immense
value. In some places there is plenty
of surface water well adapted for irri.
eating purposes, but non that cattle
will or can drink without danger to their
health, and it is not at all improbable
that there are subterranean streams of
pure water that might be brought to the
surface through artesian wells. These
wells have proved a great success in
California, and we are informed that
many thousands of acres of worthless
land are now being reclaimed and
planted with fruits and vegetables, of
the direct results of an abundance as
pure water obtained through the boring
of numerous and not very expensive
artesian wells. In a large number of
instances flowing wells are secured by
boring to a depth of fifty feet and ever
less, while very few are rel M or two
hundred feet deep.
As might be expected, the temper
allure of the water from artesian wells
varies considerably. That from one Of
them at Paris is S10 Fab, while that Of
the Brine well at Kissingen, in Bavaria,
is &C. Fab. The temperature Of the
water from several wells bored in the
Sahara desert is less by several degrees
than that of the Brine well at kissing
en-. The water from the artesian we'll
at Chicago is remarkably cold for q
deep well, having a temperature Of $50
Fab. Many different forms of tools and
methods of drilling or boring have been
used, but, SO far, nothing seems to be
better than what is known as the ordi-
nary chuck drill, which is merely .
heavy rod or bar of iron with a steel
head that is lifted several feet and al
lowed to fall by its own gravity. pulvsr-
izing a little at every stroke. This pull
verified rock, as well as earth through
which tho boring passes, is removed by
! means of q suction pump.-M. Y. S~s.