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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-10

The Democratic voters of Preble County are
requested to meet at the place ofholding cleo
tons in their respective townships, on
, 1885-12-26
How Biarnsy Sells the Shamrock.

Strange characters frequent the land
ing, especially old women with shamrocks
TO sell, who use all sorts OF arts and fiat
tering speeches to dispose OF their wares.
Being in n hurry to get our baggage
through the custom house, we pushed
rather thoughtlessly by them; but the ex-
perience OF a bachelor friend who had no
body to look after will give an idea of the
importantly and quick wit of these beg
gars. Said an old woman with a persuasive
brogue, carefully putting n shamrock into
his ~buttonhole: "God bless vel "Didn't |
know yez was cummin'y Why, l dreamed
this blessed mornin' of ye, an tould me
ould man that the foipest gintleman that
ever trod the sod Of ould Ireland was cum
min from Ameriky this blessed day. An
here ye is, an l noed ye the minnit l seed
ye. Not a pinny will the shamrock cost
ye." continuing to fasten a second in his
Duttonhole, mot a pinny."
This puzzled him; but having fixed the
shamrock to her satisfaction she went on.
mot a pinny for myself; but If ye will re-
mimber the poor childers at home who
hain't broke brid to-day. God presarve
them, yen git a blessing OF course the
children were remembered, and my friend
walked on a few PAGES when another old
dame accosted him: "Now, amt that a
foine gentleman 1 hain't seer such an
other since the prince hisself went to Ban
try" She pounced upon him and stuck
another shamrock in the next %buttonhole,
saying; "Therel ye have the rale sham
rock of ould Ireland, an me blessing, too,
wild it." Thank you" said my friend, and
pushed roughly by her, as he did not care
to be taken for a green grocer. "Ahir *
claimed the old woman, but ye won't git
the good of the blessing If ye don't desarye
It," Upon this he handed her q sixpence
and asked: "But what do you think,
Granny, about it nowi7 She replied, ooh,
ye desarve it, and, Of course, yen git it. F."
Queenstown Cor. Portland Press.
, 1885-12-26

The methods OF 'boycottinR are some
times carried so far as y make the system
ridiculous. An instance oil the kind is
shown by the attempts of a few cranks
pretending TO represent n labor %organlza-
ton to boycott one OF the popular first
class hotels Of New York city. 1t ap-
pears that during last summer a new coat
OF paint was applied to the hotel In
question. The job was Of course let by
the owner OF the property to a contractor
at a stated price. The lessee OF the hotel
had no concern whatever with the paint
ing, as to who did the work, what price
was paid for 1t or how It was done, pro-
vlded 1t rendered the building attractive
IN appearance. Even the owner OF the
properly could not control the contractor
In the employment oil the workmen by
whom the work wac done. While the
work was IN progress some painters who
did not belong to the painters union we're
employed and IN revenge Tor this otiense
py the contractor inc cranks IN question
determined tina the hotel should DO boy
cotteu- iothis ehd 'hey procured liSts
oil the guests seen stopping at the hotei
ron day 10 aiy' ana addressed TO eaeh a
CIR uiHr alleging that theY represented a
powerful society AUD could pnny
social commercial ana political rum TO
anyone oil tneir ioe+' ihey concluded
ny warning Tue guests 70 leave the notel
una pam Oh 'neir uisp'easure'
Inc ho'e' against "hieh TINS Seheme OF
ooyeo'''ng was directed u D largeiy
i'equehteu Dy puplo men mas ior a
onR periou peen tne Ne" iorN nome OIL
many distinguished statesmen. PRESIDENT
, 1885-12-26

The common iden OF q Frenchman-and
the idea Is not, confined to f~,nglRnd-is
that he Is superficial, frivolous, vain,
puerile, Immoral, and inconstant. nothing
much at any time, and nothing very long,
and invariably in the extreme OF what
ever he Is at. Even Jacob Grimm refused
to believe any Frenchman capable Of "A
sentiment truly moral Yet it is easy
TO show that France has been foremost in
every intellectual movement OF Europe,
that II her national literature has a friv-
olouss side, 1t has also a serious aspect, so
that the stock sarcasms vented against
the levity and lack OF solidity character
istic OF the nation might easily enough be
negatived by facts which on the surface
look quite as cogent as those In support
Of the opposite assertion.
Yet taking the popular opinion all in
all, it Is perhaps more accurate h that
which would attribute to the French q
superiority over every other nation, and
represent them as possessed Of an ideal SO
lofty that while 1t may be aimed at by some
OF them, 1t Is assuredly attained by few.
Thu love OF ostentation and the fickleness
displayed in endless changes OF govern
ment may be on one sid ascribed to the
eagernes to attain this acme of perfection.
On the other hand, the innate vanity and
Inconsistency Of the nation may be set
down as the moving cause Of these &C
tons.
In truth, such conduct as that with
which we associate the Frenchman Is to a
great extent typical OF the Celt, who mp
pears the moment WE scrape the Roman
lied Gaul. His intellect Is bright, but
not capable Of any very ponderous effort,
his love OF change so all-pervading, that
on the first opportunity for indulging in
1t he is apt TO SHOOT Niagara" without
caring or thinking what comes afterward.
Completeness of theory is his curse; utter
want OF any capacity for "halving the diff
ference so as to arrive at modus vivendi,
his bane in politics.-Peoples Of the
World.
, 1885-12-26

The hunting season has begun, and now
a gentleman in pink-which means scar
Leland a great many in quieter sporting
rig, but all on fine horses, may be seen
riding past my window. There are about
$50 packs Of hounds, or organized hunts,
in England, and the expense is something
awful. Yet 1t is slow sport after all.
Some years ago | was wont to hunt the
hare and fox over the Downs, but l really
never enjoyed 1t so much as ordinary rid
ing along the roads. IT'S all very well
when one is On a gallop, but the weary
waiting till the hounds find tle scent, the
errors and delays, and all that, put It de
cidedly among the make-bclieve pleasures
of life.
However, II they like It, l have nothing
against it-an l say is that, according to
my lights, / can get more for the money.
II seems to me that 1t embraces more
danger with less fun than any amusement
known to mortal man. have a friend, a
member Of parliament, a great railway
man, Every winter regularly for years
he used to break a collar-bone or arm, or
two or three ribs for variety, doing fences,
gates and bitches. Then he was laid up
fo- a few weeks and his wife rejoiced. 1t
was the only time, she said, that she ever
really saw much Of him. He took it easy,
the family all took 1t easy. They knew
he would break or smash something in
November, and SO that it wasn't his neck
there was nothing TO grieve for.-Leland's
London Letter.
, 1885-12-26

slow did the Alert save your was
asked Of Mr.. Greedy by a Gazette repre-
sentative recently.
well, the Alert was a magnificent
vessel, but not so good as other Arctic
ships. She is too strong. No vessel can
be built strong enough to resist the ire
mendous pressure Of IN Arctic pack, and
In my opinion the Alert was strengthened
too much. You will remember that Sir
George Mares said that she was not so
good "A ship as the Discovery, which was
an old Scotch whaler. They were all
British vessels. We had not n ship in the
United States 1T for the work-not one.
They could not have fitted up a vessel in
side Of n year probably to rescue me, II my
life had depended on an American ship.
The Scotch are the only people that have
built steam whalers fit for the trade. Our
American whalers have no steam power
and do not dare to go in the ice. but the
Scotch whalers go through itH-PaIl
Mall Gazette.
, 1885-12-26


THG practical COOL VIII. oh may result
from an old fashioned kissing bee, such
as are popular in most country-sides AT
Christmas time, is admirably ~instaneed
by DR.. Wadd, surgeon extraordinary 10
King William ~, who says in hi-
Memorandum and Maxims."
1he not on Of prolonging life by inhal
ing the heath OF q young woman Is al
agreeable d~elusiun easily credited, and on,
physician was 50 influenced By it that he
actually took lodgings in a boarding school
that he might never be without the proper
Atmosphere,
Any doctor who will prescribe accord
ing to this good old theory, wei though
he be q homeopathic, eau command a ran
Of fashionable patronage which will down
the old school every time.
, 1885-12-26

Speaking OF children being uroubled
with Group, Mr.. 0. b. Hayden. druggist,
Panora. Ia, says. Il have used Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in the treatment
Of Group in my family for the past three
or four years ant have invariably had sat
isfactory results from its administration.
| consider il a certain and speedy cure Tor
this dangerous disease. Sold by w. ~.
Hunt.
, 1885-12-26

II is proposed IN congress TO confer
upon what is known as Indian Territory,
on our southwestern frontier, a regular
territorial organization, under the name of
the territory of Oklahoma, IL this shall
be done are must be AIKEN to make only
Indians eligible to the territorial Offices,
or the fnst they shall know the disap.
pointed, sorehead politicians of the states
will rush in and gobble up every office
worth having.
, 1885-12-26

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco Cal, is
Natures Own Ture Laxative, This plea
'ent liquid lru I remedy may be had OF
Hunt x Whirple druggists, Sample bot
ties Tree and large bottles at fifty cents OF
one dollar. 1t is the most pleasant,
prompt and effective remedy known, to
cleanse the system, To net OF the Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels gently yetthoroughly
to dispel Headaches, Colds and Feyer, to
cure CONSTIPATION. Indigestion and kind
red ills. For sale bv W. N. Hunt.
, 1885-12-26

1t has been Observed that water is
fattening that those who drink large
Quantities OF water have a tendency tc
fullness and rotuulity. That there j,
considerable truth in this observation
The Medical and urglcal eporter fully
s~ubstantiates That excessive imbina-
ton OF very cold iced water especially
when n is very warm is not to be
commended yet we have reason TO DO
lie ed that the unlimited use of pure
spring water, at It's natural temperature,
IS not only very conducive to health,
but has an actual tendency to favor a
fullness and roundness Of body.
Whether this is the result Of a better
ALTON on the part OF the digestive, as
similstive, and depurative functions,
owing TO the internal cleanliness or
flushing of the human sewers produced
by large quantities OF water, or whether
water has some specific in producing
this fullness, we do not know, neither
does it signify, since observation con.
firms as a fact that the free use of water
does have this O.. eet.
, 1885-12-26

Are important problems, the former de-
pending greatly on the latter. Everyone
Is familiar with the healthy properties Of
fruit, and no one can afford TO be sick and
miserable while the pleasant concentrated
liquid fruit remedy Syrup Of Figs, may be
had Of our enterprising druggist, w. N
Hunt
, 1885-12-26

GLApsToNE's plan for home rule in
ireland Is an unlucky one. The Home
rulers wont have it because it does not
go far enough, and the anti-Home rulers
won't have it because it goes too far.
Gladstone himself rather disapI roves it
than otherwise.
, 1885-12-26

The American Ornithologists' union
officially recommend that all public fos-
tering OF the English sparrow be stopped
that is Introduction into new localities
be prohibited by law, and that all ex-
listing laws for its protection DO re
pealed. and hounties offered for it,
DISTINCTION.
, 1885-12-26
MATES or .DvEnTisI>c.

DAILY LADDER. all transient advertisements
10 cents per line each Insertion. q consecutive
insertions = cents per Inc one month s cents
per llue
Minor mention notices, among local reading
matter. IS cent per line each Insertion.
WEEkiY LEADER. all transient advertise
ment- - cents per line first Insertion one
mpiih. ~ cents per line SIX months 10 cents
per line one year . cents per line. Marriage
and birth noticesS 0icarh. No advertisement
Inserted for less ttiAn % cents.
II. GLAFcKE. Publisher.
, 1885-12-26
on lhe "ua.pInable., I,l-nolns 10.
10 moresi's NJ nthls.

A lamp has been invented on a princi
pic which precludes tho possibility Of
the oil escaping. and thus an explosion
is made impo sible. Our readers will
be acquainted with the 'unspillable
ink bottle, IN which an inside channel
of glass about two thirds the height OF
the essel descends from its top, having
an open and somewhat narrowed bottom,
the arrangement making it impoSsi lie.
or nearly impossible, for the liquid to
escape. The same principle is adopted
in this lamp, from which the chances OF
the oil spiling are even fewer than the
chances of the ink splitting.
, 1885-12-26

Subscribe for the Herkt Losaey. a
twelve page paper, containing al the
weeks teleeraphic anil territorial news.
The largest and best weekly paper pub
lished west of the Rocky m~onntainsi
$3.50 per year.
, 1885-12-26

The records OF Congress show hat not
q dill in a hundred intr, du ed by mem-
bers ever becomes a law. Fvrtm ate es-
cape for the country.
, 1885-12-26

COMMODORE VANDEHBTLT's advice 10
his son William was. Don't you ever
sell anything you haven't got nor buy
anything YOU can't pay for" Here is a
pointer for young men of speculative
tendencies.
, 1885-12-26
Freedom Of h Press IN Uruguay

A bill to prohibit newspaper from pub
fishing details Of suicides is being consid-
cred by the Uruguayan Lawmakers. The
bill provides a fine of $3.50 for the first
offense and 500, or -four months impris-
onment. for the second.
, 1885-12-26

CHRISTMAS may be the c lildren's great
lay, but II is to DO remarked that man
Of he grown up people took a good deai
Of il to themselves.
, 1885-12-26

Subscribe for the Weekly Leader. a
twelve page paper, containing all the
weeks telegrnphic and territorial news.
the largest and best weekly paper pub
lished west Of the Rocky mountains.
$3.50 per year
, 1885-12-26

l,so1 Prizes. amounting s265.5 500
Application for rates to clubs should
ne made only to the office ofthe Company in
New Orleans.
For further Information write clearly
diving full address. -
Postal nutes, Express Money Orders, or New
YORK Exchange in ordinary letter. Currency
by express tsli sums or Is and Upwards
AT our expensel addressed
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y NJ A. Was ington. d. q.
fake P. 0. Money Orders payable and
address Registered Letters 10
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK.
New Orleans. La.
, 1885-12-26

FREE Ihegssndbs o,i If c1 s,sn O.
aud physical weakness, ost man god. nervous
prostitution, result Of lrdiscretion. exc .sses OF
snv Other eau g, cured by N-rvtth, strong
faitn that Il win cure every case Prompts me
TO send a tnnl 1 nekare on receipt Of " cents fer
postage. etc. On. A q. OLtS. RnX 22. Chicago
, 1885-12-26
mn, ral. L,t,,. uhuIa

Bloodless cheeks, hollow eyes, tighI
skin, %joylcss life. Poor little child. Do
good decd Tor il. Hand its mother a bot
lie of Browns Inn Buffers. The drug
vist who sells this famous medicine wil
tell you what wonders il has done Tor yer!
feeble children. Don'tthink il is only 70
crown up people. 1t IS gentle in its in
luence AMI not unpleasant to take. |
cures weakness and indigestion, regulate
the bowels and enriches the blood.
, 1885-12-26

The experiments made in raising pea
nuts In New York this year were entirely
successful They will probably be raised
years
, 1885-12-26
Sam Ramsey's Restaurant,
The Only First Class place Of the Kind In
The City,

Conducied ON the European Plan
Meals at all hours. Oysters served in
every style. Suppers for parties. and lun-
ches gotten in first class style and sent to
any part of the city. All orders promptly
attended TO. Money must accompany the
orders. Board by the week 500. by
the month $50. 90. 3l2 Ferguson Street,
in the Carey Block.
, 1885-12-26

hoR Rent Three nice front rooms
over Cowhick a Whitcomb's store, cheap.
Inquire over sturr or at our Office
Cov hich 4 Mhitcomb.
, 1885-12-26
B~oYCorTING,

Entered al he Post 0H1oe, Cheven1e, w
muc. G0r fr~unrfnssfon through The BldfLs a.
= c0lid ifdss t1uffrr.
, 1885-12-26

o~arroais are being So d regardless OF
former prices at Polack' y
, 1885-12-26

The fire department OF New York city
y To be supplied with salt water.
, 1885-12-26

A fine line Of furn .hing goods, hats and
sspA ETC., cheap at Hellmsn'E
, 1885-12-26
Louisiana State Lottery COMFY
Commissioners

Commissioners.
We the Undersigned Banks and Bankers will
nay all Prizes drawn in The Louisiana State
tiers
J VI Ogiesby. Pres Louisiana National bank.
samuel II Kennedy. Pres. state National Rank.
A. baldwin,. Pres. New Orleans National Bank.
incorporated In 1858 for Is years by the Leg
islnture for Educational and Charitable pur-
poses-with a capital OF 81, O0,O00-to which a
reserve mnd o. over $4,000 has since been
added
ny an overwhelming popular vote its
franchise WIS made a part OF the present
D 1879
TIE only Lottery crer rotcd On and endorsed
By che people Of any STATE
, 1885-12-26

Tenders his professional services to the cit
liens Of Cheyenne and vicinity. Ofioa
liams- Telephone No, ~.
, 1885-12-26

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & Histor1
, 1885-12-26

u. @. BAIRD and A. G. CAMPBKLLl. Az.
torneys-at-L.aw and Notsries Public, Chs,
second floor, Stsfbins h Post bank block
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
A Little Dogs Dinner

''My table is SET Please give me my
dinner" This is what the little dog
means. though his way of saying it Is
'Bow-wow-wow!" ,
His mistress feeds him in the dining
room. But she is careful of her carpet;
SO she keeps a large napkin, or towel.
to spread over it. There is bowl, too,
that is the little dogs especial property.
His dinner is always put into it, and the
bowl and napkin are kept in . cup
board that he can reach.
He has watched his mistress when she
spread the cloth, and set the bowl on it,
till he has learned to do it himself.
At dinner-time, when he hears the
plates and goblets jinglingin the china
closet. he goes to his cupboard, and
opens the door with his paw. He takes
his tablc-cloth in his mouth, shakes it
out, and spreads it on the carpet, with
his mouth and paws. He brings the
bowl, and sets it down in the middle Of
the cloth. Then he barks, to say that
his table is ready.
But he does not keep barking, as il
he meant to tease for his dinner. He
sits down by the bowl, and waits quiet
ly and patiently till it is given to him.
He eats it pretty fast, and the family
say he wipes his mouth on his napkin,
CT course he does, for he noses all
around the bowl, to pick up any stray
bits that may have fallen over outside.
Then he scampers off. He never waits
to fold his tabie-cloth and wash his dish,
but leaves that for somebody else to 10.
Hrs. Mary johnson, IN Our Little
Ones. -...
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
ESQUiMAU CANDY.
yhe Far Northern Substitute for Civilized
Sweetmeats.

Yhe Far Northern Substitute for Civilized
Sweetmeats.
1t would seem very strange, and per-
haps not very pleasant, to my young
readers to hear a tallow candle or the
shin-bone of a reindeer called candy.
And yet these things may really be con-
sidered as Esquimau candy, because
they would delight the children of the
cold in precisely the way that a box of
bon-bons would delight you.
There is a certain kind of waterfowl
in Arctic countries known as the dove
kie. 1t is about the size of a duck, is
quite black, has a prominent white
stripe on its wings, and its webbed feet
are of a brilliant red. When sitting in
rows on the edge of greenish rock, these
little red feet are very conspicuous.
Sometimes, when the men have killed a
number of dovekies, the Esquimau
women cut off the bright red feet, draw
out the bones, and, blowing into the
skins, distend them as much as possible
so as to form pouches. When these
pouches are thoroughly dried they are
filled with reindeer tallow, and the
bright red packages, which I assure
you look much nicer than they taste,
are little Boreas' candy. In very cold
weather the Esouimau children eat
great quantities of fat and blubber; and
this fatty food, which seems to us SO
uninviting, helps to keep them warm
and well.
The only other kind of candy that the
T-o,o>o, els1l~oo loro g, AZ, ,1r,4.
from the long leg Or shin-bone of the
slaughtered reindeer. OF this, also,
they are very fond. Whanever a rein
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
BERT's THREE WRONG STEPS
How h First Led to the Second, and
They to the Third.

How the First Led to the Second, and
They to the Third.
"Here, Bert" said mamma one day;
''here are six almonds for you and six
Tor little sister Louise" She put his
six almonds in one pocket, and Louise's
il another. "Now," she said, "before
you eat yours, go and find Louise, and
give her her six; then you may eat them
together"
Eyes, ma'am," said Bert, trotting off
on two happy bare feet, out into grand
fathers big country yard. He meant
to mind mamma, but, as you will see,
like many another child who did not
mean to do wrong, he did not mean it
quite hard enough.
For when, after looking only a little
while for Louise, he could not find her,
he concluded to rest himself in his hunt
by eating jus; one of his almonds; no,
two. So he sat down on the root of
an oak and took two out of his pocket
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES! you would have
thought a whole nest of squirrels were
at work, and pretty soon the hulls of
six almonds lay scattered around him!
This was the first of the three wrong
steps that l set out to tell you about;
for the lit ? boy was disobeying mann
ma by eating almonds before he found
Louise; that was bad enough, but the
great trouble about wrong steps is that
you a hardly ever take one at q time,
they do follow one another so fast.
The best way is never to take the first
one. Then you will never take the
second.
Bert hunted a little while longer for
Louise, but I'm afraid it was a very
easy hunt; for she was only down in the
orchard, sitting in the crotch of the
June apple-tree, reading the book which
she had got the week before at the Sun
day-school library.
81 wonder if mamma didn't give
Louise more than Six" Bert said to
himself after awhile; and then he took
his second wrong step, by handling and
coveting what didn't belong to him; for
he took Louise's almonds out and began
then he thought he'd crack them for
her, and may be he'd find adouble one.
All! the third wrong step, the worst
one, followed very fast, for almost be-
fore he knew it Louise's almonds were
gone. You may be sure he felt very
unhappy about it, and he got more and
more miserable as he saw Louise's little
pink sun-bonnet comm. towards him
from the orchard. If he only could
have undone what he had done a little
before, how happy he would have been.
But that could not be; and he waited
silently till Louise spoke to him.
"Why, Bert" she said. noticing at
once the litter Of hulls; ''didn't mamma
send me any? III run and get mine"
Bert let her go; he felt too much
ashamed to tell about it. But of course
he had to tell at last, foolish little boy!
Mamma was very angry, but more dis
tressed than angry, and Bert vas not
allowed to have any dessert for dinner,
or any molasses for breakfast, or any
preserves for supper, or any candy or
nuts, FIR two whole weeks.
Those two weeks seemed long to the
little boy; but | hope he had time, as
the days went by, to think over those
three wrong steps, and to see what a
pity it was that he took the first one
Elizabeth p Allan. IN S. S. Times.