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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
Rushing Int0Print.

Those who read the woman's
column" of weekly paper must be i'm
pressed by one curious fact !: the fair
writer's are far too fond of confding their
domestic troubles to the general public.
One asks for sympathy because her huss
band abuses her, and another deplores
her husbands profanity. Others at.
tempt to be witty and smart at the ex-
pense of "old maids" Then the sold
maids retaliate and so it goes until
wiser people are disguised. What COM
fort can be in bringing ones family
woes before the public through the me-
dium of the newspapers is to US incom-
prehensible. Nothing is gained by so
doing, the troubles are none the less
grievous, and little sympathy is given to
people who have not sufficient fortitude
to endure them without murmuring.
These are the women who complain that
they do not have their "rights." But
when they say their literary work is not
that of men, they say what is not true.
Any one, by glancing at the list of
contributors to our ablest and most popu-
lar periodicals, will find nearly, and in
some cases, quite one-half, the names
those of women. There are said to be
in the United States sixty lady editors,
while many others have positions on edi-
toriel staffs. No one will deny that a
book written by a woman gains recogni-
ton and commendation as readily as one
written by man. Ladies no longer find
it necessary to assume masculine nonas
des plunaes, in order to receive attention
from the world. But there is vast diff
ference between honest, meritorious
literary work and querulous complain
ing. and ll-advised scribblers must ex-
pect the fact to be recognized Chicago
Ledgc.-,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12

were surmounted by the coat-of- arms Of the
various States, richly emblazoned and these
these shields were satin banners, each stripe
of the finest ribbon and each star of en-
broidered silver, and the columns were
draped with SmilaX and flowers.
Around the railing of the gallery was hung
woven with gold Saread in a conventional
pattern. Under this, on a white muslin back
ground, were traceries. outlined on wreaths
of smilax, and sprays of flowers. This was
met by the silk tapestries that were feStooned
over the full center arches of the cloister be.
meath. The lower tier of the columns are Ro.
man Dorle, and they were garnished with
rounded by a semi-circle of six American
flags, with pointed spears, covering radius
of ten feet. The entrances of the supper, re.
ception and ante-rooms, which open out of
the cloister, were hung with rich silk damask,
and the walls were embelished with. the
storied arms and national ensigns of the
twenty-five countries holding friendly rela-
dons with the United States.
Pl Ssident Cleveland opened the ball with a
promenade. The President was escorted by
two members of the Reception Committee.
He bowed right and left, and shook hands
with those who reached out to him.
For half an hour after his arrival an infOr-
NAL reception was held in the ereception-rooIn
set apart for President Cleveland by the COM
mlttee, and at one time the room was crowded
with many of this most distinguished men OF
the Nation.
Miss Cleveland was escorted by members
Of the Reception Committee and Senator
toilet of white silk, with low corsage and
court train, garniturc of point lace and mar
row white ribbons in cascades.
Mr.. Manning followed with Mrs. Hoyt.
Vice President and Mrs. Hendricks fol-
lowed. Mrs. HenGr cks wore peach-colored
velvet and brocaded court train, pompadour
corsage and diamonds.
Colonel and Mrs. Lamont. Mrs. Lamont,
white satin and brocade court train and
Medici collar, edged with pearls.
Mrs. Hoyt sister of the President, prime
colored velvet, over-gray brocade corsage, a
la pompadour, corsage bouquet and Jacque-
minOt roses.
The Germania Orchestra, of Philadelphia,
with one hundred pieces, furnished the dance
music, and the Marine Band, led by Com
poser Soussa, provided the promenade mel.
ody. The resulting effect of a multitude of
efforts gave scene of marvellous
and consummate briliiancy; the fragrant
mosaic of the flowers perfuming
all the air, flags thick as
leaves in Vallambrosa, fluttering aloft, and
below inclosing the interior soft light from
high swung golden cresents mellowed every
outline; the exquisite toilets and the dazzling
beauty of the women, and the Sterner COM
pellneSs of representative men from every
portion of our great country, combined to
make picturesque whole that will linger
long in its beholders' memories.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
How It Feels to Drown.

When gave up all hope in the water
I did not suffer one pang of remorsc
about my past life. I have always been
told that when a man is drowning, all his
past life comes before him, and he suffers
horrors of conscience. It was not ST
with me. I thought of you, my dear
father and mother, and of you all ai
home and what sorrow the news of my
death would be to you all, and then,
strange to say, I thought how people do
lie. I have always been told that death
by drowning is the easiest death, and yet
here am, suffering agonies of pain, and
I remember wishing, if I am to be
drowned let it be done quickly. Then I
thought, I am about to solve the problem
about the future world, and felt the
same feeling of shyness and dread come
over me that I have felt so often, and
never could conquer, when was outside
a drawingroom door and about to be
ushered into the presence of a crowd of
ladies and men. have been asked if !
never thought about the sharks which
infest the place I am thankful to say
they never entered into my head Il
I had remembered them I feel sure !
should have gone down like stone.--
Philadelphia Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12

Mr.. Villas is a descendant of an old English
family. He was born in Chelsea, Orange
County, VT, July 8, 1s40. He graduated from
the Wisconsin State University in 1858, at the
age of eighteen. Two years later he won his
degree of LIB, at the Albany Law School,
in the Supreme Courts of New York and
Madison, Wis, in 1860. In 1862 the war spirit
overcame him, and he raised a company and
was elected Captain and was mustered into
the Twenty-third Regiment, W. V. l., and was
ordered to the front, and Joined the forces
under Sherman, who was then preparing an
attack on ,Vicksburg. 1t took part in
seos 'harR pans in aas 1Ss
siege of the city. In February, 1868, Mr..
Villas was appointed Major of his regiment,
and on the 23d of March its Lieutenant
Colonel. From June to August Is he was
in command Of the regiment, owing to Ill
health of Colonel Guppey. August 25, 1853,
Colonel Villas resigned his position. On re-
been remarkably successful. He was one of
the three leading attorneys appointed to re-
wise the statutes of Wisconsin in 1878, and
personally superintended the publication of
the revision. Colonel Villas was one of the
delegates to the Chicago Democratic National
Convention, and offciated as President of
that body. He is member of the Lower
House of the Wisconsin Legislature-the
first elective Office he ever he1d-and was a
Singularly enough Colonel Villas first at
tracted attention by the delivery of an elo-
Quent speech at the dinner to General Grant
in Chicago when the eX-President had re-
turned from his tour around the world, and
was being doomed for q third term.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
A Romantic Incident.
One of the most striking incidents

One Of the most striking incidents that
ever occurred in my experience here was
at one time that had prepared boxes of
fancy paper with a fancy initial, or pet
name embossed in it, and put this up at
a dollar box and advertised it widely.
One day had an order from California
from Miss Susie
The box was done up, addressed to
her and lay about here, when young
Englishman came in end wanted to
write letter. I gave him the materials
and place, when his eye caught the ad-
dress on the box.
"Have you the order that came for
that box of paper?" he asked.
eyes, I replied, sit is about here
somewhere"
"Would you mind sending it up to my
hotel? If it is what I think, L shall
leave for California tonight"
l found it and sent it around, and
heard no more about it for perhaps three
months, when one day the young man,
with lady on his arm, walked in.
"Mr. Loring, 1 want to present YOU
to my wife," he said. "We could not
leave this country till we had thanked
you for your part in bringing us to-
gether."
The denouenaent was quite a romance.
The young man was the son of an
aristocratic family, and the girl the
daughter of the gardener. But love
levels all distinctions, and the young
man felt the girl to be the chosen COM
panion of his life. To break off the at
tachment, his father had sent him to the
continent, and dispatched the gardener
and his pretty daughter to America,
where the young man had followed
them, ignorant Of their address, and at
last finding it through the chance of the
box OF paper.-Interviea0 aDith Loring,
BostO7a Publisher.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
The Inaugural Ball.

President Polk was inaugurated in q theatei
on Pennsylvania avenue; General Grant
second inaugural ball was held in temporary
frame building near the City Hall; General
Garfeld's was held in the Greek cross shaped
National Museum; and it was reserved for
President Cleveland to open the nob1est ball
room in all the country with his inaugural
The court of the new Pension Building, when
finished, will hereafter be the scene of
all future inaugural balls. 1t was, however,
only by the exercise of the most indefatiga-
part of the committee and the decorators
that the fairy scene of tonight was evolved
chaos of few short weeks ago. The interior
of the building consists of an extensive court
3l6 feet long by 116 feet wice, surrounded by
two tiers of columns supporting galleries.
The plan is modelled on the monasteries of
Rome, only in this case the court is covered
upper gallery on either side to a point in the
center, with pitch of twenty-eight feet. and
the rafters are sivty-fve feet long: This vast
gladstone .effect. The roof was hung with
while from the collar beams flags were sus-
pended arranged in the form of open fans.
Ihirty-six gay, new pennants, seventy-two
and were caught and secured at one end in
the gallery. Small flags of various colors
and forms futtered in rows from ropes of
grant flowers and long chains = Of Of
cedar and the smooth leaves of the tabled
laurel. The eight Corinthian columns that
divide the floor into three sections and grate-
fully break the continuity of the vast
stretch of floor, were covered with white
muslin and twined with wreaths of cedar
The terra Gotta basis of the pillars ara en-
riched with designs in which the
fasces and bands, emblems of unity
and strength, are conspicuously
used. These columns rise seventy-five sect
to the roof, although not in Any way support
ing it, and are twenty-five feet in circun,fer-
ence. The Ionic pillars OF the uR,ar ralieIv
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
How to Raise a Street Tree.

The Washington Park Commission
have made the selection and the care OF
the trees q science. They have two
nurseries for raising them in all their
different varieties and for fitting them
for street planting. A tree is not taken
directly from the nursery to the street.
It must be first hardened. This is
done by planting it in reserve ground
poorer than the nursery, but not so
rough and hard as the street. Hero
the tree stands for year, receiving such
care as will tend to toughen and harden
it, and enable it to fight its battles with
the stones of the pavements. 1t is then
planted, a very deep hole being dug, and
this filled with mixture Of manure and
light soil. It is carefully watched,
pruned, and taken care of, and the re-
suit in most cases is that it grows to be
q thrifty, ornamental tree.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
The Procession.

The procession which followed was the fea
ture of the day most eagerly looked for by
many. The avenue where it was to pass was
thronged with people, thousands and thou
sands upon stands and in windows, and tens
of thousands filling the sidewalks for the
miles over which they stretched. At the front
of the White House the President, from the
grand stand reviewed them as they passed,
the officers saluting as they passed, and the
troops bringing their arms to carry" in
passing in front of the President
The organization of the procession was as
follows:
Major General H. W.. slocum, U. S. ",
Chief Marshal.
Bvt. Brig: Gen. Albert ordway, U. s. ",
Personal Aides-Lieu. Col. VIM. ]. volk.
mar, y. s. A; Major Green Clay Goodloe, q.
Aides-de-Camp-Lieut Col. M. v. Sheridan,
o. s. A; Lieut.. Col. ]. F. Gregory, q. s. A.
Major A E. Bates, Q. S. A; Major Thomas
Ward, U; S. A.; CAPTAIN s +. Blunt, .. s; A;
Greene, U. s. A; Lieut.. P. q. Ray, o. 8. A.;
Lieut.. James A. Swift, U. S. A.; Lieut.. ]. A.
Buchanan, U. S. A; Lieut.. T. c. Davenport U.
s. A.; Lieut.; J. G. Scantling, q. s: A; Captain
R,axGa Gls n n ammsnSar MediSaI reosSr E1.1s 1
S. N; Commander G. F: Goodrich, q. S. N:
Commander B. H. McCalla, q. s. N; Prof. ].
R. Soley, q. 8. N; Lieut.. 7. B. M. Mason, Q.
s. N; Lieut.. ". H. Emory, Q. 8. n; Lieut.. s.
S. n; Major 4. S: Nicholson, q: s. NJ. G.;
Martin T. MoMahon, General Duncan S.
Walker, General Cecil Clay, General Walter
Turnbq5l. General Gen George h P; Ihrie e., General
General George ". Clark, General S. s. Bur
dette, Colonel Byron G. Daniels, Colonel Hy.
l Kyd Douglass Colonl James E JonAA Cpa-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
THOMAS FRANCIS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of State.

He was the Oldest in continuous service of
the Democratic Senator's having served his
third term. He succeeded his father, and is
the third in direct line in his family in the
Senate. Mr.. Bayard will be fifty-nine years
of age October %, but does not look over
fifty. He was born in Wilmington, Del, and
received his education at the Flushing
School. He had no collegiate education. He
was early destined for mercantile pursuits
but preferred the law, and was admitted in
1851. He continued to practice in his profes-
sion Wit With the exception of two yearsEls55
and 1S56-when he went to Philadelphia.
The only Office he ever held before he was
elected to the Senate in 1859, was the
office of District Attorney of Delaware
which office he held from 1858 to 1854. He was
ranked as one of the best lawyers in Della
ware Prior to his election to succeed his
father, he had made careful study of the
questions of the day, giving special attention
to financial questions. He was one of the
most regular Senators in his attendance.
There was no debate so dull as to drive out
Mr.. Bayard. He was one of the best in
formed Senators in the body about every.
thing relating to its rules and methods of
doing business. 1t is thought he will be
strong influence in the Cabinet
Mr.. Bayard is very tall, with a good, we'll
flled-out-fgure, although he is by no means
stout He has the fresh color of man of
twenty-five. His face is inclined to be long,
while his features are angular. His forehead
is broad and high, and projects well over a
pair of keen blue eyes. His face is smooth
shaYen, leaving bare his pointed chin and
squarely-lined jaws.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
WHOLE NUMBER 932.
he nnade National ranufaffon

ter the war, when he returned to the House
he made q National reputation
BY his eulogy on Charles SUM
ner. That speech did more, perhaps,
to restore harmony between the North and
South than any other one cause. His theory
was then and still is, that the prosperity of
the South almost wholly depends upon the
existence Of friendly relations between It
and the North. His next public accomplish
ment was his diplomatic management Of the
Southern interests in 1875 and 1877. He was
conspicuous again for refusing to obey the
instructions Of the Mississippi Legislature,
when 1t requested him to vote for an imitation
bill before the Senate or resign. He refused
to resign and voted with the hard money
men. From 1867 until his election to the For
ty-third Congress he was Professor of Laws.
He only served part of the Forty-fourth Con-
gress when he was elected to the Senate,
where he has served ever since. Mr.. Lamar
months ago.
Mr.. Lamar is slightly above five feet ten,
with q well-rounded figure. His head Is large
and thickly covered with q grayish-brown
hair, which falls in straight parallels upon
each side of his face into q long roll, which
curls at the back of his neck. The above cut
is good representation Of this remarkable
statesman.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12

Judge Endieott is not very widely known in
the country, but he is well and very favorably
known in Massachusetts,, his native State.
He, like Mr.. Bayard, had distinguished
father, and his ancestor a few generations
back was the Governor Rndicott, of Massa-
chusetts, who is honored and famous
in the annals of that old Commonwealth.
The present Judge Endicott inherited from
his father handsome fortune. His life has
been one in which there have been few strug-
giles. He has nevSr had to
make the fight for bread, or
for position, but has had smooth,
welLrounded life. He was educated to the
bar, achieved high standing in his profe scion,
became Judge of the higher Court of the
State, and his health having become i'm
paired, voluntarily resigned his Judgeship.
He is man approaching sixty, now in good
health, a genial. well-balanced gentleman.
He has marked abilities, but has moved in a
sphere in life where he has been rarely
called upon to do his, best. He is good law
yer and business man, but has not had much
experience as an executive officer.
In politics Judge Endicott was an old line
Whig up to the foundation of the Republi-
can party, but of late has been a conserva-
tive Democrat. He was the Democratic can
didate for Governor of Massachusetts last
fall, and ran ahead of his ticket. He was on
the Massachusetts Supreme Bench for ten
wears, after 1873.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
How ConkIing Uses Tobacco.

Roscoe Conklings preference for the
tip of cigar when he feels the Iced Of
a stimulus of tobacco doubtless grew out
of a habit which he had for many years.
The tables, window-sills, and the edges
of book shelves in his law Office In Utica
used to be decorated with cigars strange
ly mutilated. He would put cigar in
his mouth wrong end to, carry it till in
his abstraction he happened to remove
it, and, when he missed it, would take
another from his vest pocket. and pro-
ceed to enjoy it in the same manner. 1t
used to be said of him in his Office that
no one had ever seen him light a cigar
there or take cigar in his mouth except
by the wrong end.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
DANIEL MANNING. - Secretary OF the
Treasury.

Mr.. Manning was born in Albany, N. Y, in
1881. His father died few years after his
birth, leaving a widow, son and daughter un-
provided for When nine years of age Dan
began to earn his own living as an errand-
boy in the Argus Office, and it was there that
he acquired all his education and experience.
Mr.. William ]. Cassidy, the owner of the
Argus, was not slow in discovering the Pc
culiar talents of his errand-boy, and made
him a reporter before he was fifteen
years old. Manning acquired in this
position an extensive acquaintance with
public men, as the Argus Office was
then the headquarters of the Northern De-
mocracy. All through the War he reported
the proceedings of the New York Senate, and
also all political conventions OF Importance
held in the State of New York. He supported
his mother and sister, and in few years had
saved enough to become shareholder in the
Argus Company, Manning then became city
itics. At the death of Mr.. Cassidy in 1871 he
became the manager of the argus Company,
and improved its facilities in a skillful man
ner. In 1876 Mr. Manning became a member
of the State Central Committee. He be-
came chairman of that body in 1882, and es-
poused the cause of Mr.. Cleveland with great
vigor, although at first he strongly opposed
his nomination. Lately Mr.. Manning withdrew
from the active management of the Argus,
and has devoted himself to the management
of the Commercial National Bank, of which
he has been president for several years.
Mr.. Manning's first wife died about four
years ago, and some three months ago he
ventured again on the sea Of matrimony,
leading to the altar Miss Fryer, the only
daughter of an Albany dry-doods prince.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12

Mr.. Garland is a native of Tennessee al
though he has lived all Of his life, with the
exception of the first year. in Arkansas. He
is ffty-three years old. He is a lawyer, and
can probably repeat more authorities by the
page and paragraph from his memory alone
than any lawyer who practices before the
Supreme Court. Mr.. Garland received q
classical education. He was educated first
at St. Mary's and st. Josephs College in Ken
tucky. He was admitted to practice law in
1853 in Washington, Ark. He was a member of
the State Convention in 1851 that passed the
ordinance of secession. Later in that year he
was elected a member of the provisional
Congress of the Confederacy that met at
Montgomery, Ala. He was after that made
q member of the Lower House of the Con-
federate Congress when it met at Rich
mOnd. Later he was member of the Senate
where he remained until the close of the Re-
bellion. In 1857 he was elected to the United
States Senate. He vas refused admission
then because the State was not then regu-
larly admitted back into the Union. He fol-
lowed the law until 1874 when he was elected
Governor of Arkansas. He was elected to
the q. S Senate in 1876, and was reelected in
1SS3
Mr.. Garland made a National reputation
for himself by raising the constitutionality
of the law requiring lawyers to take the test
oath before being permitted to practice in
the United States Courts. He won his case,
as is shown in Vol. of Wallace's Reports of
the Supreme Court.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
"A clever girl will ascertain VIII.

"A clever girl will ascertain wha
colors and shades are becoming to her
and will stick to them. There may bs
occasions when she feels like irving
something different, and perhaps il
striking contrast to what she generally
wears. Such experiments, however
should be undertaken with caution. We
once knew man who was almost
frightened out of matrimony by seeing
his lady love at ball in a yellow dress
-NeW York Ledger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
An English lady-"You America,

An English lady-"You Americans
make a great fuss about your sweet po-
tatoes, but don't see how you can en-
dure them; think them extremely dis
agreeable" Bel g asked where she had
eaten any. she replied: "Oh, I never saw
any, but had some mashed potatoes
cooked with plenty of sugar one day, so
we could see what your sweet potatoes
were like, and all disliked them exceed
ingly."-N. Y Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12

Mr.. whitney was born at Conway, Mass,
in 1910, graduated in Yale College in 1858, at
the Harvard Law School in 1864, and then
went to New York, where he was at once ad-
mitted to the bar, and got desk in the Office
of Judge Lawrence. Two years later he
F. Dimock. Whitney devoted himself With
out delay to getting into politics. and there
by became the Corporation Counselxan
Of the Tweed ring The position had
amounted to little for many years, but now
it suddenly became important-partly be-
cause of the mass of litigation over fraudu-
lent claims against the city, but largely
through Whitney's celebrity, energy and
ability in clearing of the cases This achieve
ment established his reputation as a lawyer.
and he maintained it during his continuance
resigned. In business, too, he was success
full. His prosperity in a business sense has
been SO good from the outset of his career
that he has had no temptation to seek public
office for the sake Of money.
Me whitney is ason-in-lawof Senator Payne,