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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-01

AhS OStobSA ALAbS - .
Monthly Magazine is, as usual, very en-
~tertaining and instructive. As a family
magazine it is worthy of honorable men
ton. The present number is filled with
readable articles, among which are
"Three Days at Chamounix, 'sThe Poet
Milton,'' and "Rambles About Grief"
All the articles devoted to fashion and
the adornment of home are very sugges-
tive, and the stories, poems, and various
departments furnish agreeable and in
structite reading. There are some good
illustrations, and the frontispiece is a fine
steel engraving. This number completes
Vol. XXI.
The young man who was raised a pet
is becoming a nuisance. He is seldom OF
any good. What is wanted nowadays
is a practical man who can do something
else besides smoke cigarettes and twist a
cane. The time to learn to work and to
learn business habits is in ones youth
He who leads the life ola butterfly until
he is twenty-five or thirty years Of age and
tnen recognizes the TACT tnat ne mas male
an ass of himself has precious little te
recommend him when he applies for 6
job. This may be a chestnut, but it fits
not a few young men of every town and
city in the Union. The boys at the re
) form farm are better off ifthey only knew
? it than thousands Of the boys who are a
large. There is nothing like being prac
: teal, and there is but one way to be SO
and that is to be % Acquire business
habits and train yourself to good, homes
4 hard work. Don't waste your time learn
s ing to tie q cravat. You can buy a era
watts already tied.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-01

Sections 2. County officers shall be elected
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday fn
| November. by the electors of each county, in
such manner, and for such term, not exceed.
ing three years, as may be provided by law.
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Arkansas Religious Weekly.

Arkansas Religious Weekly.
Last week the tired editor, after laboring hard
in the vineyard concluded that he would go out
among the brethren. While down in the Dry
Fork neighborhood we preached at Ebenezer, and
accompanied Brother Sam Hayfoet homo to
dinner. There were several of the brethren
present. and among them We were pleased to
notice old Brother Shopwell. He is an old SER
want of the Lord, and, had the smallpox kept
ont of his way, / think that his conntenance
Hayfoot. kind reader Knows how to get up a
good dinner She has our idea of cooking cab
bage, for like us. she thinks that they should be
boiled until all OF their brittleness melts
into the everlasting pot. At the table old
Brother Josiah Nance was called upon to
ask blessing. He performed the duty in a
frank and fearless manner He il not as fast as
some men, but. possessing the merit of tenacity,
he keeps pegging away until he gifts there.
After having served the inner man we again
assembled in the sitting room, where Sister
Stoyeall favored US with hymn and 70 cents
for which she waited six months subscription.
One dollar would have struck me with a little
more warmth. but In these days of sin and bard
times halfloaf is much better than Boston
cracker. Brother Smithfeld good old soul as
ever lived, declares that he will take the paper
when ne sells his red steer Gentle reader. do
you know of any one who wants to bay steer7
Twelve and half hands high, and works in
harness like child. ] remained all night
at Brother Hayfoots house and ate breakfast,
dinner and supper with HIM the next day.
Gentle reader, don't forget that steer
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THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
Brother Gardner Hankers to Nee Square
Up and Down Man.

Brother Gardner Hankers to Mees a Square
Up and Down Man.
Detroit Free Press.
Elder Toots having got most of his feet under
the red hot stove, and Colonel Cahoots having
succeeded in knocking down a bust of Plato and
wrecking $500 worth of relics, Brother Gardner
arose and said:
What banker arter am to meet plumb up
an down man. Oar am pussons in dis club who
wabble about like loose wagon wheel. One day
dey greet you wild grin as soft as june an de
mex day dey doan know you as you pass on de
street. / doan' mean to hurt no mans feelins,
but mean to be piamb.
IF Whalebone Howker should come ober to
my house an ak de loan of dollar 1 wouldn't
keep him on de hooks fur half an hour fur de-
cision. should at once reply to him: Whale
bone, de man who uses money Armed by his wife
at de wash tub to buy lottery tickets can't get
no dollar outer me- When aman axes my re-
ligion / doan' beat aroun' de bush to find out if
nounce myself as Baptist an take my chances
by de ole road.
when you think yes or no doan' hesitate
to say SO. Doan' be leanin' one way one
day and some odder way on de mex De
man who knows whar to find you won't
go away mad chen if you decide
agin him. Our Samuel Shin am one day gwine
to be statesman, an on de mex hes gwine to
open a saloon wild gilded ceilin'. One day you
will find MIN Methodist, an de mex you will
meet
him in de mornin', an he am a feroshus Repub-
ican cotch him in de AFTERNOON, an he am a
good Dimocrat.
BE plumb up an down. If you am sot on
ben good, stick to it. If you am sot on bein'
bad doan' let de perice bluff you Off If you
like a man, tell him he kin hev de use OF your
snow-shoyel all summer. If You can't hoe con
wild him, ak him to buy out or sell out, an take
some odder COW path. De wobbly man am a
pusson to be stunned. Tryin' to do bizness wild
him am time wasted an labor frown away
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HORTICULTURAL HOBBIES.
A 100000 Orchid House-Gould's Palms
Novelties in Plants.

a $780, 700 Orchid House-Gould's Palms
Novelties in Plants.
Kew York Mail and Express.
"What is the latest rage among the finest spec
linens of plantsP asked a reporter of a florist.
1.-THE orchids are decidedly. They are COM
ing into favor on account of their many shapes
and varied shades of color. They are plants
which grow without any soil, being usually tied
to block of wood or a cork, suspended in the
air. They require nothing but water to noursh
them The plants are very unattractive, but the
flowers which grow on them are beautiful beyond
comparison. They are parasites, and grow well
In South America. In Europe one large hor-
ticulturist with acres of green houses,
employs fourteen German naturalists to do
nothing else but experiment with orchids and
produce new varieties. In the United States
the universal love for plants has not reached a
high enough plane to justify such an enormous
expense. A single specimen of the scarce kind
costs 81 OOO"
.'Do any private Conservatives grow themP"
eyes. Mrs Pierrepont Morgan has green
house filled with the largest variety of orchids
specimens in the United States, and among pri
qate people not in the business perhaps in the
world They could not be bought for a hundred
thousand dollars. She employs several natural
lists and every three or four years new speci-
mems are produced. They grow slowly and very
delicately and for that reason horticulturists dc
not give much attention to them"
'Is it fact that most wealthy men whs
build greenhouses fill them with their favorte
plant2
with few exceptions such is the case Mr.
Jay Gould has a magnificent conservatory al
Irvington. which cost, they say. $780, Hi.
mania is for palms. Every variety of palm il
the world is to be found there They are thu
most valuable, too, in the world. John Hoe,
has green house at his residence at Lonl
Branch. His great speciality is to crafty tn,
curiosity of his friends every summer by exhibit
ing to them over a million of plants bedded il
the open ground He has the finest collection o
stove-plants in the country ]. B. Colgate has
fine conservatory at Yonkers His hobby il
roses of every variety. Charles j. Osborn
grows chrysanthemums, anemones and rhodo
dendrons at his summer residence at Rye
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WHIMSICALITIES.

If your heart with love is laden
For the girl across the way,
And you wish to win the maiden,
Take her riding in a sleigh.
It viii put her in futter
And you'll make easy mash,
For within dashing cutter
You can surely cut dash
Besides, in sleigh, wherever you go
You needn't have fear of the beautifuls "No."
Papa did mamma say yes to you right of
when you asked her to marry your Certainly
she did" ''Why don't she say yes now Just as
quick when you ask her to do thingsl" "Mam-
mas hearing is not as good now, darling-tLats
all"
"You are infinitely more adorable than any
young lady whom ever met" said Mr. Jehos-
aphar Lunysides to Miss Wallaclock, recently:
and if you would only take my arm during our
walk should believe that heaven was my por-
ton on earth" No. she said, firmly but
sweetly, II cannot take your arm, but viii
take" Whats" he asked, nervously. "Some
oysters, replied the maiden. They are still DIS
engaged.
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His Send OF.
Arkansaw Traveller.

Arkansaw Traveller.
It is said that Mark Twain is becoming sensi-
tive in his old age. 1t is possible that he may
eventually become q sentimentalist; and asso-
citation with Mr.. Cable may give him an idea
of pathos. These two conference.-the smile
and the tear, the haw-h aw and the sigh may.
in their lecturing tour, create an intellectual
reform. Twain however, should keep away
from Arkansaw City. The town has Something
laid up against him; 1--WE ART only
got crow to pick" said an inhabitant
of that town, "but we got a wolf to.
skin. Wy, confound him, when he come along
here, some time ago, writin' up his blamed
Life on the Mississippi passed. of us went
down to the boat, tuck him off, tuck him
round town, flung drinks into him, an treated
him like lord. We all had lots for sale an We
knowed he was goin to give US good send of in
his book"
Ibid hel" asked somo one. ibid he2 WALL,
listen at that Did old Nat Williams give his
son-inlaw good send off when he said that hi
was too good for him9 Hahl Wall, that's the
kid of a send off Twain give us?"
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FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Nellie.

Nellie.
Eyes that sparkle as diamonds bright
With wealth of JOY untold;
A heart untouched with care, and light
AS dreams that float from the infinite,
Is my little '-6ve-year-old."
Here and there she is busy all day,
And her pranks are many and bold;
Her play is her work and her work is her play,
Her step is as light as her heart is gay,
My dear little 'five-year-old."
Her faxen crown has its cloud of curls,
Worth more than their weight in gold,
And think, as through them ray finger twirls,
That fairer by far than glittering pearls
Is my merry .'iveyear-old."
Singing or chattering all day long,
No volume her words could hold;
Sunshine flowing in waves of song,
Purity" all unknown to wrong,
Is Nellie, my ''fve-year-old."
August as Treadweil.
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CapeHs Mistake.

Mgr. Capel shows how hard it is for the clev-
the American character when he urges the estab-
lishment of fund for the benefit of newspaper
mems survivors. All that oh ask is fair play
If they don't get on it is hard luck or their own
fault, and they won't admit that they deserve
any more sympathy than any other class of pro-
fessional men. In truth, they don't The prizes
of any calling are few, but those of journalism
are as great as most. Certainly every self
respecting worker On the American press would
resent such q fund as an affront to the dignity OF
his calling, as well as his own Independence.
Perhaps this is foolish pride. but it exists and is
powerful Indeed, at the Press Club reception,
on last Monday, many blamed and all regretted
the distinguished prelate's well meant words on
this subject We hold queer views in this coun.
try on questions Of personal dignity.
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Brilliants.

The best things any mortal hath
Are those which every mortal shares.
Lucy Larcom.
Hearts that love may find heart ease
At every turn every way
-Swinburne.
Foul, cankering rust the hidden treasure frets,
But gold that's put TO more gold begets
Shakespeare
Hope not the cure of sin till self is dead;
Forget it in loves service, and the debt
Thou eanst not pay the angels shall forget.
Whittier.
Home is the sphere of harmony and peace,
The spot where angels find resting place,
When bearing blessings they descend to earth.
Mrs. Hale.
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daIIIUIu tOLJ DIspdICn
The celebration of the feast of St Blase, the
patron of health, in St Patricks Roman Cath
olc Church, yesterday, was marked by peculiar
and impressive ceremony. The church was
packed. it having been announced that those de-
string it could have their threats blessed at mass
as a preventive Of diphtheria, pneumonia and
kindred diseases. FIR. Hughes and two assist
ants first knelt in silent prayer and then re-
quested the people in turn to approach the altar.
The priests repeated the invocation to the patron
saint. and, with two lighted candles held in the
form of a cross touched the throat OF each per-
son, who also repeated the prayer
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Irish ALTERATION.
San Francisco Chronicle.


Two Irishmen were heard the other day Gs-
cussing the perpetual politics. The election or
Cleveland hos, believe, been conceded for some
time. and even the Democrats have ceased ex-
planning to one another how it was done. Those
two voters were evidently reciting the details of
the glorious victory to ono another, and finally
they came to the Rum, Romanism and Rebellion
of the ingiorious Burchard
s.Sure an it's moighty quare that little bit av>
alliterashun like that should have bate Q man
runnin' for President"
sAn' what is it you're tellin' met Allitera~
shun, is it'll An what alliterashun IL IL you
name, at all, at allf'
"Oh, this drinkin' and Popery and fOightin.a Z
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The Viper and the File.
Puck.

A rapacious Viper, being sadly in need OF Sus.
tenance, was wandering aimlessly about one eooa
April afternoon Seeking what no might Devoar,
when he met an inviting looking File, upon which
he resolved to Feed.
..Go it, Wipe old man. said the File; ''you can
have all the Juice you can get out Of me, and
Welcome; but warn you to desist, as am al
most as Mortalitacious as our cousin Cholera
Germ!"
But the Viper, persisting in his reckless repast,
Swallowed the File entire. and, Having done so,
curled up his legs and died.
And no wonder. He had eaten File Of tho
Congressional Record.
Moral: Even Snakes cannot stand some
Things
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The Little Householder.


"Oh yes, have all kinds of tenants" said
kind faced old gentleman; "but the one that
like the best is child not more than ten years
OF age. few years ago got chance to buy
piece of land over on the West Side, and did so.
/ noticed that there was an old coop of a house
on it, but l paid no attention to it. After
while a man came to me and wanted to know if
/ would rent it to him.
"'What do you want it forp says l."
TO live in,' he replied.
"'Well,' said, you can have 1t. Pay me what
you think it is worth to you
1.-The first month he brought So and the Sec
ond month a little boy, who said he was the
mans son. came with 49, After that saw the
the boy paid the reLt regularly, sometimes So
and sometimes 3d. One day / asked the boy
what had become of his father.
He's dead. SIR was the reply.
lis that soF said ]. How long SINGER
More'n year. he answered.
II took his money, but made up nay mind
that would 60 over and investigate and the
| next day drove over there The old shed
looked quite decent knocked at the door and
little girl let me in / asked for her mother
She said she didn't have any.
"'Where is sheg said /.
"'We don't know, SIR She went away after
my father died and we've never seen her SINCE
just then little girl about three years old
came In and learned that these three children
had been keeping house together for year and
half, the boy supporting his two little sisters
by blacking boots and selling newspapers and
| the elder girl managing the house and taking
care of the baby, Well. just had my daughter
call on them, and we keep an eve on them now
| / thought wouldn't disturb them while they
are getting along. The next time the bow came
| with the rent talked with him little and then
| said:
my boy, you're brick. You keep right on
as you have begun and you will never be sorry
Keep your little sisters together and never leave
| them Now look at this
II showed him ledger in which had entered
| up all the money that he had paid me for rent
| and told him that it was all his, with interest
| You keep right on says l, and I'll be your
| banker. and when this amounts to little more
| I'll see that you get house somewhere of your
own That's the kind of tenant to have"
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Fair Is the Sea.

Fair is the sea; and fair the seaborne billow,
Blue from the depth and curled with crested argent
Fair is the sea- and fair the smooth sea margent.
The brown dunes waved with tamarisk and willow;
Pair is the sea; and fair the seaman's daughter,
Fairer than all fair things in earth and ocean;
Fair is the sea- and fair the hayward motion,
The wavering CLINT of light on dancing water;
Fair is the sea, and fair the heavens above it.
And fair at ebb the grass green wildernesses:
Fair is the sea, and fair the stars that love it,
Rising from waves new-washed with Orient tresses;
Tair is the sea. OF all fair sea things farest
Stella, thou sea-born star, art best and rarest
j. a Symonds, in Athen@ UNI.
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How piphtheria Can Be Simply Cured.

New York STAR !.
An uptown surgeon, who makes tho diseases
OF women and children specially informed a
Sunday Star man that in consequence of the re-
cent severity of the weather much diphtheria
was prevalent among his patients.
''By the way, there's new treatment for this
disease" be said, which has recently been in
troduced from France. 1t is simple ard efica-
eious.p
'tAnd it consists of whatip
Pouring equal parts of turpentine and liquid
bar into tin pan and setting Are to the mixture.
A dense mass of smoke arises, but that doesn't
matter"
'What effect has this upon the patientF
'gThe patient experiences relief at once: the
fbrinous mern brane soon becomes detached, the
choking and attIe stop, and the patent falls into
peaceful sumber and inhales the smoke with
apparent pleasure
Have you tried itP
Yes and successfully, but ! should advice
any one who wishes TO test il to have the expert
ment administered by professional man"
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A Genuine Heroine.


Young Authoress-''My DEAR want heroine
for my new novel, Can't you give me an ideap
Her Husband-"Certainly, love- You want her,
to possess combination of traits never befOE04
dreamed Of / supposed"
THAT'S it-that's it. But it must be eomhi-
nation calculated to make man love her TO dis
traction"
II see. Well, in the first place she should bel
literary"
"Of course"
"The author of book"
"Just the thing; but how shall make her en-l
tirely different from other literary ladiesp
"Have her look over her husbands WARDROBE
and sew on buttons before starting any new
novels"
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Her Grip on the Egyptian Stu

Her Grip on the Egyptian Situation.
Chicago News.
Hubby, was reading last night that General
Gordon had no arms"
THAT means, my dear, that he never carried =
pistol or sword"
"Oh! Well anyway, it was real mean of that
Mr. Mahdi to pitch onto an unarmed man, WASN'T
it. hubbyF'
But General Gordon had soldiers to guard
him, you know"
ooh did hep
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Three.

We were three who sailed at morn together
Meath the dappled. lustrous. exquisite sky,
Singing rich old Normandie ballad
Maud, friendshipand /.
We're three who came back at eve together,
All silently breathing never word;
Still Maud and | in the boat were sailing;-
But love was the third
Flora Ellice Steyens
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Life.

When violets bloom and soft winds play
When heckless skies float DER the earth
When all is youth, and joy, and mirth,-
Life's aim is happiness. we say
When violets bloom, and soft winds play.
When summer joys have all gone by
When frowning skies hang DER the world, -
When hopes gay banners all are furled,-
LIES aim is usefulness, we sigh,
When summer joys have all gone by.
Ia Emma Carleton, in the Curren
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How BIZ Enjoys Himself.

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
ibid you see Mrs. Van SaltsellerS plurges Bin
at Mrs. Old Cheeses reeeptionp one gentleman1
asked another.
t'Yes; covered with diamonds, wasn't shell"
''Just loaded with them. lisa wonder old
Biff allows his wife to dress that way; he's SOL
'Allow her! Why she dresses for him Hed
can't wear diamonds himself, so he gives themA
to her. Then people will say, Who's that ladyI
encrusted with gemsp Why. don't you knowH
That's Mrs. Van Saltseller-S plurges Bif, wife OIL
Spindleshank Biff, the great millionaire There's
where old Bif comes in. See2'
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Browning.s Great Poem a Myth.
London News.


How many reader of the stirring poem of
.sHow We Carried the Good News from Client
to AK has wondered what the good news" was,
which furnished the theme of the poets verses
was doubtless of some historic Importance. II
seems however, that the poem was one entirely
of imagination. Professor Hiram Corson, OF
Cornell University, who visited Mr.. Browning
in 1883, asked him il the verses had any basis OF
fact Professor Corson writes: HE informed
me that they had not The poem was written
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Real and Mimic.

Dora seated at the play
Weeps to see the hero perish
Hero of Dresden day;
Fit for China nymphs TO cherish;
o, that Dora's heart would be
Half so soft and warm for ms!
When the faring lights are out
His heroic deeds are over;
Gone his splendid strut and shout,
Gone his raptures of alover
While my humdrum heart you'd find
True, though out of sight and mind.
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off the African coast while on yachting trip IN
the Mediterranean. Having been some days at
sea, aud feeling the monotony of it, he longed "a
be on the back Of his favorite horse, York, and
wrote the poem descriptive of an imaginary GAL
lop from Client to AK, between which places
important historical news must often have been
carried in hot haste. Mr.. Browning showed me
the original draft of the poem, in pencil, ON the
fy-leaves of an Italian book he had taken with
hlu-Bartoli's sS,inboli'n
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When He Weighed 1t.

Chicago Tribune
Mrs Newbride-"I am so sorry you could
not come to my wedding, but you got thea
piece of cake sent you, didn't you? made 19s'
myself" &c
Mr. Oldbuck-"O, yes; it arrived safely"
II am so glad. / sent You an awful big piece on
because was sure you would like it It must
have weighed nearly two pounds"
rs that all2 l thought it weighed about
twenty pounds
'Indeed! Why when2"
"After had eaten it"