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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15
WINTER RYE.
One of the Most Desirable Crops in Va
rious Respects.

One of the Most Desirable Crops in Va
rious Respects.
We frequently call the attention of
the readers of the Poughman to this
crop. because we believe it to be mi OF
the most desirable to grow; few crops
are so certain to yield well every year,
and few that bring SO much money
draw so lightly from the land. The
land can be prepared and the seed sown
at a season of the year when the farmer
is not as busy as in the spring, and
there is the advantage of being able to
sow it Immediately after most crops are
gathered. One great advantage of this
crop, it covers the ground with a good
coat of vegetation during the winter and
spring months; this protects it from the
heavy winds of winter and spring.
which often blow away large quantities
of the finest and best portions of the
soil hat is left exposed after the sum-
mer crops are gathered. No only does
the rye protect the soil from blowing
away, but by growing until very late in
the autumn and beginning to grow very
early in the spring, it is gathering sub.
stance from the air in large quantities
at q time when few other crops can do
it; thus by the protection it affords and
by the accumulation it makes it saves
and gathers up nearly all of the ferfE-
tv it needs. so that a soil after produc
ing a good crop of rye is nearly as rich
as it would have been ifnothing had been
grown on it. Good crops of rye have
been grown on the same land many
wears in succession, without the appli-
cation of any manure after the first
year.
In many towns the straw will sell for
as much as good English hay, and in
some towns several dollars per
ton more. In such towns the
raising of rye is much more pro.
itable than any other grain. Every
farmer who keeps a herd of mich
COWS should not fail to put in . few
acres of rye every year; then if feed in
the spring is short, " the hay crop does
not promise we'll, he can cut and feed
| out his rye crop in the green state. or
he can cut it and make it into hay to
| help out the stock of hay the next win
ter. Although not as good to feed to
mich cows, either green or when made
into hay, as barley, it is very good
when cut early. before it becomes
woody; and it comes in so much earlier
in the spring than barley that it fills a
| place which barley can not. 1t is there
fore desirable to always have it grow
ing on a farm where cattle are kept,
and it would be we'll for farmers to
make it a rule to sow a few acres of rye
every wear: but his principal object in
sowing it should be to obtain the grain
and ripened straw; it should be cut
green only when other fodder crops
promise to be light.
When the ripened straw sells for more
per ton than Engl's h hay, it will bring
enough to pay all of the expenses O.
preparing the land and harvesting the
crop, leaving the grain as clear profit
AS a fair yield is worth from fifteen to
twenty dollars to the acre ever when
grain is low in price. it is a crop that,
according to the outlay, brings a YER
satisfactory profit. - Massachusett;
POuQhnlan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

is sometimes exhibited in our public exhi-
billions. When we gaze upon some of the
peculiar freaks dame nature occasionally
INDUCES in, our minds revert back to the
creation of man, "who is so fearfully and
wonderfully made" The mysteries Of his
nature have been ~unraveled by DIR. r. V.
Pierce, of Buffalo, and through his knowl-
edge of those mysteries he has been able
to prepare his "Golden Medical Discov.
poisons and humors, such as scrofula, PIN.
pies, hlotches, eruptions, swellings, tumors
Ulcers and kindred affections. By druggists
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15
The address that Arabs Mace on

The address that Arabs place on let
tiers is very long and very pious. Here
is ono on a letter sent to a writer in the
Berlin Tagblau: I'm the name of the
merciful God, the beneficient. This
writing is from one who serves his Lord,
from X, the son of X; and if God wills
it will get into the hands of our friend
Sidi Musa, the son of Hamdalla, the
Prussiap, the Christian, in the city of
Tharabolos, Tripoli, the illustrious, the
famOus.n
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

in Ogden, Utah, a curfew law has
been adopted. The bells are sounded
at eight OF nine o'clock p. M, accord
ing to the season, and after that hour
boys or girls under sixteen years of age
abroad, unless accompanied by a parent,
a guardian or friend, or provided with
a permit, are liable to arrest for INSIDE
meanor. A similar law is in operation
in Sacramento, Marysville and Colusa,
Cal, and in Reno, Chicago Jour-
.,n1
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

In the New York directory the
name Smith occupies SO columns, Brown
20, Miller 18, Clark Is, Williams II,
Jones 10, Ryan 8, Campbell z, King 6
and Robinson 5. From this it appears
that Smith still holds the championship,
and Brown maintains the record, but
that Jones and Robinson have lament
ably fallen off.-N. Y. Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich.
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRo-VoL-
TAIc BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 80 days, to men (young or old
afflicted with rvo debility. loss of vital
ity and al kindred troubles. Also forrheu-
matism, neuralgia, paralysis and many 9TH
er diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
Cured, as so days. trial is allowed. Write
them at for illustrated pamphlet, free
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15
In the red hills of Calaveras. Wal

In the red hills of C~alaveras, Walter
Mercer, a young Californian, recently
found a cave of countless wonders. In
one chamber are the Angels Wings
two magnificent formations, white like
the wings of a seraph, and so delicate
that to the eye they seem as if a slight
tap would bring them down in frag'
ments.-Sdn Francisco Call.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

The Scientific american has an az
ticle on the decline of the sailor, with
special reference to men-of-wars' men.
Modern science is said to raise the naval
officer from an expert navigator, and
nothing more, to a scientist, while the
sailor is converted into a mechanic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15
-.Well-built stv1ish

-"Well-built, stylish, attractive
homes, not gaudy or loud, but rich, sub
dued and elegant throughout q Phila-
delphia house agent says he has tor sale
of home everybody wants, Philadel-
phiaGs need not be startled at a sudden
rush of strangers in the real-estate
market. -Butulo Express.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

The hotel at the bottom of the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado consists
of a board shanty, of a single room be-
low with q kitchen attached, and two
bedrooms under the roof above. The
stage driver is road owner, guide, land
lord and cook, all in one, but makes his
guests comfortable. The distance from
the station is only a few miles.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

"A recent compilation from criminal
records shows that for each 10000, 900
of the population the number of muir
ders is as follows in the various countries
named: England 2S7, Belgium 240,
France 265, Scandinavia 266, Germany
279, Ireland 294. Austria 80, Russia
323, Italy 504, Spain 533, United States
Son. Y. Examiner.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

The greatest forces of nature are
silent forces. Gravity, which regulates
the universe, operates as noiselessly as
the dew-drops steal out of the air. Only
by blotting it out could the world be
brought to realize Its power, or appre-
ciate its loss. So it is with the earnest,
silent, honest, thoughtful man.-Nash-
UlWe american.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

Man groweth up, and the scenes of
his childhood they vanish away. But
the jokes of his youth they are the chest
nuts of his manly wit, and he huggeth
them to his understanding, and laugheth
like a baldheaded man in the front row
at the play-house.-Chicago Current.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

1t seems strange that it is necessary to
persuade men that you can cure their dis
eases by Offering a premium to the man
vino fails to receive benefit. And yet DIR.
Sage undoubtedly cured thousands of cases
of obstinate catarrh with his "Catarrh
Remedy" who would never ave applied
to him, if it had not been for his offer OF
the above sum for an incurable case. Who
is the next bidder for cure or cash?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

An oculist of high standing in this
city makes the remarkable statement
that there are more eyeglasses and
spectacles worn in Philadelphia than in
any other city in the country. Affecta.
ton has something to do with this
PhitadeLphia Bulletin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15
"A new and less Objectionable than

tobacco plant. Its stems and waste are
claimed to be equal to linen rags in the
manufacture OF paper. Tobacco stock
costs less thar ten dollars a ton; linen
rags seventy TO eighty dollars. There
is no expense for asserting the former
and little shr nkage. as against a loss of
one third in rags. The yearly tobacco
waste is estimated in the last census re-
ports at from three to four hundred
million pounds, and is increasing. while
all other paper stock is decreasing in
supply and increasing in cost.-ChicagO
Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

Most persons think of Cambridge,
Mass, as a mere college town--a mel
low apple. of which Harvard is the core
but. according to a census just taken
the population is 60, 900. --RoSton Jour-
nal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15
-Tanavrond ha1iavad RI

-Talleyrand believed that hand
writing is an index to character. Ches
terfield didn't. Thousands have tried
to formulate rules of interpreting char
acter from chirography, but in thest
days of bad manuscript most men are
content il they a read the words and
discover the writer's meaning.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

= Rupture, pile tumors, fstulas,
and all diseases Except %cancer( OF the
lower bowel radically cured. Book of par
~ticulars two letter stamps. Worlds Dispen.
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

OF a man suddenly struck dumb it may
be said that his melancholy daze has come.
Washington Ratchet.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15
Welchmen have begun to real

ize that they are not getting as much
credit for their patriotic services as
they have deserved. They remind US
that OF fifty-five signers of the Decla-
ration of independence seventeen were
Welshmen either by birth or lineage.
Moreover, fourteen Generals, one
Colonel, six Captains and one L;euten
ant in the Revolutionary wal were
Welshmen - Chicago Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

PIKE'sT ooTHACHE DROPS cure in l minute Csc
Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25e
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns & Bunions
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

The London Medical Times thinks
that the treatment of snake-bite by put
ting gunpowder on the wound and
touching it off with a match may be
thought rough, but is often successful.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

GEORGE MARDEN moves hat Spain be
renamed and called Cholerado. Are you
ready for the question?-Boston Post
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15
Young Men, Read This,

A BALLET-girl is somewhat of a philos.
opher; she believes in gauze and effect
Oil CifB Derrick,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

The total number Of s~elf-support-
ing women and girls over ten years Of
age, in New YORK Is 2,647,15H-~N y
Pest
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15
AWonaerful Freak of Nature

"THE canny Scot" ought to go into
the ruit-c canning business Washington
Hufcbef
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaa,
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Csc
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

BRED upon the waters-Reared at sea-
Ghic0OO TTjbuUe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

The rage 10Y in Paris, says a cor
respondent of the st. Louis Repwbic IN
is ito be married at midnight
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

"CAN you tell me what a smile is, littl,
maiden?'; "Yes, sir; it's the whisper of
laugh."-GoldeR Days.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

Song of the ship-calksr: "Oakum with
me.O
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15

of dispensing with the 'hired man."
''Things are in the best of order" lane
averred, winding VI with an emphatic as
surance of his being to her mind a perfect
gentleman, never asking a question, and
always speaking to her (Jane) as if she
were "a born lady"
The warmth of the girls defense showed
plainly enough that he had captured that
side of the citadel.
Willie Gaynor's arrival is close at hand.
Ella was restless and nervous to-day, and
resorted to the invariable panacea for all
her troubles-the dogs. Calling Niger
and Ruby she held up a warning fore
finger, and administered a lecture Upon
evils arising from fighting with strangers.
Niger and Ruby winksd in an apologize
manner, and wagged. their tails in a way
suggestive of comprehension and compli-
ance, and Ella bravely tried to divest her
mind of tramps, troubles and cousins for
the nonce. She walked quickly, her nerves
at their highest tension, until she became
oblivious of time or distance. Even Niger
and Ruby showed signs of WEAKNESS, and
looked up appealingly to their young mis-
tress, who as yet showed no sign of return
ing. She was walking down a steep in
cline, an old watercourse, where rough
stones and fragments of rock made every
step hazardous. She was in deep thought,
and, taking little heed of her surround
ings. stepped uDon n howlder, which looke
firmly enough imbedded in the ground. 1t
turned treacLerously, and she was thrown
heavily Onward. In attempting to rise
she found to her dismay that her ank was
sprained.
There was little prospect of help in that
desolate place, n she wondered despair
ingly what would become of her. In her
extremity she chung to Niger, who
whined p%iteously in sympathy with her.
AS if he realized the helplessness of the
case, he soon changed his whine to a
dismal and prolonged howl, which was
had he known 1.-THE most effectual mode
of assistance he could have rendered, for it
luckily reached the ears of a solitary per-
son who was about to betake himself to his
quarters for the night. For q moment he
stood still, Again came the melancholy
wall, this time more distinctly pm the night
sresss. He started auiekly 10 the direction
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-17
WINSTON S. PIERCE
J. H. MCKERNAN.

The following are the final esti-
mates in the December crop report,
for the crops of 1885, together with
wheat, rye and barley, sown this fall
for the harvest of 1886. Bushels per
acre and total bushels are in round
numbers. Percentages are compared
with 5 years average unless other
wise specified.
Wheat Bushels per acre, s; $50;
total bushels for Ohio, 214 millions.
Sown for crop of 1886 in Ohio, q
676,000acres, 1910 of area of 1885;
condition of same now, 81.
Corn, 1885: Area, los; yield per
acre, 80 bushels; total 112 million
bushels or 115% of years average.
Rye, 1885: $4,000 bushels, or 81
60. Rye for 1886, area 4; condition
Barley. 1885, $4,000 bushels, or
1910. Barley for 1886, area 80, CON
dition 81.
Oats, total u million bushels, or
2OO% of 5 years average total bu-
shells per acre, 80; quantity $50.
Potatoes, bushels per acre, eS5;
1919 of full average crop; lost by
rot 7%.
Glover seed, 42% Of average crop.
Tobacco, ditto, 1919.
Sorghum, 90.
Live stock, condition 100.
Apples, 4S% of full crop.
Grapes, ditto, 65.
The crop of oats is the largest on
record, and the crop of corn the
largest probably unless it is the crop
OFFS. Live stock, fall grown grains
and meadows and pastures ego into
winter quarters" in excellent condi-
ton.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-17
ALL DEMOCRATS INVITED.

The following general invitation
has been issued by the jackson
club of Columbus to all Democrats
desiring to attend the Sth of Janu-
airy celebration in that city:
DEAR SIR: Those having at heart
the welfare of the Democratic party
of Ohio and the perpetuation of its
principles desire to have an annual
gathering of her sons in the state on
january s, 1886, at the city hall in
this city, that they may consult to-
gether. exchange views on public
Questions, and by toasts upon APP
propriate topics by our leading hnd
most eloquent men prepare for the
duties of the coming year. You as
a man of influence in your party
are cordially invited to attend and
by your presence aid in the happy
accomplishment of the purposes OF
the gathering.
ALLEN G. THURMAN,
A. B. COHEN,
G.. II. BARGAR,
ROBERT BELL,
FRANK WILSON.
Committee on Invitations.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-17
Lesson of History.
New York Sun.

Of the two men elected President
and Vice President in 1875, one still
lives, conspicuously honored and
warmly beloved, theErst citizen of
the land, after having twice refused
a nomination that meant the sure
righting, in a measure, of the wrong
which the Democracy suffered in
his person nine years ago. The 9th
er dies in the office from which he
was shut out by the conspirators of
the Fraud. Honored and sincerely
mourned by the nation, he is car
ried to-day to his last restingplace.
Of the two men who profited chiefly
by the monstrous iniquity, one is
already forgotten-who knows
where Wheeler is, or whether he
lives or sleeps in oblivion? The 9TH
err crawls out of obscurity to touch
the hem of Hendricks shroud, hap
ply thus to attract fof an hour even
the attention of universal contempt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-17

A large number of third and
fourth class postmasters met at
Chicago for the purpose of holding
a national convention. The object
of the meeting was to adopt means
to influence Congressional action
in behalf Of the classes of postmas-
tiers named, and for their relief from
certain grievances under which they
claim to suffer. There Ae 1000 or
$4,000 postmasters of these classes
IN the United States. They claim
among other things that their paw
is insufficient and that certain ex-
penses are ~unjustly put upon them.
The convention appointed commit
tees OF arrangements to prepare pa
pers for another national gathering,
and decided that they would meet
again in Chicago, on the 18th of
February. 1t was decided that the
expenses necessary for the conven-
ton should be raised by a levy. of
one dollar each on all third-class.
and fifty cents on fourth-class post
masters.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-17
Dissatisfaction Of Labor.
[Cincinnati Telegram

Almost daily the accounts of la
Dor troubles arising from a strike
are to be met with in the public
press, and there is a constant I'M
rest on the part of thoughtful men,
as they survey the field with great
solicitude. Wages go down, while
wealth increases, and this.is q fact
that puzzles staticians. What will
the future bring forth, if now with
a population of 5S,OO0,OO0 there is
such a Respondent feeling, and if
measures are not adopted to re-
move the existing troubles. Labor
creates wealth, and it not only
multiplies the sources of wealth,
but furnishes happiness to all
classes of men. To labor we owe all
we possess; it has built vessels
which navigate the waters of the
globe, it has stretched the thou
sands of miles of wire which ex-
tend throughout the length and
breadth of our land, and which are
buried beneath the waves of the
ocean; it has built the iron high
ways upon which the locomotive
speeds the car which transfers our
products and return our necessities,
and in fact all we have, and all we
enjoy is due to the labor of our
people. Now what does labor de-
mand? What docs it need? What
does it deserve? The questions are
easily answered, and but two
words are necessary, and the an
swer is, fair wages. In the United
States the laborer is a citizen, he
has the ballot, and in course of
time he will use his right and
speak through the ballot box his
views and demand his rights. He
is willing to labor, even toll for
those things which are necessary
to his comfort and happiness, and
he will have them sooner or later.
The American laborer wishes a
house, not a hut. He wants to pro-
vide for his family, clothe, feed and
educate them, at least, and as they
acquire an education their desires,
and rational onesthey be, increase.
The men of labor in the United
States have a majority, and if they
will but unite in securing the de-
sired ends the question will be
speedily settled. We have said that
what he wants is, "fair wages"
and as to what these are we will
venture to reply: Such an amount
as will enable him to live in COM
fort, and as are necessary to OBJ
tain the ne~cessaries of life without
stint, and the same time without
extravaganza.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-17

The people Of Georgia have taken
a step toward prohibition which is
probably the most complete ofthat
of any State in the country. 1t is
prohibition that prohibits. Of the
1856 counties in Georgia more than
100 already have taken advantage
of the local option law, and have
declared in favor of prohibition.
The new law is so strict that it pro-
hibits the prescription ofliquors by
physicians, who must now admin
lister alcohol pure, fiat all. The ply
stefan prescription business has
done much to keep prohibition from
prohibiting in Maine, Iowa and
Kansas.