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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

There is a tendency to. receive the
the old time fashion of our grandmas of
long ear-rings.-N. 7. Mail.
Carpets should never be shaken, as
their weight inclines them to part, but
be laid on a rope ami then beaten at the
back.-E1chamge.
Don't throw away old suspender
rings, but sew them to the corners of
kitchen holders, serving a better our
pose than loops to hang by.
"A very soft and pretty fringe for
homemade rugs is to be obtained by
~raveling ou the good parts of old stock
ings and mittens; the crinkled appear
ance is its pretty feature, and it will last
for a long time.
If you have a good farm horse keep
him. The difficulties in the way of Sc
curing a good horse can not be realized
until the animal is really required and
attempts are made at purchasing. But
few horses are exempt from defect OF
some kind.-Troy Times.
For a custard pudding take one
quart of new milk, yelks of six eggs.
one cup of sugar, some tablespoonful OF
corn starch; flavor with vanilla. When
cold beat the whites to a stiff froth, add
one-half cup of sugar, spread on the
top and brown in the oven.-The
Caterer.
Nice tea cakes are made with one
egg, two cups of sugar, one cup OF
sweet cream, one cup of butter, tea
spoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls OF
cream-of-tartar. Season with nutmeg.
Enough flour for a soft dough. Roll
thin and cut in fancy shapes.-The
Household.
The Rural NeW Yorker in reply toa
correspondent who want some device
to keep crows from the corn field, says
it has found that crows do much more
good than harm among the corn. 1t
recommends the scattering of a few
| quarts of well-soaked corn about the
field just as the planted corn is COM
ing up.
The South Bristol (Mass.) Farmers
Club is circulating this pledge: "We
hereby agree neither to buy nor use for
any purpose whatever the plumage of
birds which have been killed solely for
decoration. And we promise to exer-
else all our influence to further the OBJ
ject of this pledge, which is the preser.
walton of song birds"
If youhave let your work-horses
unfortunately get thin during the win
ter, lose no time in feeding up. The
full strength of the animals will be re.
quired in blowing and seeding time. II
is poor economy to stint animals upon
which so much depends in successfully
prosecuting the labors of the farm. 1t
is, in fact, poor economy to let any farm
animal get thin.-M. Y. Times.
The experience of fruit growers al
goes to show that it is unwise to rule
ones conduct by exceptional circum.
stances. The Florida orange growers
who loose a crop of fruit and perhaps &
years growth of their trees can not af'
ford to throw away their orchards (and
the same remark applies to peach and
small fruit growers) because of an oc.
casional disaster. The evil must be
taken with the good, and a sort of self
insurance system should be established
to cover losses in certain years. The
example of the seven years of plenty
followed by even years of famine re
corded in ancient history should be fol
lowed in these cases.-M Y. Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
A Dogs Memory.

Last summer a dog owned by a gen.
tleman in New Jersey broke his leg. A
doctor who was visiting in the place set
the leg and cared for the dog until he
was entirely well. The doctor went
away, and has not met the dog from
that time until a few days ago when he
was driving through the village. He
saw the dog, who came up to the car
rage and recognized the doctor at once,
although he had not spoken. The dog
showed the widest Joy, barking and
jumping about the carriage, ever fol-
lowing it for some distance. I wonder
if dogs eve forget to be grateful?--
Christian Union.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
Horticultural Swindlers.

A very common dodge with swindlers
of the horticultural persuasion is to
open an account with some well-known
firm, and pay promptly and well. Then
they order of other firms, and refer to
Messrs. So-and-so.n A letter is written
and the reply comes: He has ALWAYS
dealt honorably with u.s. The goods
60, and it is ultimately found to be a
mere dodge. We know of one swindler
who got thousands of dollars worth
from numerous nurserymen because he
promptly paid Il few hundred dollars to
Il wei!-known New York tira.--G-y.
GsHSr's Mvrttiy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
Among the relics at the National

Among the relics at the National
Museum is a letter dated Washington,
Janury 20, 1929, and bearing J. Q.
Adams signature. 1t is addressed to
John Talisford. Adams tells him that
as President of the United States, inter
fere and pardon a young mail-carrier
holds that although young he was old
enough to know better, and that to par
don him would be simply to give license
to such crimes by youths throughout
the country. Adams adds, however,
that, not to appear too harsh, he will
leave it to his successor to decide
whether the crime ought to be pardoned
on the plea, of the youth of the mail
carrier Washington Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

"HELLoi" we heard oneman say to anoth-
er the other day. "Ididn'tknow you a~tfirst,
why you look ten years younger thar you
did when I saw you last. II feel ten
years younger" was the reply. "You
know I used to be under the weather all the
time and gave up expecting to be any bet,
ter. The doctor said I had consumption. ]
was terribly weak, had night-sweats, cough,
no appetite, and lost flesh. I saw DR.
Piercess Golden Medical Discovery adver
tised, and thought it would do no harm il
it did no good. 1t has cured me-. l am g
new man because I am a we'll one"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
THE MOTHER.

6Ae was bent and wrinkled,
Gray-hafred and old;
But there walked beside her,
Like a hero bold,
A youth, as stalwart
As Sparta's best,
With q heart as kind
As the tenderest.
"You may leave me waiting,"-
She meekly said,
"While you greet the noted
Twas not bred
ITO meet with the famous,
A favored one."
Then, with pride of heart, spoke
The loyal son.
You have toiled for me
In my early days,
And now that the nation
Has brought me praise,
81 give you my iife's cup
Filled to the brim;
Who honors his mother,
God honors him."
K. Barton, IN Youths Companion
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
The iurv in the famous suit of Miss

The jury in the famous suit of Miss
Perkins againt Lucky" Baldwin, re-
Gently tried at Los Angeles, Cal, took
one ballot to ascertain how they stood.
This was unanimous for the plaintiff.
They then balloted as to the amount of
damages to award her. The first ballot
cast to settle this showed seven votes
for $3.50, 600 and one for 500, 900. The
other four were from $50, 600 to $780,
600. The $4,000 man would not vote
at all on the second or third cast. :: 1t
took four votes to get the twelve juisors
to agree to the sum finally brought in,
SIS, 00O.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

A good story comes from a boys board
ing-school in Jersey" The diet was mo-
.notonous and constipating, and the learned
Principal decided to introduce some old
style physic in the apple-sauce, and await
the happy results. One bright lad, the
smartest in school, discovered the secret
mine in his sauce, and pushing back his
plate, shouted to the pedagogue, "No
use nuthin' but Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Purg.
alive Pellets and they are a doing their
duty Ikea charmIn They are ambitious,
and purely vegetable.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

The unsuccessful men are for the
most part men who have not learned
any business. If you find in a shop a
mechanic-not a man who knows how
to turn a stop-cock under his charge,
but a man who knows the whole mill
you will find a man who, as a rule, has
never lacked employment and good
Wages.-ChriStian at Work.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

What throat is the best for . singer to
teach high notes With A SOAR throat. If
It becomes too sore, use Taylor's Cherokee
Remedy Of Sweet Gum and Mullen, which
cures hoarseness and a husky voice.
Walter A. Taylor, Proprietor, Atlanta, Ga.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
Petroleum v. Nasby's Latest!

FetrOloum ". NnsbY's Latest
D. R. Locke petroleum v. Nasby), editor Toledo
Blade. telegraphs, At had on q forefnger of my right
hand one of those pleasant pets, q 'run-round.' The
finger became infamed to q degree unbearable and
swollen to nearly twice its natural size. A friend
gave me HlNRY's:CARBoLIo sALvz. The innamma-
ton left the finger in a day. I consider it amost valu-
able article" Ask for Henrps.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

The mild weather. following our long and severe
winter, has such a depressing effect upon the body
that one feels all tired out, almost completely pros
trated. the appetite is lost, and there is no ambition to
do ANYTHING. The whole tendency of the system is
downward. Hoods Sarsaparills is just the medicine
needed. It purifes the blood, sharpens the appetite,
overcomes the tired feeling, an invigorates every
function Of the body.
Hoods SarsapariIlai in four weeks made me a new
man. My head ceased to ache, and my whole system
is built up anew. enjoying perfect health" I. BAR
RINeToN, 100 Bank St, \. Y. City.
I'VE all like Hoods Sarsaparflla, 1t is so strengthen
ing" LIZZIE BALFouR, Auburn, r. 1.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

We're women allowed to vote, every one
In the land who has used DIR. Pierce's "Fav-
orite Prescription would vote it to be an
unfailing remedy for the diseases peculiar
to her sex. By druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

THE color produced by Buckingham's Dye
for the Whiskers always gives satisfaction.
Thedangers of Whooping Cough are avert
ed by the use of Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

PIKE's TooTHACHED DROPS cure in / minute go
Glenn's Sulphur Soap Ieals and beauties. 25c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns & Bunions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

The law has many members. Who has
not heard of the limbs of the law1
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

PROF. JNo. J. CALDWELL, M. D., Balti-
more, says: No narcotics in Red Star
Cough Cure. Price, Is cents a bottle.
DR.. Richard Oberlaender, Leipzig, Ger
many: st. Jacobs Oil cured me of neuralgia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

RELIEF is Immediate, and a cur sure
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 30 cents.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

1t is a striking illustration of the alb
surdity of many Of the notions of So
called society people, that Chalmers, the
great Scotch preacher, when a tutor,
was not allowed to sit at the table with
the parents of children he taught.
When he became famous, and the null
titude were wild to hear him, those arts
tocrats proudly boosted, He was our
tutorr'-The Baptist.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
Throat TO Sing with.

In gambling, so long as a man wins he
never finds fault with his betters.-PacUfs
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
Sense Of Smell.

For Is years I was
annoyed with severe
pain In my head and
discharges into my
throat from catarrh.
Ny els of smell was
much impaired. BY
the use of Ely's Cream
Balm I have overcome
these trouDles.-J. B.
CASE. st. Denis Hotel.
N. Y.
Ny son. aged nine
years, was afflicted with
catarrh, the use Of Ely's
Cream Balm effected a
complete cure.-W. E.
HANNAH, Druggist,
Easton, Pa.
A particle is applied !,
use. Price 50 cente by
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

"How DID the bull look on emerging
from the china showl" "a little the worse
for the ware.n
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

WHEN is a mans doom like q letter.
When it is sealed.-Loweu Courier.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

CIRCUS men will soon be along to canvass
the situation.-The Rambler.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
HOW women would Vote.

"HAMn-and-eggs-The bad actor and his
reception.-Rambler.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

SOMETHING that will stand a loan-s
heavy gold watch.-N. Y. Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
Cured and Built Up

my daughter had been ailing some time with gen.
eral debility, and Hoods Sarsaparilla was recon-
mended to us. After she had taken three bottles she
was completely cured and built up. 1t Is with great
pleasure that 1 Hoods Sarsaparflla."
BEN NJ. MIRRIELEEs, Supt. Cincinnati & Louisville
Mail Lint Co.. Cincinnati.
.For the past two years I have been afflicted with
severe headache and dyspepsia. I was induced to
~ Hoods Sarsapariila, and found great relief"
Mrs. E. F. ANNABLE, New Haven, Ct.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
NC Physic, Sir, I'm Minel"

WHEN is a bankrupt concern like an
e%ight-day clock? When it is run down.
No; when it is wound up.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
Young Men, Read This.

WHEN the car-drivers strike they do not
brake any thing.-Boston Commercial Bull
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
When General Gourkhe was sum-

When General Gourkhe was sum-
moned from Warsaw to St. Petersburg
he did not desire to leave any unneces-
sary trouble for his successor. Conse-
quently he ordered a number of Nihi-
lists to be hanged some time before the
date fixed in their sentences. Il want
to see all such jobs cleared up before |
leave" said the conscientious general.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

Kentucky has $4,000 square miles
of coal fields; Pennsylvania, 2 1000;
Great Britain, 1859; and England,
kpns, 6,o9a square milaA
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

The secret society is always very
charitable, but it does not permit any
sentimental considerations to interfere
when it comes to voting on new mem
bers. If the candidate is a"good fel-
low"-and a ssgood fellow" is too often
a fellow who is goodfor nothing at all
he goes through with a whoop; but if he
be a man who attends to his own bust
ness and his own family so faithfully
that he has no time to make himself
solid with the boys, blackballs are at a
premium.-M CHICAGO Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01

Tired Feeling,

Nc words of ours can tell the benent to be derived
from Hoods Sarsaparilla, If you need a good spring
medicine. 1t will strain all impurities from the blood
rouse the torpid liver, tnvigorate the digestive
organs, and impart new life to every function of the
body. We only ask you to try a single bottle to prove
the positive merits of Hoods Sarsaparilla, as an honest
and reliable medicine.
81 think Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the best medicine
for general debility there is, and for the good 1t has
done me I cheerfully It," j. Sullivan, 50
Brown St., Rochester, N. Y.
81 have used Hoods Sarsaparilla for a blood purifier
in my family several years, and can not speak too
highly of it." j. Z. COLLINS, Piqua, {.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-11
Pedantfc Nuisance.

About 40 years ago MT. Crete began the of setting the old Greek names, but his spell ing has not commended itself to the world
 There seems much to be said for Themistok. les and Kleon, but when we were asked to write Korkyra and Krete we felt that the fliation of Corcyra and Crete with Latin and the modern tongues was needlessly dis. turbed. Kirke, Kilikia, Perdikkas, Katana seemed rather harsh and too subversive.
 And if Sophokles and Sokrates, are right,
 why Eschylus and Aneas, in lieu of Ais chulos and Aineias? Besides on what ground
 stop short at k, leaving the vowels to 8
 Latin corruption? The modern Greeks call
 the author of the '' Iliad' -O Omeros, and the
 victor of Marathon-Meelieeathes and it is
 highly probable that this is far nearer the
 true pronunciation than are Homer and Mil
 tiades To be consistent, we shall have to
 talk of Alias, Odusseus, Purrhos, Lukourges,
 Thoukudides, Oidipous, Aiskulos, and Kirke,
 wantonly interrupting the whole Granco Ro-
 man hliation. And, while we plunge orthog-
 raphy into hopeless welter, we shall stray
 even further from the true ancient pronun-
 citation. In the result, English literature has rejected the change with an instinctive sense that it would to no sufficient purpose break the long tradition which bound Greece with European literary customs. MT. Car lyle would have all true men speak of Erie drich and Otto; the Kurfurst of Koln; of Fri CT, Prag, Regensburg, and Schlesien. But then he is quite willing to speak like any person about Mahomet and the Koran, of Clovis and Lothar, of Duke of Brunswick,
 and of Charles Amadeus of Savoy: he Ang- licizes Marseilles, Preussen, Oestsrreieh, and Sachen nay he actually talks about Char
 lemagne" at C Aiz-la- Cha pelle." Tradition
 and English literature are in fact too strong for him except where he wishes to be par ticularly affectionate or unusually impressive.
 venture to think that Frederick and Col ogne are names so deeply imbedded in our English speech that there is nothing affec-
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-11
Thursday, February III, 1886.
REFORM IN LOUISVILLE.

hEFVE&m IN
 Perhaps it is the general impression that most of the men who live in Louisville, Ken lucky, gamble and drink whisky, but there are many who do not, and some of them have been and are making notable attack upon gambling. Before they began work the situation was not encouraging. It is thus described: Most of our local offices were filled with the friends of professional gamblers, and it has been charged, and gen erally believed, that they sent delegates to all the State and district conventions. They never hesitated to carry elections and con- ventions by the improper use of money. Their gambling hells were on our most i'm portant streets. Their agents lined the thoroughfares by day and by night to leer at ladies as they passed, and to tempt men, and even boys, whether strangers or not, into their dens of vice. In short, their unlawful callings and practices were running the nor als and the material interests of the commu- nifty.
 Stimulated by this sad condition of affairs number of public spirited citizens organized law aud order club, and four thousand members were quickly enrolled. The sole object of the club was to attack gambling. It was decided that no other kind of vice should be considered until this evil was mate rially reduced in extent. It was felt that the re- form processes necessary to accomplish the abatement of gambling would be supported by many who would not with equal zeal attack other abuses, and it was also believed that purifcation of local politics on this IL. men predisposed to aid in subduing drunk enness and other vices. The work of the club has thus far been vigorously and suc- cesfully done. Fifteen gamblers have been fined sums ranging from $500 to $2, 800 each, and have been sentenced to from month to six months in the county jail.
 But the gamblers do not give up the con- what it has done. It has therefore prepared bill making the keeping of gambling houses penitentiary office. The reformers point to the gravity of the offences, the ire quency of their occurrence, and the fact that conviction and punishment have apparently little appreciable effect in discouraging viola tion of the law. From this evidence they argue that severer penalty is clearly needed. Their bill is now pending in the Kentucky legislature, and the gamblers have lobby at Frankfort opposing ita passage.
 The fight is 8 very interesting and signif cant one. Its progress will be watched by good citizens all over the country, who will hope for the triumph of the law and order club. It will indeed be reform to suppress gamb ling in Louisville.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-11

tee is not exactly Civil Service Reform or ganization. It has adopted this resolution Resolved, That it is the sense of this general | committee that all subordinate positions in the different departments now under the l control of the Democratic party should be filled by Democrats proving themselves
 worth of and efficient to hold such positions, preference alone being given to applicants who are members of the ward associations when duly indorsed by majority of the delegates to this general committee from their respective wards and the presidents and secretaries of ward associations.
 The New Century Guild, of Philadelphia, covers wide field of usefulness. It aims to be of service to deserving women by opening to them avenues of employment and teach ing them how to support themselves therein. Among the industries already under the management of the Guild are the following Baking, washing, millinery, dressmaking, cooking, home education, singing, English literature, shorthand, typewriting, book keeping, German and hygiene. An adver- tisement in the papers now indicates that the Guild has introduced another feature, and an original one. It reads as follows: ssTo bachelors and other unfortunates Darning. patching and all kinds of mending done at the New Century Guild. Apply at ofacen
 An expert in physiological chemistry, Dr. R. N. Wolfenden, who has been experiment. ing with the poison of the deadly cobra de capello, says that while it has been alleged that the venom of this snake contains an alkaloid and 8 principle known as cobric acid, he has been unable to verify either of these assertions; indeed, he denies the ex- istence of both substances. He further shows that the venom loses it's power when the albuminous bodies removed, or oth- erwise rendered inert. Mixtures containing the cobra poison, when treated with metal lie salts that precipitate albumen; were found to be harmless. Any compound that removed albumen from solutions of the poison, or any agent, such as permanganate of potash, that oxidized albumen Unto OK sulphonic and other allied acids), destroyed the poisonous property of the venom. Wolfenden has found three poisonous pro- teids in the venom. The largest quantity of proteid was a globulin that had asphyxiating properties, and smaller quantity of synto- min possessing similar qualities was also de teeted A form of serum a1bumen existed in minute proportions, and this was asce1- tained to have remarkable powers, paralyzins small animals