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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
A MANLY

Fostmaster-Genera1 villas Replies to the
Contemplate Slurs and Charges OF the
Republican Press.
The Worlds Washington special
gives the following explanation from
Postmaster General Villas regarding
his speech at Madison: ut is true"
said General Villas, ..that 1 did make a
speech ct my home in Madison. The
report sem out to the press that 1 had
participated in the contest and assisted
in the manipulation of the canvass is
wholly false and without the least pos
sible semblance of truth. 1 did not
reach Madison until Sunday night
previous TO the election. On Monday
l spent an hour and a half of the fore
noon conyersing with friends 1 hap
pened to meet on the sidewalk and
called at the Democrat office for fifteen
minutes. 1t was natural 1 should call
upon my old friends. After l had in
dulged in a brief call l returned to nv
residence and there remained until
evening. I was asked to address the
people in connection with other gen.
tlemen, some of them prominent and
well known throughout the State.
"By their courtesy more time was
accorded me than either of the other
gentleman occupied. 1t has been the
custom, I think, for the last twenty
years, in the city of Madison, to close
the campaign with a political meeting
either on Saturday OF Monday evening
preceding the election On Tuesday. 1
do not suppose there has been a half
dozen of these meetings when I was
absent and did not have something to
say to my friends and neighbors upon
the political situation. | had gone
home to vote, and was willing to travel
1000 miles to enjoy the privilege and
attest my sincerity to an honest and
fair administration of public affairs. In
the course of my remarks I spoke
commendatorily and specifically upon
the Presidents order issued to Federal
office-holders regarding participation
in political conventions. l pointed out
the evils which had grown up during the
lifetime of the Republican party when
party nominations were controlled by
the office-holding element. I ~unquali-
hedly declared my cordial approval of
the Presidents course and policy in re-
spert to the official dictation and in
termeddling OF office-holders in direct
ing nominations and manipulating
conventions, and the declaration re-
ceived an outburst of applause indica-
tive of the most hearty approval of
the wise and judicious policy of the
President.
81 was among my friends, comrades
and neighbors, and 1 looked upon it as
q duty to address them when they had
been kind enough to extend to me an
invitation. There is a wide difference
between addressing an audience at
home in a single speech and abandon
ing the duties of an Office for a long
period of campaigning; there must be
a distinction allowed between officers
charged with different duties in con-
nection with the service of the Gov
eminent. There was nothing in the
business requiring my attention but the
false reports transmitted for partisan
ends.n
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
CAN HE A E

Some Remarks Regarding the Plumed
Knight from Maine and the Indepen-
lent Voters Who Do Not Believe In
Him.
1t was recently announced through
the New York papers that Mr.. Blaine
was in the city to effect a reconcilia-
ton between himself and the Mug
wump Times, the naughty Conkling
and ex-President Arthur. That the
reconciliation failed may be inferred
from the prompt denial by the ubqui-
tous eliminate friend on Sunday that
it was contemplated. But the
observant public is used to de-
mails of the reported purposes of
the Maine aspirant to the Presi-
dency. These reports are sent out like
so many antenne to feel the public.
ThatMr. Blaine and his little privy coun-
Gil have considered the feasibility of re-
covering the anti-Blaine Republicans of
1884 does not admit of question. In
reply to the question, will Mr.. Blaine
be a candidate in 1888? Congressman
William Walter Phelps, who is one of
MI. Blaine's closest confidants, just be-
fore the latter started on his tour
oAiouSu JIG OtdteS, Sdlu. L uOn {
know, and 1 don't suppose he does.
It's two years yet, you see. You may
be sure he won't be unless the minor
ity OF the party-those who opposed
his nomination last time-ask for it in
1888. They will have to bring him into
the field" This u~tterance indicated
which way Mr.. Blaine was looking for
a pretext to come before the Republic
on Nation al nuonf,on -, 1000 tt l..
could show that the disaffected ele-
ments of 18S4-the Mugwumps, the
stalwarts and The Arthurites-were
greedily %clamoring for him, his old
first, last and all the time" partisans
would nave an excuse to nominate him
with a whoop.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Blaine, the
Mugwump element is an intangible
thing. 1t has no representative leader
or organization with whom he can
negotiate. 1t is constituted of indie
pendent voters who seeded from the
Republican party in 1884 because
they individually did not believe MIR.
Blaine was a fit man to be President of
the United States. They thought that
his nomination marked a distinct de-
cadence in the moral toni and purpose
of the Republican party. They voted
for Cleveland to rebuke what they
considered a downward step in the
conduct of political affairs. They
acted from principle, and the only way
the Republican party can recover
them is by recognizing their con-
scientious objection to Mr.. Blaine.
To talk of their reconciliation to him
is silly. 1t is possible for him to estab-
lish friendly relations with Roscoe
Conkling and ex-President Arthur, al
though there are many lions in the
path. But Mr.. Blaine can never be
any more acceptable to the Mug
wumps than he was in 1854 Chicago
NesUs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
close at the mothers knee.

But the little brown house by the road
Is lonely now and still,
For Robin is dead, and Alice is wed,
And Louie must bide at the mill;
Father is gray and silent,
And the mothers foot is slow,
And you hear the clock, with its faint tick-toch
As you could not long ago.
The little brown house by the road,
From the swift train flashing by,
watch it stand in the quiet land,
Under the quiet sky;
From the time of the golden daisies
To the hour Of the falling leaves,
From the time Of seed to the waving mead,
And the flush Of the ripened sheaves.
Tit little brown house by the road,
When I passed it yester cen,
Sudden and sweeti It laughed tc greet
My eyes with q dazzling sheen;
There were lamps in the ~twinklfng Window
knew as I ratified past
That the fire was bright on the hearth alight
And the children home at last.
To the little brown house by the road
Had come Thanksgiving Day,
And the wintry air. If they felt it there,
Had the tender warmth of May.
The fathers tongue was loosened,
And the mothers laugh was clear,
For the chrism Of love was poured above
The home in the waning year.
The little brown house by the road
Obi mother, old and gray,
Honest and true they return to you,
The children who went away;
And Rex, who is OF In the army,
And Archie, afar on the sea,
Never forget the tasks they were set
At home, by the mothers knee.
From little brown homes by the road.
The strength OF our land is brought
Paving their Way from dav tn dav
Simple and pure in thought.
The chord Of q grand Thanksgiving
From homes like this ascends,
To the glory Of One beyond the sun,
Whose kingdom never ends.
-Adrgdret E. Sdngster, in Democrats Nonthly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

Brief was an epistle of Emile de Girardin
to his second wife, with whom he lived on
most unfrieudly terms. The house was
large enough to permit them to dwell en-
tirely separate from one another. One
day Nine. Girardin had an important COM
munication to make to her husband. TAX
ing a small sheet of paper she wrote: The
Boudoir to the Library: Would like to go
to Switzerland" Nj. de Girardin, initiating
her concise style, responded: ''The Library
to the Boudoir: Co." That was all. One
Of the most laconic wills on record ran
thus: 81 have nothing; 1 owe a great
deal-the rest l give to the poor" A SINH
l ar terse epitaph to the following would
have suited that will-maker: "Died of
thin shoes, January, 1899"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

by the North American Forests.
Popular Science Monthly.1
It is a favorite pastime Of our country
population during the long winter even
ings to gather round the fire and crack
and eat h~ickory-nuts. 1t is an amusement,
too, peculiarly American, and for the SIM
pie reason that in this country alone are
the nuts to be had in any abundance. Per-
haps, where almonds or English walnuts
are equally common, cracking hickory
nuts is superseded by a resort to these
other fruits. They, however, are much
easier to open than the hickory nut, and
with thinner shells are readily cracked at
the table. But in America, in those dis
tricts where the peanut does not TAX the
place of other nuts, the cracking of the
hickory still continues. Whether it
be the pecan Of Texas and Illinois, or the
shell-bark or mocker-nut of the Central or
Eastern States, the amusement is the
same. They ere the best nuts the forests
of North America produce, and some of
them are thought to be superior in flavor
to the much-esteemed English walnut.
Year after year have hundreds and thou
sands of bushels of the she'll barks, the
hickory-nuts par excellence, been gathered
in various parts of the country. Among
these, few can nave failed to notice the
many differences they present. Some are
small and nearly round; some are long.
narrow and angular; some hav thick
shells, and some thin ones, as any one who
has cracked his fingers along with the shell
can bear witness.
According to evolutionary doctrines,
variability in an important feature is an
indication either of a low state of develop
ment, or that the organism is in a state of
advancement. Various facts show the lat
ter to be the case with the shell-bark hick-
Dry. The first stages of the onward march
must be sought far back in prehistoric
times, for it boasts an ancient if not an
honorod lineage. Before the hairy mann
moth roamed the forest, of the Ohio val
ley; before the soil Of Louisiana was yet
shove the oceans waters; before the Ohio
had become tributary to the mighty Mis-
sissippi; before I'VE the Rocky mountain
range had been elevated above the waste
of waters, the ancestors Of this hickory
fourished in the land.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
Two 1880 Gold Medals.

Messrs. Mason & Hamlin again have
the honor of having been awarded the
highest gold medals over all exhibitors,
American and European; both at Liver.
pool and at Edinburgh, the two most
important exhibitions Of the year 1886.
Since the first great Paris exhibition OF
1867, the Mason & Hamlin Organs have
invariably received the highest honors
at all great worlds exhibitions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
This is the off ye,r in nolit

This is the off year in politics.
As q rule, elections go against every
Administration two years after it is put
IN power. Even in 1852 an opposition
Congress was elected under President
Lincoln's Administration. Too much
was expected of 4 new President.
Then the disappointment of Office
seekers is fresh. and too many sulk in
their tents. 1t is a marked compli-
ment to President Cleveland that his
party retains control of Congress on
this off year. Very few of his pred
ecessors were so fortunate Chair
MN 1. M Weston, Of the Minnesota
Democratic State Central Committee.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

Head Of the house Ito young man
at front d6or)-Haven't I told you,
sir, never to call here againP Young
man-Yes, sir, but l haven't called to
see Miss Clara this time. I have a two
months gas-bill to collect. Head of
the house Tin a milder tone)-I see.
You will please call again.-Lis.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
To the Democracy of the 70

TO Ine D~tInOcfacy OF the cOun-
try the Star offers its hearty congratu-
lations that the citadel OF their strength
has not been wrested from them either
by their ancient enemy or by this sud-
den and fierce attack in the rear. New
York City is solid for Democracy, and
tie longing eyes that Mr.. Blaine has
turned upon the city will find moth
ing in the returns of the election to at
ford his ambitious spirit comfort.-M.
Y. Star.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

Prof.. CHAs. P. WILLIAMS, Ph.D., Of Phila-
delphia, says there is Mother morphia,
opium nor minerals in Red Star Cough
Cure.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

Our loss in the House of Repre-
sentatives was long since discounted.
1t was made certain by Republican
gerrymanders. 1t had in il not the
~faintest element of surprise c;me:a.
natl Eannirsr
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

IF there is any one who should be
trapped in slumber" it is the man who
snores-Chicdgo Standard.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

WHEN all so-called remedies fail, d,
Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

DIR. PIERcB's "Pleasant Purgative Pei
lets'' cleanse and purify the blood and re-
lieve the digestive organs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
The doubiinu nm Of the n

The doubling up OF the Demo-
cratic delegation in Congress from
Massachusetts is a great event in the
political history of that venerable Com
monwealtl. 1t shows that even there
the world moves. Detroit Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

TuMBLEruNa, whose opinions are not
without weight, notwithstanding his mixed
rhetoric, says that q man must be an ass
to wOrk like Q horsa.-Boston Transcript,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

FRESH toe martyrs-The youths who buy
tight boots.-BOston Bulletin,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

A CoAL-sTovE is a cast-iron paradox. It
won't burn unless you put it up; then it
won't burn unless you shake It down.
DdDsyiNe Breeze.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs for Coughs
and Colds: THE only article of the kind
which has done me good service I want
nothing better."-Rev. r. III Craig, OTIS
siHe, ~. Y. Sold only in boxes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

THE Itching caused by skin diseases is al
Hair and Whisker Dye, Black or Brown, SOC,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

1.-THE contents of the envelopes! A par
eel of promissory notes which we were
sending to Kansas City for collection" :
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

TEAcHER-"Hans, name three beasts of
prey" Hans-"Two lions and a tiger.n
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

"BAH." he said, bitterly, tall this that
we call love is can't" "Say WON'T rath-
er," she answered, softly, and he left her
forever.-N. J. Ledger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

!: My koushuns trubbles me. I'm:
too on;st a man to steel stuff like.
this. Forgiv me and I'll never do:
1T again. ::
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

~Look-at-her-hsnd-she's got tho rinR.
N this minnit."
Yes, there she stood, blushing rosy red,
but holding out with the determination of a
martyr that telltale hand on which the
wide band Of gold nestled confdingly., =
"Where did you find It'll" from all at
once.
SIN the turkeys crop,n said Mollie.
cody, she must lave swallowed it Just as
you dropped it, Sanford"
"Children," said Farmer Hartner, quiet
ly, time hands,"
Sanford Stiles rose to his feet and
reached a stalwart arm across the table.
Mollie, with a gentle dignity, laid her hand
in his.
sThat settles it." said the father, upse
give We the best I've got shout it's her
mother, an I hope yen do right by bach
other an be happy. Now let's see if we can
hev suthin' to eat"
Spoons" yelled Bob. His mother
tweaked his ear gently, and his father
looked stern, SO he concluded; "Can't eat
with my fingers, can II 'Spose Pm out a
dollar now after all my g%rubblin'; didn't
'spect that old turkey was agoin' to turn
into a jewel box"
But it is not likely that Bob lost the dol
lar. I do not believe in brides, but some
times they are the best part of discretion.
From that day THEOLOGY never alluded to
'rings," turkeys" or ''big swallows" as he
most assuredly would have lone if he had
not been bought of.
The supper that followed that dinner was
equally imposing. And after it the two
lovers sat side by side, and counted apple
seed, and burned paired chestnuts, and
popped corn, while their elders told stories
and Toasted.
Late that night, when Mrs. Hartner was
dragging sleepy little Ben, the ''tot," up to
bed-he having been mapping all evening
she looked in On her young daughter, who
sat dreamily regarding her ring with a sus-
picious moistnoss in the great blue eyes.
"What is the matter, Molliea" asked her
nathan fandorlu
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

OXYGEN CURE. Throat, lung, nervous dis
eases. Book free. DR.. Gsppert, Cincinnati,O
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

H man with a shabby suit of clothes is
very likely to shine in society.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

TIE dudes are very partial to winter be-
cause it's such chappie weather, you know.
Boston Transcript
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
Assurance aud Insurance.
Bonneville Journal

ISOmerViIIe JOufnaI,J
In England they call it assurance" We
call 1t insurance over here, but ths Ameri
san agent usually he's the othar thing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
100 Doses One Dollar
Who VII be Our Next Presldenti

The people are now considering the names of Ed
munds, Cleveland, Logan or Hill. Still q dark
horse may enter the field. To keep away the Dark
Horse of Time "a little longer" use DIR. WV.
HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS, long celebrated
for being the best household cough remedy in the
world, and curing all diseases of the throat, chest
and lungs. A specific for M .
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
THE LITTLE Brown HOUSE.

Tho little brown house by the road,
With vines running up to the caves,
Where the summer long there were bursts Of
song,
And o f1utter Of wings in the leaves;
Oil the little brown house was merry
In the days that used to be.
When the boys and girls, with their sunny
curls,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

I'm tired and 81
happy" sighed thu
lgin.
"I'm tired an
slappy, too = umm
in my little bed,' u
c~hirruped the "tot,' u
as he held up his face
to be kissed.
And the turkey
well, if ever The
ghost of a turkey
walked the earth,
with his head under
his arm, after the
fashion of ghosts,
that one must have
felt in his skeleton
BOSOM a peaceful
consciousness a I
he had not died in
vain.
Mrs. NJ. L. RAYNE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
THE MARKETS.

"YoU'vE got a black eye,P Pat. How did
you get It'll" Pat-'Home Rule, sirI"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25

If a cough disturbs your sleep, take
Piso's' Cure for Consumption and rest well.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-25
a STUDY IN HICKORY.

Something About the Best Nut Produced
by the North American Forests.
lDon,,lo. Soiopao AIaa4hlu1
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-26
Uhe Pouseholo.
SAVING TIME

Ruskin says that good cooking means
much tasting and no wasting; it means
English thoroughness and French art {;
and Arabian hospitality; it means, in
fine, that women are to be perfectly and
always ladies-loaf givers.
Women are expected to look we'll and
always have something appetizing and
good to eat. In order to do this much
thought and study is necessary for Il
season. This time of preparation will
differ with different tastes, and may be
acquired by all much easier than any
imagine.
In this, as in housekeeping, time is
everything. In order to utilize it all
things which can be should be made
ready before beginning to cook meal
Flour should be sifted; soda also; pota-
toes should be cleaned over night if they
are to be cooked for breakfast. The fire
laid ready for the match. If this cannot
be done, kindling and fuel must be ready
at hand, AS minute lost in the morning
IL nol loullu All uiN Hc ldDlc slloulu
be set over night, and light cheese
cloth cover, to insure against dust, laid
carefully over all. When these rules
have become habit, the cool; (be she mis-
tress or maid) can apply IA match to the
kindlings, and before she has her bath or
is dressed, the teakettle will begin to
sing, and so will she, for her regulated
kitchen will send delight to her house
hold, who, by this time are making a
chorus of her song.
The oat meal or cracked wheat only
needs heating, being cooked beforehand.
The mullins and rolls, and all but the
coffee, are ready with few well-directed
movements. The last but not the least
is the coffee. This, fresh roasted and
bag, in proportion to one heaping table
spoonful to one large sized cup. The
bag should be large enough to allow
room for the swelling of the coffee and
| its movement in the bag.
When all is ready pour water upon it
and let it stand on back of stove three
minutes, then let it boil one minute and
settle one. This is the simplest among a
dozen methods, and if the Java or Mocha
are prime, and mixed in equal parts,
there is nothing left to be desired. Only
small quantities should be kept in the
house, as the aroma does not last, and
this fragrance is too exhilarating to lose
/ I Exchange.