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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-10-28

In Squire Fredricks circular he
speaks of a ssipendiary press. If he
applies the charge to this paper he
tells slanderous lie.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27
UseJM

To get rid of the smell of oil paint
plunge a handful of hay into a pailful of
water and let it stand in the room newly
painted.
AUNT PATTY writes: Rose has a
quaint little hanging basket that I must
tell you of. She got some grape vines
when she was going through the woods.
When she came home, she cut the vines
into lengths of four inches each; then
with a penknife, made holes through each
end of each length she then fastened
them together by passing a wire through
the holes and fastening it on the inside,
where it would be out of sight. She then
wove a bottom to the basket of smaller
vines, and selecting a vine with a few
tendrils on it, and about the right length,
eighteen inches, for a handle, fastened it
securely to the top wire of the basket.
She filled an oyster can with soil, having
previously papered it with green paper
and placed it inside of the basket. The
vine in it is what some folks call "Wan-
dering Jew" In making the basket,
cart should be taken to have the pieces
of vine larger at one end than at the
other, and the largest ends should all be
up, SO as to give the basket a good shape.
The vines must be green and about half
an inch in diameter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27
I-ndi.putable Exidence.

ST.. ELMO, ILL.,, July s, 1874.
r. v. PIERCE, NJ. D., Buffalo, N. VI
wish to add my testimony to the wonderful
properties of POUR Alt. Ext, or
Medical Discovery. / have taken
great interest in this medicine since 1 first
used it. l was badly afflicted with dyspep-
STA, liver deranged, and an almost perfect
prostration of the nervous system. So rapid
and complete did the Discovery effect a per-
feet cure that it seemed more like magic
and a perfect wonder to myself, and since
that time we have never been without a bot
tie of the Discovery and Purgative Pellets in
the house. They are a solid, sound family
physician in the house, and ready at all
times to fly to the relief of sickness-with-
out char e. We have never had a doctor in
the house since we first began the use of
your Pellets and Discovery. / have recon-
mended the use of these medicines in several
severe and complicated cases arising from, as
l thought, an impure state of the blood, and
in no one case have they failed to more than
accomplish all they are claimed to do. Twill
only mention m as remarkable, though ]
could give you dozens. Henry Roster, fur.
niture dealer, of this place, who was one Of
the most pitiful objects ever seen; his face
swollen out of shape, scales and eruptions
without end, extending to his body, which
was completely covered with blotches and
scales. Nothing that he took seemed to
effect it a particle. 1 finally induced him to
try a few bottles of the Golden Medical Dis.
covery, with daily use of the Pellets, assur-
ing him it would surely cure him. He com
menced its use some six weeks since, taking
two Pellets each night for a week, then one
each night, and the Discovery as directed,
The result is, to-day his skin is perfectly
smooth, and the scaly eruptions are gone
He has taken some seven or eight bottles in
all, and considers himself cured. This CASE
had bsfied the skill of our best physicians
Messrs. Dunsford & Co., druggists, of this
place, are selling largely Of your medicines
and the demand steadily increases, and they
give perfect satisfaction in every case.
Respectfully, w. d. CHAMPLIN,
Agent American EXPRESS Co.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27
Household Helps.

Soft BREAKFAST WAFFLEs.-One
quart of milk, one pound of flour, half
a pound of butter, five well-beaten eggs,
two large ~spoonfuls yeast. Raise owe
night, bake in the morning.
REVERE RoLLs.-Rub in two quarts
of -four, one large spoonful of butter;
make a hole in the -four and pour in a
full pint of boiled milk, one-half cup
potatoe yeast, one spoonful sugar, alittle
salt. Let it stand over night. Mix in
the morning, using only two quarts Of
-four. After dinner knead it well, roll
out and cut with a round tin ; rub over
with melted butter, double each one
over, like a bakers roll, and let stand till
ready to bake for tea if warm, in a cool
place.
BEEF CAKEs.-Chop pieces of roast
beef very fine, mix in grated bread
crumbs in portion of one-third crumbs
to two-thirds beef; season with pepper,
salt, chopped onions and parsley; mois
ten with a little of the drippings or cat
sup; a little cold ham or tongue within
prove them make in fat cakes, anc
spread a coat of mashed potatoes on thu
top and bottom of each. Lay a piece o
butter on every cake and set in a quicl
oven to brown. Other cold meats MAJ
be prepared in the same way.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

Another article that is both excellent
us an absorbent and very useful as a ma
nure is dried peat. When these three
ingredients are combined with any good
dust, etc, the effect cannot fail to be
good, and is often very surprising. Night
soil or urine from the stalls, when
blended with these, if in the right pro-
portion, will always increase the yield
and improve the land.
One great advantage of these absorb
ents is that they impart to concentrated
and volatile manures a more lasting eff
feet. This subject offers to farmers a
very important field for further investi-
cation, and they will find that expert
ments in this direction viii pay well for
the time and trouble.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27
General BrtstosU to the President.
The following is ex-Secretary Bristow's
reply to the President:

NEw YORK CITY, July 1S.
Mr.. RESIDENT have the honor, this moment,
to receive your letter of yesterday, in which, re
ferring with approval to my refusal TO testify before
the Committee Of the House of Representatives as to
what occurred between the President and myself
while / held the Office Ell Secretary OF the Treasury,
Of secrecy, and to express your desire that all menu
bers of your Cabinet may be called upon to testify
fully. When 1 appeared before the
last week, in obedience to their summons, l re-
fused to answer any and all ques-
lions which required me to state any
conversation between you and myself concerning
place at a meeting OF the Cabinet or lat any time, say
sing, however, 70 the Committee, that no INFER
enee adverse to any one should be drawn from my
refusal to answer their questions. l took the posi-
ton, distinctly, that I considered all conversations
between the President and the heads OF DEPART
ments, on official matters, confidential and privi-
legged, and that the privilege existed not SO much
for the protection Of the parties Immediately con-
cerned, as for the interests of the public service. Ii
1 was right in this matter, it now seems to follow
that the privilege can not be waived, by either or
that I would not feel at liberty to answer their
questions with your consent. Although l
have had no opportunity to examine the
Of the opinion that the public duty to treat such con-
versations as confidential and privileged is not re
moved or modified by your consent that 1 should
make full answer to the questions Ii the privilege
were merely personal, it might be waived, but l
place it on higher ground. l respectfully suggest
that the appearance of the several heads Of the De
partments before a committee of Congress to testify
10 conversations between the President and them
selves, running through a period of many months,
would almost inevitably lead to disclosure of differ
ences Of recollection, and present to the country an
unseemly conflict to which 1 could not willingly be
q party. Besides, it seems to me that such an in
quiry by a committee Of Congress tends 10 the alb
sorption, If not to the complete destruction OF the
Executive power, and to the establishment of a
purely legislative government. In any view, l
am able to take, it seems to me that duty
requires me to adhere to my announced purpose not
to answer the questions propounded to me by the
committee 1 beg to remind you that my opinion
on this subject was repeatedly stated to you nd the
members OF your Cabinet, and, as 1 understood, met
your and their approval. Ny withdrawal from the
Cabinet does not alter or modify my duty in this
respect, nor have my own views undergone any
change. l hope 1 will not be recalled by the COM
mittee, but should they see proper to call me again,
1 can not consent, as at present advised, to testify
to conversations held with the President on official
business. With great respect / am
Your obedient servant,
IC;onodI r H RpTaT0w-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

New YORK LETTER: Fanny Daven-
port is passionately fond of the ocean,
and is enjoying her summer vacation by
the seaside. One of her female admirers
describes her bathing costume thusly:
"Short-sleeyed, square cut,necked suit of
navy blue flannel, embroidered with
white braid, Knickerbocker trowsers, and
blue sandals, making a jauntier and
sweeter picture of the woman than the
gorgeous one that Sarony has just done
of her in the Rosalind boy dress" This
summer she was bathing at Far Rock
away, when a boy was carried beyond
his depth by the undertow. Fanny saw
him and fearlessly dashed through the
breakers, and, at some risk to her own
life, saved the boy. She is an expert
swimmer, and COURAGEOUS in the
water to the last degree. When she
battles thousands assemble to see hel
plunge through the crest of the waves
and her audiences are quite as energetic,
enthusiastic, and numerous as when she
performs one of her fayorite character
at the the Fifth Avenue.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

These two-year Odds were estimated to
produce seven pounds each of washed
wool. That was the average he found
they would shear; generally the ieeces
would go over that, if bred from good
fine wool rams and ewes thoroughbred.
The produce would therefore be seven
hundred pounds of wool, the productiof
of which would cost the wool-grower at
a fraction less than fourteen cents per
pound, or to give it exact it would be
thirteen cents and fye-sevenths. So that
wool sold at thirty cents would fully
yield n hundred per cent. on its cost,
not counting the value of the increase
the sheep or the manure left on the land.
he had been satisfied that the better
the sheep the better they paid for some
time, but these facts which were taken
from hisown experience, had satisfied him
that those who kept thoroughbred sheep
had a great advantage over those who
kept sheep whose feeces were o of the
first quality. He had kept sheepat first
whose fleece only yielded four pounds on
an average. They consumed just as
much, and they made about the same
amount of manure. But his one hundred
sheep only yielded him four hundred
pounds of wool, and according to his
figures the wool then cost him at the rate
of twenty-four cents per pound to raise
it; hence his profit, with wool at thirty
cents, would only be twenty-five per cent.
instead of over one hund red.
VALUE OF CHARCOAL DUsT.-In an.
swer to an inquiring farmer of Grant
County, Wisconsin, the intelligent agri-
cultural editor of the Christian Union
says, that pulverized charcoal is not only
very valuable as an absorbent, but has
in many cases a positive fertilizing value
peculiar to itself. He asserts this conf
IDENTIFY both from experience and observa-
ton, thought is contrary to the opinion
of some w~ell-known chemists.
But the value of charcoal as an absorb
emit is generally improved by the addi-
ton of plaster, and in certain conditions
of soil the manurial effect also is in
creased by combining them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27
RAILWAYS
READY RELIEF
WILL AFFORD INSTANT EAsE.

INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS.
INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER,
INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS,
CONGESTION OF HI LUNGS,
ORE THROAT, DIFFICULT BREATHING,
P~ALPITATI0N OF THE HEART,
MYSTERIES, GROUP, DIPHTHERlAs
CATARRH, INFLUENZA,
HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE, MUMRS,
NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM
0LD CHILS, AGUE HILLS
The application of the READY RELIEFto the
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afford ease and comfort.
few moments. cure CRAMPS, SPASMS. SOUR
STOMACH, HEARTBURN. SICK HEADACHE,
DIARRHEA, DYSENTERY, collie, WIND IN
THE BOWELS, and all INTERNAL PAINS.-
Travellers should always carry Q bottle Of RAD
WAYS RELIEE with them. A few drops in water
will prevent sickness or pains from change Of water:
1T Is BETTE THAN FRENCH BRANDY Oh
SITTER AS A
Price so Gents. sold by Drurglsts.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27
FaRm n F1REsrDE.

WHAT TO DO WITH NoN-HEADNG
CABBAGEs.-A writer in the american
Agriculturst says: Last fall was mourn
ing over an unusual number of half de-
veloped cabbages, which were only fit to
be fed to the COWS, and mentioned the
fact to a Dutchess Co. farmer, who is in
business in New York, and has lately
bought a farm near us, asking if his crop
turned out badly. His answer was, that
he had no more softheads thanhe wanted,
or to the effect that he would feel disap.
pointed if he had not a considerable
number. Now we, neither of us, raise
cabbages for market, but for our own
consumption mainly, and / was utterly
at a loss to know what he could do with
a quarter of his crops that failed to make
heads.
He told me that he dug a wide trench,
so deep that after some top soil was
thrown in he could set the cabbages out
in the trench as close as they could stand,
and their heads would not come up level
with the top of the ground. When
planted, he covers the trench with boards
and some brush, corn-stalks, salt-hay and
earth on the top, keeping it open al the
ends or elsewhere until cold weather, and
then covering it in close. He said they
would all have firm, solid heads in the
spring. j.
/ tried it, and at the time / write
(April) we are enjoying the best cab
bages we ever ate. They are rather
small to be marketable, say four and one
half to six inches in diameter, solid and
sound, crisp and tender, as delicate as
cauliiowers, and what is more remark
able, l never know when we are going to
have cabbage for dinner until / see it
upon the table. The great objection I
have to this most wholesome and deli
cious vegetable is, that it usually fills the
house with its perfectly detestable odor,
so to have cabbage without this draw
back is worth all the trouble it costs. II
these winter-headed cabbages could once
become known in the market, 1 am con
fdent that their merits would command
for them a ready sale all through the
spring. The cabbages in market at this
season are very poor. They are very
apt to be slightly decayed, will keep but
a little while, as they wilt at once, and
soon after rot. I wish now that / had
enough to test the market with, but
have not, and write this partly in the
hope, that somebody will do it nexi
year.
The PROFIT IN SHEEP.-The editor O
the Michigan Farmer gives the following
results, being the practical experience o
a wool-grower in that State. The editor
says: The estimates of our friend are a
follows: Take one hundred wether year
lings on the LIST of July, at their est
mated actual value in the market, sa,
shorn the first time. These yearlings t.
be full-bred merinos, such as he has oil
his place, and they ought to average, il
ordinary fair condition a store sheep
seventy-fve pounds each in weight, ant
be worth three and a half cents pc
pound live weight, Or two dollars ant
sixty-two and a half cents per head. W
would then have
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

THE relaxing power of Johnson's Anodyne
Linipsent is truly wonderful Cases are al
ready numerous where bent and stifened
limbs AVE been limbered and Strengthened
by it. When used for this purpose the mart
should be washed and rubbed thoroughly.
Apply the liniment cold, and rub it in with
the hand.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

The cable announces the death of
Robert Napier, the renowned Scotch
ship-builder, who many years ago en-
couraged and subscribed toward the
trial of the Sirius, the first steam vessel
that crossed the Atlantic. He was born
at Dumbarton June Is. 1871. In 1889
he furnished the machinery for the
British Queen to ply to New York. In
1853 he fitted up the machinery of the
Duke of Wellington, then regarded as
the largestship in the navy. In185S Mr..
Napier took his sons into the firm,
thenceforth known as Robert Napier and
Sons. They undertook for the admiralty
the contracts, in 1859, for the Black
Prince, 6,100 tons; in 1860, for the
Hector, 1850 tons and eight hundred
horsepower; and have constructed
several steam rams and iron-cased ships
of war for various governments. Mr.,
Napier was at one time President of the
institution of mechanical engineers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

PMPLEs on the face, rough skin, chspped
hands, saltrheum and all ~cutaneous afec-
tions cured, the skin made soft and smooth,
by the use of Juniper Tar Soap. That made
by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, is the
only kind that can be relied on, as there are
many limitations, made from common tar,
which are worthless.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

MILLIONS ofintelligent women say that
Dobbins's Electric Soap (made by Cragin
& Co., Philadelphia, is in every respect
the best soap ever made, and will do three
times the work of any other. Try it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27
DR.. RAILWAYS
PILLS.

Perfectly t~asteaess, elegantly coated with sweet gum.
purge, regulate, purify, cleanse and strengthen
RAOWAY,S Ii for the cure Of all disorders
Of the Stomach, Liver Bowels, Kidneys. Bladder.
ness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Bilious
Fever, OF the Bowels, Piles, and all
Derangemenfs OF the Internal Yiscera- Warranted
to effect a positive cure. Purely Vegetable, contains
ing no mercury, minerals, or deleterious dr1gs-
H8-Obserye the following symptoms resulting from
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at the Pit OF the Stomach, Swimming Of the Head,
Hurried and Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the
Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations when In q
Lying Posture, Dimness Of Vision, Dots or Webs be
fore the Sight. Fever and Dull Pain in the Head, De-
fsiency Of Respiration, Yellowness Of the Skin and
Eyes, Pain in the Side, Chest, Limbs, and Sudden
Flushes Of Heat, Burning in the Flesh.
A few doses of RADWAYSPILLS viii free the
system from all the above named disorders: Price
70 Cents per Box. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS.
Read ~FAIsE AND TRUE"
Send one Ietter-stamr to BADWAY a CO., No.
81 Warren Street, New York. Information
---.l --n 49,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

AN exchange says that a quart of fresh
milk may be preseryed for nearly a week
by adding half a teaspoonful of chloro-
form. When the milk is required for
use, the process of boiling will remove
every trace of chloroform. Paste, muci-
lage, and vegetable infusions may be
protected from chemical change, in a
similar manner, for a much longer
ueriod.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

A CROWD of "horse men" and others
daily throng the stores in country and town
for &eridan's Cduolry Condition POWDERS.
They understand that horses can not be
kept in good condition without them, and
with them can be on a much less quantity of
grain.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

JOSEPH LEwTER, of Milan, Tenn, wrote
February %, 1876: 81 have sold Shallenber-
gers Ague Pills for twelve years, and have
never heard of a case they have not cured"
Have you chills? Shallenberger's Pills will
cure you for one dollar. Try them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

A GIRL was killed near Danville, Vir-
ginia, the other morning while milking a
COW. If girls would only learn to play
TIE piano and make worsted dogs such
accidents would never happen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

Station, and impressed the Confederate
boys with the belief that he was the
most spirited leader of their enemies.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27
then have
100 yearlings, first cost.

Total cost of sheep for the year-.-~-~s575 so
At the end of the year, on the LIST of
July, we have the sheep at two years
old, and supposing there have been no
accidents, no deaths. no shrinkage from
disease, but a healthy growth from their
feed as above given, we should have one
hundred sheep, averaging ninety-fve
pounds in weight, and worth four cents
per pound live weight in the field, as
nothing extra is counted for their quality
as fine woods:
100 two-year-olds, of s5 lbs, at $3.50
Manure made during the season-10o loads at 81
per loo
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

The early risers nowadays are the
thermometer and the house fly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

We caviled some at the value put on
the manure, as somewhat high, but our
friend was a practical farmer, and he said
that a load of sheep manure made I'M
der cover, as such manur was generally
made, was worth one dollar, and that he
knew that one hundred sheep would
make that amount of manure if fed and
Uttered as he had allowed. Hence we
had the following result:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

letter, saltrheum, scald head, etc., will
certainly yield to the great Alternative effects
of the Vegetine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

one operative supplied the demand for Turr's Hair
Dye. To-day it requires fifty men and girls, with
improved machinery. to doit. The demand is not
confined to this country. but extends to oil parts Of
the world.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27

Send one Ietter-stamr to BADWAY q Co, No.
81 Warren Street, New York. Information
worth thousands will be sent you.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-27


and no nonsense.
A dispatch from Plymouth says that a few
days before the disastrous trial trip of the
Thunderer, the boilers were tested by
hydraulic pressure, making neces-
sary the wedging down of the safety
and all other relief valves. 1t has been dis
covered that the wedges had never been re.
moved. The communication valve was
also closed, and no steam was able to escape,
even to the engine.
Minister Pierrepont says nothing has oc-
CURED in any wise altering the situation,
Notwithstanding the references Of the Snad-
ard that there is a prospect of negotiations
for a renewal of the Extradition Treaty on a
more satisfactory basis.
A Constantinople correspondent says the at
~rocities committed by the Bashi Bazouks, eau
~casians, and other irregular Turkish troops
in Bulgaria, included the burning of sew
eral villages. leaving thousands of Christians
utterly homeless and destitute, and the mas
acre of several thousand Bulgarians, ire
spective of age or sex. One hundred Bashi
Bazouks have been arrested, by order of the
Turkish Government, for participation in
these atrocities, and viii be tried immedi-
ately.
Mustapha Djelaldin Pasha and Sohlizeki
Pasha, with seven battalions of infantry,
four companies of cavalry and eight guns, at
tackled the Serviansi in their intrenchmenta,
Raska, before Beljina, and after four hours
sanguinary combat, the Servians fed. The
Turks captured four guns and four small
forts. Official advices respecting the fight
on the goth inst, at Beljina, state that the
Turks in their retreat left a quantity of arms
and ammunition. The Servians buried two
hundred Turks, and advanced their trenches
closer to Beljina.