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The daily gazette., 1877-08-24
PH"A1oRIAL CONTEST INNEW
YORK

- Nb4N EoI IN N II W
YORK.
fTe S Will be a lively fight for the
SENATE in New York this fail.
,ecIlon on for United States ..Sena-
u succeed Senator Conk ing does
ne NE pace until January, 1879 but
Il" a'' senators chosen this fall hold
Coo years and take part in the
ou oi United States Senator. This
/ 1ne selection of the upper branch
nsslsi4tnre E of great Importance
Ea Ea,"r oonkling. 1t is rumored
VoIge W liam Curtis and ex-
Iehlon are also candidates for
E,i' E,iia.orshlp' 1t is thought that this
,o@ o' affairs is what brought
|" Oonkllpg home so suddenly.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-24
SECRETARY sTANToN's SON.

by IeIegTaph 10 Lhe GazeJte.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 81.
The recent report that E. M. Stanton, son
of the late Secretary Stanton was an in
mate of an insane asylum. proves to be un-
founded. He is now at his home in this
city, very i'll but is now improving.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-24
LOVE AND DEATH

J. ..... 81 /
who can take from us what we nave
|nown .,, o,hor,s eves,
4 lowering night should oi"oAen "''
be skies, ,. .,. dov bas
hOwn. ,,. hath this not
town W. ,,oda ,ova.
tbse, ,,,., n,om
Fies, !. ,,,,r
Rn?"
onade Of the last parting fell,r
nn,ht eaye peace, as one deep com
brt hath, ..a ,.o,,, n
hrstlng, drihKs oo'i
ELL ..,.
iden Isaw that spirit wlthoul oreaIn
Dly bodiless, that Invisible
z a; visible woe; / looked on dea'h'
Dw not where they tarry who have
. )el.
wbereinthey entered is made fast;
no mortal hath seen one who passed
from out that darkness deep and
lle
|l1 on faith; and some less bold have
bed,
the butterfy-the seed that's castF'
ou4, that fall like flowers before the
asst!
nan can look on Death unit errlfied ?
I've can never die! They are part
hat lives beneath the summer sky;
he worlds living soul their souls are
e,
M they in wide nature be undone
IN the general life. Each separate
ear
We aod find its own and never die.
Riclini Watson Glider, in Scribner.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-24

rs V io prisoner in Louisville, who
|even D nave been deaf and dumb
|possosse years. suddenly found HIM
bsS bUSIeSsed of the pow4 of speech
lalIaaddS adS. week. and since then he
EhnSui nu TO the point of distraction
Sbot VINO ualuckiIy came within
krcd a. ne says that when he dis
4 IN Una sla' he could hear and talk he
Oieak his cell door down with
The daily gazette., 1877-08-24

BY telegraph to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-General NC
Neal has declined to serve on the Sitting
Bull Commission on account of i'll health.
The position is offered to T. C. Walker,
of Connecticut.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-24
THIRD EDITION.
BY TELEGRAPH.
SITTING BULL COMMISSION

By telegraph to the Gazette.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02
DOMESTIC HINTS.

Summer Mince Pice.-Four crackers,
one and one-half cups of sugar, one cup
of molasses, one cup of cider, %two-thirds
of a cup of butter, nj cup of chopped
raisins one-half cup of currants, two eggs
well beaten and stirred in, the last thing;
spice to the taste.
To Keep Lemons Fresh.-Lemons
may be kept sweet and fresh for weeks
by placing them in a clean, tight cask
and covering with water. Keep in a cool
place and change the water every other
day. To those living where it is not al
ways convenient to procure fresh lemons
the above is worth remembering.
Remedy for Poison Ivy. : Dissolve
sugar of lead-a bit the size of a hazel,
nut-in half a teacup of sweet milk or
warm water. Apply as warm as can be
easily borne with a soft, Unity piece of
linen rag. Three or four applications are
sufficient to effect a cure. If the poison
is on the face nearing the eyes or mouth,
this astringent wash may be constantly
applied. 1t is a marvellous cure, and by
watching closely one can see the fevered
blisters turn from white to yellow during
the application. This remedy for ivy
poison should prevent a great deal of suf,
fering. 1t is well where a member of a
family is easily poisoned to keep sugar
of lead in the house all the time. Let il
be labeled and kept where it can be
found the moment tits wanted. Keep il
well wrapped up, that it may not lose its
STRENGTH.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02
The Interior of Africa,

Those who have attained maturity
may recollect seeing upon maps of
Africa a large space in the center indica,
ting a land unknown. Of late years e.
plorers have pierced its mysteries and
ascertained that this region of great
equatorial lakes is one of the most
populous and fertile on the earth, and
that an immense plateau, among the
mountains crowned with eternal snow,
is watered by the great streams proceed
ing from them, and offers climates dwarf
ious degrees of temperature. This invit-
ing land is, however, the abode of saw
ages, who are at perpetual wal with each
other, and who mutually cause a
destruction of human life, computed at
hundreds of thousands a year. At least
four hundred thousand slaves are annu-
ally captured there, for use upon the
continent, or for shipment elsewhere.
The International African Association
headed by the King of the Belgians desire
to commence the civilization of the
country by establishing stations for
scientific observations and for the use
and protection of travellers and branches
of the association have been formedsin
several European countries
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02
Dinner Table Hints.

When taking a lady down do not ask
if she is "peckish or sharp-set."
Do not say, hope they will give us a
good tuck-out"
When you are seated keep calm, what
ever there is for dinner.
Soup must not be chewed, you must
swallow it whole.
Never hammer with your feet for the
next course or shout |" waiter!"
When anythingnice is put on the table,
do not chuckle nor rub your chest.
When the entrees come round, make a
free choice, but don't pocket.
Never take more than four helps of
anything.
Do not sponge your gravy with your
bread and squeeze it down your throat;
it has an uneducated look.
Never speak with YOU mouth full;
first, because its vulgar, and secondly,
because you can't.
If you feel uncomfortable symptoms
arising from repletion you must dissem-
BILE; do not call for brandy and pepper
mint drops.
If your fair neighbor asks what is the
lldIteI Will you, ldSIcu W dsSuIe HeI
that it's not catching.
Crack nuts for your hostess-if your
teeth are good.
Do not say "Tm chock FULL" when
dinner is over; it has a foreign air about
it.
Before joining the ladies wash your
handsin the bowl provided for the pur-
pose; you should not call for soap or
bath towels.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02

PERSONS who know something of the
thrift of corns may possibly believe this
story of man who lives at Ridgeville,
Indiana: "He was afflicted with erysipe-
las in the face some years ago. Gradually
it settled in his nose, which became
hardened at the point. At first it felt
like a hard pimple. Gradually it de-
veloped into a horny substance like a
ROSTERS spur, and finally projected itself
into a well-defined horn. As it grew it
curtail its dimensions, he beganto white
it down with a sharp knife, and finding it
painless, he continued the whiting
process, keeping the cornuary develop
ment down to perhaps a half inch in
length. The man says he presumes that,
if he had not whitfield it down, this sin
gular formation would now have been
about five inches long"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02
Hung to a Pine Tree and HOnOred
with an Epitaph.

lOmana Heralu.J
When we came to Rapid City (Dak.)
everything seemed quiet and peaceful,
but upon the ridge, a mile west of the
town, neal a large pine tree, were the
bodies of three young men with CHASTITY,
blackened faces turned upward toward
the clear blue sky, the ropes dangling
from the limbs of the pine tree and the
deep cuts in their necks showing but too
plainly how they died. During the day
1.-THE 29th) two or three men went out
northwest from town to get some logs,
and were surprised, when about four
miles out, by people whom they sup
posed to be Indians, judging by the way
they rode their horses. Being with an
ox-team, the men left it and ran for the
woods, and by taking a circuitous route
came into Rapid nearly scared to death.
A party of fifteen well-armed men i'm
mediately started out and found, seven
or eight miles out, three white men
asleep, with four horses picketed near
them. They surrounded them, covered
them with their rifles and awoke them.
They were taken to town, and when tx
amined confessed that the horses were
stolen at Crook. They were placed in a
log cabin for the night, but about three
o'clock in the morning a band of twenty
vigilants took them out, and when the
people of the town arose there they were
hanging dead, in plain sight of town.
They were buried last evening. The
following is to be their epitaph:
Aged q; :? S A yesEs. A EsGi s. c yeaE.. Ag sd' il E gsars.
HORSE THIEVES, BEWARE.
Here lies the body of Curry, Allen and Hall,
| Like other thieves, they mad their rise, decline and
fall;
On yon pine tree they hung till dead,
And here they found a lonely bed.
Then be a little cautious how you gobble horses up,
For every horse you pick up here adds sorrow tC
your cup:
We're bound to stop this business, or hang you tc
a man,
For we've hemp and hands enough in town tC
swing the whole clan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02

in contact with it, because when bodies
are in actual contact the laws of radiation
are suspended and those of conduction in
tervene. The screen coming in contact
with the plant absorbs heat from the vege-
table body.
Barrels made of pasteboard have been
introduced, this spring, for the packing
away of woollens and furs. These are
seamless and regarded as moth-proof. The
head, which fits down snugly, is the only
available entrance for the moth, and di-
rections are given to paste a layer of
brown paper wei this almost invisible
line when the barrel is packed. Sell your
camphor and ruin the drug stores.
The clicking noise caused by the toe of
the hind shoe striking the heel of the fore
shoe when a horse is trotting is the effect
| of what is known as over-reaching. This
may be prevented by frightening the toes
of the hind shoes, and shortening those of
the fore ones, enabling the horse to lift
the fore foot a little quicker, and slightly
retarding the hind feet; but it is enough
to clear the fore foot. A very small frac-
ton of a second, probably a hundreth
part of one, will be sufficient gain of time
to prevent the contact.
To persuade a COW to give down her
milk against her will is a difficult and
sometimes a hopeless task. A plan that
has been highly spoken of is to lay a
heavy chain across her back while milk.
ing her. 1t is very certain that harsh
ness and Impotence will only make mat
tiers worse, and that kindness and pettins
will have the best effect. The use o.
milking-tubs might be effective. A poo
cow, free from thisvice, is better than the
best COW that is afflicted with it.
If a calico dress is washed carelessly
starched stiff, summed a day or two, anc
half ironed, it is not a very comely sight
But if quickly dried in the shade, yer!
thinly and evenly starched, and ironeC
on the wrong side SO that it will not shine
it will look like a new dress for a Ion!
time. Many pretty blue prints ant
cambrics fade when washed in the usua
way. If they are washed the first tim
in strong salt and water, or water t.
which a little beef's gall is added, tn
colors will be set so that they will al
ways be as handsome as at first, and CA
be washed ever after like other colore'
goods.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02
A Railway Train Struck by Lightning.

An incident of a recent thunder
storm, as noticed by a passenger on a
train on the New York Midland Rail-
road, is thus described by the Middle
town Press: The train wa in the Vi
| cinity of Walton. The storm was ter
rife. Crash after crash of thunder,
with binding lightning, accompanied
by a deluge of rain and hail, followed
them. At one time the train seemed
to be enveloped in a sheet of electrical
fire. A fearful crash preceded, and in
stantly the engine was in a volume of
electricity; balls of fire encircled the
driving wheels as they revolved with
lightning rapidity. Engineer Sanford
beheld the phenomenon with wonder
and awe, and s~upposing that the end of
all things was at hand, Involuntary
shut off the steam. Nearly every per.
son on the train experienced a severe
shock. A large tree by the track was
shattered. The shock lasted but a mo-
ment. When satisfied that nothing had
been injured, the engineer started the
iron horse on with a loud whistle toward
Norwich.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02
GLEAN1NGs FROM THE MUSE.
MY FIRST

John Smith, a young attorney, Just admitted to the
Was solemn and spacious as-as young attorneys
And a frown of deep abstraction held the seizin of
The result Of contemplation of the rule in shelley's
case.
One day in term-time Mr.. Smith was sitting in the
Court,
When some good men and true of the body Of the
county did on their oath report, I.
That heretofore, to-wit: upon the second day of
May,
AID. ISL, about the hour of noon, in the county and
state aforesaid, one Joseph Scroggs, late Of said
county, did then and there feloniously take,
steal and carry away
One bay horse, of the value of fifty dollars, more or
(The same then and there being of the property, goods
and chattels of one Hezekiah Hess);
Contrary to the statute in such case expressly
made
And provided; and against the peace and dignity of
the state wherein the venue had been laid.
The prisoner, Joseph scroggs, was then arraigned
And plead not guilty, and of this he threw himself
upon the country at large;
And said Joseph being poor, the Court did graciously
Mr.. Smith to defend him-mueh on the same princi-
pie that obtains in every charity hospital
where a young medical student is often set tC
rectify q serious injury toan organ or a joint
The witnesses seemed prejudiced against poor Mr.
Scroggs;
And the district attorney made a thrilling speech, il
which he told the jury that if they didn't fine
for the state he reckoned he'd have to "wall
their logs"
Then MI. Smith arose and made his speech for the de
Tense,
Wherein he quoted Shakespeare, Blackstone, Chitty
Arehbold, joaquin Miller, Story, Kent, Tup
per, Smedes and Marshall, and many Othei
writers, and everybody said they "neve
heered SIGH a bust Of eloquence."
i. And he said: "on This hypothesis, my client mus
gofTee;
And: again, on this hypothesis, it's morally i'm
possible that he could be guilty, don't yo'
see7n
And: "Then, on his hypothesis, you really can
convict;"-
And so on, with ~forty-six more hypothesis, upol
none of which Mr.. Smith ably demonstrate,
could Scroggs be dereliet.
But the jury, never stirring from the box wherein
they sat,
Returned a verdict of guilty" and his homo
straightway sentenced Scroggs to a ~three-yea
term in the penitentiary, and q heavy line, AM
the costs on top of that;
And the prisoner, in wild delight, got up and dance
and sung;
And when they asked him the reason of this strang
behavior, he said; It's because l got off S
easy-for if there'd ha' been q few more G
them darned hypothesises, 1 should ~certainl
have been hungfn
SMidsummer Holiday Scribner.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02
Get Out of Debt.
IRura New Yorker.l

Advices from nearly everyState in the
Union assure us of the excellent condi-
ton of the crops, and of the favorable
prospects for the future. The prices, too,
for farm produce are, as a rule, consid-
erably higher than during ordinary
years, in which the harvest has been
equally abundant. A large yield of
cereals and other agricultur has
generally entailed low prices, in accord
ance with the inevitable laws of supply
and demand. The European war, how
ever, is likely to prevent this customary
effect, during the present year. Of the
supply of grain needed by Great Britain
and other countries which do not raise
enough for self-support, a large proper
ton has, in past years, been furnished
by the South of Russia. The ports on
the Black Sea, whence this was exported,
are now blockaded by the Turkish feet,
and supplies from this source can no
longer reach the customary market.
The demands on this country are sure,
therefore, to be much larger than usual,
and however abundant our crops this
cause will probably keep up prices until
the close of the war. 1t would behighly
unsafe, however, for farmers to speculate
IN a long continuance of this, and conse-
quently to hold back their produce mex
pectatiOn of higher prices. The tendency
of modern warfare is to a brief, vigorous
campaign or two, and an early peace
and Immediately on the cessation of the
present hostilities the prices of our cere-
ais are certain to fall.
The only safe course, therefore, is to
sell at once, at a fair figure, and leave to
others the uncertainties and risks OF
speculation. By following this wise
practice there is a fair prospect that the
financial pressure, under which ourfarm.
ers have been lately %groaning, will be
lightened during the present season, and
it is much to be hoped that the lesson ii
economy and thrift which necessity has
in the last few years, forced upon them
shall not be forgotten on the advent Of
better times. Above all things, the frs
use every man should make of returning
prosperity is to get rid of Indebtedness
1t is the boast of the American farmer
that his position is one of the mos
independent in the country, but thi
vaunt can never be truthfully uttered
by those in debt.
This is the modern form of the Oh
Man of the Sea which never allows res
or comfort to the wretch who trudge
under its weight. Its pressure, too, i
soon likely to grow heavier, on accoun
of the contraction of the currency Ger
tain to result from the approaching re
turn to specie payment, and on thi
account alone, if ON no other, promp
measures should be taken by ever,
sensible MAI to clear off all forms o
Indebtedness at the earliest possible mo
ment.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02
FARM AND HONE BREVITIES.

To prevent meat from searching in the
oven during the roasting process, simply
keep a basin or cup of water in the oven.
The steam generated not only prevents
scorching, but makes the meat cook
nicer.
The best thing to clean a horse with is
a broom-corn scrubbing brush. 1t never
can scratch his legs, as the curry-comb of
tin does, while it does more work in the
same time than curry-comb and brush
put together.
Mats and screens intended for the pro-
lection of plant should never be placed
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02

AFTER an experience of over twenty-five
years, many leading physicians acknowledge
that the GRAFENBERG MARsHALL's Uterine
CATHoLICoN is the only known certain
remedy for diseases to which women are
subject. The GRAFENBERG VEGETABLE
PILLS, the most popular remedy of h dayton
biliousness, headache, liver complaint and
diseases of digestion. Sold by all druggists.
Send for almanacs. G~rafenberg Co., New
VarB
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02
THE MARKETS.

CTNCINNATI-Flour-Patent, 50 5O@1O; fancy,
S7@S5O; family, Sc 5O@6 65; spring, 81 75@S 25; extra,
rye Fl aou s%ps sa@4 s. iS@S Gira AIM ETiasd, s. i @i55;
corn, 4s@5Oc.; rye, 60@6sc. oats, 30@41c. Hay,
prime to choice timothy, sS@iS. Mess pork, s1S ii
GA; LsTdi S314fSl9Ac; Cotton, lO3@1sAc:
family, So 25@6; No. /, Sc 50@6 IS; fancy, SIG
I so. Grain-Wheat, 81 30 Al 40; corn, 50 S55c. rye,
zoe. oats, 43@45c. Hay, S11@12. Mess pork, SAG
Observation-Disclosures process, 50 75@
10 IS; fancy, IS 75@9 %; family, 81 75@S %; extra,
Sc 1917 Is; low grade, 50 SOFAS. Grain-Wheat, No.
45@4se. Clear nib sides, sNe. shoulders 61ze. Sugar
cured Hams, 9Id10c. Lard, prime steam, 9@91sc.
prime kettle, gZ@1Oc. Hogs, 81 7O@4 80.
NEW YORK.-Flour-No. 2 and No. 8, s3@4 Isl
common to good Western and State, s6@6 80
good to choice Western State, Sc 35@6 60; common tC
choice white wheat Western extra, Sc 6596S5; fancy
white wheat Western, Sc 9O@S rs; common tc
good extra Ohio, Sc 1O@S Is; common to choice St
Louis, S6d10 Is; Minnesota patent process, exits
good to prime, and choice to double extra, IS 25d
10 IS. Rye Flour, s. 759525. Grain-Wheat, s1S21
al 69Ha;. rye, 7597sc. corn, 61a66c oats, 80 a63c'
Mess pork, new, S14 30@14 40. Lard, prime steam
old, 50 45@9 80; choice, new, 50 SOC.
Observation-Disclosures Western superfne
Sc; Western extras, 81; Minnesota extra family
81 1919; Pennsylvania extra family, IS 1899
high grades, S9a10 so. Grain-Wheat, new, 81 G.
al 20 Rye, Pennsylvania, 70dS0c. Corn, yellow
Western, 72@75c.; mixed, zoe. Oats white Western
A-N1 wv AA+hS AS@ &S-AN@
&c.,; crude, in barrels, 1014c.
STOCK MARKETS.
CNCINNATI-Cattle - Common to medium
81 SOFA so; good to choice butchers grades, 81 750
$50; fair to good shippers,S5 25@ 6. Sheep and Lamb
Common to choice sheep, g 50d4 Is; fair to extr'
lambs, So 25@5 25. Hogs-Common, S4 40 "a 70; fai
10 good light, 81 SOFAS; fair to good packing grades
81 75G4 80; selected butchers, s5@5 10.
BUFFAL0.-Butchers are buying slowly. Few
sales made of sheep, lambs or hogs, and few offering.
NEW YORK.-Beef Catle-Fair beef general.
selling at S14. Sheep and Lambs-Market firm TO
sheep, but quiet and steady for lambs. Common t
good sheep range from sc. to 634c. per h.; common
good lambs from SC. to &c; q few choice Jerse.
lambs have reached 10c.
MO0L.-In Boston, prices remain firm. Ohio an
Pennsylvania, 47@4Sc. for No. l and extra; SOC. 10
choice and xxx Sic. for choice Pennsylvania dOubl
extra and above Michigan in fair demand at4S@45c
for No. land extra; in Western nothing ofany conse
quence was done; the demand for combing and de
laine was quite active at 500 55c. for delaine, and 500
SIZE. for choice combing; pulled scarce and firm
choice grades s~uperfine, 44@46c; S2@35c. for coars
and low.
In Cincinnati, dealers are paying the followin
prices: Unwashed-Fine merino, 2l@22c.; coars
clothing, 24@26c.; medium do, 27@29c.; Ion
combing, 32@35c. Observation-Disclosures merint
35@4Oc.; coarse clothing, 3OdS5c.- medium clothing
3593Sc. long combing, 40@42c. DEMONSTRATION
mon, 33@35c. good to choice, S5939c. Pulled-Su
p%erfine, 25a27c.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02

IL you feel dull, drowsy,- debilitated, have frequent
headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appetite, and
'biliOusness,f and nothing will cure you so speedily
and permanently as to take SIMMONS LIVER REGU-
LIATOR or MEDICINE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02

Dr.. TUT authorizes his agents to refund the money
in every case where his Hair Dye fails. Perfect salts
faction guaranteed. 1t acts like magic, easily ap-
piled, and is perfectly natural. Sold by all respect.
able Druggists. Is Murray Street, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-02

CHEW
The Celebrated
"MATCHLEss"
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO.
THE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York, Boston, and Chicago.
PONDS EXTRACT. Used alike by the
medical profession and the people, it holds
a position held by no other medicine in thi:
country, or, perhaps, the world.