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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12
Paris Exposition. 1878.

lHC AVAh huhClN IbcIsI
Baron Krantz, Director General of the
Exposition, writes to the Committee of
merchants in this city that the EXPOSE
ton will be held without a question, and
that every aid will be rendered to Ameri-
can exhibitors, who are likely to be so
late in their cooperation. Count
DOultremont, Belgian Commissioner,
and M. Cody, Secretary, at the Philadel-
phia Exhibition, have been appointed to
the same position at Paris. The South
America Republics have unitedly agreed
upon the Consul General of Venezuela
in Paris to represent their interests at
the French Exposition. President Mac
Mahon, in his visit to the. works on the
Exposition grounds, addressed the,,Direc-
tor General, Baron Krantz, as follows:
az am come to visit your works to pro-
test against the rumors which are cur-
rent relative to the adjournment of the
Universal Exhibition. 1t shall not be
delayed, and it will open at the date
fixed, May l, 1878. I take pains thus to
assure the result of your labor, which
can alone make this great enterprise sue
cessful." The President visited all sec
tions of the grounds, and expressed his
qualification at the rapid progress of the
work. 1t has been decided to close the
main on each side of the Seine
to the public, and make a new road tun-
neled under the Quai d'Orsay, where the
general travel will be carried on without
interruption. Arrangements have been
made with Mr.. Denis, the celebrated
horticulturist, to plant all the trees nee
essary to adorn the park and approaches,
one thousand francs having been ap-
p%ropriated for the purpose. 1t should
be clearly understood by our horse
fanciers and stock raisers that special
facilities will be given at the Paris Ex-
position for stock of all kinds, and that
not only medals in gold, and bronze will
be awarded, but also prizes in money.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12
An English Dukes Curious Bets.

A curious form of wager was once hit
upon by old O., a familiar soubriquet
by which the Duke of Queensbury was
commonly known to the sporting world.
The duke was famous for eccentricities
in the betting way. Thematch he made
to drive a carriage nineteen miles in an
hour, without changing either of the
thoroughbred horses with which he
started, made a sensation at the time,
and the actual achievement of this feat
was perhaps as remarkable as anything
of the kind in the annals of coaching.
But the wager to which reference is
made was of a more original character
than this, and, at a time of day when
railways were not thought of, was GER
tafnly an indication of no little inyen-
tive talent. He made a bet that he
would have a letter conveyed fifty miles
within an hour. In order to do this, he
caused the manuscript to be inclosed in
a cricket-ball, stationed expert cricket
ers at intervals over a certain distance,
and the missive, being thrown from one
to the other, was delivered at the end of
the journey within the stipulated time.
A very good story is toldof this noble
man by which he very neatly check
mated the vagaries of certain specula-
tors who secretly offered his Grace's
jockey a large sum of money to lose a
certain race. The jockey appeared to
entertain the proposal, but quietly car
ried information of it to his employer,
who told him to take the money and that
he would bear him harmless. Themoney
was taken, and books were made accord
ingly; but, to the horror of the enter
prising blacklegs, the duke himself ap-
peared on the scene as the horses came
to the post, and, quickly divesting him.
self of a great-coat, was found to be in
riding attire. "This is a very nice
horse" said his Grace. al think I will
ride myself" And he did, and won
without a struggle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12

of honest trade. When you buy DooLEY's
YEAST POWDER, for sale by all grocers, you
get perfectly full weight, just as marked on
the very best and purest material, SO that
the strength can always be trusted.
WnHoFT's FEVER AND AGUE TONIC
This medicine is used by construction COM
panies for the benefit of their employees,
| when engaged in malarial districts. The
| highest testimonials have been given by
| contractors and by the Presidents of some of
the leading railroads in the South and West.
When men are congregated in large num-
bers in the neighborhood OF swamps and
| rivers, Wilhoft's Tonic will prove a valuable
addition to the stock of medicines, and will
amply reward the company in the saving OF
time, labor and money. We recommend it
to all. G. R. FINLAY & Co., Proprietors,
New Orleans.
FOR SALE BY L DRUGGISTS.
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 the day fol
bi~liousness, headache, liver complaint anG
diseases of digestion. Sold byal1 druggists
Send for almanacs. Grafenberg Co., New
York.
PONDS ExTRACT.-Large sum of money
are spent by the afflicted to find relief from
Piles. The extract is a certain cure of BlinC
or Bleeding Piles.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12
The Easiest Way.

A certain good-natured old Vermont
farmer preserved his constant good
nature, let what would turn up. One
day one of his men came in, bringing
the news that one of his red oxen was
dead.
els he?" said the old man. "Well,
he always was a breechy old cuss. Take
his hide off, and send it down to the
tanners; it will bring the cash"
An.hour or S afterward the mar
came back with the news that cline
back" and his mate were both dead.
care theyF" saidthe old man. "Well,
/ took them of B to a W a bad debt
that L never expected to get. It's lucky
it isn't the brindles."
After the lapse of another hour the
man came back again to tell him that
the nigh brindle was dead.
"Is hep said the old man. "Well,
he was a very old OK. Takeoff his hide,
and send it to the tanners, where it will
fetch its worth in cash, and more
than any two of the Others"
Hereupon his wife, a very pious wo-
man, reprimanded her husband very
severely, and asked him if he was not
aware that his loss was a judgment of
heaven sentupon him for his wickedness.
"Is it," said the old fellow. "Well,
if they take judgment in cattle, it is
the easiest way | can pay it,"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12
A Case Of WOman's Humanity to WO.
man.

Sometimes a woman is found who is
kind to another woman, but such women
are very rare. A late case of a woman's
kindness to n of her own sex, came to
the surface in New York. Miss Addie
Goulding is the cashier of a large house
in New York, and also runs a dress
making establishment on her own ac-
count. She has had Minnie PETER in
her employ for several years, and trusted
her. The other day a piece of silk worth
sixty dollars was stolen from Miss Gould
ing's establishment, and no trace of the
silk or the thief could be found. At
length a young man calling himself
Charles PETER informed Miss Goulding
that he knew where the silk was, and
would return it for ten dollars. Miss
Goulding agreed to the proposition, but
had an officer at hand to witness the
transaction. Charles PETER was ar
rested, and said hat his wife, Minnie
PETER, stole the silk. Then an officer
went after Minnie and got her. When
Miss Goulding came into court Minnie
burst into tears and sobs and was evil
IDENTIFY in deep distress. She asked for a
private interview with Miss Goulding
and the magistrate. She confessed to
stealing the silk and said she had been
compelled to steal by her husband or do
still worse to keep him supplied with
money; that ever since she had been
married her husband had ill-treated and
abused her most shamefully. Through
fear of great personal violence from him
she had stolen the silk. Miss Goulding
believed the poor girls story and refused
to prosecute her for larceny. Not only
that, she kept her in her employ. Mrs.
PETER will appear against her husband
on charge of grand larceny, and she has
hopes of getting rid of a very bad man,
who has killed all the love she ever had
for him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12
Murder and Robbery Of Immigrants by
Texas HighWaymen.

The Galveston News says: A family
of immigrants were passing through
Wilson County last week, and camped
neal Stockdale in a house occupied by a
family by the name of Thomas. Early
in the morning Thomas and his two sons
went to the camp and commenced to
murder and rob them. One of the boys
was in the woods getting frewood, and,
when the Thomases made the attack,
broke and run. After going a short
distance he met a few of Lieutenant
Halls men. The boy took them for
some more of the robbers and ran from
them, but was followed and overtaken.
As oon as they caught him they asked
him why he was running, and he told
them that his father, mother, and three
brothers were murdered a short distance
from there. The men took the boy and
put him behind one of them, and he di-
rected them to the place. As they came
in sight one of the young Thomases dis
covered them and ran off. They took
after him, captured him, and found
$1,000 on his person. As the other men
rode up they found old man Thomas and
another son breaking into trunks. The
murderers were all arrested.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12
Where the Air Begins.

Professor Pettenkofer writes in the
Popular Science Monthly: If we say of
the surface of the earth that it is the
limit of the earth and the beginning of
the atmosphere, we are not correct in
reference to the latter. The air begins
much below the ground, and we ought
to say hat where the ground, which is a
mixture of earth, water and air, ends,
from there the atmosphere exists alone.
1t is no wonder that no particular at
tention was paid to the air in soil; its
presence there does not make any direct
impression on any n of u senses; we
infer its presence more from other ex,
periences and consequent conclusions.
The human mind formerly looked upon
the air as something unsubstantial, spir-
itual, although men saw the effect OF
hurricanes; no wonder, then, that nc
one thought of the air hidden in the
ground, which cannot even blow the
hat from our head.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12
Domestic Hints.

Cream Crackers.-One pint of cream,
six eggs, a little salt, -four enough to
form a stiff dough. Beat the eggs very
light, mix all the ingredients together,
and pound the dough half an hour. Roll
out thin, cut into any fancy shape, and
bake in a modern oven.
Pineapple Pudding.-Take half a
pound of grated pineapple, half a pound
of powdered sugar, and a quarter of a
pound of fresh butter. Stir the butter
and sugar to a cream, then add by de-
grees the grated pineapple. Crate a tea
cup of sponge-cake, and mix with it a
teacup of sweet cream; add n little
grated nutmeg for f1avoring. Add this
to the pineapple mixture. Beat six eggs
very light; put all the ingredients to-
gether and stir the whole very hard.
Butter a deep baking-dish, put in the
mixture, and bake in a rather quick
oven.
French way of Cooking Lamb Chops.
Cut a loin of lamb into chops. Re
move all the fat, trim them nicely, and
see hat they are all the same length.
Lay them in a deep dish and owe them
with salad oil. Let them steep in the
oil for an hour, Having drained the
chops from the oil, cover them with a
mixture of finely grated bread-crumbs, a
little minced parsley, seasoned with pep
per and salt, and some grated nutmeg :;
then broil them over a bed of hot Goals
or a buttered gridiron, or you may bake
them a nice brown in a quick oven.
Have readysome mashed potatoes heaped
high on a hot dish, in the form of a cone
or beehive, and place the lamb chops all
round it, so that they stand up and lean
against it with the broad end of each
chop downward. Ornament the top of
the one with a handsome rose or a bunch
of curled parsley.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12

roses grown in pots or in open ground.
A tablespoonful of spirits Of ammonia,
put into a pailful of water and then ap-
piled to the soil about the roots or
sprinkled over the leaves, will be bene-
fetal. Apply two or three timesa week.
If the pot roses,are severely pruned after
blooming, it will cause new shoots to
push out upon which the flowers are pro-
duced.
The following method of preserving
the natural colors of dried plants is given
in a German pharmaceutical journal,
and will be of interest to botanists and
others: Dissolve one part of salicylic
acid in six hundred parts of alcohol heat
the solution to the boiling point in an
e~vaporating dish, and draw the whole
plant slowly through it; prolonged ex-
posture d~iscolors violet flowers; shake off
any excess of liquid, dry between bot
tling-paper, and press in the usual man.
ner. A frequent renewal of dry blot
ting-pads, particularly at first, is de-
sirable. Thus treated, plants are said to
dry rapidly, furnishing beautiful speci-
mems, which retain their natural colors
in greater perfection than by any other
process.
Children should never wear carriers, SO
the stockings can be kept up perfectly
well by an attachment of elastic strips at
the ~waistband. If carriers are worn, it is
important to know how to apply them
with the least risk of harm. At the bend
of the knee the superficial veins of the
leg unite and go deeply into the under
part of the thigh beneath the hamstring
tendons. Thus ligature below the knee
obstructs all the superficial veins; but if
the construction is above, the hamstring
tendons keeps the pressure off the veins
which return the blood from the legs
Unfortunately most people, in Ignorance
of the above facts, apply the garter be-
low the knee. Elastic bands are the
most injurious. They follow the move
ments of the muscles and never relax
their pressure upon the veins. Non
elastic bands, during muscular exertion
become considerably relaxed at intervals
and allow freer circulation of the blood
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12
HE AND SHE.

He was barely two-and-twenty,
She was only seventeen;
He of budding hopes had plenty,
She was graceful as a queen.
He had ordinary features
IAN unusual affair.",
She, the daintiest OF creatures,
Wa possessed of golden hair.
He beheld her and was captured,
She admired his manly style;
He prufessed himself enraptured
In a very little while.
She responded to him shyly-
Love she hardly knew as yet,
For Dan Cupid's very willy
In the way he spreads his net.
He full often went to WOO her
Several times within a week,
And would whisper gently to her
Those soft nothings lovers speak.
She would hearken to him gladly
Just as maidens always do):
He declared he loved her madly
(Which was very likely true).
He along the lane was straying
IAN occurrence undesigned),
She was there, engaged in Maying
quite promiscuously, mindD
While Apollo, in his splendOr,
Tinted every golden tress,
He exclaimed, in accents tender,
"Be my bride!" And she said, YES!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12
SWindlers.

The successful swindler is usually a
man of good appearance and finished
manners; his chief victims are hotel
proprietors and clearinghouse keepers,
their occupation rendering them pecu-
liarly liable to imposition. Not long
since, a man in New York, when finally
caught in the act, openly boosted that
for over two years he had lived at the
finest uptown clearinghouse and not
paid one cent during that time for
board; he was gentlemanly in APP
pearance, well dressed, in possession of
fine conversational powers, and very
popular among the ladies. His plan was
to call at a first-class boarding house, en-
gage apartments, and before partaking
of the first meal inform the landlady
that "he could not get his baggage over
the ferry that morning." chad not ar,
rived at the express office yet" "was de.
layed on the road by an accident" etc,
always framing some plausible excuse SC
as to gain a foothold, and in the interim
making himself agreeable to all
the ladies in the house, particularly the
landlady and her daughters, if perchance
she had any, being a good pianist, a good
reader, a charming dancer, and with
such winning ways" that before she
was hardly aware of the fact, he owed
her a months board, when he quietly
stepped out, never to return. Swindler'
of a meaner class are those who hang
around large hotels for the chance Of
securing a meal. When they think ne
one is looking, they slip into the dining
room. Some of them can tell to anicety
at just what hour and minute they
stand a better chance; as a matter O.
course where two or three hundred per
sons are sitting down to a meal, it il
a hard matter to discern one person whc
has not registered. Still another clas
are those who on stopping at ahotel havt
a fair show of baggage, but which il
reality is worthless; this class has many
devices, and generally succeed in victim
izing the landlord, even if he be no
Over-credulous. In fact, for ways tina
are dark the hotelswindler is gerry pecu
liar
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12

Lard for pastry may be used as hard as
it can be cut with a knife, and it will
make far better paste than if left stand
to warm. 1t needs only to be cut through
the four-not rubbed.
Put beeswax between pieces of paper
or cloth and keep on a table close by the
fatiron stand. If the irons get coated
with scorched starch, rub them over the
paper that holds the wax and it will
come off. Rubbing the iron over the
waxed paper, even if no starch adheres,
adds to the glossiness of the linen that
is ironed.
Ammonia will act as a stimulant to
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12

A COLORADO saloon-keeper said Of a
rough crowd: az couldn't get their
whisky strong enough forthem; so, after
trying every way, I at last made a
mixture of poison-oak and butternut.
That did the business. 1 called it the
shepherds delight, and it wasapopular
drink. The first Pike I tried it on yelled
with delight. The next one took two
drinks, and turned a double somerset in
the road before the house. A peddler
came along, and after he took several
drinks of my shepherds delight, he
went off and stole his own pack and hid
it in the woods"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12
THE SUN.
1877.
NEW YORK.
1877.

THE Sun continues to be the strenuous advocate of
reform and retrenchment, and of the substitution
OF statesmanship, wisdom, and integrity for hollow
pretence, imbecflity, and fraud in the administra-
ton of public affairs. 1t contends for the govern
ment of the people ~ the people and for the people,
as opposed to government by frauds in tho ballot
box and in the counting of votes, enforced by mill
tary violence. 1t endeavors to supply its readers
a body now not far from a million o~fsouls-with the
most careful, complete. and trustworthy accounts
Of current events, and employs for this purpose q
numerous and carefully selected staff ofrerorters and
correspondents. Its reports from Washington, es
pecially, are full, accurate, and fearless; and it
doubtless continues to deserve and enjoy the hatred
Of those who thrive by plundering the Treasury or
by ~usurping what the law does not give them, while
it endeavors to merit the confidence of the public by
defending the rights of the people against the en-
croachments of unjustihed power.
The price of the daily SUN is 55 cents a month, or
$3.50 a year, postpaid or, with the Sunday edi-
ton, S7.7O a year.
The Sunday. edition alone, eight pages, sI.2O q
year, postpaid.
THE WEEKLY Sun, eight pages of Sc broad columns,
is furnished at 81 a year, postpaid.
SPECIAL NoTIcE.-In order to introduce THE sur
more widely to the public, we will send THE
WEEKLY edition for the remainder of the year, to
January l, 1878, postpaid, for Half Dollar. Try it.
Address, THE SUM-. New York City.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12

THIS paragraph, from a Western pa
per, should be read carefully and taken
to heart by the sanguinary editorsof GER
tain journals in this city: ga Texas edi-
tor suggests that the fact that he once
commanded a squad of rangers sent out
to capture a Mexican woman who was
required as a witness in a murder case
does not entitle him to the title of Cap
tain,' and he would therefore prefer to be
called Mister"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12

BOSTON Post: The New York Ledger
undertakes to tell /" how to win a wo-
mans love-" The most simple and effect
i've way, if aman can't afford diamonds,
is to take some refreshments along and
sit the other fellow out.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12

HATcH's Universal Cough Syrup takes the
lead of all cough remedies in our trade. We
keep many others. None receive such gen
eraI commentator. Our customers will be
put off with nothing else. We warrant it in
every case. SAM'L CROSS & CO.,
Felt,s Mills. N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12

You may always recognize a cham
agne-maker by his fz.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12
Y !! III X; 4: ~: II!
The GREAT BLOOD PURIHER,/

Rev. Up. WR1TES:l
ITS BALTIC STREET, BRookITN, N. vi
Nov. IA, 1874. s;
II. r. STEVENS, ESQ.,:
Dear Sir-From personal benefit received by its
use, as well as from personal knowledge of those
whose cures thereby have seemed almost miracu-
lous, 1 can most heartily and sincerely recommend
the VEGErIsE for the complaints which it is claimed
to cure. JAMES P. LUDLOW
Late Pastor Calvary Baptist Church,
Sacramento, Cal =
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-27

terminal point This feeling is so strong
here, with certain parties, that to sug-
gest the contrary, their eyes CLEAN like
those of Tom-cats, at bay in bush fence.
The writer means no opposition to a
rail road from the Columbia to Ogden,
South Pass, or elsewhere; and the inter
vening country needs, and will have
one-but it has no charter yet, nor is
likely to get any aid from Congress.
Hence the scheme and plan to wrest
from the North Pacific, extraordinary
concessions and conditions, or oppose
the further extension of time to the
great highway of the Northwest.
L. HOLMES.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-27
Proposed Compromise.

We are informed that proposition
has been made by the Catholic Church,
to give to the city quit claim deed
of all the interest of St. James Mis-
sion, in the Vancouver town site, for
the sum of $4,000. We trust this Of
fer will receive the prompt attention
of the City Council, as it seems to
meet with much favor among the
property holders of Vancouver, as
we'll as among others, who contem-
plate making investments in real es-
tate here.
Not long since, the Council made
an appropriation Of $4,000, for the
purpose of perfecting the title of the
town company to the tract in ques-
ton. The proposition above referred
to, offers shorter road, however, to
the end of the long and tiresoMe liti-
CATION which has for years rested like
an incubus upon the prosperity of
Vancouver. This shorter route, is
probably worth 81 800 more than the
other, and only, alternative, of fight
ing to the bitter end"
If a reasonable compromise can be
effected with St. James Mission, with
out imposing too heavy burden up
on the tax payers of the city, it will
soon bring its legitimate return in the
increased thrift and confidence which
will inevitably follow the conclusion
of our unfortunate litigation, 1t
would be, indeed, a CLEAN of sunshine
after long winter of gloom; for then,
and not till then, can there be for
Vancouver any hope-any future.
The location of Vancouver is prob
ably the best on the Columbia River,
if not in the Territory; and when un-
doubted title can be given to real es-
tate here, this old and handsome town,
this embyro city of twenty-five years
ago, may rise at last like phenix, to
new growth and abundant prosperity