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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
HAnseh0Id Hints.

Baked Sweetbreads.-Parboil; then
let them soak in cold water forfifteen or
twenty minutes; wipe them dry; place
them in a dripping pan with plenty of
butter; haste them often with the melted
butter until they are done.
Fried Sweetbreads.-Wash very care
fully and dry well; cut in slices, and fry
in plenty of butter and lard mixed; turn
them frequently until they are a fine
brown; use no bread or cracker crumbs,
as that absorbs too much grease.
Broiled Sweetbreads.-Parboil then
cut them into pieces about half an inch
thick; dry them well; rub on plenty of
butter and broil on a grid-iron; turn
them often until they are well cooked;
spread on a little butter every time they
are turned to prevent them from getting
too dry.
Delicate Cake.-The whites of four
eggs, three-fourths cupful butter, one
cupful of sugar, one cupful corn starch,
one cupful -four, one heaping teaspoon
full baking powder together, and whip
the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth
stir the butter and sugar to a cream, add
the milk and -four, and, lastly, stir in
the whipped eggs.
Huckleberry Biscuits.-Three-quar-
tiers cupful sugar, one-quarter cupful of
butter, N cupful milk, three cupfuls
sifted -four, one ~teaspoonful baking
powder mixed dry with the -four, one
~teaspoonful salt, two ~well-beaten eggs,
one pint huckleberries stirred in last Of
all. This quantity just fills twelve
Saratoga r~oll-pans which should be
warmed and well buttered when the
mixture is put in them. These are
delicious hot for breakfast or lunch.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
LYnching in Kansas.

ATcHIsoN, Kas., Aug. 2O.-On Sunday
evening, at seven o'clock, Bill Scroggs, q
worthless fellow, living near Oak Hills, in
this county, shot and instantly killed Mr.. ].
ELEPHANT, and old an prominent citizen.
Three years ago, Scroggs eloped with and
married a daughter. of ELEPHANT. He
abused her shamefully, and she left him
some time age, returning to her fathers
house, where she has since lived. On Sum
day evening Scroggs went to ELEPHANTS
house and asked to see his wife. ELEPHANT
refused to admit him, when Scroggs drew
a pistol and fired, the ball striking ELEPHANT
in the right breast, inficting a wound
which terminated his life in a short
time. ~ScroggSat once started to Oak Hills,
but was soon overtaken by a party of four
men, who wanted to arrest him. Scroggs re-
fused to submit to arrest, and fired on the
party, the ball striking John Croft, Q
respectable farmer, in the left breast, kill
ing him instantly. Scroggs then went to the
residence of Mr.. Waddell, a Justice of the
Peace, and surrendered himself. This morn
ing at half past eight a mob of men went t.
Waddelrs house, where Scroggs was con
fined, took him out among the hills, ant
hanged him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30

to him who should devise means of
cheaply converting the nitrogen of the
atmosphere into a ponderable and
effective fertilizer, that there are chem
lists who would accomplish it. Sugges-
lions of this kind often casually dropped,
strike root occasionally in a fertile mind
and bear an abundant crop of useful
inventions.
The Burning Of Straw at thrashing
time is a waste and asin. 1t is generally
practiced hereabouts in the wheat dis.
tricts. Properly ricked up, with very
little winter pasturage it will carry cat.
tie through the winter in this climate in
fine order. 1t will pay any farmer tc
buy young cattle and let them feed upor
this straw through the winter. He cam
invest his money SO we'll in scarcely any
thing else. Much manure is thus made
and saved. The fertility of the soil i
thus kept up. The cattle can b,
sold in the spring at a large advance, o
pastured and sold during the summer
or kept wei another winter in the sam
way, with a little additional feed, an,
then turned off in the spring for beef
Think of this, straw-burners.
4. Rotation in Crops, though nov
practiced by every intelligent farmer
yet sometimes produces unexpected
favorable results. A certain field
, Ontario County, n. Y, had been rente
, for many years to different parties, an
) every one had sowni it to oats until itha
, grown seventeen successive crops of oat
$ and was so reduced that the crops faile
S to pay cost. Finally it came into tt
e possession of a young man, a stranger
r the neighborhood, who commenced SUI
e mer-fallowing it for wheat. Neighbo
at once said to one another. "Poor fl
low! he won't get enough wheat off
there to pay for his labor" and some
b them thought seriously of going to hi
e and demonstrating against his cours
" keeping in mind that maxim SO popul
n among farmers, "Mind your W blu
n ness" they let him alone. The resi-
'e was, he had a splendid crop of whe'
% one of the best in the neighbOrhood.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
The Hostile Indians. at HOle.in-the
Rock.

SALT LAKE, Aug 2o.-The hostile Nez
Perces Indians were reported yesterday at
Hole-in-the-Rock stage station, Idaho.
They have destroyed the telegraph line in
the vicinity, and stopped all travel over the
road for several days. A large party of
teamsters are %fortifying themselves a short
distance north of Snake River Bridge. 1t
is reported hat the Indians stock are poor I;
that they are stopping to recuperate, and
have taken possession of the stage barns,
using the grain.
FORT HILL AGENCY, IDAHO, VIA SALT
LAKE, Aug. 20.-Capt. cambridge, with a
company of scouts, enlisted from the Ban
nocks and ~Shoshones, left Fort Hall yester
day after a hostile camp at Hole-in-the-Rock
Station, about ninety miles north. At last
accounts yesterday the hostiles had posses
sion of the station, and would allow no one
to pass either way.
They told those who have made the at
tempt to turn back and they would not b
molested. No one hurt yet that is known
The telegraph line is down and strung in diff
ferent directions. All the young Bannock
and Shoshones at this agency who can rails
a gun have left this morning to fight tn
hoStiIeS
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30

Mrs. H. d. Graves, of Essex County,
New York, writes to Mr.. Wick, the
florist, that she destroys the rose slug
easily by the application of a solution
composed of one pint of dairy salt, and
one pint of soft soap, dissolved in ten
gallons soft water. Dissolve the soap
thoroughly in water, then add the salt,
stir well, and shower the bushes after
the leaves appear; again after the bloom
is over. One application is generally
sufficient, if made in time. After sunset
is the best time to make it.
There are two Or three grades of
carbolic soap. The toilet article is very
excellent for human beings, as it de-
stroys all odors and is very healing.
The toilet is much weaker than the kind
used for dumb animals. If children's
heads were occasionally washed with
carbolic toilet soap no insect would be
there after the operation. The strong
carbolic soap may be used for killing
insects on horses, dogs, sheep, hens or
cows. 1t ought not to be put into the
mouth, as it is a poison.
Atmospheric Nitrogen, as is well
known, already plays an important part
in the growth of plants, and it has been
suggested by the Weekly Tribune, if Con.
gress should offer a prize of $4,000 or
$4,000, open to all the world to be paid
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
General

President Hayes and party arrived at
Crawford House, N. H., on August q, and
were received by large numbers of people.
Speeches were made there by the President
and Postmaster-Genera Key, in which the
subjecto of pacifcation and general harmony
throughout the country was referred to in
favorable terms.
The body of ]. II. Mackey, of the firm of
Lewis & Mackey, Brooklyn, New York, was
found in a dense thicket near Newport,
Kentucky, a few days since. The sum of one
hundred and ffty-ive dollars was found on
his person. Apostolic clew to the mystery
Of his death has been discovered. 1t is be-
lieyed he had "big money" and that his
murderer in securing that, and possibly his
watch, overlooked the smaller roll of one
hundred and f~fty-fve dollars. He usually
carried considerable money, and was very
liberalin spending it. ,
During the prevalence of a thunderstorm
a rowboat, containing a party of five per-
sons, was struck b~ylightning while in the vi
cinity of the Union Pacific bridge, at Omaha,
Nebraska George Sladge was instantly
killed, Mrs. Heger, another occupant of the
boat, the instant Sladge was killed, threw
outher arms frantically, and tumbled back
ward into the stream, and was swept out of
sight. The remainder of the boats crew,
one man and two women, drifted to the
shore.
The Democrats of Pennsylvania held a
State Convention on the 22d of August.
Nominations were made for the offices of
Supreme Judge, Auditor and Treasurer.
Resolutions were adopted, declaring the in
duction of Rutherford B. Hayes into the Of
fee of President a high crime against free
government that capital, combined in cor
porate organization, has been too highly ia.
vored by both State and Federal legislation,
and its demands for large returns are incon-
sistent with the depressed condition of the
laboring and business interests of the coun-
try; and reafirming and adopting the fnan-
eial resolutions of the National Democratic
platform.
The New South Wales steam collier,
Yana Yana, in entering New Castle harbor,
on July Is, was boarded by heavy sea, a
heavy gale blowing, and went down, stern
forward. with all hands, Captain Summer
bell; Miller, Chief Officer; Anderson, Sec
ond Officer; Eddes, Chief Engineer; Baxter,
assistant, and twelve seamen, fireman, etc.
The body of Officer Miller was recovered.
The recentr rains in California have greatly
improved the crop prospects.
Charles A. Minnie, colored, won the West
Point appointment in Congressman Muller's
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
The South,

On August "a, as a train was leaving
Pensacola, Florida, the Sheriff, with a posse,
boarded the cars to assist Texan officers to
arrest the notorious John Wesley Hardin,
who is said to have committed twenty-seven
murders, and for whose body $4,000 reward
has been offered by an act of the Legislature
of Texas. His last murderi in Texas was the
killing of the Sheriff of Comanche County.
He has lived in Florida for several years,
under the name of John Swain. About
twenty shots were fred in making the ar
rest, and Hardin's companion, named
Mann, who had a pistol in his hand, was
killed.
A Nashville letter dated August "a says
Percy DEste, who has been very prominent
here for the past three weeks as a singer in
the Murphy movement, was caught robbing
alady's trunk in Edgefield this afternoon,
while his brother, who was likewise engaged,
was standing on the watch in the middle of
the doorway. Frank was arrested, but
Percy escaped by a skiff down the river.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
The Nest.

Joseph and his Indians left Hole-in-the
Rock Station on the 10Th or goth on the ap-
proaeh of Howard, going east or northwest,
and surprised Towards men, who had
charge of the pack animals and loose stock,
at daylight on the morning of the goth at
Camas Meadows, which is about twenty
miles east OF Dry Greek, a stage station. The
Indians got way with about one hundred
of Towards pack animals, and also about
thirty horses belonging to the Montana
volunteers.
A report from Virginia City, Montana,
August "a, says: The Indians a.e reported
this morning on Madison River, forty miles
below Henry's Lake. Most of the families
in the Madison Valley came to Virginia City
during the night. The Indians have gath
cred many horses, and killed one man on
Wolf Creek. 1t is probably only a Struggling
party, but it cuts off communication with
Gen. Howard by that route. Couriers and
provision wagons en- route have been
stopped. There has been no news from Gen.
Howard since night before last.
A report from Deadwood of August 25
says: A party of twenty persons who left
here about two weeks ago for the Little
Missouri River returned to-day. They re.
port last Tuesday afternoon the party dis.
covered Indians close to them. They Sc.
lected high ground and dug rifle pits. They
had been digging about twenty minutes
when nearly five hundred Indians appeared
on the bluff opposite, about four hundred
yards of, and commenced firing at them
The fight lasted nearly four hours. Thoma:
81. Carr, Quartz Recorder of the DeadwooG
Mining District, was shot through the heaG
and killed. Twenty-seven horses belongin.
to the miners were also killed. After darl
the Indians withdrew, and the miners es
capped, being obliged to walk one hundred
and fifty miles to reach this city.
The Sidney coach, from Deadwood, wa
stopped a few nights ago, above Buffalo Gal
by five road agents, who fred into tn,
coach before the word was given to halt
Ed. Cook, the Division Superintendent o
the stage line, was shot through the ear
The robbers secured twelve dollars out o
about one thousand in possession of tn,
passengers. One passenger obeying tn,
orders to throw up his hands, drew up five
hundred dollars with them. 1t being dark
it was notnoticed by the robbers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30

BRIDGEPORT Standard: One of our
citizens of an observing and experiment
tai turn of mind found a toad upon his
doorstep recently, and in order to dis
cover whether it could hear well got
down upon his knees and made different
noises the question. The toad bore
the noises and took part in the expert
ments with such ~unhagging good nature
that the inquirer was working up con-
siderable interest in the matter, when
he happened to look up and found him
self surrounded by a crowd of people
who were specializing among themselves
as to whether he was crazy or simply
drunk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
Some Facts About Mermaids.
t"Cris" in Puck.l

[" Girls in Puck.1
The Mermaid is a young lady who
lives in the sea. Why she lives in the
sea, in preference to dry land, is not SO
clear, unless it saves rent.
A Mermaid is very careful of her cos
tune, which consists chiefly of her hair,
and never goes out without an umbrella
to protect it, in case of rain.
At home, these people have conven-
fences and comforts not possessed by Or
binary mortals, conspicuous among
which are their excellent water priv
ileges. They have water up and down.
stairs, and in the basement, and wash
rooms in every corner in the house.
They are brought up to go in swimming
whenever they please. Sometimes a re-
splendent creature will sit at the piano
and sing, Mother may l go out to
swim?' and then climb upon the mantel-
piece and take a plunge before the old
lady can say, eyes, my darling" etc.
1 do not know what they do for a live
lihood, unless they take in washing; but
it can not be denied that they get along
swimmingly.
They are never troubled with the dust,
which is another advantage of being a
Mermaid; and they are never obliged to
water the flowers, except in the very
dryest season.
They are very neighborly, and it is
seldom you will see the pump-handle
chained down to keep others from using
the water.
The old lady Mermaid is careful of
her children's health, and may often be
heard to say:
Mary Ann, you and Becky Jane
fetch Gailie Hamilton Fish right in the
house this instant. The fust thing you'll
know you'll get your feet wet, and then
you'll be howlin' around with the
Group"
There is a great deal of unwritter
history connected with the Mermaid
which ought to be supplied. Like othel
maids, they sometimes betray unsuspect
ing young men. One of them fell il
love with Leander, if you remember
and one day, when he was taking
swim, she approached him, and, withou
an introduction, she insisted upon hin
accompanying her home. She was yer!
beautiful, and Leander did not make
great kick against going.
According to Mr.. Hood, who was
gentleman whose word could not b.
questioned, she bundled him up in he
embrace, and took him along.
1t was a bad move for Leander. II,
wasn't used to the climate into which h
was being hurried, and he lasted abou
as long as it would take you t
say,
without any punctuation marks or any
thing else to delay you.
There was no Coroner on hand to hol'
an inquest on the drowned boy; Blu
had there been, a clear case could hav
been made out against the l~ove-sicl
Mermaid. Could have been made out
mark you. There is 10 telling what tn
jury would have returned. 1t is NOR
than likely, however, that the verde
would have been: We, the" etc.
"ind that the deceased came to hi
death by being kicked in the stomach b,
a mule, not knowing that the same wa
loaded"
1t was a peculiarly sad case. Leande
had left a young bride onshore, who wa
waiting his return, with warm kisses o.
her lips and hot biscuits on the stove.
P. s. If you do not think of it before
please stop the press to say that Mel
maids do not chew gum.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30

Plain Facts for Advertisers to Read and
Consider. a.
The Springfield (Mdssdchusetts) Daily Union
has a larger circulation in Springfield and
within a radius of twenty-five miles, than
any other journal.
The Springfield CHassdehusets) Weekly
Union has a larger circulation, local and
general, than any other sreekly newspaper in
Nep England, outside of Boston. The Union
is not only the best advertising medium, but
also the cheapest.
For terms address, Clark w. Bryan &
Co., Publishers, Springfield, Mass, or write
or apply to any of the leading advertising
agencies in the United States and Canada
Sample copies of either the daily or weekly
Union sent free.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
Sound Proverbs.

Good deeds remain; all things else
PERISH
He's a slave that cannot command
himself.
In the company of strangers silence is
safe.
Change of weather is the discourse of
fools.
A mans best fortune, or his worst, is
a wife.
He that grasps at too muchyholds
nothing fast.
He that fails to-day may be up again
tomorrow.
As love thinks no evil, so envy speaks
no good.
Honest mems words are as good as
their bonds.
Choose a wife rather by your ear than
your eye.
A good cause makes a stout heart and
a strong arm.
Discreet wives have sometimes neither
eyes nor ears.
1 know of nobody that wishes to die
this year.
Children are certain cares but uncer-
tain comforts.
To see what is right and not do it is
want of courage.
Severity breeds fear, butroughness en-
genders hate.
Frowns blight your children as frosty
nights blight your plants.
Burke said: "Never despair; and, if
you do, work in despair"
The best riches is contentment; the
worst of poverty, low spirits.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
The Markets.

CINCINNATI-Flour-Patent, sS9S rs; fancy,
Sc 25@7 40; family, Go 7s@5 90; spring, S. tO@6 So
s5t Taa $ 2S@3 90; t sYnperfi9sss' a. "a 25s4 60; low }gJ Tades'
prime to choice red, 81 1O@1 20; prime to choice hill
and amber, 81 1s@1 Is; prime to choice white, 81 80.
Corn, 47@52c.; rye, No. 2, 57@ssc.; oats, 25@4Cc.
So 5O@1S. Lard, S1I@1Oc. Cotton, gs4@12Ac.
Observation-Disclosures, 81 25g4 50; extra
family, 81 75@5; A No. /, SIS 1896; fancy, Sc Esq
I. Grain-W6eat, red, 81 10; amber, 81 20. Corn,
white, 4sc. mixed, acc. rye, CSC. oats, white, Csc.
mixed, 27c. Mess pork, SO 75@13. Lard, 'choice
leaf, in @tierce, 1O15S@1CAc.
NDIANAPOLfS.-Flour, Sc 5O@6 rs. Grain
oats, a31se. Bulk meats, clear E5 sides, 6S@ss5e.;
shoulders, 4A@4Ec. hams, 10a104c. Lard, steam,
s1l5c. kettle, g14@gNc. Hogs, 81 S5@5 20.
.u SE% st oak and Western state, s s 3 81 50;
common to good Western and State, 81 75@5 90;
good to choice Western State, IS 55@6; common
to choice white wheat Western, extra, S. 05@6 so;
common to choice extra Ohio, 81 90@6 so; COM
mon to choice st. Louis, s5@s 25; Minnesota
patent process, extra good to prime, and choice
5 621a. Grain-Wheat, 81 27@1 ~; rye, 65@67c.
barley malt, 81 o5@1 10; corn, 49@5714c.; oats, 26@
a. Mess pork, new, s1S 10. Lard, prime steam
SS%aS IS. Cotton, 11@11Hc.
PHILADELPHIA.-Flour Western superine
a; Western extras; So; Pennsylvania extrs
family, Sc 1917 5; Minnesota extra family, sc 25@
red, 81 4s@1 As; No. Cred, 81 s7@1 40; Pennsylvania
amber, 81 4Oa145. Corn, yellow Western, 5Sa6Oc.
mixed Western, 57@5sc. Oats, white Western, SIC
SSc. mixed Western, 29aS1c. Rye. Pennsylvania
62@65c. Mess pork, s14 75@15. Petroleum, re
fined, 1916; crude, SEC.
STOCK
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to medium, $50
BIS; good to choice butchers grades, 81 a rs; faf
to good shippers, s5s5 so. Sheep and ~Lambs-Com
mon to choice sheep, So 5o@4 so; fair to extra lambs
s875@45O. HoglCommon, 81 5o94 rs; fair to GOO
light, IS 1O95 Is; fair to good packing grades, s. 9
@5 10; selected butchers. s52 0G5 80.
BUFFAL0.-Sheep-Fair togood clipped, 81 100
4 Is; choice, 20. Hogs-Best Workers, s. 45@
5 90; grassers, IS 1895 20; heavy to fair, IS IS.
NEW YORK.-Beef C~attle--Common to good, 500
II 50; Texas, 81 Is. Sheep and Lambs--Fair t
choice, 50 50@5 so; lambs, 81 1896 so. Hogs-State
TSd51c.; Western, 5H@54c.
PITTSBURG.-Beef Cattle-Prime shipping cattle
6@6Lc. medium to fair, 5@5%c. common, 4G4%c.
stockeTs, Sh@44c.; bulls, 2@Se;; Sheep and Lamb
Good TO prime sheep, 40 C. Hogs-Philadelphias
IS 4O9S 60; Workers, IS 80@5 so.
WOOL.-We give Boston quotations: Medium
and extra Ohio and Pennsylvania feeces, 45@47c.
double and triple extra and above. 4s@5Oc.
Michigan and Wisconsin, 40 4Sc. Combing and dc
laine are in demand at 50@55c. Pulled woods wer
scarce and quiet at S5@45c. for super extra.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30

STAND by your friends, let come what
may, is a good motto. If you don't
stand by them you needn't. expect them
to stand by you. So whether they be
friends of high or low degree, in
a%fluence or poverty, stick to them and
don't stop to inquire whether it will
pay or whether it will be popular.
Whenever you prove traitor and de-
sert those who have stood up for you and
helped your battles, you will find your
self without any one to congratulate
you upon your achievements, or comfort
you in an evil hour when misfortunes
core thick and fast.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30

from Batoum, Friday, August "a, claims to
have captured a redoubt of Djiangura. One
hundred Russians were killed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
Notice.

The forty-ffth session of the Cincinnati
Law School begins October II. The Pro-
fessors are Rufus King, Dean, Judges Hoadly
and Force, and H. A. Morrill,, Esq. Besides
its long established reputation, this school
offers unusual advantages to students by
giving them access to ;he Bar Library. OF
Cincinnati, one of the best in this country
also the Public Library of $4,000 volumes
and the courts, State and Federal, always
sitting in Cincinnati.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
STOCK HARKETS
A Great

Has been made by On. TuTr, of New York, which
restores youthful beauty to the hair. That eminent
chemist has succeeded in producing a Hair Dye which
initiates nature to perfection. Old bachelors may
now rejoice.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30

PONDS EXTRACT.-"The Vegetable Pain
Destroyer Z" never fails to afford relief from
Pain. Try it once, and nothing could in
duce you to be without it
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30

If you feel dull, drowsy, .dehilitated, have frequent
tongue coated, You are suffering from torpid liver, OF
"biliousness." and nothing will cure you so speedily
and permanently as TO take SIMMONS Liver REGU'
IITOR or MEDICINE.