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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
An Emperor,s Kindness.

Emperor William, of Germany, is a
kind-hearted old man. Two anecdotes
are told which illustrate his natural dis
position:
An official of the German civil service
and his wife celebrated recently their
diamond wedding. The Emperor, in his
retirement heard of this event, and sent
a medallion portrait of himself in a
golden setting, ornamented with the
i,nperiali arms, by way of a wedding
resent, and at the same time sent his
regret that his inability to write pre-
vented his ~appending his autograph,
which, however, he promised as 500 as
he was able to do SO. H..
The other incident is as follows: Two
children of butcher, in a village a few
miles from Berlin, having heard of the
Emperor's fondness for blue c~ornhowers
(our bachelors buttons), gathered a
great nosegay of them in the fields, and
without saying anything to anybody
started off on the Berlin highway,
trudged all the weary miles to the city,
found their way to the palace, and
handed the flowers to the lsckey "for
the good Emperor" .
Their appearance attracted attention.
and when questioned they told their
simple tale. They were taken into the
palace and given a luncheon, which was
probably the best they had yer eaten,
and then, as the Emperor OWNED that
the parents must be by this time in
great anxiety, the two little dusty and
wayworn children were sent home in
one of the imperial carriages, an honor
which made them the most distinguished
residents of their little village.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
A Mystery Solved.

Barent de Klyna Anthony, the good
for-nothing lover who from New York
city went to Kansas, leaving his hat and
cane on the rivers edge, to convey the
idea thas he had been murdered or had
committed suicide, possessed consider
able imagination and nonsense in him.
no doubt, but in Norristown lives a
young lady who could outdo him in a
match competition fora championship.
A twelye-month ago an anonymous let
ter came to her, saying her father, a rich
farmer ten years before, had lent the
writer a sum of money to start in bust
ness with, all through her intercession,
and that he-had sineeLhecome rich
Neither father nor mother remembered
the circumstance, and the girl was then
too young to have remembered it. A
few days later another letter was slipped
under the hall door while the family
were at dinner. Several more letters
followed, and often contained presents,
one of the letters saying that the writer
was in Paris, but that he had an agent
in Norristown. Finally, on September
n the young lady's mother received a
tVpuCl AtOm 1lO myotCIIUuo CUIIcspOHu-
eht, saying he had returned from France
and wished to disclose himself. He had,
he said, issued fifty invitations for a
surprise party at her house on the fol-
lowing Friday evening, the sixteenth
anniversary of the young lady's birthday.
Inquiries proved that such invitations
had actually been issued, and prepara-
tions were at once made by the house
hold for the interesting event. The day
dulycame, and refreshments, apparently
ordered by the young man, were left at
the house, and in the evening the guests
all cam and assembled in the parlor
with his family, to await the arrival of
the hero of the romance. Hour after
hour was passed in waiting, and no
stranger came. Late in the evening the
young lady, eagerly watched by her in
innate companions, openly admitted
that she and they had devised the en-
tire scheme " just for fun" This story
has gone far ard wide in newspaper
columns, and the name of the family
has gone with it. The father was de-
scribed as San old, highly-respected and
prosperous farmer" with a wife and
four children, of whom the eldest child
was this daughter of sixteen. 1t is re-
corded hat neither father nor mother
found any further enjoyment in the fes-
tivities of that night, and when the
guests were gone and the parlor lights
extinguished the father told his child
plainly how she had swindled her
mother and him. 1t would have been a
wise and wholesome example to the
younger children had she then and there
been spanked.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
Home and Farm BrevitIe..

SHEEP are the only animals which do
not exhaust the land upon which they
feed, but permanently improve the
soil.
The minute parasite that occasions
the whitish scurf known as " scaly leg"
in poultry, may be killed with carbolic
soap suds, or sulphur and lard-applisd
as a salve.
A FERTILIZER that needs no analysis
to. demonstrate its value, can be made
by adding plenty of dirt to the stab]1
manure and turning in a number y.
hogs to work it over.
MoLAssEs drops: One cup O. sugar,
almost one cuprof butter, mix egether;
one cup of molasses, two egg n cup
of milk, one t%easpoonful of saleratus
five cups of -four.
COOKIES (Mrs. Fred Taylor receipt
One teacup of butter, two teacups Of
sugar, half a teaspoonful Of soda, and
one of cream OF tartar, three eggs, flour
enough to roll; flavor with cinnamon
and lemon.
RECEIPT for deughnuts: One cup of
SWOct Iullk, oHe cup VI sugar, OuO oSS'
two ~tablespoonfuls of melted butter OF
lard, one %teaspoonful of soda, two tea.
spoonfuls of cream of tartar; flavor
with nutmeg, with a little salt, -four
enoughto roll easily.
A PLAIN, but excellent. cake (Mrs.
Taylor's): Three cups of granulated
sugar, one and a half cups Of butter,
two cups of cold water, three eggs, seven
cups of sifted -four, two t~easpoonfu1s
of vanilla or nutmeg, three ~teaspoonfuls
of baking-powder, and a small quantity
of salt.
AGRICULTURE is said to be declining
in Great Britain. The number of cat
tie, the wheat acreage and other crops
are decreasing, and very nearly one-half
the population of the United Kingdom
is now dependent for food upon importa-
tions from abroad. The people hope
hat an exhibition now proposed will re-
vive the dropping business.
SCOT contains ammonia, gypsum,
nitric acid, and certain other substances
to which its we'll known effects on veg.
citation are mainly due. SCOT acts ad.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

Excavations at Pompeii prove the city to
have been one of the most fashionable and
beautiful of Roman summer resors, and but
for the eruption it might have remained so to
this day. As with PomPeii, so with thou
sands of people who have beauty of form
and feature. They might always be admired
but for the tr'uptio ., that makes the face I'M
s'ghtly, and betrays the presence of scrof-
ula, yirulent blood poisons, or general debil-
ity. There is but p remedy that positively
is the best known tonic, Alternative and re.
solvent. Itspeedily cures pimples, blotches,
liver spots, and alt diseases arising from i'm
poverished %orimpure blood. 1t also cures
dyspepsia, and regulates the liver and bow
els. Sold bv druggists. SIR
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

and the means to defray the expenses
thereof being contributed. A special meet
ing of the American Public Health Associa-
tiop will be called to advise a line of inves-
tigation after the preliminary work shalt
have been done in the infected district.
Active work viii be commenced without
delay.
ard Association, died at Vicksburg, on Sep.
TENDER &c. His life was one long series OF
good works and charitable deeds. The city
was draped in mourning.
In Greenville, Tenn, there were
three hundred deaths up to the 26tt
September. Among them Mayor Trigg
Arthur Yeager, City Marshal; the Rev
Duncan Greene. Fifteen deaths : out o.
twenty cases at the House of Refuge.
Paducah, Ky, on the 26th, closed mp al
intercourse with the outside world to pre-
vent the spread of the fever.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

yantageously on root crops. English
experiments show that fifty-six bushels |
Of SCOT, mixed with six of common salt.
produced larger crops of carrots than
twenty-four tons of farm-yard manure,
with twenty-four bushels of bones in adj
dition.
LADY fingers: Beat the yolks Of four
eggs with a quarter of a pound Of sugar
till smooth and light; whisk the whites
Of the eggs, and add to these and sift in
a quarter of a pound of flour; make
into a smooth paste, and lay on buttered
paper in the size and shape the cakes
are required; bake quickly; while hot,
press two of the cakes into one on the
fat side.
TO PRESERVE eggs: Put some lime
in a large vessel and slack it with boil
ing water until it is of the consistence of
thin cream; you may use a gallon of
water to a pound of lime; when it is
cold, pour off into a large stone jar, put
in the eggs and cover closely. See that
the eggs are well covered with lime
water, and lest they should break, avoid
moving the jar. 1t will be we'll to re-
new the lime water occasionally.
FRUIT eating: When fruit does harm,
it is because it is eaten at improper
times, in improper quantities, or before
it is, ripened and fit for the human
stomach. A distinguished physician
has said that if his patients would make
a practice of eating a couple of good
oranges before breakfast, from February
to June, his practice would be gone.
The principal evil is that we do not eat
enough of fruit; that we injure its finer
qualities with sugar, that we drown them
in cream. We need the medical action
Of the pure fruit acids in our system,
and their cooling, corrective influence
Pound cake: One pound butter, one
pound and a quarter of -four, n pound
bof pounded loaf sugar, one pound Of
currants, nine eggs, two ounces of can.
died peel, half an ounce of citron, hal
an ounce of sweet almonds; when liked
alittle pounded mace. Work the butter
to a cream; dredge in the -four; ado
the sugar, currants, candied peel, which
, should be cut into neat slices, and the
almonds, which should be blanched ant
|, chopped, and mix all these well to
gether; whisk the eggs, and let them b,
i thoroughly blended with the dry ingre
, dents; beat the cake well for twent,
minutes, and put it into a round tin
|, |, lined at the bottom and sides with
! strip of white, buttered paper. Bake j
from one and a half to two hours, ant
i let the over be well heated when tn
i cake is first put in, as if this is not tn
. case, the currants will all sink to tn
' bottom oft. To make this preparation
Z light, the yolks and whites of the egg
i should be beaten separately, and adde
separately to the other ingredients. !
= glass of wine is sometimes added to tn
r mixture; but this is scarcely necessary
! as the cake will be found quite ric
enough withoutit. Cook one and a ha,
to two hours.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
Sitting Burr'. Return.

The government has had another PROPOSE
ton lookingto the return of Sitting Bull.
One of the principal chiefs of the Sioux ma
ton has requested authority to proceed as
commissioner on the part of the United
States to confer with Sitting Bull
and his band, and induce them
to return and live at peace with
the whites. This chief sends word that he
has learned of the great dissatisfaction
among Sitting Bulls followers. The War
Department returned word that it was en-
tirely satisfied to have these unruly Indians
where they are, and does not wish to en-
courage their return.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

A Word Of warning to Counterfrilers.
The widespread fame Of Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters causes a necessity on our part
to remind, from time to time, whom it may
concern, Of the fact that initiating said arti-
Gle is a punishable ~offense, and we now give
this word of caution, that we will most as
suredly have all those persons engaged in
r%eflling our secondhand bottles, selling by
the gallon or barrel, or in any
whatsoever palming off on the public a
spurious article purporting to be our prep
~aration, punished to the full extent of the
law. Penalty for counterfeiting, or dealing
in counterfeit trade mark goods, as set forth
in a law recently passed by Congress: Fine
not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment not
more than two years, or both such fne and
imprisonment We never fail to convict.
sNoTICETo DEALERS AND PURCHAsERs.-
Hostettsr's Bitters are neuer, under any CIR
cums,ances, sold an bulk, But ALWAYS II
BOTTLES, with a finely engraved Us. Inter
nal Revenue Especial proprietary Stamp
covering the cork of each bottle, fastened
to both sides of the neck of same. All Bit
tiers purpnrting to be Hostetter's, without
this stamp, are counterfeit.
HosTETTRR & SMITH.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
What Stanley Did for Geography.
John Russell Young, in Harper's Magazine TO
October

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lJohn Russell Young, in Harper's Magazine for
October
Stanley gave nine months to the ex-
ploration of the Lualaba, or rather to
the Livingstone, as he called it, and as
it must be called for all time. Before
he went out on this mission we knew
there were two riyers-the Congo and
the Lualaba. We knew that the Congo
ran into the Atlantic Ocean, but its
source was lost in cataracts, The Portu-
guese were content to scatter a few set
Elements about its mouth, and trade for
gums and ivory along its banks. But
it was an unknown river beyond the
cataracts. We knew there was a river
in the middle of Africa called the
Lualaba; We knew it had a swift cur
rent, that it was a river of large volume.
But beyond that we knew nothing.
Some ha lone theory, Others had another.
Livingstone was convinced that it ran
into the Nile, was really the source of
the Nile; ard who would question even
the theory of so great a master? What
Stanley did was to show that the Congo
and Lualaba were one and the same;
that the Congo, instead of losing itself
among the rapids, was to force itself
into the very heart of the continent;
that the Lualaba, instead of going north
and submitting to the usurping
waters of the Nile, was to turn
to the west and force its way
to the sea; that these two rivers
were to disappear from the map, and be
known as on river-the Livingstone ;
that this river was to be 1900 miles in
length; that for nearly ten degrees of
longitude it was to be continuously
navigable; that its volume was 1,S00,-
900 cubic feet a second; that the entire
area it drains is 100000 square miles
in other words, that here was an inn
mense waterway 5000 miles into the
center of Africa, navigable with the iex-
ception of two breaks, which engineer
ing science can easily surmount-a
waterway into a tropical empire, rich
in woods and metals and gracious soil,
in fruits and grains, the sure home of a
civilized empire in the years to come
As Petermann, the eminent German
g~eographer, puts it, SANKEY'S work was
to unite the fragments of african ex
p~loration-the achievements Of Livings
tone, Burton, Spoke, Du Chaillu, Baker
Cameron, of all the heroic men who haG
/, gone before him-into one consecutiv,
: whole, just as Bismarck united tn,
fragments of the German people, lyinl
about under various princes and dukes
. inso one grand and harmonious empire
! Even as Bismarck had created imperia
Germany, so Stanley created geograph
l ical Africa.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
ou,-,~,a aud murdered.

The body of a woman was found, on Fri
day night, by the Lake Shore track, at
Twenty-sixth street, Chicago, and it was
supposed she had been struck by a train
which had Just passed. She was still alive
but unconscious, and died in a short time.
II was ascertained that she had been out
ragged, and there were finger-marks on her
neck and Commissions on her back. The police
are on the track of the suspected parties.
The woman has been identified as Bridget
Cornell, from Chesterton, Parker County,
Indiana, a domestic in the family of aMr.
Sibley, of Chicago. She had gone out for q
walk on Friday evening.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
austrian operation. In BoanIa.

Official kilograms report a simultaneous
and successful advance Of the whole
Austrian force against the insurgent posi-
tons in Northeast Bosnia. The southern
division, starting from Serajevo, after a six
hours engagement, defeated on the 21st
instant, seven thousand insurgents n
Turkish regulars occupying strong positions
near Seukovies. The insurgents were taken
in the flank and obliged to retreat under a
destructive artillery FIRE. The Austrian loss
was four hundred killed and wounded, and
the insurgentloss was considerably heavier.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
Hens of the Mteh.
Marine Statistics.

The number of marine casualties during
the last fiscal year was 210, against 200 in
the fiscal year 1877. Ninety of the losses
last year were occasioned by the wreck of
the steamer Metropolis: Statistics also
show that travel by water last year was
somewhat greater than during the preceding
year. The latter includes the greater period
of the existence of the Centennial EXPOSE
ton, and this comparison indicates that
general travelling was not largely affected
by special attractions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

FoR upwards of thirty years Mrs. VIM
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for
children with never-failing success. 1t cor
reefs acidity of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowels, cures dysentery
and diarrhea, whether arising from teething
or other causes. An old and well-tried
remedy. % cts. a bottle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
Terr,ble Accident.

Farras Jewett, a prominent resident at
Gridley, Ill, went to a friends farm to get a
well augur, which was in a partially fin
ished well, and the rod by which it was
turned projected from the earth. While
descending, the rope broke, and Mr.. Jewett
fell thirty feet into the well, striking upon
the augur rod, which penetrated through
his body, entering the lower extremity of
his right side, and emerging under the ribs
of his left side. A roIe was thrown Mr..
Jewett, which he caught, and by which he
was pulled out, bringing the rod sticking
in his body, until neal the top, when it
worked out. The rod was three-quarters of
an inch square. Mr.. Jewett at last accounts
was suffering great agony, and believed to
be beyond an medical aid.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
EXPERIENCE has conclusiveIy SHOW

EXPERIENCE has c~onclusively shown
that for cutaneous eruptions, open sores,
leprous calculations and rheumatic com
plants, HENRY's CARBoLIc SALvE is more
efficacious than any Ointment lotion or EN-
brocation that has ever been devised. Ply
sicians admit this, and the popular verdict
tum, and assigns this salve the foremost
place among remedies Of its c'ass. Sold BY
all Druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

WILHoFT's Tonic is nota panacea-is not
a cure for everything, but is a catholieon for
fresh laurels to its crown Of glorious sue
cess. E~ngorged Livers and Spleens, along
the shady banks of our lakes and rivers, are
restored to their healthy and normal secre-
tions. Health and vigor follow its use, and
Chills have taken their departure from
every household where Wilhofts Anti-Pe-
riodic is kept and taken. Don't fail to Try
it. WHEELoCK, FINLAY & Co., Proprietors.
New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
For SALE BY ALL DRuGG1srs.

THE Poor MANS FRIENp.-Doctors' bills
are too long for the poor mans pocket, but
many of them may be avoided by keeping
GRAcE's SALvE in the cupboard. 1t is the
"precious pot of ointment curing Burns,
Cuts, Scalds, Sprains, Chilbla'ns, Chapped
Hands, etc. Prudent housewives will a v
their husbands hard-earned money by pur.
chasing a box of this SaIYe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
The extended PopuIartty

OF DooLEY's YEAST POWDER is the best
evidence of its worth. Whenever you
want a light, white, sweet biscuit, delicious
pot-pie, elegant cake, or a choice pudding,
DooLEY's BAKING POWDER should be used.
Perfect purity and absolute full weight are
the Watchword of the MANUFACTURERS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
CO1tugal Tragedy.

Along series of conjugal q~uarrels term
mated tragically in Cincinnati a few nights
since. The parties in the tragedy were
Charles PREM and his wife. They had
been married a little less than four years.
Prehn was about twenty-thi ee years of age,
and his wife about twenty-one. They had
had two or three children, none of which
lived. Quarrels frequently arose between
them, in which each accused the other of
infde,ity, althoughthere is no real evidence
of infdelity on the part of either. About six
months ago they separated, and soon after
came together again. Thursday before tie
tragedy they quarreled and separated again.
A few days after, during a reconciliation,
the wife went to her father-in-law's resi-
dence, but her husband was not at home.
She talked with his parents over the IN
happy affair, and awakened their sympathies
to some degree. About a quarter past nine
o'clock Prehn returned, and catching sight
at once of his wife wanted to know why
she was there. She attempted to explain
that she was not guilty of the charges of
jn6delity, upbraided him for his display of
temper ON Wednesday, and another stormy
scene ensued. They went into an adjoining
room, where the old folks followed, trying
to pacify them. Prehn suddenly drew a
revolver from his pocket, and placing it
against his wife's temple, fred, the bullet
lodging in her brain, and causing instant
death. He then placed the muzzle of the
weapon against his own temple and fred.
The bullet entered his head at almost the
same spot where his wife was shot, and he
fell to the floor not more than two feet dis.
tsnt IRON where she lay and died in a
minute or two.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

THERE is nothing true, good, or
beautiful in this world that comes to us
without care or thought OF honest labor,
but a sneeze is a kind of outburst in
which there is a great deal of satisfac-
ton, and yet it is rarely p~remeditated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

THE last thing out in fashionable
frivolities is the language of the hair.
A certain arrangement of cheveleue
means one thing, and a different ar
rangement another thing; so that by
these, means a message may be con-
veyed to a favored n across a crowded
ballroom without a word being uttered.
By the favored one is meant, of course,
the fair ones distant worshiper, so that
while she is herself significantly hirsute,
she is also encouraging his suit. But it
seems, after all, much ado about nothing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

LAST week two children of Mr.. John
Ryan, of Great Neck, died. On We'd
nesday Mr.. Ryan and Bridget Fox, his
mother-in-law, both died. Mr.. Ryan
had buried several children from the
house in which he died. A few days
before his own death, while delirious,
he said to his wife, 81 have just seen
Lizzie and Annie 1.-TWO children who
had lately died), and they said to me,
I'VE are coming after Katie, papa, and
will come for you SOON" Katie, who
was then apparently in perfect health,
was suddenly taken i'll a day II two
later, and died in a short time.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

RHEUMATISM is the most painful and
most troublesome disease that afiicts hui
manity. 1t comes when we least expect it
and when we have no time to be interviewed
by it. The only reliable remedy that we
ever found is Johnson's Anodyae Lininacnt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

The rapacity, the shameless rapacity,
of some people is disgusting. Here is a
man in Helena, Montana, worth $780,
900, who recently died and left every
dollar of his wealth to his wife and
children. And v lawyers in. the
town, too.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

NEARLY all diseases that affict humanity
originate in the stomach, liver or bowels,
and might be prevented if people would
use a little common sense; but they will
not. They rather take Parsons Pstrgatirc
Fills, because one is a dose.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

A CABLE dispatch to the Associated Press
says that Mason & Hsmlin have been
awarded the highest gold medal at the Paris
Exposition for their Cabinet Organs. Thirty
best makers of the world were competitors.