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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23
The South.

Porter Brown was hanged at Mahoney,
Sabine Parish, La, Saturday, May II, at
twelve o'clock, for the murder of DIR. Evans,
March IA, 1877. Brown made a full con-
fession, and asked forgiveness. There was
no excitement, and very little sympathy for
the doomed man. Brown was calm and col.
lected at the hour of execution.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

,WTLHoFT's FEVER AND AGUR 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 con.
tractors and by the Presidents Of some of the
leading railroads in the South and West.
When men are c~ongregated in large mum.
bers in the neighborhood of swamps and
rivers, Wilhofts 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. WHEELoCK, FINLAY & Co., Pro-
prietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALI, DRUGGIsTs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

MOTHERS! Mothersl Mothersl Don't fall
to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for all diseases incident to the period o fteeth.
ing in children. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures wind collie, regulates the bowels,
and, by giving relief and health to the child,
gives rest to the mother. 1t is an old and
Well.tried remedy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23
Gen. Grant at the Paris Expo.it,ou.

A cable dispatch to New York Herald May
18th, says that Gen. Grant was placed upon a
square American platform-that. Of the
Howe Scale. The General in fact was
weighed and for the first time in his life
"foune fanting," having lost seventeen
poauds by his Egyptian trip.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

The Greatest Discovery OF the Age is DR..
Tobias brated Venetian Linimenti 80 years be-
fore the bic, and warranted to cure Diarrhea,
Dysentery, Collie, and Spasms, taken internally; and
Group, Chronic Rheumatism, Sore Threats, Cuts,
Bruises, Old Sores, and Pains in the Limbs, Back,
and Chest, externally. 1t has never failed. No family
will ever be without it after once giving 1t a fair trial.
Price, 40 cents. DR.. TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE
IMMINENT, in Pint Bottles. at Ono Dollar, Is war
ranted superior to any other, or NO PAY. for the
cure of Collie, Cuts. Bruises. Old Sores, etc. Sold by
all Druggists. Depot-I0 Park Place. New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23
The West.

A Portland, Oregon, dispatch says First
Lieut.. 81. Dewitt Moore, of Company F,
Twenty-frst Infantry, was drowned at Fort
Klamath. No particulars.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

NEWTON COUNTY, Georgia, has at
least one man of muscle. Having lost
his horse he hitched himself to the pillow
and hired a boy to drive. At last 40.
counts he had plowed out two acres.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

INSTANTLY is none too quick to relieve
Group. Many children have died while a
fire was making. Johnson's Anodyne Lini-
n1ent gives instant relief and is a sure cure.
Half a teaspoonful on sugar. Every family
should keep it in the house.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

The Brooklyn Union-Aryus holds the
opinion that q thief may make a bolt for
the door, and not be q very good me-
chanie, either.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

Delicious Cookery.
Light, white, wholesome biscuits, rolls,
bread and elegant cake, c%rullers, waf1es,
doughnuts, mullins, and griddle cakes of
every kind, are always possible to every
table by using DooLEY's YEAST PowDER.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

The adulteration of condition powders
has got to such a pitch that one can now
buy a pound paci of dust and ashes for %
cents. There is orly one kind now known
that are strictly PURE, and those are &eri-
ddn's Capalry POWDERS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23
cIEMcE OF LIFE

published. 1t Is Q standard medical work. the heat In
the English Language, written by a physician OF great
AeaaI by the National Medical Association. II con-
tains beautiful and very expensive steel plste elgray-
ines. Three hundred pages, moro than fft5 yaluable
prescriptions for all forms OF prevailing diseases, the
result Of many years Of extensive and snccessful pr1c-
tice. Boundfn French cloth: price only u, sent by
mail. The LoAion Lancx says: No person should be
without this VARIABLE book. The author IL 2 nable
benefactor." An iifustrated sample sent to al on re-
ceipt Of Q cents for postage. Ads Da. v. Il. PARKER
No. 4Buldnch-st., Boston. The author may be con
united on all diseases requiring skill and experience.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23
Merchants Farmers

HagerBfown Agricultural Implsmcnf Nam
ufacsuring 90. Manufacturers Of The yketor
Double Clover DsulleF, g0lky kteel 10oth
Hay Rakea, with Locust or 1ron HUB. Best Force
Feed, Grain and Fertilizing Drill Southern Once,
No. 120 Main Atreef, G-1nrlnnat1, .. JOHN
W. EMMERT, MANAaER Dealers invited to call
and examine goods Circulars sent on application.
Satisfactory discount to the trade
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23
STOCK MARKETS.

CT. CNNArI.-Beef Catt.ACommop, 2a2xc:
far to medium, 2N@os4c.; good to choice butcher
.rades, SN@4.65c.; fair to good Shippers, A@fNc.;
air to good heavy. oxen, SH94Zc.; fair 70 good
feeders, 4H@4Zc. for light and neavy qualities.
sheep-Common to fair, 3@zc. and good to choice,
44@5c. Hsss-Common, 81 6o9S 10; fair to good
hgnt, " 1898 30; far t6 good packing grades s. 20
@S 40i selected butchers, 50 SOFAS 80.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23
Rods free

Are not so cheap Is our Five-Ton Wagon Scale at
$50. All iron and steel. with brass beam. Deliv-
cred, freight paid. No money asked for tai tested.
Send for free Price List of all size Scales.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-23

NEW YORK.-Beef Cattle-Dressed beef was
frmer at 7h@SHc. per ID. for ordinary to good side,
and 81 @9c for prime and extra. Sheep and Lambs
Sales were made Of clipped sheep at 4Z@5Lc. pei
lb,, with q few choice anu extra lots at bZa5Zc.
unshorn sheep, 511@6Nc.; Southern and Western
lambs, 6@7c. /; good to extra Maryland and jersey
lambs, s%@l0%c. H-g Good corn fed nominally
quoted at 81 7innr LOO Lbs.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-06-13
The lliridIte Customs.

The AIiTidites wear a cOnspicUOusly
plain costume. The dress Of the men
consists of a long, white wooden coat, a
red belt, white pantalOons, rough hide
boots and a white felt cap. The Wo-
men wear coats like che men, embroi-
dered and fringed aprons, red trousers,
and blue handkerchiefs twisted around
the head. The dress Of the priests
seem to US strikingly inappropriate, OF
1t least far removed from our notions
Of sacerdOtaI vestments. It consists Of
4 red fez cap, a cloth jacket, and just
such baggy blue trousers as are worn
by Greek sailors. The Miridites are
all Roman Catholics, and are as fana-
teal and violent in their feelings on
the subject of religion as the most ig-
norant peasants Of Galway or the sofas
of COnstantinOple. They will allow no
MohammedOn to settle in their country;
and their hatred of the Greek church is
hardly less pronounced. Yet their re-
Egious Observances partake of one CT
two features which are entirely Greek,
and would not be authorized by Romish
church dignitaries in any other coun-
try. And, in fact, the zeal Of these
pious mountaineers seems to be tenn
pered with very little knowledge, for
they look upon st. Nicholas, the patron
saint Of their country and race, as an
absolute deity, and are in the habit Of
to Christ to intercede for them
with St. Nicholas.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-06-13
The Moons Of Mars.

Mr. George R. Gather, in recounting
ihe reasons given by Professor New
comb before the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, at
Nashville, why the satellites of Mars
we're not sooner discovered, makes the
suggestion that these satellites are of
recent origin, and says: This may be
Broundiess, yet it is but fair, if there
could be such a probability, let its
weight be ever SO little or great in the
solution Of the question, it should be
stated for what il is worth. But as a
reason, it is Of greater importance than
vt first glance may be imagined; for if ii
is admitted as a remotely probable rea-
son, IL suggests the profoundest prob
lem OF the dge-that is, that the satel-
lite systems of the planets have been
supplied by the asteroidM belt of our
planetary scheme-a theory propound-
ed several years ago, and which since
has become Il solid conviction of my
mind, as careful investigation of ouI
planetary structure has confirmed me
IN this opinion" "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-06-13
PhilOsophie Tramp.

In the hip pocket Of an old yagrant,
pulled in by the police the other night,
says tile Detroit Free Press, WAS a mem
Orar dunn book full of his own writing
with pencil, and some of his philosophy
is good enough to be preserved. His
first paragraph reads:
Drinking bad whisky because it is
offered free is like getting in the way
Of bullets purchased by an enemy"
A second reads:
Honesty is the best policy, but some
folks are satisfied with second best. It
is hard to be honest on an empty stom-
acb."
A third reads:
"a dry plank under a rain-proof shed
is better than a featherbed in jail, and
one isn't annoyed blythe JaiIer bringing
in a square breakfast"
Afourth says:
PAY as you go. If you haven't any
thing to pay with don't go. If you are
forced to 60, record every Indebtedness,
and letyouT heirs settle the bills"
The fsth explains:
eve shODld have charity for ALL
" hen the N-nter winds blow cold and
drear Fe vags should pity the poor fell
lows in India who are having red-hot
weather"
A sixth is recorded:
'POliteness costs nothing, but it is
not expected that you will wake a man
up at midnight to ask permission to go
through his hen-hoass. It is more
courteous to let him enjcy his needed
repose."
The seventh and last was noted down
as follows:
when you pick up an apple-core do
not find fault because it snot the apple
itself, but he satisfied with The grade of
descent. Do not be ashamed Of your
occupation. We can not all be lords,
nor can we all be vagrants. AS 1 can
not be a lord I should not lament at be-
ing a vagrant. BE truthful and out
spoken. That is, tell 'em you are a
Chic 90 fire sufferer. Keep seasouable
hours, or some other vag will get your
plank first. BE hopeful, cheerful and
good-natured. Growing won t cure
EOTe-heel." "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-06-13

An Immense Sheer Farm.

Mr.. Shaffer pre-empted 100 acres Of
land in this county in 1861, and estab-
Iished a sheep rancho. The war follow
ed. He made no appreeiable progress
in his condition until 1855, when his for
tune took turn. At this time (1S65)
he owned 5000 head of sheep, all i'm
proved. The original stock Of 1000
head he purchased from A. TOutant
Beauregard, brother of the General
-Four years after that he purchased / 500
ewes of the celebrated George Wilkins
Kendall flock, having, in all, introduced
800 head Of ewesand bucks, costing him
$50 a head. Mr.. Shaffer's income for
1875 may be summed up as follows:
Ewes sold, 2,575, at $6,7l6; bucks aad
whethers sold, s, $50; wool sold, $1,000
pounds, $4,000; income for 1875, ST.
SIS.
To maintain his establishment and
attend to the sheep requires an OUTLAY
of nearly 500 per month. From tweI.
Jy-fve to thirty men are constantly en-
plOyed. The fl 'cks of sheep are divided
INTO l 200 to each flock, under the care
Of pastore, and over every three pas
torres is a bacerio, or OYerseer, having
that particular three under his especial
care. Over all the bacerios is a head
man. Two large mule teams are con-
stantly hauling supplies, and in the
storehouse of the rancho is a stock suiii-
cient to start an ordinary country store.
OF ewes, bucks and lambs be has now
1900 head, less about $50, valued at
about $75,OOO
A few years ago, fOreseeing that a
large tract of land would soon be neces-
sary to maintain his rapidly growing
hocks, and afford never-failing pastur.
age, when prices were comparatively
low he commenced the purchase Ofwhat
has since swelled into a princely do
main, Watered by six or seven different
streams, chief among which are the
Aqua Dulce, San Fernando, and Lagar-
to. This trjctnoW contains 81, 600 acres
of land. With the fence completed
which he has now under way, these
acres VIII not be worth less than 81
each. The tract measures fifteen mi 'es
in length and from ten to twelve wide, /
and is covered with plentiful supply
Of timber. Forty miles Of fencing will
be required to inclose it. Mr.. Shaffer's
dwelling is situated nearly in the midi
die, and in addition to a very cOmforta-
bic dwelling, he has stone warehouse
for the storage Of wool, large stable,
and dozen or more outbUildings for
the servants.
Three or four immense cisterns sup
ply water for the house, and near the
sheep pens is a large windmill and tank,
a supply from well eighty-One |
feet deep, cut through solid rock, and |
in which The water is thirty-liye feet |
Ieep.-Nueces Times.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-06-13
1IFirht Gut.N

A story Is told of a daughter Of a
prominent person now in the lecture
field which is peculiarly interesting and
suggestive Of unconscious wisdom. A
gentleman was invited TO the lecturers
house to tea. Immediately on being
seated at the table the little girl aston
ished the family circle and guest by the
abrupt question:
"Where is your wife?"
Now thegenIeman, having been re-
Gently separated from the partner of his
life, was taken so completely by sur
prise that he stammered forth the
truth:
81 don't know"
"Don't knowl" replied the enfaut ter
ribJe. "Why don'tyOu know?"
Finding that the child persisted in
her interrogatOries, despite the mild re-
proof Of her parents, he concluded to
make a Clean breast of the matter and
have it over at once. So he said with a
caImness which was the result of in
ward eXplelives:
"Well, we don't live together; we
think as we can't agree, we'd better
not"
He stihed a grOan as the child began
again, and darted an exasperated look
at her parents. But the little torment
would not be quieted, until she ex-
claimed:
Cant agreel Then why don't you
fight it out, as pa and ma dO?"
Vengeance is mine," laughingly re-
torted the visitor, after spa" and "ma"
exchanged looks of holy horror, fol
lowed by the inevitable roar.-Nelr
Huuen hsgiSter.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-06-13
Russian Dinners.

The dish most affected throughout
the north of Russia is called ZQbuskd,
which word comprehends a plelangs Of
everything that happens to be in season
in the way of comestibles. As, for in
stance, fresh caviar, raw herring, raw
smoked goose, salmon, radishes, WI
cheese and butter. For soups, we have
the OErOSbkG, a cold iced soup, with a
beverage in it, made of fermented rye,
by way of flavor, and with herring. Gu
cumher, and meat floating in it; also the
cabbage soup, with sour cream, called
Stchi. There is also a fish soup, which
| did not taste, made of stone perch; in
TACT, taste or two Of either soup will
suffice. Then there are patties of isin-
glass, mixed up with the flesh of the
sturgeon, very much like mullins with
fish and cold boiled sucking pig, with
lSrseradish sauce; roast mutton stuffed
with buckwheat, with salted cucumbers
as a salad; plenty Of Cayenne is used
with the fish and cabbage. The dessert
jf sweet dishes and fruits is very good.
The sherry of the Crimea, the wine Of
the Caucasus, the champagne Of the
Don, and the raspberry kUus, or cider,
are pretty good, so is the beer made in
st. Petersburg; but their native brandy,
called Vodka, Or little water" must
have a very depressing effect, as is fire.
quently seen i'll the tOttering Mouji5,
endeavOring to steady the
town by holding Oh to a post.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-06-13
Shaker DietelTcs,

Their diet is simple but sufficient.
Pork is never eaten, and only a part OF
the Shaker people eat any meat at all.
Many use no food produced by animals;
denying themselves even butter, milk
and eggs. At Mount Lebanon, and in
some of the other societies, two tables
are set, the one with, the other without
meat. They consume much fruit eat
ing it at every meal; and they have al
ways fine and extensive vegetable gar
dens and orchards. Father Evans (the
Shakers call him Elder Evans, but We
like father better), now about 70 years
old, and at the head of one branc.s #
the Shaker community at Lebanon, has
not eaten flesh for nearly forty years,
and he is hale and hearty, much more
so than most men of his age; yet when
he commenced his vegetable diet he
was in a declining state Of health; as
he tells us, "a candidate for cOnsump-
tion. Herald Of Health.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-06-13
Kit Burns. the Rat Catcher.

1t is said Of the late Kit Burns Of
New York that, as a professional rat
catcher, he was the first in America.
1t is farther alleged by those who pro-
fess unequivocal knowledge of the mat
ter, that the deceased Kit had amassed
much money in pursuit Of his unique
vocation. He once made $500 out of
one single job in the rat-catching line.
One Of the first restaurants on Broad
way had been so badly infested by rats
that the quantity Of provisions con-
sumed or destroyed night and day was
incredibly large. The finest mOusers
were procured, but they made no inroad
upon the army Of rodents. In fact,
cat after cat became damoralized, while
the rats grew bolder, and frequently
put them to flight. Alone in the res
taUrant one night, Kit surveyed the
situation, and declared it to be des-
perate one. The following night he set
his huge Gag close to an advantageous
aperture. a small, dim lamp on the
shelf above him was the only light Ill
the place. lie lay above the great cage
with the string of the main trap in his
hand. His object was to catch the
king rat, and then the work was
easy. They all follow the king. Rat
after rat came to the cage, nibbled the
bait, and ran back to the hole. There
seemed to have been q perfect under
standing about the matter before his
majesty ventured forth. When he did.
Kit knew him, for the king rat is an
enormous, shaggy specimen, with great
bristes growing out of his body-and
down snapped the trap. Now the rest
were guideless, and wholly at the mercy
of the rat catcher. Kit then fastened
the king SO as to secure his presence in
the cage, and when the trap was again
raised scores upon scores of rats filed
the cage. 1t could hold no more: but
when the subjects found themselves
captured they fell upon the king and
nearly tore him to pices. After that
Kit easily secured the rest Of the var
mints. and was paid $500.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-06-13
Fagot Of Wisdom.

It's only the calm waters that reflect
heaven in their breast.
In being angry we punish ourselves.
Avariee is the chastisement of the
rich.
The only way to have a friend is to be
one.
Men are never so ridiculous by tn,
qualities they possess as by those they
affect to possess.
Men are like words; when not proper.
ly placed, they lose their value.
Let no one descend so low as to con-
slider money to be the chief good.
Health is the foundation upon which
all happiness is built.
Conversation is the ventilation Of the
mind.
Humility makes all other graces ami
able.
Fortune and the sun make insects
shine.
Forbear to judge, for we are all sin
uers.
Everything We add to our knowledge
adds to our usefulness.
Those who raise envy will easily incur
censuTe.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-06-13
IndIanIustIoa

Piute Indians have a summary and
effective way of dealing with their fair
but fratl'' ones ''An Indian, +" says the
Reno Journal, 'known as Sam lost his
squaW through the Establishments Of
another red man named Jim. It seems
that the fair Mary fell a victim to Jim's
tender words, and at his solicitation left
her husbands bed and board and Joined
the fortunes Of Jim. Sam was not ons
to quietly submit to this treatment, par
ticulaTly as Mary had taken some Of her
husbands goods when she departed.
The loss of these added much to the
wrath Of the victimized Sam, who
raised such a. connection among the
Piute braves about it that they deter
mined TO teach the frail Mary, and by
her example the rest Of the female por-
ton Of tile tribe, a lesson. Jim tried to
screen her from the gathering storm by
hiding her, but they soon found her, and
about fifty Of the tribe, including Jim
and several squaws, escorted her to the
hills just back Of WashOe Lake where,
safe from Caucasian intrusion, they
made huge pile Of sage brush, and,
after tying her firmly in tho middle Of
it, set it onfre. Then they commenced
a war dance around the scene Of creU.a-
ton in which all Joined except jim
Sam being very fierce in his leaps and
Yells. The screams of Mary added to
the zest Of the dance" The sequel,
however, reads very much like the ways
of civilized society. Jim meantime
sat quietly by, and seemed an indiffer-
ent spectator Of what was going on, and
when the IRE was out and the ashes
gathered up, he went his way to new
conquests, and Sam expressed himself
satisfied. 4"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-06-13
The Mannfactnra Of Mosnios.

The modern process of making mOsa-
les now commonly followed at Rome is
this: A plate, generally of metal, of the
required size is first surrounded by a
margin rising about three quarters Of
an inch from the surface. A mastfc ce-
Ee.t, composed of powdered stone,
lime, and linseed oil, is then spread
over as a coating, perhaps a quarter Of
an luch in thickness. Wien set, this
is again covered with pLesteg of Paris
rising to q level with the margin; upon
which is traced a very careful outline
Of the picture to be copied, and just so
much as viii admit Of the insertion of
the small pieces Of smaItO or glass is re-
moved from time to time with fine
ehisel. The workman then selects from
The trays, in which are kept thousands
Of varieties Of color, a piece Of the tint
which he wants and carefully brings it
to the necessary shape. The piece is
then mOistened with a little cement and
bedded in its proper situation; the pro-
cess being repeated until the picture is
finished; when the whole, being ground
down to an even face and polished, be-
comes an imperishable work of art
The process is the same for making the
small nlosaics so much employed at the
present day for boxes, covers, or articles
Of jewelry; and this work is sometimes
upon almost a microscopic scale.
The Florentine mosaic, which is
chiefly used for the decoration of affairs
and tombs, or for cabinets, tops Of
tables, Golfers and the like, is composed
Of precious materials in small slices or
Yeneers; and by taking advantage of the
natural tints and shades which charac-
terize the marble, the agate or the jas
per, very admirable effects may be pro
duced in imitation of fruit, flowers, or
ornaments. The use Of this kind of
mosaic is extremely restricted, on ac-
count of the great value and expense
not only Of the materials, but of the
labor which is spent upon them. None
but the hardest stones are used; every
separate piece must be backed by thick
er slices 6fslate or marble to obtain ad.
dbional strength; and every minute
portion must be ground until it exactly
corresponds with hepattern previously
cut.