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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
From the the tables contained in the report

From the the tables contained in the report
it will, the Secretary says, be seen that the
total estimates of the last fiscal year, inclu.
ding the amount appropriated for deficien-
cies the previous year, were ST., 1885, 1892.
After deducting the deficiencies of 1877
and 1873, which were $4,161,47S, the amount
chargeable to expenditures of the year was
SIS, SO6,914, which was $767, 1879 less than the
actual expenses of the previous year, and
S 4,92S,677 less than the expenditures, in
Guiding deficiencies that year, and $780,
430 less than the expenditures of the year
ended June 80, 1876.
Secretary Thompson discusses the rela-
ton of the navy to commerce, and says
our rapidly increasing exports have demon
strated that this country must become
the greatest producing country in the
world. The area of our improved lands is
annually e%nlarging, keeping pace with
our rapidly increasing population, and
giving assurance that the surplus of our
agricultural and manufacturing products
will become correspondingly greater every
year. The consequent skill of our
manufactures, artisans, and laborers will in
the future of our history be called into
still further requisition, and as experience
has shown that no nation can afford to leave
its commerce unguarded upon the seas, the
uuty U PlO1OSblhS Ouio 10 INV SAOdbSA oAN
more urgent than it has ever been before.
The Secretary shows our dependency
upon foreign nations for transportation OF
our surplus productions to the markets OF
the world, and says that if this condition Of
affairs is TO continue, our industrial interests
must be left to suffer still further injury.
Our iron, coal, and timber will increase in
value. The enormous freights we now pay
will continue to press upon producers oul
surplus exports. Our merchant vessels will
in the end be entirely driven from the sea
If, on the other hand, the government shall
adopt such measures as shall put the
country in a position to reap the full bene
fits of its commercial enterprise, anG
secure the profits of our own carrying
trade, which properly belongs to us, by
means of such fostering care as the nationa
government alone has power to give, theI
our navy should have such strength ant
character given to it that it will be able tt
furnish protection to our commerce where
soever it is needed.
The remainder of the report is devoted
largely to an account of the condition o
the various navy yards of the country, tn,
Naval Academy and torpedo service, sug
g~estions regarding training schools TO
bows, etc,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
A Cash Business.

The idea of a cash business is one that
ought to be more generally adopted.
The following suitable remarks from an
exchange are good:
Some say that a cash business cannot
be done; let US cite you instances where
it is the basis of every transaction.
How many persons are there, who, when
they get freight from the depot tell the
agent to charge IT'D And when you get
on the train, do you say to the con-
ductor, az will pay you the last of the
weekw You go to the telegraph Office
and send a message, and ask the operator
how much it is. When the answer
comes do you tell him to wait a month ?
When you attend a theater or circus, do
yon remark to the agent, Gas soon as 1
sell my hogs I'll fix this?" A farmer
takes a load of potatoes to market; after
it is unloaded he is not in the habit of
hearing the dealer say, "Just charge it;
I'll pay you in a day or two" The
farmer expects cash for his produce, and
it is right he should have it. Cash is
required in mailing letters. They are
only three cents, but we don't ask the
postmaster to charge it. Readers,
please remember these things when
about to say a cash business cannot be
done,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
Items for Field and House.

TRY cider-apple pomace for COW feed.
AN iron pillow would have been
sneered at fifty years ago.
The good cow is alike essential to the
necessities of the poor and the luxuries
of the rich.
To rid a house of insects: If two
or three bottles of ammonia, left unstop-
pered, are put in prominent places in a
room, they will soon leave. No insects
can tolerate it.
CREAM cake: One cup of sugar,
three eggs, baking powder, n cup soul
milk, one-half cup of butter. Inside
Quarter cup Of sugar, half cup of new
milk, one egg, ~teaspoonful of -four.
Flavor with rose water.
IT is difficult to make people under
stand that food in animals, as we'll as in
plants, is largely derived from the air,
and that good pure air can only supply
what nature demands from the atmos-
phere. Muddy and filthy barns turn
out lean cattle.
YOUNG growing cattle and mich COWS
need shelter in cold weather, and they
thrive best on feed ground or steamed,
and it takes so much less feed when
properly preparedin this way with a lit
tie fodder or straw added, the
young cattle are kept growing all winter,
and the mich COWS will give plenty of
good milk.
WHEN a horse shows symptoms of an
attack of collie, apply at once a horse
cloth, or wooden rug wrung out of boil
ing water, to the belly and up the sides,
and cover with another couple of cloths
to retain the heat. AS they COO, renew
the cloths as often as needful. A large
bran poultice; as hot as can be borne, is
equally effective and retains the heat
longer.
AN Old butter-maker claims that
where turnips have been fed to mich
COWS and the strong taste incorporated
in the milk. then when the milk is pu.
into the pans, to every eight quarts of
milk mix one of boiling water. This
will annihilate the taste of the turnips,
and facilitate the rising and the churn.
ing of the cream. But do not ATTEMPT
to put such butter up for keeping: use
it, or sell it for immediate consumption
RAISED biscuit: One quart milk
three-fourths cup lard or butter (balj
and half is geod), three-fourths cur
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
Arson and Attempted Murder.


Intelligence has been received of the at
tempted assassination OF John I. Neil, liv-
ing near Pennington, Marshall County,
Tenn, by unknown persons. During the
night Neil was awakened by the alarm of
FIRE, and found his barn and stables en-
veloped in flames. He rushed toward the
burning buildings, and when near a man
concealed in the vicinity shot him, seven
slugs piercing his body. The assassin fed,
and medical aid was rendered the wounded
man. The barn and stables were reduced
to ashes, with two horses and a large
amount of feed and a number of agricul-
tural implements. Some years ago Neil
arrested three men for stealing horses, and
they are strongly suspected of completely
in the attempted murder.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

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n t-easpoonful salt. -four to make q
soft dough. mix over NIGHT warm;ng
the milk SLIGHTLY and melting tbe bntter.
in the morning roll ont into a sheai
three-ouarters Of an inch fbick. emf into
round cakes. set these closely together
in a nan LET them rise twenty minutes
bake wentv minutes
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snJ ha Ie t I,tS b Un uus ;r anu mode put On Top
Al uaA1 wv" III MUS Us IN mou ae oven'
f any p GnS tL;M WIZ l nas never aug VI ~ ps-
VIZ VII 'inA 0n.s arc eaoins GUSTAV:
lHE man VINO snail oeVlse system OF
trade between farm producers on tne
one hand and consumers 0 ! 1arm pro
duce on tne other, SO tnat tne farmer
a ge1 MS snare vi .he nloney Palu W
honofootor &c b;s rooa As bre;poeo 10
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how u uu AN et tSs are nept pEor uS
low pi ~ pau e io o.nao;aI1pp ~ ~
So oIosaan Ppo.h y m;iIs
opSi aIaanhoro 'sos maS 49, hn tha
anu ant teti go mdd o1 nd I.Si ~ the
Saud1aua as f pr,oe s.oJunt;nue ho;wsnn
naoJmoo,s anJ aonIp'"aus
piouuooiI anu 1on
KEEP sheep dry under 70 with clean
litter. Never let them land or lie IN
me- no or snow; II a eve loses ner
lamp, mix neI oaliy 1or a Few oays'
ana mix a little alum with her salt.
Never 1rignten sneep II possible to
avola u. separate SICK or tnin sneep
rom tnose maj are strong, ana give
snem speclal care. II leg Is broken,
pind II win spllnters lightly, loosenlng
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

How to remedy those prolific auses of
disease, an impoverished circulation and an
impaired digestion, was a problem the solu.
ton of which had often baf1ed medical
skill, but which was solved over a quarter
Of a century ago by the introduction of Hos
letters Stomach B.tters to public and pro-
fessional notice. Since that time, which
may well be said to have initiated a e
epoch in the history of medicine, the rem.
edy and preventive referred to has obtained
a foothold in the confidence of the Ameri-
can people that each succeeding year has
only served to strengthen. 1t is recognized
throughout the Union as tonic of the first
order, a remedy for and sure means of pre-.
venting fever and ague, and disorders of
the stomach and bowels, as a reliable means
of reforming a disordered state of the liver,
and of counteracting a tendency to
rheumatism, govt, urinary and uterine dis.
orders.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
Death of Louis A. Cooley.

Louis A. Cooley, widely known as pub
Usher of Godey's Lady's Book, and reputed
the Oldest American editor, died at half
past eight on the evening of November 90.
at his residence in Philadelphia. Mr.. Cooley
was born June s, 1904, and was for forty
seven years actively engaged upon the
Ladg's Book, the first magazine of its class
publishedin this country. For several years
his health has been failing, and last year he
retired, with Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, who
had been associated with him in editorial
charge since 1887. Mrs. Hale, a year older,
survives him. Mr.. Cooley was a personal
friend of Washington Irving, Dickens,
Thackeray, Forrest, Burton, Macready, Poe,
Clay, Webster, and other eminent people,
and introduced many famous writers to the
public through his magazine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
Report of Secretary of the Navy.

The Secretary of the Navy, in his report,
says since his former report the condition
of the navy has been considerably i'm
proved. There are now in commission
twenty-eight cruising ships, one steamboat
and five sailing vessels, all in condition for
active service, except the Gettysburg.
There are six vessels, including one Mon
itor, which can be made ready for sea
in a few months. Besides these there
are thirteen needing more extensive
repairs, but all can be put in thorough con-
dition with the present appropriations and
those asked for the next fiscal year. In
case of necessity ninety-one war vessels of
all classes, including monitors, can be put
in service.
The Secretary submits the following esti-
mates, with tie remark that the department
has not felt itself justified in going beyond
the estimates of the last fiscal wear:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
A Bir Elmo for Contempt.

Warren Tate, who murdered William
Love in the corridor of the Courthouse at
Indianapolis, was fined $4,000 by Judge
Burns for contempt of Court. The Judge,
in his remarks before the fine, said: These
are the consequences that are naturally
likely to follow when deadly weapons are
used in or about the Court-holse Wit
nesses and parties are likely to be intimi-
dated or likely to be deferred from giving
expression to their opinions while upon the
witness-stand. Such things, of course, can
not be tolerated. If it were SO, the admin.
istration of justice would simply be a farce,
The weaker parties would always be at the
mercy of the stronger. While l do not feel
it to be my duty to infict a punishment
which shall be vindictiye, / do feel it to be
my duty, in this case, to infict such pun
ishment as is calculated to prevent like
occurrences.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
Sensational suicide.

A suicide of a somewhat sensational char
acter occurred at the fremont House, in
Indianapolis, recently. The report of a gun
fred in the room of a boarder named Jacob
Schall was heard throughout the hotel, and
soon after the terrible discovery was made
that the unhappy man had killed himself by
shooting away the entire upper part of his
head. Blood and brains were spattered over
the wall and ceiling, and the body of Schall
presented a sickening appearance. De.
ceased was about forty years of age, and had
for some time been out of employment. A
letter which had evidently been written a
short time before the fatal shot was fired
was found lying upon the table. 1t was as
follows:
"MY DEAR FRIEND GRIMM: You will
please pardon me for committing such q
rash act in your house, but 1 could not ask
pardon beforehand. Ny sons will pay
you what 1 owe you. Give my body to the
doctors; that will avoid funeral expenses"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
Mistaken Identity.
[Burdett's Hawkeye yiews.l

While I was at Elkburn, under the
protecting wings of Mr.. Henry Tubbs
and MI. Stratton, a man from Michigan,
who was selling a three-horse clevis to
the farmers, said to me:
"May l ask you a question, and will
you answer it?"
1 said he might andI would. I always
answered questions. I might not always
tell the truth, but 1 would answer. Then
the mar said:
"Did you know a merchant in
Burlington named Cyrus J.. Staple
ton"
ooh, yes" 1 said, eyes indeed, 1
knew Stapleton yer so we'll" had
never heard of such a man, but what is
the use of going around disappointing
people when they ask after their friends.
Yes, l know all about Stapleton.
al visited at his house once," the
man said, 81 used to have some business
dealings with him."
81 think I have heard him speak of
you. Is his daughter married?"
eyes," said 1, wishing the man
would talk about the presidents policy,
ooh, yes, she's married. Nettie was a
very pretty girl"
1 kind of thought Nettie Stapleton
would sound about right, and how l did
try to think who under the sun Staple
ton was. The man said, eyes, she was
a very pretty girl" though he never
knew what her first name was. He said
"Stapleton had a very beautiful home
eyes," I said, che had"
Then my evil genius prompted me to
make a fool of myself and go into de.
tails, and I went on, "It had such q
beautiful view of the river"
eyes," the man said, "of the lake
you meant"
NO." 1 said, "river. It's big enough
for a lake, but it's the river"
Why, no." he exclaimed, with a
look of surprise, certainly it's the
lake."
"No," l persisted, "we have no lake;
about Burlington. The only water
there is the Mississippi River"
mississippi Riyer~ the man yelled,
"Good land! Burlington amt within
a thousand miles Of the Mississippi
River"
"Man alive" 1 exclaimed, what are
you dreaming Of? It's right on the Mis-
sissippi River!"
The man gave a snort of contemp'
and amazement that nearly lifted thu
top of his head off.
"Why," he shouted, Gifts right OF
Lake Champlain."
l began to feel ill and in a feeble kline
of a way, said 1 guessed he must b.
talking about Burlington, Vermont.
The man said rather gruf1y, go
course" And then he added, VIVA
was you thinking of"
said, Burlington, Iowa"
The man looked incredulous, and re
garded me in silence for a moment.
"HuhI" he exclaimed, al neve
heard of such a place."
Ipassed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
MRS. M. B. MYERS.

A SPEEDY QUIETUs is given to a hacking
cough by that inestimable specific for pull
monary, throat, and bronchial complaints,
HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS, which
cures consumption, bronchitis, pneumonia,
pleurisy, labored breathing and other dis
orders of the respiratory organs. When a
cough manifests itself, the early use of this
beneficent medicine is earnestly recon.
mended, as the difficulty is more easily
overcome in its incipient stage than later
on, Sold by all Druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

THE pastry-cook of a hotel in Fort
Worth, Texas, has fallen heir to $4,000
sterling and eleven houses in Dublin,
Ireland. The property is worth 500, 900.
The chambermaid of the same hotel has
received notice that her grandmother is
dead, and has left her $1,000. We for
bear to advertise this hotel by giving
IFS name,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
Stop Drinhing Vinegar.

How many young women who have in
herited a predisposition to en,bonpoint have
ruined their health by drinking vinegar to
reduce their forms to graceful proportions.
Allan's Anti.F Fat is absolutely harmless. 1t
promotes digestion, and accomplishes its
work simply by preventing an undue as
sanitation of the fatty Ingredients of the
food. Excessive fairness is a vexatious bur.
den, and there is no longer any excuse for
enduring it, since Allan's Anti-Fatis an eff.
fectual remedy for this abnormal condition,
COLORADO SPRINGS, Coll, July Is, 1878.
BoNTANIG MEDICINE Co., Buffalo, N. Y:
Gentlemen-I lost three pounds while tax.
ing one bottle of Allan's Anti-Fat.
Yours truly,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

ONE of the prisoners in the Albany
penitentiary is a little lad of twelve,
sent from Georgia for stealing letters.
He is a bright, handsome boy, and
seems out of place among his surround
ings. He occupies a cell with Oakley,
the cashier, who is teaching the little
Southerner how to read, and-actually
Ito say his prayers and worship his
Creator.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

FoR upwards of thirty years Mrs. WIN.
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. q bottle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

For Throat Diseases and Affections of the
chest, "Broaun's Bronchial Troches," are of
value. For Coughs, Irritation of the Throat
caused by cold, or Unusual Exertion of the
vocal organs, in speaking in public, or sing.
ing, they produce beneficial results.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

DEALERS will, of course, often recon-
mend an organ as best because they have it
to sell, or can make more ON it. But it has
been demonstrated at all worlds exhibit
tions for twelve years that those made by
the Mason & Hamlin Organ Co. excel all
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
Ferryboat CollI.Ion at Liverpool.

During a dense fog on the 26th of Novem-
Der, a crowded ferryboat crossing'the Mer-
sey, came into collision with a ship lying at
anchor. Apanic occurred on the ferryboat
and several persons jumped overheard.
Some accounts say six persons were
drowned, others only two or three.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
Conduct or sailors on the Pommeranin.

Mr.. Blight, in testifying at the inquest of
the victims of the Pommerania disaster,
said that the sailors saved their baggage
and bedding instead of assisting the pas
sengers. The Captain kept his post like a
man, but no one else did. Captain
Schwensen. in answer to the in
quiry of Blight after the collision,
said his chief officer had left him. The
men in the last boat persisted in pushing off
while there was room for several more peo-
pie. Although the inquiry remains open,
the jury returned a verdict that three per-
sons drowned came to their death in conse-
quence of a collision at sea, the cause of
which has not been shown.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
Omcial Vote OF Kansas.

ATopeka, Kansas, dispatch says complete
returns of the late election from all organ
lied counties in the State are in. The vote
for Governor stands: st. John, Republican,
74,O20; Gooden, Democrat. 81, POS; Mitchell,
Greenbacker, 27,057. The vote OH the re-
naming State ticket aggregates about the
same.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

A dispatch from Sofia reports that the
Turkish Redifs and Circassians sacked one
thousand and two hundred houses in Melnik
District, in Macedonia, on the goth ult.,
and massacred the inhabitants without dis
t~inction of age or sex.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

The season has arrived when everybody
who own horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and
fowl should begin to feed out Meridan's
Condition Powders. They all need to be
braced up for winter. Get Sheridan's. The
ldrqe packs are worthless
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
HENS of the Week.
rhn GorernorGerernl.

The Marquis OF Lorne and the Princess
Louise were received with the highest hon.
ors on their arrival at Halifax. The Mar
quis made an address indicating his policy
as Governor-G General.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

A GENTLEMAN afflicted with the chronic
rheumatism says: No description of my
case can convey the vast amount of benefit
1 have received from the use of Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment. 1 believe it is the best
article in the world for rheumatism,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
seizure OF n Guano vesseI-Mine Explosion
-ExfensfYe Gold Mines.


A supplement of the Panama Star and
Herald just received has a dispatch from
Buenos Ayres, which says: ga part of the
Puso is greatly excited over the capture, by
the Gillian corvette, Magallance, of the
American ship Deyonshire, while land
ing at Guano. The Devonshire had
the authority of the Argentine Re-
public, but was varied by a epre-
sentative of the United States of the
probable consequences. An attempt will
be made by the Gillian authorities toprove
the act piratical. 1t is more than probable
notes may be exchanged with the United
States, the bone of contention being the
black, barren, desolate Patagonia and
rockbound island which guards her shores"
On the 9th inst. a terrible explosion oc-
CURED III the coal mine Rosario, at Libau.
Chilli. Sixteen miners were killed and a
large number wounded, and six escaped I'M
injured. The damage to the mine was $780,
900. Tn Llampaicy gold washings are esti-
mated to yield a profit OF nearly ST., 0O0, 600.
The engineer says it will take one hundred
and twenty-four years to wash away the de-
post at the rate of $4,000 cubic yards a
year
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
Ano.ner GIa.rov Failure.

Sequestration Of the estate of Henry Tay-
lor & Sons, grain and -four merchants, is
announced. Liabilities, $6,5O0,0OO. William
Taylor, imprisoned Director of the City OF
Glasgow Bank, is senior partner of the firm.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

The oldest inhabitant was in town a
short time since. He was a hundred
and four years old on the 9th OF
last August. He said so, and at first
we believed him; but when he candidly
owned up that he had not voted for all
the Presidents from George Washington
down; had not chewed tobacco since he
was fourteen years old; did not saw a
cord of hickory wood every morning
before breakfast; did not walk eve
teen miles to vote at the last election;
could not see to read fine print without
the aid of glasses; didn't go into the
harvest field last summer and cut two
acres of rye with a sickle in three
hours-when he confessed that he was
not addicted to such marvellous pastimes,
it was pretty hard to believe that he
was one hundred and four years old.
We never read of an Coolest inhabit-
ant" that didn't do all these things
and more too.-NorristoDn Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05
PimpIes, FreclKles, etc.

The most wonderful discovery %yetknown,
Mrs. DIR. L. K. Shaw's Moth and Freckle
Lotion. May be had of your druggist. Price
only$1.00. For particulars, address Mrs. DR..
L. K. Shaw, 140 East 2Sth-street, New York.
Mrs. Shaw's Liver Pill. Best in the world.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

A LOT of special watchmen have been
set rel the graves of other deceased
rich men, since Stewards vault was
robbed, including the graves Of Wander
bIlt, Aston and T9ldsn.