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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
How the Chinese Secure a Pastor.

Feb. 4 is the day on which the Chi
nese select one of their number to pre-
side wei their Joss house. The dis
charge of fireworks constitutes an i'm
portant factor in the days observance.
The manner of proceeding is as follows:
The two companies here are permitted
to have each q certain number of repre-
sentatives, and the feetest and strongest
men are generally chosen. These dele
gates repair to a vacant lot at the rear of
the Joss house. A stipulated number
of bombs, each one containing q me-
tallic ring, are placed in charge of a
committee. It Is the duty of the COM
mittee to fire off these bombs one at a
time. When the explosion takes place
the ring contained in the bomb is sent
flying into the air. II is the desire of
the two factions to have their respective
delegates secure as many of these q pos
sible. When the ring drops there is a
general scramble on the part of all duly
authorized to obtain possession of it.
After the bombs have all been fred the
two companies compare notes, and the
side having the larger number of rings
is entitled to elect a Joss equivalent to
minister of the gospel with us) from
among their number.-NeUGdG Tram
script,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

To renew a waning stock may be gathered
from a source accessible to all, and never
sought in vain by any whose constitution
and vigor are net SO much dilapidated as to
be wholly past repairing. Evidence direct,
convincing and ample, indicates Hostetter's
stomach Bitters as q tonic of unexampled
efficacy and perfect purity, and possessed Of
properties that constitute 1t an invaluable
remedy for dyspepsia, constipation, live-
complaint, urinary and uterine weakness,
rheumatic complaints and malarial fever.
Delicate females and infirm old persons are
invigorated and solaced by it, and the phys
ical prostration which usually follows Q
severe illness is in a greatsdegree remedied
and convalescence accelerated through iti
use, It occupies a leading position among
medicinal staples.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26


Since the creation, it is estimated that
q, 000, 200, 000, 0 10000 have lived ON the
earth. This sum divided by 27,S64,000 the
number Ct square miles, gives 1,314,522 ,0s6
to a square rod, and five to q square foot.
Suppose a square rod be divided into eleven
graves, each grave would contain one
hundred persons. But this is speculation,
and Of NO benefit to The 1000, 100000 people
that now exist, 500, O00, 900 of whom are in
valids, 5000, 900 dying each year. What
they most w~antare the facts concerning DR..
Pierce's Family Medicines, For years his
.Golden Medical Discovery has been the
standard remedy for the cure of all scrofu-
lous, throat, and lung diseases; while for
over a quarter Of a century, DR.. Ssge's
Catarrh Remedy has been unrivaled as a
positive cure for catarrh. The testimony OF
thousands of ladies has been published,
certifying that DR.. Pierce's Fayorite Pre-.
scription positively cures the diseases and
weaknesses peculiar to women. For full
information, see the Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser, an illustrated work
of over nine hundred pages, price
(postpaidb $3.50. Over one hundred thous.
and copies sold. Address the author, r. v.
| Pierce, M. D., Buffalo. New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
Jererson,s Home Sold.

Monticello, the former home of
Thomas Jefferson, was recently sold at
public auction, with 218 acres, about
two-thirds of the original estate, under
decree of court to effect a distribution
of the property of the late Commodore
Uriah P. Levy. The purchaser was
jefferson M. Levy, of New York city,
one of the heirs, and the price paid was
$4,000. Isabel s. Levy, of New York
city, was a bidder. No other foreign
bidders we're present. The purchaser
has already acquired by purchase from
the other heirs ~six-sevenths of the prop
erty. He proposes to put it in repair
for q summer residence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
Saenrerfeat Prnnt...

AC~incinnaii paper, from reliable statis-
tics, computes that about ten thousand
kegs of beer were sold daily in the city
during Saengerf- st week. At two dollars
per keg this would amount to $1s, 900 per
day for the brewers, or $10s, 900 for the
week. Experienced bar.keepers say that
they draw one hundred and sixty glasses
out OF a keg when there is a rush, and that
one hundred and twenty glasses would be a
low average. That would give 1900, 600
glasses of beer drank in the city every day
during the festival, and for the six days
100000 glasses. At Eve cents per glass
that would amount. to $3.50, 900 for beer
alone, to say nothing of the immense sums
spent in other ways by the visitors, many of
whom made the occasion an opportunity to
lay in a stock of goods. At the lowest cal.
culation the Saengerfest has not left less
than 81, 900 dollars in the city.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

IF ever there was a specific for the cure
of all malarial diseases, such as are pro-
duced by swamp poison, like Intermittent,
or Chills aud Fever, Dumb Chills and En-
larged Spleen, it is certainly DR.. F. Wilhoft's
Anti.Periodic or Fever and Ague Tonic.
From is composition, which accompanies
each bottle, it may be seen that it contains
no dangerous drug; and that in these dis.
eases it never fails, as guaranteed by its
proprietors, Wheelock, Finlay 4 Co, New
Orleans, La. For sale by all Druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
The Deaeop,s Rebuke.

asee h'yar,n demanded Deacon Hast
ings, as he fshed a tin sispender-but-
ton out of the contribution-box, who's
beendessycratin' de house OBJ de Lord
dis way? Hit am my ssolem' conviction
dat de brudder who 'tempts to cheat de
Almighty out OBJ his fer'rage obber de
Jordan to de sweet green fields beyant,
IL crawl in under de canvas arter he
gets dar, instead OBJ goin' past de ticket
wagon and obtaining his c~redenshuls
along wild de oder bredrin.o
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
Horrible rragedy.

A horrible tragedy has just been enacted
in Meade County, Ky. VIM. Padgett, his
wife Nancy and three children lived in a
cabin. Padgett had been absent from home
about nine weeks, but returned about
midnight on Saturday night. BE had
lived on bad terms with his wife for
a long time, frequently treating her in a
very cruel and abusive manner. On
his return home, one Of the children, a
girl, was absent at a neighbours, where she
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

ENGLISH newspapers very rarely con-
tain in the obituary column a notice of
o funeral, because, except in thu cas-
of an eminent public person, it is not
desired that any but near relatives OF
very intimate friends should attend,
and men worth a million go to their
graves with less pomp and parade than
q New York car-driyer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
Leadyille.

Leadville, the new Eldorado in Col
orado, is built exclusively of wood, and
a prediction is current in the city that
it will soon be burnt in order to let the
carpenters and lumberers build it over
again. Two attempts have already
been made to burn it; a guest of the
Grand Hotel, coming up from dinner,
found some shavings in a blaze under
his bed, and a lot of boxes and kindling
in the rear Of a restaurant were lighted,
but extinguished by the cook, who hap
pencd to step out that way. Still new
houses are daily run up as if by magic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

Edward Psyson Weston ID the winner of
the champion belt tsken from this country
by Rowell. His distance was five hundred
and fifty miles in six days, the best long
distance foot race on record. The walk
took place in London. Weston brings the
belt home, and it is said that Rowel will
challenge him for a walk in New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

THERE is NOTHING TO CLEANSE an i'm.
pure circulation or wake up a dormant
liver like SCovILL's BLOOD AND LIVER
SYRUP. 1t does the business thoroughly in
either case, promoting active bilious secre.
ton, restoring to the life current the purity
of perfect health and removing from the
cuticle disfguring eruptions and sores.
Chronic Rheumatism and govt also succumb
to its curative influence. For the diseases
peculiar to the gentler sex it is a capital
remedy. All Druggists sell it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

John Moore, who. grossly assaulted and
then murdered Miss Woodward, on the 9th
inst, near WiTford, s. c., was hanged by a
mot Of one hundred and Fifty armed men,
who rode into Spartanburg. Che jailorhad
removed Moore; but the mob discovered
his whereabouts.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

Mr.. GIBSON, proprietor of the Glib
son House, Cincinnati, wooed Miss
Bunce, but his parents objected to the
match, and he, although As years old,
conformed to their wishes. Miss Bunce
held him to his engagement, however,
until he had bought her release for
$4,000 in notes of $4,000 each. After
ward he renewed his courtship, and she
gave him back the notes, whereupon he
cut her acquaintance. That is the story
as told by Miss Bunce in her suit for
damages.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

The New Hampshire House, in a recent
vote for United States Senator, gave i61
votes for Henry W. Blair, and s5 fer Harry
Bingham. The vote In the Senate was
Blair, 20; Bingham, I.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
Deahtate Father kits his Three LittIe

John Kemmler, a German, at South
Holyoke, Mass, shot dead his three chill.
dren, all girls, aged six, four and one year,
being unable to support them, He has
been out of work since February. At that
time he went to Colorado, but recently re.
turned, and had been ordered to vacate a
tenement belonging to the Germania Mills,
as ne NO longer worked in the mills. He
sent mis- wife on an errand before com.
hitting the crime. When arrested Kemmler
said: LET the law take its course. He
feared the children might grow up and
enter houses Of prostitution. He thought
they would be better in heaven
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

In the city election at Portland, Oregon,
on the 18th. the Republicans elected the
Mayor and two Councilmen and the Demo.
Gratis the balance Of the ticket. In the cleo
ton in East Portland the Republicans made
a clean sweep.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
@s.us IF tn NsfG.


A telegram from Rio Janeiro, states that
General CODY has deposed the President
Of Paraguay and seized upon the Govern.
ment.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

"CIDER," says the Philadelphia
Chronicle Herald, els one of the most
striking illustrations of the power of
the press"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH employees
in New York have caught the athletic
fever, and arranged for some out-of-
door sports. If every large corporation
we're to favor diversions of the same
kind, there would be clearer heads in
doors
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
Te.riae sosisr EapIo.Ion.

! An explosion occurred at $3.50 in the
morning, recently, at ore mines on the land
Of Stephens 4 smoyer, two miles from
Emaus, Pa A boiler burst with terrific
force, killing five men outright and seri.
ously wounding four others. The killed are
A. Ettinger, Of Emaus, head blown off .
Smith, a German workman; Fiegsly, con.
tractor; Snyder, landowner, and one Derr.
B. Keck, engineer, was badly scalded and
had leg broken. A brother of Derr and
Two others, namesunknown, were also badly
wounded. Two years ago a simillr accident
at the same place, killed four men and
wounded several others.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

WHAT a barber should talk about
whilst shaving a ~man-about two
seconds.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

The California Republican State Conven.
ton met in San Francisco, and adopted q
platform, Of which the following are the
leading points: It reafirms the principles
of the Republican party; denounces the at
tempt of the Democracy to interfere with
the purity of elections; sustains the
Presidents veto policy; pledges the
party to the faithful application
of. the new Constitution and the sup
port of progressive education; pledges can.
didates for the Legislature to attempt to
settle differences in some portions of the
State between agricultural and mining in
~terests; afirms that Congress should regu-
late freights and fares in Interstate com-
merce, and pledges the Railroad Commits
sioners of the State to fair reductions
within the borders of the State, but does
not define the amount of reduction. There
are also an Anti.C Chinese plank and a
declaration in favor of small holdings of
land.
George C. Gorham, who holds a proxy,
and was placed on the Committee
on Platform, presented a separate
resolution, reciting the receipts
and expenditures of the railroad
company, and demanding a reduction of
one-fourth of the rates of charges after June
1 of the current year. After a long discus
sion this was adopted and incorporated in
the platform. The Convention nomi.
mated for Lieutenant Governor, General
John Mansfield, of Los Angeles, by accla.
nation for Secretary of State, D. M. Burns,
present Clerk of Yolo County for Control.
Ter, D. M. Kenfeld, of Tuolumne, by accla.
nation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

THE latest experiments for determine
ing the velocity of sound, give one
thousand and eighty-eight feet per
second.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

WHEN we have a grievance we must
treat it as a weed and pull it up.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

IF each one of several makers had taken
the highest medal at one of the great worlds
expositions there would be room to question
which was best; But Mason & Hamlin have
taken the highest honors at every such COM
petition for twelve years.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

THE Mendelssohn Piano Co., No. 81, East
18th Street, N. Y, sell Pianos at Factory
Prices. Write for a catalogue.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

Work is the weapon of honor, and
who locks up the weapon will never
triumph.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
KnI.d 81 a Steel Pen.

HrkEkt TEE=aT -lsErI
Several German papers announce the
death of Herr Franz Motz, parish priest at
Puchkirchen, in Styria, from a wound
caused BY q steel pen. BE had a careless
habit OF leaving his pen in the inkstand,
with the point sticking upwards. In re.
placing a book on his writing.table near the
inkssaud he Inadvertently struck with the
palm of his hand a rusty pen sticking MP.
wards. The hand was slightly wounded,
but it seemed SO insignificant an affair that
he took no heed. Next day, however, he
felt seriously i'll, and the doctor declared 1t
was a case of blood-poisoning. On the third
day the hand and arm were terribly swollen
as high up as the shoulder, and after
suffering great pain during eight weeks, he
died.
XounE Prince Napoleon Killed I'm Souih
Africa.
A Reuters dispatch from Cape Town, via
Madeira, states that Prince Louis Napoleon,
the Prince Imperial of France, accompanied
by other officers, left Col. Woods camp to
r~econnoiter.
The party dismounted in q mealie field
when the enemy crept upon them and
assegaied the Prince, killing him.
His body was recovered.
The London Times correspondent, writ.
ing from Itelyi Hill, says: The body OF
Prince Imperial was discovered in a field Of
long grass. There were no bullet wounds
upon it, but there were seventeen wounds
made by assegai thrusts. The body wa,
found stripped and the clothes taken away
A dispatch from Cape Town says the
news of the death of the Prince Imperia
cast a gloom over the city. All flags were
flying at half mast.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
The Markets.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES family, IS 25@
s. 90; fancy, IS 57@6 Ii; patent, s6 2a97 Is; spring,
~ 1 s;s s extra, sa s & 49, e er saPerSns, 8 ss ss g
35c.; barley, choice, 65@iOc. Hay, fair to prime
mixed, Sl0@11. Mess pork, $40 25910 co. Lard,
prime steam, &c; prime kettle, eH@szc. Cot
ern, S3 40@S IS; common 70 good extra Western
and State, SO 90@4; good to choice Western and
State, s494 90; common to choice white wheat
Western extras, 81 6@5 IS; common to good
St. Louis Extra family, So 90@6; Minnesota
patent process, extra good to prime, and choice to
double extra, 1897 IS. Grain-Wheat, 91c.@
81 1914: Rye, No. 2, Western and State, 500
e14SLc. Oats, 86@41%c. Lard. prime steam, GAO
@6.<2c. Cotton, u 5-i6@12 7-16c.
PHnADELPHyA.- Flour Western superine,
in lots, 81 60@s; Minnesota extra family, low
brands, "a rs; Minnesota fair family, $3.50. Ohio
extra family, good to fancy, 81 1895 Is, Missouri
family. fair, IS SO; Minnesota patent process, IS Is
o. rs. Rye -four, s. 12H. Grain.Wheat, extra
s Sni rss M winasra IN a sIe gratm g Il III 3 amb soi wes mssa
ST. 10 free on board. Rye, Western, $4,000. Corn,
rejected Western, on track, 3SaS6c.; steamer
WeItern, mixed and yellow, on track, s74390c.
Oats, mixed Western, s6@S7c: white Western,
Observation-Disclosures, s4g4 rs; exus
family, IS 50@s 70; A No. T., 25@5 so. Grain
Wheat, amber and red, inferior to choice, 81 05@
/ o.. Corn, white, 44c.; mixed. 4Os. Oats, white, Ssc.
choice, s9@11 so per ton. Mess pork, old, $40 so.
Lard, choice leaf, in tierce, re; choice leaf, in
fegs' sMe; Cotton RS HaEs,D- whe, M. > rod win.
ter, new. S101@1 OF. Corn, new Western mixed,
361%@37c. Oats, No. 2 white Western, 33@S5c.
Bulk Meats-Green shoulders, 3h@4c.; clear rib
sides, &C.. Lard, prime steam, current make, 81,
Sweet picked hams, sAasc. Hogs. common to fair,
81 75GSS SO.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

TROUBLE does not come by chance
it is sent to make us rise and not to make
us sink.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

NEGLECTED COUGHS AND CoLDs.-Few
are aware of the importance of checking
a Cough or Common Cold,n in its frlt
stage; that which in the beginning would
yield to "BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs,"
if neglected, often works upon the Lungs.
The Grecian ladies counted their
age from their marriage, not from their
birth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
STOCK MARKETS.

@ClNNATL-Beef Cattle-Common, 1N@ %c.;
fair to medium, 2Ng3Hc.; good to choice butcher
grades, .SN@4Mc; fair 10 good shippers. 4@4.65c.;
fair to good heavy oxen, 2Z@8Ec.; common to fair
good Texas, 2H@3Mc.; common to fair stockers,
zA@3c., and good TO choice do, 3Z@4c. Hogs
Common S3@3 65; fair to good light, SO FOG
8 80; fair to good packing grades, % 1893 95; se-
lected butchers qualities, s. 95@4 OH; fair to gocd
stockers, So 25@3 60. common to fair, ~
9SAc, and good to choice, 41a@.c. per ID. gross
Lambs-Common to fair, 3h@IAc., and good to
cno;ce, 4M@5e with some extra at 5.1095Hc per
ID. gross.
NEW YORK-Beef Cattle Excepting 4 carloads
of light Cherokee cattle at 7Ac., the extreme
range of prices was 89l0c. per h., with less than
so head sold for more than &c or under SIC. The
exporters used 500 head at 9A@sAc. Sheep and
Lambs-sheep, SH@51zc. per Id. for poor to prime
grades; lambs more than plenty, and dull at 41z@'
SIC. for Southern and Western grades Exporters
paying 5H@5Hc per Id. for all the good sheep Of
Tered, and would pay more for choice wetners.
Hogs-Nominal prices, Si9420p per 100 lbs.
EAST LIBER CY, PA.-geef Cattle-Best grades,
81 1905 per 100 lbs. fair to good cattle, $f94 60;
common cattle, So 60@S so; bulls aud rat cows, S225
@3 so. Hogs-SaIes made Of Workers at So 1898 90
per 100 lbs; Philadelphia hogs, s4@tl0. Sheep
Sales rather slowly Of common TO extra sheep at
So S0@4 60 per 10albs.
WOOL In Boston, new wool Is arriving freely.
Ohio aeeces nominally s7A@42c.; Wisconsin and
Michigan feeces, combiDg and delaine, e4@3Sc.;
Kentucky eombing sac.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
supple. of YilaIItx

ON what sort of milk does the eagles
scream rise2
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

was employed as a domestic to aid In her
mothers support. This greatly angered
Padgett, and he Immediately commenced
abusing his wife. In the morning be sent
n Of the children to the town for some
cefee, while the other child was sent out
on some other errand. The wife, In the
meantime, was preparing breakfast.
Padgett, IL h supposed, continued his
abuse Of his wife for a time during the
absence of the children, and then going to
the wood pile he secured an az, entered the
house, and attacking the wife, literally cut
her head open, and then crushed in the
skull. She died In q few hours after.
Padgett then got a razor and cut his wi
throat inficting a frightful wound, but not
necessarily fatal one. He is still alive.
When the child returned from town
with the coffee he found his father and
mother lying side by tide on the floor. The
wife never spoke, nor returned to con-
seriousness. The father said to the child ;
81 did it. ] killed Nancy" It is thought
had the children been at home he would
have killed them also.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

The Common Sense Medical Book adyer-
tised in u columns, to-day. by DR.. N. B.
WOLFE, of Cincinnati, is a work that will
interest anybody, and especially those
afflicted with Consumption, Asthma and
| Catarrb.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26

SMOKE Pogue's Sitting Bull Durham Tobacco.
CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-24

THE PuLsE.-Every person should
know how to ascertain the state of the
pulse in health then by comparing 1t
with what it is when he is ailing, he may
have some idea of the urgency of his
case, Parents should know the healthy
pulse Of each child-as now and then a
person is born with peculiarly slow
or fast pulse, and the very case in hand
may be of that pecuiiarity. An infants
pulse is 140 !; child of seven, about 50 !;
and from twenty to sixty it is 70 beats a
minute, declining to 90 at fourscore. A
heafthfui grown person beats 70 times
minute there may he good health at
so, but if the pulse always exceeds there
is a disease !; the machine working itself
out j; there is fever or Inflammation
somewhere, and the body is feeding on
itself, ag in consumption, when the pulse
is qu;ck-tbat is over 70, gradually in
creasing, with decreased chances of care
until it reaches 1le, or Lao, wien death
comes before many days. When the
pulse is over 70 for months and there is
a slight cough, the lungs are affected.
The pulse decreases when recumbent
position is resumed.