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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18

Corn Acreage.-The State giving the
largest average of corn per acre last
year was Nebraska, the average being
As bushels. Colorado returned the larg-
est average of wheat, amounting to 2S.1
bushels per acre.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
Resuscitating the Dead.

John Hall and Burrell Smith, hanged
at Murfreesboro, Tenn, recently, were.
handed over to the physicians for K
perimenting purposes. Both lei were
pronounced dead within seventeen min
utes, cut down, placed in collins, and
hurried as speedily as possible to q hou@e
three hundred yards distant, where Drs.
Byrne and Murfree, of Murfreesboro,
and DR.. Sleger of Nashville, had ar
ranged instruments and appliances for
the purpose of resuscitation. In the
presence of a large number of physi-
clans, thirty minutes after the rope had
been cut, that experin ent was tried.
The clothing of the dead murderers was
quickly torn from the bodies, which
were wrapped in hot blankets, the dislo-
cation of their necks reduced, and artifi-
cial respiration kept up. Electricity
was then applied to different portions of
the brain and spinal chord, and other
stimulants used. Muscular movements
soon seemed to be apparent, the pulse
beat feebly, temperature was raised. to
lO3 degrees, the eyes opened and APP
peared to be directed to different objects
N the room, with the regular breathing
and muscular contraction. There was
a peculiar expression of face and eyes, a
sound with each inspiration and expira-
ton. the bodies presenting life-like ap-
pearance.
DR.. Sleger here stated the desired OBJ
ject had been accomplished, which was
to show the action Of electricity and
other modes of stimulation upon the
nervous and muscular systems. The
stimulants were then removed, when the
bodies ceased to show any signs of life.
The bodies were given to doctors at tie
request of the murderers for dissection.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
Seeking Safety in Peril.

Three men were cutting down a large
pine tree on a hill near Riker's Hollow,
in Steuben County. There was a cot
tage Just below them occupied by two
mothers and nine children between
them. To prevent accident, n of the
men went to the cottage and suggested
that its occupants should go a little
further down from the hill and stay in
the house of Amos Eldridge until the
tree should have been felled and slid
down from the hill. The suggestion
was follwed, and the mothers and their
little ones went down to Eldridge's
house. The great tree came down all
right, and after the branches had been
trimmed it was started down the hill,
soon gaining a tremendous Roadway. 1t
struck a stump and was turned from its
course, blowing directly through the
Eldridge cottage where the two families
had sought refuge, and tearing the
building down over their heads. One
child was killed, the legs of another
were broken, the back of a third was
severely injured, and a fourth was
badly burned. Another one who was
standing directly in the path of the tree
was caught up by its passing between
his legs and vas given a ride down the
hill, escaping entirely uninjured. Every
dish and light of glass in the house was
broken.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
eNerer Seed Worse:Looking yillains.,

lDvadwood Newell
The members of the press in this city,
though not oppressed with personal
beauty, will certainly average as well as
far as honest c~ountenances go as any in
the country. Two gentlemen, Hank
Wright of the Times, and Capt. Brand
of the Pioneer, whose rectitude of con-
duct and u~nimpeachable integrity are
known throughout the entire commu-
nifty, amuse themselves during a portion
of the day in reporting trials at Judge
Moody's court. Behind a table near his
honor, and facing the jury, attorneys
and the public in general, the sescribes re-
cord, with heads bowed down, the evil
dences in the various cases, occasionally
looking UP to rest their tired orbs, then
Immediately resuming their labors.
A gentleman from the rural districts
observing them, inquired: "What are
them fellers being tried for9'
"What fellersF asked a by-stander.
"Them hard looking cusses behind
that table,"
"Oh." replied a wag who saw the joke,
"for stealing horses"
al thought so," replied the ruralist
"pretty mean lookin', amt they7 You
bet they're bad men. I never seed
two more villainous lookin' counter.
ances."
"That's the way they always look
replied the joker.
"Of course, they can't look no othe,
way. See how they hold their heads
down; can't look an honest man in the
face. Tn bet one of them was the THE
that stole my boss"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
A Bit of Romance.

Many years ago, writes the New York
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette,
1 passed in my daily walk a store whose
proprietor's name (1ra Perego) attracted
my attention by its sheer oddity. Ira
Perego made a fortune in the shirt and
collar business, and eventually his name
appeared in the mortuary column, and
is now only recalled by a peculiar in
cident.. Last year a German woman liv-
ing in Jersey City adopted a little girl
to take the place of a child removed by
death. By advice of her pastor she
chose one whose parents had died at
Memphis of the pestilence, and the lit
tie orphan thus obtained a kind home.
1t has lately, however, been discovered
that this child is an heiress, her mother
having been a daughter of the above
mentioned Ira Perego. She married a
Southerner, and their sudden death left
the little waif with no record of her
kindred. What a strange thing to all
concerned is the fact that this Carrie
Brown" Gas she las been called) has q
claim on a large estate! The Surrogate
has just appointed a guardian to protec,
her interests, and Jersey City is now
discussing the romantic incident.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
rerrtble Exrlo,,on.

A terrible explosion of a boiler in a fax
mill, resulting in the instant death of ten per-
sons, is reported from Frankfort, Ind. The
men had congregated in the engine room, it is
presumed, as had always been their custom,
preparatory to beginning work for the day, and
at Eve minutes before 7 o'clock the boiler ex-
ploded with such terrific force as to blow the
building to atoms. Of the men who were in
the building and were, will two or three ex-
ceptions, mangled beyond recognition, the fol-
lowing is a list: Patrick Lahey, OF Peru, the
foreman, about forty years of age and unmar-
ried Michael Shields, aged about forty-fve,
leaves a wife and three children John Rogers,
leaves a wife and family Scott Williams, a
widower, leaves onecbild; Jos. Miller, leave a
wife and family; Eli Hemlick was ound 100
yards from the wreck, and it is supposed he
was in the second story; Joseph Eikenberry,
of Kokomo, who buried a wife three weeks
since, will leave three children. Thomas
Croxton, the engineer, was alive when taken
from the ruins, But died in a few minutes. He
was q single man, and supposed to be from the
southern part of the State. John Hallschield,
from Lebanon, was twenty years of age and
unmarried. Monroe Webb, who commenced
work on the morning of the accident, was an
unmarried man and about twenty-one years
of age. No others are known to have been in
the building at the time of the explosion. OF
course the cause of the explosion will never be
known, as no one is left to tell the tale, but az
it occurred at the hour at which the engine is
usually started, it is presumed that it was q
result of pumping cold water into the boiler
when it was first set in motion
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
Our Fashion Of Mourning.

Visitors to this country are greatly
surprised at the long period during
which people wear mourning aud re-
main in seclusion. The custom must be
purely American, for it does not OBJ ain
elsewhere. In England q widow or
widower may, with perfect propriety,
divest themselves of mourning attire at
the end of twelve months, although, in
most cases, they retain it, in some
degree, a while longer. Mourning is
worn for parents for one year, but
changed to lighter mourning after six
months, and the same as regards the
mourning of parents for children. Ex-
ceptin the case of widows and widowers,
it is not deemed at all obligatory to
abstain from society for more than six
months, although in the cas- of parents
who have lost children it would be
unusual to go to large entertainments
before the expiration of a year. Where
a parent has died well stricken in years
and quite in the ordinary curse of
nature it would excite no remark were
the children to go to quiet dinner parties
after three months. A two-years'
mourning and seclusion would, in such
case, be deemed afectation. Mourning
is here carried to such lengths that some
people really pass q large part of their
lives in weeping and seclusion, the death
of a father, mother and sister or brother
making an aggregate of five years. 1t
is a question whether we are not carry
ing the thing too far. Life was surely
not made to be spent in permanent
seclusion on account of bereavement,
more especially for those who, in the
ordinary course of nature, must prede.
cease us. Thousands of persons would
gladly cut short their mourning but fol
the tyranny of fashion, which arbi
trarily rules in this IS in 30 much be
sides.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
Ferocity of the Nihilists.
New York SUM-

The ~ferocity of the Russian Nihilists is
equaled only by the most degraded
Spanish and Italian assassins. The
crimes committed by the French Com
munists are acts of valor when COM
pared with the misdeeds of these crimi-
mails. The Communists fought openly,
and exposed their own lives on the bar
ricades and the forts, while the Nihilists
stab in the dark and from behind. 1t
would not be at all surprising to see,
one of these fine days, the Russian
peasants rise like one man throughout
the length and breadth of the whole
Empire and exterminate all the students,
professors, doctors, lawyers and other
educated men. The Russian peasant, as
well as the Russian soldier, is a truly
loyal brute. Both know it is in the
universities and schools that Nihilism is
bred, and they may easily make up their
minds to put a stop to this plague the
same way they once tried to put a STOP
to the cholera-to-wit, by numbering al
the medical men and chemists, whom
they suspected of spreading that disease
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
Topics for the Household.

HoRsE.RADIsH root cut lengthwise
and placed on top of pickles, will impart
a pleasant taste, and also prevent mold.
SULPHURIo acid rubbed on the edges
of bureau drawers will prevent their
swelling in damp weather.
CANDY. Three teacups of white
sugar, one and a half cups of sweet milk,
to dissolve it; boil till done and favor
with vanilla; stir until hard-splendid.
LEMON PIE.-The juice of one lemon,
one teacup of white sugar, one tea-cup
of water, one egg, enc teaspoonful. of
-four, two crusts, make one pie.
Nut CAKE.-One and one-haH cups
sugar, one-half cup butter, three cups
-four, one-half cup sweet milk, three
eggs, three teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der, n cup Of hickory nuts (chopped),
one teaspoonful vanilla.
THE economical and decorative tastes
of the time, which go hand in hand,
may take to themselves the approval of
the same kindly philosopher: "Nothing
would tend more to prevent destructive
luxury among the industrious class than
a taste for neatness and true elegance
in all the inferior details of domestic
life"
Do not remove the coverings from
plants that have been protected during
the winter when the first warm days
come. The most dangerous time is dur.
ing the alternate freezing and thawine
of the early spring. Let the coverings
remain on until all danger from cold il
past.
CAN any one point to a more worthy
ambition in life, more benignantly ex
pressed, than this sentence, found in
one of Count Rumford's essays: "What
I wish is that each class of society may
be made as comfortable as possible, an6
that all their domestic arrangement.
may be neat and elegant, and at the
same time, economical"
APPLE CUsTARD PIE.-Scald the mill
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
rms Ute Agreement.

The agreement of Secretary Schurz with the
Ute Indians ofColorado, subject to the ramifca-
tions of Congress, proposes to appropriate in
perpetuity $4,000 a year, as interest, at the
rate of4 per cent. per annum upon the amount
of 81 ,25o, 900, stipulated as the. consideration
for the REIMBURSEMENT of the Ute's reservation,
and also to continue to appropriate the present
annuity of $25 1000 per year, the $4,000 thus
provided for each year to be>divided among the
Utes pre- capita. The bill further proposes to
appropriate 81, 900 a year for distribution among
the most deserving of the Utes, and 81 ,Ooe per
annum to continue ouray's present annuity for
the term of thirteen years from the present
time. 1t is also proposed to appropriate
$3.50, 900 for the purchase Of agricultural imple-
ments, the erection of saw and grist mills, and
the construction of about 1000 houses for the
Utes in their new location. The other sections
Of the bill provide the necessary authority for
the allotment of lands to Indians in severalty,
and for the restoration of the great bulk of
their present reservation of the public domain.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18

and let 1t cool. Crate some sweet an
pies. Leave two-thirds of a cupful of
powdered siigar, four well beaten eggs.
one cupful of milk, one-fourth of a nut
meg. Line an earthen pie dish with a
rich crust and Jet it bake. Then fill
with the custard and let it bake for half
an hour. To be eaten cold.
Potato SALAD.-Take your potatoes,
not too large ones, and boil them;
potatoes that are mealy are not good;
when cold, cut in slices and pour the oil
on them, and let them stand awhile;
slice a third of an onion as fine as pos
sible, and mix with the potatoes; add
vinegar to taste; salt and pepper; the
addition of q Dutch herring makes a
herring salad.
Bostok BROWN BREAD.-Two cups
of Graham -four, two cups of corn
meal, one cup of New Orleans molas-
ses, three cups Of milk, on t~easpoonful
of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream tar
tar (sour milk is best, and if it is used
you need no cream of tartar.) Steam
five hours and bake half an hour.
Keep closely covered while steaming and
the water boiling all the time. This
makes a loaf large enough for ten
persons.
RAISED BROWN BREAD.-Get Graham
-four fresh from the mill in small guam
titles, as 1t soon moulds. Make your
sponge the night before, the same as for
white bread, using white -four; in the
morning divide it, using for the brown
one teaspoonful of salt and a scant cup
full OF sugar; use just enough Graham
hour'to get it together nicely, and nc
more; when light make into small loaves
and have pie-pans well buttered; grease
the top of the bread by putting it OF
the pan first, then turn The sides under
good and keep in a warm (not hot
place; when light bake. / bake twice {
week, white and brown at the same time
from the same sponge, and make it
point always to have good bread.
PERHAPS the greatest accomplishment
American families are learning is tn,
art OF living with neatness, elegance
and economy, decent and bonorabl,
trio. As for its delightfulness ask an,
housekeeper, married or single, VIII,
have the American Inheritance of clev
erness and taste tortheir fortunes, if an.
social success or excitement, polished
pursuit is more ~engrossing than tn
study of means and ends, of devisin,
the home 1sitting-room and window-gal
den, the new yentilators, or the ne,
style of dinners, of ordering limited in
comes till they admit all the e~ssentia
pleasures of good breeding and refine
ment. 1t is a study just beginning, an,
capable of such improvement as yet t
bring all the social graces and comfort
of fortuge within reach of families @
small meaps.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
summarized from the proceedings of the past week.

S~ENATE.-The bill relieving Pay D restor c W..
Abbott from liability for defalc ltion by bis SUBJ
ordinate was passed.....Mr Harris presented amem-
orial Of the Cotton Excharga, and fifty leading
firms of Memphis, praying that the mail service
may not be reduced, but maintained by proper APP
propriations, viz as to whether Their was or was
not a battle on August 20, 1862, at ur near Groveton,
and as to whether there was any force in front of
of Porter during that day. He stated that instead
and a small force of cavalry in front of him. The
number killed and wounded in the engagement of
s nnn 5Ssn S cssta IRON i nd az sl Stttle th t9oaaS the I ssSe
ator of New Jersey CMr. Randolphl tIi d to show
no battle took pace. he reviewed the evidence in
Logan hoped he had made a fair statement of the
evidence. He hopei that 1t proved that to Porter's
d~isloyalty to his commanding oficer-not, perhaps
to his Government, but that was just as bad-was
due the disasters of the 18th, which led TO the de-
feat of the 80th, in which we lost 20 1000 men and 40
large guns. In cole e ' !siO T.; Nj: Lean protested
crime, and doing dangerous preceds Mt; doing in
justice by postponing the promotion of worthy men,
and devoting public money to PURPOSES unsuthor-
lied by law.
HoUsE.-A bill introduced by Mr.. Crlrs'e fixing
the duties On the different grades of sugar was re-
ferred NH. Butterworth offered a res luton de-
claring that the agitation by Congress, of the ques-
ton OF reducing the internal rtvent e tax on dis
titled spirits Is net demanded by, pu' lie exigency
calling Oh the Secretary of War for Information
relative to the condition OF the harbor of Grand
Haven, Michlgan.....A bill was i'll reduced to
punish with death the crime of rape in the District
Of Columbia. ....A resolution was offered by Mr..
De La Matyr directing the Census Committee to
inquire into the advisability of taking census in
Alaska. Adopted ......O On molten of MI. Ryan the
Senate amendments to the House bill for the relief
Of certain settlers on the Usage Trust and Dimin-
ished Reserve lands in Kansas were concu, red in.
......Mr. Knott, Chairman OF the Judiciary Com
mittee, asked leave to report a resolution directing
the COMMITTEES to investigate the present system Of
fees, salaries and emoluments allowed officers
general of United States Courts, and ascertain
Whether any, and If SO, what abuses now exist, or
have existed, or may hereafter take place there
under, and report by bill or otherwise. Mr..
Conger objected, and some rather sharp words
passed between hin and the Speaker as to his right
to speak to his objection.
SENATE.-A memorial of the Trustees OF the Pea
body Educational Fund, recommending leeisla' ion
to ad in the education OF eolored children, was re-
ferred ......A concurrent resolution of the Indiana
Legislature asking an appropriation for the improve
ment of the mouth of Calcssius was presented. IL
was announced by Mr.. Thurman that as soon as the
Fitz John Porter Bill had been disposed of he would
call up the Geneva Award B1l..;,..The bill for the
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
The Habit Of Work.
TChicaqo Ledger.l

Few people take to work naturally,
and work for the pleasure of it; rel
of industry are required to perfect n
of work. In all industries, the skillful
and willing hand is the practiced hand.
Domestic labor is not exceptional; the
skillful worker is the habitual and prac-
tised worker. A great many mothers
shirk the task of training their daugh-
ters in domestic industries, hugging the
delusion to their hearts that when their
daughters are Obliged to. get under the
burden they will learn soon enough how
to bear it easily and gracefully. As
many daughters put off the evil day of
familiarity with Homework mi its homely
details, thinking, " there's time enough
to learn that when I have to- The re-
suit is when they set up housekeeping
for themselves a year or two or three or
a lifetime of wretched meals wretch
eddy prepared, a frightful dependence
on incompetent or dishonest servants,
and all the evils resulting from dyspep-
STA, defective nutrition and unnecessary
waste. The habit o. doing homework
should be formed in early girlhood.
Even a schoolgirl can have certain do
nestle tasks assigned to her. There is a
variety in the manifold tasks of the
housekeeper that furnishes Just the
change required for the growing girl,
and habits formed at this time Of life
are apt to be permanent. They may by
long disuse seem lost, but upon occasions
they will come back fresh and strong as
ever. When ice a girl has learned how
to perform sill the offices necessary fol-
her own physical health and comfort,
and fur that of the household of which
she is a member, she has a trade upon
which she can depend for a living, fol-
while the world stands there must always
be cooks, chambermaids, iaundresses
and seamstresses, and she holds in hel
own capabilities the guarantee of food
and shelter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
living ON Stops.

Investigation by the Grand Jury into the af-
fairs of the county asylum at Fort Wayne
develops the fact that paupers in that ~institu-
ton have been starved and tortured and beaten
in the most inhuman manner. The report
submitted by the Grand Jury says that the
inmates were fed on slops from the swiIl- bar
rels. The Superintendent, named Spike, will
doubtlessIy be removed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18

season when experienced gentlemen
prowl around the country, merchandise
ing in the interest of farmers, selling
patents, etc. 1t would be we'll for far
mers to give peddlers of this class a wide
berth, and make their purchases from
regular merchants.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
Forced Ascen.lon..

Sidney McFadden tcOlOred) expired at the
end ola rope at Washington, Ark, for murder
ing his wife by poison in November, 1879.
John Mayfeld tcOlored) bid the world farewell
at Florence, Ala, for the murder of lobe Ir.
vine in that place in November, 1873. Dan
Brigherly (coloredl swung off the mortal coil in
expiration of the crime of rape on a respectable
white woman in October last.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18

M. L. scudder, Esq, OF Chicago, is in re-
ceipt or the following letter from Secretary
Sherman respecting his candidacy for the
Presidency:
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1880.
MY DEAR SIR Your letter of the 7th inst,
in which yeu express your strong dissent to my
retiring from the Presidential race, is received.
I never for a moment contemplated such q
course, and the rumor you speak of was no
doubt promptly denied. The first public men,
ton of my candidacy was in the inference
drawn from my letter to Hon. Mr.. Haskin, of
New York, in which I stated what I would
seek to do in case of my nomination and cleo
ton. Since that time I have been considered
by the public as a candidate, and have so re-
garded myself, with the purpose neither to press
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
RAID brPri.on.u.

In Wheeling, W. Va, Saturday evening
about twenty prisoners confined in the Work.
house mutinied, and, attacking the guard, es-
capped from custody. During the attack several
of the prisoners were handling Frank Nc
Sherry, one of the guards pretty roughly, and
in self-defense he pulled a revolver and fred, the
ball missing his assailants and striking Patrick
Daley, a prisoner who was taking no part in
the fight, in the abdomen, and killing him
instantly. The attacking prisoners escaped
unhurt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-18
Re.iyinE The wayne.vire Traeedy.

Daniel R. Anderson, of waynesville, Ohio,
has been arrested upon the charge of commit
ting the appalling triple murder there on the
26th of1ast August, at which time his divorced
wife, Mrs. Hattie, her sister, Mrs. Weeks and
Myrtle Shaw, daughter of the latter lady,
fell victimes to the murderous Ratchet welded
by some deliberate demon in human guise.