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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
CATTLE FARMING.
ProgresS Made In Breeding, and q Cheer
full OOkOu for the Future.

frOEreAN ma0e In breeding. anu - ShecE-
full Lookout for the Future.
tBuenos Ayres Standard.l
Few can form an idea of the great in
crease in cattle breeding during the last
two years. Estancias are silently spread
ing out on all sides, especially in the
south, where a wave of progress has
been waited by scores of capitalists, who
now view the country more from a pro-
life yield of animals than the quotations
IN the Bolsa. Few years will pass when
the rodeos will stretch to the banks OF
the Rio Negro and to the foot of
the Andes the cattle of the province
will be driven along the roads paved
with the bones of animals over which
the Indians used to drive Chill troops of
fat "novillos." In this profitable traffic
the animals succumbed on the road, and
their archaeological remains testify to
the magnitude of the depredations on
our frontier estancias. Times have
changed and soon bona tide herds will
Craze in peace as they silently tread on
their aboriginal ancestors, whose bones
eloquently point to the aboriginal
state of affairs in the Province of Bue-
nos Ayres.
The prices at present paid for cattle
are unprecedented, and many wonder at
their ready acceptance, leaving out OF
account that cattle are cheap at $500 and
$4OO, when they can stock camps at
$75, 900 per league. The Buenos Ayres
market has seen the last of what was
formerly considered cheap cattle, and
soon the cheap prices for lands will fol-
low in the weke, and we will look back
with wonder at the rates on the Rio
Negro loan principal. Everything in
the country is growing, and above all
the cattle business, as can be proven by
a few figures.
The best barometer of the increasing
importance of cattle farming consists in
the value of blooded stock sold for
breeding purposes. If we look back as
late as 1876 the reader will not fail to
see that breeding was in its infancy, and
only in the hands of a few who could
risk and afford to lose several thousand
head of cattle by Indian depredations
and epidemics, arising from overstocked
camps. At that period, nevertheless,
the business yielded great profits, but it
was mainly in the hands of wealthy
capitalists. The Rio Negro expedition
and the final disappearance of the Indi-
ans allowed small capitalists to enter
the field, and we witness the first great
stride toward the development and i'm
provement of cattle breeding. The in
crease in the business during 1880 has
been still more important than that
which ensued in 1878, as the expedition
was successfully carried out. The in
crease of 1880 is superior to that of
every other year previous, in spite of the
revolution and its consequences. We
may look to still more important i'm.
provement at the end of 1881, and we
hope that by that time the new Office Of
statistics will be duly installed, and will
publish the necessary figures.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
HOUSEHOLD HELPS
IFrom the Detroit Free Press household

At the ConfectioDers
CocoANUr CARAMEns.-Two cups OF
grated c~ocoanut, one cup of sugar, two
tablespoonfuls of -four, the whites OF
three eggs beaten stiff bake on a but
tered paper in u quick oven
LEMON DRoPs.-Upon half a pound
of finely powdered sugar pour just
enough lemon Juice to dissolve it and
boil to the consistency of thick syrup;
drop this on plates and put in a warm
place to harden.
CHOCOLATE CARAME1s.-One cup OF
cup of sugar, half a cup of grated choc-
olate, a piece of butter the size OF a
walnut stir constantly, and let it boil
buttered plates and when it begins to
st1ffen mark it in squares, so that it will
break readily when cold.
CoooANUT CANpY.-Four cups of water,
two and a half cups fine white sugar,
four %spoonfuls of vinegar, o piece of
butter as large as an egg; boil till thick
about three-quarters OF an hour. Just
before removing. stir in one cup desic-
Gated ~cocoanut and lay in small fat cake.
on buttered plates to cool and harden.
Boston CARAMEns.-One pint bowl of
Bakers grated chocolate, two bowls of
yellow sugar, one bowl of New Orleans
molasses. one-half cup of milk, a piece
of butter the size of a small egg and
vanilla flavor boil about twenty-five
minutes this should not be SO brittle
as other candies. Pour in buttered tins
and mark deeply with a knife.
EUERToN TAFFY.-In a shallow vessel
melt together one pound of brown sugar
and one-quarter pound of butter; stir
together for fifteen minutes, or until the
mixture becomes brittle when dropped
m cold water. Lemon or vanilla flavor
ing should be added before the cooking
is complete. Butter a fiat plate and
pour the tafy upon it to cool. When
partly cold mark in squares with a
knife.
CnoconATE CREAM DROPS. Mix one
half cup of cream with two of Whit
sugar, boil and stir full five minutes /;
set the dish into another of cold water
and stir until it becomes hard. Then
make into small balls about the size OF
marbles and with a fork roll each one
separately in the chocolate, which has
in the meantime been put in a bowl over
the boiling tea kettle and melted put
on brown paper to cool flavor with
vanilla if desired. This amount makes
about fifty drops.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
Bad Grammer.

1t is said that people living in the con-
try universally use bad grammar. Now
we are not going to fly into a rage and
contradict this statement, if we do be-
long to the country and take a big meas
ure of pride in all that concerns her.
We are not going to gnash our teeth and
tear our hair and declare that we talk as
well as anybody, and that whoever says
we don't, the truth is not in him. In
deed, when we remember how entangled
we have often been among predicates
and subjects, relative pronouns, part1.
cipal and possessive adjectives, abverbial
phrases, modifying adjuncts, %co-ordina-
tive conjunctions, and simple declarative
and compound and complex sentences,
we are ready to confess that it is all true
the half has not been told. Country
people don't know how to talk, and what
is more, don't want to know. But if we
can't be grammatical may belt would be
best to be as grammatical as we can.
There is no hope to reform the old sim
ners !; we have walked in our INGRAM
NAUTICAL ways till any departure there
from would be like an expulsion from
Paradise; but let the children be taught
to talk. A former school teacher, now
a mother, looks back and regrets that
she did not teach the law of language
more effectively. She acknowledges hav-
ing taught the textbook with great
faithfulness for she loved the study, but
she allowed the errors of her pupils to
go uncorrected. She was afraid of
wounding their feelings, and didnot real
ize that to speak correctly is the most
important end to be attained in the study.
Now that she is a mother, she would be
glad for her children to have more thor
ough conversational drills at school than
she herself enforced when in the capacity
of a teacher. It is ever thus, when it is
too late we see the error of our ways.
IF teachers could see the Importance of
enforcing the correct construction of
sentences in youth, they could do much
toward correcting the bad grammar of
country children which they acquire
from the rough-and-tumble language of
home, and be potent agents in the puri-
fication of the spoken English language.
If the study of grammar is irksome to
them, and they cannot comprehend the
rules and application as readily as a ma
ture mind, they a be taught the prac-
teal part, and a more thorough under
standing of the why's and wherefores will
be unfolded to them in the ripening
years to come.-Cor: DoylestoWn (PG.)
LnteLiQencer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
WARMERS Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
Long Branch Cottages and Their Cost.

Commodore Garrison's cottage
rather, marine villa-cost $40, 900 Fab
nestock's, of the First National Bank,
New York, was bought for 1924, 600 nearly
two years ago, and has cost SIS, 600 since;
Childs' pretty blue cottage cost $1s, 600
originally now represents $25, 600.
Amos Cuttings, on Senator Jones' old
lot, cost $35, 900 Moses Taylor's cost
$40, 600, and adding his son-in-law Win
throp's and the two lawns, stands for
$125, 600. This is one of the Boston
Wnthrop's. George M. Pullman's cot
tage and double lawns, on both sides of
the drive, represents $67, 500. Murphy's
cottage and grounds, also double, cost
in flush times, $40, 900 ; the stable cost
$4,000, and the billiard hall $40, 900;
The numerous small cottages around the
Elberon Hotel cost in dull years 81, $50
to 81, 900 apiece. Judge Hilton's pur-
chase south of the Elberon Hotel, 35Ofeet
by 800 feet, cost him recently $50, 900,
or 800 per front foot. He bought it of
V. Newcombe, who made S., 600 by the
operation. Hilton has also got 600 feet
across the road on both sides, bringing
his purchase up to $65 900. 1t is guessed
he designs to build some time a hotel
here.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
At the Saratoga Club. House,

The Saratoga Clubhouse still is, as it
has been for some years, the finest
gambling-housein America. 1t has added
several new cottages, where gentlemen
may rent rooms andeat at the Clubhouse
restaurant. The public gambling-room
is so crowded every night that it is al
most impossible to find a place at m Of
the tables. The rush of business is sug-
gestive, as habitues of the place say, Of
the old time "befoah the wah." Roulette
is the favorite game. Two roulette
tables occupy one side of the long room,
and they always have the largest crowd.
at one end are a faro-table, and a table
for hazard, or some game played with
dice. At the other end is q rouge-et-
noir table, which is little patronized,
the chances, so the players say, being
too largely in favor of the table. Back
of the gaming-room is the restaurant.
The "dealers" at the different tables
look so bland and innocent n would
think the finest quality of ole~omargarine
would not melt in their mouths. ] saw
one man sit down at the r~ouge-et-noir
table last evening and buy $40 worth of
"chips." He played the simplest form
of the game, betting on the red and
black. When he bet on the red, if a
red card turned up, he won if a black
card, he lost. He asked the dealer to
turn q card, at the beginning, to show
him which color he should play. The
dealer turned up q red card, and the
player laid a dollar "chip" On the red
spot. Another red card came up. He
doubled the stake, and out came another
red card. He increased the bet every
time, sticking to the red, and nine times
in succession a red card came out, and
he won. He only won 500, because he
was playing a small game. If he had
been playing as heavily as some of the
gamesters he would have won thousands
of dollars -Sdrdtoga Letter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
Brother Gardner on Sympathy.

cam dis a sympathetic kentry, or I'M
we a race of inconsistents? asked the
old man as he slowly unfolded his legs
and stood erect. "As soon as q MUIR
derer am sentenced to be hung a sheer
of de public begin to weep an shuttle an
wipe DER eyes an petishun fur his par
don, entirely forgittin' de widder an
chillen of de victim. What do you call
dat Grant had two terms, a big salary
an a good show, an while 10, 600 orfuns
in America wanted bread public SYM
pathy' raised q quarter of q millyon of
dollars fur a man already rollin' in
wealth? What do you call dat? A
gineral who neber won a battle am pre-
sented wild 50, 900 WORT of silver-war'
frew public sympathy, while 1000 pri-
vate sojers, manned and wounded fur
life, have to fight de hull kentry fur
a paltry penshun? What do you call
dat ? A good husband an a kind father
am killed cherry hour in de day in dis
kentry, an a man woald-haEe- a hard
DAVIS work to collect a fund of two dol
lars to help bury him. IF Vanderbilt or
Gould war to be smashed up tomorrow
somebody would suggest a testimonial of
a millyon dollars. If twenty honest but
poor men war smashed up mex day it
would be nip an tuck to raise a fund
large huff to pay for de collins. We
am fust Mortified at a murder, an den
turn aroun' an weep ober de murderer.
We sem men to prison to punish 'em, an
de Judge an jury turn aroun' an sign a
petishnn for pardon. We make laws one
day an seek to upset 'em de mex. De
man who commits a great crime to-
day am spoken of as a fren' tomorrer.
After sleepin' on it one night we call him
a lunatic an fin excuses for him. Pub
lie sympathy has abolished the gallus'
an yet it will suffer woman and children
to starve an freeze to death. Men rob
our banks an am pursued, not to be
punished, but to be given a commission
on DER ~stealings. Public sympathy, as
1 see it, am a sort O. jar filled wild but
>termilk, bones, hash, buttons, scrap
iron, beer-slops an wilted bouquets. ]
doan' want any of it. If l break de law
1 want de penalty enforced. If I meet
wild misfortune l want to borry instead
of beg. If I die L want nc eulogies on
my varchues or criticisms on my failins." "
Fl ee Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
The Habit of Nieknaming.

Among the scholars at Christ Church
School was the son of a poor clergyman,
who rejoiced in the name of Simon
Jennings. He was of such a dismal and
gloomy a nature that he had been nick
named yhis companions Pontius PLATE.
One morning he went up to DIR. Bowyer
and said, in his usual whispering man.
ner, "Please, DIR. Bowyer, the boys all
call me Pontius Plate" If there was
n thing old Bowyer hated more than a
false quantity of Greek and Latin. it
was the habit of nicknaming. Rushing
down among the scholars, from his pc
destal of state, with cane in hand, he
cried, "Listen, boys: The next time l
hear any of you say Pontius PLATE, I'll.
cane you as long as this cane will last.
You are to say Simon Jennings, and not
Pontius PLATE" The next day when
the same class was reciting the Cata-
chism, a boy of a remarkably dull and
literary turn of mind had to repeat the
creed. He had got as far as suffered
under" and was about popping out the
nextword, when Bowyer's prohibition un-
luckily flashed upon his obtuse mind.
After moments hesitation, he blundered
out, "sufered under Simon Jennings;
auas cruci-" The rest Of the word was
never uttered, for Bowyer had already
rushed upon him, and when he had dis
| charged his cane storm upon him, he
cried: "What do you mean, you BOBBY
by such blasphemy The simple
minded youth said "Ionly did as you
told me-" "Did as.I told you," roared
old Bowyer, now wound up to something
above the boiling point. "What dc
you mean ?" "You said we were always
to call Pontius PLATE Simon Jennings
didn't he, Sam ?" appealed the unfortu:
nate cuiprit to Coleridge, who was next
to him. The great poet, that was to be,
said naught but old Bowyer, who saw
what a fool he had to deal with, cried
somewhat unadvisedly, perhaps: "Boy
you are a fool ! where are your brains ?
Poor DIR. Bowyer was for a second time
foored, for the boy said, with an earn
estness which proved its truth, but tx
the intense horror of the learned poten
tate, "In my stomach, sir" Coleridge
in his quiet style, used to add, when re
lating the story "That is not the onl,,
instance I have known of matter tri
umphing over mind, stomach over brain
stupid boy over Bowyer."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
Booths Body.

The Washington correspondent OF b
Buffalo Commercial writes at was
only after some patient inquiry that /
could ascertain the facts, which are in
teresting end, as far as I know, are yet
unpublished. Booth, the murderer of
Abraham Lincoln, died as will be re-
membered, in a barn in Maryland, from
a wound received from the musket of
Boston Corbett. The body was brought
to Washington, and, after having been
identified by the court martial before
which his fellow conspirators were tried,
was dissected by the surgeon-general OF
the army. The brain and heart and
some parts of the body were preserved
in alcohol and are now on exhibition in
the medical museum of the surgeon
generals office. The building in which
the assassination occurred was Ford's
theater. The government confiscated it,
but afterward Ford was paid its full
value, and has since been used as the
headquarters of the medical corps of the
army. The brain and heart Of Booth
are in jars, standing in a case that is
situated very near the actual scene Of
the assassination. After the surgeons
had done with Booths body it was buried
LII grave III buc drocuhl SIOullub. On1J
half a dozen persons knew the exaci
spot, which was unmarked. In 1861
Edwin Booth, the actor, sent Mr.
Weaver, the sexton of Christ Church
Baltimore, to Washington, with the re
quest that the remains of his brothel
might be taken up and removed to tn
family burial place. After some delay
the request was granted by Presiden
johnson, who was finally appealed to
and Mr.. Weaver took the body to tn
cemetery in Baltimore, and buried it he
side the elder Booth and others of tn
family. The removal was conducte'
with great secrecy and was ~conceale'
from Secretary Stanton, who had refuses
to give his consent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
A Natural Mistake.

Squire McGlIl had occasion to go to
Cortland, and while there he went into
a grocery and purchased a dozen lemons,
making the remark to the lady clerk
that he guessed he'd have some lemon
ade when he got home.
"Don't you want a squeezer? ?" she
asked.
"Marm ?"
"Won't you have a squeeze, sir?"
"Well, marin, eff I wus a young man
I would. But I've been married nigh
onto thirty years, and the old lady is
dref1e. sot agin huggin' out O. the
family"
An explanation was made, and the
squire bought a squeezer to settle it,
Ecchange.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

A NEW industry is proposed for the
Western sage-brush lands, which are
now useless and worthless. The Idaho
Statesman advises that they be planted
with sun-flowers, which it says will
grow wherever the sage-brush will, with
out cultivation, and spread rapidly. The
seeds yield a valuable oil, the refuse is
excellent food for stock, the stalks can
be used for fuel and the growing plant
is a corrective for malaria.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

The following story is placidly told by
an exchange: Gin Maryland a black
snake has been racing a railway train
and beating it. This does pretty well,
but it further appears that the race was
through a rock cut, that the snake ran
entirely on the iron rail, and that at the
cut it darted off to one side and died on
the spot, and that examination-how
made does not appear-showed that the
heat of the rail had burned it to death"
The author of that yarn evidently has
natural talent as a liar, but he's fresh
yet. He needs practice to acquire style.
Boston Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
RESCUED FROM DEATH.

William ]. ~Coughlin, of somerville, Mass, says: SIN
the fall of 1876 1 was taken with BLEEDING OF THE LUNGS,
followed by a severe cough. I lost my appetite and
flesh, and was confined to my bed. In 1877 1 was ad-
mitted to the hospital. The doctors said I had a hole in
my lung as big as q half dollar. At one time a report
went around that I was dead. I gave up hope, but a
friend told me of DR.. WILLIAM HALL. BALSAM
FOR THE LUNGS. Igot a bottle, when, to my surprise,
1 commenced to feel better, and to-day 1 feel better than
for three years past. 1 write this hoping every one At,
hicted with Diseased Lungs will take DIR. WILLIAM
HALLS BALSAM, and be convinced that CONSUME
TION CAN BE CURED. 1 can positively say it has done
more good than all the other medicines 1 have taken
ince my sickness"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
A Kitten Freak in Georgia.

A most wonderful freak of nature and
living curiosity may be seen at the home
of Mr.. Dennis Brosnan, in this city.
The family cat gave birth to four kittens
which are all joined together, Siamese
twin fashion. Each kitten is perfectly
formed, but they stand abreast, and are
joined together by a substantial artery
or a double skin extending from the side
of one to the other. There are two
males and two females in this wonderful
family of kittens, and they are as lively
as kittens of their age ear be. Won't
it be fun when they get large enough for
business and try to dive into the same
rat hole!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
Imitation Diamonds,

Ike newest thing in imitation dia-
monds is the diamond shirt stud. It
consists of a miniature carbon burner,
and a copper wire runs from the back of
the burner, under the shirt, around the
body to the pistol pocket, where a small
canister of stored electricity is kept.
The diamond is as large as a hickory nut,
and shines so it can be seen two blocks
off. These are worn by lessees of sum-
mer resort hotels, gamblers and editors.
The only danger is that the canister of
stored electricity may explode and blow
the hind sights off Of a fellow.-Peck's
sam
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostratlon
and all forms Of general debility relieved by
taking MENsMAN's PEPToNIzED BEEF Tonic, the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-mak-
ing, force-generating and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the result of exhaustion, nervous pros
~tration, overwork, or acute disease, particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
world OF Good.

One of the most popular medicines now be-
fore the American public, is Hop Bitters. You
see it everywhere. People take it with good
effect. 1t builds them up. 1t is not as pleas
not a whisky drink. 1t is more like the old
fashioned bone set tea that has done q world Of
good. If you don't feel just right try Hop
Bitters.-Nundd Ne1os.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
Again.

1 saw so much said about the merits of Hop
Bitters, and my wife who was always doctoring,
and never well, leased me so urgently to get her
some, I concluded to be h~umbugged again and
I am glad I did, for in less than two months
use of the Bitters my wife was cured and she
has remained so for eighteen months since. 1
like such humbugging.-H. T., st. Paul.-Pio-
neer Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

TRAvELIER-"How do you brokers
manage to undersell the railroad COM
panies?" Scalper-"Vell you see We
don't got so much expenses. Dose rail
road fellers hat to keep up the rollin'
stock an pay re hands. We don't. 1t s
all clear profit wit US !'-New York
G1nphic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

]. F. DAVIS, of Portsmouth, Ohio, sold in
one wear fourteen thousand boxes OF sellers
Liver Pills" They cure malaria.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

"FEMA1E complaints" are the result Of i'm
pure blood. Use "Dr. Lindsey's Blood
Searcher." Sure cure.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

ALL cautions mothers should keep Kidney
Wort in the house to use for themselves and
their children.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

THOUSANDS testify to the curative properties
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in
all female complaints.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

Bed-Bugs, Reaches,
rats, cats, mice; ants; flies, insects, cleared out
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

Too much corn whisky makes the
voice husky.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

facilitating sleep Habits arrested =. once.
IL Enclose 3-cent stamp to i Prof. ". d. Van Gloyne,
(Secretary) 1877 East Twenty-third street, New York.