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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
A Business Girl.

The women who are considering the
advantage of adding to their incomes by
undertaking the culture of silk, the ex-
perience of Miss Nellie Rossiter, of
Philadelphia, who last year received the
Pennsylvania Agricultural Society's di-
ploma for her success in this industry,
will be of interest. Miss Rossiter, who
Is only fourteen years old, thus describes
her work: When I first started / had
about 200 worms, which procured Of
friend of my father in few days I
shall probably possess 100, ,000 / have
made $500 this year, and hope to treble
that sum IN the next twelve months.
It requires careful Watching to keep the
worms In good health. They require
constant feeding, and somehow they al
ways need attention at o'clock in the
morning. They Will only eat mulberry
or Usage orange leaves. I have permit
10 Eick those leaves in the park. When
I cannot procure q sufficient amount of
foliage to feed all the worms / expect to
be matched, / freeze as many thousand
eggs as cannot provide for at the time.
Eggs thus frozen will hvefor two months,
and on being restored 10 heated room
readily hatch. On the other hand, the
worras die unless always In tempera-
ture of 10 to 70 degrees. This morning
I sold 10, 800 eggs, fired on card like
this (showing a card covered with little
globules the size of pinheads), for 81 Is.
Had I kept them for another fortnight
could have sold the little worms for 7s
cents q hundred, but then I have thou
sands and thousands of eggs. I have
offered and have received permission tx
give instruction in silk-worm culture a
one or two orphan asylums in the city
and as you see by the framed letters il
the parlor, President Garfield, Gen
Grant and ex-Vice President Wheele
are subscribers to the little book I hav
pubiished ON Silk and the Silk-Worm, il
which I give all necessary information
-Netv York Tribune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
Ar,xausas Butcisery.

Two men named Folsom and Hobbs, In Scott
County, Ark, after losing all their money BY
gambling with q country store keeper named
Stewart, returned in the night and woke Stew
art, demanding whisky. While he was draw
ing it they shot him dead, and then dragging
him into the road, put six more balls into him.
Billy Messingale, visitor, who arrived on the
scene just in time to see what had occurred,
returned to the house and was telling Stewards
wife, when one of the men stepped up. and
with an oath shot him in the back Of the head,
the ball passing through the head and out the
mouth, killing him instantly. The men then
departed
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

General Hazen has caused a further charge
to be placed against Capt. Howgate, the de-
faulting Signal Service officer, of an additional
embezzlement of $50, OO0. The detectives found
vouchers for the payment of. supplies in large
sums furnished by parties in New York. These
parties positively disclaim all knowledge of the
transactions, making affidavit that the supplies
in question were never furnished by them, and
that no such money had been received from
the disbursing officer of the Signal Corps
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
Good for Fob.

Peoria Qllinois) dispatch says the will Of
the late Captain Hall devises to the wife of
the noted humorist, Bob Burdette, one-seventh
of the estate of the deceased, who was her
grandfather. The property is now worth some
thing like 1000, but as it is not to be divided
until 1889, and meantime is to be sold and the
proceeds invested, it will probably be much
more when the several shares are set off.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
DEACON DAY AND THE HIGHWAY
COW.
By EUGENE J. HALL.

IT,. -,r - ...,. ,,
There's slwus sumpthin' to cross our way,
An sech wus the lot O. old D aeon Day;
He he'd his triais-pli tell You how
he Wus tempted an uled Dy nlgnNay cow
Inc hue O her hide was dusky brown;
Her body wus lean, an her neck Jus shmi
She wus sharp o. sight, an wus long O. llmD,
With a peaked nose, an short stump-taii
An ribs like the hoops on homemade pail.
Many day he'd she passed In pound
Fur meanly helpin' herself 10 corn.
He'd been transfixed by her crumpled horn,
MANY tea -rot an old old tin-pail
He'd the farm BOYS tied to her stumpy tail.
Old Deacon Day was pious man,
A frugal farmer, upright an plain;
To drive her out o. his growin' grain.
Sharp were the pranks that she used to play
To git her fill and to git away.
He used to sit on the sabbath-day
With his open Bible upon his knee,
In the Better Land that he Ionged to see
When distant beller, borne thro the air,
"0u'o Or'ns MIN 0AeA 10 'n'' "0''o caro-
When the Deacon went to his church in town,
She watched an waited till he went by
And am evil gleam In each angry eve.
He would crack his whip, an would holler,
"WhayI"
Ez he drove along in his "one-horse shay"
Then Mt his homestead she loved to call,
Nimbly scalin' his garden wall,
HeIpin' herself to his standin' corn,
Eatin' his cabbages one by one
Scamperin' home when her meal was done
ofen the Deacon homeward came,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
Military at Yorktown.

Communications are constantly being re
ceived by the Yorktown Centennial Commission
from military organizations, making inquirieI
about transportation or announcing their in
tention of participating in the ceremony.
Among the organizations which have recently
signifed their intention of participating, are i:
The Mayors Guard, of st. Louis, which took
part in the Inauguration parade company
from Oarksyille, Arkansas, and the First Bat
talon of the Virginia Militia, comprising three
batteries of artillery. The expected COM
pletion of the C. d o. Railroad branch to York
town, removes the annoying difficulties regard
ing the wharfage facilities at that point
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
The Pre.idenr. Suffering.

President Garfield is evidently a great suf-
ferer. With two great holes in his back,
lanced gland that is freely emitting pus, and
other glands about the body swollen and de-
manding the lance, stomach given to nausea
and consequent irritation, long confinement
without change Of scenery-all these affiic-
tions are almost too much for human endur-
ance. 1t is little wonder that the President at
times Is delirious. That his life is spared thus
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

A SHEFFIELD England) firm are max
ing steel-faced plates, by process not
yet divulged, which are apparently de-
stined to work revolution in the matter
of armor for ships of war. The iron
plates hitherto used have had to be of
enormous thickness to Withstand the i'm
pact from the heavy shots used, and the
ships have, therefore, been of unwieldly
size to bear the weight, while the armor,
even if it stopped the proiectile, has in,
variably been cracked and split in all
directions. Experiments recently made
on behalf of the English Government,
and by the French as well, show that
the new steel plates not only shatter the
projectile itself, but show no wounds be-
yond the dents caused by the collision.
The French ships of war now being
built will, therefore, be protected by the
new armor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
A Simple Cholera Cure.

cit is sin," said the late Rev. DIR.
William Tracy, who spent the whole of
his adult life as missionary i'll India, and
who had experience of many hundreds
of cases of cholera, "for anyone to die
of cholera. If at the first premonitory
symptoms he lies down at once and sub
mits to treatment the principal part of
which consists of patient and persistent
rubbing of the abdomen, to be kept up
even after apparent collapse has occur
red, he is certain to recover. ."-.Pittsburg
Leader.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
Hydrophobia from a Panther Bite.

Dora Frazer, a negro woman, while going for
a bucket of water, near Hutchins Texas,
short time ago. was bitten on the head and
neck by a panther, which leaped on her from
large oak tree. She has just died in East Dali
las, having gone there for medical treatment.
The strangest thing about her death was that
fine had all<the symptoms of hydrophobia.
She screamed and clawed at the sight of water,
srothed at the mouth, and died in great agony.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
Anaehe Horrors.

Not less than twenty-five settlers have been
killed fifteen miles north of Mutt Station within
ten days, by Mescalero Apache Indians, now
moving south in Chihuahua. They crossed the
Southern Pacific Railroad fourteen miles east
of Gage, about seventy-five strong. Ahundred
soldiers and fifty Indian scouts struck the trail
and are in close pursuit. Regular trains are
again running, but slowly, as the tt ack is much
damaged.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

The New York World, commenting upon the
sad and mysterious death of Jennie Cramer, at
New Haven, says that she spent the night at
the Malley mansion. Wine had been prepared
(drugged) foF her with view to consummating
her ruin; that the wine failing to have the
desired effect, her despoilers used chloroform,
and being intoxicated, used it to excess that
death ensued, and finding corpse ON their
hands, to rid themselves of the appearance Of
murder, they took her body and threw it into
the water.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
The Little Dory city of Bath.

The little dory City of Bath arrived at Fal-
mouth from Newfoundland on the 25th inst,
and at once departed for Hamburg, from which
point its reckless crew-two in number-will
attempt to recross the Atlantic. They capsized
when a few days out from Newfoundland and
lost nearly all their provisions, and came nearly
perishing. On account of the waves constantly
washing over them, they stated that they did
not have on dry clothes from the time they left
here until they arrived at Falmouth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
The Last Ray OF Hope.

On the 25th inst. the evidence of blood
poisoning in the Presidents case was so mani
fest, and the progress of the disease So
virulent that even the physicians gave up all
hope !; but Mrs. Garfield, clinging fondly to the
last ray of hope, would not give up. 81 still
have hope, still have hope" she repeated,
hoping against hope. Brave woman, standing
firmly with naught but utter despair staring
her in the face, burden of grief too great for
her frail body to bear.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
FooIish Hot Heads.

In Cook County, Texas, BENZ. Blanton,
e1-Sherif of the county, and desperate man,
quarrelled with James Todd, who had adappeared
in law suit as q witness against him, insulting
him in most outrageous manner. They sep
arated, each vowing to meet the other for a
final settlement. They subsequently met, both
drew weapons and fred. Todd was shot through
the heart and in the breast, and Blanton's
head was blown off. Both men were lying dead
when discovered
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
The Harvests OF the World.

A volume of reports on the harvest of diff
ferent countries throughout the world, brought
out annually, is now issued The reports Of
the wheat crop in France are this year, from
over a large area, an indication of better crop
than last year. This years barley is not SO
good as in 1880, but it is fairly good. Maize
is very ordinary, oats and rye fair. On the
whole the crops are not up to those of last
year, but wheat is not much below the average.
None of the crops will be very bad, but
none will be very good. The crops in
Great Britain are described rs follows:
Wheat 10 per cent. below the average, and
likely to realize only 10, ,0O0, 900 quarters. Bar
ley 10 per cent, above an average, and oats 40
per cent. below the average. The year is one
in which farmers are not likely to recoup them
selves for the loss during the past five years.
In Austria and Hungary crops are good all
round. Wheat and barley are both above the
average. Rye is very much, and oats slighty
under the average. The reports from Italy
agree that the crops are of medium quality,
and much below the abundance Of those of
1880. In the Turkish provinces on the Danube
the wheat harvest will be medium. Rye good
and abundant. Barley good, as regards quan
tity, but bad in quality. Oats very much above
the average. ALI the reports from Russia
agree that barley is the best crop Of the
year, doubling that of 1880 in quantity,
but not 80 plump and weighty. Rye is
is abundant. Wheat is good throughout
Germany. Winter and spring sowings in
marked contrast, the former yielding good
and the latter very defective crops. Oats are
very good. Barley is thin. None Of the crops
are of an average. In the Prussian States the
crops are fair. The Swiss wheat crop is very
poor in quantity, owing to the drouth, but in
quality it is very fine. Oats and barley ara
good in quantity and quality, but there is q
small area sown of the latter. Belgian wheat
is far below the average. Barley is good. Rye
and oats are fair. All the crops in Spain are
bad. ALI cereals in Holland are in good condi-
ton. All the reports from the United States
agree that the yield will be under the average.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
SACRED R,eht. Inrrinreh.

The city authorities of Chicago have UNDER
taken to force the peanut, fruit and candy
stands from the corners of the streets, and all
Italy, SO far as the population in that city is
concerned, is up in arms against the movement.
1t does beat all how heartless the powers some
times are. Now, what are these poor Italians
TO do for living2 They can't work, dare not
steal, and-it's down right dirty shame.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
Parnen Issue. . nIanife.to.

Parnelrs manifesto to electors at North Dur
ham is most violent. 1t entirely ignores the
Land Act, and declares it impossible for the
Irish party to enter into alliance with any sec
tion which allows itself to be used in support
of the Coercionist Ministry who banished per-
sonal liberty from Ireland and reduced it to
worse condition than that of Russia, under the
third section.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
L,ehtu,uu,s strauee Work.

Near Fulton, Illinois, during heavy thunder
storm, Mr.. and Mrs. h. Temple were killed by
lightning. They had risen on account of the
violence of the storm, and were Just retiring,
or had retired, when they were struck by the
bolt. An infant between them was uninjured !;
four other children, sleeping in the same room,
were uninjured also,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

Agent Llewellyn, at Mescalera Agency, New
Mexico, says half the reports sent out detailing
Indian massacres are infamous lies. Every
thing is quiet there. He also says that the
depredations committed are generally the work
of rowing Indians and lawless white men.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
Ohio's Full OF 'en.

Louis L. Hyde, of Ashtabula, Ohio, pre-
sented himself at the White House, a few days
ago as messenger to Mrs. Garfield of peace
and good will. He was taken in charge by the
authorities, and conveyed to Police Headquar-
ters, where he was pronounced "crsnk" of a
mild type, and, not being considered dam
gerous, was subsequently shipped home.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
Ravare. or Cholera In Siam.

Advices from Bangkok, Siam, says: "Asiatic
cholera is raging. 1t is variously estimated
that from one hundred TO three hundred ma
tives are dying daily. Very few foreigners
have died, but several have fed to Singapore
and Hong Kong. Every one feels as though
he we're living in o graveyard"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

A MAN in Dresden has discovered new
lubricant for shafts, which he claims is
superior to the best oil. It is made by
mixing the whites of eggs with the finest
graphite powder, until of the form of
dough. The mixture is then boiled in
water until the whole is coagulated,
when it is reduced to powder.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

The pork packing establishment of John Q.
Hately, Chicago, was last week destroyed by
fire. Considerable pork was in the house at
the time, making the entire loss between $780,
600 and o., 200, 900, on which there is an insur-
ance of $4,000
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
BoiIer Explosion.

The explosion of o portable boiler at Bay
City, Michigan, killed James Kelley, the man
ager, and William J. Abrams, the engineer,
and injured two others.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
The Mr.. Garfield Fund.

Thus far S156, 757.65 has been subscribed to
the Mrs. Garfield Fund. The United States
Trust Company, who has the fund in charge,
bought United States 4-per cent. registered
bonds of the value of $125, 900, for which was
paid S145 2s1.25, on which the interest is $5 900
Y,er annum
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
The ERtct OF Raln.

The continuous rains throughout England
and Ireland has caused the price Of wheat to
considerably advance in the English market.
It advanced four cents at Liverpool on the 26th
of August.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

An Ohio joke: A young man in this
city, short time ago, proposed to Ia
dy several years his senior, and for an
swer she said: 81 guess I don't want to
take a boy to raise |" The young manis
now raising mustache. Youngstown
(Ohio) NesUs,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
AFaI,e Prophet in soudan.

cablegram from Cairo, Egypt, says that in
Soudan an affray occurred between the popu-
lation and soldiery, caused by the preaching Of
false prophet One hundred and twenty
Egyptian soldiers were killed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
nea,. orWe.tmin.ter.

1t is said that the Rev. George Granville
Bradley, N. A., Master of University College,
Oxford, and for some time Honorary Chaplain
to the Queen, has accepted the Deanery of
Westminster.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

The report that the Cin'rinnati hotels will
raise in their rates during the Exposition is
publicly denied by the leading hotel propri-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

The Norwegian bark Bellona, now in quar-
antine at New York, had four of its passengers
to die from yellow fever. Nearly every one
aboard was afflicted with the disease.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

WHAT a pity flowers can utter no
sound A singing rose, a whispering
violet, murmuring honeysuckle-oh,
what rare and exquisite miracle would
these be,-Beecher,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
soldiers and sailor.' Reunion.

The soldiers and sailors held a reunion at
Portland, Me-. August 25, at which there were
fully $4,000 visitors. A sham battle between
the Americans and their French allies and the
British was an important feature of the cele-
bration.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

A movement is on foot having for its object
the appointment of Prof. Vennor, the weather
prophet, to upersede General Hazen as Chief
of the Signal Service.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

The Mexican Government will appoint
Commission to design basis for a new COM
mercial treaty with the United States, Italy and
Belgium.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

The Massachusetts, Greenbackers, in State
Convention, repudiated the two old parties,
monopolies, national banks, railroads, etc.,
and declared that suffrage is the right of all
citizens without regard to race, color, sexes or
taxes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

Great apprehension is felt for the harvests
in England and Ireland. 1t has been raining
80 continuously in those countries that the cut
crops can not be garnered, and the consequence
is, the grain is sprouting in the fields. All root
crops particularly potatoes, are taking q second
growth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

Arrangements for the removal of the Uncom-
pahgre Utes to their new reservation in Utah
has been perfected and the removal of the In
dams began on the 25th, inst.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
Another Surgical Operation Upon the
President,

The swelling of the parotid gland ("the
salivary gland situated nearest the ear, which
pours its secretion into the mouth during
mastication y the surgeons found it necessary
to lance to release the accumulating pus, and
on the Oath inst. an incision a half inch in
length and a half inch deep was made. The
Inconvenience from the lancing was slight, but
the relief obtained was considerable.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
nan. K,nr Get. ,he Plum.

A political conference at Jackson, Mississippi,
of Greenbackers, Republicans, and Independ-
ents, nominated Ben. King, of Copiah County,
for Governor, by reclamation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
EATON. OHIO. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER

long can only be accounted for in the fact thas
he is possessed of wonderful mental and
physical constitution, and should he recover,
he win as much owe his life to that fact - 10
his physicians.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

Advices from Tunis state that the heat is
axcessive and that the hospital at Goletta and
Mynouba are crowded with SICK soldiers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
Rest Pacing On Record.

Little Brow jug at Hartford, the other day,
lowered the pacing record of Sleepy Tom by
half second, pacing three consecutive heats
in 2:11s<, 2:11s1 and 2:121S respectively.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
AH,.ha,a.. renoble Act.

A dog named Mansfield in New York, in
spirit of anger, threw his wife into the
street from thirS-story window, injuring her
mortally.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

WHnE an ancient Greek poet felt
good he used to say, "I feel as lovely as
q new blown nose r. Nothing like the
severely classic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
SAVED in TIME.

"Charity, kind sir! Ny poor children
are starvingp
The speaker was a thinly-clad woman,
who shivered in the wintry blast, for it
was January, and the keen flosty air
penetrated even the warm garments of
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

Alaska proposes to elect delegate to Con-
gress and ask for Territorial form of Govern
ment to be set up in that part of the United
States
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

Henry NJ Stanley, the explorer, is reported
IS lying dangerously i'll at the mouth of the
Congo River EE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Trade Pieki,ax up.
rhe Fa.s Fezr,nIe.

Wholesale dealers report that the fan trade
is setting in hiskly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
Unnpp reriable Author.hip.


An effort is being made by some one to pub
lish the life OF Charles j. Guiteau. Surely
the less of this thing the better.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
ELECTION I'm Co ba.
The Rcport D ented.

TIE elections in Cuba, for members to the
Spanish Cortes, resulted m the return Of 3
majority of Conservative candidates.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
Stanley III.

A fire aA Evansville, Indiana, last week, de-
stroyed property to the value of $500, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

THE Thousand Islands" number
1854 by actual count, .
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01

The only amaranth flower on earth is
virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
-Copper.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
n CrmndIan DcfhuIter 8 Abscona..

A. J. Whltton, head OF the weights and
Measures Department of Montreal, has become
heavy DEF Aulter and absconded to the United
States.