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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
He Outprayed EN-.

At Atchison, Kas., the ome crusa-
ders visited a Gquor-saloon, and tried by
praying to induce the proprietor of the
saloon to close his place. The proprietor
invited the ladies to seats, and asked
them to pray, and then offered himself
the following prayer:
almighty Creator in heavenl Thou
who hast made the heaven and earth,
and created man in Thine own image as
ruler of this earth! Whilst animals are
living on grass and water, Thou didst
teach Thy servant Noah to make wine,
and thou didst not punish him for max
ing Incorporate use of it. At the we'd
ding of Cana, Thine only Son, Jesus
Christ, transformed water into wine when
the juice of the grape was exhausted,
that the enjoyment of the guests might
not be disturbed. The great reformer,
Martin Luther, said: "He who does
not love wine, woman and song, remains
a fool all his life long" And all the
great men upon this earth have been
drinking of the wine Thou hast given Thy
children upon this earth. Oh Lord! we
pray Thee, have pity upon these women
here who are not grateful for Thy gifts,
who want to make Thy children like the
beasts of the field and to compel them to
drink water like an OK, while they dress
extravagantly and lead their husbands by
other extravagances not tending to our
well-being, to bankruptcy, depriving
them of all pleasures of this world, yea
driving them to suicide.
so Lord! have mercy upon these la
dies; look upon them; they wear not even
the color of the face which Thou hast
given them, but they are shining against
Thee, and, not content with nature,
paint their faces. o Lord! Thou canst
also perceive that their figure is not as
Thou hest made it; but they wear humps
upon their backs like camels; Thou seest,
o Lord, that their head-dress consists of
false hair, and when they open their
mouths Thou seest their false teeth. o
Lord! these women want men who will
patiently accept all this without using
the power Thou hast given to man that
all women shall be subject to man. They
will not pear the burdens of married life,
and obey Thy commands to multiply and
replenish the earth, but they are too
lazy to raise their children; and o Lordi
Thou knowest the crimes they commit, o
Lord! have mercy upon them and take
them back unto Thy bosom, take folly
out of their hearts, give them common
sense, that they may see their wi fool
ishness, and grant that they may become
good and worthy citizens of our beloved
City of Atchison. o Lord! we thank
Thee for all the blessings bestowed upon
us, and ask thee to deliver us from all
evils, especially hypocritical women, and
Thine shall be the praise for ever and
ever. Amen"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
Cold Snaps.


"We're havin' some pretty wintrish
weather" said old Daddy Wotherspoon
to Uncle Sammy Honniwell, as the two
gentlemen met al the City Hall:
Right for'ard weather for the season.
"Jist Sc jist So" conceded Uncle
Sammy. Reminds me of the fall OF
1881. 1t commenced long the fore part
OF November, and froze stiff till March.
Good, smart weather, too. I remember
that it was SO cold in Brooklyn that
November that bilin' water froze over a
hot fire."
Daddy Wotherspoon looked at him
and braced himself. eyes, yes," said
he, CT mind it well. That's the fall the
milk froze in the COWS. But the cold
season was in 1927. It commenced in
the middle of October and ran through
to April. All the oil froze in the lamps,
and we didn't have a light until spring
set in"
cay, ay," responded Uncle Sammy,
growing rigid. "It's just like yesterday
to me. I walked 40 miles due east
from Sandy Hook, on the ice, and slid
back, owing to the convexity of the
earth, you know. It was down hill
comm this way. But that wasn't as
cold as the winter of 1921. That season
commenced in September, and the mer-
curry didn't rise a degree till May. Don't
you remember now we used to breathe
hard, let it freeze, cut a hole in it,
and crawl in for shelter? You haven't
forgotten that ?"
"Not l." said Daddy Wotherspoon,
after a short pause. "That's the win
ter we used to give the horses melted
lead to drink, and keep a hot fire under
'em so it wouldn't harden till they got it
down. But that wal nothin' tothe spell
of 1917. We begun to feel it in the lat
ter part of August, and she doomed
stiddy till the Both of June. I got
through the whole spell by living in an
ice-house. 1t was too cold to 60 out
doors, and I jist oamped in an ice
house. You remember that season OF
1917. That's the winter we wore u
dershirts of sand-paper to keep up g
friction"
"Well, I should say I did," r~etorted
Uncle Sammy. "What remember
1917? Deed I do. That was the spell
when it took a steam grindstone fou1
days to light a match. Ay, ayi But
do you know I was uncomfortably warm
that winter ?"
GLOW so?" demanded Daddy Woth.
erspoon, breathing hard.
"Runnin' around yonr ice-house te
find out where you got in. 1t was al
awful spell, though. How long did il
last? From August till the Both O
June? I guess you're right. But yor
mind the snap of 1918, don't you? L
commenced ON the LIST of July, and wen
around and Tapped over a week. Tina
year the smoke froze in the chimney
and we had to blast it out with dyna
mite. 1 think that was the worst W,
ever had. All the clocks froze up so W.
didn't know the time for q year., anC
when men used to set fire to their build
ms SOS to raise the rent. Yes, indeed
I got So, 900 a month for four burnin
buildin's. There was a heap of sufferin
that winter, because we lived on alco
hol and phosphorus, till the alcoho
froze, and then we eat the brimstou
ends of matches and jumped around til
they caught fire. Say, you"
But Daddy Wotherspoon had fled
The statistics were too much for him.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13

There is the nan who has made up his
mind to keep his health good by eating
the right sort of food in proper quantities
and with the right kind of mastication.
Resolution sits upon his brow, his eyes
turn scornfully upon his fellow men and
he deliberately and with malice afore-
thought sits with superbly folded arms
in the restaurant, painfully working his
mouth, as if he were a type of Samp-
sons celebrated iawbone engaged in the
duty of staying a bit of brown bread.
He becomes a nuisance to his landlady,
or his wife; he buys fish, which he eats
for his brains, and struggles in the morn
ing with harsh oatmeal and u baked
apples, chewing, chewing, chewing,
while casting contemptuous glances
around upon the disguised people who
are not SO good and are not going to be
SO healthy as he is to be. He even turns
his toes out, abhors butter, and walks
on the side OF the street which is the
healthiest. His children receive no
candy, and his wife only receives a scold-
ing because she does not live up to the
laws of health. He becomes pale, fretful
and morose, and says of a healthy man,
"He lives for his stomach" while he is
dying for his.-NeW York Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13

A shocking accident occurred on the line Of
the Sioux City and Omaha Division of the Chi
cago, st Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Rail-
road, Iowa, by which six men were killed out
right and q seventh lost . leg. The men were
engaged in . cut north Of Bancroft, shoveling
snow. The working train, anticipating the
coming of the southbound passenger train, had
sidetracked, and the men, eleven in all, had
stepped from the track to allow the passenger
train to pass. Some trouble in getting through
had been experienced the day before, and the
engineer approached the cut, which is a long
one, and on the curve put on steam and rushed
in. The train consisted of q locomotive and
tender, two box cars, and one passenger car.
The train, with the exception Of the latter car,
passed the men in safety, but the steps to the
passenger coach caught them and moved them
down lks grass lunder the wheels. Only four
escaped without serious injury. The names Of
the killed are Charles Meyers, Thomas Brough-
man, A. P. Swanson, J. A. Herman, Olney An
derson, and John Erickson. The name of the
wounded man is John Adelan. T men all
lived at Oakland, Neb., to which point the
bodies we're conveyed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
Tha LNhGtAr.

When a lobster shakes hands with you
you always know when he takes hold,
and are exceedingly pleased when it gets
done. They have small features, and lay
no claim to good looks. When they To-
comote they resemble a small boy shut
fling off in his fathers boots. They are
backward, very. They even go ahead
backward. They occasionally have a
row like people, and in the melee lose a
member, but have the faculty of growing
out another. The process is patented
both in this country and Europe, which
accounts for not coming into general use
with the human lobster SO to speak.
A lobster never comes on shore unless
he is carried by force. They are af-
boils. There is more real excitement in
happening q whale or in having the
measles han there is in catching Holsters.
The fisherman provides a small hen-coop,
and places in it for enticers, several dead
fish. He then rows his boat to the lob.
ster ground (which is water) and sinks
his coop to the bottom, and anchors it to
a small buoy Zone from eight to ten
When he feels like it again-say in the
pulls his poultry-house, and if he has
good success he will find the game inside
the coop.
As an article of food the real goodness
of the lobster is in the pith. Very few
persons relish the skin, and physicians
say it is hard to digest. We therefore
take the lobster and boil it until it is
ready to eat. Nothing is better for collie
than boiled lobster. 1t will bring on q
case when cucumbers have failed. For
q sudden case we advise them crumbled
in milk. Eaten at the right time, and in
proper quantities, lobster stands second
to no fruit known.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
Desperate Deed.

A wholesale and cold-blooded murder occur
red one mile south of Otis, Ind, last week.
James Augustine and family have lived in that
place for many years, were possessed of con-
siderable property, and generally had q good
deal of money in the house. During the after
noon Henry Augustine, a nephew of James, ar
rived from Chicago to make them a visit, and
tried vainly to get them drunk from q bottle
which proves to have contained poisoned
whisky. About II at night he got up from his
bed, sought the bedroom of Augustine, and
leveling a revolver began firing. Mrs. Augustine
was so badly wounded that she died three days
after. James Augustine was shot in the breast,
and will probably die. Henry ran from the room
after firing several shots. The sons, hearing
the firing, came down, and Christian Augustine
demanded of Henry, whom no met in the
kitchen, what it meant. Henry replied with q
bullet, which killed him instantly. He gave .
parting shot at the younger, James, which only
made a slight flesh wound, and then coolly
went to his uncle's room and demanded admis-
sion, assuring him he was all right and wanted
to help them. James, the son, got the revolver
from him, put him in the kitchen, and locked
the door. Henry escaped, barefoot and hatless,
and has not yet been captured. Lynching will
probably follow bis capture.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
Are Your Closets ventilatedY

There is nothing so handy in a house
as an abundance of large, roomy closets;
but because they are handy and extreme.
ly useful they are apt to be abused.
There aremany things which, as a mat
ter of course, are always put into a closet,
of which the articles of outward wearing
apparel make a large part. There are
always things which ought not to go
into the closet, .. e., "a closet adjoining or
closely connected with a living or Sleep
ing room. Of such are all soiled under
garments, the wash clothes, which
should be put into a large bag for the
purpose, or a roomy basket, and then
placed in the wash-room or some other
well-aired room at some distance from
the family. Having thus excluded one
of the fertile sources of bad oders in
closets, the next point is to see that the
closets are properly ventilated. 1t mat
ters not how clean the clothing in the
closet may be. Any garment after be-
ing worn for a while will absorb more or
less of the exhalations which arise from
the body, and thus contain an amount of
foreign-it may be hurtful-matter
which free circulation of pure air can
O remove; but if this is excluded, as
in many close closets, Che efluvia in
creases, aud the clothes closets and adj
joining rooms in time possess an odor
that any acute sense of smell will readily
detect. Every closet in daily use in
which the night clothes are hung by day
and the day clothing by night, should
have an airing IS well as the bed. u
the closet can be large enough to admit
Of a window-and it is in some cases
IN ample provision for sunlight and the
circulation of pure air is provided in the
window, which should be left open for 9
short time each day. In the case Of
small closets a ventilator could be put
over the door or even in it. In many
cases such precautions for pure clothing
are not practicable, and the next-besi
thing is, to see that the door of the
closet is left open for a half hour or sc
each day at that time when the windows
are thrown up and the large room il
purified with fresh air from out of doors,
In this way, first, by keeping out clothes
intended for the wash, and second, daily
changing of the air, the closets may b.
kept comparatively pure.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
C,.u,b,nr m. poor I,ai.n.

General Brock, Adjutant of the Department
of Dakota, January 8, received the following
from Ilges, Major of the Fifth Infantry. I
will be observed that the Indians were imper-
tinent, threatened, were surrounded and didn't
fight, were whipped and none Of them hurt
Comparatively are hungry and peaceable and
the thermometer 20 degrees below zero.
CAMP POPLAR RIVER, January 2,
VIA FoRT BuFoRT, January 8.
To Brock, Assistant Adjutant General:
After my talk with the Indians on the 91st OF
December, which led me to believe them to be
sincere, they, through their Chief, The Grow,
sent me yesterday a very impertinent message
that they would not move, and would fight me.
l moved against them to-day, surrounded their
camp, shelled them and compelled them to sur
render, killed one, wounded two, and lost no
soldiers. I have now at the agency about three
hundred h~ostiles, and about three hundred
horses and forty guns. They threatened to
fight, but showed none. They deserted their
villages. I burned up about sixty Of their
lodges, which will hurt them badly. We will
start at daylight after the hostiles who have
gone to the Yanktonnais' camp, about twelve
miles distant. The Yanktonnais by six of their
principal men assisted me to-day and were of
great help, and l will give them some ponies.
! have Gall as o prisoner, and will have The
Grow tomorrow.
These people are in great distress for the
want Of food, and will do what I can for them.
thermometer is twenty degrees below zero.
1LaEs, Major Fifth Infantry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
The

MISUNDERSTANDING, IS 1896; family,
g so o9s choice so; s Minn.: 81 l'g 8 g IS ' g1e ad d"mil Z $40
8 10. Buckwheat Flour-s3 per 100 pound sacks.
GRAIN-wheat-No 2 red, 81 o5ai OF; No. 2
= No. 2.mi1ed shelled, 4294sc; prime mixed ear,
4S%944c. Oats-Choice white, &c.,; No. 2 do, $50. I;
No mixed, sSc Rys-No. 2, &c, and No. 8, s5c.
Oats straw, sioslo So. Hay-choice, slsaif5 50.
nssio9 TejaS9., 3 g % So ~ S. s.; hs la,, 1 to eh9lss s h Gsa
4 3d. butchers selections, 81 9I@5 10. Mss pork,
$13. Lard, S57Ic. Hams -Sugar-curedn 9H91p1ac.
NEW YORK -Flour-Common to good extra
white wheat Western extra, s5@s; common to choice
process, good to, double-extIs, IS 5ogs; Grain
No ? white, ST Is. corn-Ungraded, 52S56Mc.;
white Western, 44@46M. Mess pork, old, So Is.
Lard-Prime steam, 9.O2Ha9.05. Cotton Mid
ding uplands, 12c.; middling Orleans, 12Hc.
a.; Western family, S as sste'n w S4psannSi St 2p
Western mixed, 52He523Hse. oainssEW6Ete western,
44@45e.; Western mixed, 4S@44c. Rye-sl@1 %.
ST. LOUIS Flour-XX. So 6oa3 80 per brl; !;
xxx, 81 so@4 So family, 81 COCA rs; fancy, S. Is
@5 q: wheat-No. 2 red fall, $3.50 ;@sI 9oA; No.
s red fall, SAC. Corn-No. 2 mixed, 3sH@3S5sc.
Oats-No. mixed, 3oAc. Rye, S5@s6c. Barley,
SOC. 9s1 O5. New mess pork, s12 so.
Observation-Disclosures extra, s. so
GA; Minnesota extra family, s5@6i Ohio extra
family, IS 65@6 %; Indiana extra family, IS IS.
Rye -four, SIS. Western amber, 81 Is; No.
2 winter red, 81 1Ss4@1 1879. oats-No. 1 white,
4Sc.
LOUISVILLE -Cotton-Quiet at 11Hc. Flour
Extra, So 1898 so; extra family, So 1894 25; A
No. 1, ,5a5 Is. wheat, 95c. Corn No: 2 white,
Mess pork, slSg1S ST. L~yl-Prtme steam, SIC.
Hams-Sugar-cured, SIC Hogs are steady and
prices range from 81 40 u - 20; choice lots, 81 So.
No. 2 red, new, 92699%c. Corn, 371a@3Sc. Oats
Are firm; new White, SlA@33c.
LIVE STOCK.
CINCINNATI CATTLE Receipts light and
quotations are as follows: Common, S292 so; fair
to medium, 81 1898 rs; good to choice butcher
grades, IS 1901 IS; common to fair shippers, So 80
"a so, and good to choice, "a 65@5 25; good TO choice
common to fair oxen, 1898 rs, and good TO choice,
S4@4 rs; light stockers, & 2593, and feeding steers,
IS 25q3 SIS. HoGs-Selected butchers and Boston
shippers, 81 s5@5 Ioi fair to good packers, s. 7Uq
200 to 22O lbs, 81 1894 80; light pigs and shoats,
81 2Oa4 40; common, So 9094 As; stockers, So 600
3 90. - to fair, S394; good to
choice, 81 25@5 IS; stockers, So 1894.
ST. LOUIS.-Hogs- Good light shipping Workers
and Baltimures, s4@4 so; select butcher to fancy
heavy grades, 81 65@4 so. Beef Cattle-Native
steers of 100 pounds average, IS 40 rer 100 pounds
Choice grades sneep and lambs, 81 25@5.
EAST LIBERTY. PA.-Beef Cattle-Best ship.
ping steers, SIS 25@6 Is FER 100 lbs; fair to good
butcher grades, 81 6595 Is; common to light butcher
cattle, s4g4 40. Hogs Philadelphia hogs, s5@5 &c
per 100 lbs; Workers., 81 7094 IS. Sheep and
Iambs-Commou to choice sheep, So 5o95 so per 1N
lbs.
INDIANAPoLIs.-Hoss-Th market is steady n
$1,000 so per 100 lbs
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
LiterarY ReVoIution.

8 CENIS each, formerly Sl.00 to Sl.25 each: i. MAC
sulay's Life Of Frederick the Great. II. Carlyle's Life Of
Robert Burns. III. Lamariins's Life Of Mary Queen Of
Scots. ". Thos. Hughes Manliness OF Christ. 8 CTS,
each, formerly 81. so each: T. Arnold's Light Of asia. IL.
Godsmith's Vicar of Wakefield. III. Baron Munchaua.
ems Travels and Surprising Adventures. For SIX
CENTS: Bunyan's Pilgim's Progrss.; illustrated cata-
logue sent free. AMERICAN BOOK John
B. Alden, Manager, Tribune Building, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
Yeu,r 1.als. rrrsh,farrx nurn.a.

At Hamburg, No., two young ladies, Miss
Kate Campbell, daughter of Colonel Campbell,
of st. Joseph, No., and Miss annie Wood,
were preparing for a ball. Miss Wood was
crossing the room in which they we're awaiting
the arrival of their escort, and her dress, a flow
ing robe of Swiss muslin, touched the stove
and instantly took fire. She ran, and in pass
ing Miss Campbell, the latter's dress was ig-
nited, and before assistance came, Miss Wood
was badly burned about the face, arms and
body, and Miss Campbell SO severely injured
that she cannot survive, her entire clothing,
with the exception of corset and hose being
consumed, and the whole body frightfully
burned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
sad state nj

An Atlanta (Ga.) correspondent, writing un-
der date of Sd inst, says: 7 the great relief
of the people of Atlanta, the atmosphere is
much warmer, and the snow is all thawing.
There has been great suffering here. Fuel has
been very scarce, and unless a supply of coal ar
riyes by morning there will be non here upon
sale tomorrow. The yards were all empty this
afternoon, and not one of them had any invoice
of any to be received tomorrow. The street
in front Of and in the rear of the headquarters
Of the citizens relief committee was densely
crowded with poor people all day, seeking en-
trance that they might be provided with their
allowance Of fuel or rations of provisions.
Nearly all of those applying for assistance were
colored people,"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
Why Declined.

We have received a story entitled ga
Dark Deed" which is respectfully de
clined. The first chapter opens with,
"It is midnight" This is all right. 1t
is often midnight least seven times a
week; but the author forgot to add,
"and silence brooded over the city"
This is O fatal oversight. Silence always
broods over a city when it is midnight,
in works of fiction-but nowhere else.
We can't print a story in which silence
doesn't brood at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Herald,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
r.llure. An N.u ror. c,,.

Three hundred and ffty-four failures were
reported in New York City during the year 1890,
with liabilities amounting to s1s, 291, $50, and
and assets 90, 146, 291. Tho gross liabilities
were %, 600, 900 greater than for the preceding
year on account Of the heavy failures in the
coffee, tobacco and grocery trade, but the num-
Der Of failures was twenty-five per cent. less,
and Is the smallest since the panic Of 1878.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13

THE best way to prevent children from
reading books and papers that have a
bad influence upon them is to supply
them with plenty of books and papers
that will have a good influence upon
them. The mind hungers for food of
some kind and if good is not supplied it
will take the first that m within its
raanb
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13

NOT even the physician can know
everything. When the doctor told q
young man that he must go to the river
side every morning for a bath the youth
replied that the water at this time oi
wear is too cold. "Well, you must have
the bath" said the doctor, as he finished
writing the prescription, ''and If the
water is too cold you must put your over
coat on."-M Y. Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
The Possibilities of American Wheat.

Speaking Of our gigantic crops Of
wheat, the american Miller remarks
that fewpeople, even in our own country,
realize how i~nexhaustible our
are for wheat growing. The total area
of lands available for wheat culture in
the United States is not less hal 470,-
000, 900 acres. Our entire wheat crop of
the past year would not supply seed
enough to SOW SO vast an area of land.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13

The jury in the trial Of Mrs. Brown, at In
~dianapolis, charged with aiding and abetting
the murder of her husband conformity with
Wade, have returned q verdict of imprisonment
for life. They were out twenty-five hours.
The first ballot, after retiring, stood 4 for
death, z for imprisonment for life, and one for
not guilty under the Indictment as charged.
The one soon came over to the seven, but the
four hung out until the last. While the Clerk
was reading the verdict, Mrs. Ellen Foster, the
lady attorney, clasped one Of hands Of Mrs.
Brown, while the latter, placing a handkerchief
to her face, burst into a silent fit of tears. It
is now believed that Wade's sentence will be
eemmuted.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13
Doahls

Patrick Hayes, who killed his wife on the 2sd
of March last, and then attempted to kill him
self, and Daniel Sullivan, who killed the woman
with whom he lived, and who had separated
from her husband ct Oil City, Pa, were hanged
at Philadelphia on the 9Th inst. Both were &C
companied by Priests, and both expressed the
belief that God had forgiven them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-13

BEING asked concerning the Oil, Mr..
Aug. Kickbusch informed the qu~estioner
that st. Jacobs Oil had proved an excel
lent and most useful remedy in every
family that had used it. A large MAORI
ty of cases pronounced incurable have
been entirely cured Wausau Central
Wisconsin,