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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11

Alfonzo has heaped many Goals of
fire ON the heads of the Partisan mob
who hooted at him last Saturday by
sending present of IS, 600 frances to
be distributed among the poor Of
Paris. NJ. Challemel- Lacom, the
French Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
is coming in for generous dose ofEng
lish criticism, as responsible for hay
ing irritated Germany, Iuflled Brit
aims good will, qualreled with China,
and reduced France to a state of com
plete isolation which resulted in the
outbreak against Alfonzo. La the
meantime Jules Ferry is said to have
resigned, though President Grevy has
refused to accept his resignation.
What with resignation and threats
thereof, and Wits the greatest confus
ion prevailing among the Ministers
and their supporters, Government
circles in France just at this juncture
seem to be considerably torn mp"
To make matters worse, it is rumored
that Germany has addressed an
energetic note to France diplomat
cally, hauling her over the Goals for
her treatment Of Alfonzo
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
\ sontherner.. opinIon ofGen Cnstel

'-T- ITHcMUafI NaWsJ0WnaT
The other man was little haXen-
haired knight errant who, when he
ought to have been singing love songs
on the Rhine. was teaching a lot of
Michigan lumbermen to ride like
Centaurs and fight like devils, and
his name was Gen G. A. Custer He
was & dapper little tawnv-headed
thunderbolt who loved his saber like
a nun does the Virgin Mary, and
was never happy unless he was using
it, He went at a fight ike il was a
backwoods frolic. and had an infec-
tious kind IF courage like smallpox,
and all u his men caught danger,
Gus case Of j. knew aim TO my
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
The Panama Canal.
10 Ia PhIIadeIplI. b..

Mr.. Goldie was found by Press
yesterday busy at work
among a pile of gigantic machinery
aud boiler, and, as he had only recent
" arrived from Panama, he was in a
position to give some interesting par
ticulars about the progress of the
canal. You would be surprised, y
he said, to see how busy is the
isthmus that used to be a lonely
malarial swamp, with bullfrogs as its
most numerous tenants. When ! left
there We're between 5000 and 7,GOO
men. of all nationalities, but chiefly
West Indian negroes working on the
hundred different sections into which
the projected canal has been divided.
Six floating dredges. the largest IN
the world, were adding to the din and
constantly travelling trains, putting
and groaning as they carried off their
loads Of excavated rock and earth to
the dumping ground, twelve miles
distant. Three Of these 9redges were
built on the Clyde, two in Belgium
and one in France, at Nantes; but IT
was long ago determined that six
dredges should be bought IN the
American market. Three of these
dredges have been ordered in Phila-
delphia and three in San Francisco.
Each is to be 4, 900 tons burden, 1000
nominal horse power, and in every
way will be vastly superior to the
slow-working dredges which were
used in the construction OF the S1ez
canal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12
Sunshine in the White House.

A dainty little girl of 8 or 9 years, with
dangerous big blue eyes, appeared in the
library of the White House the other
day when it wa full of great men of one
sort and another, and quietly waited her
turn to speak with the tall, dignified
gentleman with gray whiskers and hair,
and the sober face and courteous man.
ner down by the bow window in the
south end of the room. By and by her
opportunity came. She tripped forward
modestly, but bravely, and with a
"Good morning, Mr.. President" told
her name and proffered her request. She
was a niece of Gen. Winfield Scott Han
cock, and she wanted a sweet flower
from the executive conservatory for the
Easter decoration of a little Episcopal
church. She smiled srchly, as she told
her errand, as though she was quite sure
of a favorable response. The presidents
tired face frightened with smiles as he
turned from the tiresome politicians to
the sweet, little face before him. 1t was
like a cooling zephyr from the Chesa'
peake on a hot summer day. He told
her honestly that he was very glad to see
her, and then he gave her carte blanche
in the conservatory, and dismissed hel
with a word or two about his own little
girl, who does so much to Tighten up his
life in the White House. Her handsome
uncle could not have done more for hel
had he been standing in Arthur's place.
- Washington Correspondent Phdladet
phid Record.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12
A Jealous Calf.

At about two o'clock on Thursday
morning a Chinaman named Wang Hee
died at Ben Markers from injuries he
received the night before from a young
bull on the ranch. 1t appears that there
was a COW on the place that nc one but
Marker could milk because of the deter
mined interference of its bull calf. The
calf would fly into a rage whenever its
mother was MIXED. The bull is now
three years old, and for the past year
has been kept in an adjoining lot, and
when any one approached the COW with
a milk-pail the bull would fall INTO q ter
rifle rage and its bellowings could be
heard all wei the ranch. Day before
yesterday the Chinaman started to milk
the COW, and the bull, becoming very
much excited, rushed to the fence as
usual, but the Chinaman paid no atten-
ton. Suddenly the bull retreated a few
PAGES, and, lowering his head, charged
for the fence, making a breach and send
ing the fragments high in air. The
fence went down as if it had been paper,
and the bull came headlong at the Chi
naman, striking him in the head and
side with its horns. One horn penetra-
ted the left side, breaking two ribs, and
the other fractured the skull. The farm
hands rushed out to find the bull tossing
the Chinaman in the air and believing
savagely. The bull vas driven off and
the unfortunate man taken to the house
unconscious. He fingered in great ag-
ony until two o'clock in the morning,
when he died.-Cdrson (Nev.) Appeal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12
A MOuthful OF Money.

Mr.. Nicholas Langdon, a well-known
Eighteenth-ward politician, had 4 funny
experience with a pet monkey yester-
day. He tells the story as follows.
'.Along with two friends l went into a
beer saloon on Third Avenue. l called
for three beers and placed a quarter on
his ears at the end of the bar and blink
ing his eyes at the boss My friend
turned around to admire several orna-
mental theatrical bills on the walls, and
l Joined them. When we were ready to
90 l said to the saloonkeeper, Where's
my changer He said, What changer
| looked at him with surprise and told
him that 1 had put down a quarter on
the counter. The man said l was mis-
taken; but my friends, who saw me put
the money down, told him that l had
tossed twenty-five cents on the bar. The
German was heard to mutter something
abouts 'dead-beats,' and | was beginning
to get my Irish up. The monkey was
apparently taking in the situation, and
thought his jaws looked a little swollen.
III bet that monk took that quarter
said to myself. Walking up to the ami.
NAL l just gave him a tap behind the cal
and he spilled 81. 80 in silver change or
the bar. The boss appeared to be dumb
founded, and as We went out he was
heard to remark that he would bet his
life that the bartender John had trained
the monkey and that he must be working
the customers as well as the drawer, buf
the combination was spoiled.-M. Y
World.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12
our R.nort.r.. VOCATION Notes.

DuKne bis ranbles this season, our Mr. NJ m
taken upon himself the task of satisfying our numer
ousreaders that whatever goods are manufactured n
our goodly city of Roger Williams. arc of a. high .
grade, and as fine in quality as can be produced In any
spot on the globe. Especially is this SO when the skilled
Pharmacist of many years experience resolves 70 ex-
tract from the finest botanical specimens of the regc-
table world the most potent cure for some special dis
ease. In proof of his assertion that Providence, RE,
affords the best, he relates an interview with an &C.
quaintance, given him while sojourning temporarily ct
her residence She says: About q year I suffered
severely from rheumatism In my limbs, and Neuralgia
In the head, which I endured two or three months with
% much patience as possible, being under the trcst-
ment Of an excellent doctor. and trying many kinds OF
medicine without any marked effect. Atlast . medical
friend advised me to try Hunts Remedy, because ne
attributed my severe suffering to the bad condition OF
my kidneys, which were not performing their proper
functions, and 1 commenced taking It, and In . Few
days the neuralgia had departed my headache had en-
tirely disappeared, the swelling in my limbs and joint
had gone, and I have not had q touch Of 1t since. MOTT
recently I was troubled with impurity OF the blood.
which showed itself in severe %cruptions on my face ]
again resorted to Hunts Remedy. and after taking Is 9
short time was completely cured of that complaint
Hunts Remedy has proved very beneficial tor IN q.
tacks of sick headache, which It always a~Ileyiates, and
I notice the Improvement As soon Is l take IL
Hunts Remedy has strengthening elements, TOR II
has made me feel much stronger. and has been ven
beneficial to my general health. 1 most heartily rec.
ommend It to all sufferers like myself. MES. L. g.
TANNEH, No. 1856 Pearl Street."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12
Quality Of Eggs.

A gentleman once demonstrated with
his market-weman on the high price of
her eggs, to which she replied: Eggs
is eggs nowadays, l would have you
know" meaning that they we're scarce.
81 am very glad to know it," said the
gentleman, for the last I bought of you
were chickens"
Eggs are eggs, whatever may be the
price, but there is a difference in the
quality even of fresh eggs. They are
all manufactured alike, but they are not
all made of the same material, and hence
fact that the food of fowls affects the taste
of the egg as well as the taste of their
flesh. The flesh of water fowls that
live on fish has a fishy flavor, and their
eggs partake of the same. So the odor
and flavor of onions may be detected in
the eggs of barn-yard fowls, and it does
not always require q detective to per-
ceive it. Ali this might be inferred from
the slightest knowledg &c of animal physi-
ology, and it is proved by actual expert
ence.
The quality of eggs cannot be ascer-
tanned in the market, excepting as to
whether they are fresh or added; the
proofs the same as in the case of a pud-
ding-it is in the eating. Butthose who
keep fowls and have their eggs laid to
order may know beforehand what
is to be their quality. If you have
the right kind of fowls it de-
ponds largely on their food. Fowls
should be kept in a clean, wholesome
place. They should have clean food to
eat and only clean water to drink. They
| should not be allowed to live on the
dung hill, but should have plenty of good
and wholesome food. Corn and wheat
are good enough for a staple diet. Buck
wheat will not furnish as rich eggs as
either of these. Fowls should have some
kind of green food. In summer they
gather it for themselves when they run
at large; in winter it should be provided
for them. Cabbage and other vegetables
should be laid up expressly for their use
in the winter season. In order to ensur
their laying freely they require some
kind of animal food. In summer they
gather it by catching grasshoppers anc
various kinds of insects, but in winter
they have no such Refuse
pieces of meat, liver, etc., may be OBJ
tanned at the butchers, and scraps O.
meat from the table should be giver
them.
But whatever they feed on, care SHOULD
be taken to have it clearly. 1t is wei
worth the experiment to try differen
kinds of food, and then test the qualit,
of the eggs. Great satisfaction will b.
foundi the result of good care and cleal
feeding.--N. Y. Observer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12

sonally in contact, but that all mankind
may be embraced in his grand plan for the
amelioration of human suffering, the Doc
tor, through the Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, earnestly and most con-
fidently recommends his Golden Medical
Discovery to the public at large, assured
the most skeptical will be thoroughly con-
WINGED of its worth by a trial of a single
bottle.
In stubborn, or long-seated affections, and
where the bowels are very c%ostive, the gem
tie, though certain action of the Discovery,
will be more rapid and satisfactory by sup
plementing DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purga-
tive Pellets in small daily doses of one or
two. These pills (the original and only
genuine Little Liver Pills) are purely cege-
table, sugar-coated and very small, yet by
the peculiar process used in their prepare
ton, they possess the strength and virtue
of larger and unpalatable pills. Pleasant
Purgative Pellets will speedily remove all
i'll and disagreeable effects arising from
over-eating or drinking, and are recon-
mended as a cathartic at all times, being
perfectly safe, sure and unattended by the
gripping pains usually experienced in the
use of purgatives less carefully prepared.
Promptly resorted to, these little Pellets
will radically cure indigestion, b~iliousness
n s~ick-headache, thus saving the patient
from serious and lingering disorders. DR..
Pierce, the President of the Worlds Dis
pensary, and his faculty of twelve skilled
specialists, can be consulted by letter or
in person in any case of chronic disease
requiring either medical or surgical treat
ment free of charge. For those desiring
more exhaustive information than can be
impaired through correspondence, the Doc
tor has written a book, called "The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser, in Plain
English; or, Medicine Simplifed."
This work alone is a goodly harvest for
an ordinary life, and stamps its author a
profound scholar and a very remarkable
man. The boob contains nine hundred and
twenty-five pages, illustrated with two
hundred and eighty-six wood-cuts and col.
ored plates, and makes plain as a, b, c,
anatomy, physiology, materia medica,
practice of medicine, hygiene, tempera.
ments, psychology, etc,Iand answers in
plain, easily-to-be-understood terms all
questions that may arise within their
range, especially those questions the
would-be inquirer is deferred by fear OF
modesty from asking the family or other
physician That all may be enabled to &C.
quaint themselves with matter so vital to
health, happiness and success, the price oil
this great work has been fixed at one dollar
and fifty cents, postpaid by mail to any
address, while smaller and far inferior
books, purporting to cover the same ground,
have sold at five dollars q copy. 1t being
the aim OF the proprietors of the Common
Sense Medical Adviser to reach not only
the a%f1uent, but also those in moderate
and eve Strengthened, circumstances, the
price Of the work places it within the reach
of all.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12
FARM AND PRESIDE.

feelings that have been smoked b.
a kerosene lamp should be washed o
with soda water.
DO not neglect to roll the wheat
fields this spring. A roller is indispen.
sable on a well regulated farm and every
farmer should have one.-N y Herald.
Potash is necessary to successfu
potato growing. The easiest and bes
way of supplying it is in the form o
wood ashes. 1t is also contained in sof
coal ashes and well rotted stable
"A New York farmer says he ha
found by experience that an acre o
Hubbard squashes will go farther in fat
tening hogs thar the corn raised on the
same ground.
Thick brown paper should be laid
under carpets if the patent lining is not
to be had; it saves the wear of the fabric
and prevents the inroad of moths, which,
however, will seldom give trouble if salt
is sprinkled around the edge when the
carpet is laid.-Chicdgo MeWs.
AT the recent meeting of the West
ern New York Horticultural Society al
Rochester, the reason for the failure OF
the apple crop of 1882 was summarized
to be the bad weather in the spring, the
apple curculio, the. drought of the pre-.
vious year and the severe wind and
hailstorms which blighted the blossoms
in some sections. These would appear
to be sufficient reasons.
Deep drains are best because they
secure the slow percolation of the water,
giving the soil a chance to take up OF
absorb the nutritive properties which in
the other case would 90 directly into the
drain and be lost. The drain first car.
ries off the very cold water of the sub,
soil, and the warmer surplus moisture
from above taking its place, warns the
land and hence offers a large area fol
the roots of the crops to amplify and
thus gather up greater stores of plant
food Chicago Journal.
Economical rice pudding: Two
large tablespoonfuls of rice to one quart
of milk, one small cup of white sugar,
N cup of cut-up raisins. Let it stand
in a warm place three hours and bake
one hour. The addition of one or two
eggs spoils the pudding, rendering i
firm and. hard. Four eggs and half the
rice, previously boiled, will make a de
licious custard, with a few grains o
rice at the bottom.-NeU England Far
mer.
Here is a recipe for a delicious pud
ding sauce Scald half a pint of swee
milk; while still in the saucepan, pou
in the %well-beaten yelks of two eggs; lie
this boil until about like custard; thel
let it cool, and when cool add the white
of the two eggs beaten stiff, and a table
spoonful of vanilla. When beating tn
whites of the eggs beat one teacupful o
pulverized sugar in with them. Whel
the eggs and sugar are added to tn
sauce, it should be stirred vigorously
~ Y. Posi-.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12
Now and Then.

In 1916 one bushel of corn would buy
one pound of nails. In 1888 one bushel
of corn will buy fifteen pounds of nails.
In 1916 it took from twenty to thirty
dozen of eggs to buy one bushel of salt.
In 1888 one dozen of eggs will do the
same thing. In 1916 it required sixty:
f8ur bushels OF 1 pa 1sya TO tr ou Su one y niS1
do the business. In 1916 it required one
bushel of wheat to purchase one yard OF
calico. In 1883 one bushel of wheat will
purchase thirty-five yards of a better ar,
ticle. In 1916 a pair of wooden blankets
cost as much as a COW. In 1883 a COW
will buy from six to twenty, superior in
every way.-PrGtrle Farmer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12

A B1e-HANpEp sawyer named Shaw,
Put his finger too near the buzz-saw,
He saw his mistake,
But each pain and ache,
st. Jacobs Oil cured in his paw.
A rheumatic old man named Meeker,
Was sick a whole year in T~opeeker,
He there would have died,
But st. Jacobs Oil tried,
1t sent him back cured to Osweeger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12
vital Questionsll

Ask the most eminent physician
OF any school, what Is the best thing b
the world for quieting and allaying all trrf
tation of the nerves and curing all forms Of
nervous complaints, giving natural, child
like refreshing sleep afways9
And they will tell you unhesitatingly
Some form of Hopsi"
CHAPTER L
Ask any or all of the most eminent ply
sicians:
"What is the best and only remedy thai
can be relied on to cure all diseases OF the Kid
neys and urinary organs; such IS Bright's
disease, diabetes, retention or inability to
retain urine, and all the diseases and all
ments peculiar to Women"-
"And they will tell you explicitly and
emphatically +" Buchu."
"Ask the same physicians
"What is the most reliable and surest
cure for all liver disease or dyspepsia, con-
stipation, indigestion, biliousness, malariaI
fever, ague, &c." n they will tell you:
Mandrakei or DandelionP'
Hence, when these remedies are combined
with others equally valuable
And compounded into Hop Bitters. such
a wonderful and mysterious curative power
Is developed which is so varied in its opera
| tions that no disease or Ill health can posi-
bly, exist or resist its power, and yet it Is
Harmless for the most frail woman, weak
est invalid or smallest child to use.
CHATTER IL
''Patients
Almost dead or nearly dying
For years, and given up by physicians OF
Bright's and other kidney diseases, liver
complaints, severe coughs called consumpr
ton, have been cured.
Women gone nearly crazyI
-
wakefulness and various diseases peculiar to
women.
People drawn out of shape from excru-
ciating pangs of rheumatism,
Infiammatory and chronic, or suffering
from scrofulal
Erysipelasi
Salt rheum. blood poisoning, dyspepsia. indigestion.
and in fact almost all diseases frafl
Nature is heir to
Have been cured by Hop Bitters. proof Of which car
be found In every neighborhood In the known world
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12
WTGGINS' "STORM."
OHIO
WRITTEN THE DAY AFTER.

WRITTEN THE A Aztec.
Let us bow our heads in meekness-let our
voices tune a lay
OF thanksgiving for survival from the 'tstorm"
o. yesteriay;
death,
We should count ourselves right fortunate
that still we're drawing breath.
o the tempest's cruel fury! o the hurricanes
o the fendish desolation madly wrought by
Virgins stormi
We have left your mark upon US, and the little
Henceforth win a great homage to a propb-
In fear and trepidation, of grim apprehension
I arose to AXE a sad farewell of Earth on yes
With timorous glance and trembling mien l
sought the light of day,
To feast my ewes on Nature, ere the whole had
And, dancing toward the Orient, beheld the
glorious sun
A grin upon his face which said; SIN here to
see the funI'
20 lovely sunlight!' cried my little daughter.
II declare
IT'S beautiful "Methinks," Quoth L, SIT hath
a sickly glarel"
'And hear the joyous birds !" she said. "They
come to tell of Spring."
my child, those ilLadvised birds a mournful
dirge do sinRi'
My wife chimed in: How exquisite the music
1 sadly groaned: "a requiem tits chanting
thro' the treeSI"
/ then explained to them the fate We might
expect that day
How the genius of the Virgins storm DER
Earth would hold his sway.
Up spoke my hopeful son -four years life's
journey he hath trod);
SIS this prophet-man, dear father, SO much
pow%erfuler than God?
For He is very good, you know, and will not
bring US harm,
And perhaps He'll use His influence to stay
the Virgins armP'
The result needs no relating; let not ignominy
fall
On the prophets head-mistakes, you know,
are common to us all.
BE simply got it slightly mixed-so laugh al
him we shouldn't;
He said we'd have an awful storm-he only
meant we wouldn't!
BENEDICITE.
Prophet-sage! Immortal WigginsI In oul
heart wen hold you dear
If you'll prophesy vile weather for the balance
of the yearl
Chicago Tribune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12
Great Praise.

ArBrrr G.. MANN, of Cottage Home, III, says: "r
have been Frustrated for three or more years with kid
ney disease; at times 1 was not able to put on my boots.
nv wife has often pulled them on for me. was notso
bad as that all the time, but / never knew Whist It was
to be without pain in my backuntil I commenced usine
Hunts Remedy. Since / began to take Hunts Remedy
Ihave been free from all pain. and take pleasure In say
ing that it Il the best medicine that ever knew for KID
new and Liver dfseasean
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12

Mrs. Ann Lacour, of New Orleans, La,
writes:-I have a son who has been sick for
two years; he has been attended by our
leading physicians but all to no purpose.
This morning be hadhis usual spell of cough
ing, and was so greatly Frustrated in con-
sequence, that death seemed imminent. We
had in the house a bottle of DIR. WIN: HALLS
BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS purchased by my
husband, who noticed your advertisement
Yesterday. We administered it according
to directions and he was instantly relieved
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-12

A Yonkers On. W colored man,
known as Louis the grave digger, who
says he is l12 years old, was married
recently to a mulatto girl aged twenty
three: Louis, by his seventy years work
as a grave-digger, has accumulated con-
siderable property, which he transferred
to his wife IN their wedding day.