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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Mackey's Diversions

The found of amuSementS which MI.
Mackey is providing for the American
colony since his return to Paris from
the great fetes at Moscow are the all
eclipsing topic of the hour. At the ball
given last Saturday, as u special ca
BILE correspondent reports, Mr.. Mackey
hired the King of Sweden to dance with
the American ladies, paying him $1,000
an hour for the work. About midnight
he struck for higher wages and Mr..
Mackev stood the raise with true Amer
lean sang-froid. By four o'clock the
King was completely blown with his So
cial exercises and taken from the room
in a fainting condition. Mr.. Mackey
| offered to paw all his funeral expenses
if he died. which generous offer made
him many friends among the Swedes.
The Prince of Wales telegraphed for an
invitation to the ball, but the American
millionaire, remarking hat Wales Con-
solidated was a good short, declined to
issue an invite. When his little bonmot
was translated in the morning journals
the city was convulsed with laughter
Several descendants of the Bonaparte
family who attempted to climb in the
windows of the ball room were thrown
into the basin of the fountain by Mr..
Mackey, who stands over six feet in his
socks AND is called the ''strong man OF
Nevada" Although Mr.. Mackey danced
until daylight and went off shift at six
o'clock, he whipped two editors of the
royalist faction before breakfast fol
publishing an incorrect description Of
some of the dresses worn at the blow
out. When the bodies of the editors
were borne away in al ambulance to
the Hospital DIES Invalides, the crowds
applauded in the streets.
On Sunday last Mr.. Mack& was ia
ken with a chill, and feeling that hi:
hour was near purchased the tomb Of
Napoleon for a family vault, and hal
it at once taken to his garden. On re
covering in the afternoon he sold it t.
the Gar at an advance of fifty per cent
The Journal of Finance applauds thi:
mastery stroke of business. The only
accident which married the harmony o.
the grand ball was when the eldes
daughter of Count de Chambord fel
into one of the tanks of champagne
which had ~carelessly been left in thu
corridor, and was drowned. The tanl
held one thousand gallons, and tn
body was not discovered until the foo
managers had drank the tank nearl,
dry.-CarSon (NeU.) Appeal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
A Chance for Burglars.

81 wouldn't be at all surprised by
robbery news from Long Branch" said
Inspector Byrnes, the Chief of De-
tective Departments; ''indeed, / don't
see why it has failed to come before
now. Why, sir, l suppose that in the
row of cottages-that's what they're
called, though they are more like pal
aces-between the West End and FL
boron, a distance of maybe a mile,
there's million dollars. worth of easily
portable stuff, such as money, jewelry,
silverware, fine wearing apparel and
household decorations. Two policemen
only are on duty along that stretch of
seashore. Well, now, suppose that
some dark night a small vessel should
anchor off the place, and a band of
well-armed men should land in row.
boats, enter the houses, gag the in
mates, pack up the valuables and sail
away with the cargo? Doesn't it seem
to you hat such a raid might be made
successfully? 1t does to me, upon my
word. 1 thought of this when in a
hotel parlor at the Branch I saw thou
sands upon thousands of dollars scin-
tillating upon fair dancers-int their ears
and hair, upon their bosoms, at their
wrists, and ever among the trimmings
of their dresses. Even in the presence
of many men a gang of active and reck-
less robbers might have dashed into
that assemblage, surprised and cowed
everybody into submission by a few
pistol shots, pickedhandfuls of precious
stones like berries from a bush, and
scoot away before the most quickly
valiant of the lazy loungers could make
any effective resistance. When I pre-
scented this idea to Colonel Bob Inger
soil, who sat beaming upon the Waiting
of his daughters, q quizzical smile
spread over his jolly fat face. .'Wher
are you going to do it?" he said. 81
strikes me as a very feasible and prob
ably profitable scheme. Is there room
for me in it?" 81 might let you in fol
your oratory," L replied. .'Your com
mand to stand and deliver would b.
so eloquent that all of the women would
obey it. But there's apother reason
why you ought to join this gang. Yor
could save us from condemnation by
jury, and then convince us that NJ
punishment awaited us hereafter
N. Y. Cor. Utica Observer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
DEAD.
"JE MOURRAI SEUL."-PdscdJ.

"JE MoURRAI sEUL."-PdscdL.
The silent chariot standeth at the door,
The house is hushed and still from roof to
floor,
None heard the sound of its mysterious
wheels,
Yet each its presence feels.
No champing bit, nor tramp of paving feet,
All dark and silent up and Town the street,
And yet thou may'st not keep in waiting
there
For one last kiss or prayer. sA
Thy words, with some strange Other inter
changed,
Strike cold across us like loved eyes estranged,
With things that are not fraught our things
that are
Fade like a sun-struck star.
And thou too weak and agonized to lift
The cup to Guench the dying thirst, or shift
Thy pillow, o without our help must rise,
Nor wait our ministries.
Thou. loved and cherished, must go forth
alone.
None sees thee fondly to the door, not one;
No head is turned to see thee go; we stay
Where thou are not, and pray.
No panel bars thy white, resistless feet,
Our walls are mist to thee; out in the street
1t waits, it waits for thee, for thee alone;
Arise, let us begonel"
Alone, alone upon thine awful wayl
Do any show thee kindness? Any stay
Thy hearti Or does the silent charioteer
Whisper: of good cheer2"
We know not. None NAV follow thee sfar.
None hear the sound of thy departing car.
Only vast silence, like a strong, black sea
Rolls in 'twixt US and thee.
-EUtce Hopkins.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Young turnips boiled, and sliced
when cold, and put in vinegar, are
very appetizing when eaten with corned
beef and cabbage.
"A writer in the Toledo Blade says
his method of catching hawks, when
they get troublesome, is to set a steel
trap on the top of a post, near a wire
cage in which are chickens.
Hair tonic: One ounce chloroform,
one ounce stronger water of ammonia,
one ounce %glycerine, five ounces alco-
hol. To be rubbed on the head after
brushing well. To be used two or
three times a week. If too strong di-
lutte with water.-EGchd1ge.
Ground oats form one of the best
feeds to promote a flow of milk either
IN COWS, ewes or in breeding ows. The
oats will grind better if one bushel of
corn is mixed with every two or three
of the lighter grain.-RurGI NeW
Yorker.
"A prominent Iowa pig breeder
keeps his hogs, except when fattening,
on artiehokes. He says on good land
this crop will produce more hog feed
per acre than any other crop. Iowa is
one of the largest corn and hog pro-
ducing States in the Union, and it
sounds rather strangely to hear of any
thing cheaper than corn in that State.
N. Y. Examiner.
We saw some eggs the other day
that were laid by puIlets Matched in an
incubator last February. They had
begun laying in five months from leav-
ing the shell. The operator of the in
cubator says he can produce three gen.
erations of chickens in twelve months.
What do the farmers wives think of
this?-American DGiryman.
If you want steps in front of your
porches or elsewhere, make a box the
size you want the step, and fill it with
good cement, filling in the centre with
small stones or broken tiles, or anything
hard. If you wish to make two steps,
after making your first step make an
other box and place on your first step,
and fill the same as the first. After
dry, take off the box.-Ihe Household.
"A New York Tribune correspond
ent says that young horses should never
have shoes imposed upon them until il
is well proved that they cannot do with.
out them. He predicts that the day is
not far distant when some humane
benefactor of his kind and horse kind
will produce a breed of horses having
such firm, tough feet, in addition to al
other good qualities, that shoeing will
be unnecessary.
Brown bread, which may also be
served as a pudding, is made by taking
one cup of molasses, n teaspoonful O
soda dissolved in half a cup of boiling
water; stir this in the molasses until i
is thoroughly mixed with it; then ado
three parts of Graham flour to one o
corn meal in sufficient quantity to maxi
a batter; to this add a tablespoonful O.
melted lard. Steam this four hours
If you wish to eat it while hot in place
of bread, dry it in the oven for fifteel
minutes; if for pudding, serve it fresl
from the steamer with a SOU sauce
N. Y. Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

Spart, who cut them both dead after Mrs.
Merryweather's abrupt flight from her
chamber. He had taken the landlord into
his confidence, and the two men would be
seen whispering and nodding together like
arch conspirators, and only the fact thas
his wife was unhappy cast any cloud over
his boyish jollity.
"Never mind, Margie;" he cor1forted her,
"the Grays are coming this week. Well
ne very exclusive, and associate with no.
body but Them"
And in a day ortwo the Grays did arrive.
TIL Farebridges were out driving when
they reached the hotel, and almost the first
question Mrs. Gray asked of Miss Spart
was,
"Wbere are Mr.. Farebridge and Mrs.
Mer~ryweather?"
at isn't Mrs. Merryweather any longer"
Miss Spart replied, pulling a terrible face;
sit is Mrs. Farebridge."
SIS it," returned Mrs. Gray, lightly
"It doesn't matter. But where are theyH'
81 don't know" hesitated the spinster-
cor, that is, 1 do not care to know; but
think they are driving together"
Glow funnily you speak! DON'T you
think Margret is lovely?"
"Aheml Handsome is that handsome
does" Miss Spart observed, with conspic,
uous lack of originality.
Mrs. Gray stared in amazement. 81
think we can not be talking of the sam
person." she said, rather coldly. 'SThe
| people Oh WHO'LL L SPOKE are bu0 DcSU ITlouui
my husband and myself have in the world
"But,' gasped Miss Spart-"bigamyl"
"Bigamy?" echoed Mrs. Gray. "Whal
has bigamy to do with it?"
mitted bigamy, and Idon't see why he ism!
arrested for it. And his wife-or the
woman he calls his wife-knows it, for
told her myself. He came here, and they
pretended to be strangers, and the next day
they went off and got married. And I TOLD
her-"
"You told her!" exclaimed Horace Gray
who had thus far remained a silent listene
of the conversation, and he burst int
laughter as boisterous and u~nquenchabl
as Phips had been. SO, that is too much
That is beyond everything l ever heardl
In the midst of this outburst the offend
ing Farebridge and his pretty wife drov'
up to the piazza, and Margret, at the immi
nent risk of her neck, flung herself out o
the carriage into the outstretched arms O
Mrs. Gray.
"Phil, old fellow" cried Horace Gray
loud enough to be heard from one end t
the other, show are you? l hear you'v'
been committing bigamy:n
"Bless your ugly mug !" responded Phil
joyously. $50 1 hear myself. Good lark
isn't it?''
And in half an hour everybody knew al
the details of the affair, for the landlor
considered himself released from his bon
of secrecy; and although some sharp crit
cisms were made behind their backs, MI
~Farebridge and his wife encountered moth
ing but the most deferential and apologies
manners thereafter. AS for Miss Spart
she so far humbled herself as to remark:
81 am sure, Mrs. Farebridge, it wa
strange you thought me in earnest abou
your husbands being a bigamist. Yo1
must have noticed that I was hurt at you
suspicion"
But in her heart of hearts she never for
gave either Phil or Margie.-Arlo Bates, i
HdrDeT,s Bazaar.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

DR.. R. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear
Sir-My wife had suffered with "female
weaknesses" for nearly three years. At
times she could hardly move she had such
dragging pains. We often saw you "Fa.
vorite Prescription" advertised, but sup
posed like most patent medicines it did not
amount to any thing, but at last concluded
to try a bottle, which she did. 1t made her
sick at first, but it began to show its effect
in a marked Improvement, and two bottles
cured her. Yours, ETC., A. j. HUYcK,
Deposit, N. Y,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

Walnut Leaf Hair RestoreR
Is entirely different from all others. It Is
as clear as water, and, as its name indicates,
is a perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. 1t
will Immediately free the head from GAN
druff, restore gray hair to its natural color,
and produce a new growth where it has
fallen off. 1t does not in any manner. al.
feet the health, which Sulphur, Sugar OF
Lead and Nitrate of Silver preparations
have done. 1t will change light or faded
hair in a few days to a beautiful glossy
brown. Ask your druggist forit. Each bot
tie is warranted. JOHN D. PARK & Sons,
Wholesale Agents, Cincinnati, Ohio, and
G.. N. CRITTENToN. New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

In 1772 a bright cloud was observed
at midnight to owe a mountain in the
island of Jaya, it emitted globes of fire
so luminous that the night became as
clear as day. Its effects were astonish-
ing. Everything was destroyed for
seven, leagues around. Houses were
demolished, plantations were buried in
the earth, and 3,04O people lost their
lives, besides 1900 head of cattle
Chicago Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Startling

General and nervous debility, impaired
memory, lack Of self-confidence, prema-
ture loss of manly vigor and powers, are
common results of youthful indiscretions
and pernicious practices. Victims whose
manhood has thus been wrecked hould ad'
dress, with three letter stamps, for large
illustrated treatise giving means of perfect
cure, WORLDS DISPENsARY MEDICAL As
ISOLATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
RANK injustice-Calling a man Captain
when he is a full-1edged GENERALLY. Y.

DR.. PIERcE's "Pellets" or sugar-coated
granules-the original little liver pills."
beware of imitations)-cure sick and bill
ious headache, cleanse the stomach and
bowels, and purify the blood. To get genu-
inc, see DR.. Pierce's signature and portrait
on Government stamp. % cents per vial,
by druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
B-1AcKsM1THs, TRouBLEs.

Having had occasion to use a remedy for kidney
troubles, 1 noticed an advertisement in one Of the pa
pers of the remarkable cures that Hunts Remedy had
made all over the country. purchased a bottle at one
of our druggists here in Manchester. and after using IL
for a short time found that it was helping me wonder
fully, and one bottle has cured mt completeiy-hay
no indigestion, and am hearty and healthy for one OF
my years (65). and can truly say that Hunts Remedy "a
q medicine that has real merit, and 1 do not hesitate to
it to the public in general.
j. F. WOODBURY.,
Sc Manchester Street, Manchester. N. h
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

IREcoMMEND to those suffering with Hay
Fever, Ely's Cream Balm. 1 have tried
nearly all the remedies, and give this a
decided preference. 1t gave me immediate
relief. c. I. STEPHENS, Hardware Mer-
chant, Ithaca, N. Y. Price so cents.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

A GARDEN "waul"-A cat on the fence
N. Y. Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

WHY suffer longer from Catarrh, Hay
Fever, and Cold in the Head? A sure cure
is Ely's Cream Balm. 1t is not a liquid or
snuff, and is easily applied. Fifty cents.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

WOODBURY., MD.-Rev. w. j. johnson
says: 81 have used Browns Iron Bitters
in my family and they have proven a
splendid health invigorator."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

THERE is a rumor from Germany that a
learned chemist has discovered a Wonder
full oil that will restore youth to old age,
PHILADELPHIA Bulletin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

AT the White Mountains the girls all
comb their hair back from the forehead.
That is why it is called a bang-up place
N. O, PicGuune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

Wells Trough on Corns." 15c. Ask for it.
Complete, permanent cure. Corns, bunions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

"Rough on Rats" Clears out rats, mice
flies, reaches, bed-bugs, ants, vermin. 15c
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

NEPTUNE's power long ago vanished
h waves tide his sands.-PhiIadelphit
Bulletin,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

AMERICAN fats-Pancakes.- Cincinnati
Traveller.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

BUcKHANNoN, W. VA.-Drs. Newton &
Blair report that Browns Iron Biteers are
giving general satisfaction.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

THE farmer makes hay while the son
shines behind a dry-goods counter
Rochester Post Express.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

A CAPTAIN who tied refractory sailors
to the capstan said it was the only way to
ease their rancor.-BoSton Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

THE a~rtesian well throws up its water
because it has a spring bottom.-N. o.
Picdyune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
w.,n.t Le.rHair R~.torsr

Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic
Cures chills, fever, ague and weakness.
Colden's, no ether, Of Druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

No MATTER what your ailment is; Brown
Iron Bitters win surely benefit you. Try it
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
MI

1t was perhaps half an hour later when a
servant tapped at Margret's chamber door,
bringing a note. The superscription, which
she saw at once was in her husbands hand,
ran:
iTo Mrs. Margret Merryweather, intro
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
MAINE MEN.

Skinny Men. "Wells' Health Renewer"
restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

LYoN' Heel Stifeners keep new boots and
shoes straight. By shoe and hardware dealers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

1t was impossible to make Phil take things
seriously. The more severely virtuous the
lady boarders looked, the colder the glances
which followed himself and his wife, the
droller the affair seemed to him and the
jollier he appeared. He scandalized Mar
gret by chuckling in the very face of Miss
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
"Buchu-paiba." Complete cure, al an
noying Kidney Diseases, irritation. $L

mother Swans Worm Syrup" for few
erishness, re~stlessness, worms. Tssteless
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Iostetter's stom

Hostetter's stom-
ach Bitters. by In
creasing vital power.
and rendering the
physical func
regular and active,
keeps the system In
good working order.
and protects IL
against disease. For
constipation. dyspep-
sia and liver COM
plant, neryousnesG
and rheumatic
ailments, 1t is invalu-
able, and 1t affords .
sure defense against
malarial fevers, be-
d removing all
traces of such disease
from the system. For
sale by all Druggists
and Dealersgenerally.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-01-13
FACTS AND FIGURES.

South Carolnians say the crops OF
their state this year are worth $780,
900 more than last years.
One vessel was lost at sea every
four hours during 1881, according to the
English Nautical Gazette. In iS79-sO
there were 400 steamboat collisions in
the North Atlantic Ocean.
Switzerland has I, 2S7 cotton mills,
employing 55.754 persons There arc
1872 silk factories, employing II, 1874 per-
sons; 45 wooden factories, with 2,447
hands; and z linen works, with 678
hands.
The Massachusetts, Society for the
Promotion of Agriculture awarded
prizes during the years named for re-
markable one-acre potato crops in Mas
sachusetts as follows: 1917, 400 BUSH
els; 1918, 49S bushels; 1919, $50 BUSH
els; 1920, go bushels; 1921. 55ll BUSH
els; 1922, 547 bushels; 1928, 6S8l BUSH
els.
Late accounts from California no.
tice the great increase in the size of tho
vineyards there. A plantation of 200
acres used to be considered a large
vineyard; now vineyards of 500 and 600
acres are not uncommon. and one of
1000 acres was recently planted near
Los Angeles. 1t 10 expected that in
three years or SO California will possess
vineyards of 5000 or 5000 acres in ex-
tent. The total number of acres at
present devoted to vine culture is esti-
mated at about 100000, all OF which
will be bearing in about four years
time, and producing about forty or fifty
million gallons annually.
DR.. j. Woodland writes to the Lancet
that, having had his attention directed
to several cases of great irritation of the
feet md legs, causing small pustules to
arise and the skin to subsequently ex-
foliate. and suspicion being fastened
upon red stockings which the patients
wore. he carefully analysed them. He
found tin salt which is used as NOR
dant in fixing the dye. He succeeded
in obtaining as much as %. 3 grains of this
metal in the form of the dioXide, and as
each time the articles are washed the
tin salt is rendered more easily soluble,
the acid eXcretions from the feet attack
the tin oxide. thus forming an irritating
fluid.
The record of Montana for 1882 will
show an increase of some 250 miles of
railroad, an increase of $4,000 perma-
nent residents, and the establishment of
peace among the red men. The bullion
product will aggregate S8,0O0,00O in
value, while $4,000 head of cattle and
5000, 900 pounds of wool will be mar
keted. The harvests have been album
dant and prices better than foryears, and
some $4,000 acres have been added to
the cultivated area. Nearly 100, 900
head of cattle and $50, 900 head of sheep
have been put upon the vast stock
ranges in addition to the regular in
crease from herds formerly there, and
over and above these evidences of pros
perity is the prediction OF a geologist
that Montana will one day be the great
est producing State in the Union.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-01-13
Needed More Land.

While some fishermen in the Adron-
dack region were digging worms one
day last fall, on a piece OF cleared land,
the owner suddenly appeared and de-
manded five dollars damages.
'Damages" echoed one of the fish
ermen, why, there are no crops here"
~ know it-no crop but worms.
You don't suppose I d be foolish enough
to try to raise wheat or corn here, do
youP''
"And do you call two dozen worms
worth five dollars?"
II shall have to. That will be my
only income this whole season from
eighty acres, and you see / must have
some little return or move of. "
He was given his choice between ac-
cepting half dollar or licking the crowG,
and he pocketed the coin with the
mournful observation:
This will never, never do. / see
I'll have to buy in at least $4,000 acres
to get income enough to keep patches
on my knees. "-DetroH Free Press.