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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Child Burned TO Death.

MITCHELL, D. T., December 19-This
morning the residence of J. F. Lucas
burned and his little three-year-old boy
was burned to death. Mrs. Lucas went out,
left the child in the cradle and locked the
door. The origin of the fire is not known.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
KelIouu will Contest.

hos ssrve5 nn Ga, nnt;ca of contost q
election in the Third Congress District,
charging bribery, corruption, violence, in
timidation and Justification of election re-
turns
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

MIR. Huxley's daughters are said to
be among the prettiest girls in London.
This is slightly ambiguous, as the same
thing might be said of the old gentle
mans sons.-Burlinqto, Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Another Novelty for the Exnosition.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, gcember 1s.-H.
T. Price, who lives on fl, N near Woolse-
ly College, Green County, has coat made
iu 1888 by Andy johnson, who was after
ward President of the United States. The
coat is to be on exhibition at the New Or
leans Exposition.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

"A young lady who has served SEN
tence of thirty days in a Long Island
Jail for "disorderly conduct on ferry
boat is discovered to have been dement,
ed; when released she attempted sni.
eide in New York cemetery.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Suicide Because His Wife Was Dyinu.

CHICAGO, December 2l.-This afternoon
Policeman Mackowski, being informed
that his wife, who was i'll, could not recov-
er, went out and killed himself. His wife
expired a few minutes later.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Died from lntemperance.

DAYTON, o., December 21.-Mrs. Lizzie
Weber drank nearly quart of whisky be-
fore she went to bed last night, and was
found dead in bed this morning.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Obscene Literature,

CINCINNATI, December 1s.-Employes of
a Cincinnati bill-poster, distributing ad-
vertisements of Chicago quack doctor,
were arrested for circulating obscene
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
The Work of Masked Men.

WHEELING, w. VA, December 21.-Six
masked men broke into the residence of
Henry Workenour, bound the inmates and
stole s., 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Reyerend Arrested for IIIeuaI yotinu.

ITHACA, n. z, December 1s.-Rev. R. T.
Jones, pastor Of Park Baptist Church,
Ithaca, who was prominent in the Inde-
pendent movement, was arrested on the
charge Of nlagal voting,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Nihilists After the Gar.

VIENNA, December 19.-Nihilists recently
attempted to wreck the railroad train CON.
ysying the Gar to st. Petsxaburs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

I'm the fourteenth century it was the
fashion to carry toothpieks Of silver sat
pended round the meek.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Jlle Gatou 9fmpfFat.
RATES on ADVERTISING.

Business cards Of Ave lines or less 90 Per anuum.
Local notices, 10 cents per line each insertion.
Simple announcements OF marriases and deatha,
and church and benevolent society notices inserted
free. Any additions to obituary notices will be
charged i've cents per line.
Favors must be handed In a. early ~ Tuesday
morning to insure insertion the same week Cozs-
municatons upon .subjscts & general o. 49,
tstersst are solicited.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Suicide of Mrs. General W. n. Markle,

GREENsBURG, Pa, December 1s.-This
morning Mrs. Markle, relict of General w.
n. Markle. committed suicide by taking
laudanum. Mrs. Markle had been an inva.
lid for wears
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-04-25
Testing Eggs for ilatching.

Fertilized eggs, or eggs that will pro-
duce chickens, can be distinguished in
from FIVE to seven days after the hen be-
gins to SIT on them. If held against a
strong light the germ may be seen in a
dark spot, and the examination may be
relied upon. If ne dark spot is visible
al the end of seven days, the egg is
sterile and may be removed. When
examination shows the shell full and
dark, the chick is within a day or two
of Matching, and if the little bird is
alive, the ear will readily detect its
movements within the shell. Eggs for
Matching should be selected with care.
The largest are not always the best.
Choose the medium sized and those
that taper sharply to the small end.
Carefully examined agalnsta strongllght
eggs may be selected which in nine
cases out OF ten will hatch.-Orange
C0HHfp Farmer.
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ONO uO0i-,,r0Wers.

THE Democrats of Ohio, fox po-
litical purposes last Fall denounced the
reduction that had been made in the
tariffic on foreign wool, and promised
the woolgroowers of that state that,
IN the event of Democratic success,
the tariffic on foreign wool should be
restored to the old rate before the re-
duction. Avote on the question has
recently been taken. in the House Of
Representatives,: and the result IS that
nearly all the Democrats of the House
voted against the restoration Of the
old tariffic rate on wool, and nearly
all the Republicans voted in favor of
ii. This ought to teach the wool growers
in Ohio, as well as in other states, that
thier particular form of industry has
noting TO hope for in the acendency of
the Democratic Party, and it o;!ght to
settle the question, as we think it will,
that Ohio will be a Republican state
at the mex. election. The Democratic
Party is not safe party to trust on
any question relating to tariff duties.
: Wool is sometimes spoken Of as raw
material, and on this ground it is claim
ed that it should be placed on the free
list. To the manufacturer of wooden
it is raw material. being the article that
he uses in making those goods. But
to the farmer who raises sheep, and
grass to feed them in the Summer, and
hay to feed them with in the Winter,
wool is not raw material, but man.
ufactured article, beng manufactured
in this way, and the farmer has as much
right to insist thatit shall be protected
by tariff Of goods ready for the market
So the wool-growcrs Of Ohio reason;
and in this respect they reason correct
ly.--IndkbendeHk
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Agricultural Experiments.

w. c. Butler. Of Springtown, Ark.
last fall crushed his sorghum cane with
out stripping the green fodder from it,
and he IS of the opinion that he made
as much sorghum as ifhe had stripped
it clean. All the dry or dead blade:
were removed before crushing.
At Bristol. Iowa, the experiment
was tried of sowing salt on patch o.
wheat. A larger crop and better quail.
ity Of wheat resulted, but whether the
improvement paid, is an open ques-
ton.
Az Beloit, Iowa, the raising of fax is
becoming very popular. The seed is
sown in June, on fresh breaking, and
the profit realized is often enough to
pay for the land.
Our reporter at Mt. Erie, ILL.,, has
observed that wheat sown as early as
the first OF o ctober gives the best re.
suits.
At Danforth, ILL.,, they are diaining
the Vermillion swamp. The ditch will
be twenty miles Icing, from twenty 10
forty feet wide, and four feet deep.
At Clermontville, Ohio, potatoes
were planted in the ordinary way and
covered with straw about one foot
deep. The potatoes required no cul.
tivation and there was good crop
Pl0Uman.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-04-25

intentions is nothing to thepoint. The
stress OF your poverty has not the
slightest connection with the case.
An editor will never pay you for your
poem because you wish 10 help YOU
mother. No customer viii buy hei
best bonnet or her wheat flour Of YOU
because you are unable TO pay YOU
rent. When Yor have entered the
world of trade. you have entered a
world where tenderness and charity
and personal IN crest are foreign re.
latioDs. Not for friendships sake,
nor for PHYS sake nor for chiva.ry's
sake runs the great ratyIng-cry of this
great world,--bu, only fer galae re.
eaoed'
1t Is with sorrow and shame, butyet
with hope and courage, that write it
there IS reason for the extensive com
plan, made by men, that women dc
not work thoroughly. / am afraid that
nll time and trouble shall have laugh,
them better, they viii not. Is il
because they have never been trained.
Is it because they expect to be marriedi
That it is not in the least because
they can not we know foi we know
that some of the most magnifcently
accurate work in the world has been
done by women"
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-04-25
Scabby Legs In Fowls.

Many focks of fowls are observed to
be affected by scaly legs or "scab :"
This is the work of a small parasitic
worm which burrows in the skin and
causes it to loosen in scales. A grow
er in this vicinity, says that it can be
cdred easily and effectually by rubbing
the legs OF the affected fowls with the
following mixture A tablespoonful Of
petroleum and a half ounce Of lard
thoroughly mingled. Four or five ap.
plications during five weeks will gener'
ally clean legs ofscales. The petroleum
whitens the skin tor time, and sulphur
may be substituted for the oil, being
just as eficacious in killing the parasite
and not discoloring the skin
Of the fowls Orange County Turner
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-04-25
Soil FOR Flowers Beds.

The soil best adapted for Towering
plants, generally is light, friable loan,
containing a moderate amount of veg
etable matter, and sufficient sand to
render 1t porous but asst rarely hap
pens that the amateur has much choice
OF soil, it is fortunate that most plants
will accommodate themselves to any
but such as is OF an extremely dry,
sandy. or calcerous 3ature. or of a
stiff, heavy. retentive character. In
the former the plants are sure to be
starved, and in the latter if they ever
fairly take root. is generally an undue
development of foliage at the expense
of the flowers. In soils of this descrip-
ton much may be done by thoroughly
breaking up the superficial crust, as II
is technically termed 'trenching" it at
least one spade deep, digging IN sharp
sand or road scrapings; and the op-
Grafton be performed in autuma SO
that the loosened soil is thoroughly ex-
posed during the winter to the disin-
tegrating influences of frost and other
atmospheric agencies, the advantage
will be greatly increased.
In soil OF opposite character. !. e.,
Sandy or calcareous, the remedy will
obviously consist in the addition OF
of loan in conjunction with decayed
leaves or old rotten manure; or where
expense is no object, the surface may
be entirely removed to a depth OF
eight or ten inches, and its place sup
Piled with the best loamy compost at
hand. Strong, crude manure of an
animal nature should be avoided in
flower beds.-Fz0s, in AmerIcan Gar
Ie,
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-04-25

We commend to all girls who wish
or expect to engage in any self-supporr-
ing occupation, especially where they
may come in competition with men,
the following extract from Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps's article, entitled "Sup-
por.ingtHerself,' in May 81. Nicholas:
"Bu girls, if you don't mean to
make through business of the occup-
alton you have chosen, never, never,
never begin to be occupied at all.
Half-finished work will do for amateurs
1t will never answer for professionals
The bracket you are sewing for New
Years present can hang little crook
ed on its screws, and you will be for
given for the loves sake therein, by
the dear heart to which you offer it;
but the trinket carved for sale in the
Sorreto rooms must be cut as true as a
rose-leaf. You can be little shaky
as to your German declensions in the
Schiller club, which you joined so en-
Enthusiastically aftet leaving school, and
no great harm ever come OF 1t; but
teach Schiller for living, and for
every dative case forgotten you are
so much money out of pocket.
"People who pay for thing demand
thorough Workmanship Or none. To
offer incomplete work for complete
market price, IS to be a cheat or a
beggar. The, terrible grinding law Of
supply and demand, pay and receive,
give and get, give no quarter to silly
sally labor. The excellence of your
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-04-25
THE RAILROAD ERA
I'm LITERATURE.

Our standard Library books for Is eents
and 25 cents are about the sirs' Of this sntire
advertisement. The type in
nearly all the books are Small
Plea, the size used in this sem
tence. Each book is printed
on hne laid paper. and is bound in durable:
handsome psper cove, with the name priptsd
on tho back and side.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-04-25
THE TIMEsn PLATFORM"

FIRST-Conirol the railroad and otherpublic cor,
pofation by stringent laws--make them pay taxa
on the value OF their property as evidenced BY
their stocks and bonds which they pay interest.
SEC0NU--Reyislo OF the present iniquitor.
tariff Jaws by which 80. GOO 900 more that Necessary
for governmental purposes are annually extorted
rom the people. Free fence lumber and wire for
western farmers.
THiRD-Higl license and local option. In anita
gonsu 10 prohibition and fanaticism, as being the
best way to secure temperance, which we SO mach
desire.
FOURTH-Restoration offihe lands unlawfully
claimed by the land grant railroads to homestead
and presumption by the people,
f1fTH-Opeuing OF the Indian Territory 10 While
settlement.
sIXTH-The The national banks must go.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-04-25

YouBgGl1rfe j. a seven-eighth blood Per-
eheron.7 years od, Of good style and action, dsrS
dapple gray, 70 IT, hands his, weighs 1850 pounds.
and SIZED by impvidocq, No. 4s5, AZ head Of OAK
Lawn steed- season services 500 First Dam BY
GIOrie. imported Perchefon stallion, owned By A g.
v, Brooking. OF NecotDb. III. second d1m BY i'm
ported stallion Sism1rk, owned By A. 2. Trabn..
Of Hannibal. Mo.
rEENs.-wIiIserye mares on thu following terms
80 20 Insure VIA; foai g. for single service.
Owners parting With mares. or renewing the
out Of he Community where ibr-d, forfeit In
suTAuce aud mares will be held for The snouni
Care will Re taken % prevent accidents bat will
n1t be fesponsioie sf7pld any o-cur.
Sr0 p-rx1
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-06
SARGENT oA THE HOG.
Ex-MiniBter TO Berlin Twists the
Gelman Hogs Taj4.

German Hog Ifr-'
Ew YOEk, July :. Baron \. Sargent.
minister IN Hcrl7u arrived i,y ,h'
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VI Nun
ms VIC ana son ne caves IVY
lighters studying IN Europe. Mr.. Nar-
vas seen ~ the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
No. " he said. 81 am a.uriy.fr citizen
and III. w.i,h, II tb.,\mrric.n no,
h. from my ,ho,,ldrr am rnjun
q few day, in III, East. and then (
oin.,, C-,lif,r,,Y.to look- amer INV
interest. YGn want No. know
,t nv conflict with Bismarck Al,
rI1,yin AZ III. hc,iuniDu BE.
arrived In E.rl,n rr,nrr' Hi.mn,,.k
secured the exclusion Of c,rt.,in
,,can uro,lu.t,. .u.n A. poiu.3r..
ed nents. .tc. on the croupd Of their
uu,,uud These excursions were
~ i,ntor,ant,iu t,e,p,cl,c, but vt,u
nro.trn.d absolute n,ohil1tion OF
,r,n nrndnt. and brgau lbs ,tn.A-
,r nnrk I,toI,ht II v,s t,,n,., Ia
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-06
Nova : Gotta


HALrAX, y $, july "A Telegram
j. been received by Ne, ~. Piakforl
lack, agents here OF the harness line OF
famcrs, stating that The i.incoln City IT,
|hore 10 the vicinity OIL laeS.'s i!lrbor
bmaii Day about loo milo, 10 ch" east.
krd Of lIalllax The shs, was hound
PIN Stockholm to Sew fOrGWilh .anu'u-
u of passengers mo1iy Immigrants
b d general cargo on > board taWun
h.. Harrison, who tr.cGrap's I;hr
formation, states that -" i~
n light, but Woriing btuy Nctrc-
e-ts immediate as,isrrce for the gre
oval OF passengers, and 10 at.cmp,sto
bit the steamer. No lives are rcporn 4
have been lost The IIrcoln city Wu~
)nchcd for the lurnchs Line, hut -
brt time ago, being Ipw on her lr y
across the Atlantic Iand her COM
ndcr formerly in ci,argc'of the Steamer
eathcrlcc, OF The same line. In "-
bnse to Captain llarrisoWS request all
hiIablc aid will be dispap he'd to'thc
Me at once. The steamer probltiV
nck after dark last uight during liz
Use fog that had prevailed all dayuiohG
b whole stretch of tbs, COST.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-06

LJSDay. jug Joseph Grafton Va
pfesied a: illDiey - = suspicious cI4r-
cter. he aa4 dynamite caitr dyes and
! ,es On Al, pel>Du
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-06

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-22
Red Jar ket's To NJ q h q " X.

lutE 'SCtHiis
One little anecdote OF Red Jacket re-
lated by Judge Sheldon at the meeting
of the committee af the Buffalo Histori.
cal society recently will be found inter
esting: There was once" said the
Judge, a blacksmith's shop on the cor
ner where the postoiiice now stands,
kept by man named Reese. He was u
very fine workman, q real artist in his
line. One day Red Jacket came into
the shop with his interpreter he would
never speak English, you know. Well,
he wanted q new hatchet or tomahawk
made. They had some talk, but Reese
finally said he would make the hatchet
for him. and told him to come in two
weeks for it.
"When the time was up Red Jacket
came for lis hatchet. II was fine
piece of workmanship, too. He went
of, but returned in day or two with
the hatchet. 1t didn't suit him. OF
course, Reese was mad. but he told
Red Jacket if he would make q model out
OF maple wood o: Just such tomahawk
as he wanted he would make it for him.
So Red Jacket made his model and
brought it to Reese, who told him 10
come after it in week. Red Jacket
came in . week. with his interpreter. ~
usual. Reese had told several people
and several were in the shop when He'd
Jacket came in. Reese handed him the
hatchet. Red Jacket looked il all over,
flung it across the room. grunted Ugh.
and went OF mad rs thunder. He had
forgotten to make an eye in his model.
and Reese made the hatchet without an
eve"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-22
Dynamite aad Nitre.Glyeeriae.
Chicago Tribune.l


According to manufacturer of dyna-
mite, you might throw q box OF il from
the top of the public buildings 10 tho
street with no more effect than il you
threw down box Of apples. You can
burn it, also, with perfect impunity."
To prove this the manufactu. ar took q
piece Of the brown explosive from u
shelf. and, lighting it with match.
held it in his hand while il burned
slowly with q dull, ycllowish flame.
I'm fact" he continued, dynamite In
much safer to transport than gun.
powder. Many time have n over
Q carload OF it ut the works. There IL
no risk in carrying it about in sachel.
1t is fact not generally known that q
car of dynamite was once smashed in
railway collision and no harm was done.
How is it made to do its destructive
work? Well, it is safe only so long as
it is kept separated from the mat, ials
used to fire it"
The transportation of nitro. .glyccrinc.
unlike dynamite, is dangerous. II can
be conveniently stored in earthen Jars.
with layer Of water on top. For trans.
portation it is usually put into strong
tin cans holding about forty Vt atty
pounds. and when possible frozen.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-22
Au.aralin.. Heavy wheat.
Chcag Trihunc


A man in Chicago this week who ha.
been for thirty years farmer near
Adela de. in Australia, has some won
derful things to say about the wheat
production of that country. The ordi
nary mercial grade averages .
weight of over sixty-iive pounds to th,
measured bushel. and he acted as Iuig,
in an agricultural exhibit where lot Of
about 100 bushels averaged the aston
ishing weight Of sixty seven pounds aud
fourteen ounces. The ordinary weight
OF (winter) wheat in the British isles !,
about sixty two pounds. while the com
mercial grade Of Chicago spri.,g wheat
is only about fifty-nine. though sixt,
pounds are sold as abushel.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-22


There is pariic liar point of differ
ence Letween Eoston and New York.
The rog fondians," rs | dgar Poe
used to call the citizens of Bos.on
when he was writing his essays about
the lterati MAN. years ago, know the r
great men by sight, and always recog-
niZe them upon the street, while the
average New-Iurker never saw one of
the famous literary men or orators of
the metz opolis, to his knowlcd e. OF
course til s may be accounted for in a
measure, because New York IS the
greater city of the two, and, unlike
Boston, is cosmopolitan. Nevertheless.
the difference IN this particular cannot
be wholly expla mel by difference in
population. The Newlorker is al
ways in hurry. but the Bostonian is
always deliberate Here people know
each other, and stop to chat NJ on the
street like neighbo. $ in count, village.
They know who lives in the next
house and the adjoining block, and are
on terms Of speaking intima y, ami
everybody knows where the fnmous
men of the city reside. When Phillips
and Sumner were alive the people knew
them we'll by sight. Longfe low was
always recognized as he walked the
street, and Oliver Wendell Holmes is
known to all who live ut the Hub"
"Can you take me to the house of Dr.
o. W. Holiness asked a lady of car
riage-driver recently. "Indade, l can,
ma am" was the answer; don't every
man know where he lives, sure?"
When Emerson was alive he was as we'll
known to the Bostonian as to the good
people of Concord, and all of those
whom have mentioned were held in
high regard, as is the gracious autocrat
to-day.