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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01
York, Ohio and Kentucky.

New York, Ohio and Kentucky.
To wait on the 76 Senators there
are 242 employees. not counting po-
lice, watchmen and librarians.
Virginia now has the same nun
Der of Congressman she had in 1870,
when there were only 65 members of
the House.
There are several Post Offices in
the country at which the annual sal
airy of the Postmaster is only ST..
Five hundred and eighty-nine dol
lars for wines, liquors and mineral
waters for use of Board of Visitors to
Naval Academy, is an item in last
years expenditures of the Govern
meat.
The Pension Office expends more
than 100000 a year investigating al
legged pension frauds.
After having expended more than
a millionSof dollars upon its build
Eings in this District, the Government
finds itself paying nearly $4,000 a
month for rent of private buildings.
The Post Office Department uses
$4,000 worth of wrapping Irvine q
year.
The thirteen States of Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Nebraska, Neva-
da, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode
Island, Vermont and West Virginia,
with an aggregate population which
does not exceed that of New York
alone, have twenty-six United States
Senators to New York's two.
California with less than half the
population of Indiana, pays to the
Government more money for postal
service.
Among the expenditures of the
Government last year was an item,
"For manufacturing medals $24, 49S.-
3d."
1t costs the Government $500
a year to maintain lights and buoys
on the Ohio, Mississippi and Miss
ouri rivers.
Nineteen thousand seven hundred
and eigkty-eight dollars of the pub
lie funds was recently expended fol
machinery and experiments in. the
manufacture of sugar"
To supply the public buildings
throughout the country with fuel,
light and water requires an expendi
ture of 81 900 a day.
Seven hundred and fifty persons
are constantly employed by the two
Houses of Congress while in session
in and about the Capital.
The Government has sold more
than two hundred million dollars
worth of public land in eighty years
In the last twenty years the Gov
eminent has paid for interest on the
public debt the enormous gum of $2,
0S9, 000, 900, a sum which would de
fray all the expenses of the Govern
ment. excepting interest on the pub
lie debt, for nearly nine years to come
at the present rate of expenditure
and for nearly thirty five years if ex
penses could be limited to what they
were in 1860.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01
For the Democrat.
Chicken Watchers.

Mr. EDITORIALS many of my old
friends are DESTROYS of knowing what
success | have had in the poultry bust
ness in Kansas, l give you my expert
ence Over a year ago l constructed
two very crude hatchers, designed
from some good points of several
others I had seen. l filled them with
eggs and they worked fairly well. 1
kept them going from Dec. 1st to June
LIST, clearing from them during that
time $65O.O0 over and above every
thing and that in spite of the high
price of feed, and the fact that my
chickens were all marketed at low
prices. The highest price l got was
5000 q doz. and the lowest 1915 DUR
ing that time L also attended to my
regular business. Believing this was
a good return for the amount of work
l began to lock around for a more
perfect hatcher, and my attention was
directed to the Common Sense In
June 1 procured instructions from J..
NJ. Balm, New Concord, Ohio, who is
Secretary of the N. A. Poultry Asso-
citation, and will send directions for
making this hatcher to any one send
ing three 2 cent stamps to prepay post
age. l had one made that would hold
$50 eggs, cost about seven dollars
Mysuccess with this hatcher was all l
could wish for and Immediately had
four more made, and from these five
hatchers, l have just taken 1920 fine
chicks out of less than 1900 eggs. l
believe l am placing it modestly when
1 say that 1 hope to clear $500 by
July next and still pursue my usual
business. There is 70 business as
probable as this is, provided one
gives it the attention it deserves, and
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01
Notice to Contractors.

CEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
~ ceived by the County Commission
ers, at the Auditors office, until II
O'Clock NJ, on
Saturday, May Gath, 1854,
for the excavation, materials and labor
for the abutments of a bridge on the
Marshall Free Pike, at the crossing of
Twin creek in Monroe township, con-
tanning about 240 cubic yards of ma
sonry.
Ard the abutments for a bridge on
the Concord and Fair Haven Free Pike,
at the crossing of Fourmile creek, near
the residence of Lee Parks in Dixon
township, containing about 21O cubic
yards of masonry.
Bids will be received per cubic yard
for work actually done.
Specifications or file at this office on
and after May 18th, 1884. The right to
reject any or all bids is reserved.
By order of the Board.
H. L. ROBBINS,
may1-3 Auditor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

no business requires as little capital
to start on. There ia no necessity of
men trying to hide the business or
monopolize it. The field is the world
and the world like Oliver Twist, is
crying out for MORE. There are thou
sands of young men who are teachers
and clerks who look forward to the
time when they can get a start in some
lucky way. This way is is here open
to them all if they will only profit by
it. There are thousands of young
women who feel dependent on some
father or brother who in one year
could place themselves high above
any dependence if they only would.
Get directions and mako yourselves
hatchers Immediately. You can make
them yourselves.
Respectfully Yours,
l., l., j,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

A man has turned up in Cleveland
who has positive Information to the
effect that Four, paugh's alleged
white elephant is not a painted or
pipe clayed fraud. He was simply
sand-papered on the voyage from
Liverpool. Two lusty attendants
polished him off with the c~oarsest
kind of sand-paper, removing the
outer c%uticle and revealing the soft
ashes of-cigar tints so much admir-
ed by Siamese potentates.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

The more the political waters are
stirred, the more does the strong
Tilden sentiment of the people hub
BILE up to the surface. When Con
gress deprived Gen. jackson of the
Chief Magistracy TO which the voice
of the people had assigned him in
1924, the hearts of the people refus-
ed to know any other political leader
till the great wrong had been fully
repaired. Ard since the great fraud
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01
Here is an instance of the foolist

Here is an instance of the foolish
management of our alleged navy
The frigate Tennessee, the largest
vessel we have cost originally, in
1857, $1,857,075.8 81. The repairs
have cost an additional 81, TAO, 7OO.2 %,
making a total of 1857, 1860, and
the vessel has been recently CON
demned as worthless. Is it any won
der that Congress hesitates in up
propriating money for the navy?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

The jackson Herald says: "Every
boy in jackson county should learn
this one cardinal lesson about the
tariff. If not too high, the foreign
manufacturer GENES here and pays
the government for the privilege of
selling his goods. The amount he
TINS pays goes into the public trea-
sury. Now if the tariff is made SO
the foreign manufacturer will not
pay his money for the privilege of
selling his goods what is the result?
The manufacturer on this side puts
mp the price to the highest notch
the people pay it, the government
gets not a cent-all goes to specula-
tors. This is not only wrong, but a
public crime" Ard we advise our
Preble county boys to take this mat.
ter uLder consideration. The tariff
question is one that many of u
people are unable to see through
1t is very simple, when once under
stood and one cannot help seeing the
benefit our country would derive
from a %judicious tariff.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

The Republican State Convention
first Endorsed a resolution approving
the Scott law and condemning the
Democrats for attempting it's repeal,
but became scared at their action and
struck out of the platform all refer
ence to the lawi
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

Why, Bro. Calderwood, of the
Greenville Courier, it was only old
political barnacles and office chronics
that pushed the decoration" bust
ness into notoriety. It is all fal da
raj, and real down good common
sense soldiers regard it so.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

1t would be interesting to know if
the new Republican white mans
party, now being organized in Geor-
gia for the purpose of downing the
poor colored man, intends to do the
downing with shot guns.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

Gen. Butler, alarmed at or advis-
ed by the Blaine boom, declares his
intention of getting up his own book
of "reminiscences, of which he has
several to recall and write. He is en-
couraged by a Boston publisher, who
thinks it would be easy to sell 250, 900
copies and that the Generals royalty
ought to be $25O,00O.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

Gen. Robson, the Republican
nominee for Secretary of State, is a
resident of Kenton, Hardin county,
and stands well among his friends
and neighbors of both parties, but
Mr.. Newman, the present Secretary
of State, will hold over for two years
longer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll has
built an enormous log house or the
Dorsey ranch in New Mexico, and
intends taking his family there this
summer, Immediately after the Chi
cago convention.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

The village of jamestown, eleven
miles east of Xenia, was almost des-
troyed by the Sunday evening cy-
clone, killing five persons and seri-
ously wounding a large number.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

Woodward, a witness before the
Springer Committee, testified that
"ths total expense to the government
of the Las Vegas and Vinita route,
for nearly three years, was about
100000, and the revenue for the
same period was about $780," The
government got 5000 for the letters
and papers carried on that route and
the %star-route rascals got 100000
for carrying them! For every one
dollar that the government got, the
star route rascals got $500 dollars!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

BERTHE Hull, of Van Vert, aged 10,
has stolen three horses, and has run
away from home times innumerable,
and what to do with him is a puzzle
to the authorities.-Er.
Hold on to him. He will make a
splendid Republican Congressman or
q Star Route contractor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

The silence ofthe Eaton papers on
the location of the Children's Home
is painfully oppressive.-New Parts
Mirror.
Don't worry yourself, Bre. Bloom.
1t will be located in due season, and
at the proper place. j.,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

The Secretary of State reports
214,794 cogs for 1883, and the sheep
killed and wounded by them at ST.
769, valued at $173, 977.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

1t is sa that the wheat prospects
of California were never better. The
increased average aud increased
yield from abundant rains this spring
indicate an increase Of 60 per cent.
ove former years. All this comes
when the markets of the world are
glutted. The outlook for good prices
never was so poor. Wheat will sell
at the sea board inside of q year OF
so or 80 cents, which makes it 20 or
75c. here. To Offset this the farmer
must have undutied iron, food and
wearing apparel, SO that his labor
will not CT st so much, or he becomes
a bankrupt, with no market for his
grain.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

Gen. L.Fever was nominated for
his thirl term By reclamation. Poll
tics are very strange worms.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

Bills passed the Legislature au-
thorizing Township Trustees to pay
for sheep killed by dogs instead of
the County Commissioners. Au-
thorizing the Governor to appoint an
inspector of shops and factories for
the protection of health, comfort ard
safety of operatives. An amendment
attaching a penalty on road super
~visors, constables and town marshals,
who neglect to AXE up stock running
at large. An amendment TO avoid
the use of an additional ballot-box in
school districts composed partly of
city and county territories. Provid-
ing that the term of State School
Commissioner shall begin on the
second Monday in July, and that the
present incumbent shall hold. until
that time, 1887.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01

The official report for April records
an estimate increase of about five per
cent. ic the acreage OF winter wheat,
and the condition is ninety five
against eighty in April 1888. This
promises, so far as present indica
tions &C, an increase of about one fifth
in yield of winter wheat. Should this
rate of increase be realized in spring
and winter wheat both, the crop
would be the largest ever grown
But as to spring wheat little ear be
said as yet. The weather is back
ward and in some measure disheart
ening, but it has happened more than
once that the sowing for a large crop
has succeeded though the spring was
late. And the estimate thus far are
that the increase in acreage, on &C
count of emigration to the far West
ern States and Territories, will prob.
ably exceed the decrease in tile older
States caused by unsatisfactory re-
suits last year. so
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-01
Of 1876. the hearts Of the people have

of 1876, the hearts of the people have
known no leader but Samuel j. Til
den, nor will they know any other
so long as he may be alive. The
blunder of 1880, which vas almost
as bad as the fraud of 1876, was not
the work of the people. 1t was the
the work of certain politicians who
have lived to see their folly and are
now adding their voices to the cry
for Tilden which is coming up from
all quarters of the country.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-11-01

&c RAPk-VINEr DISpA rlbES.

The Sacramento Record Union truly
says the reader of the day may expect
in the Democratic press dispatches
from now until Tuesday next, which
will come by grapevine lines" In
every instance they will be especial T"
to those journals. They will regularly
announce the hopelessness of the
Republican canvass, the conversion
of prominent Republicans TO the cause
Of that eminent purist, Grover Cleve.
land, etc. Already this economic news
medium has been set in operation, and
the Aita, for instance, grinds OFT two
columns of "rot about the managers
of the Republican campaign having
conceded the hopelessness of Mr..
Blaine's candidacy. The public will
nos be easily deceived by these thread
bare devices. They will look to the
regular news channels for confirm alton
before they accept anything the Demo.
cratic press may offer as news for the
remainder of this week.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-11-01
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF
THE MINT.

The Reno Gazette says: The Director
Of the Mint has submitted his annual
report for the fiscal year 1884. The
deposits of gold during the year were
SAC. 1876. 679, of which over $29, 900, 900
was of domestic production. Silver
purchased for coinage and deposited
for bars amounted, at coinage value, to
$36 520, 800, of which over $3l 100000
was of domestic production. The
total value of gold and silver deposited
and purchased, including redeposits,
was $685. 55. The coinage
amounted to $57,ssO,921, of which
$27, 932, 1924 was gold, $2S. IT'S, 3S9 silver
dollars and $1,174,709 minor coins.
The coinage of gold was about
$S00O,000 less than in the previous
year. Besides the manufacture Of coin
gold bars of the value of $23,S75, $50
and silver bars eff the value of
$7,639, 724, making total of
$3l ,515,3l0, were prepaid at minis and
assay Offices. The number of silver
dollars distributed during The year was
over $17 100000 The total estimated
in active circulation. October, 1884,
are over $40.000,0OO, an increase of
$5,000,000. The Director estimates
the production of mines in the United
States during the calendar year 1884 ut
f29, 100000 gold, and not quite
1900 600 more silver than for the
previous year.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-11-01
REPUBLICAN CONG rs SMAN.

The Austin RecciAs says: 1t is the
duty Of every Republican to vote for
Hon. William WOODBURY. for Congress.
man. He is man of ability, man
in favor of high protective tariff, and
will represent Nevada in Congress
with honor to himself and credit to his
constituents. Mr.. Woodburu will be y
member of the next Congress unless
slaughtered by hisownparty Repub.
licans, bear in mind that to elect n
Democrat to oil the important position
Of Congressman is to elect man to
vote and act against the principles
which you profess, Remember that
the Democratic party is the friend of
free trade, and proposes by such law
to build up an aristocracy in this
country to equal that Of Great Britain,
and by so doing they will make slaves
Of the lahoring classes. Think of
these matters and cast your vote next
Tuesday for the Republican nominee
for Congressman. His name is William
WOODBURY.:
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-11-01

The Enterprise has the following
timely editorial on voting straight:
We presume it is useless to urge upon
Republicans to vote the Republican
county ticket straight. The tendency
to scratch local candidates has become
almost irresistible, and many will
scout the idea of voting straight
,icget. But there is a point of honor
involved. Every man who voted at
the Republican primaries is under an
implied pledge to support the Repub-
lican nominees. He bound himself by
his vote at his primary to abide by the
action Of the delegates chosen at the
primary. To seek to undo the work Of
the County Convention by rejecting
any of its nominees is to engage in the
destruction Of the party's local organi,
cation. The time to defeat The aspi-
rations of an unworthy candidate Is
when he is seeking nomination.
Storey County, under a fair count, is
Republican by from three to four
hundred majority. and every Republi-
can Candidate who has procured his
nomination in fair way, and who has
spent his time and money in making
q personal canvass. is entitled to
receive every Republican vote. Let us
keep faith with these men. Every
proposition to swap or trade a name
on the ticket for Democrat is treach.
cry. The whole Republican ticket
from top to bottom, Presidential
Electors, Congressman, Supreme
Court Judge. Legislature, county and
township officers ought to he bonored
BY the full support of the party.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-11-01
REPUBLICAN ESTIMATES.

The Philadelphia Press OF Sunday
contained careful canvass of the
majorities which will probably be cast
in the most importa mt count fcs in New
York November 4th, and dispatches
from the chief points of interest in
the State. Their footing displayed a
majority of 26,510 for Blaine. The
dispatches pointed to heavy kepubli.
can gains in members of Cong ress, and
also gave renewed evidence of the
generally accepted fact that the alleged
Independent vote is confined TO New
York city and Brooklyn. and in those
cities is offset by Democratic disalfec-
ton. A review OF the situation, tele.
graphed by the editor of the Press
from New York city, announced that
the Republican leaders have sincere
and undoubting convictions that they
will carry the State. Representative
and thoroughly Informed men from
different sections are positive that
there. are no anti.Blalne Republicans
Of ahy serious account. The threatened
Prohibition vote is speedily declining,
and will not be formidable factor,
and the losses from Cleveland, either
to. Butler or Blaine, will largely exceed
the losses from Blaine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-11-01
FREE TRADE.

Free trade means competition with
European labor. 1t means less work
In America and lower rates of wages.
1t means hard times for American
wcrkmen. II means wa men for every
job. 1t means that Chinese may work
IN Canada or Mexico and send the
product to the United States. 1t is
worse, on the whole, than Chinese
immigration, for it makes the Ameri-
can laborcr resist attacks. from both
sides. The only way to have protec.
ton is to elect Republican President
and Republican Congressman.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-11-01
TUE man who wants to see his wife
and children hungry will vote for the
party that favors free trade.


As I was seated on the piazza of our
hotel, last evening watching the moon
as ii came up out of the sea. an owl
glided by and was seen but moment,
rs he passed the window, through
which the light was streaming, intent
no doubt. upon its mission. and appar-
emily undsturbed by the music, the
hum of voices, and the red and green
lights thai flashed from the lawns on
Ocean Avenue. Owls may often sail
around The pier hotels at night, but it
is not often thai they are seen. Back
In the woods, they make their home,
and there their booming is ms familiar
as the croaking of the frogs. The
farmer has no better friend than the
owl, and he who kill, one does him
self and the public an injury, White
of LelbOrne, after tanning Il pair of
owls, was convinced that they brought
mouse TO the nest, ON an average,
every five minutes from sunset to day
light.
Owls were never an epicurean feast,
but there was formerly IN eccentric
genius in Newport, Bcuj unin Hadwin,
who ate them, and for hat matter, any
thing that had once ha HE breath of
life. SOuthey once ban an owl roasted
for dinner, for himself and Mr. and
Mrs. Wordsworth. | give the sequel
in his words.
I'VE agreed there could he no pre-
text for makin owls game, hui il ever
you eat one, 10y all means try il boiled,
with onion sauce
An omeleiIe made of owls eggs is
said to be u cure for drunkenness.
Owls are sometimes stuffed, moi for
the table, bur to draw crows within
reach of the 1orisman's gun. No love
is lost between the crow and the owl,
and when the latter is prrched on il
limb, the former goes for him with The
celebrity and disregard of all those
caltionary measures that usually
mark the movements of crow. so
eager is he to reach the object of his
aversion, that he does not see the gun
ner until il is too late 10 beat "a safe re.
treat. The Italians use an owl TO
caich small birds, only in 'heir case
the owl is led to Il perch in open
ground, in broad sunlight, and the
birds that gyrate around him alight
upon twigs smeared with tirdlime.
In this way, they become an easy
prey An owls sight, clear enough
and sharp enough, at night, is none of
the best by daylight and his foraging
is done after dark; but story is told
of a colored fisherman, somewhere in
North Carolina, who, having set his
fish lines, returned, after brief inter.
val TO find that duck had taken The
Lait, and that an owl which had
attempted to capture the duck had
become so entangled in the line that
il could not escape. Nor is this the
only instance have heard ofwhers an
owl meddled with a line, to its own
distraction. AT one time, the work.
men on the Washington monument
were annoyed a good deal TO find that
plnmp line which reached from the
top 10 the bottom of the shaft was fire..
quently meddleti with. AT last. il WAS
found out that an owl had taken up its
abode in Il part Of the shaft that
afforded shelter, and in passing in
and ouI had disturbed the line PROG.
tSeace JsNrllat
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-11-01

Jones" Grand old man, isn't hes'
Smith" Who?"
"That fine old gentleman you were
talking to-"
well, really, did not pay much
attention to him. Who is hes"
My gracious. don't yon know you
have just been talking to Professor
Blank, the greatest scientist of the
ages"
MY stars! Is that so? | thought
he was somebody running for Office
"Whal in the world made you think
that"
:" He was SO polite Niladelphia
Cal.