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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22
CLEANING FARM.HoRsEs.
Dine Way of P~rolonging Their Lives and
Usefulness,

Dine Way of Prolonging Their Lives and
Usefulness.
One OF the most important things to
re observed in the management of farm
horses is their cleaning. and yet it may
be safely stated that nothing is more
neglected by the majority of farmers.
The horse should never be cleaned or
harnessed while it is eating its break
fast. Let horses eat their food in peace,
for many, from sanguine temperament
or greed, bolt their oats when handled
during the time of feeding. Harness
can be quickly enough put On after the
feed is eaten, and time should then be
taken to comb the name and tail and
use a wisp of straw on the body and
legs. When the horses come in at din
mel time. they should at once be I'M
h~arnessed. The feed is then to be given,
and before the harness is again put or,
the horse should be thoroughly rubbed
down with a wisp of straw OF hay. If
the horses are very warm on coming in,
they should be rubbed down immedi-
ately after the removal of the harness.
b cleaning or grooming, which
should be done at night, consists first in
currying the horse with the curry-comb
to free him of the dirt adhering to the
hair, and which, being now dry, is
easily removed. A wisping of straw
removes the toughest of the dirt loos-
ened by the c~urry-comb. The legs
ought to be thoroughly wisped, not only
to make them clean, but to dry up any
moisture that may have been left in the
evening; and at this time the feet should
be picked clean by the foot picker. e.,
an iron instrument made for the pur-
pose-of any dirt adhering between the
shoe and the foot. The brush is then to
be used to remove the remaining and
finer portions of dust from the hair,
which is cleared from the brush by a
few rasps along the curry-comb. This
wisping and brushing, if done with some
force and dexterity, with a combing of the
tail and name, should render the horse
pretty clean, but there are more ways
OF grooming a horse than one, as may
be witnessed by the careless and SKIM
ming way in which many hired hands
do it. The skin of the farm horse
should at all times be clean if not sleek,
and a slap upon the horse will show if
there is loose dust in the hair. The
curry-comb should not be used below
the knees, as it is apt to cause injury.
For cleaning the legs and feet nothing
is better than the water brush; and
when fitting a horse for the show-yard,
it may also be used on the body with
water, or even a little kerosene, but the
latter is not required for common cleanli-
ness, but merely to impart a temporary
gloss.
How many farmers car say that their
horses are cleaned as thoroughly as we
have advised in the abovep How much
longer would horses live. work and re-
main healthy if the above suggestions
were put into practice? These are
questions which it will be well to con-
slider and answer at leisure.
ReUieU.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22
PUMPKIN SEEDS.

The Peculiar Properties of the Seeds and
their Value as a Food.
One effect of pumpkin seeds is their
action upon the kidneys. They are
given as a diuretic medicine, as stated
by Wood & Bache in their Dispensatory,
and also used to expel tape-worm.
Those who have watched their effect
upon milch COWS, believe that this ac-
ton upon the kidneys reduces their
yield of milk. And this is certainly the
natural effect that extra action of the
kidneys must have upon the secretion
of milk. Strong action like this must
also u%nfavorably affect fattening animals
hogs or cattle. Pumpelly, in his work
across America and ASIA" says the
Chinese eat pumpkin seeds between the
courses at dinner. This may be as an
appetizer or digester.
These seeds are rich in nitrogen and
oil. They are certainly very nutritious,
and cattle and hogs are often eager to
eat them. Some feeders of swine have
been very successful in feed ng pump
kins as a large part of the ration in fat
tening them. Experience seems to have
been contradictory on this matter, but
the explanation is simply this: The
seeds in small quantity are not delete
rious to animals in good health, but
when it happens in breaking Or cutting
up pumpkins that the seeds get separat-
ed from the body of the pumpkin, and
these accumulated seeds are thrown to
the animals in a mass, and an extra
quantity is eaten by afew, it produces a
bad effect.
1t is to be presumed that if hogs or
young cattle eat only the common pro-
portion of seeds-that is, if it eats a
pumpkin and the seeds hat belong to
it, no harm will be done, unless the pig
or steer is in an unhealthy condition.
But as the seeds are so liable to get
separated from the body of the pump
kin, it is safer to separate them, and if
fed, give them in very small quantity.
1t is the seeds alone that act deleteri-
ously upon the kidneys.
The pumpkin is a profitable crop to
raise for feeding all the animals on the
farm. Two to three ions per acre may
be raised with very little labor in the
corn field, and the food value per ton is
greater than the best corn fodder. But
it is not advisable to feed the seeds to
mich cows-the danger is greater than
the advantage.-Prof. SteWart, in Coun-
try Gentleman.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22
THE DAIRY.

Can you expect to get fair mill
o cows that drink foul waterp Can
you make good butter from bad milkl
Field and Farm.
Milk is a complete food, but it can
not be produced largely except by feed.
ing the animal with complete rations.
Dairy World.
The advice to put a COW before
calving on short rations to prevent
milk fever is bad. The food should be
regular, not forced.-Fdrm, Field and
St0ckmGn.
-Wha doth it profit a dairyman to
get two pounds of butter per day from
a cow that consumes eighty pounds OF
food daily, if one consuming sixty
pounds will make just as much butteri
Hoard's Dairyman.
Hay water is a great sweetener OF
tin, wooden and iron ware. In Irish
diaries every thing used for milk is
scalded with hay water. Boil a hand
full of sweet hay in water and put in
the vessel when hot.-Brttish AgrieuL-
tu,Ist.
Who says that good COWS do not
pay, and pay wellp A farmer in Pas
sumpsic, VT, made 300 apiece from
the milk OF his twenty-five cows the last
year; and the same COWS gave 81, 400
during 1884.-Cotman's Rurdl World.
Another fact to which we wish to
call the attention of farmers and
makers of butter is, that they should
buy their own packages, so as to do
away with a good deal of the second
hand country repacking business, which
causes SO much streaked butter.-Mon-
treat Witness.
1t has been found by experiment
that meal will pass through the digest
i've organs quicker than hay, and that
it the meal is fed to an animal On an
empty stomach, it passes away before
it is fully digested; but if fed afker hay
it becomes mingled with it, and more
benefit is derived-National Stockman.
One point in associated dairying
must ever be kept in view: The more
cream or milk that a be manufactured
at one factory the less should be the
expense. One creamery patronised by
one thousand COWS will make better
returns to its patrons than if the prod
uct of these COWS is worked up at two
or three different factories. When the
cream gathering system is followed,
it is feasible to have the cream routes
extended ten miles or more from the
factory. Consolidation of expenses
and resources should be the motto in
associated dairying. Western Rural,
-Dairymen should remember that a
well-fed COW is a different animal in
many respects from a thin COW. And
this difference is never more apparent
or important than at the time of calv-
ing. A cow in a poor condition needs
rest for two or three months, and there
is little danger of Inflammation of the
udder unless she is highly fed. But a
cow that has been kept in a high con.
dition is no doubt safer if MIXED all
the time till she calves. If the milking is
stopped while she is giving agood flow,
it makes a change in the system which,
added to the increasing Inflammation
resulting from her condition, is apt to
make trouble and end in milk fever
Prairie Farmer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22
GOOD AND BAD BUTTER.
Prof. Longs Views on q Matter of Utmo,
Interest to Dxirymen.

Prof. Longs Views ON q Matter Of Utmost
Interest to Dxirymen.
Prof. Long, the English expert, in a
recent article gives some of the char
acteristics of good and bad butter. He
begins by saying that one who under
stands his business may make a good
article under u~nfavorable conditions,
but one who is ignorant of the princi-
Piles of butter-making will make a fail
ure with the best of COW and the
choicest cream. He continues: The
London butter-chiefy French, blythe
bye, is mild in the extreme, deliciously
fragrant and nutty, rich in color and
perfect in grain, and cutting clean,
even and solid and without any ap-
proach to grittiness. 1t breaks, too,
like cast-iron. just as good butter
should. Let any person examine the
grain of a high-class sample for him.
self by deliberately breaking a roll in
half and then repeat the operation
upon an inferior sample. Country salt
butter-why will people continue to
favor the consumer with the flavor OF
salt instead of the flavor of butterp-is,
in nine cases out of ten, either bad in
grain or streaky. Streakiness, which
is the most obnoxious to the Judge, is
more common where salt is largely
used, because the salt has much to dc
with the fault. Makers, too, who salt
on the table instead of with brine, make
more streaky butter than others
Streaky butter is not only disagreeable
to the eye, but it is evidence of inferior
workmanship; it tells that the butter i,
not of high flavor; that it will not keep
and that it contains an abnormal guam.
titv of salt, of water. or both. Indeed, il
is the presence of water. for which salt
has a common affinity, that causes the
undesirable appearance. After a Ger.
tain point, mere bulk of salt is of nc
value as a preservative of butter, hence
the objection of those who prefer tc
salt on the table instead of in the churr
is unfounded. Sailing with brine
when the butter is granular gives the
maker perfect command over the
strength of the salt and is not only tn.
most sensible, but the most practical
method.-MontreGt Witness.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

There seems to be a conspiracy he
tween two hens, a horse and the dog Of
a South Windham Comm farmer to
deprive him of his rights in eggs. One
OF the hen daily lays an egg in the dog
rouse, and the dog daily eats it. The
other hen lays her eggs in the horses
manager, and he eats it. Indeed, SO
fond Is the steed of fresh eggs that he
sometimes lifts the hen off tho nest to
sec II tho egg has been laid,-hartfsfa
Epet.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

SPECIAL attention is called to the adver-
tisement, elsewhere in this paper, of DIR. b.
H. Green & Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. They
mako a speciality Of treating Dropsy and
its complications. Their offer to furnish
directions and guaranteeing radical relief
from the first dose of their medicine, would
seem to indicate that they mean business
and fairness. They are graduates Of ons
of the Oldest colleges in Georgia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

Tho area sown in wheat in Mani
toba this year Is 450, 900 acres, which
IL is estimated, will produce II, 2sO,0 N
Bushels Of grain.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

BETTER results are derived from HALLS
hair Remover than from any similar prep
aration.
II you suffer with chills and fever, take
Ayers Ague Cure. 1t will cure YOU.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22
..I Love Her Better cham Life.m

THERE is an increased movement in boots
and shoes, the trade says. Evidently every
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

"1 Love Her Better than Life"
to bring back the roses to her cheeks and
the light to her eyes3 Don't you see she il
suffering from nervous debility, the result
Of female weakness2 A bottle OF DR..
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" will
brighten those pale cheeks and send new
life through that wasting form. II you
love her, take heed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

THERE Is A MEANS of Graduating local
disease of the skin that can be relied on,
viz: GLENN's SULPHUR Soar. Hills HAZE
AND WHIsKER DYE, Black or Brown, SOC.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

AN attached couple that are always sepa'
ratiug-a pair Of shears.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

RELEF is Immediate, and a cure sure
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 80 cents.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

FRAZER AXLE GREASE will last two weeks,
all others two to three days. Try it
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

WHY is q good ~base-burner lamp like .
good husbandl Because it never goes out
at night.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

You've Ito butcher)-"Are
they succulent chopsa' Butcher@"Nos
mum; they're mutton chops."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

A STATEN ISLAND school-teacher has Just
launched a yacht which he has christened
Rattan" It il . sort Of birchbark.-
Brooklya EQ0Le.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

"ALL the worlds a stage" but the fare
does not suit every body.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

WHEN is an umbrella like p~erspiration
When it passes through the pores.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

Is frequently the exclamation Of one lady
to another. The fact Is not a pleasant one
to have mentioned, but still the act may be
q kindly one, for it sets the one addressedto
thinking, apprises her Of the fact that she
is not in good health; and leads her to seek
attendant upon the first stages of consump-
lion. The system is enfeebled, and the
blood is impoverished. DR.. Pierce's sGold-
en- Medical Discovery will act as q tonic
upon the system, will enrich the impover-
ished blood, and restore roses to the check.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22

Ii you have catarrh, use the surest rem
dy-Dr. Sage's.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-22
THE MARKETS.

An itching for notoriety is not enough tx
secure a mitch in the temple Of Fame.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-14
A BRILLIANT BALL

Given by the ArIOn Club Mt Their Hand
some Quarters, Last Evening.
Last evening the AriOn Society gave the
first of their winters series of social enter
tainments at their club house, corner Of
Main and Twentieth streets, and, as usual,
il was a brilliant success. The affair was
private, only the members, their wives and
sweet-hearts being admitted. The attend
ance was large and all present spent a de-
lightful season OF social amusement. Prof.
Joe Kramer's superb orchestra furnished
the music, to which the hours were danced
merrily away, until II o'clock, when an
elegant supper was served i'll the large
dining hall of the club house.
The spacious parlors were the scenes OF
pleasant little parties OF young folks who
amused themselves playing cards, singing
and music, or betimes indulging in those
delightful little tete-a-tetes 20 enjoyable
ON such occasions.
The fun was continued until 2:3O
o'clock this morning, when the last note
Ofmusic died away and the gay assem-
blage reluctantly dispersed and sought
their homes. The season Just ushered IN
so auspiciOusly promises to be a very gay
one among the AriOn folks n well rs i'll
other social circles and they are looking
forward TO coming events with much
pleasure.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-14
POINTS ON PEOPLE.
Movements of Citizens. and the Coming
and going of strangers.

Movements of Citizens. and the Coming
and going of Strangers.
w. +. Peterson is off on 4 business
trip.
T. f. Sanders, of Parkersburg, is at the
Stamm.
d. NJ. Shinn, of Shinnston, W. Va, sat
the Stamm.
b. Engle, of Middlebourne, w. Va, is
at the Stamm.
Senator j. n. Camden, of Parkersburg,
is in the city.
+. w. Loring and wife, of New Orleans,
are at the Stamm.
Mrs. II. S. Bennett, of Pittsburg, is
quartered ut the Stamm.
w. II. Bradley, of New Cumberland,
w. Va, was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Flora Camden and son of Parkers-
burg, are quartered at the Mcclure.
J. n. Walton, of the Labor Herald,
Pittsburg, Pa, is at the Howell House.
W. G. Smith, Frank Morris and James
H. Shade, of Pittsburg, are at the Howell.
Louis d. Kroneburg and wife, of Phila-
delphia, are quqFtered at the Mcclure
House.
Geo. W. Boss, a prominent oil and gas
man, of Eureka, W. Va, is at the Howell
House. ..'
J. 5. Eitemiller, foreman of the Pitts
burg Telephone Exchange, is at the
Howell House.
Mrs. PlatOff Zane and Mrs. F. P. Jepson
will leave this morning for New York and
other Eastern cities.
W. y. COfland and wife, of Bannock,
Ohio, and Mrs. NJ. A. LOchary, of st.
GAINESVILLE, are quartered at the Mcclure.
Oscar Townsend, General Manager, and
Vim. II. GrOut, General Freight and Pas
Senger Agent of the c. L. & w. r. R., were
in town yesterday.
Judge John Brannon, the next Con-
gresham from the First District, arrived
in the city from the upper Pan Handle
yesterday and left again last evening.
Mr.. Wood Glass and family, of Texas,
arrived in the city ON Tuesday on a visit to
relatives. Mr.. Glass has disposed of his
stock and his sheep ranches, but still holds
his lands. He is looking remarkably
well.
Senator J. n. Camden arrived in the
city yesterday and registered at the
Mcclure. Many friends called to see him
during the day, but found him out, as he
spent the day at Judge G. w. Thomp-
sons, where his wife is visiting. He re.
turns home this morning.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-14
MORE VISITORS.
To Examine Into the Merits OF Our Brick
Payamenta-

To Examine Into the Merits OF Our Brick
Payements.
The fame of our brick streets seems des-
tined to spread from the Lakes to the Gulf
and from ocean to ocean. Yesterday a
delegation of citizens from Wilmington,
Delaware, composed ofMr. Simmons, City
Engineer, and W. H. Blake, and S. H.
BayHard, members of the City Council, ar
rived in the city. and on making known
their errand at the City Hall were taken
in charge by Mayor Grubb and Clerk Gal
ligan, of the Board OF
| Public Works, and shown about
the city. Mayor Grubb accompanied
the strangers TO North Main street and in
PRODUCED them to Contractor Robert Camp
bell, who fully explained the method en-
plOyed in putting down the pavement and
impaired much information in relative
thereto. On their way down town the
gentlemen called in at the Vigilant engine
house. and then returned to their hotel.
In the afternoon Clerk Galligan took the
gentlemen oyer several Of the paved
streets, and also accompanied them out to
the Park. This morning they will
leave for New Cumberland to gain
an insight into the manufacture of the
brick blocks, examine the clay, &c. The
gentlemen expressed themselves rs being
much pleased with the pavement
Mayor Grub has also received a letter
from the city officials of Camden, n. j.,
making inquiries about the streets. 1t is
probable that another delegation Of oun
cilmen from that city will arrive In the
near future.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-14
Louisiana State Lottery Comm,
Commi,sionsr

We the undersigned Ranks Gnd BAnte,y
pay all Prizes drawn In The Louisiana sat- u
teries which may De presented al olr ouaa.sa
J.. H.. OGLESBN. Pres L"G.sAnA Natl k,i
J. W. kILBkETH. Prcs Slslr Natl Ran
4. BALDWIN. Pres New Of.ran, Ngl R..,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-14
.sMEASURE FOR MEASURE"

Avery Fine Performances to a small Au-
dience.
1t is a rule in this city, to which there
are but few exceptions, that a really inst
class company, in a high-class drama, plays
to empty benches, while second and third
rate combinations 20 through a senseless
string of stuff to standing room only. Last
evenings rendition of Shakespeare's CON-
edy of Measure for Measure is an Illus
%tration. About five dozen people enjoyed
a performance by the Alsberg-Morrison
Company which has had few equals upon the
Wheeling stage. Upon the merits of the
performance, there should not have been
an empty seat in the house, but rs il was,
il is very doubtful if $50 was taken in at
the box Office. Such n reception, ac-
corded a really excellent performance of n
standard comedy, reflects upon the amuse-
ment public, and tends to keep managers
Of good amusements ut q distance.
The performance Of Measure for
Measure" given here for the first time,
was all that could be asked. In the role OF
Angelo" Mr.. Morrison appeared TO great
auNahtiSe, anu WON iiuch applause irom
the limited audience. Mr.. Thompson
~ the Duke" was excellent and Mr..
WeSsels'as Claudio" and Mr.. Brady as
''Lucio," ably supported the principals,
The Isabella" OF Miss Alsberg, was n
very satisfactory Interpretation, and Miss
Morrison made II beautiful and effective
Mariana" The minor parts were, as a
rule, ably portrayed, and the performance
from first to last was praise-worthy in the
extreme.
The company deserved 4 better fate.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-14
Frederick warde In "ylrglnius."

This sterling actor, supported by a good
company, will open an engagement OF
three performances at the Opera House
tomorrow evening. Of his impersonatiOn
of "Virginius," the first role to be essayed,
the New York star says:
''The %personatiOn of the character OF
'Virginius' in Sheridan Knowles tragedy
by Frederick Warde, at the Peoples
Theater, last evening, was n that fairly
e~nraptured an audience that filled every
portion of the house, from the orchestra to
the last row in the gallery. To the part
which John Mccullough made famous, the
star brought a fine physique and a hand
some commemorative valuable essenti-
ais. His voice was made to do good duty
in the strong scenes, and in the act before
Appius Claudius he completely Won the
house by the moving picture of fatherly
love and the scene of Roman honor.
Several times he was called before the
curtain. The supporting company wa
evenly efficient"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-14
THE RACKET IN ALLEY e.
"TObe" McManaway and the Russell Cir
Fined In Police Court.

''Tobe" McManaway and the Russell Girl
Fined in Police Court.
The cases of Charles McManaway and
frankie Russell, arrested for being en-
gagged in n disgraceful fight in a disreputa-
BILE house in Alley C, Monday, were called
in Police Court yesterday morning, and
both the defendants were fined ten dollars
and costs. The evidence adduced before
the Court, although made Us mild as the
principles could get it, showed the place
to be a very tough one, and fully warranted
the stories which have long been aaOat in
the neighbOrhOod.
The other branch Of the difficulty, that
of the MOOney-McManaway fight tthe last
named being Charles and not William as
publiShed) came up before Justice Peter
man, who fined Mooney s. and costs, gave
him ten days in Jail, and then required
S2OObOnds to keep the peace. When the
ten days are up Mooney will be again ar
raigned for resisting Constable Stamp, and
will get another dose OF justice.
While the authorities are at it, they
might as well make n general investiga-
ton into the immortality of the Market
street and alley C portion of the Second
ward. There is plenty of material to work
upon, and several sensations could be I'm.
earthed with a little work.