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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

An Army Oficer Says They Do Not Steal
Cattle Along the Border.

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An Army omcer Says They Do Not Steal
Cattle Along the Border.
Colonel A. G.. Bracket, an old-time
army officer, now stationed at Fort
Davis, who is proud of the honor of
having made the first Indian raid into
Mexico in the %fifties, writes as follows
on the subject of the Mexican cattle.
stealing on this side of the border:
A good deal has been said lately in
the public prints in regard to cattle
stealing along the Rio Grande by Mexi-
al soldiers. 1t is very strange, to say
have heard nothing about this except as
it was returned to us in the columns of
a newspaper printed long distance off.
Scouting parties of United States sol
diers are kept moving along the river,
and they know nothing whatever about
the so-called outrages. What they do
know is that American cattle stray in
large numbers across the river, where
the grazing is better and where they are
looked after by their owners as carefully
as if they were on our own grounds.
This certainly has not much the ap-
pearance of cattle-stealing. Soldiers
see hundreds of cattle crossing from
Texas to Mexico, but nobody drives
them over. they going of their own free
will where they can Craze enough to
keep life in them, which they find is
very difficult to do in Preside County.
The fact is that there is an unprecedent-
ed drought in this section of the coun-
try, and many hundreds of cattle have
| died of starvation. This fact is an I'M
| pleasant one, but the truth has to be
| told sometimes, however much it may
be against our interests to tell it. The
-carcasses of dead animals dot the plains
and slopes in every direction. Against
the drought and consequent total lack
of grass no man can successfully COM
bat, and the cowboys are only too will
ing to have their cattle over in Mexico,
where the grazing is comparatively
good, knowing full well that they can
drive them back whenever they please.
The animals go over the slopes in the
Rio Grande, and, seeing the inviting
prospects of the other side, cross over,
doing no harm to any one.
These are the facts of the case, and il
any Mexican has crossed on this side and
driven cattle over he has merely been
taking back his own property, the same
as our people do from the other side.
Americans along the Rio Grande wv q
great many cattle, while our neighbors
own comparatively few. Our soldiers
keep a good watch along the frontier,
and General Stanley is well advised as
to every thing transpiring and look:
well after the interests of our citizens
Under the condition of things stated
here, there must necessarily be. some
irregularities, but that the Mexicans
come onto our side and drive away
cattle is not true. If true, though, i
would be perfectly easy to do, and still
more easy to drive away American cattle
already on their side of the Rio Grande
San antonio Cor. st. Louis Republi
can.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17
FABRICS.

Pretty Cotton Goods and Handsome Chine
and Glace Silks.
In new cotton toilets, combinations of
two fabrics are very p%rettily arranged,
and the fashion affords many ways for
remodeling a last summers dress, or of
making use of new materials whose
patterns separately are ''short length"
For instance, the plated skirt of pink
satteen or chambray may be finished at
the foot with a broad facing of pink and
white gingham, with waist and sleeve
trimmings to match;or a pale blue organ
die may have an underskirt of blue and
pink or blue and cream striped French
lawn. Dainty imported dresses for
summer wear at the seaside show pretty
tinted c~hambrays, organizes and other
fancy goods, with skirts of striped ma
terials, which are laid in broad plaits,
the stripes formed of the two fabrics,
torn in strips and run together. The
jacket and full skirt in the back are
made of the plain goods, with Figaro
vest collar and sash drapery of the
stripe. Stripes for more expensive
| evening toilets are made of wide lace
insertion and bands of grenadine, silk
| canvas CT etamine sewed together.
The prettiest fabrics displayed at pres
ent are the chine and glace silks. They
are both picturesque and artistic, many
of them in the style of the gay Pompa-
dour satteens, only softer and more
dainty in coloring. Large flowers of
delicate tints are strewed rather far
apart on silk of exquisite texture, the
edges of the flowers shading off into
the silk. The silks themselves are made
in all tints imaginable, faint, delicate
colors being in the majority, such as
dove, pale water green, tea rose, sal
mo beige, creamy pinks with a dash
of yellow in them, blue in various
shades, ecru in tones and semi-tones;
in fact, the silks are dyed to suit all
tastes and compilations, as there are
also chine silks with wallflower back.
grounds, deep garnets, marine blues,
brocaded with dark red figures, etc,
What delightful fabrics for teas, garden
parties and the like! In a dovc-gray
chine silk brocaded with pink flowers, {
tapping Leghorn hat trimmed will
black velvet ribbon and blush roses
and a pair of long buttonless pearl-gra,
undressed kid gloves, a pretty girl ma!
look as charming and picturesque as
Vatican shepherdess, or as Dolly Var
den herself, at an incredibly small cost
~ Y. Evening Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17
H LAMP cRAzE
Beautiful Mediums of Illumination No
at the Height of Popularity.

Beautiful Mediums OF illumination Now
at the Height of Popularity.
One must be a woman to appreciate
the loneliness of a light that betrays no
secrets, no blemishes and
kindly shadows the defects of toilet,
complexion and time. Indeed it is a
proverb with the hypercritical of the
female gender that she is indeed hag-
gish who does not look we'll in a lamp
lit room.
These beautiful mediums of illumina-
ton may be bronze, repousse-metal,
lesmoges, Dresden, cut-crystal, china or
simple pottery, glazed IL painted. The
lamp body may be almost any shape,
size OF material that will hold oil, but
the trimmings must be and are always
novel. artistic and serviceable. Shades
come in all tints and metallic compost
tons of plain, corrugated and decorated
surface. About the edge is gathered
a ruffie of lace which may cost nine
cents, and o infrequently does cost
five dollars. The frill varies from
two to five inches in width and has
the effect of softening the light.
Another craze consists in shade
ufcSSlnS THAT Is, Ill arranging
a transparency for the shade
proper. L~ace-paper, gauze and bob
inette have been succeeded by cover
ings composed of linen roses, ostrich
plumes. pon-pons and milk-weed balls.
A drapery of scarlet tips drawn over a
bell-shaped dome never fails to call
forth comment and it is not easy to de-
wise any thing prettier than a shade OF
pink linen or tissue on a parlor lamp.
For real use, that is, reading or work,
a green globe is best, and the color
may be used as an effective background
for lace edging and a yellow or pink
bow. Pink shades are pretty for color
effect, but should not be placed on a
center table unless draped, as the color
is too hard for the ordinary eve. Ma.
room lights well and looks better, and
there are yellows. blues, saffrons. pur.
Piles and mixtures, which, when porce.
lain lined. are pleasing to the eye and
have a wonderful Frightening effect on
a dark or subdued corner. In the
homes along the fashionable avenues Of
our OWL city these beautiful lamps are
placed in the windows, to which thew
impart an indescribable fascination.
especially when some delicate lace dra-
] perry falls about or near the table or
which il is placed Chicago Inter.
! Sceaa,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17
II RAIN STORM.

Like ~childhood's tears, the rain drops chase
Each other down the window pane;
And with q sad. detected pace
The cows come lowing down the lane.
While in the distance, gray and dim,
scarce can trace 'gainst grayer sky,
Outlined the misty mountains rim
Where rain-ful clouds go drifting by.
10 faint from meath the dripping caves
Comes murmured plant from prisoned
birds;
While through the rustling maple leaves
. There breathes a sound like whispered
words.
Blu as I watch and wait, behold
A tiny rift appears, that glows
And widens, till q part of gold
Through melted mist and azure flows.
And now, in tattered. hasty fight,
The clouds are chased away; and blue
The mountain tops appear. While ighk
Beneath the caves song bursts anew.
u A. Mdpelsdsa, IN Good Housekeeping.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

We have trotting horses to perfec-
ton. Why should we not pay more
attention to walking horsesP-M. Il.
Farmer.
Seed tori should be changed every
four or five years, or at least new kinds
mixed. with the local sorts.-Troy
Times.
Too long pulls on a muddy road
often hurt the wind of a horse. When
they begin to breath heavily it is time
to give them a ''blow." Cleveland
Leader.
"A Texas farmer says that three
good bull dogs roaming the yards at
night will do more to keep a man
honest than all the talking in the world.
Cattle plaques, like a hog cholera,
always follow after and never go be-
fore loose methods. There is always a
demand for the best.-Prairte Farmer.
Remember, it is the appearance OF
| goods that sells them. Nice, large, fat,
| plump, white turkeys, ducks, chicks OF
| geese always bring outside prices
Albany Journal.
AT the Canadian Experimental sta.
| ton it has been determined that feeding
| timothy without much clover had a ten.
dency to dry the flow of milk in winter,
-Canaries in a wild state even sur
pass in loudness and clearness the song
of domesticated birds, but lack the
numerous acquired strains of the latter
Cincinnati Times.
-Stinginess in farming generally de
feats the object for which it is practiced
yet there are many farms fairly wei
managed except for the stinginess tina
marks every practice Western Rural
The free use of clover seed and keep
ing of farm stock enables farmers t.
maintain land in good condition for or
binary cropping without p%urchasin.
commercial manureS.-Field and Farm,
No n has such an eXcellen
chance to have a beautiful lawn abou
the house as the farmer. He can sur
round his house with a much prettie
green carpet than the average suburban
resident can.-E1change.
Fish Croquettes: Remove all tn
skins and bones from a pound of an,
cold fish, chop fine, mix with equal part
of mashed potatoes, season highly wit
salt and pepper, and n new egg. an
then form in little balls, roll in flour an,
fry very brown in boiling lard. Serv
hot with walnut pickle.-Philadelphi
Call.
Beef Collops: Any cold meats wi
answer for collops. Cut in pieces an
pound flat. Sift flour over and fl
brown in butter. Then lay in a ste,
pan, cover with brown gravy, mine
half an onion fine, add a lump of butte
the size of an egg, a little pepper an
salt. Stew slowly. Serve hot wit
pickles or sliced lemon.-BoSton Bulge
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17
A Mystery Explained.

Profs. Ayrton and Perry, the English
electricians; have accidentally observed
that on amalgamation. or coating with
quicksilver, brass expands, so that if
one side only is amalgamated a plate of
brass becomes curved. They imagine
that this may be the primary cause of
the phenomena of the Japanese magic
mirror, (which has cast on the back a
pattern that is quite invisible on the
polished face, yet is mysteriously dis
tinct in the patch of light reflected by
the mirror upon a screen. Amalgama-
ton would effect the thinner parts made
by the pattern more than the rest of the
plate, giving the mirror the impercepti-
BILE ~unevenness hat becomes plainly
apparent in the reflected image.-Ar-
kanSaU IraUeLer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

the pantry. Must bolt my dinner in
order to be at the store at two"
.At two! 1t chances to be past five
already"
"Past five! My dear Mabel, how in
coherently you are talking! Don't tell
me you've been struck by lightnipg!"
cried he, in real concern. 'Look at
my watch. It's just a quarter past
one"
One-two three = four -five-six,
disputed the clock below, with lying i'm
pudence.
Mr.. Gerrish threw back his head and
fairly roared with laughter. "Oh, that's
the game, is itp So much for my tip
ping the thing o~ver-taking time by the
forelock, as you might say. But, dearie,
how strange that you didn't suspect that
the clock was going two hours in one!
How absorbed you must have been this
morning"
more absorbed than you werep''
queried Mrs. Gerrish, viciously.
"Well, no., Pussy, may be not" re-
sponded her sublimely unconscious hus-
band. with a roguish twinkle. 'tYou
see, this is young Mrs. Gerrish' first
birthday, andTve been deeply engrossed
in choosing a gift worthy of her."
'.Warren!"
"We've been ~engrossed, Ishould say,
Jenny Ebbitt's Judgment has been every
thing to me. We didn'tfind every thing
satisfactory last week, and had to wal
til to-day for the new lot; but Jenny
declares that we've at last hit upon the
sweetest-toned piano in Boston. Tn
dreadfully cut up because you can
have it on your birthday; but you car
try it tomorrow Meanwhile, here
the bill of sale, made out in your name
you'll perceive. Mrs. Gerrish, allow me-
to present it to you with your husband
love-"
Warren, Warren, you're lots to-
good for me-" sobbed his little wife
with self-upbraidings as wild as he.
grammar.
Nonsense, goosie; no man created
could be that" TESTED he. highly fiat
tered. He thought her simply over
wrought by the fierce tempest without
OF the fiercer tempest that had raget
within he knew nothing, either then O
afterward.
Next day, along with the piano, cam,
MI. Gerrish's valise, containing the sui
left at the tailor's for alteration. AM
the post brought a letter from Miss Eb
bitt. The writer had secured a lucra
tive position as organist in a New Yorl
church; night she resign her forme
situation in favor of Mrs. GerrishP
"How kind of her! It's more than
deserve, Warren" cried the contrit
young wife.
And it gratified her husband to Sc
that she put the letter carefully away il
the very drawer which held his dea
sisters curl.-Penm Shirley, in Harper
Bazaar.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

More failures in transplanting come
from having soil loosely packed in and
among the roots than from any Other
cause. No root can take hold of an all
space. Merely tramping the soil on the
surface after the tree is set is not enough
If fine soil is worked among the roots
and these first wet to make it adhere
the tree will almost certainly live.-N
Y. Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

The wearing of colored eyeglasses
has become fashionable in New York.
They are known as dudes glasses"
Their popularity is SAID to have origi-
mated from the appearance in Gotham
of an English society man with colored
glasses on his nose. But for veal in
bright summer weather glasses of the
proper tint are a great protection to
eyes that are weak, and are cool and
comfortable.-N. Y. Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17
Frfghtful Leap of a Train.

PEMBROKE, Ont, June s.-A Canadian
Pacific train, while crossing an iron bridge
about five miles from here Monday morn
ing. left the track and plunged into the
river, forty feet below. Conductor viii.
ialns was instantly killed and several others
inipreJi Fnll %iartiouisrr are lack INK.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17
arm. slough ID pe.pendensz.

some Of those diseases peculiar to YOU
madame, and which have robbed you OF
the rosy hue Of health, and made life .
burden to you, you can easily get out Of.
DIR. Pierce's "Favorite Prescriptionn win
free you from all such troubles, and Boon
recall the l,ose-tint Of health to your cheek,
and the elasticity to your step. 1t Is . most
perfect specific for all the weaknesses and
Irregularities peculiar to your sex. Is
cures liberation, displacements, internal
fever" b~earing-down sensations, removes
the tendency to cancerous affections, and
corrects all unnatural discharges. By
druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

You've or middle-aged men suffering
from nervous debility, loss of memory,
premature old age, as the result of bad
habits, should send 10 cents in stamps for
illustrated book offering sure means of
cure. Address Worlds Dfspensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

The Boston Episcopal Charitable
Society, which recently celebrated it's
1920 anniversary, was started in 1924,
through the accident of the finding Of 3
tw%enty-dollar gold piece in State street.
for which no claimant could be discov-
cred. The money was given for the
nucleus Of this society, and long ago
had increased, through generous gifts,
to more tlaan sixty thousand dollarR-
Boston Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

An eccentric character of North
field, N. H., has a cap that he has worn
steadily for fifty years, and a pair Of
calf boots :hs, he has used fer Thirty
yeRra
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

Ir afiicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson.'sE Eye Water. Druggistssellit. Csc.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17
Food Consumed ~ serlin.

An inhabitant of London consumes IN
. year thirty-two times as much fish as
an inhabitant of Berlin, and though the
stores of the North Sea are open to thu
German metropolis, Paris, with her
1900, 900 inhabitants consumes more
fish than the whole of Germany with
population of Al, 600, 200. Berlin Q
auires yearly 1925 million pounds Of
food, including 16O million pounds OF
fresh meat, 8 million pounds of birds
of all sorts, L. million pounds OF
game, II million litres of milk, 80 mil
lion pounds of butter, 8 million pounds
of cheese, 10 million pounds Of egg, 81
million pounds of fruit, 5 million pounds
of oranges, 81 million pounds of fresh
fish, z million pounds of smoked fsh,
and 8 million pounds Of picked fish,
IN. p. Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

Fair Applicant desire, an abso-
lutte separation from my husband. At
torney-Upon what ground, madam, do
you base your pleap 1--WE are not suit
ed to each other. He does not sppre-
ciate the finer sensibiIities of my more
delicately organized nature, and-but
perhaps that is sufficient" 81 fear
madam, in the absence of more sub
stantial cause for complaint, an action
would not lie." s.Not lie! It is you-
sir, I engage for that purpose.'-Id-
Bit.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

ALI played out-open air concsrtA-K
o. Picdyuiss.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

Dr.. SAeE's Catarrh Remedy cures when
every other so-called remedy fails.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

VuLAINs in the play are always caught
in the act-hndianopotis Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

SoFT, plant and glossy hair results from
the use of Halls Hair REVIEWER.
For impart1ng one and strength to the
stomach, liver and bowels, take Ayers Pills
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

Is A man open to the charge of assault
and battery for cudgellinR his brainsi
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

This is a very paneful afair; y remarked
the man as the a fell ON ~
Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17
THE MARKETS.

THE strawberry shortcake is not long for
this WORLDLY. Y. Journal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

A cHAsA that often separates friends;
Sarcasm.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

HoME-RUlE+Wipe your feet before you
come in.-NeD Haven Ne,os.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consump.
ton. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17
Tired Languid Dull

Expresses the condition Of thousands Of people
at this season. The depressing effects of the warm
weather and that tired feeling are quickly over.
come by the use of Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t gives
strength in place of weakness, gives tone to every
organ, creates an appetite, and purihes the blood.
Give it a trial now.
1.-TWO months ago I commenced taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla as an experiment, as I had no appetite
or strength, and felt tired all the time. 1 attributed
my condition to scrofulous humor. 1 had tried sew
eral different kinds of medicine, without receiving
any benefit. But as soon as 1 had taken half . bot
tie of Hoods Sarsaparilla, my appetite was re-
stored. and my stomach felt better. l have taken
three bottles. and I never felt better" MRS. ]. \.
DoLBEARE,P ascoag, RI
Hoods Sarsaparilla gave me new life. and re-
stored me to my wonted health and strength"
WILLIAM 3. CLoUGH. Tilton, n. II.
Hoods
Sold by all druggists. d, six for &. Prepared only
By @. i. HooD . CO., Apothscariss, Lowell, Nass.
100 Deeee One Rellas
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

If the night air is unwholesome, why do
owls live so longlLNational WeeklN.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17
FREE FARMS IN sHn IuIs.

The most Wonderful Agricultural PQrkfn America.
towns. FXRMER PARADisR Masnincent crops
GOVERNMENT LAND, subject 20 pre-emption6
Homestead. Lands for sale to actual settlers ct g 90 per
Cheap railroad rates. Every attention shown settlera
For maps, pamphlets. etc address COLORADO LAEDS
LOAN Co, Opera House Block. Denver, Colo. Box, $50.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-17

teach that they are above all anxious for the
maintenance of the United Kingdom Par
lament in which Irish members are i'm all
respects to be assimilated to the English
and Scotch members.
The bill, when put to a vote. was de-
feated by a majority of thirty. The vote
stood, 81 for, to 341 against the Govern
ment. On motion of Mr.. Gladstone the
House adjourned until Thursday.
The excitement during the division in the
House of Commons has never been surpassed.
Lord Randolph Churchill was the first to
discover that the Government was surely de-
feated. He at once began cheering, waving
his hat Inc indulging in other demonstra-
tons of delight, his antics affecting his col
leagues of the opposition like a contagion
and producing an enthusiasm among them
equal to his OWN. The House rose in a
body, the members waving their hats and
cheering wildly, when the figures were an
nOunced the noise was deafening. The
Parnellites challenged the triumph of their
opponents AMI Mr.. O'COnnor called for
three cheers for the ''Grand Old Man."
which were given by his supporters with
great gusto. Sir William HarcOurt and his
companions rose and bowed. Mr.. Glad
stone seemed somewhat embarrassed. The
Parnellites then called for grOans for Mr..
Chamberlain, and voices were heard shout
ing TRAITOR and Judas Iscariot." Mr.
Chamberlain laughed.
When calm was restored Mr.. Gladstone
| rose. white and trenholm, like an aspen
leaf, and moved that the House adjourn I'M
til Thursday. Mr.. Healy and Mr.. OCOn-
| nor both challenged the motion, not in op
position, but in order to express their re
| pugnance for many of Mr.. Gladstone's op.
ponents. A scene of uproar and terrific hub
bub followed. The speaker finally succeeded
in calming the storm. Then Mr.. Gladstone
left the House looking very much haggard
and stricken down. The House then cheered
once more; the members rushed for the tele-
graph office to wire the news to their con.