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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-09-21
A SURPRISE.

The family of Rev. Haller, of the
German M. E. church, were completely
surprised at the parsonage Tuesday even
ing, by large number of their friends,
mostly members of his church. The fami-
ly was entertained by Mrs. Peter Brandt at
dinner, and by Mrs. Geo. Often at sup
per. On returning home about $50 in the
evening expecting to retire early, they
were met at the gate by host of ladies
congratulating them for the generosity man.
ifested when absent in allowing their house
to be opened.
The affair was nicely managed by Misses
Anna Brandt, Genie Miller, Lille Often
and several other prominent young ladies,
who received the guests in q delightful
manner. Acout $50 the company were
invited to the dining room where a tempt
ingly laden table awaited them and all did
justice to an elegant supper consisting of
meats, salads, iellies, coffee, fruits of all
kinds, cakes, ices, ETC., which were so gen.
erously provided by the good ladies of the
German NJ. E. church and carefully pre-
pared for the table by Mrs Carb Brandt,
who is well-known as an efficient cook
The company was delightfully."- entertained
until late hour with vocal and instru-.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23
LIONS.
The Marvellous Skill in Drawing Exhibited
by the Great English Artist.

Tho Marvellous Skill in Drawing Exhibited
by the Great English Artist.
Landseer had an extreme fondness
for studying and making pictures of
lions, and from the time when, as a
boy, he dissected one, he tried to OBJ
tain the body of every lion that died in
London. Dickens was in the habit of
relating that, on one occasion, when he
and others were dining with the artist,
a servant entered and asked: 'sDid you
order a lion, sir?" as if it was the most
natural thing in the world. The guests
feared that a living lion was about to
enter, but it turned out to be the body
of the dead '.Nero," of the Geological
Gardens, which had been sent as a gift
to Sir Edwin.
His skill in drawing was marvellous,
and was once shown in a rare way at
a large evening party. Facility in
drawing had been the theme of con,
%versation, when a lady declared that nc
one had yet drawn two objects at the
| same moment. Landseer would not
| allow that this could not be done, and
Immediately took two pencils and drew
a horses head with one hand, and al
the same time a stag's head with the
other hand. He painted with great
rapidity; he once mi to the exhibition
a picture of rabbits painted in three
quarters of an hour. MI. Wells relates
that at one time when Landseer was
Wis. ting him, he left the house fol
church just as his butler placed a fresh
canvas on the easel before the painter
on his return, three hours later, Land
seer had completed a life-sized picture
of a fallow-deer, and so well was it done
that neither he o the artist could SCI
that it required retouching.-Clara Frs
kline Clement, IN ST. Nicholas.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23
AN AFRICAN KING.
Description of the Royal Surroundings Q
an Old Savage In q Jungle.

Description of the Royal urrounding GA
an Old Savage In q Jungle.
Wading up to our ankles in mud
through the rank, dense vegetation,
and passing a primitive forge, where
four swart negroes were making nails
on a stone anvil with a stone hammer,
their forge bellows being two sheep
skins worked alternately by a nan with
two short sticks, as if he were playing
on a pair of kettledrums-such a bel
lows and forge, in fact, as you may see
any day on the Egyptian hi%eroglyphios
we caught sight of King Ja-Ja coming
to meet us. A brilli~ant-colored UNI
brella was held over his head by an at
tepdant, and, as usual with African
chiefs, he was followed by quite a crowd
of evil-looking rapscallions of all ages
and in all states of undress, carrying a
perfect museum of obsolete arms, the
staff of state (like a beadle's mace) and
other paraphernalia. Ja-Jais a ine-look-
ing old savage, as black as polished eb-
ony, with hair like silver, and was in full
dress to receive us-a red flannel shirt,
worn as usual with the tails loose, en-
broidered most deliberately with the i'm
perial French arms, and plentifully be-
sprinkled with Ms and Es, the Napo-
leonic bees, and other emblems of a
bygone dynasty in France. This was
the Kings only garment. except the
usual bandana loin-cloth of two uncut
handkerchiefs.
Ja-Ja received his great patron, the
Consul, with much finger-snapping and
other signs of friendship, and led the
way to his house. The outer wall of
his compound, which incloses some
three acres of ground, is formed by the
huts of his slaves and people, the whole
place reeking with filth beyond all Eu-
ropean imagination. In the center of
the compound stands a fetch india-rub-
Der tree, with a ju-ju hut under it, and
near is built the house inhabited by
some of Ja-Ja's favorite wives, the pal
ace itself being at the end of the COM
pound and overlooking all. 1t is a
| gaudily-painted wooden building. raised
on piles some eight feet high. and sur
rounded by a veranda. The house, a
| new one, is the pride of old Ja-Ja's
heart, and was constructed by negro
workmen from the British settlement of
! Accra. 1t is furnished with a desperate
attempt at European style; but the
| whole effect is absurdly incongruous
with the nude or semi-nude male and
female servitors, and the evident I'M
easiness of Ja-Ja himself among his
civilized surroundings. In the corner
of the principal parlor, which leads
straight from the veranda, is a most
gorgeous .red-and-gold throne, with a
liberal allowance of crowns, scepters,
orbs, and liking Ja-Jas" scattered on
every &C. On of vantage; and on its top
most pinnacle is stuck jauntily an alb.
surd conical hat like a fools cap, with
enormous feather-like ears on each side
of it, with which head-dress the King
volunteered the statement that he hac
been ..making ju-ju," whatever thai
might mean.-Ctambers' Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23
Milk as a Pork Producer.

An English writer who claims to
know from careful experiments, states
that n bushel of Indian corn will pro-
duce twelve pounds of pork, and that
four or five times the weight of corn
in skinned milk will produce the m
Thus two hundred pounds, or twenty
five gallons, of milk will produce as
much pork as one bushel of corn. From
our own observation we doubt if the
average feeder obtains twelve pounds
of pork from a bushel of corn, but I'M
der favorable circumstances and judi
cious feeding, this might be a fair esti-
mate. The estimate of the meat pro-
ducing quality of milk would indicate
that it is usually moderated in this
respect, and should receive more atten-
ton. There is certainly no better food
for the growth of young pigs.-Pruaie
J Farmer
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23
PENSION
Interesting Facts and Figures About Dis
abled War Veterans.

Interesting Facts and Figures About Dis
abled War Veterans.
A statement prepared at the Pension
Office by direction of the chief of the
certificate division, MI. j. E. Smith,
shows that there are only453 pensioners
of this class on the roll who have lost
an arm at the shoulder-joint or a leg at
the hip-joint. The small number a
compared with the number of pensioners
in the other classes indicate how few
survive the amputation of an entire
limb. There is greater danger atten-
dant upon the entire amputation of a
leg than of an arm, for there are on the
rolls only 10 pensioners who have lost
a leg at the hip-joint, while those who
have lost an arm at the shoulder-joint
number 443. They receive $40 per
month. There are 3, 105 pensioners who
have lost an arm above the elbow, and
2,641 who have lost a leg above the
knee. Such pensioners are to receive a
| pension of $36 per month, an increase
| of Sc. There are also 839 pensioners
| who nave lost an arm below the elbow,
and l, 1876 pensioners who have lost a leg
| below the knee. These pensioners are
| to receive $50 a month, an increase of
Sc. The bill further provides "that
nothing contained in this act shall be
construed to repeal section 1899 of the
| revised statutes of the United States,
or to change the rate of $18 per month
therein mentioned to be proportionately
divided for any degree of disability es-
tablished, for which section 1896 makes
no provision" The list of pensions
now paid shows that i'll the higher
grades the number. of pensioners
is comparatively small. For
instance, for what is termed total dis
ability, such IS the loss of both arms,
both legs, both hands, both feet, the
sight of both eyes and insanity, the
highest pension is paid, namely S72 per
month. The number of pensioners in
these classes is as follows: Lost both
arms, 81; both legs, %; both hands, Z;
both feet, 80; both eyes, SOL; insanity,
100. There are only two persons who
receive a higher pension than $72 pei
month, one of whom receives $75 per
month and the other 800, the latter
being General Black, Commissioner OF
Pensions, who received this pension by
a special act of Congress. Of the ESQ.,.
600 and more pensioners now on the
rolls, the largest number, 60, 1868, re
ceive 81 per month; the next highest
number, A, IT'S, receive So per month,
Then there are 81, 639 pensioners who
receive So per month; 26, 1873 who re
ceive 50 per month; 15.4SO who receive
$12 per month; 5000 who receive 49,
per month; 9,297 who receive $40 pei
month; Z, 1927 who receive $50 per month
4,48S who receive $16 per month, ant
3,41S who receive $l4 per month. The
grades of pensioners run from 81 pc
month to 800. and the above are tn
classes which contain the greatest mum
Der of pensioners. In addition Their
are 1874 who receive $50 per month
and there is one at $4S. n at S47
seven at $40, and one at $40 5, one a
$40. IA at $40, one at $38. 80, one a
$3S. %, Ga at S37. 80, and Sc at $50
Washington Star.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23
MEDICINE MEN.
Why Good Spirits Are Not Objects of wor
ship with the Indians.

Why Good Spirits Are Not Objects of Wor-
ship with the Indians.
Good spirits receive little attention,
and are never objects of worship, since
their acts, influence and purposes are
obviously for the best. But the evil
and halfway malevolent demand con-
slant supervision and placation, lest the
smooth workings of nature be inter-
fered with and the normal d~estinies of
man perverted. A journey through
the Indian country affords ample evil
dence of this belief in frequently recur-
ring offerings suspended from trees,
bushes and wands, or conspicuously
exposed upon rocks, knobs and open
places, such as broken or discarded
glass, metal and bead ornaments,
shreds of skins, bits of painted leather,
bright ribbons, strips of gay ~calicos,
feathers, pieces of tobacco and bundles
of human and animal hair.
The true medicine man" (for there
are charlatans and pretenders in savage
as well as civilized circles) is n of a
fraternity most mysterious and despotic
in its ways and workings, membersh p
therein being limited to those who ex-
hibit more than ordinary fitness there
for, backed by powerful family and
tribal influence. In one sense, ''medi-
cine is an autocracy; and it is also the
nobility of the savage, no way limited
by tribal power, and is forbidden to
women except for very extraord nary
and specific reasons. Its apprentice
ship, too, is long and arduous, beset
throughout by. trials and stumbling
blocks, calculated to tax to the utmost
the patience, faith, endurance and forti-
tude of the candidate, and to portray
the inner consciousness and latent
foibles of the individual. Having pass.
ed the prescribed ordeals, he is admitted
into full fellowship amid ceremonies
calculated to be most solemn, impress
sive and binding. One of the labors
prescribed, and frequently performed
in public on the evening of the annua
s.goose-feast," is as hideous as it il
sickening. 1t consists in devouring {
live dog, and is a proceeding that es
pecially obtains among the Chip
pewyans, Crees and Ojibways; and {
more horrible or fiendish scene, a
viewed by the Pickering fire light annie
sounding drums and ~rattles, the Shrek
of the victim and the frenzied bowls o
the a~ssemblage, can not be imagined
Popular Science Monthly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

thing of Tiger. Why, she never would
forgive me Il 1 killed him."
"Well, if you like her better'n you do
me, all right. Ishall kill him, unless
pa will; so there!'
their ways. He thought Mary Ann
really frightened.
mother say?"
II don't care a cent what anybody
says. l will not stand by and see my
dear, sweet old cat killed by a dreadful
beast like that, and not defend him. I'll
p'ison it"
..Oh, Mary Ami" cried Joe.
"Then kill him yourself" she re-
torted.
Il can not" said Joe, steadily.
Well he knew his silent mother loved
Tiger; like many another woman, she
bestowed on her pet all the demon
strative affection she was too shy and
too reserved to lavish on Joe. The cat
slept on her bed, followed her about the
house and garden, sprung up into her
lap and purred there as she sat alone in
the evenings, and however fierce a
fighter of his kind, was devoted and
loving to his mistress. More than ever
did she cling to him now, in her word
less jealousy of Joe's new love; for well
she knew that
"My sons my son till he gets him a wife,"
and deeply she felt, as most mothers
feel, that her rule and her Joy were
over. Joe looked at Nanny with his
heart in his eyes, but young persons
willful soul had got the better of her
sense and her affection both; she had
| given Joe her final test; she would find
out now whether he loved her or his
mother best. Poor Joe!
t'You won't?" she said, setting her
lips in a firm red line.
"No," said Joe, with equal firmness.
The situation had come to a dead
heard, and a scurrying of feel. Mrs.
self upon the picket-fence, and called
for Joe.
Come quick!" she cried. '.Tige has
tumbled into the cistern."
Joe ran as fast as he could. He knew
the cistern was t%wo-thirds full, and its
side slippery, but he had not an idea what
to do; he lost his wits-and Mary Ann
found them!
She overlook him at the door of his
mothers kitchen. '.Here! herer' she
said, breathlessly; '.here pas scoop.
net; it's real strong. You can't get him
out any other way" And yet five
minutes before she had made it a vital
issue with Joe that he would not kill
this very cat. Girls are queer.
So Tige, resisting to the last, was
fished out of the water-butt and handed
over to his delighted mistress, who
rolled him in her apron and took him in
for repairs, singing over her shoulder to
Nanny a curt: 81 dom know how to
thank We enough"
"Mannyn' said Joe, holding out his
arms in the moonlight.
Mary Ann rushed into them, and sob.
bed out: 81 did act like all possessed
I never should have liked you a mite
again if you'd killed Tige!" Oh, woman,
womani
So they were married, and lived happy
ever after, and had a cat of their
own handsomer than Peter, better than
Tiger, and peaceable as a Quaker
Rose Terry Cook, IN Harper's Bazar.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23
A COOLER.

He wet o great big cabbage leaf,
And put il in his hat.
He wore the thinnest seersuckers,
White necktie and all that.
He bought q fve-cent palm lea fan,
And used It ell the time;
And where they sell those cooling drinks
He blew in many q dime.
He ived on sherbet and ice cream,
And on ascake of ice
He slept at night, but did not find
II much like paradise.
In short, he did most every thing,
This poor deluded fool,
And racked his brains for novel schemes
still he could not keep cool.
But one day on the street he met
A girl he'd never seen;
Her face was angel fair, but proud
And naughty was her mein.
Then In his simple, New York way,
He murmured "Ain't 1t hot?'
b Boston maid Just looked ut him
And froze him on the spot
-Somerpille Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23
BAG IN FRANCE.
Quantities Of the Weed Consumed In Var
GUS European Countries.


Quantities of the Weed Consumed In vari-
Gus European Countries.
Some interesting particulars are pub
lished by N. Paul Leroy.Beaulieu with
REGARD to the m.nnfactnre and con-
nS...a $1,000 - 80. n
'c
quotes omclai ngures' whlcn snow mat
while the quantity OF tobacco grown in
France itself was about 10, 200 tons in.
1850, it has been gradually increasing
until IT ia now nearly donhls hat oman.
titv. while the revanue which tha ctate
dey;v.s rom Il hos ;ncreassd from fs'.
an mn tn nearly f1e d nm In other
words, whije the ~nusnt;tv of tobacco
orown has onlv donbIed the nrofits of
the state or in other words Of the
ctnrers have nearly onadrnnled
The great Increase in nrofit Is explained
~ h ponI - pr.nI;o, - +ho
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

"A gentleman telegraphed recently
to his brother in the country to send a
hack to meet him at the station, but
when the gentleman arrived at the
station he found a sack waiting for him.
A firm t~elegraphed, Send rails ten
foot lengths but the message was de-
livered, Send rails in foot lengths"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

A man may read law and become a
lawyer; he may study med cine and bo
called a doctor; but if he wan to be g
blacksmith, he must work at his trade
~ @. PicayaWe,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

FABRICS AND CLUTCHES are both rendered
marvelously white by GLENN's SULPHUR
Soar.
Brown, 50c.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

Tennyson's s.Msy Queen"
Who knows but II the beautiful girl who
died SO young had been blessed with DR..
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" she might
have reigned on many another bright May
day. The "Favorite Prescription" 10 q Ger
tain cure for all those disorders 10 which
females are liable.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

Poverty progresses automatically.
When a man meets with reverses he
advertises his house - let When he
is utterly ruined be adrcrtises il ~
sole. "-sems1eiRs Jeat nah
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

Is NOT Q dye, and will not stain or injure
the skin. Halls Hair Remover.
Dumb ague can be speedily cured by tax
ing Ayers Ague Cure. Try 1t.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

It Should be Generally Known
that the multitude Of diseases Of . scrofu-
leus nature generally proceed from q tor
pid condition Of the liver. The blood be-
comes impure because the liver does not
act properly and work of the poison from
the system. and the certain results are
bloschss, n,1 pimpie na t eruHsiSn s3%,a sMsd,,ng 3,
settling upon the lungs and poisoning their
delicate tissues, until liberation. breaking
down, and consumption is established. DR..
Pierce's "Goiden Medical Discovery" will,
by acting upon the liver and purifying the
blood, cure all these diseases.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

The raciest articles arc written by horss
reporters.-Tezas SJtings.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23
r. sbould be generally known

1T sounds like a paradox to say that q
mar is laying up money when he is sailing
1t down.-Chicago Jouysal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

Two HEADS ought to be better than one.
Four lips are certainly better than twos-
Somerpik Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

TIE biggest gum-boil on record has been
discovered in . mucilage factory.-Asr-
chant Traveller.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

E1-MAYoR LATRoBE, Baltimore, Md. say
the best cough medicine il Red Star Cough
Cure. Twenty-Five cents q bottle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

MOONLIGHT walks with -FOUR best girl are
nothing but lovely strolls.-Losoea Courier.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

DoN'T hawk, and blow, and spit, but uss
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

OXYGEN CURE. Throat, lung, nervous dis
eases. Book free. DR.. Geppert, C~incinnati,O o.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson'sE Eye Water. Druggistssellit. Csc,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

If the doctor orders bark, has not the
patient a right to growll-N. 7. Ledger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23
BROWW'S
IRON
B/TTERS
WILL CURE


INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS ~PRosTRATIoN
MALARIA
CHtLLSA AND FEVERS
TIRED FEELING
GENERAL DEBILITY
PAIN IN THE BACK & SIDES
IMPURE BLOOD
CONSTIPATION
FEMALE INFIRMITlES
RHEUMATISM
KIDNEY AND LIVER
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
The Genuine has Trade Marx and crossed Red
TAKE NO OTHER.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23
Tennyson,s ..aa.y Queen

BETWEEN our thermometers and colleges
the degree crop is drawing ahead Of the
peach ditto.-LUs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

WHEN you bury an old animosity never
a tombstone,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23

TIE best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. Csc.
WHERE are all the bad actorsl "Read
the answer in thss tars."-N. O. PicayHse.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-11-07

A lady of medium hight may have a finely
shaped foot such Us common rumor gives to
Mrs. Cleveland. but in the south No. 81
slipper is not usually designated as dainty.
Probably p, is as large as the term WILL
stand. People who frequent southern ball
rooms and summer resorts comment upon
the fact that extremely small feet, feet IN
cased in slippers running from to "a are
largely in the majority. Not many years
since this subject was discussed IN ball
room in Macon and experts were able to dis
cover out Of eighteen pairs present and
twinkling in the mazes Of the dance but
three numbers larger than Pa, and in the
assembly were damsels who would have
tipped the beam at 10.
This preponderance Of small feet in the
south among ladies of high social standing
has been accounted for on many theories, the
most natural one we think, being the ex-
PLANTATION that these ladies do not use their
feet with the freedom and constancy that
NAV be observed in other sections. They are
not walkers. in the first place. II is rare
thing to find i'll southern cities ladies Of the
class described who average two miles walk
ing per day the year round. Climate and
roadways. as well as custom, are against
PEDESTRIAN exercise: the feet are small be-
cause they ara not frlly developed by use.
OF course we speak in a general sense, be-
cause there are families i'll which small feet
are clearly ali inheritance asl continue small
despite exercise continuous and severe.-Ma-
con GA Telegraph.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-11-07
Soda Motors for Street Cars.

The wags have been making merry over
the idea of using soda as a motor TO propel
street cars. The idea is, however, a fact,
and preparations are making TO introduce it
through this country. The wags are to remem-
Der that it Is not the kind of soda used in a
brandy fig" that is employed for this pur-
pose, but caustic soda, commonly called
washing soda. The idea can be enlarged so
that the car can not only be run, but be
heated in winter by the soda. 1t is employed
as follows in a recent patent:
The caustic soda, which i contained in q
reservoir surrounding the steam boiler, is
raised TO a high initial temperature by means
of jets of burning gas or petroleum, thus
evaporating all moisture from the soda The
heat from the soda produces steam in the
boiler, which is applied to an ordinary en-
gine; the exhaust steam from the engine is
then absorbed by the soda, producing heat
sufficient to generate steam, until the soda
is supercharged with moisture, when the Jets
of flame, which in the mean time have been
dispensed with, are again ignited to regen-
crate and reheat the soda. The operation
may be repeated continuously. This is a
modification of the soda motors which have
been in use several years past in this country
and in Europe.