Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-04
Tale Of a Handkerchief.

There is one touching incident in the
life of William Writ. In his younger
days he was a victim to the passion for
Intoxicating drinks which seems par
ticularly the. bane of our profession.
Affianced to a beautiful and accom-
plished young woman, he had made and
broken repeated pledges of amend
ment, and she, after patiently and
kindly enduring his disgraceful habit,
had at length dismissed him. deeming
him ineorrigible. Theiss next meeting,
after his dismissal, was in a public
street in the city of Richmond. Will
liam Writ lay drunk and asleep, on the
sidewalk, on a hot summer day, the
rays of the sun pouring down on his
uncovered head, and the flies crawling
over his swollen features.
AS the young lady approached in her
walk, her attention was attracted by the
spectacle, strange to her eyes, but alas |
so common to others who knew the vic
tim, as to attract little remark. She
did not at first recognize the sleeper,
and was about to hasten on, when she
was led by one of those impulses which
form the turning points in human life,
. to scrutinize his features. What was
her emotion when she recognized IN
him her discarded loverl She drew
forth her handkerchief and carefully
spread it over his face, and hurried
away. When Writ came to himself he
found the handkerchief, and in one
corner the initials of the beloved name.
With hoart almost breaking with grief
and remorse, he made new vow of
reformation. He kept that VOW and
married the owner of that handker-
chief. e =
The HindOo Suttee-A New Explanation.
1t has been generally believed that by
the act of suttee Hindoo wives declare
their undying attachment to their hus-
bands, but DIR. Chever, in his recent
work on Indian Medical Jurisprudence,
traces the custom to a very different
origin. He brings forward authorities
to show that the Brahmins themselves
invented the law as a means of self pro-
lection against their wives. Before its
introduction the wives were in the habit
of avenging themselves on their hus-
bands for neglect and cruelty by mixing
poison with their food, and at last things
came to such a height that the least
matrimonial quarrel resulted in the hus-
bands death. An easier remedy for the
evil might have been found in permit
ting the wife to eat OUT of the same dish
as the husband, but this would involve
too wide departure from the customs
of society and it must be admitted that
| there is a peculiar refinement of cruelty
| in the expedient adopted which would
commend itself to the Asiatic mind. OF
| late years the law of suttee has been
occasionally set at defiance, but the wild
| ow cannot altogether escape the conse
auence of her husbands death. His
| family degrade her, and put her to the
most menial duties in the house.
A Baptist Church With Private Box
-..- In 1t.
Hunters Point is a suburb of New
York, familiar to all who approach thai
city by the way of the East river. II
now receives new notice by reason of 8
luniuue Baptist church which has there
4 been erected, largely through the efforts
of Mrs. Horace Waters. There are two
main galleries in the church, and ad
joining one of them is a small inclosec
gallery, very much like a private box a
a theatre, which is intended for the &C
commodation of the friends of partie!
who are to be baptized. The baptistry
of which this "box" commands fine
view, of course. is described as the
characteristic feature of the church, be
ing of pure white marble, and one of the
| finest in the country. 1t is in the real
of the pulpit platform, above which its
glistening front rises eighteen inches
| The wall around is wainscoted will
marble, and stairs of the same materia
lead to dressing rooms beyond. TIL,
interior walls oft the church, as well a
the arching timbers of the roof, ar
painted white, with red traceries, an'
the ceiling is light lavender color.
THE weather in England is favorabl