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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-13

Little Day.-"What are you doing,
Dayf" asked aunt Annie, as she sat
reading in a comfortable easy-chair by
the library fire. Aunt Annie wasa very
pretty young lady, with a large blue
rosette on the top of her head, and Day
said that she looked just like the beau
tiful ladies in fairy tales.
1t was a delightful room, too, on that
cold, snowy, December day,-everything
about it looked so warm and the cheeks
of the small boy who sat insuch a funny
little heap at the w~riting-table were
glowing like roses.
When any one asked Day how old he
was, he did not say Give" but Six
in February" for he wasina great hurry
to be a man; and he felt very old indeed
now, as he replied gravely to his aunts
question:
81 am writing a letter, aunt Annie
a letter to Sandy Claws"
What can you possibly have to
write about to Santa Claus ' said Miss
Annie, in great surprise.
81 am telling Sandy Claws what
want for Christmas; for how is he to
know, aunt Annie, if 1 don'tw
So Day read his letter aloud, and this
is the way he wrote it, or rather, printed
it, for that was all he could do:
DEAR SANDY CLAWS i think you have
got a very quear name and i should like to
no if you have got claws and what makes
EN- sandy. But that ant what Pm goan to
rite about. Ant Amy ses i stick out my
tong when j rite but hope you woan'tmind
that cos i don't meme it for makein faces
mo that you got lots of things and i should
pistil that will go of. Pm Trade i must stoE
now.
Aunt Annie tried very hard not tc
laugh, as Day looked up for her ap
proval; and then she said, "But 1 have
been told that Santa Claus sometimes
leaves a bundle of rods, instead of pres
ents, when children are bad"
cam I badr' asked Day, quite Sc
riously.
81 thought I heard screaming and
scolding this morning, replied his aunt
When nurse was getting a little.boy
dressed"
Day hung his head for a moment Oh
two; and then he carefully folded his
letter, and put it up the chimney.
CHOW he'll get it," said he, gleefully,
Cos that is where he lives"
The little note very o fell into the
fire and was burned; but Day did moi
know that.
Scarcely a day passed without hi:
writing a letter to Santa Claus. Some.
times he had been quite naughty, and
would beg his imaginary friend not to
bring him a bunch of rods; and very
often he would see things that he liked
better than the things he had asked fol-
before, so that Santa Claus was getting
quite puzzled as to what the little boy
did want.
Great preparations were made fol
Christmas at the Dunsford's. 1t was
large house, and it had bright, pleasant
people in it; and they wreathed it with
evergreens, and brought flowers from
the conservatory, until it looked almost
like summer, indoors at least. But out
side, there was snow and sleigh-bells, and
what people called an old-fashioned
Christmas; and the fires blazed and
roared, and icicles hung we the win.
dows, and people looked cold and happy
and every one seemed to be expecting
something pleasant.
Before Day was tucked into his pretty
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-13
Wonderful Explorations of a Boy.

UOuuC11Nh LAPtOlatLVho VI q OVys0
Who shall say that the days of youth
full and romantic explorations are over?
Ernest Morris, a boy of fourteen, in the
far inland State of Indiana, some five
years ago set out from his native State
in a boat down the White River, the
Ohio and Mississippi, and with only a
few dollars in his pocket made his way
to Florida. He explored the swamps
and everglades in search of something
more substantial than smoke, and
brought home a valuable collection of
insects and shells. A year or two later
he sailed for Brazil, where he travelled
up and down the Amazon, learning the
ways and languages of the people and
preparing himself for a second explora-
ton of a yet more hardy character for
ever since his earliest boyhood it has
been the aHimating purpose of his life
to win a name among the Franklins,
Livingstones and Stanleys. A boy who
had seen nineteen years, with only fifteen
dollars in his pocket, he entered the
mouth of the Amazon and made his way
alone to the sources of the Trapajos,
penetrating to a point never before
reached by any white man, and returned
to New York after months spent in the
heart of the wilderness.
In the upper country which he reached
the Indians appear to live in a state of
constant warfare. Their custom, instead
of scalping, as is the habit of the In
dams of North America, is to tako of
the whole head from their fallen foes.
The brain being extracted, the remain
der is preserved in a ~singularly perfect
manner by the peculiar process, as Nor
ris says, of smoking it with the fumes
from a root of which he exhibits a speci-
men. On this point there is an issue be-
tween Ernest Merris and the Swans OF
New York and Brooklyn, he maintain.
ing strongly that the root has the ex-
traordinary PROPERTIES he attributes to
it, and that it must have remarkable
medicinal virtues, and they strenuously
denying the possibility of what he as
serts to be fact. The truth we suspect
is with the boy. There are many thing'
that seem impossible until they are once
discovered.
Ernest Morris, whether well or poorly
equipped, has probably by this time
sailed again for Brazil to explore more
fully the region which constitutes thu
great watershed between the head
watersof the Trapajos, Xingu and Tocan
tin, large rivers running into the Anna
zon from the westward, and those of tn,
Rio de la Plata, down which he will de
scend to its mouth. A large part of thi
mountainous country is marked a
Diamond region" but has never beer
explored. Professor Hart, formerly o
f Cornell University, who is now direct
ing the surveys made by the government
5 of Brazil, says of it: $50 little is know
of this watershed that we will dismis
: it with few remarks" Morris mean
: to examine the geological formation
f and fora of this region as well as he j
: able, and the result of his exploration
. is confidently expected to be of grea
e value.-Bufalo Courier.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-13

SOME of the Kansas farmers haul
wheat n hundred miles to grist-mills,
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Hampton, Governor Of South
CarOlina,'

is the subject of IN exquisite litc.siLc en-
craving, just published land now ready
BY our enterprising friend, Walker
Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, sc. We
congratulate these gentlemen on the
grand success they have made Of 50 noble
A subject, As Il work Of art / stands un'
riyallcd, but still its chief merit lays in
its being II liIc-likc portrait. 1t is the first
product, on so large ~ scale, Of 4 new and
secret process based on plot; grnphy, hay
ing the advantage Of great t~ruthiulnesS.
As the photograph has superseded the oil
painting, because Of its { act reproduc-
ton Of the subject, so this process is
bound TO take the place Of steel .engrav-
inr, or INV method which depends upon
artistic conception and execution for re-
snlts-we mean for the production Q: p"r-
traits. What the people want in a poF'
trait is truth they do not wiAh the ar
tist's conception OF n man, but the fhce
and features Of the mAn rs he Sand BY
NO means can this gInnd result be better
attained than by the means OF photogrA-
ply, and this new process based thereon.
But while these great advantages are se-
cured, it admits Of the embGll lshmeAts OF
art, and n portrait is prodused possessing
all the truthiulnesS of n photograph, with
the artistic effect of the steel engraving.
The publishers have been extremely for
tunate in their selection Of the mode bv
which they give to all admirers Of the
great statesman the noble, generous,
mauly features, which speak 50 plainly
the great mind, elevated icnliHg, and gen
a ~ !
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The British Subject Again.

We have stated that the United
States District Attorney and Mr..
Chase, q gentleman sent by the At
tornoy General, had gone to KEN
per county to investigate and aScor-
tain all facts bearing upon the Brit
ish claim that Mcclellan was a Brit.
ish subject entitled to the protec.
ton OF the British government
Tho facts obtained arc mostly
known already to our readers.
Mcclellan was born in Scotland,
and has resided in Kcmper county
about twenty-five years. He was
sixty years old when killed. lie
seemed TO be permanently located,
owning considerable property both
real and personal; from tilno "
time had performed many acts Of
citizenship lie served i4 the.6m.
federat6'Army as a volunteer for a
brief timo'in 1861. Ho was after
forwards detailed to work in n Gov.
eminent whocl-wright shop in Mo.
bile. Getting tired Of that, he
thought he would claim exemption
upon tho plea OF his being u British
subject. He applied to the British
Consul in Mobile, who refused tC
interfere in his bobalf, advising hin
that by his own acts he had forfeit
oil his claims us u British subject,
After the war he returned to hi
home in DeKalb, where he resideC
since. On the day that he lost hi
life, after Chisholm was arrested, a
the request of IL. A. Hopper, h
(McLcllan) vert TO Chisholm
house, where Chisholm was detain
cd under guard. While there, b
followed Dir. james Britton out t,
the gate, and said to him substan
TALLY: al any violence is don.
here to-day, and anybody is killed
there will DO plenty of US lett, AM
we'll get two tor one; and will b.
gin on tho officers" Tho threi
was communicated to the crow,
that was gathering and hanging d
bout threatoningiy. Presently, tn
Sheriff removed the prisoner (Chis
holml from bis house to the jail
Before that, the Sheriff had aske
Mcclellan to 20 away, which he di
notdo, and when the officer and bi
posse started with his prisoner I
the Jail, Mcclellan took Chisholm'
doubie- barrel gun, which WAS FIJI
nished him BY Chishom's Psopl,
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and followed to the jail. AS they
went into the Jail he crowded hun
seIfin with the rest, and went with
Them IN STAIRS. The Sheriff repeat
cIly called him down and sent up
t,r han at last, he tod INN he vas
violating the law and reluctantly
he descended from the upper floor
into the hallway below. While up
stairs with the guard, when the
mob had assembled around, about
the jail, he proposed to Mr. Eilandi
one of the guard, that they tlro on
them from tho windows. Mr.. Ei'
land objected strongly, because II
would precipitatc a riot and result
in the killing of the prisoners. Mr..
Eiland sayss0thors heard the prop
ositiOn, but he does not know, eer'
tainly, that it got out to the crowd
but he supposes it did from remarks
no has heard made since the riot
Mcclellan staid down in the hall
way below, where the Sheriff was,
for some time, perhaps halt an hour
and was repeatedly asked BY the
Sheriff to leave. At last that oti'
Ger got q prominent man OF the
county to urge him to leave the
Jail, which he then did with rcluct'
ance. Shortly after leaving the
iail he was shot and killed. Some
of the citizens took up the body
and carried 1t TO his workshop
where it was dOcently laid out and
his remains cared for. There was
o pistol on his person. The double
barrel gun he carried, had been let'
upstairs in tho Jail when he came
down in the lower hallway. THAI
was the gun which Chisholm fired
with fatal precision, blowing th'
top>ot Rosser's head, as he broke
through the door, which gave hin
access to whore the prisoners we're
The examination was conducted
openly the Court House. 1t seem
cd to be entirely fair.--Mcrcury.
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A Fact Worth Knowing

"fH" 1' Ff'
Are you suffering with Consump-
ton, Coughs seyNredGo1H settled
on the Breast, Pneumonia, or any
disease of the Throat and, Lungs?
lfsso, go to jones x FAINT, and get
a bottle Of BoscHEE's GERMAN ST.
RUP.l This medicine has lately been
introduced from Germany, and is
selling on It's own merits.9 The pco-
pie are going wild over it's success,
and druggists all over our country
arc writing us OF its wonderful
cures among their customers. If
youswjsh to'try its superior virtue
get q sample bottle for 10 ccnts.-
Large siz6 bottle 75'ccnts. Three
dozos will relieve any case. Try it.
may5-c2wtf
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Crop Prospects AZ.
louisville, Jure s, 1877.

CooKSvlLLE, Jure $, 1877.
DEAR BEAcON:-Wc are having
some quite refreshing showers OF
rain aud some hail and wind. AS
yet, we have had nothing like Il
season. What we've had was very
much needed it is putting new lite
in ali vegetation and causing Il gen.
eral rejoicing amongst the planters.
God bldss them they are the peO.
pie we desire to sec prosper.
Setting ont potatoo slips has been
the work of many to-day. That's
right ; plant thom; they are meat
and bread both. Potatoes require
beng kept clean Of grass and weeds.
You never have much OF the pota-
toe, if once you have them well set
in grass.
Crops generally are in pretty
good condition and ready for the
rains. We think tho majority OF
planters arc leaving their corn too
thick. In trying to make too large
a crop, you will be apt to make u
failure. Thin sufficiently and eve.
ry stalk we'll cultivated will make
one ear OF corn and not untrequent-
ly two. Everything is now look
inc life.like and cheerful.
The rains have not come in time
for the spring oats; they are too
far grown and are now ripening.-
Fall oats are being cut they are
not Us heavy grained as they might
have been.
We have had some hogs around
Cooksyille with by drophobia. J,
Il. Long says he was compelled ia
kill two. and one had to bV killed
in C~ooksviIle, supposed 10 have
been bitten by a mad'dog.
Tuesday, June 18th.
We are to-day harvesting Spring
oats. Stalk short on good land with
tolorablc gram. Not so good NJ
talk o2ts. We have had ~ good
rainrsnd tho crops arc greatly i'm
proved, and the prospects are bet
ter than usual. Some damage was
done by tho wind and haiI, but j
hear much more of the damage thar
| have seen. Sensible farmers viii
now redOuble their cncrgies' for
few days and their crops will b,
made. Lay by your old corn "dc
not work it too late.
%"" NJ" OBSERVER.
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About sewing Machines.

Since the expiration and non
renewal of the Sewing Machine
patents, these useful articles are
brought within The reach of per
sons Of moderate means.
From reliable. sources we learn
that machine priced at, S15, orSlOO,
costs about S15. to manufactufe.-
The immense profits enabled the
proprietors to employ agents, and
fine outfits 10 introduce their MI.
chimes INTO every nook and corner
of the country. The original in
ventor, Howe made q fortune alone
through the sale Of other machines
than his own, most OF the Inventors
being compelled to 1850 his needle
in these machines and paying him
80 much on every machine sold
for the privilege. Every family
can now afford q machine which
will more than pay for itself by OK
pediting tho work OF the house
hold. A female engineer can rur
one at the rate of two miles al
hour. Tho latest estimates make
the trip around a dress of medium
construction a distance of about
six miles, including gathers, tuck'
and ride tracks. A modern dress il
then an achievement of about threC
hours, and a woman can start OF
lac aalskiFls Of one ia the morn
ing and wear il Of diNner, psOvi
dsd she hiss slt THE attachments.
Ladies are yery fond Of attachment
and their fasagite one Is a 1toller.
No SoDa1 should bp Aitbout one
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-06-16
The Lien Law.

There are four distinct liens pro
vided for in law, VIZ: THAT of the
landlord for rent, The landlords
for supplies, farming stock &c
The employers for supplies iIr-
nished the employee, upon the
share or interest OF the employee;
and the laborers, lien Tor LABOR
done in raising crops, These liens
exist by law without deed OF trust
or mortgage or even a written con-
tract, upon the crops raised during
the yoar, for which the rent IS
claimed or during which the sup
ples or labor was furnished.
In addition to these liens any
person may give u deed of trust or
mortgage on his crops to be raised
fifteen months from the date of in.
strumeDL, but the lien will be Sc
cured to any one Of the four nam
cd. .,
The lien for rent is prior to all
others, but exist only on the crops
raised on the lands for WHICH rent
is claimed.
The lien ofthe landlord for "sup.
plies" embraces necessary family
supplies, farming implements and
stock advances, during the year
when the crops + raised.
The lien of employer, exist in
cases where the crop is raised on
%"sharcs," that is where the laborcr
i employed or hired and is not :!
t naht. | think that oil "share'
contracts come within the meaning
and scope Of this provision, and the
lien is upon the laborers' portion
or share for family and farming
supplies, stock, &c.
The lien of the laborer exist up
on all crops which he assisted in
raising, gathering, handling or haul
ing.
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The property as m entirety ana
that first mortgage bonds and coH
ions stQuld be received IN payment
rendered, except q sum sufficient
10 pay costs and expenses
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Notice to TTeSpaSSCrS.
Ladies' and Misses Hats.

| have u well selected assortment
OF Ladies' and Girls Spring and
Summer nats, just received from a
celebrated Fashion Emporium
which | will dispose Of at reasona-
bic prices, at my residence, Oh tho
Cedar Greek road.
MRS. ]. J. THORNTON =
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-06-16

Tho devil is not so black as he is
painted. In using the political
brush, most of our journalists do it
with a free hand. Generally, as an
artistic work, a pen portrait of an
obnoxious political leader is a fail
ure, and usually a daub; even il the
colors are well selected, they are
not we'll mixed or skillfully put on
If our word painters would tone
down Il little, and give us portraits
instead of caricatures, the reputR.
tiou of our country would be i'm
proved.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-06-16

win Il bricf notice Of the Holly
Springs Reporter, n paper Wh'c1
though il has changed its editorial
stat mauy times since its initial
number, has retained in - rem HEa'
degree its individuality. Never
brilliSut hut always readable aha
reliable, it takes a crcditable rank
among it's cotcmpOraries, aud IS ono
OF the largest Journals in the Sla'c'
The people of the State at the
next election will be called to vote
on the amendment to the conStitu-
ton ab%olishrng the Office of Lieut..
Governor. A writer in the Mercu'
ty comes to tho front opposed to
the amendment and in favor OF re-
tanning the Office, and suggests
that tho members Of tho Leglsla'
ture reduce their pay just enough
to. pay this official which amounts
to $500. But why not carry this O.
economy out and do both? The Of
fee of Lieut. Governor is created
for a contingency, and the person
holding it is u mere dummy, 80 far
as his being a part Of the Govern
ment is concerned, unless that con-
tingency should occur, and IN this O.
vent, only steps in between the Of
fee Of Governor and another con-
tingoncy. The Office is practically
useless and all useless offices should
be abolished, and doing away with
this would lead to other reforms Of
like character. Let the people
vote upon it intolligentIy, even il
the office is not an important one,
it involves n principle which should
always be kept in sight at our cleo.
ions.
Tlo Rencon acknowledges itSel,
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. DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE,

WHEREAS letters Of administration
on the estate Of X. Brewer, ST., dcc6N' ed,
late of Noxubec county, were granted to
the undersigned by the Honorable Chan
ctry court OF Noxubcc county. On the 30th
day of December, A. d., 1915,
Now, all persons having claims against
said estate will present them and have
them registered within the time allowed
by law, Or they will be forever barred
K. BREWER, Jr.,
April29. 1t Admin, TRAITOR.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-06-16

The Russians and Turks have
had a terrible battle at Kars, and
tn latter appear to hold their
ground. Although they have for
tiications they leave them and
meet the Russians in the open field
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-06-16

We extend thanks to President
Johnson Of Whitworth College
Brookhaycn for an invitation to at.
tend the closing exercises ofthat In,
stiution. The Hon. IL. D. Money
will deliver the address before the
Alumni Society, and the Hon. W
II. Sims OF Columbus the regular
Annual address. The citizens of
Brookhaven have q literary treat in
store for them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-06-16

Medium siAe. almost five years old. when
Inst heard from was in the vicinity Ct Sing,
Teton, Miss. ANY information gwen d
her will be thankfully received and re-
warded. u,
Mnu Dc y. NO ChLho,
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NOTICE TO TRESpAsSERs.
s.s..'''.

All parties are hereby notified rot to
pass over, hunt on, turn stock ON or other
wise tFespass on the lands known ss q. T..
Bush's mill place and the Grant place, I'm.
der panaltyaOf the law.
may19-2m A. 9. BUSH.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-06-16

BY the amended Constitution Of
Virginia, every voter is required to
exhibit at the polls his receipt for
payment of poll tax for the provi-
ouB year. This tax is set aside by
the Constitution as part OF the
school fund, and this requirement
of prepayment AS q condition OF
voting is designed to compel all to
contribute something towards the
support of the public schools, mas,
much rs all white and Black, en-
joy the benefits which they afford.
The provisions Of tho Constitution
apply equally to both races
Clarion.
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s6~ O%rFICE-UP stairs, south end of Ilar-
rison Building, up same steps as to the
Beacon Office. JAMS
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i q NJ U l. f
Mare TEuIe.

Gtnyci FROM my place, near 5'oqh''
Vile. Miss, ou might Of 18th inst ,tat d0"
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NOTICE TO TREsPAssERs.

All persons are hereby notified not 10
pass ovee, or traspssS 90 my pasture az
I'D PsAirs Point, under pasalty oflsv.
may g. o. j. R. Co6KREid..
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suits Of EjcctImcnt

Suits Of EicCtINcnt
For the recovery Of real estate forfeited
for taxes, and rent out the same ard re-
ceive and pay over the rent. Parties hay
ing possession Of or claiming such land.
will save considerable cost by coming for
ward promptly md redeeming tho SAME
MS | nm compelled to execute the law.
J, B. ALLGOOD,
Sheriff and Tax Collector, Noxuboc Co
May &c