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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18
A Judicial View Of Turkeys.

In King against Mann, Supreme
Court of the Hawaiian Islands, the de-
PENDANT had been convicted of stealing
turkeys. Two questions arose whether
the turkeys in question were wild ami
mails" and thus not subject of larceny;
and whether ownership had been
proved. The court said: CON the
mountain range of this island, back of
Waialua, called the Waiane Mountains,
are numbers of turkeys. These birds
were brought to this country SO long
ago that there is no remembrance ex-
listing as to the exact time when or by
whom they were imported. These
birds are now in a wild state, afraid OF
of man, breeding in the unfrequented
parts of the mountain and bush
try, and have been hunted down and
caught by devices, precisely as if they
were fer9 nature. 1t is well known
that the domestic turkey is descended
from the wild turkey, first found in
America, modified by breeding and the
care of man, and this perhaps accounts
for the tendency to revert to the wild
state which is so strongly manifest /
thcm.- These turkeys, although wild,
are not properly speaking wild ami.
mails Where the phrase wild animals
is used the word wild is used as a gen.
eric term to indicate that they are of a
species not usually domesticated, and
does not refer to their comparative do
cility or familiarity with men. We on
slider that these turkeys are not properly
speaking animals ter9 nature, though
partaking of their habits. In the alb
sence of proof of ownership of these
turkeys by the prosecuting witness,
aside from the fact that they were
caught on his land, and it being proved
that they can not be distinguished from
any other turkey on contiguous lands,
they are not the subjects of larceny"
This is In harmony with State against
Mary Turner, in North Carolina. Mary
was indicted for stealing zone turkey
of the value of five cents" Thus it
seems that turkeys are cheap in North
Carolina. The report does not disclose
the date of the o~ffense, but we infer that
it was shortly before Thanksgiving.
Mary having been convicted, a motion,
in arrest of Judgment was made upon
the ground "tnal Jne tudtctmuub-rsa
insufficient, for it failed to state that the
turkey stolen was a tame turkey; that
the turkey was a native fowl of Amer
lea large numbers are found in every
part of the State, wild and unreclaimed,
and that the indictments should have
negatived the presumption that the tur-
key In question was wild and unre-
claimed" The motion was sustained,
but this was reversed by the Supreme
Court The court said: His Honor
was mistaken in this case, in supposing
that our domestic turkey is q creature
ferR nature, We take the case to be
clear, that where a creature, for the
stealing of which a defendent isindicted,
is a terg nature, the Indictment must
further allege that the creature was
dead, tanned, confined, or reclaimed.
But surely this can not be the case when
the defendant is indictedfor stealing one
of u domesticated turkeys. Albany
LaU Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18
How the Government Pays Bills.


A great part of the work in the de-
partment is necessarily in the line of
keeping accounts, and presents little in
terest to people who are not exceptional
ly fond of figuring.
The general principle which governs
the whole system of auditing and set
ting accounts against the Government
is to provide every safeguard against
fraud, and this is 30 successfully accom-
plished that a dollar could not be got
out OF the treasury illegitimately with ut
the collision of SO many persons that it
may be set down as a practical impos-
sibility.
Suppose q man has a bill against the
Government. The head of the depart
ment or bureau to which the matter
properly belongs makes q requls1t1on IOr
the amount upon the Secretary of the
Treasury, using a prepared blank which
asks him to cause a warrant for the
amount in question to be issued In favor
of the party, the same to be charged to
the particular appropriation by Congress
out Of which the sum ought to come.
But before this requisition reaches
the Secretary it must pass under the eye
Of the proper Auditor and Comptroller
and receive their ~countersign, the Audi
tor at the same time charging the
amount to the account of the disbursing
officer in whose favor it is issued. Il
all goes well so far, the Secretary issues
a warrant to the Treasurer, directing
him to pay over the money, which he
does by issuing adraft for the amount in
favor of the Governments creditor, but
not until after the warrant has / sen
countersignedby the proper Comptroller
and registered by the Register. Indeed,
the draft itself must go the Register fol
comparison and registry before it is
finally passed over. There. seems to be
a good deal of red tape in all this pro.
cess, but it is a sort of red tape that
saves the country money in the long
run.-Good Company.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18
Experience OF a Woman in Disp0sing
- of Magazine Articles.

I called on the editor of a high-class
periodical. He is a great man, a really
great man, therefore excessively courte-
Gus; he can afford to be; he has left
itinerant -anxieties behind he is in the
elevated railway of letters. He looks at
me much as O. blue-bottle does at q gnat,
a. who should a SCI can buzz and
buzz without singing ; why can't you %
He is lordly; his editorial chair is
leather-lined, his den has two windows,
light, air, and every Grain assistance
conceivable /; he is ever SO little pomp-
Gus; he has no desire so to be, but he
Is; he devotes five minutes by the clock
to me ; he is sure I shall succeed. I
have excellent testimonials /; have ! any
thing to offer?'
eyes, 1 have.", I am trembling nerv-
ously and open my budget. "Here is a
manuscript, an article On the Byways OF
Life"
A smile steals over his face Git appears
a smile OF encouragement to the deluded
hack), he becomes impressive, begs that
L will leave it for perusal, and bows me
out.
I go, feeling that the sun is shining,
the breeze-ohl how delightful the
world a mine of inexpressible pleasure.
proceed to number two.
He is also the purveyor of a high-class
magazine, but he is of quite another
mold. He Is a younger man, his timer
ant days are not SO far behind his edi-
torial age, so to speak, is yet young he
has not yet reached the full blown stage
of number one. His den is very small,
his chair is cane, his territory so con-
fined that when he sits at the editorial
shrine to write, his throne fills up the
entire space between his desk and book
case. He is not in the least like a blue
bottle; he resembles a Gagged eagle.
His eyes are bright and piercing, his
hair SO tossed that it would seem as if
his thoughts came bouncing through his
scalp to play at hide and seek; he is too
occupied to be excessively polite. A
cigarette between his teeth tells a little
tale. He gives a nod of resigned recog-
milton as l. enter, turns his chair on its
pivot, and proceeds to read me, proba-
bly, as closely as he does his contribu-
lions. He stops my mouth by declaring
that there is absolutely no opening on
his paper, then reads my testimonials,
and with a keen look which would be
hard but for the glance of kindly humor
that accompanies it, tells me that if I
like to write upon an almost impossible
subject on the chance Of approval I may.
-NeU York Mail.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18
BUTLER AND THE SPOON.
The Alleged True Story of His Dbl
position of the silver. -

The Alleged True Story Of His Dis
position of the silver.
What purports to be q trustworthy ex-
PLANTATION of the manner in which Gen.
Benjamin F. Butler acquired tie un-
happy fame of being a purloiner of sill
yer spoons is given by a Washington
correspondent: A lady went to Gen.
Garfield, some months ago, and intro
duced herself as the daughter of Gen.
David E. Twiggs, who left our army,
where he had gained the rank of Major
General, to join the secessionists at the
opening of the Rebellion. She stated
her object to be the recovery of her
fathers two swords, captured by Butler
when he entered New Orleans in the
spring of 1862. One sword had been
voted to Twiggs by Congress in recog-
milton of his services during the Mexl-
can war (; the other was the weapon he
had drawn in behalf of the Confederacy.
She was particularly anxious to secure
the latter, because her father had priced
it far above its fellow. Garfield referred
her to Butler, whom she feared to meet
on account OF the terrible reputation he
had gained in the South. Having been
assured that he was not nearly SO black
as he had been painted, she sought him
out, and, to her surprise, was very po-
litely received. He informed her that
he had sent the swords to Washington,
with the request that one be given to
the Annapolis Academy and the other to
West Point, as trophies of the civil war.
His request was not complied with.
They were, instead, locked up in the
vaults of the treasury for safe keeping,
and one of the duplicate keys was de-
livered to him. He then added "You
have not, my dear madam, asked me
about your family plate, which I have
SO often been accused of stealing to dec
crate my own table with. You no doubt,
in common with many Southerners,
think the charge true. As soon as I had
occupied your fathers deserted house,
one of your servants came to me with a
load of silver, saying that your father
had buried it in the garden to. keep it
from the hated Yankees, but that, now
he had gone, the servant, having seen
the act, dug it up, and was DESTROYS to
hand it over to the proper authorities.
I used the silver while I had my head
quarters at your fathers place; but after
ward turned ever piece-spoons, forks,
salyers and dishes-over to the Quar-
termaster's Department. Here, madam,
are the vouchers for every article brought
me by your colored servant" And
Butler opened his desk and took out a
neatly-arranged packet of papers, each
of which was regularly and formally
signed and credited, relieving Butler
from all responsibility in the much.
vexed matter. This will not, Of course,
prevent most Of the Southerners and
many of the Northerners from swearing
that Butler did steal Twiggs' silver, and
never returned it and never accounted
for it. There are falsehoods which ne
amount of truth or disproval will or cal
extinguish ; and Butler and the spoons
is a conspicuous example fharenf--
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

wife, come here ! Robert is dying !"
The mother came on feet of doves
wings. She raised her son upon her
breast. The little lips Enclosed and
spoke the last forever to this world
~ love my papa. Mamma, I only
wanted his pencil, not his money. Dear
God, let papa love me-"
And SO, among the little drawings he
had been working at every dawn, till
his pencils were worn to the wood and
he would have borrowed his papa's
noiseessly, whose sharpened pencil was
yielded up his broken heart. Only the
cry:
sob had I my son again, even
though he were a thief !"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

When a board of eminent physicians and
chemists announced the discovery that by COM
blning some well-known valuable remedies, the
most wonderful medicine was produced, which
would cure such q wide range of diseases that
with, many we're sceptical but proof of its
merits by actual trial has dispelled all doubt,
and to-day the discoveries of that great medi-
cine, Hop Bitters, are honored and blessed by
all as benefsctors,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18
The average weight of brain in various

The average weight of brain in various
races is said to be as follows English
and American, 4.7 ounces ; French,
A.6 ounces ; German, Al ounces !; Ital-
ian, A ounces ; North American Indian,
IA ounces Hindoo, 42.1 ounces /; KAT
fir (African), As ounces ; Negro, 40.5
ounces !; Bushman, 38 ounces, and Malay
and Oceanic race, 80 to R7 ounces.
This nice computation may be correct,
but it is worth while to remember that
the quality of a mans brain is as i'm
portant Is its quantity. GA little farm
well titled" especially if originally fer
tile, may be nor productive than a big
plantation naturally sterile and neg
lected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

William J. c~oughlin, Of somerville, Mass, says: SIN
the fall of 1876 I was taken with ~bleedings of the lungs,
followed by a severe cough. lost my appetite and
flesh, and was confined to my bed. In 1877 I was ad-
mitted to the hospital. The doctors said I had a hole in
my lung as big as half a dollar. Al one time areport
went around that I was dead. I gave up hope, but a
friend told me of DE-. WILLIAM HALL's BAIsAN FOB THE
LUNGS. I got a bottle, when, to my surprise, I COM
menced to feel better, and to-day I feel better than for
three years past. I write this hoping every one afflicted
with diseased lungs will take Dr.. wnIIAM HALL's BAL
SAM, and be convinced that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
I can positively say Il has done more good than all tn
other medicines I have taken since my sickness."-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18
Peace to His Ashes.

Not long since Gus De Smith took a
stroll through the Austin graveyard.
When he cam out of the graveyard he
looked very serious.
Gilhooly meeting him asked him what
was the matter.
Nothing, only I was thinking that
the Austin husband must light all the
fires in the mornings"
"What makes you think SOP"
"Wel. I see no many of them are
burned to death. I noticed on three or
four tombstones Peace to his ashes.' -"
TEXAS Sitting.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostratlon
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MENsMAN's PEPToN1zED BEEF Tonic, the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-mak-
ing, force-generating and hfe-sustaining prop
critics; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the result of exhaustion, nervous pros
~tration, overwork, or acute disease, particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints, Gas,
well, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

BROMIDE OF SODIUM is DIR. Boards
specific for sea-sickness and the hatter-
ing encomiums he bestows upon it will
make the drug singularly attractive to
others than those about to engage in a
wrestle with Father Neptune. When
he declares that if thirty to sixty grains
are taken three times a day for three
days they produce an uconquerable
drowsiness and imperviousuess to out
side influences, he furnishes a prescrip-
ton of which many a harassed and anx-
ious debtor will promptly avail himself.
When he has a note coming due which
he cannot pay, or expect a dun, he will
promptly dose himself with bromide OF
sodium and drowsly submit to the
inevitable.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18
Music Hath Charms, Etc.

One of the great manufacturing inter-
ests of Boston, is the Emerson Piano
Company, whose pianos are used with
high appreciation and satisfaction
throughout the world. In a recent con-
versation with Mr.. Jos. Gramer, one of
the proprietors, that gentleman re-
marked I have used that splendid
remedy, st. Jacobs Oil, in my family,
anu vu.1AteIha sn very beneficial that
I will never be without it. 1t has cured
me of q severe case of rheumatism, after
other remedies had failed.-& Louis
Western WatchmGa.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

MARY CT is a very popular little
girl. and is invited to all of the chill
dren's birthday parties, where she never
forgets to wish, "Many happy returns
of the day." Recently she overheard
her father telling her mother that Mrs.
j, the mother of seven children, had
lust had a birthday party, the said
"party" being nine pounds, very live
weight. Mary at once asked her hor-
rifed mamma: "Shall I trot over and
wish her many happy returns of the
day ?"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18
Concerning the Moon.

The moon, says Prof. Proctor, does
not revolve around the earth, but the
two circle about each other, and the
real center of the revolution of each is
the sun. If there we're a railway sufi-
GENTLY I" elevated" to reach the moon,
which is 238, S1S miles distant from us,
we should be fifteen months making
the journey at ordinary railroad speed.
Upon arriving, we should observe sew
eral interesting phenomena. First, it is
a very respectable luminary of a diane
ter of 2,081 miles, with a surface OF a.
600, 600 square miles, a volume one
forty-nInth of that of the earth, and q
mass one-eighty-fi first of it.
Then, the force of gravity being one-
sixth of the earth, we could be thirty
six feet high, and still quite as active as
we are here. But ourlonger bodies would
have a longer day in which to disport
themselves, for there is a lapse oftwenty-
nine and one-half of our days between
the lunar sunrise and sunset. Our ex-
tremities, however, would certainly suf-
fer after sunset, for the surface OF the
moon is $50 degrees below zero at mid
night, and the reaction toward noon
would try even III prolonged proper
tions, for at noon the surface would be
SO degrees above the boiling-point. We
should be very lonely, probably, for
there is no living creature there now.
Still, as Prof. Proctor says that all
planets pass through five stages, the
| the moon has reached-the apprehensive
mind naturally inquiries how soon the
earth will probably reach it. The pro-
lessor answers, reassuringly, that the
earth is now about 500, DOC, 600 years
old, and that it took themoon 10000 DOC
to reach its present state. He therefore
| concludes that it will take the earth 500,
600, 900 years more to reach the same
| condition. There is thus no Immediate
cause for apprehension.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18
A strong

According to an Illinois exchange, our
days of rheumatism are well nigh num-
bered. st. Jacobs Oil enters a rheu-
matte territory, and conquers every sub
ject. That's right. We believe in it,
MiIvaukee Evening Wisconsin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

They cure all diseases of the Stomach, Bow
els, Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kidneys and Urinary
Organs, and $500 will be paid for a case they
will not cure or help, or for anything impure
or injurious found in them-Hop Bitters.
Test it. See "Truths" or Proverbs in
another column.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

A CATERER in New York, it ID said, is
able to make almost all the dishes OF a
complete bill Of fare from a fresh-kllled
hog.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

MIR. y~ANDERBrLT's income Is marvellous so is
Amberg's Letter File. Try it. Cameron, Am
berg & Co., Chicago.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

To regulate the liver, stomach, and bowels,
all you need is SELLERS Liver Pills" Take
them and see.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

ONLY the genuine axle grease has the name
OF Frazer on every package, and wears longer
than any other. e t
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

"L1NpsEY's Blood searcher = the. great
medicine for fever and ague, malaria, and all
blood poison. Don't fail to use it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18
RESCUED FROM Death,

WHEN you go to bed take a dose of Kidney
Wort. It keeps the bowels in order.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

THE man who eats oIeomargarine gets
fat. There is no doubt about the fat
mart
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

find it hard to keep in good health, owing to the
constant change of water, diet, and the Earring
Of the cars. All these things injure the kid
neys, while Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure is certain to ceunteract them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

..Rough ON Rats"
Ask Druggists for it. 1t clears out rats, mice,
reaches, bed-bugs, flies, vermin, insects. 15c.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-18

CIV WHY WASTE MONEY! Young man " cid.
8 s ! ! ] ] ] j i! ]. ] !; = = ] ! ]: !: s. J !. !: ! J! ! : !: ! J J 9
Oh II you want . Luxuriant mcustache, flowing A
NTC uhiskss or . heavy growth Of hzr On bald
bead. or to THICKER. STRENGTHEN and
INvlGORATR the HAIR anywhere don't be humbngred. ~
Try the great Spanish discovery which has NEVER YT RXIXHM
FAILED. Send ONLY SIX CENTS to Dr. j. COMA A%p
LEE, Box 1919, Boston, MAa- Beware Of all fnitss1ns- 1
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-24
Trustees Notice.

., Whereas, Jos. Mulhall, IT,, of ELLA county
IeNas, by nus deed OF trust dated May ~ isS,j
anu recorded IN ELLIS cou' W, In book ID. pnpes
oos hhu 3Ij OF mortgage record, convey cd Ia ma
.he undersigned trustee, the following real GA.
,a'c and property situate In tho to gn OF Ennis.
IN the county OF Ellis, and state OF exas. md
described ma follows. to-wit: blocks humber
one hundred and two, one hundred and three.
and one hundred and four. accord inv 10 tbe
map ofsaid town, with all improvements. mn.
chinery, fixtures and furni,ple thereon ar in
anywise appertaining thereto In trnst To 40.
cure the payment OF q certain promm,ssory
note executed by the SAID Jos. MulhNli, r..
Tor tsls, 600 twelve thousand doilars, whieh
note lie descrlbed In said deed OF trust, and.
whereas, said note Ia now past due and wholly
unpaid, now, therefore, ut the REQUEST al
ne leval holders of sid note, and unaer
no provisions OF said deed of trust. /.
no uudersisned trustee will offer d described
roper,y fo sels ut public vendue TO Inc hiSb.
=. piuuer, Tor cash, In front of the cour,house
oos o! Dalla, UNITY, In the city OF Daliss
ny sate OF Texas, be tween the hours OF
M y. m ION The s7th day Of Arr, A. II
ISL, aud " the purchaser shall make and do.
over such deed as l am authorized by snid
deed OF trust. ~ '"'"
q. II. BOYLE, Trustee.
Dalia'' Texas, Aprilt, 1881.
nd.tlaprlg7
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-24
ADVERTISEMENT
For Gi FOR conveying convlcts when tentenc-
cd to the PeRltentlaries.

| ! 0ncotdance with the provisions OF an act
Of he lIth Legislature, entitled IAN net to
an ho,ia the Governor, State treasurer aud
Supsriu tendsnto of the penitentlary to contract
to- convey In cOnvlcts from the counties where
eentcncea 10 the pen itcntlaries,' approved
April It'll, lssl, aud which became u law from
aud ubor its passage, the said Board invite
scale proposals for the transportation OF con-
>iutp from the counties where sentenced
to tne penitentiarles.
Eaih bid must be accompanied by n written
gu rnnt,e signed by two or more solvent and
rospuasit le citizens, obligatlng themselves In
tbs sum OF 1--we thousand dollars, that the bid
IL mads In good faith, and that the bidder
will euler into contract and alive bond, ifhis
bit be accepted.
The bid must be for some certain average
amount per capita, Each bid must be enclosed
~ a scale envelope, directed TO Governor d.
NJ Roberts, Chairman OF Penitentlary Board,
INA tor conveying convicts to the Ienitent-
htir. -
~, will be received until IL O'Clock, NJ, of
Wednesday, June |, 1881, after which time they
'vtii ~ opened. AMI the contract awarded ny
t,p 'part at Executive Office In Austin.
li,v cont act will commence At date OF pre-.
= "a contract with Cunningham h Ellis, and
continue until termination OF present lease OF
tho Huntsville Peuitentiary, january l. 1883,
unless said lease shall sooner terminate.
The right Is reserved OF rejecting any and
all bids.
q. NJ. Roberts, Governor. } u..,,...,..
\, Il. Lubbock, Treasurer. ren,.ont'"fy
III. 0oree, supt. OF Pen'y.) "'s'"'
Austin, Texas, April 10, lssl. aprls SIT