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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27
Editing a Paper.

Editing n paper is pleasant bus
incss-if you like it.
FIT contains much political mat
ter people won't have it.
If the type is large it won't con-
tain much reading matter.
If we publish telegraph reports
folks say they are nothing but
lies.
five omit them, we have no en-
terprise, suppress them for political
effect.
If we have n few Jokes folks say
we are nothing but rattleheads.
II We omit Jokes folks say that
we are nothing but fossils.
1t we publish original matter,
they damn us for not giving selec-
tions.
If we give selections people say
that we are lazy for not writing more
and giving them what they have not
read in some other paper.
five give complimentary notice,
we are ccnsnred for being par
tial.
If we don't all hands say we are
a great hog.
live insert an article that pleas
es tue ladies, the men become jeal-
Gus and vice versa.
If we attend church they say it is
for effect.
If we remain in our offices, attend
ing to our business, folks say We arc
too proud TO mingle with other fell
lows.
If we go out, they say We dont
attend to our business.
If we don't pay mp promptly they
say we are not to be trusted.
IL we pay up promptly, they say
we stole our nOney.-Standard.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27
Carried off by an Alligator.

The following dreadful affair is
related by the Lake City Fla.) Re.
porter: \ few days ago u party of
several persons near Benton went
on drive for deer. Abont II
o'clock they came to Peoples bridge
on the Suwanec, and being warm
and much ta,igucd they came to
the conclusion To take "a bath. The
party, consisting of about eight, di.
vested themselves of clothing and
enjoyed "a swim. AS most of the
party were employing themselves
dressing, Young man named Mix.
on cried out. "Boys, ! must have
one last SWIM" and plunged into
the stream. AS he reached the
middle he cried tor help to his com
pamions aud they looked to behold
him held 10y the right shoulder in
the mouth of an enormous alligator.
The monster sank with him, re ap.
praring some two or three minutes
later with Nixon still in his jaws.
Nixon cried 10 his companions to
shoot, but before a gun could be dis
charged he sank again, taking Mix
on with him. About two minutes
after he arose again and struck for
the opposite shore, still having the
Inflated young man in his enormous
mouth. Again Nixon called upon
his companions 10 shoot, but being
afraid of hitting Nixon, no one dis.
charged his gun. The alligator
crcpt some half "A dozen feet upon
the opposite bank. remaining abont
three minutes, when, guided by a
sudden impulse, he plunged with
his precious burden into the river
again, and reaching the middle,
sank To rise no more within the
view of the party. y thorough
search was made, but naught could
toe seen of the body or parts of the
body Of the unfortunate young man.
The presumption is that the alliga-
tor made for his lair, which probab-
~ WAS near ut hand.
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic prevents mala-
] ria.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27
MEMORIAL DAY.

Earth gives her morning dew for tears,
And flowers their odrr- shed;
The honeycd bee the stiffness cheers
Where sleep our hero dead.
They marched away, the lcal aud true,
And in flames vanguard led the host;
They fell. those noble boys in blue.
And sleep, our country's pride and boast!
Some in their village churchyard lie,
Some meath magnolia, or the sea;
But all beneath Gods waichful eye,
With white hands folded peacefully.
"Cnknown"-that one sad word is wrote
On hcads,ones placed in serricd rows;
Where fold Of starry banner float,
Aud blue Potomac softly flows.
Some fell in darkness Of the night,
On picket by the Tennessee;
And some in mornings rosy light
Shot IN the height Of revclry;
And Others at the noontide died
Beside the grernbanked Rapidan,
Or persisted, lighting side by side,
Where red the Chicamauga ran.
On Mission Ridge. when sun went down,
All battlescarrcd did veterans die;
In prison-pens some won their crown,
And Gulf winds over Others sigh.
Their names are legion, and the fields
OF their grand couquestS are many. too;
Yet queen of May-timc gladly yields
wreath for every hero true.
Yes. sweet Memorial Day i here.
Above their mounds rich grasses spring,
The rent ca>pur aud the hcadlr>s spear,
The blood stained sword, no more ",
bring;
But floral crc~ts and crowns we lay
Where rest thrh brave. with tcudrrcst love
Whose souls, bright n the stars to-day,
May answer mustcr-Iull above.
Statesman.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27

The following description Of the
death of newsbOy, taken from the
Detroit Free Press, is as touching
as Dickens death scene 81 "Poor
joe"
looked at the boy whose years
numbered fourteen or fifteen, and
saw the white face, hollow cheeks
and unearthly bright eyes, unmis-
taxable marks of that dread disease
which places its victims beyond all
hope-consnmption.
On the table lay an old Bible, it's
yellow pages laying open where the
mother had finished reading. He
was too weak to cough, and the &C.
cumulation in bis throat could not
be removed.
"Shine your hoots-shine 'em for
nickle-morning PAPER, STRIP came
in feeble accents from his pillow.
"Paper. sir-mornimg paperf All
about the
And the sufferer irade an effort
to clear his throat. which occasion.
ed something like death rattle.
The mother was on her knees at
the lounge, sobbing, and Jack, her
other son, who had brought me to
the room, was by her side crying.
| lifted the wasted form and
moistened the boys parched lips
and tongue with water from the
cracked glass that stood on the win
dow sill. He felt the cool hand OH
his brow and his mind came back
to him.
"Oh, I'm 30 glad You have como
home. | shan't seh any more pa
pers or black boots, Jack; bat don't
cry. Mothers been readin' some
thin better'n newspaper to me-.
Jack, and | know where l'm goin."
"Give my kit to Tom Jones. |
owe him twenty cents. Bring all
your money TO mother, Jack. Keep
my badge bright, Jack
al wonder if I'll be papers or
boots up therei Goodbye, mother;
goodbye, Jack. See 'em shine.
Morning.
jim, the newsboy, was dead.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27

thus used; and their influence
would be found weak indeed, com.
pared with the evil that one wicked
and fascinating woman might &C.
complish. The influence of women
at Washington already has proved
of the most unfortunate kind;
Phryne will do more with a smile
than Pcnelope's tears can accom-.
plish. During the late civil war
who does not remember that women
passed blockades sometimes when
no man could have done it for love
or money.
In conclusion, we believe that the
first results of the woman.vote
would be at once ridiculous and
scandalous; and should the law
survive the ridiculc, the ultimate
result of making women politicians
would be intensely pernicious to
morality and law. Ii is not that
woman is not the equal of man-in
some respects she is his superior.
1t is simply because she is n woman,
able 10 avert an inilencc stronger
than reason and religion and law
and honor,-aud that this subtitle
fascination would be utilized by
constituencies politicians to affect
election results with the most un.
fortunate consequences.-N. o. City
Item.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27

Victor Hugo wrote to those
friends who fixed q commemorative
tablet on the house at Besanccu
where he was born: 81 thank my
fellow cOuntrymen with profoend
emotion. l am q stone OF the thor.
oughfare humanity traverses, bat ie
is the right road. Man 10 master
neither of his life nor his deetA.
He can only offer his fellow -citisen9
his efforts to diminish human ~
fering, and to show his unshakable
belief in the extension Of freedo0.'
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27
Fooled for Four Years.

a Chicago glass eye merchant
knows of lady who was married
for four years before her husband
found ont that she wore an artificial
eve. Then he found it out by q
peculiar accident. She was playing
with her little boy, who, while on
her blind side, threw a toy at her.
OF course she could't see it or dodge,
and hit the eye and smashed it.
She didn't have another glass eye
handy, and it was too late 10 the
evening to buy another before her
husband came home. But he didn't
raise much of row, saying that
nobody would notice it after she got
new one, as he had been fooled
for four years.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27
Woman as a Voter.


tativcs has passed Il bill authoriz.
inc women To vote at State elcc.
tious.
1t is more than probable that the
bill will never survive the Senate:
bnt suppose We imagine tor n mo.
ment that Il Women Rights party
secure the Legislature they have
been 50 long and patiently striving
for.
The experiment in one State
would certainly be sufficient to
show the effect of comforting politi.
cal privileges upon women. The
history OF the experiment in one
State would serve tor the rest.
Ii would be absurd to suppose for
moment that the result would
tend toward purifying politics; but
it will be perfectly rational TO sup.
pose the reverse.
The immediate result would Ger.
tainlv be- ScandalOus. While there
would be u strong Discrimination
upon the part OF husbands ana
brothers ana fathers 10 encourage
the presence Oh wives OF SISTERS or
daughters III tue poIiS' lhcre womb
ne 80 restraining Influence upon
The utlhl'inuid". VINO Wo'l'u exercise
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But these would oe Only inc
preliminary results suppose th'
entire female community "i Il STATE
like Indiana turn out ana vote
that rage Tor voting should seize
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community represents a relS'ou'
force; and perhaps tue know iedg'
OF TINS iact mas alded the ON III in'
INDIANA ieglSIature' buo thi
general rehgiouS iorce' oil Snc'l vas
Importance III tue h,oiais vi Il ''a'c '.
would spit up ana iaii 10 pieces
iiited OUT OF pace WIN lhc 'rea .
introducing IL INTO politics. ror i
Indiana there are many reliE.onS
a, variance WIN one ano'nei
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27

An acquaintance of Jerre Black
one day said to him: "Judge Black,
is there any crime 30 Infamous and
so DECEASED, or any crime 10 foul and
outrageous, that you would not DE-.
feud the man and excuse the crimeF'
Judge Black looked at him quietly
for a moment aud then said,
"Well, / don't know, John. What
have yoa donei"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27
MINDEN HOTEL.

TlIE travelling public and regular board
/ crS will find this house rs comfortable
and well supplied A. the resources and con
diti"n of the country viii permit. The
charges ARE very reasonable. The Stag
Stand j. kept AT this Hotel.
have also ATTACKED to my hotel new
and cnmmodiou, stable. well supplied with
provrudrr and water aud good oStlcr al
WAYS on hand tn attend to stock.
The travelling public VIII do well to give
me call. \. j. REYNOLDS.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27
J. c. BAKER,
WITH
F.. 4 II. JACOBS,
Cotton Factors,

AND Importers and wholesale dealer. in
A DRY GOODS, Notions, Groceries,
Hardware. Cutlery, Guns, Boots, Shoes
Hats, Liquors. Tobacco and segars, Texas
street, Shreveport, La.
PROMPT attention gwen TO all business
entrusted to us, and liberal advances made
an consi0nments of Cotton. 52:ly
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-27

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Bu~inr>S advertisements If greater length
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-20

It is said that while the plague was
raging in Buenos Ayres, the grave
diggers bore charmed lives. OF the
300 men SO employed not one died of
the disease.
1t has often been noticed that during
the prevalence of pestilential diseases,
physicians, undertakers, nurses and
grave-diggers, whose business compelled
constant liability to infection, have
usually escaped in far greater ratio
than their numbers would warrant.
The "charm " from this immunity from
the prevailing scourge is very simple.
They are not scared. They are positive
to the disease, and repel its attacks.
Fear is great ally of death. Whoever
is afraid of disease is in negative con-
dition, and really invites its approach.
And thus it is the world over. The
brave die but once, while towards die
many times.
Much unnecessary alarm exists in
every community in regard to many dis
eases. We are, it is true, all liable to
sickness and death. But if we are all
sober, cleanly and brave of heart, we
need have no fear of disease of body OF
| mind.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-20
GuIfeau ArraisneSi.

Guiteau was aIraigned on the 14th inst.
When informed that he must go to Court, he
turned pale and said he was too sick to leave
his cell. He begged earnestly not to be taken
from the Jail. His entreaties were of no avail,
however, and he dressed himself and entered
the carriage. There was no crowd around the
Jail, as the hour of his removal was
not known generally, and not person,
except the authorities, were present.
The windows of the carriage were not put
up, and between his two guards, ON the back
seat, Gu teau rode and talked garrulously and
volubly of his rights as a private citizen,
of the means that ought to be taken to pro-
tect him and give him q fair trial. He
thought the public had misconstrued his
intention in killing President Garfield and
that he would be better thought of In time
After the reading Of the indictment in court
Guiteau was ordered to stand up and enter \
plea of guilty or not guilty. After some hesi
tatlon the prisoner said: al enter plea of
not guilty, if your Honor please, and I
desire to make statement" "At some
other time; sit down." said the Court.
George Scoville, attorney for Guiteau and his
brother-in-law, then asked. for more time to
| obtain proofs Of insanity. He presented afi-
| dayits in which were outlined the lines of de-
| Tense, which he said would be mainly
three jurisdiction, insanity, and medical
malpractice. The latter plea was unex-
pected, and made somewhat of sensation.
A number of witnesses, whom Mr.. Scoville
mentioned, DIR. Hammond, of New York, being
one of them, will be introduced to prove that
the wound was not necessarily fatal, and did
not cause death, but that death was the result
of the malpractice Of the principle physician
in charge of the wounded man. scoville
pleaded with the Court for more time
and for his expenses under q Federal sta
tute to obtain testimony. Mr.. Scoville's posi-
ton was pitiable. He is in the cas- as family
matter, and is doing simply duty. His lint
of defense, however, is to be somewhat differen
from what has been expected, and from what
in fact, he has himself stated hitherto. He ha
said before, for instance, that he should onl.
plead insanity, but he now indicates that he shal
also attempt to defend Guiteau on the groun'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-20
EATON, OHIO. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2t

or malpractice. Mr.. Scoville, during the pro-
ceedings, stopped to hold conference with
Guiteau, and the latter talked with him in
most rational manner. District Attorney
Corkhill opposed the delay asked by Gui-
teau's counsel, ard said the law was very
liberal with persons charged with crime /;
SO liberal, in fact, that too often
it defeats the ends of justice. He demanded a
prompt trial. He demanded that day be per-
emptorily fixed. Judge Cox said prompt trial
was essential, and fixed the trial for Novem-
Der z, the question of Jurisdiction to be
settled before that. The question of juris-
diction he wished to have settled before Oe-
tober 80. At 1890 the hearing was concluded.
The Marshall shouted, "Pass out quietly" The
officers gathered about .Guiteau, and securely
fastened his handouts, and the prisoner was
taken from the courtroom. So far there had
been no attempt to do him violence, and the
fears of the wretch were groundless. Judge
Cox indicated that if Scoville could not obtain
satisfactory counsel, he would assign him COM
petent assistance from the local bar. SEQ Vile
minated that he still hoped to have the assist
ance of Gen. B. F. Butler, from whom he had
not yet heard. Failing In that, the only help
promised was from R. T. Merrick, who will ar
que the question of jurisdiction.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-20
Adulterati0n.

There seem to be very good reasons
why the pessimists should call a halt
upon the genius of invention until some
force can be made available to regulate
his movements. It Is very generally
acknowledged that the world is growing
better as it grows older, and no doubt it
is, but the progress of invention and dis
covery, although in the main beneficial
to mankind, is bringing forth things that
must of necessity exert an injurious IN
fiuence. Charles Reade, In one OF his
novels, speaks of some old solid silver
plate, made in the ancient days when
things were made honestly. "Not, he
says, "because the workmen were more
honest than they are to-day, but because
they didn't know how to cheat" As the
world grows older, people learn more and
more how to cheat, and the people who
don't want to be cheated have to study
closer and closer to learn how TO circum-
vent it. It is good deal like the
inventions of armorers. Every few years
gun isproduced, the proiectile from
which will pierce any known obstruction,
and then other armorers exert themselves
to get up an armor that it cannot pierce.
And SO it goes on, and the wonder Is
where it is all to end. It Is SO with IN
vention and discovery in other directions.
Chemists are finding out more and more
how to adulterate food and its ingredients
until it is almost dangerous to eat any
| thing but primary substances. Ever and
anon accounts appear in the papers Of q
family poisoned by eating or drinking
this, that or the other, until one hardly
knows what indulgence of appetite may
be considered safe. There is a standing
appeal to legislation to correct these
evils, but Legislation, although it may
have mitigated the danger, has not, as
yet, entirely removed it. 1t would seem
to be an easy matter to treat this subject
in way to assure the people that what
they eat and drink need not prove In
furious on account of impurity Of
adulteration.. If there is an offence il
the calendar calling for the most condigI
punishment, it is that of adulteration
Let us have laws, and an enforcement o
them, that will make it safe to eat ant
drink what purports to be healthful ant
nutritious. Budget.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-20
Love ana Invle.,ue...

special dispatch from Little Rock says the
trio of train robbers, Cox, Delaney and Munroe,
have been placed in the penitentiary for term
of seventy years, instead of seven, as hereto
fore erroneously stated. They are in good
spirits, and tako the sentence coolly. All of
them appear like average country boys. Cox
and Munroe are printers, having worked in
printing Office at San Augustine Texas, prior to
the robbery. Delaney, in an interview, relates
the story of the robbery in subtance thus "We
are all poor boys, and live at San Augustine.
We have good relatives there, and hope they
will never hear of our disgrace. All of us
were in love, and the girls loved us. We had
no money, and did not see how we could sup
port them if we married. We were deter
mined to get married, and SO laid our plans to
get money. We read about the James boys in
the papers and books, and saw how easy it was
to rob trains and get away, and decided to
rob train. We left home three weeks ago,
yesterday, coming direct to Arkansas After
robbing the train we did not think that we
would be pursued. We were going back home
with our money, and there marry our girls and
settle down. We had no accomplices, and we
planned the whole thing ourselves. We only
got IS, 900 or So, 900 in cash from the Express
Company, the balance being in bank checis.
Munroe and I kept the bulk of this, and
all Of it, with the exception of a few dollars,
was stolen by the men who captured us,
and hope they will be sent to keep us COM
pany. am sorry We failed to get away, but
we acted Like parcel of fools after we got the
money, and SO We have no one to blame but
ourselves" O. G. Moore, one of the men who
captured Munroe and Delaney, says the report
of the captors robbing the robbers is untrue.
He further says that the money was divided
for safety, each person agreeing to take pro-
portionate sum, and that they have already de-
livered to the Express Company S7,250 of the
money they took from the robbers.