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LAND OFFICE At BoIss Il, Nh Is6
Idaho, September a'p'

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
What a Boy Knows About Girls.

Girls are the most unaccountablest
things in the world-except woman.
Like the wicked flea, when you have
them they amt there. I can cipher
clean over the improper transactions,
and the teacher says l do first rate; but
[ can't cipher out a girl, proper OF i'm
proper, and you can't either. The only
rule in the arithmetic that hits their
cases is the double rule of three. They
are as full of Old Nick as their skins can
hold, and they would die if they could
not torment somebody. When they try
though they amt as mean as they let on,
except sometimes, and then they are a
good-deal meaner. The only way to get
along with a girl when she comes to you
with her nonsense is to give her tat for
tat, and that will hummux her and when
you get a girl hummuxed she is rs nice
as q pin. A girl al SOW more wild oats
than a boy can SOW in a year, but girls
get their wild oats sowed after a while,
which boys never do, and then they set
tie down as calm and as placid as a mud
puddle. But I like the girls first rate,
and I guess all the boys do. I don't
care how many tricks they play on me
and they don't care either. The hoity-
toityest girl in the world can always boil
over like a glass of soda. By and by
they get into the traces with somebody
they like, and pull as steady as an old
stage horse. That is the beauty of them.
So, let them wave, I say; they will pay
for them some day, sewing on buttons
and trying to make a man out Of the fell
low they have spliced to and ten chances
to one if they don't get the worst of it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
Was Joan of Arc Burned at the stake.

The Mayor of Compiegne is quite a
genius in his way. He knew that the
prevailing notion was to secularize every
thing, and consequently he invented a
republican manifestation in honor of
Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans, who
defended Compiegne against the English
and Burgundians in 1430, and was be-
trayed into the hands of John of Luxem-
bourg, who surrended her to the English
men who burned her at the stake in the
market-place at Rouen. The ruins of the
Maiden's Tower show where the Picardy
archer pulled the unfortunate Joan from
her war-horse, and when those who are
fond of going back to the history of other
days think of the legend and then of that
horrible statue of the Maid of Orleans at
the end of the Rue DIES Pyramides in
Paris, they must deplore the fact that
who would come forward and unhorse
the figure that surmounts the pedestal.
M. Charles Monselet has thrown some
doubt on the legend of Joan of Arc hav-
ing been burned by the English. He
quotes a paragraph from the Mercure of
1888 announcing that certain documents
recently discovered led to the conclusion
that Joan of Arc had been married, and
that, consequently, some unfortunate
victim must have been sacrificed in her
place ct Rouen. The documents on
sisted of an attestation made by Father
Vigner, who said: Five years after the
Judgment of Joan of Arc, on the Doth day
of May, Joan, the Maid, visited Metz.
On the same day her brothers called to
see her. They thought she had been
burned, but when they saw her they re-
cognized her at once. They took her
with them to Boquelon. Wherein a yoe-
man named Nicolle gave her a horse, and
and a plumed hat, and the said Maid
sprung very cleverly OF the said horse,
saying a multitude of things to the voc
man Nicolle."
The old priest wrote this history with
his own hand, and made oath as to its
sincerity before a public notary, adding
as a proof OF what he had advanced 9
copy of the original contract of marriage
between "Robert DIES Armoises and Joan
of Arc, otherwise known as the Maid Of
Orleans" Compiegne has treasured NJ
q faithful souvenir of the heroine. anG
about fifteen years ago a subscription
wal opened to enable the town to erect 6
statue to her memory. The idea wa!
started by a rather unpopular person
and was soon allowed to drop. The
present Mayor again took up the matter
and with the aid of the municipality ha!
at length succeeded in giving the tow
a statue of the Msid, whose words, Jira
voir me 6ons aneis de COnapiegne," hav,
been cut in the pedestal.-Londo,
GIObe
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
Oueen Vic's Wealth.

A preposterous paragraph has been
going on its rounds to the effect that
Queen Victoria mad insured her life for q
large amount, in Partisan office. In
asmuch as the Queen is sixty years old
she will have to pay a pretty heavy
premium. No details are given as to
her Majesty's having undergone medical
scrutiny, and we are left to assume that
the company waived such a sordid con-
sideration in the case of a regal client.
So far as the Queen is concerned any life
insurance would be an absurdity, in view
of her having been easily able, for many
years, to save 81, 900, 600 a year. She is
probably the wealthiest woman in the
world. Putting aside all other source Of
income, her Duchy of Lancaster, and
legacy from MI. Neeld, bring her in
$500, 900 a year, and her income alto
gether is probably nothing short of &c.
600, 600 a year.-New York Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
Mans Self.ImpOrtance.

Mrs. Jameson, in more instances than
one, shows her belief in self-importance
being mans prime quality. Here is n
thing that breathes a hard spirit. "Per-
sonal vanity in a a is sheer, unmiti-
gated egotism, and an unfailing subject
of ridicule and contempt with all women,
be they wise or foolish" The Countess
of Blessington, who was almost as wise
as she was handsome, has left e few out
spoken opinions, of which one is that
''Self-possession and dignity ought to
characterize q man of birth and genius,
and a poet should neither be gay nor
hippant." Here is a singer: "Men can
pity the wrongs inflicted by other men
on the gentler sex, but never those which
they themselves infict on women"
Though the following would apply
equally well to womer it is worth re-
Numbering as showing that to adelicate-
self on being a bear, growing out IN
considered the ~pleasantest of compan-
the Countess, fare usually either of OBJ
fuse intellect or of ill-natured DISPOSE
tions, wounding the feelings of others
from want of delicacy of mind and SEN
sibility, or from intentional malice"
The Countess grows concise, and in say
ing that a woman's head is always influ-
enced by her heart, and a mans heart is
always influenced by his head utters
an epigram worthy of Pope. In the
same epigrammatic mood must this have
been conceived: "Great men direct the
events of their times, wise men take adj
vantage of them; weak men are borne
down by them" Elsewhere she says:
''In the society of pc sons of mediocrity
of intellect a clever man will appear to
have less spirit than those around him
who possess the least, because he is dis,
placed in their company"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
A Queer Roman Custom.

There is another custom which is OBJ
served by all true Romans, namely, the
eating of large beans on the I'd of No
vember. The origin of this custom is
not known; but it is thought that in olden
times the dead were honored in May
instead of November and that, as beans
we're then in season, they formed part Of
the feast. Now, however, dried beans
have to be eaten, and as everyone does
not like that the church allows imi-
tation beans. These are made of sugar
and pastry, made up in the shape of and
called dead mems bones. The very
name is sufficient to deter many from
partaking of this pastry, though it is
said to be delicious, but the sight of a
human bone, ever when being eaten by
the prettiest OF mouths, is not pleasant.
The custom of placing these death-bones
on dining-tables had the same origin as
that of introducing skeletons at festivals
to remind the guests that all were NOR
tai and that it was best to enjoy life
whilst they could.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
A French Moman,s YaIor.

Visitors to Paris cannot fail to have
seen in the great central market an old
woman seated behind a goodly array of
cabbages and ~caulihowers, wearing the
Order of the Legion of Honor on her
breast. Her name is Annette Drevon,
and her history is a remarkable one. In
her younger days she was c~antiniere In
a regiment of Zouayes who served in
Africa, in the Crimea, in Italy, and on
the banks of the Rhine. She was pres
emit at the taking of Magenta, and during
that melee saw a couple of Austrian SOL
diers lay hands on the flag of the regi-
ment to which she belonged. Undeter-
red by the whistling of the bullets, the
courageous Frenchwoman rushed forward
to save the flag, killed n Austrian,
wounded the other with her revolver, and
returned triumphant with the standard
she had saved from the enemy. For this
act of courage she was decorated; but 1t
is not her only one. During the Franco
| Prussian wal she followed the Thirty
second Regiment of the Line as can't
niere. One day after the armistice had
been proclaimed, she was insulted by d
Bavarian soldier, neal the gatesof Thion'
vile. The plucky cantinlere drew out
her revolver and stretched the aggressol
dead on the ground. For this she was
harvested tfieaIy-a-aaurt martial sitting
at Metz, and condemned to death. Or
the day she was to be executed Prince
Frederick Charles happened to be passing
through Metz. Having learned that
woman was to be shot, he inquired init
the circu:n ~stances, granted her arespite
and four days later sent her back t.
France, pardoned. Since then Annett'
has established herself as a market wo
man, and, aided by apension allowed he
by the State, manages to live, as she i
proud of saying, independently.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
PIaying-C

Not many French cards were ever sold
in the American markets, comparatively
speaking, although these manufactures
were exceedingly ine-al linen card, thin,
strong and delicate, and nice to handle.
The great bulk of imported cards we're
from English manufacturers, as they are
to-day. The English cards excel in the
beauty of their finished geometrical de-
signs for their backs being ornamented
with fine colors and gildidg to an extent
never attempted with the American article.
This elegance of ornamentation seems to
have always been a specially with the
English makers, and alone, or In con-
nection with the heavy duties, appears to
warrant the price asked for them-about
| double that of American cards, the latter
being even a better article.
But. as has been limited, of late years
great progress has been made In the
manufacture of playing cards in this
country, until at present no better goods
can be found in any market than are at
forded by United States makers. Ths
modern. round-cornered card of the pres
ent makes is a vast improvement over thu
old style squ-are-cornered affair; and thu
manipulation of stock in their makeup
results in an article possessing all the at
tributes considered desirable by card
players. The English manufacturer
have been trying to copy the results at
tanned in American round-cornered card
by s'dieing out" the stock; but in thi
effort they failed signally, since the car
cannot be- cutin that way without fatal
~injuring its edges and quality. Conse
ouently a couple of card-cutting machine
have been sent to England from thi
country, and, by the use of Yankee e
Jewish) methods, no doubt u cousin
will achieve better success.-Bosto
Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
A Drummer's First Trip.

A Cleveland merchant determined to
send his son for a trip on the road in the
interests of the house. The young man
was rather averse to going, but his
fathers persuasions were a~ll-powerful,
and he went. He was out some ten
days, and on his return his father anx-
iously inquired, "Well, my boy, did
you get many orders? ?" eyes, father"
answered the new-ledged drummer 81
got quite a number" "GoodI" ex-
claimed the delighted father. 81 knew
you would succeed. The young man
grinned and answered: "Well, the
first order I got was in Squashbog. I
went into a mans store there and he
said git outp In Bungville I got my
second order. This time it was skip 7
My third order was 'chase yourself
round My next order was 'scoot,
and" But the old gentleman hastily
arose and, kicking his hopeful's sample
case across the Office, sternly command.
ed the young man to go out and help
Jim load the truck.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
Stenographic Blunders.

From a paper on blunders, by f. j.
Morgan, of Syracuse, we extract the fol-
lowing as ludicrous instances OF steno-
graphic Interpretation and transcript
ton:
Gross receipts-Grocery seats. Tam
arack knees-Dum rickety knees. The
mothers prayer-The matters prior.
He was a little fellow-He was a little
full. They captured two Parrott guns
They captured two pirate guns. The
woman was baking bread-The woman
was begging bread. found the horse
in that pasture-I found the horse in
that posture-Counsel offered paper in
evidence-Counsel brought pauper /
| evidence. Arthur Waite, the chalk
talk evangelist Arthur Waite, the
Choctaw evangelist. The showers were
not sufficient to meet the wants OF mill
men-wants of milkmen. In the inter
vening time he said nothing-In the
entire evening time he said nothing. l
came with my brothers, Horace and
Henry-I came with my brothers horse
and Henry. A medical witness, speak
ing of the illness of a lady patient, said /:
"She appeared to be somewhat un-
strung and nervous" The transcriber
made him say "She appeared to
be somewhat kneesprung and nerv-
ous." A minister, preaching a ser
mon on the death of a gentleman
named Samuel, quoted: "And buds and
blossoms in the dust" He was delight
ed to read in the next issue of the paper:
"And buds and blows Sam in the dust.
An attorney asked a female witness how
she came to be employed by plaintiff,
and she answered: 81 saw a sign in the
window, Female clerks wanted here
The blundering reporter rendered it;
Family color warranted here" An
orator referred to tie different religious
seets or denominations "going for one
another" throughout the country, and
said: "Here we nave n sect persecut.
ing another" and was so reported, but
the transcriber rendered it: "Here We
have n sick person feeding another,
and SO it appeared in the next-mornine
papers.
Several years ago an eminent lawyer
hired a s~tenographer to take testimon.
in an important s. The Transcribed
minutes astonished him. A "patent,
upon which much depended in the suit
was converted into a "potentate;"
"solid frame" was turned into an "iso
lated FARM the furnaces of this coun
try were set down as "Fenians of thi
country "clerks and bartenders" wer,
made "clocks and barometers;" and tn
question, Were you in the habit o
visiting the house?" was written, ever
you in the habit of fastening the hose :?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
Gen. Sam Houston,s Romance.

Born in Virginia in 1893, left an or
phan in boyhood, Sam Houston went
with his mother to Tennessee, where he
supported her with his own industry,
thus early learning family loyalty. In
1918, at the age of 20, he enlisted under
Gen. jackson in the Greek war, and for
his repeated deeds of gallantry he SO
gained the esteem of jackson that he
urged him to remain permanently IN the
army. Resigning, however, and study
ing law in Nashville, he rose from Office
to office, and in 1928, at the age of 80,
he was elected to Congress, and then
again in 1927 was elected Governor of
Tennessee. Up to this time Houston
was unmarried. Universally admired,
and urged by associates to form an ALI
ance, which seemed essential to his sta
ton, a young lady of beauty and accom-
plishments was commended to him by
family influence. His proposal of mar
rage was accepted, and late in 1928 the
marriage ceremony was performed with
unusual pomp. The next day Houston
resigned his Office, crossed the Missis-
sippi into Arkansas, and Dec. II, 1928,
wrote from the agency of his old Chero-
kee acquaintance the letter to Presi-
dent jackson which called forth his let
ter of Jan. "a, 1929. No one of Hous-
toms companions knew till his death the
cause of his new course, which his best
friends, like jackson, regarded as par
tial insanity ; no one but his widow
could reveal it, and she only through q
sense of conjugal and Christian duty.
That cause was the highest test Of
loyalty of which any man could be ca.
pable.
On the eve of the marriage Gov.
Houston observed a tremor in the voice
and in the hand of his bride, when the
vow of undivided attachment was pro
nounced, which convinced him some
secret had not been revealed to him.
Before retiring he frankly told her o.
his suspicion, asked a frank confession
and pledged her that it should not worl
to her injury. His frankness and firm
ness led to the confession that her af
fections had been given and pledged t.
another before their meeting, and tina
filial duty had prompted her acceptanc,
of his proffer. Houston retired to hi,
own cot, next day resigned his position
allowed the entire fault to appear to b,
his, permitted and encouraged her appli
cation for a divorce on the plea of deser
ton, and his bride was married to tn
man of her former affection. Many II
Irregularities, rumor, of course, charges
ON the man who had really sacrifice,
everything to save one who had ere,
only in mistaken duty; but no charg
of domestic infidelity could be true in
man who denied it to the estimable lad,
who afterward became his wife.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27

halo Of the moon. The garden of the
Bolton mansion was bathed In q grayish
mist, which fickered among the tall
trees, and cast weird shadows on the
old castle.
Arthur Bolton was slowly strolling
through the deep paths leading in and
out among the shrubbery. The fire of
his cigar burnt fercely as he pulled
~nervously away at it. How often he had
walked here with buoyant steps and
light heart, looking toward the future,
when Lucy Grey was to have become his
wifel
"How cruell" he murmured. "Cruel
cruel! Oh, how shall I bear it-how
shall I endure? Would to heaven that
here and O I could lay down the bur
den of my life and sink into oblivion,
Lucy, who was my life and love-who is,
and ever shall be, my loye-is not
false-but the motel"
Hour after hour passed away, and still
he staid. 1t wa about midnight that he
stopped opposite the old tower.
"Harkl" he exclaimed, springing for
ward and assuming a listening attitude.
"Arthurl Arthur! Save mel'
Like lightning his blue eyes sent a
| CLEAN up to the window above. A white
| object huttered a moment, and then fell
at his feet. Picking it up, he read In
family penciled characters the follow
ing:
sGTo the person finding this handker.
chief. For the love of all you hold deal
in this world or the next, take this to
DR.. Grey of Hazelton, and tell him that
I am confined a prisoner, by Sir James
Bolton, in the big room of the old tower,
and that he swears I shall not receive my
freedom until I become his wife"
Without reading further, Arthur Boil,
ton sprang like a bloodhound toward the
house. He knew it all now. Sir james
was suddenly awakened that night by a
terrible crash, and hurriedly throwing
on his clothes, he rushed toward the big
room in the old tower.
Crash! With a wild shrek, he sprang
forward. Crash, crash! And down flew
the door, rotten with age, and Sir James
arrived just in time to glare through the
open space on Arthur and Lucy, fondiy
clasped in each others arms, while the
young mans hot kisses were raining over
the brow, cheek and neck of her who
was his life and love.
"Fiends!" screamed Sir James, while
the blood rushed in torrents to his
head.
With one wild bound the old man at
tempted to reach the pair, but, falling
short, he tottered, fell, and remained as
one dead.
Tenderly he was laid on the bed. AL
ready Arthur and Lucy had forgiven him,
and for many a week, hung owe his pill
low; and when he became convalescent,
gone in his illness, and henceforth, al
that made life worth the living to him,
was to sit between Arthur and Lucy, who
had become man and wife, with a HAND
of each clasped tightly in his own, anc
hear them declare their forgiveness ani
lova
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
How Do You Stand

One cannot lay out his work to adj
vantage without knowing precisely how
he stands with regard to his business.
The beginning of the year is the appro-
pirate time for a~scertaining it. Ere
quently an account of business is kept
for a month or two and then neglected.
If it is only to encourage habits of regu-
larity and perseverance it will be time
well spent to keep an account, not only
of money affairs, but a record of events
for every day. This tends to beget
promptness and system in every detail
of farm work, and in business affairs
that foresight and economy which are
everywhere the prime essentials to sue
cess.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27

sx Joaquin MrILrn.

oh, thou tomorrow Mysteryl
Oh, day that ever rum beforel
What has thy hidden hand In store
For mine, tomorrow, and for me2
Oh, thou tomorrow what hast thoL.
In store to make me bear the nowf
Oh, day In which we shall forget
The tangled troubles of to-dayl
oh, day that laughs at duns, at debts
Oh, day of promises to payl
Oh, shelter from all present storml
oh, day In which We shall reform
oh, safest, best day for reforml
Convenient day Of promisesl
Hold back the shadow Of the storm,
Oh, blest tomorrow. Chiefest friend
Let not thy mystery be less,
But lead Is blindfolded to the end.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27

yet I must have her. Love, love!" he
continued, ~passionately. breaking from
his strain of remorse "What power is
this, what chains are these, that binds
me to dishonorI Love and honor should
go hand in hand, but not with me-not
with me! By Heavens!" he cried, rag
ing fercely up and down, 81 shall have
her!" And, with a glance toward the
blue sky above he fell on his knees and
Missed, 81 swear It'll"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
CHAPTER III.

"Good morning, father!" exclaimed a
hearty voice, and, CHANGING up, from his
paper, Sir James Bolton beheld his son.
Springing excitedly from his seat, he
exclaimed
"You, Arthur? Where"
'fWhy, father" cried Arthur, "you do
not seem very glad to see me-"
But Sir James, recognizing his rash
ness, had recovered his self-control. Ex-
tending his hand, he exclaimed:
"Pardon me, Arthur, but your return
was SO unexpected, and SO welcome,
that L"
Enough, father DEAR" the young
man gently returned. 81 know that I
am welcome, especially when I have a
satisfactory report of my work to hand
in. But I can not stay with you long.
Associations here aretoo sad, too bitter. :"
And his blue eyes looked inconceivably
unhappy, for he was thinking of her who
had written him soon after his arrival in
Cuba, one short, cutting note, declining
his love.
So it was arranged, greatly to Sir
James satisfaction, that Arthur should
start the next morning, to spend a few
years travelling in the new world
4
It was evening. The clear blue sky
was studded with twinkling stars, whose
soft glimmer melted into the stronger