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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
He paused for moment and, raising
his head, he snuffed the air as if aware

He paused for moment and, raising
his head, he snuffed the air rs if aware
of the presence of an intruder. With q
growl he continued to advance cautiously,
as if on his guard against q foe whose
strength he was ignorant OF. A few steps
discovered me to him and, with a growl
of rage, he crouched as if for the fatal
spring. While I awaited In terror the
fearful fate, which would be on me In
few seconds, could not help admiring
the excessive beauty OF the animal,
whose splendid stripes OF black on his
brown and orange skin and glaring eye
balls, as he dashed his sides with his
tail, made him perfect study. The
quiyering movement Of his body told me
that in a moment would be torn to
pieces without chance of defense or
escape. I closed my eyes for o second,
and as I opened them he suddenly raised
himself and stood with his head turned
towards the door, Was any one coming
to save me 1 listened in vain for foot
step. Suddenly the soft music Of q
guitar broke upon the stiffness. My
first impression was that it meant another
trick of the witty Baron, but to my in
tense relief the tiger with pun of sat-
isfactisn laid himself down against the
door in an attitude of attentive and de-
lighted listening. Hour after hour
passed away as the music continued
without q moments cessation and his
highness the tiger remained subdued
and quiet IN his evident enjoyment Of
the sounds. This lasted until daylight,
when the door was suddenly opened and
man entered armed with heavy whip
and carbine. This was the tigers
keeper. At sight of him it crept lazily
into its cage.
The mans surprise at seeing me was
very yr great. t.. :, .,,,. 49,. -.
" is known to the Baroness and myself
alone"
I lost no time in escaping from my
prison and soon reached the other part
of the house. I found Petrovitch wan
dering about In search of me. l told
him what had happened. "I must
leave this house at once, said /.
"Stay to breakfast. Let the Baron
see that you are alive and well. shall
SO enjoy his surprise"
did stay to breakfast. The Baron's
yellow face turned green at the sight OF
me. The Baroness did not appear.
After month I heard of the Baron's
sudden death. I called on the Baroness.
She had known of the horrible design
on my life. 1t was by her influence
that the servant who confided his suspi-
cions to her was induced to spend the
| night playing on the guitar, she having
known that wild animals are tanned by
musical sounds. She is now my wife.
The tiger has been placed in menagerie,
I hope they will be as good to him as hs
was to me, and viii feed him well, as
escaped doingi
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
HOUSE.

The Senate amendment to the House bill
agreed to authorizing tho receipt Of United
States gold com in exchange for gold bars.
Mr.. Oalkins then called up the contested cleo
ton case of Mickey VS.. O'Connor, of the Second
District of South Carolina. Mr.. Randall stating
that there were reasons why his side did not
desire to consider that case then raised the
question Of consideration, and on division the
Democrats refrained from voting, leaving the
House without quorum. A call Of the House
was ordered and the Sergeant-at-Arms was
ordered to bring in absentees to the bar Of the
House. Several votes were taken without find
ing quorum. Mr.. Hiscock reported the gen.
eral deficiency bill. Ordered printed and re-
committed. 1t recommends appropriating
sc, ,416, 319. This does not include pension
claims, for which q special appropriation OF
SIG, 1000, 600 has been made. Another cali Of
the House was then ordered. At the conclu-
sion of the call, Mr.. Calkins remarked that it
was impossible to get voting quorum present
and moved to adjourn. Carried.
In the House the struggle over the contested
election case of Mackey VS.. Dibble, was pro-
ceeded with, Mr.. Randall raising question of
consideration in antagonism to an effort Of
Mr.. Calkins to call up the case. The vote re-
suited 129; nay, (Phelps), seventeen
less than quorum, and a call of the House
was ordered. Further proceedings under call
were dispensed with, and the vote required on
the question Of consideration result, yeas,
III, nay l-no quorum. Another call OF the
House resulted In no quorum, and the body
adjourned for the day.
A movement was made in the House having
for its object the breaking of the deadlock that
prevails over the Mackey-Dibble contested cleo
tion case. The Democrats proposed that the
allegations made in reference to corrupt altera-
tions in the evidence in the intel est of Mackey,
the Republican contestant, should be referred
to special committee. This met with decided
opposition from the Republican side, and a
scene of great confusion was precipitated,
which continued for about an hour. Finally
the House adjourned in order to allow the
Republicans to assemble in caucus, and at this
caucus it was determined that the Republicans
would entertain no proposition that did not
recognize the right Of the House to consider
the election case; that the Committee on Elec-
tions having fully investigated this particular
case, it must be discussed by the House, and
that after such discussion a proposition to re-
commit would be entertained and acted on.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
From the foregoing table It viii be

From the foregoing table 1t will be
seen that the only considerable increase
in the number of small farms between
1870 and 1880 was in the States Of Ohio
and Pennsylvania In the North and Ala
bama, Maryland, North Carolina and
Virginia in the South. There was fall
ing off of over 16, 900 in the number of
small farms Ctwenty acres and under)
in Missouri and OF 1918 in Michigan.
The greatest falling off was in these two
States. Wisconsin, Indiana and Kan
sas follow in order.
The census report is incomplete in
this, that it does not indicate clearly
whether this is the result of extending
clearings or absorption of small hold
ings. There is in all new counties a
first tendency to increase the acreage of
each farm, after that follows division
and cutting up into smaller holding.
Apparently both processes are now going
on simultaneously, but the increased
number of land owners in the country
indicates the disappearance of small
farms in some States is not caused by
freezing out the small holders.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
Hunting Up a Pedigree.

I live in q small country parish OF 19z
inhabitants, and our parish register dates
from 1880. A young American gentle.
man came to my friend the Rector, and
said that it had only come to his knowi-
edge two days previous that it was from
this village that his fathers grandfather
emigrated to America about the year
1850, and there laid the foundation Tor
the present wealth of his descendants.
The gentleman, with party OF fourteen,
had been fifteen months away from New
York, visiting the chief places of the
Continent, the Holy Land, Egypt, &C.,
and ending up with the principal sights
in England and Scotland /; and they were
to embark from Liverpool on the follow
ing morning. He had travelled specially
to this little village. Would the Rector
be good enough to refer to the parish
registers, and see if his ancestors were
therein mentioned? The Rector did So
the ancestors were there found in regu-
lar descent, from the very beginning OF
the register-and the gentleman, In less
than two hours time, was set up with Q
pedigree dating back two and half CEN
turies, which he said he should have
drawn up in heraldic fashion, and which
doubtless now adorns some room In his
American home. 1t was evident that
the ancestors were of the humblest class,
as in another book mention of " Goody"
was frequently made as being the
recipient of tenpenny charity. But
the surname happens to correspond with
one in the English Baronetage, and
while the Rector was transcribing the
numerous registers the American gentle
man was busy copying from Debrett the
coat of arms of the Baronet in question,
bloody hand and all. I regret to add
that the Rector never received a six
pence for his trouble, though he might
have charged heavy sum in fees |; but
he was restoring his church, and he left
it to the American gentleman to give
some donation for that purpose, either
in money or in the form Of stained
glass window or other memorial to his
ancestors. Notes and Queries.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
Affecting the English.

It has been apparent to people in the
East for some time that English man.
ners, customs, and styles of dress are
making large impression on the inhab-
itants of the great seaport towns. Aping
the English is common. Business and
society drift into English ways. Minds
begin to have English expressions and
the thought is tinged by English senti-
ment. Even the New York newspapers,
which ought to be purely American in
ideas, are drifting into English ways.
We see the slow old methods developing
gradually in the metropolitan newspa-
pers OF New York and Boston. Some
minds naturally pay tribute to the old
and conservative. Some run that way
because it is easy and successful. Others
initiate because they are natural toadies.
Even Bret Harte, the product of the
West, has, since his brief stay in Europe,
become thoroughly Englishized. The
same charge is also preferred against
Lowell. Concerning Bret Harte an ex-
change says: Zone of the most intense
and unspeakable Englishmen have seen
since struck London is Mr.. Bret Harte.
There was once an American of that
name who wrote stories and poems which
were successful, and one or two plays
which were not. There is general be-
lief in London that the Bret Harte who
is over here is the Bret Harte who did
all that fine writing in America. He
doesn't look it. His hair is white, and
his face is red enough to enrage the
tamest bull in the world. He wears a
section of a window-pane in one eye,
and talks with la-de-da accent that
would infinitely amuse the friends of the
Harte we used to know. This one trains
with my lord this, and the earl of that,
and talks big things of magazines he is
going to start He is a United States
Consul at Glasgow, or somewhere, and
is just pining away with anxiety to live
there. But somehow, he is seen oftenest
in London. I saw him in q box in a
theater one night, looking quite utterly
too too, bored over "a play which was
plebeian enough to be interested in. 1t
is the fashion over here to be bored-or
to look it, if you're not. This Mr.. Harte
is very fashionable, and likewise very
bored"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

To bear, to nurse, to rear, =
To watch and then to lose;
To see my bright ones disappear
Drawn up like morning dews.
To bear, to nurse, to rear,
To watch and then to lose;
This have done when God drew near
Among his own to choose
To hear, to heed, TO wed,
And with thy lord depart
In tears that he, as soon as shed,
VIII let no longer smart.
To hear, to heed, to wed,
This while thou didst smiled,
For now 1t was not God who said:
Mother, give me thy child.n
o fond, o fool, and blind,
To God / gave with tears;
But when man like grace would find,
My soul put by her fears
o fond, o fool, and blind.
God guards in happier spheres;
That man will guard where he did bind
Is hope for unknown years.
To hear, to heed, TO wed, X =
Fair lot that maidens choose;
Thy mothers tenderest words are said,
Thy face no more she views;
Thy mothers lot, my dear,
She doth in naught accuse,
Her lot to bear, to nurse, TO rear,
To loye-and then to lose.
jean In0eIoic,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
Could be Beat on Dry Land.

An intoxicated colored man made an
unsuccessful attempt to bury himself
alive In the qnicksand bed Of the Platte,
Denver, Col. He was industriously Dig
ging hole IN the r{yer bed with his
hands and the assist yzlnc6 Of . sulall
board the evident intention of
burying himself alive, when q number
of small boys who were playing IN the
vicinity discovered him. They immedi-
ately set about turning him from his
suicidal purpose by making him target
for stone throwing practice.
Although hit several times by the small
missiles, he did not appear at all an
noyed, but continued to dig as if the ef-
fort was one for life instead of death.
Mr.. Charles h Wright, the surveyor,
happening along at the time In hue
manitarian mood walked over to where
the darkey was preparing his grave.
"What are you doing?" asked MIR.
Wright, trying to believe that the darkey
was exploring for placer mine In the
river sand.
"Well, I dunno eff cts eny your bees
ness, boss, said the digger, not deign-
ing to look up from his work. "but den,
I don mind to tell ye dat Use gwine to
bury m'sef up h,yar and die.
The colored man refused to explain
matters further and Mr.. Wright retired
to respectful distance to await the
result of the odd freak.
When q hole of sufficient length had
been dug to the depth of about foot and
g half, the colored man laid In it, and
commenced to pull the damp sand over
him. It appears that water had been
struck In the bottom of the hole, and be-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
Tn. crs.,. I'm E<yp..

Disastrous results are inevitable in Egypt
from the absence Of an administrative govern
ment the neglect Of all precautions for insur-
ing water for the crops, and the absence of
labor, owing to conscription. The natives en-
treated the protection Of the British Consul
General against the soldiery, stating that
their villages are becoming deserted through
fear. A dispatch from Cairo, respecting the
Egyptian troubles, says: "The agents of
England and France delivered the following
ultimstum to the President of the Ministry
Whereas, the President of the Chamber Of No
tables has proposed to Mahmoud Baroudi, as
the only means Of ending the disturbances
of the country, the temporary remova,
of Arabi Bey from Egypt, with retention
Of rank and pay, and the resignation of
the Ministry; and, II necessary, the two
Governments will exact their due fulfllment
In intervening in the affairs Of Egypt, Eng
land and France have no other object than the
maintenance Of the status quo, and they will
use their good offices with the Khedive to
obtain the general amnesty. The Govern
ment Is given twenty-four hours to come
10 decision on the ultimstuna.n - A Constan-
tinople dispatch says: Agents of the Khedive
state that he is desirous the EngiIsh and French
squadrons remain for the present in Egyptian
waters. A dispatch from Cairo May 26, says: The
President Of the Council of Ministers has sent
the following note to the Khedive: "Your &C
ceptance Of the ultimatum is contrary to the
unanimous advice Of your Ministers. As to the
admission Of intervention Of foreign powers
this incident constitutes an Infringement of
the rights of the Sultan. We therefore tender
our resignations." The Ministry has sent the
following reply to the agents of England and
France: "Your notes trenches upon internal
questions, in regard to which the powers
have recognized the liberty Of action of the
Egyptian Government and the Khedive, and
are unable to discuss these points without in
fringing upon imperial firmaus and interna-
tional treatise, and without compromising the
organic laws Of the country. The government
will be happy to follow your friendly counsels,
but regrets in the present case its inability to
comply with your note. If your governments
believe the question raised by you is not e1
clusively internal, they must submit it to the
great power under whose sovereignty Egypt il
placed" The Khedive accepted the resigna-
ton Of the Ministry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
MvIIth CONGRESS.
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uartiaI law in Al.sk.-T Refer,ed Tba Gansv.
Award hill c.me mn az ,,nt,n;sbe, b,,,,,ss. h,,t
M ,,roorees was n.de Mr Hosr ,dd-s...a
the Senate on the s,,b;ect of the flenav, .,v,rd
the question being upon the House bill on the
subject. Briefly stated, the bill makes pro-
vision for claims of the exculpated cruisers
class and war premium to men to the exclusion
of insurance Companies. When Mr.. Hosr hsa
concluded his explanation and advocacy of the
bill, MIR. Garland moved substitute looking 10
payment Of the insurance people, and exclud.
ing excuipated cruisers and war premium
amendment, referring the whole matter to the
Court OF Claims. The bill went over without
action- The Secretary OF War asks special
appropriation OF S25, 600, not later than June
= ior tne purpose OF dispatching vessel, with
men ana supplies, for the relief OF the expedi-
uon OF last year sent 20 Lady franklin Bay.
The vote by which the iye-per-cent. bin Was
passed was reconsidered. The bin proyidinr
for distribution of the balance of the Geneva
Award among the war premitims Of exculnated
cruisers WAS passed as received from the
House, by q vote Of thirty-eight to seyeuty-
two. -
Mr.. Logan renortsf1 faxor.,,l, fran, fhs. sfi,;-
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Mr.. Bayard reported from the Finance Conn
mittee modification of the measure reoently
reported by him as a substitute for the Honse
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60. - 49,. Wa.,. I'm - - = sru. s,,s.
~, s.o 1Ao.,9 D.'i ". tno suDJe
nrst section Is as follows Secuon l-AH ware
nouslng ponds hereafter taken shall be condi-
uoneo ,or the payment OF TAX on spirits as
specineo IN the entry, ana tne interest on the
ta1, any mas accrued under the provisions OF
TINS act ana before removal rom the dist1llery
and within hve years from the date
OF tner nrst entry INTO the warehouse,
the time within which distilled spirits
heretofore entered for deposit In distillery
warehouses or IN special bonded warehouses
are required 70 De Mltnorawn therefrom, pur-
suant to the conditions OF any warehousing
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
Questions and Answers Tor Lazy
LAWYERS.

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

LATER NEWS.

Or $50 deaths in Cincinnati during the wecz,
6fty-one were from smallpox.
MRs. KATE Chase SPRAeUE has been granted
divorce from her husband and given charge
Of her three daughters.
GEORGE A. ,CoSLy, well-known basso operate
singer, aud Herman Reitzel, pianist, were
drowned in Lake Sponord, New Hampshire.
A SMALL expedition, wen equipped, leaves
San Francisco in few days for prospecting
tour in Alaska The party expect to be absent
about three years. .
NEAR Milford, 200 miles southwest Of Salt
Lake City, an old ranchman killed his wife,
fired seven navy bullets from shotgun into
his liver and died himself. = z :
As THE result OF neighborhood feud at
Benefits Nil, near Lebanon, No., two broth
ers were shot and killed from ambush on their
way home, and two friends wounded.
TEE steamship Celtic, bearing Lieutenant
Danenhower, DIR. Newcomb, Jack Cole and
the Chinese steward, survivors of the Arctic
steamer Jeanette, arrived at New York May %.
THERE is great excitement in Egypt and the
.crisis is reported as having assumed alarming
proportions. The latest intelligence says the
Khedive has been induced finally to reinstate
Arab Bey.
DIsfAroHEs from Fargo and Grand Forks,
D. T., say there is great excitement there over
the decision Of Secretary Teller, opening to inn
migration the Turtle Mountain district, includ-
ing nine million acres Of the finest land in
Dakota.
THE Sc. Louis Globe Democrat has q new
double Hoe perfecting- g-press, which inserts and
psstes supplement of two or four pages, and
delivers complete papers Of either ten or twelve
folios at the rate Of twenty-four thousand
copies per hour.
A xuETNd-HoUsE Of the Dunkard denomi-
nation, IN the course Of construction at Mas
tersonulle, Lancaster County, Pa, suddenly
fell, burying about dozen persons under its
ruins, including some of the wealthiest farm
ers in the district Three died of injuries.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

MARTIN I. TOWNSEND shuffies forward
and says he has "never found words
strong enough to express his contempt
for man who will sit on board fence
and watch nine jackasses play baseball. +"
Neither have we. A baseball game
with less than eighteen "iackasses " and
supreme double back action "jackass
for an umpire, would be just no game
of baseball at aIl.-Neao Haven Regis
ter
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

Tho Government is taking every precsution
to keep invaders on Of Oklahoma District.
Scouting parties are sent out every ten days,
and in the past six months but one party-con-
sisting of six men-were found in the district.
They were arrested and sent ont Of Indian Ter
ritory. The recent report that Captain Payne
and his followers, sixty strong, had invaded
Oklahoma, is probably mistake.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
Failea 10 Discover.

Secretary Folger authorizes the unqualified
contradiction of the statement published that
he has discovered enormous frauds in the mat
ter Of bonds given by distillers for whisky in
bond, and that his relations with Commissioner
Raum are unpleasant. he says he has discoy-
cred no frauds.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

Henry Helgermyer and Ella wenning, q
young couple Of Indianapolis, each aged seven
teen years, being strangely infatuated with
each other, for some reason, known only to
themselves resolved to die and Cross the dark
river to a better land where they might enjoy
the fullness Of their love in all its heavenly
purity; 80, purchasing quantity Of laudanum,
and hiring horse and buggy, they set out in
the country to attend picnic and go through
the double act Of self-destruction. The picnic
over, they went to q secluded place, sat down
and swallowed the laudanum, and then began
the protestations Of love, the dying kiss and all
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
Importanf TO Bondho3ders.

The Attorney General of the United States
decides in the case of refunding certificates Of
the issue Of 1879 convertible into per cent.
bonds still outstanding, where accrued interest
amounts to fifty dollars, or multiples Of that
sum, owners are entitled to receive bonds for
interest as well as principal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
aearrIa Palifi0.

Hon. Alexander h. Stephens has published .
card in the Atlanta Constitution denying the
statement that he would accept nomination
for Governor at the hands Of the Independ-
ents and further AYERS that he will accept the
nomination for Governor on the regular DEM
ocratic ticket II rendered him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
Gambling n Felony In Missouri.

The Supreme Court of Missouri has declared
the johnson law making gambling a felony
constitutional, and issued premptory writ Of
mandamus compelling the Judge Of the Grim
inal Court at st. Louis to try the gamblers
indicted by the Grand Jury. Altogether there
are over 800 cases on the docket against gam
blers and lottery agents.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
Payne I'm rrouble.

Capt. Payne and twenty-nine other colonists,
late dispatch says. while attempted to invade
Indian Territory, were arrested by troops sent
out from Fort Reno, and taken back to Kansas.
What disposition to make Of them has not been
decided by the authorities.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01

The Illinois State Department Of Agriculture,
in its crop report, puts Q dampener on the
heretofore brilliant prospects. Corn planting
has been delayed by the cold wet rains, chinch-
bugs are reported In large numbers, and there
is promise Of much damage from army worms
In southern portions of the State.