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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

an. lie Marquis" said the Minister,
81 regret to be compelled to INFORM you
that you are charged with having muir
dering your wife"
.'Who makes this chargep"s
IN. Godin, who states that he saw
her lying with a dagger buried in her
heart"
THAT is true"
..He confesses! Officers, arrest that
man.
Zone moment. NJ. lie Minister. When
that dagger was driven into my wife's
heart it had ceased to beat for more than
two days"
Explain yourself, monsieur.
"My words can easily be verified by
any surgeon Madame la Marquise had
a morbid dread of being buried alive.
She made me swear to her that if she
died before me L would not allow her to
be buried until her heart had been pune
tured. / could not bear to tell this to
any one else or to allow any other hand
than mine to strike the blow. After L
had done so the strangeness of the sight
began to overpower me. Sometimes !
think my great grief has made me hall
mad. / felt that L must have a record
that | had been faithful to her last wish.
In this state l sought outM. Godin. He
has doubtless told you all else that you
wish to know. The reason l desired to
keep the matter secret a be easily un-
derstood."
The two doctors had arrived in time
to hear the Marquis explanation. They
needed only to glance at the body to con
firm his words.
go, how poor and mean and misera-
| BILE I felt! l crossed ove to where the
Marquis stood, and L. knelt at his feet
Monsieur" L cried, stake baekyou
money and the sketch and try to forgive
me-"
"Rise, Monsieur; Ihave forgiven you,
I asked and expected more trust than
had had a right to believe a strange
could have given to a stranger. Keer
the money; finish the picture, and | hope
it will not be the last you shall paint TO
me .n-Our Continent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13
TIE su1TAN OF. THE EAST.

There was a Sultan of the East
Who used to ride a stubborn beast;
A marvel of the donkey-kind,
That much pcrplexed his owners mind.
By turns he moved a rod ahead,
Then backed a rod or 80 instead.
And thus the day would pass around,
The Sultan gaining little ground.
The servants on before would stray
And pitch their tents beside the way,
And pass the time as best they might
Until their master hove in sight.
The Sultan many methods tried;
He clicked and coaxed and pun applied,
And stripped a dozen trees, at least,
Of branches, to persuade the beast.
But all his efforts went for naught;
No reformation could be wrought.
At length, before the palace gate
he called the wise men of the State,
And babe them now their skill display
BY finding where the trouble lay.
With solemn looks and thoughts profound,
The men of learning gathered round
They proved him by the plumb and square,,
The compass to his ribs applied,
And every joint by rule was tried;
nothing could the doctors find
To prove he differed from his Kind.
Said they: Your HiQhnessl 1t appears
The beast is sound from hoof to ears;
No outward blemishes we see
To limit action fair and free.
In view of this, the fact is plain
The mischief lies within the brain.
Now, we suggest, to stop his tricks,
A sail upon his back you fix,
OF goodly size, to catch the breeze
And urge him forward where you please"
The Sultan well their wisdom praised.
Two masts pom the beast were raised,
And, acknowledged from head to tail,
With halliards, spanker-boom and sail,
In proper shape equipped was he,
AS though designed to sail the seal
And when the Sultan next bestrode
That beast upon a lengthy road,
With favoring winds that whistled strong
And swiftly urged the craft along,
h people cleared the track with speed;
And old and Young alike agreed
A stranger sight could not be round,
From side to side the province round.
Palmer Cor, in st. Nicholas.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13
Struck by a Ball of Fire.

A strange freak of electricity occur
red in the house of Mr.. Daniel Gay, OF
Rockingham, North Carolina. Mr.. Gay
heard a sound resembling the bursting
of a gun-cap in an adjoining room and
on looking In the room from whence the
noise proceeded was astonished to see a
blaze of fire ascending from the fool
near where two children were seated.
The blaze apparently assembled to the
roof and went out. About an hour
afterwards Mrs. Gay returned to the
dining room, when a ball of fire nearly
as large as a child's head came in the
direction of her and seemed to strike
her in the breast, then burst in three or
more streams of fire, the fire quickly
going out. Mrs. Gay was considerably
stunned and it was several hours before
she recovered from the shock. Several
members of the family-all there were
in the house at the time-witnessed the
strange display, and there is no doub'
whatever that the occurrence was rea
and not NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. South
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13
Involuntary Exercise.

A convict can be killed by a weeks
labor which, if he were free and well
paid, he would accomplish without in
jury. A "constitutionar''-tha is, a
walk of definite length undertaken
without an Objects so abhorrent to
some men that they cannot get through
it without uncomfortable fatigue. Strong
men who, from wan of subjects of re-
Election, happen not to like "deck-
pacing,"-the aimless walking up and
down in which some feeble men, and a
very few women delight-feel, when
forced to do it, a fatigue which speedily
becomes insupportable, and would pro.
duce, if the exercise was p~rotracted, ex.
haustion or even fainting. That peculiar
form of the relation between mind and
body has never, we believe, been quite
satisfactorily explained, any more than
the extreme exhaustion which sometimes
follows walking in sleep; but nobody
doubts its existence, and that i at least
one argument against excessive exercise
for the s~edentary. They hate it in spite
of all arguments; and exercise which
you hate undoubtedly produces extra
fatigue.-LondOn Spectator.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

clusively prove the value of the remedy
and ita superior nature to the proprietary
articles with which the public have been
flooded. ''The greater includes the less %
and the remedy which has been proven so
valuable and has saved a life after it was
brought down to deaths door, must I'M
q~uestionably be certain in all minor
troubles, which are so disastrous unless
taken in time.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

"WH,T's that you're playingi" said a New
Haven man to his daughter, who was pound
ing at the piano Keyboard with more noise
music of the future" 'Ohi it is, Is It'll" said
the old gentleman. swell, let 1t be a long
time in the future before 1 hear any more Of
it. Play me Comm Thro' the Rye" 20
pa! amt you ~horrid-always thinking about
something to drink."-Neo Haven Register.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

For dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of
spirits andgeneral debility, in their various
forms; also as a preventative against fever
and ague and other intermittent fevers, the
Observation-Disclosures Elixir of Calisaya,"
made by Caswell, Hazard 81 Co., New York,
and sold by all Druggists, is the best tonic;
and for patients recovering from fever or
other sickness, it has no equal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

THE path of destruction. of American
tornadoes has averaged LOSS feet in
width, according to Sergeant Finley.
The storm cloud moves at the rate OF
from twelve to sixty miles an hour, while
the wind within the vortex sometimes
reaches the tremendous velocity of 800
miles an hour-392 miles being the
average.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13
"GoLpEN Medical Discovery" i!

"GoLDEN Medical Discovery" is warrant
ed to cleanse the blood from all impurities
from whatever cause arising. For Scrofu-
la, Sores of all kinds, Skin and Blood Dis
eases, its effects are marvellous. thousands
of Testimonials from all parts. Send stamp
for pamphlet on Skin Diseases. Address
WoRLD's DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
Buffalo, n. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

The three golden balls used as a pawn
brokers' sign appeared in England in
very early times. 1t was used by the
Lombard merchants who immigrated to
London from Italy. These established
the first pawnbroker establishments, and
it is generally held that they adopted
the three golden balls to be borne on the
arms of the Lombard corporation, from
the armorial bearings of the Medici
family, which was conspicuous among
the Lombard merchant princes of Italy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

DIR. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear Sir
Your "Golden Medical Discovery" and
"Purgative Pellets" have cured my daugh-
ter of %Scrofulous Swellings and Open Sores
about the Neck; and your "Fayorite Pre-
scription" has accomplished wonders in re
storing to health my wife who had been bed
fast for eight months from Female Weak
ness. 1 am with grateful feelings,
Yours truly, T. 3. Lone,
Galveston. Texas
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

SCIENTISTS now concede that parts OF
Kansas, the adjoining States of Nilsson.
ri, Iowa and Nebraska, were once GOV.
cred with a fresh water lake.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

The sweetness of fruit has but slight
correspondence to its proportion of sugar;
currants have more than raspberries OF
strawberries, and three times as much
as peaches.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

A CAREFUL examination has convinced
d French chemist that wheat normally
contains copper to the extent of eight to
ten parts per million.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich,
will send DIR. Dyes celebrated Electro-Vol-
taic Belts and Appliances, on trial for thir-
ty days, to men (young or old) who are at
ficted with nervous debility, lost vitality
and kindred troubles, guaranteeing com
plete restoration of vitality and manhood.
Address as above.
N. B.-No risk is incurred, as thirty days
trial is allowed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

The ruby, sapphire and topaz are
simply notifications of one substance,
alumina, which, as clay, forms a great
part of the earth's surface.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

whose sedentary lives increase those tronb-
les peculiar to women, should use DR..
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" which is
an untailing remedy. Sold by druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

ONE contented with what he has done,
stands but small chance of becoming
famous for what he will do. He has laid
down to die. The grass is already grow
ing over him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

A MATTER-oF-FAcT boy defined salt as
"that stuff which makes potatoes taste bad
when you don't put any on"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

THOSE ~bearing-dopn pains can be removed
by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

DocToRs now pronounce cucumbers a
eve to business.-Chicago Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

LIBRARIES are a the shrines where all
the relics of the ancient saints, full OF
true virtue, and that without delusion
or imposture, are preserved and reposed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13
..Fair Girl G~radu.te.,o

Or course, it is true, but isn't it rather
heartless to speak Of a blind man as an un-
ei0htl- rar=Nn
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

WHAT makes many persons discon.
tented with their own condition is the
absurd idea they form of the happiness
of others.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13
s.with Gr.terul FeeIinE.n

A WESTERN paper heads an account Of the
drowning of four young mem: "a Fatal
Pleasure. m-Boston Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

HOWEVER things may seem, no evil
thing is success, and no good thing is
failure.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

The Frazer Axle Grease is better and
cheaper than any other, at double the
price. Ask your dealer for it, and take no
other.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

INFLAMMATION OF the middle ear, of
ten resulting in chronic deafness, is 5
frequent consequence of surf-bathing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

Now the festive ice-man shortens up his
weight, and says: sits q cold day when 1 get
left."-N. Y. Graphic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13
of the dramatic accom-.

Speaking of the dramatic accom-
paniment of the emusic of the future"
the London World says it is just like the
man on the Place Royal, who shows fol
a penny the passing over the Balkan by
the Russians. A workman pays and
looks in and says, 81 see absolutely
nothing" "Nothing?" asked the man
mot in the right-hand corner?"
"Nothing?" replies the workman, eek
cept there seems to be a boot" That's
it, says the man; that is the foot of
the last Russian who has just passed the
Balkan"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

A has invented q drink
which he calls the bell punch, because it
makes holes in the pockets of his patrons
CHICAGO Tribune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

SOLOMON was the first man who proposed
to part the heir in the middle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13
"KouEll ON Rata"

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants,
bedbugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers.
15c. Druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

THERE'S nothing that has not beer
said before Terence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

WHY be so fearful over disordered kid
neys2 Kidney-Wort will cure you.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

The history of the world is nothing
but a procession Of clothed ideas.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

It ia the concurrent
testimony of the pub
lie and the medical
profession. that Hos
letters Stomach Bit
ters II . medicine
which achieves re-
suits speedily felt
thorough and be-
nign. Beside rectiN
ing liver disorder. Il
i~nvigorates the fee
Bile, conquers kidney
and bladder COM
plants, and hastens
the convalcscence of
I b o
from enfeebling dis
eases. Moreoverftis
the grand specific for
fever and ague. For
sale BY Druggists and
Dealers generally.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

Too strained a gravity becomes ridic-
ulous.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

If you deal with a vulgar mind,
life is reduced to beggary.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

A TRAMP called his shoes Corporations, "
because they had no soles.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

Try the new brand Spring Tobacco.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

arner safe Kidney and Liver Care.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13

M. Bonteaux called for me in the
morning. He told me | should have to
accompany him to the cemetery of Pere
la Chaise, as the Minister had decided to
have the coffin of the Marquise taken
from the family vault and opened. 1t
had been brought into a room of the
mortuary chapel, when we arrived.
The Minister and two or three assistants
were examining the body. The wound
had been found exactly as 1 described.
1 was cordially received by the Min
lister and told that the Marquis had been
sent for under the preteXt that there had
been some informality about the register
of the interment. Orders had also been
given to bring the doctor who had
signed the certificate of death, and also
one of the surgeons attached to the de-
partment of justice.
| felt elated at my success and import
ance, and had no longer any qualms
about my broken promises. All Paris,
1 was sure, would soon be ringing with
praises of my shrewdness and courage.
Presently Il gentleman entered, whis-
pered to the Minister and handed him
something wrapped in paper. Improved
to be the dagger Ihad described.
LET the Marquis be brought in," said
the Minister.
All eyes were on the door. The Mar
quis entered, looking pale and thought
full. When he saw me his look changed
to one that l tried hard to think showed
fear, but still it seemed to me only like
contempt.
>"Ah, NJ. Godin! l thought you were a
gentleman. l see l made a mistake.
You have betrayed me-"
ut is not betrayal to give a criminal
to Justice"
He looked at me and smiled ever so
family, yet still perceptibly.
Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-12-16

cratic, in the other it is energetic and untiring in promoting the interests and welfare of Arizona, and Cochise county in particular. During the last political campaign it made vigor- ous and aggressive fight against it's opponents and nondescript rene- gades. It won tie battle, and with out derisive Jeers or exultart cheers it quietly resumed the "even tenor of its way" working in common cause, for the good of our country. Had it lost, it would not have pleaded wrth its victors for sustenance; it would not have converted itself into a charity or contribution box, but knowing it had battled Tn the cause of justice and right would have nailed its flag to the masthead and sunk with its party or sailed with flying colors in the open sea of pros- perity, which now, owing to its efforts, lies before it.
Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-12-16

on them by thelr landlords. Kh 700 tenement houses in New - 0o< c0ntaining from four to forty families, to live in many of which, it is ot- ticially declared, lis despair itself" Their miseTable tenants have gone SO low that the next step is into the earth itself, and, for fear of eviction from their reeking quarters, they have not the courage to whis- per word of complaint"
 No one will pretend that where two such pictures as the foregoing ban be drawn there IS no cause for apprehension. This is a republic; he only protection that wealth has the forbearance of the people who re poor. It is all we'll enough to say
 "a: in this world all men play at the
 lme of fortune; that the winning
 tkets are few, while the blanks are
 any, and that the rich man can do
 Pthng better than to build palaces,
 the building and furnishing of
 em distributes money among the FpecpIe. Up to certain point that is true; but it is strange that men who have more money than they can use do not seek to leave to their children protection as we'll as wealth. It costs about $30,000,0O0 annually to support the government of the )city of New York. A mighty quota of that amount goes to pay for poorly protecting society against criminals. fr~.I4. .h@. "---,unt a million per annum could be spared to clear ou. those dreadful tenement houses, to send their inmates to the cheap lands of the west, and to make homes for hem there; before a decade passed way there would be a reduction of millions in tie expenses, while the Increased security could not be esti-' nated. Suppose mans wealth rav. hes the famous galleries of the old ,orld and bears away their choicest
 orks of art; suppose it stretches out $ tentacles and draws from the
 tar its sacred cloth; suppose for
 the looms of the old world Seave their most delicate fabrics, hnd the most skilled artisans exhaust their talent in making of a horAe a palace; Does it bring aAy protecs. ton to the lucky ewner? Suppos4| near by there is growing up warm. hearted hny, who never has enough o--at, or sufficient clothes to wear, aa6'yorst gtili, he sees his fathers heart breal; under his troubles and his mothers face grow paler and sadder daily until there comes day when her poor worn-o out frame in pauper's coffin is carried to Potter's held; what is to keop the blood in Ithat boys heart from turning to gall, and what Is to prevent him from con cluding that there is mercy neither ~ln heaven nor on earth, and that to become aa outlaw is simple justice? And when cities expand until their population reaches hundreds of thou sands; when the whole tendency of -snodern times is to increase the palaces with their splendor and to thicken the drcadful tenement houses which foster in their shadow, who says the peace of the future IS assured?
Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-12-16

THE difficulty attending the pro- curing of jury for the pending Star Route trial is rather a striking com mentary on the situation of affairs in Washington. It is alleged that re- puta ble men, as rule, are unwilling to serve because of the unpleasant prominence it will give them and the suspicion it will place them under, while the average haberdasher does not want to serve because, whatever the verdict may be, his business is likely to be hurt by it. If he votes for acquittal he will lose trade, be- cause he will be regarded as bribed; and if he votes for conviction, he will be summed by the numerous friends of the criminals, and be abusel be- sides by the Star Route newspapers. Therefore, every sort of excuse is made use of to escape serving. But the jury is slowly being made up, nevertheless, and confidence is ex- pressed that it will be an honest one. If such is the case, tn, feat on the part of the court will be regarded as something remarkable.
Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-12-16


 which he pays merited rebuke to our present system of reservations, inferrlng that when the Indians are closely pushed in Mexico tkey inva- riably take refuge across the border in our reservations, thereby furnish ing themselves with a sure place of safety. It is an established fact that in case of an uprislug of the savages in this territory they, after committing series of depredations, cross the line either into Sonora or Chihuahua, where they rob and murder the peo- pie, and when closely pursued again recross the line and make for the res- ervations, where they are clothed and fed, putting them in shape for an- other sortie. If we were to adopt the system of shooting the ringlead- CTS of these savage desperadoos as soon as they returned from their trip of rapine and murder, in short time they would become so thoroughly in. timidated and subjected that they would not make many other excur- sions.
Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-12-16

THE following, carefully condensed, shows the opinions of the leading pa- pers regarding the presidents late message: Herald: 'An admirable, clear and business,hke state paper" Sun: "Made in the interest of honest and economical government" World: "He, President Arthur, looks at pub- lie questions with the eyes of an in- telligent and public-spirited man; he proposes to deal with them in the spirit of time. serving politician" Star: "Shows that he has heard of the recent elections in the country and understands their meaning" Fri bune: GA creditable document. His sentiments are admirable. If he had conducted his administration in ac- cordance with them the party would not be staggering under an adverse majority of nearly 100000. He has always talked we'll" The Tribune hts the mai! on the head, Che has always talked well."