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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
AHASUERUS,

Ahaggard stranger, wan and old,
With eySs of deep and dark despair,
And silver frosts upon his hair,
Stood by a graves fresh opened mold,
And no one knew when he came there.
He listened to the mourners' cries,
Intently watched the tears they shed,
Gazed at the lowering of the dead,
And with his weary, burning eyes,
Searched the calm face Of him who read
The Service" of LIES sundered ties.
"Alasl alasi" the mourners wept,
How can we leave our treasure here
Our l%oye-sweet treasure, cherished dear?'
And still the stranger strangely kept
His gaze upon each falling tear,
And seemed to envy him who slept.
I saw a history in his face
Unlike the woes of other men.
I canine it DER and DER again,
And Queried of his name and race;
But mutely, for did not dare
Approach the man with silver hair.
His garments wore the dust of years,
His feet were sandalshod; "Who, who
Is this?' I asked, that death would WOO,
And in this foreign guise appearsf'
Then slowly to my side he drew
And said: Il am the Wandering Jew,
"Ahasuerusl cursed of Christi
Living, o, God of Abraham
A life that more than hell doth damn.
Torture, that never hath suficed
10 blot my black transgressionl View
@AS - ahhhPPy SoWs
I dared not speak a word; he knew
The pity of my breast. and yet
I could not his great sin forget
Gainst Him who drank the cup Of rue
And stretched his limbs divine for me
On Calvary's cruci1xion tree.
And I had deemed the tale untrue,
A CHASTITY legend, but the weird
And fateful being, century scared
And SCARED, the fugitive, cursed Jew,
Had sought q tomb's side in his quest
For rest denied, and longed for rest.
And when 1 wiped the cloudy mist
That wet my cheeks, afar, afar,
l saw the haunted traveller,
Who can not hold with death a tryst;
On, on, he went-no glance behind
His mantle blowing in the wind.
/ waited in the graveyard lone
Until there was no human sound,
Then threw q rose Dol the mound,
And said: Heaven keep. thee, sleeping n
Dying is better than to be
Clothed in such dread mortality"
/ think Of him, / dream of him.
The Jew, the Jew, tn undying Jew,
Who holds q stern, unbroken clue
OF life; for ages dim and grim,
Has borne q tired heart In his breast,
Yet is the worlds wild, wandering guest.
Sleep on you couches, o, ye dead
Ye living, bless the fate that kills;
And when q throat with de~ath-phlegm fills
Say not "alasi" but say instead:
Precious are beds beneath the dew,
Compared with the doom OF the wander
Jew"
Laura R. White, Cleveland Leader
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

-'English as she is spoke"by foreign
ers is always amusing, and also as '.she is
wrote" Here is a Japanese specimen:
'.Notice. Shoe manufacturer. Design
at any choice. The undersigned being
engaged long and succeeded with their
capacity at shoe factory of Isekats, in
Toxic, it is now established in my La
bility at aforementioned lot all furn-
ished will be attended in moderate term
with good quality. An order is accept
able, in receive a post, being called upon
the measure, and it will be forwarded
in furnish. U. Inoya.'--EGcAanes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

in which you are w~allowing, on account of
some of those diseases peculiar to you,
madame, and which nave robbed you Of
the rosy hue of health, and made life a
burden to you, you can easily get out of.
DIR. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription will
free you from all such troubles, and soon
recall the rose-tint Of health to your cheek,
and the elasticity to your step. 1t is a most
perfect specific for all the weaknesses and
Irregularities peculiar to your sex. 1t
cures liberation, displacements, "internal
fever" bearing-down sensations, removes
the tendency to cancerous affections, and
c~orrects all unnatural discharges. By
druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
A Great

Mr.. ]. H. Goldsmith, owner of the Wal
nut Grove stock farm, N. Y, says of the
wonderful curative qualities of st. Jacobs
Oil, that having long used it for rheuma-
tism and on his breeding farm for ailments
of horses and cattle he cheerfully accords
this great pain-cure his preference, as the
best he ever used, in an experience Of
twenty years.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

In Ceylon, says the Tropical Agri-
culturist, a patch Of four acres planted
with cardamons yielded $4,000 in one
year. The statement may be worth
the attention of those who are trying to
raise dates, olives and tea in California
and elsewhere.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

AN EXTENDED POPULARITY. BaowN's
BRONCHIAL TROCHES have been before the
public many years. For relieving Coughs
and Throat troubles they are superior to
all other articles. Sold only in boIes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

MR. JAMES BRuNT, Deputy Sheriff, Balti-
more, Nd, writes: Suffered some time;
deeply-seated cough. Astonishing. Few
doses of Red Star Cough Cure cured me.
Nc harm to the system.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

Nine golden weddings have been
celebrated in Castleton, VT, in the last
ten years, and all but one of the indi-
viduals are now living.-Portland
Herod.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

Pixies TooTHACHE DROPS cure in 1 minute, Csc.
Gknn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. Csc.
GERMAN CORN o kills Corns q Bunions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

A traveller in South America speaks
of localities where the natives seem to
place no value on sandal-wood trees
that would in the United States be
worth 90, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

YOUNG or middle-aged men suffering
from nervous debility, loss of memory, pre-
old age, as the result of bad habits,
should send three letter stamps for illus
trated book offering sure means Of cure.
Address Worlds Dispensary Medical As
ISOLATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

A MAN doesn't know the true import of
wearing a tile until he gets a brick in his
hat.-Merchdnt Traveller.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

WHEN a fisherman takes his net pro-
ceeds out Of soak does he do it with his
spawn tickets?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

THE inventor of a flying machine is
soarly to be pitied.- Boston Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
8. The Slough of Dependency"

A is often call a bartender when in
reality he is a bar tough.-Y onkers States
man.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Eye Water. Druggists sell It. Csc.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

MAN wants but little here bill owe, but
wants that little paid Whitehall Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
A Dangerous Case.

ROCHESTER,, juno /, 1852. "Ten
Years ago 1 was attacked with the most
Intsnse and deathly pains In my back and
Extending to the enc of my toes and
to / ny W,b bTsin made me dellrious,
"From agony.
aIt took three men to hold me on my bed
at tiuesl
1.-THE Doctors tried in vain to relieve me,
but to no purpose.
Morphine and other Optdtes!
"E[ad no effect!
after two months I was given up to dieI
"VVhen M wife
heard a neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had
done for her, she at once got and gave me
some. The first dose eased my brain and
seemed to go hunting through my system
for the pain.
Ths second dose eased me 30 much that I
slept two hours, something 1 had not done for
two months. Before I had used five bottles, I
S coIli wf for over three weeks; but 1 worked too
hard for my strength, and taking q hard cold,
I was taken with the most acute and paanful
rheumatism all through my system that ever
~ called the doctors again and after several
NE, Weel, g. they they Lett said me I q met SsaS 3 frie Ga a ends told h a1a
my case, and he said hop Bitters had cured nun
and would cure me. l poohed at MIN, put ne
was so ~earnestI was induced to use thom again.
In less than four weeks / threw away my
crutches and went to work lightly and kept on
using the bitters for FIVE weeks, until became
as well as any man living, and have been 80
for six years since.
II has also cured my wife, who had been
sick. for years; and has kept her and my
children, well and healthy with from two to
three bottles per year. There is no need TO
be sick at all if these bitters are used
j. j. BERK, Ex-Supervisor.
That poor invalid wife.
"Sister
Mother!
"Or~ daughter!
"Can be made the picture of healthi
"with a few bottles of Hop Bitters!
VIII you let them suffer-"
Eg None genuine without q bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, pois-
ono us stuff with "Hop"or"Hops' lin their name
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Youne Mon. Read rhis.

; The best hunting dogs are like the best
jokes-they are pointers Stockton Maze
1ick
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

DIR. SAGE's Catarrh Remedy cures whel
every other so-called remedy fails.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

THE law of the road-"Be sure you are
right, then go ahead.-Lotoeu Courier.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

The VoLrAIc BELT Co, of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated E~LECTRo-VoL
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 80 days, to men (young or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vital
ity and all kindred troubles. Also for rheu-
matism neuralgia, paralysis, and many 9th
or diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
Cured, as 80 days. trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
VELOCITY is defined as "what . man
puts a hot plate down with"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Many a Lady

is beautiful, all but her skin;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

ev None genuine without q bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, pois
one us stuff with "Hop"or1Hops' in their name
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

ignorant OF what was coming as Cnolr
horses were, drove up to the railroad as
near as they could get, only looking TO.
the best position to secure a view of the
train. As it approached, the horses
took fright and wheeled, upsetting bug
gies, carriages, and wagons, and leav-
ing for parts unknown to the passen-
gers, if not to their owners, and it is not
now positively known if some of them
have yet stopped"
Albany, in 1881, was the center of a
large amount of stage travel, and mere
capital was embarked in it than in any
other enterprise of the time. Lines of
stages diverged to every point of the
compass, and the streets of Albany were
thronged with vehicles arriving and de-
parting, sometimes in long professions,
at every hour of the day and night. We
are told that on completion of the rail-
road just described, many hundreds of
WORKOUT stage horses were turned out
to die.
In 1881 there were not-according to
Thurlow Weed-above half a dozen
houses in the pine forest which imme-
diately bordered the railroad between
Albany and Schenectady. There was
an incline at each of these cities down
which the locomotives could not pass;
but a stationary engine, operating a
strong rope and winding drum, drew
the trains up and let them down the
hills.
The names of the engineer and pas
sengers on this first train are as follows,
beginning at the locomotive David
Murray, engineer. First ar: Erastus
Corning, Mr.. Lansing, Ex-Governor
Yates, J. j. Boyd, Thurlow Weed, John
Miller, Mr.. Van Zandt, Billy Winnie,
(penny postman). Second ear John
Townsend, Major Meigs, .'Old Hays
| (high constable of New York;, Mr..
Dudley, Joseph Alexander (of the Com
mercial Bank), Lewis Benedict and J,
j.. Degraft.-Al6amy IN. ~ argus.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

A haggard stranger, wan and old,
With eySs of deep and dark despair,
And silver frosts upon his hair,
Stood by q graves fresh opened mold,
And no one knew when he came there.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

s'Well,' said father, you may try 1t,
anyway. Pll let you take q hundred dol
lars with you, but you ought to get Q good
horse for a little less than that. And now,
Tom, don't let your business be known till
you are well across the river; and then
look out for sharpers, and don't get some
worn-out old plug showed on to you at q
big price,
IAN that afternoon and evening father
kept up such a running fire Of suggestions
went to bed resolving that when I returned
l would show the old gentleman such a
bargain in horse1esh as would convince
him that I knew a thing or two myself.
''The next morning / was tp and away
as soon as I could see to travel. After a
the night at a house five miles west of the
river. The second day, about nine o'clock,
I struck the river at Brownsville, where I
hired a man to row me across in a skiff.
The Father of Waters at this point looked
more like q forest than ariver, which effect
was produced by the many l~ow-lying,
swampy islands, covered with a dense
growth of timber.
Gin those days, too, there were some
pretty tough places and a good many hard
customers along the river, and these islands
afforded a safe and conveH.en hiding place
the common resort and Known rendezvous
of all the thieves and desperadoes in the
country.
'That was why father had warned me
not to make my business known until I was
safe across the river. And you may be
soon as I landed, not even stopping for
dinner, although it was past noon. l made
fifteen miles that afternoon, n stayed
over night with a farmer named Cheat
ham.
"When I started on the next morning, !
began to make inquiries for horses, but
there seemed to be few for sale. However,
about noon that day 1 CHANGED to come
across q young fellow on horseback, who
was talking with a man at the roadside.
From the few words I overheard as I came
| up, I inferred that he was trying to dispose
| of his horse. And SO he was, for he imme-
diately turned to me n asked if I didn't
want to buy a good horse; and without
giving me time to answer, went on to tell
| his story.
HE said his home was in st. Louis, but
he had been at work that summer for q
farmer who lived twenty miles further east.
He had heard that morning that his mother
was lying at the point of death, and that he
again in this world. Accordingly he was
Fastening to the river to catch the first
down steamer. But he had no ready money
he had taken the horse in payment for his
summers work, because the farmer could
not raise the money on so short notice, and
reached the river. He would sell him fol
half his value; fifty dollars would buy
him, he said.
"Well, I looked the horse over; I exam.
ined him closely, and for aught I could see
he was perfectly sound and all right il
every way. Here is my chance J
thought, so make a bargain that will cause
the old gentleman to open his eyes, So
told the fellow I would give him just forty
dollars for the horse, n not a cent more
and he took me up quicker'n you could say
sscaty But I didn'tt think much abou thal
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-13
A Remarkable Woman.

A remarkable woman died recently at
B%enares, in India. She was Anna,
widow of General James Kennedy, Of
the Bengal Cavalry. Her life set at
defiance all orthodox medical theories,
for though 96 years of age, she never
left the plains in India, going to the
hills for her health only on one occasion.
She lived to see no less than 176 lineal
descendants, Of whom 1913 survive
her. She was married at the age of Is,
and had Is children, 80 grandchild-
rem, rs great-grandchildren and 8
great-great- grandchildren. Besides mill
itary officers Of inferior rank, her
father, husband, two sons, and n SON.
in-law and four grandsons we're generals
in the army. She lost her husband ut
the age Of So, after 55 years Of married.
life. For nearly half a century Mrs.
Kennedy had been the centre of society
at Benares, where she accomplished the
difficult task of being equally popular
with Europeans and natives; and SO
great vas her activity OF mind and body
to the very last, that whenever the
MaharaJah of Benares called upon her
she never failed, though 80 years bis
senior, to offer him the use of ner arm
when he left. She retained her yigor-
GUS intellect unimpaired until the last.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-13
The Could QUO warranto sni,..

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 1.-Gov. John G.
Brown, general solicitor of the Gould rail-
road system, in an interview says that the
quo w%arranto suits instituted in the Missouri
supreme court against Jay Gould and asso-
ciates for violation of a constitutional pro-
vision prohibiting common control Of paral-
lei railroad lines, We're inspired by President
Plant. OF the Southern Express company,
to compel Gould to admit that ompan to
express privileges over the southwestern
Gould system at Plants own terms. The
Southern Express some time since was put
off the Iron Mountain road, and Plant at
once commenced suit which he won. This
and two other suits are now pending on APP
peal to the United States supreme court
The Gould counsel refused to agree to
a continuance, whereupon the quo war
ranto proceedings We're begun, to force
q compromise. Speaking for Gould, Gov.
Brown says that there will be no compromise
made, but If the federal court decides that
the Southwestern system must admit Plants
company, the Pacific express will ut once
invade all the territory of the Plant COM
pany. He denies hat there is any parallel
ism between the Missouri Pacific, Missouri.
Kansas & Texas and Iron Mountain, and de-
clares that there can be no violation of the
constitution as long as the maximum rates
of transportation fixed by law are observed.
Hence the quo wnrranto suits cannot stand
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-13
WESTERN CATTLE FOR ENGLAND.
Projects of Mr.. Frewen for Shipping
Live Stock Across the Ocean, to BE Fat
tened and Killed There,

AAsN H
CHICAGO. Special Telegram, March 1.-Mortor
Frewen, at the head of the largest English cat
tie syndicate in the West, controlling an i'm.
mense territory in Montana, was seen by a re.
porter at the Leland hotel last evening. The
gentlemans scheme has been to ship Montana
live stock by rail, lake and ocean to England
and then fatten for this market. His first idea
was to send them by the Canadian Pacific rail.
way through Canada, but the dominion author
tiles strenq1ously objected. Ills next and
present nn,, plan Is to ship by rail
To the pn iaaen a endn'' fro so b sha by through qsi1
and steamer via New York. Both OF these were,
however, dependent upon the procurement Of
the development of the Animal contayton act"
now IN force in England, and to the abrogation
OF which he has been giving his time and atten-
ton for months past. Mr.. Frewen las
the privy council and anticipates that whenever
a political change is made and England settles
down to a season of comparative quiet, action
will then be taken and the repeal of the bill
secured. In the meantime Mr. tSremen is busy
with another project that he is CARRYING on
successfully. Fattenine cattle, In his opinion, is
largely a question of artificial warmth, a combi-
theory he has established large stables at Su-
perior City, selecting this point because lumber
could be procured at a nominal price
anywhere in the country. 70 this
place he ships the 1ou1-year olds
dition for the Eastern market. And right here
Chicago is given the 20 by. Mr.. Frewen says
that the stock yards and market here are largely
controlled by corporations, which set
their own price, and any other out
This is secured by way of the lake
to Buffalo, the latter being made a distributing
point il necessary. Cattle can be shipped from
Duluth by the lake route at the rate of S.. SO
per head, or about two-thirds less than by
way of Chicago, also avoiding the shrinking
and bruising inevitable to q long journey
by rail. He is investing a large amount
of money in this scheme, and looks forward TO
success. II it comes, his example will be fol-
lowed, and the Northern cattle trade will give
Chicago the go by. Mr.. Frewen Is on his way to
England. leaving on the next Cunard steamer.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-13
Nellie Horan,s l,cf.nse.

MILWAUKEE, Special Telegram, March L.
From a Whitewater gentleman who is in
terested in the case of Nellie Koran. the girl
accused of poisoning her sister and other
members of her family, and whose trial at
Elkhorn las begun, the PIoNEEB PRESS cor
respondent learned to-day the line of defense
which Miss Horan's lawyers will follow. The
first point they will present is that there did
not exist any motive for the alleged poison
ing; secondly, they will charge the chemist
who examined the dead sisters with incom-
potency. and attempt to prove by the testi-
mony of other experts that the proofs given
by the hemist for the existence OF poison
are no proofs at all; thirdly, that the work
of em%ballning dead bodies by the injection
OF certain chemicals leave effects upon the
viscera OF human bodies similar to those left
by the use of the strychnine; and. lastly,
that the packageso poison purchased from
the drug store by Miss Koran before her sis
ters' death. was delivered into the hands Of
the sheriff without having been opened.
ELKHoRN, March LIN the Koran case the
jury has not been completed. It is thought
the work of selecting one will be finished SO
that the trial will begin on Tuesday at the
latest
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-13
New Years Day il Iud;a.

Centuries ago our ancestors emigraks;
ed from India to Europe, bringing WITH
them certain legends and customs.
The traveller sees and hears them to.
day in Indian villages. New Years
Day is observed by Europeans and
Americans by making merry and set
\ u,,g accounts. The custom is the Sur
vi val OF an ancient Indian practice.
All over India the first day Of the. year
is bo sh a holiday and q settllnp-day.
Merck ants feast their customers, close
old aca cunts, and open new books.
DAY Of New Books is one of the
names by which the festival is called.
A correspondent of the Christian Union
thus describes the custom:
1t is thought proper that old ac-
counts should be closed, or at least
balanced, and new ones begun by GUS
toners with their traders on the first
day of the year.
All the stores and offices are fanci-
fully or ~gorgeously decorated with
flowers, canopies and hangings. The
books, pens and inkbottles are new and
fresh.
The weights, scales and other appu--
tenances of ~shopkeeplng are polished
and frightened. And every article is
~consecreated with suitable ceremonies.
In the evening the places are illumi-
mated, and all regular and known Gus
toners have been invited to enjoy feast
ing and music st the tradesmen's ex-
pense.
There is one thing, however, which
not unfrequently interferes with the ex-
pected merriment of. many an invited
customer. Each guest is expected to
pay off ut least a part Of his debt.
The head clerk or the master himself,
sits ct n end of the room on q cush-
ion, with q w~rifing-desk and account
books before him, making entries. of all
payments.
It is regarded suspicious that every
guest should put down ct least one sill
yer piece which would be credited to
his account.
Customers who have already settled
their accounts, therefore, deposit mon
ey in advance, while some Of those UNI
able to make fitting entries on the day
choose to forgo the music and sweets.
However with the failure Of some and the
liberality Of others, the book generally
begins the year we'll.
Every day, on opening the book,
small sum is credited to the service 81
some particular deity, and at the emo II
the year the total amount is collected
and faithfully applied to the promised
Offering.