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ALLEGED BITS OF WIT.
A dentists sign: Drawing, music and
dancing


A dentists sign: Drawing, music and
dancing.
Now, then, hosray for fine weather!-Bos-
ton Post. Or "All hail!" as the case may be.
philadelphia Bulletin.
Philadelphia Press: at begins to look as
if the American hog would be more than
match for the British lion."
"The spring will be backward" predicted
Vennor, as he was about to apply red hot
poker to the cats nose.-Gl0be.
Some men choose to have wife,
Some men choose to lack her,
Some men choose quiet life,
Some men chews terbaccer.
j. G. Sure.
We know man so cross'eyed that he put
his hand into another mans pocket and alb
stracted therefrom watch. He wanted to
learn the time. The Judge told him it would
three years.
An old couple from Hohokus were walk
ing down Broadway the other day reading
signs, when they ran across one, which the
old man read: "Johnson's Shirt Store"
"Well, declare !" said the old lady, 81 Won
der who tore it."
I've had enough of kisses, I've got enough
of love! oh, give me back my old slouch hat!
my comfortable glove, take off this coat
that fits so tight oh let me muss my hair
there's balm in Gilead yet hope, "God
bless the happy pair.--Philddelphid Sun.
In the year 1880 America issued seventy
patents to women. And not one of these
was an indicator to be attached to bed pos
to show If there is a man under the bed
And vet think how much getting down OF
hands and knees such thing would save
women.-Boston Post.
He drew his breath with a gasping sob
with quavering voice he sang, but his voice
leaked out and could not drown the accom-
panist's clamorous bang. He lost his pitcl
on the middle A, he faltered on lowerD, ant
foundered at length like a battered wrecl
adrift on the wild high C.-B,rlingtOn Hd,oI
Eye.
An Irishman, fresh from the old country
saw turtle for the first time, and at ono
made up his mind to capture it. The turtl
caught him by the finger, and he, holding
out at arms length said: "Faith, and y
had better let loose the holt ye have, or II
kick ye out of the very box ye sit in, be ia
bers p
An ungentlemanly boarder, Fogg, had ha
one small helping of the steak, and Mr.
/ Jones asked why he did not take a secon
iustallment. "I waiting to have it tendere
ma'am, said Fogg. Mrs. Jones smiled swee
: ", but her'face was crimson. As soon {
l breakfast was over and the boarders wei
aone, Mrs. ]. was seen pouring over the di
tionary for the different meanings of the vel
4 s'to tender" ."-Boston Transcript.
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CORN FOR FUEL.
The TerribI. Straits of Snow w-Bound Communal
ties In the Northwest.

A gentleman who left Sioux City. Ia, re-
Gently, reports that two-thirds of the people
in Sioux City are burning corn at 30 cents
per bushel while the railroads are blockaded
to Yankton, Sioux Falls, St. Paul and Chi
cago direct. A party who had just arrived
from Sioux Fails on the first train down In
four weeks (the track being now blockaded
again) brought tidings or an even more
desperate state of affairs. The people had
burned everything from the lumber yards
and. that source of fuel being exhausted,
they were tearing down and consuming
sheds and barns. Further up, and especially
on the prairies, the suffering was terrible.
The hay gathered for stock was all used up
for fuel and much stock had been killed to
keep 1t from freezing and starving. Railroad
ties were torn up and even telegraph poles
were cut down in places, and families were
clubbing together to spare house or Two
for fuel in a neighborhood after their coal
and wood had been burned up and all their
available furniture was gone.
A train that started out with shovelers
from Pierre had to be abandoned and the
men walked few miles distant east to HUI
ron to escape being showed in.
Just to give you an idea Of the drifts that
are blockading the roads will give you on
illustration The carrier who brought the
( mail through from Sleepy Eye to Huron,ma
king the trip on snow-shoes, measured one
drift. Il was 500 feet long and averaged Al
feet in depth. At Pierre there Is plenty Of
food and fuel to last until the sun raises thu
blockade, but from Huron to Sleepy Eye,
distance of $50 miles, there is famine botl
Of fuel and food, and the suffering and los
70 the unfortunate settlers who have takeI
nm homesteads will be simply awful. Their
q no way to reach them with aid and HEAVIER
only knows what the result will be. Man.
Of the people located between these point
moved in last fall, built q small house an
did not lay In winters supply OF provis
ions. thinking they could get all the sup
niles they needed by going to the railroad
Every thing that will burn is made use OF 0
these wretched people to keep from freezin
-clothing not absolutely necessary, iumoe
wards. railroad ties, joists and partitions
houses, hay and grain-everything that wi
burn Is siezed upon by these wretched peopi
The mail carrier before spoken OF said TN
ON his trip he heard Of eight persons froze
n death. and In his opinion there must
|, m.nv more that have already perished. II
, ;mnessitle to form any idea Of the numb
: that must perish Of starvation and cold
> ,na hiockade continues much longer.
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journalism IN Nevada.

Sam DAVIS, in the Carson Appeal, gives an
excellent specimen or country newspaper
business management. The editor sees in
rival paper political announcement, which,
after careful search, he fails to find In his
own sheet. Thereupon he seats himself and
writes
"a NICE PILL.-Bill Virgins is out with
an announcement that he is candidate for
sheriff. Who is Virgins? A hundred per-
sons have asked us this question in the past
few days and we have taken pains to look up
his record. Virgins is man who has bum
med m this community for the past ten
years, seeking Office and finding none. He
has bucked like an old mule, stif-legged, at
every ticket he has not been on and tried to
break every combination that was not made
in his interest. He is a political parasite
that the voters of the town should put their
foot on for the last time. He needs final
quietus and the next"
Just then Mr.. Virgins entered and laid
down $5 for his announcement, explaining
that he had intended to bring it in earlier,
but it had slipped his mind. He was scarce
ly around the corner before the editor had
thrown his article in the waste basket and
written as follows:
REPRESENTATIVE MAN.-We are glad
to announce the fact that Col. VIM. Virgins
we'll and favorably known in these parts, has
announced himaelf as a candidate for Sher
iff Mr.. Virgins has always been consist
ent man and never identified withthe bolter:
and soreheads who have made themselves sc
odious in the county the past few years. HI
has stood by the party in the darkest hour o.
its history. Mr.. Virgins name will be I
tower of strength for the ticket and viii
lead us to a glorious victory. His nam'
heading the county ticket makes it folly fol
the opposition to nominate a man to rur
| against him.
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A MERCHANT KING.
Some Early Exploits in the Life of the Late A
T. Stewart.

l was talking yesterday, says correspond
ent of the Atlanta Constitution, with gen.
tleman who had been an intimate friend Of
A. T. Stewart, the greatest merchant, per-
haps, that this country ever had, and he shed
new light on his history.
Contrary to general belief, Stewart started
with a considerable fortune and did not
work his way from the ground. He came
to this country as young man, sent on
pleasure trip by his father. lie was a close
observer and lesurely traveller and went
home thoroughly posted as to this country.
Having to return to America very soon, he
recalled the fact that there was a great mar
gin of profit in the price of laces between
the old country and this. lie therefore in
vested $25,O 900, his patrimonY, in laces and
brought them over on his second trip. This
speculation turned out so well that he had
another lot sent over, and opened shop
from which he might dispose of them. This
was the beginning of his mercantile bust
ness.
Stewart was man of confirmed supersti-
tions. He would never eat at a table at
which thirteen people were seated, and on
one occasion when a guest had declined
coming to his usual Sunday dining and af-
forwards came when his place had been fill
ed, he declined to receive him, as he made
the number thirteen. He finally determined
to overcome the superstition and dined at a
table at which thirteen were seated. He
died few weeks afterward, but | doubt
very much if that was what killed him. He
never wanted his photograph taken, saying
"People who buy goods from me think
am noble-looking man, with flowing hail
and long beard. They would lose faith In
my prestige if they became familiar with my
Insignificant face"
He was shopkeeper all his life and the
shopkeeping instinct never left him. Hi
once dropped into Tiffany's and saw frienc
examining some pearls lat he was thinking
of buying for his wife. Stewart caught hin
and hurried him out before he had time Il
close the trade. Once down stairs he 60
him into his coupe and insisted on bis 60
ing to the store with him. He hurried hin
up to the lace department, took out spe
cial pattern aud said:
"Now, that's what you want to buy 70
your wife!" and sold it to him.
AT this very time Stewart was worth mil
lions, and would have given the friend h
bad cajoled into buying twenty times tn
price of the lace, but the selling instinct wa
stronger in him than anything else. learr
, ed from my Informant that Stewart's bod
had never been recovered. Judge Hilto
, could have had it almost any time providin
he would have paid the required ranso n
He refused to do this, however, on tn
ground that if he did the business of grave
robbing, having become profitable, woul
q have become popular among thieves.
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-General T. L. Rosser, the new CHIEF en-
.,c.ar ~ the Canadian Pacific, hrs cstaoiish'
"a he.dousrters at Winnipeg.
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-10-13

vorfrom the public than the system BY
incandescence on account OF the crudity
OF It its glare and the fatiguing effect
1t produces on the eyes, but an ingenious
way has been discovered for doing away
with this objection, and at thesame
time for giving more power than the
Edison Swan lamp would give. The
system is the invention Of Douce & Co.,
very appropriate name, for the softness
OF the light is all that could be desired.
The light is produced by any arc system
in elegant vases suspended from the cell
ing at height of about eight feet above
the floor, and out of which beautiful
plants are growing, made doubly luxu-
rant by the powerful fertilizing proper
ties of the light. The light being thus
concealed in the midst of the vase does
not reach the eye directly, but is reflect
ed to a white, tightly-stretched circular
sheet in the ceiling, from which it difus-
es mild and yet powerful light through
the whole room. There is slight loss of
power by this method, but this is amply
for by the softness and
equal distribution of the light.
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The Wonders and Beauties Of the EIee-
trical Lamp Exhibition in Paris,


R0ris Correspondents Lonpon Nescs.-
The other night passed three hours al
the Palais de I Industrie. My visual
nerves were no more tired than IL had
been staying on a fine summer day un.
der the shade of lime trees. Two great
Jets Of light diverge from the round
windows above the great door of the Ex.
hibition towards the arch Of Triumph
and the Place de la Concorde. The tree
tops on which some of the rays fall, look
as If silyered over. The obelisk of Lux
or might be apile Of snow, to Judge from
Its whiteness. 1t is five hundred meters
from the lamp projecting the mass of
light, which appears like the tail of a
comet, and is SO strong that standing in
the Place de la Concorde, any one learn
ed in Egyptian hieroglyphics could de-
cipher those on the o5elisk. N. Godell's
electoral addresses at the corner of the
Rue de Boetie formerly Rue de Fora.
toire) can be read also. Siemens lights
are used in the grand vestibule. They
are set off by the artistic beauty of the
lusters, and they very rarely oscillate or
go out. Jamin's lights blink good
deal, and Jablochkoff's little. Blinking
is more or less the defect of all the arc
lights. Intellectually one may not be
aware of this defect, but the weariness of
the eye soon tells of it. Siemens, think,
is the most successful manufacturer of
lamps made according to the arc system.
Werderman comes close on his heels;
indeed, he treads upon them. The nave
is as bright as can be at the nocturnal ex-
hibition. Anything more exquisitely
beautiful than the general view it is
impossible to conceive. A lighthouse
with revolving lamp stands in the mid
die. 1t has revolving lamp with red,
blue, green, purple and orange glasses.
The patches of colored light which it
projects on the cornice of the nave seem
to march professionally round it. There
Is calmness of general effect, mild
ness as Of moonbeams, light as search
ing as comes from the sun at noon, and a
coolness of tint as well as of atmosphere.
None of the hues in old Gobelins tapes
tries are lost or dimmed. Pictures of
which there are all that were purchased
by the last Salon, have been left, in Or
der to test the value of the different sys-
TENS of eclectric lightning. Flowers ap-
pear to be in sympathy with Queen Elec-
tricity. The tall palms and tropical
ferns look to peculiar advantage when
she is holding her court at the Palais de
FIcdustrie at night. There is a green
house of black glass into which no solar
ray penetrates. Electricity stimulates
the vitality of plants there and brings
them to bloom and bear flowers. They
are in thoroughly healthy condition,
aud do not appear as if they ever want
ed to go to sleep at night. All the twen-
ty-four hours they are exposed to the
ryys of strong electrical lamps. 1t would
appear that to some extent the chemical
action of this light will enable garden
ers to dispense with manure.
The arc light generally meets with less
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There are now 10000 Protestant
Christians in Mexico. The Presbyte-
rian Church began its work here in
1872, and now claims 1000 members.
The Methodisv Episcopal Church sent
missionaries in 1878, and has now 337
members in full connection and 37S on
probation. The Protestant Episcopal
Church $500 members. The first in
PRODUCTION Of the Bible into the
country was by the soldiers and chap
lains of the United States army in
lS47.
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Proof Everywhere.

If any invalid or sick person has the
least doubt of the power and efficacy of
Hop Bitters to cure them, they can find
cases exactly like their own in their own
neighborhood, with proof positive that
they can be easily and permanently cured
at trifing cost-or ask your druggist or
physician.
GREENWICH, Feb. II, 1880.
HOP BITTERS Co.-STs-I was given
up by the doctors to die of scrofula con.
sumption. Two bottles of your Bitters
cured me.
LEROY RPEWEP
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-10-13

l have never united myself to any
church because found difficulty in
giving my assent, without mental res.
ervation, to the long, complicated
statements of Christian doctrine which
characterize their articles of belief and
confessions of faith. When any church
will inscribe over its alters, as sole
qualification for membership, he con.
tinued, the Saviour's condensed state
ment of the substance of both law and
gospel, Thou, shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy mind, and
thy neighbor as thyself, that church
will l JOIN with all my heart, and all
my soul.
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5ssaL.
Sherif7s Sale.

Walker Stephenson, Administrator De bonis non o
heestAte james L. EObinson late Of Henry
County, Ohio, deceased.
John ~. Haag, John 7. Dayton and Martha J.
HAag.
Order of sAle-HenFy county Court Of Common
Pleas.
By virtue OF an order Of sale issucd from the aboyt
named court and to me d'-ected a. sheriff OF Henri
county, viii oner At public sale at the door Of the
court house, in Napoleon, Ohio, on
Saturday, October 20, 1881,
at the hour Of O'Clock p. m OF said day. the follow
ing described real estate situated in Henry county
Ohio, tO-Vlt:
The east half Of the north vest quarter OF section
number thirty-one, TOW four, north range seven,
east In Henry county, Ohio with tine appurtenances
Appraised at $40
Terms Of sale lash.
GEO. DAUM, sheriff.
w. Stephenson for Deft j. T. Dayton.
Napoleon, o., Sept. 2s, 1881. $40
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Sherif7s Sale.

William Kemmer, agent for Catharine scofeld,
vs..
William II. Stockman.
Vendi Execution, Henry County Court of Common
Pleas.
By virtue of q vendi execution, issued from the
above named court and to me directed as Sheriff of
Henry county, WI offer at public sale at the door
OF the Court House, in Napoleon, Ohio, ON
Saturday, October 20, 1881,
At lhe hour Of O'Clock p. m of said day, the fol-
lowing described real estate situated in Henry coun-
ty, Ohio, to-wit:
The north half of the north half of the southwest
quarter OF section four (4, town three 81, north
range six (6l east, in Henry county, Ohio.
Appraised at 81 ,0OO
Terms of sale cash
GEO. DAUM,
Sheriff Of Henry County, Ohio
man.
Napoleon, o., Sept 2S 1891 Ss IN
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF REAL
ESTATE,

pursuance of an order of the Probate Court OF
1Henry county, Ohio, will offer for sale at public
auction on the 2lst day of October, 1884, at O'Clock
p M, upon the premises the following described rea
estate, subject to the dover assigned theresn as
hereinafter described same being situate in Ha1r.
son township, Henry county, Ohio, and described as
foows All that part of the east half of the sout,
east quarter of section SIXTEEN town five north rar
seven, east, in Harrison township, said county, ly.
ing and being north of the south line of the right Of
way of the Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake &ichi-
gan railroad, and containing sixty-eight acres OF
land more or less. The same being subject to TIE
dover of Catharine Kryder, widow Of Michael Kry-
der, decd, which has been assigned in said premises
and is described as follows: Commencing at point
where the west line of said tract intersects the north
ery line of the aforesaid right of way, thence notth
on said west line of said tract distance of seveu-
tyseven rods thence east at right angles to said last
mentioned line, distance of forty i've rods thence
south at light angles to said last mentioned lire to
the northerly line OF said light Of way:
Thence northwestery along the line of said right
OF way to the place Of beginning containing twenty
three (23) acres more or less.
Appraised subject to said dover at, $4,000
Terms of sale: One third in hand one third in one
year, and one third in two years from day of sale.
The deferred payments to bear interest from day of
sale and to be secured by mortgage the premises
sold.
CALEB WHEELER.
Administrator with will annexed of Michael Kryder
deceased
By W. Stephenson his Atty.
Sept. 81, 1881.
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Sherifs Sale.
Heller, Hissong & Co.,

Heller, Hissong Co.,
Vs.
). M. Hague, Helen L. Hague his wife, and others.
Order of fsale-Henry County Court of Common Pleas.
By virtue of an order of sale issued from the
above named court and to me directed as Sheriff of
Henry county, and special Master Commissioner, I
VIII offer at Public Sale at the door of the Court
House, in Napoleon, 0hio on
Saturday, October 22d, 1881,
at the hourof2 O'Clock, P. M, of said day. the follow
ing described real estate situated in Henry county,
Ohio, to-wit:
The south half of the southwest quarter of section
number four, town three north range six, east Hen
ry county, Ohio.
Appraised at $780,
Terms of sale--cash.
GEO. DAUM, Sheriff.
Tyler & Donnelly, Attys for Admr. of S. Paulus
deceased.
Napoleon, O., Sent, 90. 1881
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The Louisville Commercial cites the
case OF Capt. Chas. N. Corri, of that city,
who was cured by ST. Jacobs Oil, after
suffering for years with rheumatism
York (Neb.) Republican.
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Probate Notice.

NOTICE 10 hereby given that John III. collars, guar
~ dian Of the minor heirs OF George Kitterer de-
ceased, has filed his final account for settlement,
which VIII be for hearing Oct. 15, 1881.
JAMES q. HALY,
Sep. 10, 1881 Probate Judge.
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Probate Notice.

NOTICE is hereby gwen that Susan s. J. Rowan
! guardian Of the minor heirs of John P. Rowan,
deceased, has filed his first partial account for set
6iement taU which will be for hearing October,
JAMES G. HALY,
sep. II, 1881. Probate Judge.