Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-01-26
Fits, Fits, Fits,
successfully treated by Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association. Address, with
stamp for pamphlet. Buffalo, N. Y.

The liverpool DAILY Post publishes
of n religious census-taker on Sunday
morning, Oct 16, in the various church,
es and chapels of that city: There are
318 places of worship in Liverpool. with
sitting accommodation for 1922. The
actual attendance on Sunday amounted
to 63,576, out of population of 552.-
900.
The lasts for pair of shoes for Fan
ME Mills, of Sandusky, O., are making
in Albany, N. Y. They are 1S inches
in length and u inches in width. The
size is 27t. The contract for making
the shoes has been taken by an Albany
firm, and without doubt the shoes will
be the largest ever made for human
being in the world.
Attention has recently been called to
singular illustration of the manner in
which historians sometimes become so
much interested in their subject as to
forget to mention important details. 1t
is said that the Rev. Mr.. Peet's book
on "The Ashtabula Disaster" nowhere
gives the date, day, month, nor year,
of the great catastrophe.
The late James H. Wakeman, of AL
bany, N. Y, owned a pet rattlesnake
with six young ones, and it had been
his habit to handle the dangerous play
things with the hope of tanning them.
While caressing one of the young
snakes, the mother retaliated by strik-
ing its fangs into Wakeman's right
hand, and death ensued in a few hours.
A Massachusetts, school teacher was
recently fined $25 and costs by dist.
riot Judge for inhumanly beating q
young boy, one of her pupils. The
Judge took occasion TO pronounce the
assault one of the most outrageous
cases Of cruelty to child which had
ever come under his observation. The
teacher appealed, and was held in $500
for trial in the next term of the superior
court.
The treasury department will not ac-
cept mutilated coin. Absolute and per.
sistent refusal of such coin by each in.
dividual will, therefore, force tthe loss
upon those who most deserve to bear il
viz, those who mutilate the coin fol
the purpose of gain. and those who
may be so unfortunate as to hold such
which has been muilated for the above
or any other reason.
The Detroit Free Press declares
without the shadow of authority, tha
"when Senator Logan heard that he
was grandfather he shed tears" Thi:
shows how these ''literary fellers'' car
liz without provocation. The fact is
when Gen. Logan was informed that hi
was grandfather, the first question HI
asked was, '.Is the papoose an Indial
or q squaw?" And he was a very happy
man in either event, and smiled al
over.
One of natures gem-cabinets ha
been discovered in Alexander county
Ill. Sinking a shaft a cavity was reach
ed where were found nine of the fines
emeralds ever discovered in the Unite,
States. The largest was eight and
half inches long, with an average diam
eter of one inch. Though these stone
were not in all respects satisfactory, i
is believed that deeper mining will re
veal emeral,ls of greater value.
''How many times captain" sait
Miss Gush at the breakfast table OF
board an ocean steamer, show man,
times have You been shipwreckedP'
"Three," said the captain, as he knock
ed his egg with spoon. "And yo1
were never drownedP" went on Mis-
Gush, who was deeply interested
"Never completely" replied the com
mander, while everybody laughed an
Miss Gush made haste to seek the seclu
sion her stateroom granted.
President Grevy is a man of nue.
simplicity and bonhomie. His goo,
sense and his kindness are proverbial
1t is notorious that he holds in horro
capital punishment. and looks as care
fully in the cases of wretches asking TO
pardon as if he were an advocate en-
gagged to urge in their behalf extenuat
ing circumstances. He was neve
known to turn his back on an oil
friend who had not succeeded in life
and as president he is accessible an
courteous. His determination that hi
daughter should have no snowy wed
ding, and that the money that ON
would cost should be sent to the re
Lief bureau, has been much applaude
in France.