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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-10-26
Literary Notices.

st. Nicholas for November begins the new volume
in splendid style with colored frontispiece, by r.
B. Birch, entitled 'sIndian Summer" This Is an
entirely new departure that win be heartily well
coined.
Another prominent feature is the first installment
of J. T. Trowbridge's new serial ''The Tinkham
Brothers Tide.mil /" which is live American story
about live american boys and girls; and 1t promises
to be the best story this popular author has yet writ
ten.
Then there is the beginning of another serial, by
auother favorite, Frank r. Stockton. He writes of
boy and girl life in the thirteenth century and while
the story is true to life, 1t is as fascinating his
charming fairy tales
But the November number is also the Thanksgiv-
ing number, and so Miss Sophie SWEET has contribu-
ted jolv story called "Al the Pumbs,'' which any
one with half an eye can see must have some mys-
terious connection with the Thanksgiving pudding
sold Mordecai's Cockerel' is another Thanksgiving
tale, and there is daintily Illustrated "Grace for
Child" from Herrick.
Miss Eva L. Ogden has writes, and Mr., Alfred
Brennan has illustrated, quaint and beautiful poem
covering eight pages entitled "The Quest founded
on Little Bo peeps sheel search for their long lost
tails.
The pranks snd doings of "Tadn Lincoln, the late
Presidents youngest son, who made things lively
very entertainingy treated by Noah Brooks who was
President Lincons private secretary.
sHThe False Sir Santa Claus q novel form of
Christmas entertainment, by the author Of "The
Land Of Nod :" is printed in this number, with music
and complete stagedirections, in ample time for it to
be effectively produced In holiday season.
But we must Stop here, not because there is moth
ing more In the number to write about but because
there is so much-s0 many beautiful pictures, 80
many clever poems and bright stories and sketches
that II people wish to know about them, they must
look for themselves. .,I 44I
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-10-26

As she first number Of o new volume, the Novem
Der Century gives promise of even increased excel
lence for the magazine during Its second year under
shows that the Century is ambitious ever for the
reputation Of American wood-engraving, as witness
the fronspiece portrait of Florence Nightingale and
the full-page portrait of Henry James jr,, both by
Cole; Elbridge Kingsley's beautiful fnllpage en-
craving, direct from nature, Of view In New Eng
land woods (accomPanying which is . description by
the engraver, of his manner Of working) the full
page reproduction, by Kruell, Of an ideal bronze
head which is one Of the costly arttreasures Of the
British Museum: Mary Hallock Foote'S refined and
charming Illustrations, engraved by Miss Powell and
by Cole; and the many other pictures by el.known
exponents OF new process Of art reproduction:
Other prominent features OF the number are Ed
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THE NORTH WEST.

To ADvEnTIsEas.-Au Advertisements must be
handedin by Wednesday morning 10 insure Insertion
the samev veek.
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Probate Notices.
Probate yotIee.

NOTICE h hereby given, that Elizabeth Smith, au
~ guardian Of Harvey A. smith, minor Of Jacob
Smiih, deceased, has nled q second account Of her
gnnrdisnship which will be for hearing and settle
d. MEEKISON,
Oct' le-SS. Probate Judge
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PROSPECTUS
OF THE
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u Il
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New Advertisements,

BenedictAr Herr-Ad. Sale.
4. Bernstein-Locals.
D. Meekison-Probate Notice.
F.W. Lindau-Adm'rs Notice.
W. A. Tressler-Executor's Notice.
J. ID. Norton-Local
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Town Council-0rdinance.
Gardner a Son-Local.
Jno. Lighthiser-Locals.
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A Varied Performance.

Many wonder how Parker's Ginger
Tonic can preform such varied cures,
thinking it essence of Ginger, when in
fact it is made from many valuable
medcines which act benefcially on every
diseased organ. limo
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-10-26
CHILLs AND FEVER,

Simmons Liver Regu-
lator soon breaks the
Chills and carries the
Fever out Of the system.
1t cures when all other
remedies fail.
Sick Headache.
For the relief and
cure Of this distressing
alhiction take Sim
mons Liver Regulator.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
CHAPTER II.

1t was even so; Edgar Arnton mis-
trusted himself despite the apparent
firmness Of his resolution. AS fate
would have it., week later he was
thrown into Kate GerrOw's company
even more constantly and intimately
than before. Mr.. GerrOW was taken
suddenly i'll. Edgar had to attend
him and to labor hard to ward off an
attack of probably fatal apopIeXy.
They were a lonely couple, the
wealthy, eccentric owner of Brixby
Lodge and the fair young girl who
was reputed his heiress. Kate was
AN only child and an orphan. Neither
she nor her uncle had any kinsfoIk
in the neighborhood. Cousins, Kate
believed she had somewhere in the
North; but there had been an es-
arrangement in the family, and these
she had never seen.
us it anything dangerous, Mr..
Arnton? My uncle will recover, will
he not?" Kate asked. as, after a
careful examination of his patient,
Edgar stood for moment or two in
the wide old-fashioned hall.
vi sincere! y trust so, Miss Gerrow,"
he replied; of course, | dare not dis
guise from you that there Is rick
grave risk that is inseparable from
such cases but / see not the least
reasons for despair. Pray do not
worry yourself unnecessarily"
my uncle is the only relative l
have living in the whole West of
England" she said. "You will not
conceal his real condition from me
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
A Great Product.

Practically, petroleum has become
the light of the world in the brOadest
sense, being found in the cabin of the
pioneer, in the subterranean haunt of
Of the miner and in the man
siOns of the refined and wealthy,
Even the barbariaEsa and haIf-civilized
races have adopted it because of its
excellent Illuminating qualities and
Its marvellous cheapneSs. American
petroleum lights the dwellings OF
JeruSalm, the rock temples of the
Upper Nile, the Indian bungalow and
the homes and temples Of China and
Japan.
Some idea Of is relative cheapness
when compared with the Old ilumi-
natOrS may be obtained when it is
stated that it can be bought at retail
of the ordinary grocer at from ten to
fifteen cents rgallon, whereas in the
old days sperm oil and camphene sold
at from seventy five cents to one dol
lar and fifty per gallon, This cheap
ness has driven out of the market
every other form of Illuminating
fluid, and it is of great importance to
the world that has become so accuS-
toned to its use that the supply shall
be maintained or something equally
cheap and available be found as a
substitute. Its annual production has
risen from few hundred barrels in
1853 to thirty millions in 1882. Yet
in all that time the demand has 50
near kept pace with the supply that
the immense surplus of upwards of
thirty million barrels now above
ground would not answer for two
years supply if the production were
cut off. 1t ranks third in value as an
article of export from the United
Jtates, breadstuffS and cotton alone
exceeding it. When we reflect that
wheat and cotton are the productions
of y vast eXpanse of our territory and
that petroleum is the product of half
dozen counties in one corner of our
own State the forty millions annually
which our petroleum exports repre-
sent simply seem astonishing.
How long can this immense supply
be kept up? This question is being
asked with good deal of earnestness
and anxiety by the thoughtful men
who have embarked their all in the
business. While it is quite possible
that petroleum is being constantly
generated, yet the process is 50 slow
as to be of no practical value in keep
ing up the supply. The history of
the petroleum developments teaches
that the rich fields are practically ex-
hausted in from one to five years after
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
A LOST KEY.

Edgar Arnton had made a highly
important discovery, ana one that
troubled him. He was a surgeon,
and one given to examining hearts.
For a full hour, in the gathering
summer twilight of the Park avenue,
he applied his sternest faculties to
the testing, in another sense, of his
own, The dicision to which, very
unWilIingly, he came was that his
dim suspicious of the past three
months We're well founded. He was
in love. The thrill which had gone
through him as he clasped Kate Ger
rows hand on leaving her uncle's
gate that very evening pointed in
that direction. The expansion of
soul and the eXhilaraliOn of mind
which he continually experienced in
her presence, the longing that often
seized him in his moments of profess
siOnal disgust and WEAKNESS to feast
his eyes, if only for an instant, on
Kate's bonny face, all drove home the
unWelcOme conviction.
In the course of his final turn along
the broad path between the Whisper
ing pGp;ars Edgar formed resolu-
tion. Entering BriXby he encounter
ell the very friend he had desired to
consult.
Mr.. Trent was solicitor, many
years the young medical mans SEN
ior, and his On!l rOniidant in all the
country side.
eff you are disengaged for ten min
utes or 50, Mr.. Trent" said Edgar,
Il should like to have talk with
you about Mr.. GerrOw's niece"
81 am perfectly at your service.
You are smitten by "A great apprecia-
tion of Miss Gerrow's charms. |
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CHI APTER III.
shyIy.

There was a sale at Brixby Lodge
and in due course one of the Ian.
cashire manufacturers sons, who had
Gently married, came down and was
installed as his fathers representa-
tive.
Edgar ArntOn had arranged that
Kate Gerrow should reside in Lon
don with his sisters, until such an
interval had passed as etiquette pre-
scribed. AT the sale he was large
purchaser, and poor as, by compari,
son, he had once styled himself, the
house he furnished was one of the best
in the village.
Wedding and honeymoon were
both over. Edgar had just come in
from his days round ofvisits, and was
standing with his wife at the widow,
gazing out at the fast-falling snow
flakes.
Suddenly there was crash behind
that caused both to look round. A
Persian kitten, gambOlipg mischiev-
ously on the top Of an escrtoire, had
Knocked down the plaster figure Of
an antique cupbearer. The fragile
article of vertu was broken into a
dozen fragments, amidst which a
tiny silver key revealed itself.
"That is where the key of uncle's
japanese cabinet went to them" said
Kate "the hand and arm of the inn
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age must have been hollow, and the
Key once put INTO the cup, slipped
through into the interior"
"Odd, certainly" answered Edgar;
"let us try if it is the one"
He went out, and from the next
room fetched a small, inlaid cabinet
OF exquisite workmanship. The kew
fitted at once.
II was sure it would. / knew it
again at first sight," said the lady.
ut is fortunate we waited and did
not trouble to force the box open ::
that would inevitably have spoiled
1t. don'tsuppose there is anything
in the casket, though"
"Oh, but there is !" CALCULATED Ed
gar, as at that instant he poised up
the delicate lid and caught sight of a
tight little roll Of paper.
Kate watched in silent surprise :;
Edgar slowly undid the bundle, a
shreWd suspicion of what he had
found flashing upon him, and maxi
ing his ordinary firm, white fingers
hot and bungling.
cit is your uncle's real will, his last
and legal will, should say, rather"
said Edgar, with gasp, found Just
where he might have been expected
to have placed it. and where searchers
might equally have expected to miss
it. Quite a wonder | bought the
cabinet !"
Ind then he read slowly, till the
full moment of the discovery had
been realized by both brains, how
land, and houses, and money snugly
invested in cOnsOlS, had been devised,
without reservation or qualification,
to Mr.. GerroW's beloved niece, Kate,
1.-The companion of his old age, and
the faithful guardian ofbis interests"
Husband and wife gave each other
a long, earnest look, which ended in
mutual smile and a caress.
"Despite all precautions you have
married an heiress, then, Edgar"
said Kate, merriIy; the pity of it is
it's quite too late in the day to disown
her now"
"As if l could possibly wish to ~
Mr.. Trent laughed likewise.
"All's well chat ends well )" he said.
He was speedily put in possession
OF the recovered document, acquaint-
ed Mr.. Mudbury with the circum-
stances and convinced the manufac-
turer how futile it would be to contest
his Cousins claim. In a very brief
space the Lancashire gentleman re-
turned in disgust to his own district.
BriXby Lodge became the residence
of the Arntons and their children.
Both husband and wife treasure the
once lost key above its weight in gold,
But for its oppOrtune disappearance
two lOying souls might have remain
ed apart. TIC it Kate says she owes
her husband and by it Edgar thinks
truly that he has both kept his vow
lin the SPIRIT, and won wife with a
fortune.
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have seen it coming a long time"

have seen it coming long tlme,"
Edgar smiled little sardonically
in the dimness.
"It's a lawyers business to be far
sighted" he said. 81 have found 1t
out now-the fact of which you
speak-and am afraid only just in
time"
A harshness was in his tone which
surprised the listener.
II do not understand" said Mr.
Trent.
"Why, mean that, had the dis
ease gone further, might have been
unable to overcome it, as l mean to
do now"
"YOu astoniSh me more and more.
Miss Gerrow is beautiful, of good
birth, and well educated, She is an
heiress into the bargain; and, if she
cares for you, and her uncle consents,
what possible obstacle can inter.
Vene?"
"You have said," returned Edgar,
moodily, "she is an heiress."
The lawyer bit his lips to keep
from loud explosion Of misplaced
merriment.
"The very thing that whether she
were pretty or plain, would make
her quite an attraction TO most sui
! tors"
81 am aware of it. But | am not
like the majority. | am poor, my
prospects are barren enough; all the
world would say 1 was fortune-hunt-
ing-marrying for money if it came
to a marriage. She might learn to
think so. too, and that | could not
bear. l haye seen plenty of this al.
ready-in my own family"
The concentrated pathos of the last
sentence, and the voluntary sigh
which concluded it. touched the So
licitOr. His meditated words of
bantering remoustrance were not ut.
tered.
"What shall you do then ?" he
asked.
"Shun the danger, fight the tempta-
ton, work harder. | cannot run
away as in other circumstances l
might be tempted to do; my living
lies in BriXby. But you can help me
considerably in the struggle, if you
will"
81! How ?"
"When you see me running any
risk of tete-a tete with Miss Ger
row and you can possibly interfere,
do So"
"And make you hate me for it. 1
will not promise"
81 shall not hate yOu-I shall be
very grateful. / must meet her fire.
quentIy, at the houses of mutual
friends. You will often be able to
make me your debtor in the way
say"
The route the pair had taken
brought them at this point within
the Gordon Of habitations again.
With a few more words of less
special interest they parted for the
night, AS Edgar's tall, athletic fig
ure disappeared among the mingling
shadows of tree and cottage, the
lawyer turned and gazed for a mo-
ment.
"POor fellow! there has been mis-
cry in his lot in earlier years,
KNOW" he muttered to himself;
land he is by no means sure of his
own power to withstand in this mat
ter, or he would not appeal to any
friend"
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AMY time, L beg, Mr.. Arnton," she
slihjoined.
No, Miss Gerrow, 1 will be quite
Ifank, although it is medical privi-
ifge to be discreet, you know. But
you Will need a trained nurse; the
work will be too delicate for ordinary
servants, and too wearying by far for
yon. May SEND you one from the
holstead Infirmary ?"
If you think that that will be the
pest course to take. But shall GER
tainly wait upon uncle principally
myself"
And so Kate did. And day by day
10 his visits Edgar Arnton met her,
ana fell more deeply in love. Not
that he abandoned in any degree his
determination to refrain from becom-
llag Kate's suitor. That resolve was
Ehrma as ever. He simply elected to
with the tide.
The patient gradually recovered,
and bore grateful testimony to Ed
gai's professional skill.
The mend was not for long, though;
massage in the dead of night some
feWEeeks after took Edgar hurriedly
ava, to Brixby Lodge, to find that
another seizure had proved fatal.
kae's grief was intense. Edgar
must lave appeared cold and distant
in the lark days before her uncle's
funeral, for he now felt himself COM
pelleG tt keep down his sympathy
with an iron hand and to breathe
condolenG in the most conventional
OF phrases But for so doing he felt
morally sure that his VOW OF personal
silence would have been irretrieyably
broken.
But in tie course of time an odd
rumor reaced him. The old mans
will had ben read, and Kate was not
an heiress ;fter all. With chaos of
neutrality-suspicious. within his breast,
Edgar callel on Mr.. Trent and learn
ed the truth.
"The document is dated ten years
back, beforeMiss Gerrow came to live
with her uncle" said the solicitor:
there is nodoubt as to its genuine
ness. Every one thought he had
made later One-I did myself-but
none can be found beside this. Isup-
pose he put the business off, as so
many people do, until it was too late.
The property all goes to a wealthy
Lancashire manufacturer"
How does Kate-Miss Gerrow-
take ?'
1As quietly as you may guess.
Some girls would have been almost
killed by the disappointment, but not
she. You had better go up and see
her she is not an heiresS now. In
deed, she'll have barely sufficient to
live upon, unless this cousin does
something for her."
Edgar took the advice and went up
to the desolate great house the same
afternoon. Some commonplaces pass
ed, and then that old, old story burst
forth which somehow always seems to
me far too sacred to be written in
detail. Edgar made full confession,
and not in vain
"The saddest experiences of my
youth" he said, "came through a
marriage for money, and through
misplaced confidence. Very early [
vowed that that mistake should in no
shape ever be mine, that nobody
should ever throw fortune-hunting
ofthat kind in my teeth. And YETI
with a smile Of infinite content
| am not certain, Kate, after all,
whether love would not have beaten
me in the end"
81 hope So" the maiden answered,
shyIy.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-10-31

Mr.. James Logan, detective from
Philadelphia, is in St. Louis working
up the Charley Ross case, and has
been interviewed by the Globe Dem
ocrat. He SAID:
II am confident that | am on the
verge Of success.
"What, You don't mean to say that
you are about to restore Charley Ross
to his home and parents?"
"That is exactly what | mean. !
am as confident as | am that you and
| are standing here that before the
time for Charlie Ross next birthday
comes around he will be resto-
red to his parents, if he does not die
meanwhile Charley Ross is situated
50. near Philadelphia that on "a hours
notice | can return him to his home.
The chain OF evidence is not yet So
complete as to convince a jury of his
identity, but | am sue that if any jury
could have seen the persons and things
that have seen, they would be con-
vinced. Material facts are being ad-
ded from time to time, and in few
months l shall bring forward the gen-
uine Charley Ross, backed by evidence
which cannot be questioned"
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Stamped envelopes when spoilee
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can be exchanged for postage stamps
of the same denomination at the near
est Postotfice.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-10-31

"Parson," said man, approaching
an Arkansaw minister, II reckon you'd
better take my name off your church
books and let me 60"
"Why sop asked the preacher. You
have always been a consistent church
member"
"Wall, you see l stole mule, and
thought it wouldn't be healthy TOR
the church for me to belong to it."
when did you steal the mule?'
About six months ago"
Why, since that time you have as
sisted in several rcvivals. When were
you seized with remorse?"
To-day"
Was there cause, that influenced
yon to make an acknowledgement"
Yes, something Of a cause"
What was it?"
They proved that I stole the mule
90 l have concluded to quit the church
II they hadn't proved II, l would have
remained longer"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-10-31

A SHARP JoKE-You know those
little spindles made of an upright wire
about eight inches long, sharp at one
end and set in base Of iron. People
Lave them on desks to put letters and
papers on, and the other day a gentle
man who left silk hat Oh chair ID
an Office chauced to see one OF these
spindles on desk and put ii under
his hat, and the fellow who thought it
would be good joke to stroll in and
apparently by accident, sit down upon
that hat aud smash it, came to the
conclusion that he had exercised fear
ful lad Judgment Boston Post.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-10-31


A STlILED PENDULUM There is Gu
'ous circumstance connected with the
uea'h OF James Duffy, which is vouch-
ed Tor by Hon. William Woodburn and
one OF the watchers sent by the Odd
He"ows TO sit up with the sick man.
NJ I'VE minutes to / the two gentle
men lett the sick room and went into
'ne parlor. The doctors said that the
patent was not likely to live until IL
oc'ock. As the pointer neared the
nonr the two watchers had tier eyes
"Aeu on the clock, and just as they
expected it to strike, the pendulum be-
gan to weaken and suddenly stopped
'e one minute of IL. At that moment
Duny breathed his last. Tho clock
was large eight day clock Of superb
Ut workmanship, and had been several
years IN the house and never out OF
0toer'-L Carson Appeal.