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What They Eat.

The Superintendent of the kitchen
at the Penitentisry has handed to the
Warden, for presentation to the Board
OF Directors, at their regular monthly
meeting, Tuesday. his report for the
month OF July. There probably will
be a good many people interested in
learning jnst how much the thirteen
hundred criminals of the State of
Ohio can eat in tnirty-one long sum-
mer days and our convict reporter
therefore presents the figures and
facts, having been permitted TO see the
tabular statement above referred to in
advance of its submittal to the Board.
That the diet upon which the debarred
portion OF our population is fed is
wholesome in quantity and ample in
quantity is attested by the excellent
health of the men, which has been be-
fore remarked in these columns. The
hospital is comparatively empty; and
the convicts, for this sickly time of
the year, are unusually robust and
healthy.
The following totals are taken from
the report:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
COld-Storage Butter.

Last spring some leading dealers in
butter in New York and Boston sent
agents through the West and bought
up all butter obtainable at an average
price of II cents, and place 1t in cold
storage in Chicago to the amour; OF
100000 pounds, 1t is said, in the be-
lief that the product would 60 up this
month, but owing 10 plenty of rain and
continued good grazing the cows
have continued giving plenty of good,
rich milk, and thus far in July there
has been a large production OF butter
equal in quality to June butter, with
the result that it is for sale in the Chi
cago market at 10 and 20 cents. The
cold stored butter has in the meantime
been declining in valne and, it is said,
will have to be sold at 10 to IL cents.
The estimated aggregate loss on the
deal will be between 1000 and
$l,O0o,OOO s...f
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16

of great railroad operator, whose
agent and stool pigeon appears 70
Mexico to represent the favor OF the
administration; whereby the United
States. in appearance, is made partner
in scheme TO fleece either Mexico or
con6ding buyers Of railroad bonds and
shares, or both. ......
The report now comes that Germany
has made q commercial treaty with
Mexico. with an offensive and defen-
sive stipulation, which is a direct me
mace to the United States minister
with insolence. ag,
BY all this, which is nearly all upon
republican charges, it appears that the
kind of president that the respondents
to the Chicago News wanted was a fat
boy who would have a good time, and
look out for number one; king log,
who would not disturb any corruption
that was going on, and who would re
duce this great republic to nonentity
before all the nations of the world.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16

There's young couple in Marion
who love one another passionately, yet
growl every morning and evening
about "who shall do the milking. "
They have cow-can't do without
cream-yet neither of them likes to
milk. He says, "mother always did
the strippin' to hum" and she says,
chang your mother; I'll let you know
John Wesley that I amt your slave. "
Then they threaten sundry scratches
and black eyes, but go. out to milk all
the same. When they step into the
back yard, the neighbor across the
way exclaims: "There goes the two
doves; did you ever see such happy
couple-and what a devoted man Is
John Wesley-so much like the old
saint whose name he bears Just look
at them throwing kisses at each other
across old brindle.' John Wesley
and his darling hang upon and cast
loving glances at each other until they
get into the house, when regular
fight takes place again over the milk
question; then both simmer down and
play game of euchre to see who'll
build fires In the morning. Such is
life, and yet who will say it is not
happiness. A continual shower OF
kisses and loving glances become mo-
notonous, and the little spats we have
are the spices which make living in
teresting. a e.,a~'
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16

The pepper pods, it may be ex.
planned, are used at the recommends
tion OF DR.. N. Gay in making q
saace, which, the Doctor says, is pre-
ventive of scurVy.
The greatest cost for provision for
any one day was on the Fourth, when
some extras were set on, and num-
ber of invited guests fed, including
the Board of Directors, who have the
reputation or being good healthy feed
ers. The bin for the fare on this gala
OCCASION footed up $2s5.ss, the ex,
travagant cost per capita being l6 cts
and 8 mills. The least cost per day
was on July 9th, when the sum total
was only $l44.74, or 1913 cents per
head, The total expense of this de-
partment for the month was $549l. 81.
The greatest amount of beef con.
sumed in one day was 73l pounds; the
least s.; and of bread the maximum
Consumption was $3.50 pounds; OF ba-
con 599.--Times
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
1t Makes a Difference In Husbands

1t Makes difference In HUSBANDS.
It took the ladies OF the Michigan
Women's Christian Temperance Un-
ion little while to get acquainted,
but when the acquaintance was formed
it ripened fast. D. 4
e"How do you give your name?'''
asked one lady of another, as they re-
moved their wraps at the door one
morning. sa OFF saE%
Il have usually written it Mrs.
James P. Jones'. @
"DId your mother name you James
PIP" inquired the first speaker, with
considerable emphasis. II will never
call myself by my husbands name"
"Nor l." Nor I, Nor l, came from
a number of bystanders.
The little woman appeared surprised
to find herself SO largely in the min
ority, but she finally found breath and
courage to say:
"Well, I suppose it does make diff
ference what kind Of man the hus-
band is"
And then the president rung to or
der, the knot of ladies dispersed and
there was sort Of look upon theil
faces as if the little woman had come
out ahead.-Adrian Tfaoes.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
Getting Used to 1t.

An Austin man has a business part
ner who, like Mark Tapley, is always
inclined to look on the bright side of
everything. The favorite expression
of this jolly partner, is, whenever one
complains to him, ooh, you'll get used
to it. One morning the serious part
ner came down to the store and OBJ
served:
II had rather a singular dream last
night" ia ,ff},sS35 S
"Did, eh7" said. his partner, brisk:
ly. 'sWhat was it?''a. ga . Y = '2s. '7'''
~ dreamed I died.nE a'aFA 2
.No-did you? Dreamed you went
to heaven, / suppose. S&#
apOn the contrary, | found myself in
hades." ! Ss : s@ " 20 I sE K
( "Don't say sol Well, reckon you
didn't find anybody you knew there?''
Eyes; I met you about the first
man l struck. s~a
'Met me?'''''''''' p 20 -'''.,''''--a'''s
Eyes; and we held sort and some
what hurried conversation"
"What did you, say?"
,"1,remarked that I was pretty mid.
ding blamed hotl"
"Well, what did I say2" ., ,,.
"You--Oh, you wiped away some Of
the sweat on your bllstered face with
e. cast,iron pocket handkerchief and
said it was all right, you thought, and
that I'd soon get used to itp'L7eras
Sytings.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
Az tho trials of life thicken and

AS the trials of life thicken, and the
dreams of other days fade, one by one,
in the deep vista of disappointed hope,
the heart grows weary of the struggle,
and we begin to realize our insignl6-
canoe. Those who have climbed to
the pinnacle of fame, or revel in luxu.
ry and wealth, go to the grave at
last with the poor mendicant who beg
pennies by the wayside, and like him
are soon forgotten. Generation after
generation, says an eloquent modern
writer, have felt IS we feel, and their
fellows were as active in life as ours
are now. They passed away as a va.
Dor, while nature wore the same as
pect of beauty as when her Creator
commanded her to be. And SO, like
wise, shall it be when we are gone.
The heavens will be as bright over
our grave as they are now around our
path; the world will have the same at
traction for offspring yet unborn that
she had once for ourselves, and that
she has now for our children. Yet a
little while and all this will have hap.
pened! Days will continue to move
on, and laughter and song will be heard
in the very chamber in which no died;
and the eye that mourned for US will
be dried and will gllsten with joy; and
even our children will cease to
think of us, and will not remember to
lisp our name.-Ex. s..
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
Mary Stuart Face Powder. Harmless
Price 25 cents box at Humphreys.
nov2-1y

The Louisville Courser-Jomnal
speaking of the late alleged Kuklux
outrages in the Sonth, intimates that
they are the work of ex.convicts. The
Comier-Journal says: The old Kuklux
Klan, with all its unforgiven and un.
unforgivable sins upon its head,
died years ago, and went to its grave
covered with well.won infamy, and
followed by the execratious of all hon.
est people of all sections it infested
with. its presence. The occasion which
gave the Klan q shadowy sort of claim
for its existence went out with the. car,
pet.bag regime, and, like that crime
against q 7defenseless people, will hap
PLY be known no more of men. The
honest people Of Georgia and Tennes-
see are competent to the task Of pro-
tecting their humblest citizens, and
back their competency with a willing
ness which would excite the commen-
'dation of every man whose vision is
wide enough-to see beyond the mar.
row. limits which bound his own opin-
ions. The South is as loyal to the Un'
ion as any other section of the coun-
try, and as free from unpunished
crime. It has proven its allegiance
in a thousand ways, and when stert
necessity shall demand, as it may some
day, its sons will illustrate on the bat.
tlefeld their devotion to our common
country in q proud, manner. which
shall make every patriot heart beat
responsive to its sons aud brothers.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
Humor in the Stomach.

Much of the distress and sickness at
tributed to dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea
and other causes Is occasioned by humor
in the stomach. Several cases, with all
the characteristics of these complaints,
have been cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Other cures effected by this medicine
are SO wonderful that the simples state
statement of them affords the best proof
that it combines rare curative agents
and when once used secures the conf
dence of the people.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
The following are the totals for tn

The following are the totals for the
population Of the great cities of Eu-
rope::-London, 3,s32,44O inhabitants,
Paris, 2,225,9IO; Berlin, i,222,5OO;
Vienna, l,l03,llO; St. Petersburg,
S76,57O; Moscow, 6l1,970: Constan.
tinopre, 100000; Glasgow, 5,e4O;
Liverpool, 522,43O; Naples, 4s3, 10;
Hamburg, 4l0,l2 Birmingham, 4OO,-
100; Lyons, 372,s9O; Madrid, 367,.
ESQ; Butia- -Pesth, 36O,5so; Marseilles,
35?,52O; Manchester, 34l,5lO; War
saw, 339,34o; Milan, 321, $40; Am.
sterdam, 315OlO; Dublin, 3l4,66O;
Leeds, 300, ,l3O; Rome, 3O0,47O; Shef.
field, 2S4,4lO; Breslau, 272,9l0
Turin, 252,S30
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
Household Recipts

CucUMBER LA CREME.-Peel and
cut into slices Qengthwise) some fine
cucumbers. Boil them unit. soft. salt
to taste, and serve with delicate cream
sauce. -
RYE TEA CAKEs.-0ne pint sweet
milk, two eggs we'll beaten. one table,
spoonful of salt; stir into this sufficient
rye -four to make il as stiff as common
griddle cake batter. Bake in gem pans
half an hour Serve hot.
BANANA FRITrERs.-Four eggs. one
pint milk, little salt, -four enough to
make light batter. Beat the eggs
into the milk and and salt aud -four.
Stir in, pretty thickly, bananas sliced
thin. Fry in hot lard.
OATMEAL BIsoUT-Take half a
pound medium oatmeal, quarter of a
pound -four, one dessert spoonful of
baking powder. mix with two ounces
butter and half gill of milk, made
hot in sauce pan. Roll out quickly,
and bake at once in very thin cakes.
JuMBLEs.-Jnmbles which will keep
a month are made thus: ODs pound
Of butter, one pound of sugar, two
pounds Of -four, three eggs, nine tea
spoOnfuls of water, three of baking
powder, with salt and havorlng 10 suit
the taste. Roll them and bake in
a quick oven. -..,r--' ..-.....a.
CBEsTER PUDDTys.--One pint of -four,
half cup OF sugar, three tablespooufuls
of melted butter, half pint of sweet
milk, one egg, two teaspoonfuls of
cream Of tartar, sSjr we'll together,
place ID pudding boiler and steanp an
hour and half over fast boiling water.
Serve With rich wins sauce.
LovE-KNors.--Little cakes, called
,,s'love-knots,' are nice for tea: FIVE
cups Of flour, two of sugar, one of bat
ter, paeee of lard the size of an egg,
two eggs, three tablespoonfuls of sweet
milk, hslf teaspoonful of soda; rub
the butter, sugar and -four together
fine, add the other iugredients, roll
thin, ans in strips ono inch wide and
five inches long, lap across in trus-
love knots, and bake in quick oven.
EGG BREAD.-Stlr three we'll beaten
eggs into one pint Of milk, add to 1t
two cups of sifted white Indian meal,
and one tablespoonful of melted butter;
add little salt and beat we'll together;
have ready cup Of soft boiled rice,
mash it with wooden spoon, and ssir
into the batter; dissolve one teaspoon
full of baking soda into little milk;
pour this in. Beat we'll for two OIL
three minutes, and bake quickly in a
round pan.
CUCUMBER ToAsT.--Peel fresh, crisp
cueumbers of medium size; cut length.
wise into slices. place in cold water
for d few minutes, drain, and dip each
slice into -four; then fry quickly anti
of light brown color, in butter OIL
beef drlppings> Place the slice OF but
tered cucumber hot from the pan be-
tween slices of buttered toast, ano
serve at once. The cucumbers may b
seasoned with pepper and salt, and I
little mustard may be added wher
taken from the pan.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
A Life Saving Present.

Mr.. NJ. Z. Allison, Hutchinson, Kan:
Saved his life by a sample trial bottle of
DIR. Kings New Discovery, for consump-
tion, which caused him to procure a
large bottle, that completely cured him,
when doctors, change of climate and
else had failed. Asthma,
hoarseness, severe coughs,
and all throat and lung diseases, it is
guaranteed to cure. Trial bottles free at
]. C.. Saurs drug store. Large size $l.0O.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
The --latest Bonanza in California.

BIEBER, CAL.-Mr. Thomas P. Ford,
editor of the Mountain Tribune, of this
place, publishes that the great pain
cure, st. Jacobs Oil, has worked won
ders in his family, and that he would
not be without it. He states that
among all the people st. Jacobs Oil is
the most popular medicine ever intro
duced. x ,t&
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16
"Wait a Little Longer"

So we are told sometimes. Things
will come out all right, people say, if
we will wait awhile. That don't do
with disease. The longer you wait the
worse it is. It's no use to plant corn in
November. Do you "feel little bad?"
Strike the trouble right away. DR..
David Kennedy's "Favorite Remedy
is what you want. 1t will at once re-
lieve the bowels, stimulate the Liver,
and cool the skin. Take One Dollar in
your hand and stop at your druggists,
or write to the Doctor, at Rondout, N.
Y. %& # ~ 1t 4
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16

Much distress and sickness attributed
to dyspepsia and chronic diarrhoea is
occasioned by humor in the stomach.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the remedy.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16

When the small boy is pursued by
the dog in the melon patch, and there
are no trees handy, he sings: "Oh,
for the garden WALL" Nv
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-16

w. F.. Albright, Delaware, o., says:
II have found Browns Iron Bitters
very beneficial in dyspeptie troubles"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-12-20
The Largest Walnut Log.

At veneer-cutting mill in New York
there is huge knife. weighing ton or
more, engaged in slicing off sheets the
thickness of note paper, torty-five to the
inch, from walnut log, which was the
largest ever brought to this country
from a foreign land. 1t weighed twenty
two thousand pounds; the top end was
twenty-seven feet around and nine feet
through, The log was bought by Mr.. L.
Hersch when on visit to France last
summer. Guided by reports of prodig-
ious trees that grew in the south of
France, he found it at the village of
Perigeaux. in the northern foothills of
the Pyrenees. 1t was said to be the
largest tree in the country, and was
probably from 800 to $1,000 years cid.
Forty men and twenty-five horses drag
ged it TO the nearest railway station,
! whence it was taken to Paris. A special
steam lighter was required to take it to
the Katie. Its cost when it was landed
in New York was fully $4,000. The
wood, when polished, is a deep black
and grange, and its grain is twisted in
many peculiar shapes. Embedded in the
trunk were found several odd-shaped
musket balls. The log will yield about
seventy thousand feet of veneer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-12-20
Pearls Of Thought.

A republic is not founded on virtues,
but on the ambition of its citizens.
The earth with its SCARED face is the
symbol of the past; the air and heavens
of futurity.
One man is no more than another
only is as much as he does more than
another.
No soul is desolute so long as there is
human being for whom it can feel
trust and reverence.
Each man is a hero and an oracle to
somebody, and to that person whatever
he says has An enhanced value.
1t is great misfortune not to have
enough wit to speak well, or not enough
Judgment to keep silent.
Prosperity can change mans nature
and seldom is any one cautious enough
to resist the effects OF good nature.
Never fear to bring the sublimest mo-
tive to the smallest duty, and the most
infinite comfort to the smallest trouble.
In the long run truth becomes its own
means of conviction. Error is circuit
Gus and confused in its announcements
truth is simplest and direct.
A slave has but one master; an ambi-
tious man has as many masters as there
are persons whose aid may contribute
to the advancement of his fortune.
Silence is the universal refuge, the Sc
quel to all dull discourses and all foolish
acts, balm to every chagrin, as well
come after a safety as after disappoint.
ment; that background which the paint.
er may not daub, be he master or bun
gler, and which, however awkward a fig
ure we may have made in the foreground
remains ever our inviolable asylum,
where no dignity can assail, no person.
alities disturb US.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-12-20
BOrGaS Busters Christmas Present.
"'1Is an Mioind that 6loa0s no good"

1t had been hard, cold, cruel winter,
and one that just suited old Frozen Nose,
the Storm King, whose palace of ice was
On the north shore of the Polar Sea. He
had ordered Rain, Hail and Snow, his
slaves, to accompany Lord Boreas Blus
ter on an invasion of the temperate
zone, and when they had done his bid
ding he harnessed up his four-in-hand
team of polar bears and went as far
south as he dared, just to see how well
they had Obeyed him. How he roared
with laughter when he found nearly all
vegetation killed, and earth wrapped in
a white mantle as thick as his own bear
skins piled six feet deep! There was
no nonsense about that sort of work.
Catch any pert, saucy little flowers
sticking up their heads through such a
blanketW said Frozen Nose to himself.
mo, no; I've fixed 'em for few years,
anyhow. They're dead as door-nails, and
Spring with her airs and graces will nev-
er bring them to life again. Ughl how
I bate 'em and all sweet smellsl Wish
l might never have anything but whale
oil on my hair and handkercbiefs for the
rest of my life"
There's no fear but you will, and
stale at that" said the ugliest of his
children, young Chilblain, giving his
fathers big toe a tweak as he passed,
ha
Nose grumble out:
There's the gout again, | do believer
But Boreas Buster, coming in just
then, saw what was going Oh, and gave
Chilblain a whack that sent him spin
ming out of the room.
To tell the truth, Boreas was not as
rd-hearted as he looked. He was the
most honest and straightforward of all
Frozen Noses Friends. To be sure, he
had to obey stern commands, and do
many things that required show of
fierceness, but in the course of his trav
els he had often yielded to a kind i'm
pulse. and restrained his fury when to
indulge it would have pleased old Fro
zen Nose nightly.
This very day he had met with a
strange adventure, which had been the
occasion of hasty return to the pal
ace. and had so stirred his heart that the
whack he gave young Chil6ain was but
the safety-valve to his feelings-a sort
of letting off of steam which otherwise
might have exploded and burst every
block of ice in the realm :,
In the many furious storms which had
occurred of late Boreas had seen the de-
struction of numerous forests, and had
even assisted in laying waste the coun-
try. But one night an avalanche had
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-12-20

MISSIONARIES TO Japan encounter Oh
stacles in the way of converting people
of the higher class of Christianity. AL
though Buddhism is losing ground in
Japan, skepticism and atheism are TAX
ing its place The educated classes read
the words of Paine, John Stewart, Mill
and Huxley, and find in the exposition
of the works of nature elements that op-
pose divine revelation. In the contest
free thought has stronger power than
religious sentiment or superstition. and
Christian work is expended on ground
that is apparently barren of results.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-12-20

THE Republican National Convention
will be held in Chicago, opening Tues
day. June 8. There were four ballots
for the location. The first ballot resulted,
Chicago. IA; Cincinnati, II; Indianapo-
lis, 4; Philadelphia, 8; Saratoga, s. Sec
ond Chicago, II; Cincinnati. II !;
On the third Cincinnati received 81 and
Chicago 20 votes. On the 4th ballot
Chicago was given 26 votes and Cincin-
natl IS. Senator Sabin, of Minnesota,
was elected Chairman of the National
Committee. Senator Ferry's plan for a
different basis of representation was de-
feated. Senator Logan was among the
prominent opponents to any change
from the old basis.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-12-20

BEFORE the election of Mr.. Carlisle
to the Speakership, Professor Perry, of
Williams College, the well-known expo
nent of free trade views, wrote to him
expressing the hope that he might be
successful in his candidacy, 'on account
of its obvious bearings on the question
of free trade and because the election of
Mr.. Randall, under the circumstances.
would separate from all hope of further
cooperation with the Democratic party
large lody of earnest free traders and
independents Mr.. Carlisle replied. un-
der date of November 10th, that in his
opinion "A retreat from our present posi-
tion on tariff reform would be disas
trous. If we shall find ourselves unable
to go forward we can at least stand
still and hold the ground already won.'
His own position on this subject, he
added, has been deliberately taken, and
will be consistently maintained