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A Refractory Audience.

A very sad thing occurred at late
performance given at Laramie City. AT
the close of the last act one of the prin-
cipal performers is instantly killed. 1t
is then the duty of the audience to rise,
pick ND its umbrella and walk home.
Sometimes. however, the audience, is
not familiar with the play and does not
60 home. 1t waits for more death and
carnage before its awful thirst for blood
is glutted.
That was the case Mt Laramie two
weeks ago. The stage hired man, who
hands the dead off into the dressing
room, waited patiently, but the people
would not go out. In order to get the
full value of their dollar they desired to
see the post mortem examination. They
could not 90 home until it was settled
that the villain was fully and thorough
ly dead.
There he lay, with his ear against a
kerosene footlight, suffering, at SO per
week, and the audience absolutely re-
fusing to go home and allow the man
to revive or to requtescat en- pace. The
curtain, though loaded at the bottom
with telegraph pole, failed to come
down, and the legs of the avcnger. and
other members of the troupe, fitted
past the space left by the unruly cur
tain, and the dead villain lay on his
back, having Yielded up his life four
times that same week, in the same. man.
ner, beside carrying the heavy trunks
of the beautiful actress up two flights
of stairs for her in three different
towns.
As there were no programmes people
looked at each other and wondered.
They knew that this man was undoubt-
edly dead, but whether the company
had fresh one OF not was the ques-
ton.
Finally two adult members of the
troupe came forward AMI pulled down
the refractory curtain. Then the mana-
ger advanced to the front of the stage
and in voice choked with emotion,
said:
Ladies and gentlemen, we would be
glad to massacre some more of our
troupe if we could. but we cannot af-
ford it. In one-stand town one man
is about all that we can yield up to the
cold embrace of death. Our printing is
high, and we have to pay $15 for the
hall. Therefore, we regret to announce
that the play is now over. You can 90
home with safety and we will attend to
the remains. We have every hope that
the young man will be able to draw his
salary next week, and that we may win
him back to joy and health again. He
has good constitution, fair appetite
and we feel like trusting it all to the fu-
ture. We regret to see you 60, but as
the janitor is now blowing out his lights
and it is getting pretty well along the
shank of the evening we must say good
bye to you, hoping that during our alb
sence the Laramie Opera House Com
pany will decide to assess its stockhold-
ers, purchase some more wicks for the
footlights, put the old piano out of its
misery and stick another pair of over
alls into the broken window of the
ladies' dressing-room, so that the ac-
tresses who visit your town will feel
more segregated, as it were, and sepa-
rated from the great vulgar world. y
Bill Nye.
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A $1,000 i f..


Nearly two Years a-o here came 4
stranger. n German, to the house OF Il
farmer in Cecil county, Maryland, ask
ing for home for few weeks until
he could receive tidings from an uncle
living in Sumatra. His request was
granted. Weeks wore on and no news
from the far away uncle, time passing
pleasantly though, especially to the far
mer and his wife, for in the stranger
they found highly educated and refn-
ed man, he often entertaining them
with accounts of his travels, and being
a proficient player on the violin, often
made the hours glide by more pleas
antly than they otherwise would in the
little farm house. But time went on;
weeks rolled into months; the German
often becoming moody and abstracted;
in fact he would often remark that, as
the circumstances were, it looked as
though he were an impostor; that he
had no proof to show that what he had
told them was all truth. But in the
month of August Zone year ago) a ca
blegram came requesting him to leave
America and to come to India immedi-
ately. He started at once, the farmer
and his wife accompanying him to New
York. While with them he often hint
ed that the time would sometime come
when he could and would surprise them
with something that would recompense
them for the kindness shown him while
in their home. TO cut long story
short about six weeks ago there came a
message across the sea saying; "The
time had already come that he could
make some return for the kindness and
hospitality shown him while stranger
in strange land. His uncle who was
millionaire, had died and left him sole
heir to all his vast estates in and around
Sumatra, and as q token of reme'-4.
brance and gratitude he had sent a
draft for $4,000 to the farmers wife
who had nursed MIN through sickness
and had been friend to him in many
ways" The draft was received and
highly appreciated. Bait. american.
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The Age of Monuments.

This quarter of the century has been
prolific in monuments. and may be
called the golden age, not of sculpture
perhaps, but of sculptors. AS fast as
spirited ediles improve old cities by
clearing away narrow streets, there is q
demand for groups in marble or bronze
to adorn open spaces; and philanthro-
pists are ever at work discovering emil
nent persons who deserve to have their
likenesses set upon pedestals. When
somebody inquired of Cato the Elder
why no statue had been raised to him,
he said that he would rather have to
answ':,, this question than hear it asked
wherefore he had been honored with q
statp but in these days nobody thinks
Of Questioning mans claim to mon
ume' t if subscribers can be found to
buy .tim one. .-LOndon Times.
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Can Go.

The Secretary of the Lime Kiln Club
announced that he was in receipt of q
letter inviting the entire club to partici-
pate in a grand barbecue to be given in
Wilcox County, Ala.
Pickles Smith moved that the club
accept, and the motion was supported in
q loud voice by Whalebone Hooker and
Tug johnson.
DE Seckretary will return our thanks
an tender our regrets" replied the
President.
Il should like de moshun put to a
VOTE" persisted Smith. "Deyam gwine
to have sheep an pigs an oxen roasted
hull, wild carloads of 'taters, chicken ice
cream an lemonade
'Pickles Smith, sot DOWN. said the
President as he rose up. 81 has lately
noticed disposhun on your part TO
take de bit in your mouf, an I want to
warn you to go slow an be keerful.
De man who lets his stomach run away
wild his head will bring up in de mire.
Your moshun will be laid on the winder-
sill, an fur de mex fo' weeks | shall
keep an eye on you. We will now
deviate to our homes"
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BE Can't Haln L

dot vhas der troubles init mel
vhas too tender-hearted," replied Carl
Dunder as policeman warned him
that he would have case against him
for keeping his saloon open after hours.
"YOu see," he continued rs ne wiped
off the bar, Iii | vhas all closed oop.
NIT my boots off und ready for bedt
somepody goes rap! rap! on der door.
| think it vhas against der law. but like
enough it vhas my brudder Henry, who
Ifs in Puffalo, und so opens der door.
Who you think it vhas?n
Il can't guess"
at vhas n bOleecemans! He looks
all aroundt, vhalks in softly like cats,
und says dot he vhas in such awful
pains dot he must have some whisky or
die. can't help dot vhas porn NIT q
heart like paby. | doan' like to see
dot man die, und | gif'him some whisky
und he tells me he vhill pay oop when
he cuts der coupons off his bonds. You
see how it vhas?"
Yes
'Vhell, der next time vhas all closed
oop somepody goes rap! rap! on der
door, | thinks it vhas my wife's sister,
who Ifs in Mt Clemens. und l vhas n
brute if doan' let her come in. When
| opens der door who vhas it?'
Il don't know"
at vhas an Aldermans! He slips
softly in und drops on Il shair. und says
to me: Carl Ivhas played oudt. make
more ash ten speeches in der Council
To ;crht nd 7 uhn al I
can't shtand oop. For der sake of my
innocent children gif me some peer!'
Vhell, dot vhas me NIT my tender heart
again, und | draw him quart of peer
und he drink him oop und tells me to
put it in der annual estimate next
spring, Could you plane me for dot!''
mo, but You must obey the law"
"Oxactly, but some odder times |
hear a rap! rap! on der door, und l
links it vhas my poy Shon, who vhas
oudt on farm init his uncle. Shon
vhas good poy, und like to see him,
und opens der door, Who you links
dot vhasP'
john"
'.Not some previous. 1t vhas a barty
nit a white blug hat on, und he carries
big cane, und he looks solemn. He
WANTS whisky straight, und when l
tells him dot der law catch me oop, he
pounds on der table nit his cane und
calls out: Hang der law! Why, vhas
der man who makes all der law in De-
troit!' Vhell, dot makes my heart tend
er again, und he drinks his whisky oop
und tells ME dot I shall send my pill to
der Transportation Company. Can l
help dot?'
you'll have to help it.
"Vhell, one more time l turn eafery-
pody oudt und lock oop der doors, und
ship into bedt. | vhas dreaming like
thunder when somepody rattles ON my
door und calls ME to get oop. Maybe
it vhas my frendt, Capt. Gross, who
runs AWAY from his wife in Puffalo. Ii
so, likes to see him. open der door,
und who you tink it vhas?"
"Your grandfather.
mot guide, my frendt. 1t vhas a
man NIT a silk hat und q gold-headed
cane und pig stomach, und he says
he vhas doctor who mus have some
whisky to keep off der SMALLPOX. Dot
appeals to my heart, und What can do?
l tell you, like to obey der law und
shut oop my place, but if you come
sometimes und find der back door open
und some men at der tables, you shust
remembers dot it Who's our glub-night,
und dot we drink some buttermilk, und
discuss old dimes in Shermany." DE.
| trOit Free Press.
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Brace Up.

There is serious meaning in this ex-
preston. That wearied step, languid
eye, and general feeling of lassitude
come from sickness" Be assured, a
serious, and perhaps fatal, disease is
close in its wake. The system wants
cleansing of impurities; the sluggish
blood needs to be sent in swift and clear
currents through the veins. DR.. Ken
nedy's "Favorite Remedy" will do this;
it will give new vigor to the body,
brightness to the eye, glow to the
countenance, and elasticity to the step.
One Dollar bottle. Every druggist
has it, DIR. David Kennedy, proprietor,
Rondout, n. Y. 2t
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She Must Have Another Fellow,

He rang the door bell and the woman
of the house came and opened the
door.
"Well, sir; what do you want?"
~ want to know, mas am if you
wouldn't like to have bottle of this
Sure Cholera Preventive"
'Is it sure preventive, trulyp"
sit is, ma'am. Iti endorsed by the
Royal Medical society of London as the
best preventive ever known
"Well, I'll take bottle. How much
is it?'
"Only fifty cents, ma am. But you
should take two-one for your husband
you know; as he should have bottle
with him while at his business, in order
to be prepared in case of an attack"
"No; one for myself will be quite
sufficient; and he shan't know that I've
got it. ."--Kentacky State Journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-11-01
A New Departure,

One good result of the hard times a
few years ago, was the bringing into
life an article in proprietary medicine,
which gave to every purchaser a full
equivalent for his money. The rule OF
this class of medicine is from 10 to rs
doses for 81, the best only reaching 40.
Messrs. Hood d Co. took a new depart
ure and in the article now so well and
favorably known as Hoods Sarsaparilla,
they gave the unprecedented quality OF
100 doses for 81. These facts commend
this remedy to the consideration of the
sick, also the well, for they are liable to
be sick. oct Ill
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

f,EAJED proposals will be received at the Office of
y the Clerk of the Board of Education of Freedom
township, Henry County, Ohio, until O'Clock p m.
of the 5th day of November, 1888, for building
brick school house in sub district NO OF saa to%i
shin according to specifications file in said Office
The bids must contain the name of every per-
son interested in the same and be accompanied by
sufficient guarantee of some disinterested person
that If the bid Is accepted contract will be entered
info and the performance Of the same properly sc.
cured Non, Int the lowest responsible bid will DC
accented, Tho board reserve the right to reject all
bids.
By order of the Board of Education.
L. BOCKELMAM, Clerk.
ppt07th 1894
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-11-01

Nervous debility, indicated by loss of
memory, universal lassitude, constant
fatigue, vivid dreaming, unnatural ex-
elements, fits of dizziness, ETC., is quick
ly cured by using DR.. Guysott's Yellow
Dock and Sarsaparilla. This remedy
purifies the blood, strengthens the weak
portions of the body, quiets the nerves,
produces dreamless slumber, and is the
only remedy that permanently cures
the many distressful ailments resulting
from nervous debility. ct
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-11-01
Griggs' Glycerine Salve.

The best on earth, can truly be said of
Griggs' GlyceHne Salve, which is q sure
cure for cuts, bruises, scalds, burns,
wounds, and all other sores. Will posi-
lively cure piles, letter and all skin
eruptions. Try this wonderful healer.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money re-
funded. Only 25 cents. For sale by ID.
J. Humphrey. mchl-ly
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-11-01
Human Blood.

On the purity and vitality of the blood
depend the vigor and health of the
whole system. Disease of various kinds
is often only the sign that nature is try
ing to remove the disturbing cause. A
remedy that gives life and vigor to the
blood, eradicates scrofula and other inn
purities from it, as Hoods Sarsaparilla
Undoubtedly does, must be the means
preventing many diseases that would
occur without it's use. Sold by dealers.
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Land for Sale!

THE undersigned will sell so of land situ-
ated in the west half of the northwest quarter Of
section II, town A. range (, acres clear the bal
ance timber land. Title clear. For further infor-
nation inquire OfW. II. Burns On the adjoining
farm, or of ANDREW SwARTS,
Jamestown Pa.
apll2-83tf Mercer Co.
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SIIERIFFS SALE.
Ahner L. Backus, ct al,

Ahner L. BacEus, ct al,
uu&J. Woke, ct al.
Execution from Lucas County Court oil common
Pleas. $1,000, s-.,, .,,o oh,,,o
named Court and to me directed as Sheriff OF enry
County will offer at public sale, at the Nocke still
house, in Liberty township, on
Monday, October 29th, 1888,
at the hour of O'Clock, p. m OF SAID day' the loi
lowing described goods and chattles, to-wt:
gray horses about II years cid each; GlacE !;
horse about l5 years old bay horse 10 years oid;
roam horse u years old; bay IA years old gray
horses IA years old roam horse 10 years old; bay
10 years old, hay is years old; two,hor wagons
/ open buggy; top carriage; ~ mead OF sprlHs M ~
calves: II head of cattle; about 20 tons OF nay IN
harm about 25 tons of hay in stack about S0o cord
of wood in the still house yard: drags z pioWs
and shovel pows.
Terms of SALE cash. ,r,
Sheriff of Henry County, Ohio.
B,ssell a. Goril attorneys for plaintiff.
Napoleon Ohio, Oct. 10th, 1882. S4 oo
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Rncklen'S Arnica SalYe.

The greatest medical wonder of the
world. Warranted to speedily cure
Burns. Bruises, Cuts, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Cancers, Piles, Chilblains,
Corns, letter, Chapped Hands, and all skin
eruptions, guaranteed to cure in every
instance, or money refunded. % cents
per box. For sale by &c. Saur. mcS-1y
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NOTICE.
Dileno D. Calvin,

Dileno D. CALVIN,
vB.
The unknown heirs ofC. b. Reichart, deceased, and
the unknown heirs of John Spencer, deceased.
DILENo D. CALVIN, the above named plain
~ tiff, of Kingston, in the Dominion of Canada,
will take notice that the undersigned defendants,
impleaded in the above action the unknown heirs
of John Spencer deceased, will make an application
to the Court Of Common Pleas of Henry County, IN
the State of Ohio, on the Goth day of October A. D.
1858, or assoon thereafter as counsel can be heard
at the Court House in Napoleon, Henry County, in
the State of Ohio, for an order to re-docket said
above entitled case to set aside the Judgment and
order heretofore made in and by said court at the
January term 1882 and for leave to file an answer
to said petition ofsaid plaintiff in above case.
ANN NJ. SPENCER, and
JOHN c. SPENCER.
Ry TYLER Donnelly, Attorneys. Sep. 20-6tS 4(
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THE DAILY ENQUIRER

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paper world. Acknowledging None Superior.
Prints daily faithful record of all that transpires
without fear or favor treats all persons and parties
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people, and the aim of its conductors to produce
The Newspaper of the day.
Eor the hest evidence of its superior worth, and
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copies, or short trial subscription will be more con
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Brpperfg for Sale.
FOR SALE.

i60 Scre Farm, s45 per ac-e; 1000 cash, balance
on 6 to 10 years time, with interest.
4Oscre Farm, S45 per acre; SiOO cRsh, balance on
10 IOyears time, with interest.
so acre Farm, $40 per acre; 5000 cash, balance on
10 10 years time, with interest.
House and lot ON Washington street, Napoleon
o., 81, 900 cash, balance on years time with inter,
est.
Brick house on Washington street, Napoleon, $500
cash, balance oil long time with interest.
Also other farm property for sale. Good time
given.
F. NJ. RCMSiELL,
II Agent
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Our Anglomaniac at Newport: Why
does he wear his double breasted coat
and winter hat with the thermometer
at 9OoP Because they do it in Eng
land when it is at 60.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-11-01

The Wall street sandwich-Bull on
one side, bear on the other, and u little
lamb in the middle.
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JOHN r. MCLEAN, Proprietor.
olS-3mo Cincinnati, o.
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LOW EST RATES,

In fact if you have any property you wish insured
call on Daggett and save money. If you have de-
fective title to your land, call on Daggett and have
your title made perfect If you do not he may steal
the title to yOur little homes for
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THERE'S MILLIONS INIT;

and no mistade. fyou have deed or mortgageto
make, call on Daggett, he does all such business
Office with Justice Donovan, Humphreys Block.
May lS-tf
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IMPROVED FARM.
TOWN PROPERTY,

1 can give you some bargains. | also represent
some of the best INSURANCE COMPANIES. II
you wish to get house insured call on Daggett
If you have a stock of goods or groceries not in.
sured call Daggett, he will place ySu in the BEST
COMPANIES. and at the
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-05-05
Using Too Many Words.

The use Of too many words is one Of
the most common faults in writing.
We were attracted the other day by an
article in a newspaper entitled "Gump-
tion," and hastily concluded that q
writer who could use so homely and
strong word as the title of his article
must have something good to say about
it. And so he had; but he employed a
wild superabundance of words to ex-
press his thoughts. For example:
..There are many persons, the majority
of persons, in fact, who see, but do not
perceive.'' This awkward sentence be-
comes good one by simply leaving out
the redundant words, thus: ssThe ma
iority of persons see, but do not per-
ceiye." It would be still better, per-
haps, to avoid the long majority, and
say: "Most persons see, but do not
perceive Thus by erasing nine
words from sentence OF sixteen, the
thought is more clearly expressed be-
cause it is more directly stated. The
writer then remarks that many persons
have habit of postponing and put
tine off, what ought to be done at
once. The words ssand postponing"
are useless. In explaining the "pro-
cess by which men are to get gump-
ton, he throws about his words with a
lavish hand. stt l4 y: 59
.aIt is neither he says !, "ssmore nor
less than the doing and completing OF
ANYTHING that needs to be done upon
| the instant, without delay or postpone
ment. and at the same time a careful
| observation of what is going on around
one.'' BY the omission OF more than
half the words of this bad sentence, it
is converted into fairly tolerable one
q 1t is the doing of what needs to be
done on the instant, and carefully OBJ
serving what is going on around. We
advise our young readers, after they
have "done" theirs compositions, to
| let them lie in their desks awhile, to
get cool,'' as Washington Irving used
/ to say. Then go over them again,
bearing in mind Sydney Smiths recipe
for good writing: Leave out every
other words It is often possible to
obey this rufe almost literally, as we
see in the sentences quoted above.
Daniel Webster tells us that whatever
! excellence he may have attained in the
art OF composition, he owed to DIS
i covery he made when he was about
nineteen years old. He learned that
call true power in writing is in the
idea, not in the style. = From that
time he pruned his sentences OF re-
!, dundant words, and gave his ideas with
directness and simplicity. - N. ".
}, Christian AdUocate.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-05-05
Our Young Readers.
TAUGHT BY A RAINDROP

Little Raindrop, pure and sweet,
Falling softly on the street,
Tell me; Raindrop, if thou wilt,
What thy home is-where it's built?
In what fountains cool and bright?
On what mountains airy height!
From what streamlets laughing wave?
In what fairys crystal caye! 81
Spoke the Raindrop's silvery cry:
= Home have none. Pilgrim L!
Coming earthwurd. Joy SOW;
Soaring Heayenward, pure grow.
Thus journey up ana down,
Gladdening field or dusty town,
Whether sprinkling shriyeied leaves;
Whether moistening thirsty caves;
Whether filling cisterns dry;
Whether answering suppliant cry;
Whether blessing good or bad,
Just or unjust making glad;
Whether travelling east or west,
{ God, who sends me, knoweth best.
So I go from earth to sky
Never idle. happy III
Fell the Raindrop at my feet,
Smiling, sparkling, on the street.
IS Little Raindrop, thanks to thee!
Precious lesson taught thou me.
Let me ever do my part,
Murmuring never in my heart;
4 Working always, helping all.
Friends or foemen, hut or hall.
Never tempted work to stop,
Though my cup hold but drop.
Rising Heavenward, pure to grow,
Coming earthward, JOY to SOW.
Req. s. E. LdthrOp, an N. i. lndepe1ldeht'