Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-26
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modern Inconvenience" "
b, Mr.. Edmund Yates, editor of the Lon
don World, is sturdy man, over six
feet tall in his stockings.
Jumbo, like most intelligent immi-
grants, has tbriven since his advent in
America, having gained nearly ton in
flesh.
General Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, says his grandfather raised
the first cotton crop ever harvested in
the South.
Heartfelt sympathy without tangible
accompaniment will never alleviate the
pangs of hunger nor clad q shivering
wretch with comfortable clothing.
Canada is beginning to call herself a
''mother country" because her children
have emigrated to the United States in
great numbers.
There is no bravery in carrying q
pistol, no chivalry in shooting man, no
gallantry involved in a street brawl.
Our young men ought to understand
these ings.-AtlantG Constitution.
Maine has a discriminating legislature.
1t has passed q law forbidding the kill
ing of birds and game ON Sunday, but
an amendment to prohibit fishing was
voted down.
The fifteen oldest vessels in the Amer
ican mercantile service are all owned in
New Bedford, beginning with the
Rousseau, built at Philadelphia more
than eighty years ago.
"A dinner party was given recently in
London at which thirty-nine courses
were served, which fact caused Profess
sor Blackie to remark that ''there are
still some tools and beasts in high
places"
The Rev. DR.. Cuyler, of Brooklyn,
says that the late w. E. Dodge, the
philanthropic merchant prince of New
York, spent the first hour of every
morning in reading the Bible and in
praying.
Jay Cooke has completed arrange
ments for the transformation of his
beautiful former home, Ogontz, near
Chelten hills, Pa, into young ladies'
boarding-school. The property is val
ued at about a million dollars.
1t is related of Boston man that,
seeing a lady take out 6 cents with
which to pay her horse-car fare in that
city, he proffered her Scent ticket,
with the remark that 'he might as well
have the profit as the railroad COM
pany."
Georgia is said to have contributed
one word to the English language.
William A. Bogus, a Georgia land lot
terry commissioner, caught years ago in
rascality in connection with his office,
has given his name to everything spuri-
Gus and false. 7nUa 900
Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto, says
that Ireland's impoverishment is due
largely to alterations in the track of the
gulf stream. He undertakes to demon
strate that during the last fifty years
the climate there has changed very
much.
Mrs. William Evarts, of Letilz, Pa,
has lily measuring twenty inches in
circumference. She thinks it is the
largest in the country, but Freddie Geb-
hardt, to whom she has telegrsphed for
definite information, has not yet re-
sponded.
As bankers, the Jews have good rec
ord. The San Francisco Argonaut says
that of the long lists of banks that have
robbed their depositors, not one has be-
longed to them; and of the long list of
embezzlers, defaulters, ETC., not one is
of their number.
Clifton r. Breckenridge, of Arkansas,
member-elect of the forty eighth con-
gress, is son of the late ex-Vice Presi-
dent John c. Breckenridge, of fKentucky,
and at the time of the retirement of the
latter from the United States senate, in
1861, was a lad of some IL OF IA years
of age.
As an example OF southern snl1tless-
ness, lady travelling in North Carolina
tells of the manner in which the daily
work of house among the mountains
was carried on: There seems to be
only one household appliance-a tin
basin. 1t was first used for milking,
next the biscuits were mixed in it; then
it came into play as a wash-basin; after
ward the baby was washed in it; then it
was used for cooking hominy; and. fin
ally, the dishes were washed in it. 1t
had served the diverse ends of dairy,
kitchen and nursery!'
New York city has police force OF
2,807 men, not counting the four Com
missioners, who are not, legally speak
ing, members of "the force" There are
/ Superintendent, Inspectors, 10 Sur
geons, sc Captains, 143 Sergeants, 2,426
patrolmen and 78 doormen. For the pay
of the members of this force the city
paid last year 50, 1872, $50, of which $25,-
600 went to the Commissioners. The
salary of the Superintendent is $1,000 a
year; the Inspectors, $500; the Sur
geons, 81, 500 or $2,250, according to
the date of their appointment; the Cap
tains, $4,000; the Sergeants, $1, 900 the
patrolmen, $500 to 81, 200, and the door
men, 800 to 5000.
Mile. Sangah. the beautiful premiere
danseuse at the Grand Opera Paris, took
recently into her service young valet,
who recommended himselfby his ability
and superior manners, and whom, IN re-
turn for his delicate attention, she treat
ed with kindly familiarity. One morn
ing, however, he stepped into the bou-
doir, and, throwing himself on his knees
before her as she reclined in morning
toilet on her sofa, confessed his love.
Highly indignant, she commanded him
to leave the house. Pardon me, mad
am," he said; Il am the Marquis of r.
and as l knew how inaccessible you
were, I have acted the part Of your val.
ct from the best of motives, to be near
you and give'proof Of my love-" "So
you have stolen into my house under a
mask and abused my confidence. You
can remain NO longer" On the follow
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