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A PIANO.
How the Ex-BnRineer Did TIA
Plano that Consumes its
Own Noise.
indianapolis Times.1

Previous to entering upon his pres
ent calling, MI. Pfafdln was q loco~
motive engineer. When the lady
reached the store she had the good
fortune to find Mr.. Plafdln in, and
she asked his judgment or the style
and brand of a piano.
THAT depends upon your taste.
madame" SAID he. IF you want to
combine elegance with utility I
would suggest the old-fashioned
50 ARE piano. It answers for an orna-
1nent, makes music, can be used
for a dining table and q bed when
you have company. This kind of an
instrument should not be selected for
q small cab, a. 1t doesn't leave room
for firing up. They make Just as
much steam as the upright, but, ow-
ing to the position of the harm. thew
let down in the 1ues much Quicker.
Being wide-guage, the wear and tear
is also very great. If you want a
perfeot>w0rkipg, handsome mschine,
lake the upright. 1t is narrow
guage. hung low on the trucks, and
has all the modern improvements,
including patent brake and snow
plow. The Running board is the
same size of the square, and she car
lies just as much steam. You can
work it in a small space and get lust
much sound out of it as you could
with the old fashioned steamboat
whistles. Her woodwork is as neat
u Pullman sleeper, and if you keep
her well packed and oiled Sue runs a.
81 ick as old Seventy -four. I have run
one for five years and it makes IA
good time now as il did the day il
came out of the shop. though the
tuner has only taken up its lost mo-
ton once in that time. When it !
makes too much steam you can shut
it OF by pressing your foot on TINS |
little ssfety>valye, but If you want to
pull her wide open, press on the
one and she NUNS along Her
Dody and tile-box hang low, making
It . little difficult to clean out under
1er, but you car hide q great deal Of
'tuf under there until the spring |
You can run her out on
he turn table twice a year and polish
1T her jacket with little oil and she
ooks as good As new. II you live In
clearinghouse or . tenement /
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NIGHT DISPATCHES.
National Convention Of Sheep
Raisers.
They Issue a Long-W MINDED
Address.
A Great Mass Meeting in
New York.
At Which Arthur is Given
Some Tafy.
Wholesale Poisoning in Ken
lucky.
Debate in Commons on the
Franchise Bill.
Debate in Commons on the
Franchise Bill.
DOlng 70.

WASHINGTON, May &.-The House
committee on judiciary ordered
q favorable report on Delegate
Man1anares joint resolution pro-
viding that all laws. acts and
JOINT resolutions passed at the
18th session of the legislature
of New Mexico, which began Feb.
ruary 18th, this year, be suspended
pending the investigation now being
made by the Senate committee on
territories. The committee is in
vestigating charges against certain
persons who were Illegally admitted
10 the legislature
The subcommittee of the House
committee on naval affairs to-day
reported to the full committee a bill
providing for the appropriation of
$4OO, coo for the relief of the officers
and the crew of the slO0p of war
Gu nberland and the United States
Monitor engaged in action with the
confederate steamer ..Merrlmac in
Hampton Roads, March 9Th and
9th, 1859. The report accompany
ing says: The claim to prize money
must. be rejected, but while this Is
true the evidence presented to the
committee abundantlv proves the
most conspicuous gallantry and de-
voted patriotism as well as good
services rendered by the officers and
crews of these vessels which, In the
opinion of your committee, entities
them to generous and grateful recog
milton by the country.
Dorpooontotiuo Tn~1la ~,oo L.
structed by the House committee on
public lands to-day to report favor
ably the joint resolution which pro,
hibits the Secretary of the Interior
from taking any further steps to con-
tirm or patent any lands granted to
corporation. state or person by Con
gress in any case where reports favor
ing forfeiture OF said land grants have
been made by either branch of this
Congress until after final action shall
be taken upon such bills till the Su-
preme Court OF the United States
shall decide upon the validity of such
grant. The resolution further pro-
yides the Secretary be prohibited
from certifying or patentlng to any
corporation any land grant
except where such corporation has
complied strictly with all the oondi-
tlOns of the granting act, and that in
all cases of doubt in regard to the
construction Of those conditions the
benefit of the doubt shall be given to
the government.
The house committee on military
Instructed Representative Slo-
cum to report favorably his bill pro
that honorably DISCHARGED
soldiers or sailors be preferred for ap-
to civil offices when found
to possess the business capacity e
essary to a proper discharge of the
of such offices,
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Inc q panae of base ball started In
search Of wild parsnips, but look hold
of deadly hemlock Instead: The
hove ate freely and were all taken
violently sick. Two died Limos m
stantly, five are in q critical con1l-
fion and not expected to live. me
Others are suffering more or less from
the noisun. Particulars are meagre:
Thus far the boys names are not
Known.
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The bill, placing General Grant on
the retired list, gives him the rank
and pay of general of the army. The
pay amounts to $17,500 a year. This
sum with the interest on the s25O,-
600 donated him some time ago will
bring his annual income up to $780,
600. The bill will doubtless pass the
House. Republics are not always
ungrateful.
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A poet once said, emusic hath
charms to soothe the savage breast"
but in view of the fact that Sitting
Bull has just signed q contract to
travel with a show company for the
munifcent sum of $50 per week, it
seems that money is more powerful
than music.
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LynchiMg.

CHEYENNE, May 2.-Two men S S',is
arrested here tonight from oap,,s
county, Is miles north Of here, WIN 'i,
tne body of George Metcalf IN !nsr
possession. Metcalf, while al dinn ass,
nad got into a dispute with VIM: ;s ns
ioney, when the latter shot him uea "'
Maloney was arrested and WDl!e%
Way here was captured by u''
who lynched him.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-21

Now that the bank failure boom Is
over in New York the Presidential
boom can 60 right along. The latter
received q slight check the other dav
and the political arithmetic man
pocketed his pencil.
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In q recent interview Fred. Grant
asserts that he and his brother
Ulysses were made the victims of u
,hrewd confidence man. They were
dazzled with the idea that they were
carrying on a great banking business
aud rolling in wealth. They looked
upon their partner, Ward. as the
Napolean of ananciers, because he
told them beautiful stories and
showed them charming balance
sheets. They we're lambs who inno-
Gently submitted to be shorn by their
partner. Ulysses put in $500, 600 in
the concern, and Fred. put in $57, 900.
He thought at the time of the crash
he was worth, $50U. 900. This is the
Grant story. Ward is to be heard
from. If the story be true, the Grant
boys should rent a peanut stand, sell
for cash and keep no books. They
are not cut out for bankers.
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think so, and had assured me thar If
Mcclellan made the attempt he
would be upon his heels before he
could break the line of defense which
I, with a small force on the south side
of the Chiekahominy, would main
tain.r
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Vanderbilt In England.

LIVERPOOL, May M.-EandeleDi
landed this afternoon and proceru'
10 London. He Informed u neSf
paper representative that hls ~
formation regarding the New l@s
panic was incomplete, and thelelVa'
was unprepared to comment upon "
Vanderbilt stated the Object OF w
visit to England was to wituess Ins
Derby at EPSON, but the news na'
received might necessitate al al'ts :.
atlon OF his plans. in which case ~
would have to return to AnleiN'
early.
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heath Of ver.-

an n u.s., May a.-Wm
Nat; thu veteran who ha. = Palmer,
o"iv ,0nsl reputation from at.alued .
su: y survivor Of the soid G;eing the
h hsland l. Of s; Heisnss'h i L.. % the
oFesk Last nisht' MS
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1t thus appears that in these States,
with the exception of Kansas, Mass
achusetts and Michigan, the coIored
voters hold the balance of power.
Should they transfer their allegiance
to the Democracy the defeat OF the
Republican party in seven Of the ten
States named would be assured, and
should they assume an Independent
position the effect would be the same.
II will be interesting to note the
frantic endeavors of the Republican
orators and organs to placate the cyl>
Ored brother.
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1t would be a good thing for New
York If many of the so>called
Wall Street tinanciers would come
west and engage in the hilarious oc-
cupation Of herding sheep.
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The New York Sun Of Monday
says that mi. Chaffee will cause
Grant & Ward q good deal of trouble
in his efforts to recover the $500, 900
of securities which has passed from
his possession through the methods
of the firm. It is learned on ex-
cellent authority" the Sun contin-
nes, that Senator Chaffee was not
interested in the blind pool, but
from time to time during the last
six or eight months at the request OF
his son-in-law, U. 3. Grant, Jr.,
turned over to the latter the secur-
tiles referred to. He received no
obligation of the firm for them.
They were turned over to Ward by
young Grant, who, it is said. was
ignorant of what Ward was doing.
The Senator, it Is said, will leave no
untried to get them back. or
to get an equivalent.
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BLAINE PRO5PEUlS.

~ - uoCAVoS w uSAy S0SS
rapidly forging ahead for the nomi-
nation to the Presidency. It may be
true some of the statements made by
his partisans are somewhat exagger-
ated. One is that he has already $50
delegates more than he had In 1880.
If he had, the canvass might be re-
garded as ended. Blaine had 284
votes in the Chicago Convention. He
never rose higher than that number.
But he held his strength less t n
votes for thirty ballots. Seeing that
he could not win the prize himself,
he clearly united with the other AN
didates to beat Grant. On the thirty
sixth ballot all of his votes, with the
exception of 40, which he was una
BILE to transfer, passed oyer to Gar
field. If he has already $50 votes
more than he had in 1880, his total
| strength would be 1913 more than
a majority of the convention.
But still some of the facts that are
reported show that he is stronger now
than he was either In 1875 or 1880. 1t
is stated that he has 81 out of the 60
votes Of Pennsylvania. In
1876 he had no votes on the
first ballot from that State. Cameron
held the State in his pocket. But the
delegation subsequently, broke away
from him. In 1880 Blaine had q
votes from the Keystone State. These
Cameron likewise tried to secure by
the "unit rule" But the convention
decided not only against him, but
against the other two confederate
bosses, Conkllng and Logan. Now
Blaine is reported to have q majority |
of the Pennsylvania delegation in bis
own right, directly elected. The
somewhat staggering statement Is
also made that ut least so DELEGATES
out of the " allotted to New York
have already been elected in his H.
vor. In 1876 Blaine received no votes
from New York. In 1880 he had II,
including Robertson, the Collector.
Conkling sought to appropriate these
II under the unit rule" as Cameron
did the q from Pennsylvania. but he
failed like his fellow bosses.
The Bread and Butter brigade from
the South, now generally for Arthur,
is not likely to hold out long against
such a manifestation of power. Some
of these fac's, no matter what may
be the result, are quite unique.
Blaine has been q candidate already
IN two conventions. This, if moth
ing else, according to the old rule,
ought to defeat him. But the OUT
come seems to be the reverse. He
was stronger in 1875 than he was in
1880. On the first named occasion
he started in with 291 and rose to 351
votes. The other candidates then
against him and Hayes
was the product. Blaine was not SO
by a few votes In 1880. But
on 10th occasions he held the bulk of
his strength to the end. beyond
question he served Grant in 1880 with
the sauce that had been ladled out to
him four years before.
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Wholesale POISONING.

LOUISVILLE. May 20.-A specia,
from Harrods6drg (Ky.,) saw: go
horrible case Of whole.sie no;s".,xH
BY hemlock, took place near ha.s
yesterday. Eighteen koys after nisr
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MEETING OF DEMOCRATIC GEN.
TRIAL COMMITTEE.

There will be q meeting of the members of
the, democratic Central (Umnitlee IF the Ter
fit0ry ct Deer Lodge City, on wednesday, June
4. leA.
The committee Is called together for the pur.
pose OF selecting two delegates with alternates
to The NatiUual Democratic Convention TO be
held In the city Of Chicago, on toe 9TH OF July.
Territorial Convention TO nominate u candidate
for Delegate III Congress; u appUrtton the dele.
Gatee 10 The several counties Of the Territory;
- may come b. fore the commiuee.
The following named gentlemen constitute
said committee, lo-wlC: A H.. Mitchell. Deer
Lodge; e.. D. Curtis, Lewis & Clarke: Il. W. sta.
plelon, Silver Bow; X. p. Bateman, Madison;
8. w. 1~anghorne, 1allatin; J. B. HubbelI, Gus
Ter; I. L. Collins, Choteau; John F. MctlintOck,
Ieasher; y. II. Poindexler, Beaver heal; w,
J. Mccormick, Mtss0ula; Il Mes riley, Jefferson.
A. d, MlTCHELL,
Chairman Democratic Central Committee.
CD. CURTIS, secretarv.
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THE VOTE.

In view of the speeches made by
colored orators In the recent Pitts
burg colored convention in which it
was boldly stated the cOlored vote
would be given to the party that
would aid them mOsl the following fg
ures may prove interesting to many.
In ten of the leading Northern States.
the aggregate number of colored
voters is as follows:
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"The Worlds Wonders,

AS seen by the Great Tropical and Po-
lar Explorers" is the title of new and
valuable book inst publish by the His
torical Publishing Co. Its object is to
"place within the reach of all, in one
elegant, finely illustrated volume; all
the achievements, discoveries, travels,
and adventures of the great explorers;
a history of marvellous things on the
earth; of strange countries and races of
people; of curious animals, birds and
reptiles; and the worlds great natural
phenomena and curiosties." 1t possess
ses addition interest in an official his
tory of the late Greedy Expedition in
search of the North Pole, and is no
doubt book of standard merit and
great interest. The publishers claim
that it is a complete encyclopedia o
exploration, discovery and adventure
in all parts of the world, and as such it
must possess very great interest for all
classes of readels. See advertisement
elsewhere,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-12-25
The Retaliation of France.

The Tariff Committee has presented
its report to the French Chamber of
Duputies.
The decision is made. American
cereals are, ifpossible, be be kept out
of the French market.
Our exporters of grain may be dis
mayed. But they have no possible
right to object.
There are two island, let us say,
Madagascar and the Mauritius, carry
ing on system of free commercial in
terchange.
Madagascar, we will suppose, pro-
duces good cereals and poor wine. The
Mauritlus produces poor cereals and
good wine.
Madagascar sends its surplus grain
to the Maurltius, and the Mauritlus
sends its surplus wine in payment of
the grain.
After a while the wine Of Madagas,
car improves the quality. eve will
put tax on our neighbors' wine, say
the rulers of Madagascar.
Nothing suits US BETTER say the
rulers of the Mauritius. "Our own
cereals are improving. We will tax
your gram
Shut out from its natural market,
Madagascar tries to support itself. Its
wine deteriorates. Its cereals show
signs Of exhaustion. The natives stand
on the brink of famine.
"Friends,' say their rulers "do not
be disheartened. The inhabitants of
the Mauritius are as badly off as you"
THAT may be-" return the natives,
"but If we are going to starve, what
does it mater if we starve alone or in
company"
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Birthday Surprise.

EDITOR NORTHWEST Please allow
space in your paper for the report of a
very pleasant surprise, given at Mr.. G..
Fl. Smiths, in Liberty township, Dec.
5th, in honor of Mrs. Smiths 42d BIRTH
day. She accompanied her husband
to Wauseon that day and, on return
ing home the sight that met her eyes
was enough to surprise anyone. The
table was loaded with good things,
chicken, Turkey, pie, cake, in fact,
everything that willing hands, kind
husband, children, relatives, and dneigh-
bors could provide to make the day
pleasant for Mrs. Smith, and she ap-
preciated their kindness too. There
were about fifty present, and all were
merry and happy. On account of
Grandfather Skates poor health, he
and Grandmother could not be there,
but they sent their best wishes. May
Mrs. Smith live to see AZ more birth
days as happy as this one. Following
is list of presents:
Grandfather and Grandma Skates,
two fruit dishes, Mr.. and Mrs. X. Skates
set knives and forks, box and apron;
Mr.. G. II. Smith, pair arctic overshoes;
Mr.. George Smith, set cups and sau-
GERS; Mr.. Judson Smith, cream pitcher;
Mrs. Mary Skates, hood; Mrs. N. E.
Merchant, two aprons and can apple
butter; Mr.. and Mrs. H. FL. Hayes, hon
ey dish: Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Merchant,
pair towels, one pound smoking tobac-
co, two pipes and match-safe; Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Sturdevant, butter dish
and apron; Mr.. and Mrs. w. Sturde-
want, cracker dish and spoonholder;
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Sturdevant, pickle
dish and salt cup; Mr.. and Mrs. J. AL
man, two aprons; Mr.. and Mrs. s.
Rockwell, apron; Mr.. and Mrs. M. S.
Rockwell, pair towels and apron; Mr..
Edward Rockwell, bread plate; Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Fisher, apron; Clara Fisher,
silk handkerchief; Mrs. Mary Clute,
apron; Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Naugle, can
fruit; Florence Skates, bowl; Fannie
Bascome, fruit dish.
A GUEST.
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WHAT MAY BE EXPECTED.
Senator Pendleton's Views ON the
Policy of President Cleveland.

New HAVEN, CT, December l3-
At meeting Of the Civil Service So
ciety last night letter was read flom
United States Senator Pendleton OF
Ohio. He says: ''The law has al
ready accomplished much good in es-
tablishing the merit system, and the
time of members of Congress has been
less occupied by office-seekers. |
think, Senator Pendleton SAYS, 'that
we may have the fullest confidence
that the President-elect will, in his
new field of duty, be as faithful to the
principles of this reform movement
as he has shown himself to be while
Mayor and Governor; that he will
rigidly enforce the provisions of the
law now on the statute book and gradu-
ally extend their application to the
whole subordinate political SER
vice. As the necessity for additional
legislation shall appear 1t will be
promptly and intellipently recon-
mended. The system has grown rap
idly IN favor with members of Con-
gress and in this l think they only re-
feet the views of their constituents.
he bene6cence of the reform will
surely commend 1t more and more to
the good sense and patriotism of the
people. Its original friends have ev-
cry reason to be encouraged, but this
encouragement only stimulates them
to increased exertlon."
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Don't SpiII the Milk,

There is no use crying over spilled
milk says the old saw. If you are not
only bald, but have no life in the roots
ofyour hair, there is no use crying over
that, either. Take both time and your
self by the forelOck while there is a fore
lock left. Apply Parker's Hair Balsam
to your hair before matters get worse.
1t will arrest the falling off of your hair
and restore its original color, gloss and
softness. 1t is perfect dressing withal
clean, richly perfumed, cools and heals
the scalp. I'm
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How to Get a Public Office.

There are one hundred and twenty
thousand offices within the gift of the
new administration, and now is the
time for those seeking public employ
ment to take proper steps to secure one
Of these lucretive positions. To this
end the United States BLUE Book will
prove an indispensable guide and assist
ant. The BLUE Book is a register of
all the Federal offices and emplOyments
in each State and Territory, the Dist
rict of Columbia and abroad, with their
salaries, emoluments and duties, shows
who is eligible for appointment, the
civil service rules, questions asked at
examinations, how to make an appli-
cation and how to push it to success,
and gives besides vast amount of i'm
portant and valuable information rela-
tive to government positions never be-
fore published.
Send seventy-five cents to J. III. Soule
Publisher, Washington, D. c., and Sc
cure copy of the BLUE Book. Agents
wanted.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-12-25

Mr.. Blaine's plea that he was
obliged to withdraw his libel suit be-
cause he couldn't get justice from a
jury is very thin. If he had proved
that he had been libeled; shown that
the accusation was gross, unfouuded
SANDER, and the jury had ahen di.
vided upon party lines, he would have
been amply vindicated. The verdict
of the public would have been in his
favor. The refusal of the partisans
on the jury to do him justice would
have condemned them, not him. All
that he would have lost bv a failure
OF the jury to disagree would have
been the assessed damages in money.
Surely Mr.. Blaine did no. withdraw
his suit because he could not have
"the hurt which honor feels" cured hv
"the jingling of the guinea. FEE
Press.