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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31

est man in the party sat on the chair,
grasping the rounds with oil his might.
The girl laid her fingers on the hack,
and the chair few up and dumped the
young man on his back. BY touching
common hickory stick she wrenched
1t from the grasp ot strong men, who
struggled over the stage as IL stag.
gered by some mighty force. The
audience applauded wildly. All are
convinced that the girl possesses some
supernatural power. but no one can
explain it. Miss Hurst knows not
what il is, some think it electricity
Others magnetism, many spirits, and a
few the devil. Your correspondent;
was on the stage and watched closely.
The girl is no humbug but has the
faculty of surchsrging inanimate OBJ
iects, including noaconiuctors Of elec-
tricity, such rs glas. aud marble, with a
mighty and mysterious fore, which
science is left to explain if it can. She
appears again Tomorrow night and is
the sensation of the town
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31
Apples That Turn to Ashes on the
Lips.
EAst Toledo New Era.1

-Four years have now elapsed since
the Toledo mining company, under the
leadership of Dr. Sturgeon, Major
Keeler & Co., set out with sanguine
hopes and flying colors, bound for the
silver.llned mountains of New Mexico.
sti"ng in the conviction that now was
the time. and that they were the bows
who should wrest that silver lining
from those everlasting hills in the sun.
ny South where 1t has lain for ages,
and with 1t snugly feather their nests
in the frigid North. So that in the
winter of old aye when their raven and
auburn locks should become whitenei
rs the driven snow, they might see
their sun of life 90 down surrounded
ny all the comforts wealth can give.
But how sad the thought that all these
fondly cherishe | hopes should vanish
into thin alr-talled' utterly failed OF
realization. Thousands of dollars
went in with no returns to show for
the expenditure. Experience keeps a
dear school, but fools it is said will
learn in other. and still others seem in
clined TO and will no doubt bite a,
this naked hook and 6nd themselves
impaled.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31
The Shade He Wanted.

a Boston paper says that con-
sunpuve man, knowing that his lit.
Was rapidly drawing to . close, called
his wife to him aud saiu: m
s'Maieline. you know that ! an
about to die; shall you ever think of
me when am gomez III.
tOh, yes, darling, sohhei his wife,
never Can forget you, ami will SEE
that your grave is kept green
Yes, my dear. Iktiow you will; but
! have one last request '-,
WHAT'S it, darling2s
'Do not keep it that vulgar, low.
down, common green, like simpson
grave, which is SO dlstasteful " the
eye Keepft rich, delicate olive
green"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31
A Rare Piece Of Bric-a.Brac.
Washington Republican,

L"eoniu&ton nepuouCkn
A Marshal of the United States.
whose hailwick comprehends an i'm
porant Southern State, tells story of
seizure recently male under the
revenue laws that embraced four kegs
Of whisky and one key of water. When
the usual notice was published for the
owners of the property to come for
ward and defend libel proceedings
there was prompt response so Ear as
the whisky was concerned, but the un-
fortunate runlet of aqua para could
find no one to put in an appearance on
its behalf. The spirits were rescued
from the clutches of the law. amt
while the Judge was filing out the or
der to restore it to its owners the
Marshal spoke up and said: "This
settles the whisky case all right, your
Honor, but what am to do with this
key of water?' Sell it" responded
Judge briefly. as he handed over the
authority to dispose of this also. But
Judge, who in the thunder do you
suppose can find in the State Of
to bid on key of wa;er?' "Tha, s
all right said the Judge. "You 90
ahead, do your duty, and put the
property up at auction. You'll .fnd
bidders. Some one of these red
nosed old citizens here will buy it as
a curiosity. 1t will be regarded by
them as a piece of brio a-brac, to be
placed in a prominent place in their
parlors"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31
How Watch Cases are Mode.


Most persons have an ambition 10 carry
agold watch case, and yet few people know
how watch case is made, or the vast dii-
ference in Inequality of them. Ina SOLID
GOLD WATCH CASE, aside from the neces-
sary thickness for engraving and polishing,
large proportion Of the metal IS noe..ed
only 10 stificn and hold the engraved nor.
tions in place, and supply strength. .ho
surplus is not only needless, but undvsira-
bic, because gold is soft metal anil cannot
furnish the stiffness, strength and elasticity
necessary to make the case permanently
strong and close-fitting. The perfect watch
case must combine gold with some metal
that will supply that in which the guild is
deficient. This has been accomplished by
the james Boss Gold WGtch Cdse ~ ....
which saves the WASTE of need
less gold, and INCREASES the soLlDIrY and
STRENGTH of the case, and at the same time
reduces the cost ONE HALF.
ssad ssa.p 10 Ksysssss watch C..s y.s,sre pA.
asipha Pa, for hsnd.ons illustrated P.aphls, .aO~H
5a.ss Bos' and K.y.ssss w.ssh Cs... srs mace.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31
"A MYSTERIOUS POWER.
Laws OF Gravitation Set at Naught
by Georgia Girl.

ATLANTA, Ga, January 23-The
wonderful electric girl, Lulu Hurst, Of
Collarltown. gave an exhibition Of
her mysterious power at De Gives
Opera House in the presence of the
largest audience of the season, over
two thousand people. She is a plain
looking country girl Of eighteen, with
brown hair, small, light blue eyes,
and pallid face. She weighs about l4O,
Her father and mother sat with her on
the stage and watched the manifesto
ticns with the keenest interest, as did
the entire audience. A committee of
Atlanta gentlemen, noted for their
great muscular strength. were invited
on the stage, In turn they held firmly
to the rounds OF an ordinary chair,
upon the back Of which Miss Lulu
simply laid her fingers, when it, ca
reened over the stage with fearful force,
throwing the gentlemen abont as if
they W., re babies. Several cords
were tied to a common umbrella, which
was hoistea IN the center OF the stage
Miss Lulu caught lightly hold of the
handle while the gentlemen gripped
the cords. In a moment the umbrella
Ilouhled up pulling the men around
the stage. and was soon twisted into
pieces. She next placed her palms
under the bottom of the chair, hold
ing it off In the air at arms length
One of the 1argest and most powerful
men threw his weight on the chair and
after a-severe struggle succeeded in
pressing it to the aoor, when it sprang
up and iaid him on his back in the
middle Of the stage. Then the strong
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31
Hoods Sarsaparilla

Is designed to meet the wants of those
who need medicine to build them up,
give them an appetite, purify their
blood, and oil up the machinery of their
bodies. No other article takes hold of
the system and hits exactly the spot
like Hood's Sarsaparilla. 1t works like
magic, reaching every part of the hui
man body through the hood, giving to
oil renewed life and energy. 81 a bot
tie; six for SIS.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31
Queer Aui,iiais.

A puma in the Blue Mountain vi
cinity recently jumped forty feet.
A sailor on the nrig Mascar, struck
by f1vlng gurnsrd off Sand Key
Light, was knocked down and nearly
killed.
A heloderms, the American poison
Gus lizard from Montana, killed rat
tesnake in pitched battle. 1t was
two feet long.
Among thu collection CT lizards at
the Smithsonian are some remarkable
seckos. One has q tail that mimics
the bark of tree upon which it lives.
In another the tail resembles a leaf,
and as such is used as protection.
It is also thrown off if occasion re-
quires.
The great aux that was supposed to
have become extinct about fifty years
ago may yet be in the land of the llv-
ing, as specimen was found as late
as 1870 and sold to an Australian col
lector for $500. The one in the mu-
scum 1T Centr Park. perfect with an
egg, cost over $500.
A Limestone discovered near Salt
Lake strikes fire at the slightest blow.
ani has been named He'll Fire Rock.
The miner who first observed it was
utterly demorallzed and thought he
had struck the 'infe"nal regions ev-
cry blow of the hammer producing a
fash of light blue light.
A collector latelyei unearrh in New
Zealand an ancient swamp. in which
we're over seven tons of bones balong
ing to the gigantic extinct birds of
this region. These creatures were
wingless and attained a height of nine
or ten feet. Their eggs have heen
found hurie'l in the graves OF the an
cie,t Maori
Yale College has received new fos-
sill reptile, the tip of whose tail bears
verlt,ble memhranous paddle, sup
ported by numerous ra,ilating b ,nes
1t WAS probably used rs y ruiier.
The specimen was namsi ramp lory.
nchus Phyl iurus, and shows the mem
hrane on the wing and paddle perfect
ly ,..
A bird (amblyornis) discovered in
Austria not only builds hut but
forms garden about it, planting
flowers OF brilliant coIors every day
upon a grass plot pref ared for the
plrp"se. AS soon as wlLherel or lie
cayei. the flowers are removed. The
bird shows much greater constructive
abilities than many human tribes.
In certain countries in South Amer
ica birds are kept to tend focks as
dogs are here. The bird generally
used is the clana, an allied form to
the horned screamers. It is extreme
ly plgnacious. darling at the dogs or
other birds when they approach lit
charge, driving them away with beak
and tail.
The list of animals that have become
extinct within the memory of man is
large and interesting Within fifty
years the great aux and Labrador
duck have been extirpated on onr
coast. and within two hundred years
the gigantic rhy,ina. In the West
Indies numbers of small birds have
died out. In other countries the
'iodo, the solitaire, the notornis and
various ptrrots. .9a
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31
The True Test.

Ifa man is hungry within an hour
more or less after meal he is dyspep-
tic, it shows his stomach is not able to
dispose of what he has eaten, but to eat
and thus impose more work, is an
absurdity. Take DR.. Jones' Red Clover
Tonic which cures dyspepsia, and all
stomach, liver, kidney and bladder trou.
bles. 1t is perfect tonic, appetizer,
blood purifier, sure cure for ague and
malaria diseases. Price SO cents, of ID.
J, Humphrey.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31
A Great Discovery.

That is daily bringing joy to the
homes of thousands by saving many OF
their dear ones from an early grave
Truly is DIR. Kings New Discovery fol
consumption, coughs, colds, asthma,
bronchitis, hay fever, loss of voice
tickling in the throat, pain in side and
chest, or any disease Of the throat and
lungs, positive cure. Guaranteed
Trial bottles free at J. C. Saur's drug
store. Large size ST.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31

Many whose blood had become poi
sOned from various causes, and whose
i'll health was indicated by pimples,
sore feelings, aches, pains, urinary sed-
iments, catarrh and inflammation of the
mucous membrane, constipation, dys-
pepsia. bad dreams, nervousness, sleep
lessness, etc., have been restored to per-
feet health by using DIR. Guysott's Yell
low Dock anil Sarsaparilla. 1t is the
only true blood purifier and strength
ener Of mind and body. No other
remedy equals it. 2t
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31

"My skin which has been covered
with scaly sores, has become clean,
smooth and soft as lady's. My hands
were covered with little dry scabs.
They have disappeared and Pm better
than have been for twenty years, us
ing Dr. Benson's Skin Cure.-A. Nj.
Noble, Selma, N. G., .Julv 3, 1888. In
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31

The latest dude story ls that a farmer
saw couple Of those agonizlng speci-
mems ou the street anl exclaimed: !:
Gush! what things we see when We
don't have gun"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-31
D. 3. &nns GabI.s.
WABASH, ST. LOUIS 4 PACIFIC R,.

NO. does not stop between NapoleOh aud Toledo
do.
No. stops at Defiance, B. l. o. jun tion and Ant.
werp only between Napoleon aud IT. Wayne.
Nos and . run dzlly. Other trains daily except
sunday.
Nos. IL and % do hot carry passengers west OF
Defiance. Baggage will not be checked for freight
trains.
Time given shove s central time and is 24IS min
utes slower thab sun time.
). X. wITHERs, Agent.
Napo. eun.
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Land for Salel

4 HE undersigned will sell " sereL of land situ,-
ated IN the west halt OF the nortkwest ausrte, %
section IL, town 4, range 8, acre. clear the iba-
ance timber land. tile clear. Fur further infop-
nation inquire ofW. II. Burnt cp the adjoining
farm, or Of ANDREW sWARfs.
JamestoSn,h-
apll2.s3tf Mercer Ce.
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ITO be continued,)
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-06
THE TIN CANS MISSION.
A Mine of Wealth Found in the Despised
Ash Heaps.
Philadelphia Record.

Ehliduolpuid NOSOiu-
The empty tin can at last has a mission, and a
profitable one at that. Emptied of its contents
of peaches or tomatoes, discarded and thrown
out at the kitchen gate, it may soon be sent in at
the front door or find an honored place in the
best room in the house Thousands of these cans
are gathered in Philadelphia every week and
made into shining sheets and used to decorate or
cover large travelling trunks, and thus get a pro
motion from the back yard to the boudoir. On
the outskirts of the city, within a
short time, a number of factories for
battered cans and other tin refuse from the ash
heaps have sprung up, and the business is a
growing one. One of considerable size is on
Moyamensing avenue, below Mlfain street, where
a large force of men is kept busy day in and day
out. The cans are collected in various ways,
but principally from the city ash heaps and the
hotels and large boarding houses. t the facto-
ry the soldered seams are subjected to an intense
heat in such a way that the solder is allowed to
run into a receptacle, and is carefully saved and
sold, the profit from this source alone almost
paying for the expense of gathering and hand
ling of the cans. The tops and bottoms of
the cans are melted and turned into
widow-sash weights. The labels on the tin
plates are easily taken off, after having been
thoroughly soaked i'll water and the plates them
selves rolled out fiat by machinery. AS the in
side of the plates are not much discolored by the
contents of the can, they present a clean surface
and make excellent covers for trunks, the seams
being hidden by the trunk braces, either of wood
or sheet iron. Other uses are also made of the
tin plates, and there is considerable profit in the
business. The process is quite simple, and very
little capital is required. One concern in this
city rolled out 40, 900 Of these plates in less than
two months, and the industry promises to be
largely developed both here and elsewhere.
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OLD TESTAMENT REVISION.
The Work Nearly Finisbed-SOme of the
Changes Made,

Philadelphia Record.
The American and English committees have
almost finished their labors in the revision of
the Old Testament. 1t is expected that the re
vision will be published in the course of a few
months. President Chase, of Haverford Col
lege, a member of the American committee
states that the revision was made with the sole
object of placing the Bible in a position in
which the people may understand every word
as the scholars understand them, and as the
text stands in the original. To do this many OF
the beauties of expression have been sacrificed
in orGSr to give the true meaning of the orig
| inal. The nnetical forms and the archaisms
will be retained "a a larger extent than they
were in the New Testament.
Hebrew is much better underStCt" i' III the optu-
ion of President Chase, than it was tNV ethVu
ries ago, and this fact is shown in the revision.
That fabulous beast, the unicorn" will give
place to the wild OK. THE river of Egypt will
be the brook of Egypt ''The Book Of flasher
will be 'the Book of the Upright" THE plain
of Moran" will be ''the rock of Moran" The
children of Israel did not borrow Of the Egypt
ians what they never intended to return, but
they asked for and received gifts, not loans.
''Joseph's coat of many colors7 will be a long
tunic. Judgment also will l lay to line, and
Righteousness to the plummet,' will be 81 will
make judgment for a line and righteousness for
a plumb line SIN my flesh shall l see Cod will
be yet out of my flesh shall l see God"
President Chase states that the Psalms are, as
a whole, admiralty translated. Some Of the
changes follow:
VII: 20. "If he turn not he will whet his
sword meaning God, will be, 'if a man tuIn
not he will whet his sword"
VIII: 5. For Thou hast made him a little
lower than the angels" will be, Thou hast made
him a little lower than God" II will praise
Thee, Oh, Lord, " is often translated, Il will give
thanks unto Thee, Oh, Lord
TX: Z. But the Lord shall endure forever, "
will be, But the Lord sitteth as King forever"
II: 7. For the righteous Lord loveth right
eousness; His countenance doth behold the
upright" will be, "for the Lord is righteous; He
loveth righteousness; the upright shall behold
his face"
XXXVII: 8. "Fret not thyself in any wise to
do evil, y will be, fret not thyself, it tendeth to
evil doing"
LXvIfI: II. 1.-THE Lord gave the word; great
was the company of those that published it,"
will be, the Lord giveth the word, and the
women that bring glad tidings are a great
host"
LXXXIV: g. "Who, passing through the val
ley of Baca, make it a well; the rain also flleth
the pools will be, passing through the valley
of weeping, they make it place of springs"
XCVI: II. "Then shall all the trees of the
wood rejoice, will be, then shall all the trees
of the wood sing for joy"
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Washington Letter in Boston Herald.
Mr.. Wood, of Indiana, a new Democratic
member of the pension committee, remarked in
conversation to-day with Mr.. Payson, of Illinois,
a Republican, whom Wood, from the fact that
he is an anti-monOpolist and an anti railroad
man, supposed to be a Democrat: We must
put our new pension bill through the House,
It's a matter of great Importance to me per
sonally. You see Tina candidate for reelection.
The passage of that bill by the House would be
worth Ii, 1000 votes to me in my district. l sup
pose the Republicans will block the bill in the
Senate, but I don't care about that, it will an
swer my purpose, our purpose as Democrats, if
it passes the House.
Il don't know" said Payson, ''but that it may
pass the Senate. There are men in our party
there who are literally disposed toward the old
soldiers; Logan for example"
'Logan!" repeated Wood. "Your partly
Are you a Republican,"
Certainly" replied Mr.. Payson.
"Well, a." said Wood, 1--WE made a mistake.
For heavens sake, don't repeat what l said to
you"
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every Like q Whale"

London Morning Post.
A patient, knee-deep heron, alone with the
reeds in a wide waste of water; a carrier pigeon
steering its path of glad tidings of peace home
ward across the empty sky; an eagle, beating in
proud isolation its strong way upward to some
desolate rock pinnacle, observed of all men; a
lion listening alone to the far-off echoes of
the startled wilderness; a solitary palm tree
bending alone over its own shadow in the desert:
all these strike in different tones the same key
of sentiment as the single pale-tinted flame of
the primrose burning close to the dark mold,
whence, in early spring, few signs of leafy sum
mer have yet ventured forth.
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ideas, and if the government and the people of
Mexico are to be led into the paths of genuine
and substantial progress, he is the only living
leader who has the ability to conduct them. No
public man in any country of our day has had
such an opportunity as now lies before General
Diaz. He may regenerate his people and create
a genuine republic where one exists in name only.
The task is gigantic, but that statesman who
achieves such a reform will remain ilustTiGus
as long as the history of his country is pre-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-06

New York Dial.
The Psalmist remarks that a man is not en-.
titled to respect for his legs, or words to that of
feet. Evidently the Psalmist had never attended
Psalmist had no idea of a betting book; and yet
moral1sts pretend that principles are universal
and eternal-it is only in their application that
they are mutable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-06
Ella Wheeler's Revenge.


'Ycs,n said one of Miss Wheeler's intimate
friends, 1.-THE engagement was kept strictly secret
until a few days ago, and those who were in
formed concerning the marriage to-day were en-
joined to retain the fact as a secret of state.
Why SO much secrecy 1t was to mystify the
newspapers. They have been saying so many
unkind things concerning her, that she thought
it would be a cute thing to keep them in igno-
rance of her marriage"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-06
The Coming President of Mexico.

Charles A. Dana, in New York Sun.
The most powerful individual in Mexico at
present is General Porfrio Diaz. He was Pres
ident for four years previous to the advent of
General Gonzales, who is now in power; and he
will undoubtedly be chosen to the same Office at
the election of June next. General Diaz is the
most popular citizen of Mexico, and no other man
is spoken of for the Office of President. Against
him no charge of corruption is alleged. He APP
gears to be a statesman of solid and progressive
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-06
The Biz Show Coming.

The amusement-loving people will be glad to
learn that Sells Brothers fifty-cage and four
ring circus and menagerie will be in Indianapolis,
May 9 and 10, and give performances after
noon and night This is the largest travelling
exhibition in the country, and, as the bills an
nounce, it has assumed the proportion of an
gained the enviable reputation of exhibiting all
they advertise, which is a singular departure
from the custom of the majority of other shows,
and a sufficient recommendation to public pat
ronage. h'
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Advantages of SobrIetY.

Pittshurg Chronicle I Telegraph.
"Wanted-A good, steady barber, one who
does not drink. Apply --." There is
some sense in that. A barber who has to put a
box alongside of the chair you sit in to shave
you, so that he can stand on it and not tread on
the snakes, never gives a man as comfortable a
close shave as one who tickles his throat on the
old nlan
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Poor MIR. Landera.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
Hon. Frank Landers, of Indiana, is very much
discouraged with both political parties. DIR.
Landers never had much to encourage him in
politics, that's a fact.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-06

HE, lads and lasses! HE away!
Nor brook a single hours delay,
If you would carry in your mouth
White teeth, and odors of the South.
Haste. haste, and buy a single font
OF the unrivaled Sozodont.