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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-11-06
.CHAPTER III.

Three years had passed. Tom was
flourishing in large firm in a seaport
town where his godmother's money
had bought him partnership. 1t was
only short daily railway journeying
to his work, and he and his family
were still happy inmates of Miss Grey
brooks house.
One day Clara accompanied her
husband to this seaport town; and he.
fore taking leave of him at his Office
door, and was proceeding to make the
purchase which was her ostensible rea.
son for bringing her bonnie face and
fresh winter costume through the
grimy streets, she waited while he
went in for a book he wanted her 10
change.
While she was standing outside.
great crowds of poor, respectable look
ing people came in and passed on to q
large room beyond. She was told that
they we're emigrants, just about to
start for New Zealand.
She watched their faces with kindly
interest, as young and old passed by,
and presently a woman who seemed
old to be thinking of such a journey
dropped her purse just in front of
Clara, who stopped to pick it up.
In returning it she saw what made
her stop the woman and eagerly ques-
tion her. Yes, 1t was her fellow lodg.
er in the old estminlster street, and
with face of quiet happiness she told
the lady that young son who had
gone to New Zealand three years be-
fore had sent her money to join him..
"He's my only one, ma'arn." she
said, "and was trouble to me once,
but he's doing we'll now."
Then Clara in gentle tones wished
her well, and when her husband came
hack to her she reminded him of the
miserable night which seemed so far
so very, very far off from the pros
porous to-day, and in a hushed and
reverent tone, she said to him
Thank God, Tom, we never had
that $3.50 Reward"
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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 full
equivalent for his money. The rule of
this class of medicines is from 10 to 25
doses for 81, the best only reaching 40.
Messrs. Hood & Co. took new depart
ure and in the article now so well and
favorably known as Hoods Sarsaparilla,
they gave the unprecedented quantity
of 100 doses for 81. These facts COM
mend this remedy to the consideration
of the sick, also the well, for they are
liable to be sick. limo.
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Asuudcr.

Once, when the sun. in slowly dying splendor.
Sank. sending crimson smiles across the
when. in the twilight. eyes looked true and
tender
.Teii ns.a you said. show great your love
- for me-"
Darker and darker grew the sea before rs:
Turning, / saw shadow ut your side;
Mist hlled the sky and hid the pale stars Ger
As those who speak in dreams my bps TO
piled: FIH
"Some measure love by gold.
By endless time, by soundless Sea,
But IL love you well enough
To leave you, Love, IL needs must be-"
Words, thoughtless wordsi but breathing
doubt forbidden;
Fears. foolish fearsi that love must lun to
Not you or knew then the meaning hidden.
Yelled IN those words you deemed an idle
Jest;
Now, Love, with paths divided. hands
asunder,
Now We have learned the meaning. you
Hid in the misty sky, the dark sea under,
Hid In those words spoke, and knew not
why
Some measure love by gold,
By endless time, by soundless sea,
But IL love you well enough
To leave you, Love, II needs must be."
Hugh Conway in the Christian Union.
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the. occupied BY the Cr.vens.

warmed the young couple and thei
children; and the latter having bee
satisfied with meal. went sound ssleeI
Tom watched his wife's busy fn
gers mending shabby clothes 70
swhile and then be, too went to bed
sharing her fervent hope that ''some
thing would turn up tomorrow.
And SO 1t came about that. when al
were fast asleep, Clara sat on by th,
fire that still burned cheerily; and sf
ter eleven strokes had fallen SLOWLY
from the big clock, and the restless
roar OF traffic Was somewhat less in tn,
ever busy streets, her hands lay idle il
her lap, and she blew out the candle Il
ave its light for another time, anc
turned such a sad young face, sucl
troubled blue ewes, upon the flickerint
fire, that it seemed hard, hard so yount
life should be so old in sorrow.
A sound of voices in he next room
reused her. There was door OF com
munication between the two rooms
which was, of course, locked, bu
which made sound easily heard.
Clara knew that her neighbor was
an elderly woman; she had met hel
on the stairs sometimes. and she won
dered who her visitor could be al
such an unreasonable hour.
Then the sound of frightened sob
bing and expostulation made her lis
ten attentively, for she feared hel
neighbor was in trouble and deter.
mined to wake her husband, il neces.
sary.
mot yet, Joe Oh, don't say you
must go yet p
"Mother, I've stayed to long al
ready. They'll ne after me sharp, now
the reward is out. Think of $3.50
The men who tempted me and got the
jewels, would round on me now an
get the reward"
This was it, then! But one slight
wooden door stood between Clara and
the thief she had said she wished she
could find! Only to step round the
corner There she knew was the po-
lice station, and for the news she
brought them she would get $3.50.
She clssped her hands tight, and sat
perfectly still, all the while knowing
that every second lessened her chance
of securing this living Eiece of proper.
ty valued at $3.50.
In her present straits $3.50 seemed a
fortune to her. No one who has not
gone through similar experience can
ever know what that temptation was
to Mrs, Craven. AS she sat, her ears
caught the mothers voice again
"I'll not keep you, though my heart
Is breaking. My bonny boy come to
this Oh, God most merclful, save him
from felon's doom !"
"Mother, pray for me. II I escape,
I vow to lead an honest life, and make
a no ne for you. Tt has not been my
fault. Pray God to forgive and help
me.
Claras grasp Of her hands relaxed.
Then with white face and sorrowful
eyes she stood up and looked at her
two tiny sleeping hoys.
Then on her knees she fell, and
stayed in earnest prayer until she
heard the stealthy footsteps creep
downstairs, and the front door closed;
and then she stole to the window of
her darkened room, and looking out
into the lamp-lit street, watched
quick walking figure in an old country
cloak with deep cape, and
arge poke bonnet, such as her old
1eighbor always wore. Then she
Knew that the young man had escaped
n his mothers clothes.
CHAPTER II.
One of the most fashioned
houses In an old country town was
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-11-06

Mss Greybrook carried out her in.
tention, and hustled, them all of TO the
station. The children slept all the
way in the comfortable 6rst-class car
riage.
1t was eleven o'clock when they
drove up to the door of the old lady's
house. and she grimly counted FIVE
heads in nightcaps thrust out into the
night air from the neighboring win
dows-amongst them the rector's,
with flannel rolled round as an extra
protection.
Inside the house all was done in the
right way as soon as the word was
given. a
"My godson, his wife, and children
have come to live with me. Light
large fires in the two best rooms, and
get supper"
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Humorous and Otherwise.

A striking affair-A clock.
A Chinese Waul-Celestial music
Well backed-up-The dromedary.
The thief's favorite metals-Stee]
and then | run.
The school girls favorite Roman
hero--Marius.
Men can by no possibility become
female clerks, but there is nothing to
prevent women becoming mail clerks.
The reason why bankers are SO apt to
prosper is because they always take SO
much interest" IN their business.
A subscriber advertises for IA
plain girl to cook" He probably was
afraid he would be hanged if he
cooked a pretty girl.
There are many and various ways of
becoming man of mark; but the
easiest and most effectual way is to
lean up against some newly painted
ratings.
There is girl in Turner, Me-, who
smokes, chews, shaves, swears, and
wears mans hat. Her unconquera-
BILE propensity for ice-cream is the on
ly thing that betrays her.
A correspondent asks if it is proper
to dance with married lady when
her husband is looking on. Certainly.
The dancing IS sure to be very prop
er under such circumstances.
A few weeks since barber offered
a reward for good method Of instant.
ly removing superaous hair. Among
the answers was one forwarded by a
gentleman in Canada. We give it
"Undertake to kiss woman against
her will"
a western zephyr carried COW
quarter of miie through the air and
set her down in milkman's yard. He
was so scared that he stopped grinding
chalk and ran four miles for rifle
with which to shoot the curious-look-
ing creature.
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/ suffered from acute inflammation in
my nose and head-for a week at a
time could not see. I used Ely's
Cream Balm and in a few days I was
cured. 1t is wonderful how quick it
helped me.-Mrs. George s. Judson,
Hartford, Conn.
For fifteen years I was annoyed with
severe pain in my head and discharges
into my throat from catarrh. NV
sense of smell was much impaired. BY
the use of Ely's Cream Balm I have
overcome these troubles.--J. B. Case,
st. Denis Hotel, New York. 2t
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CHAPTER III,

One of the most old-fashionec
houses IN an old country town was
Greybrook's.
A steep flight of Immediately clear
steps led from the pavement of the
street to her hall door, with it's SHIN
ing brass knocker and bell handle.
On each side of this hall door was ,
large bay window, just high enough te
make it inconvenient for any one tc
| offer to shake hands with Miss Grey
brook when they were in the stree
and she was tending her flowers in the
window.
At the back of the broad hall that
went straight across the house there
we're steps leading down into large,
well kept gardens, and these were en-
closed by substantial brick wall pro-
tecting the fruit and flowers from pill
fering fingers.
Inside the house everything bespoke
wealth and comfort. Miss Greybroos
herself was regarded by the town folk
as peculiar, but her popularity being
accompanied by riches, she was never
made to feel it unpleasantly.
In person she was tall and angular,
and pair of piercing black eyes that
shone out in vivid contrast to her grey
hair, gave her a remarkable appear
ance.
Her caps were alwaysl made high,
and her dresses shorter than anyboy
else's, and she made no change for
fashion or favor
Now this old lady was Mr.. Tom
Craven's godmother. And on the
very cold, dull winter morning of
which 1 have now to speak, she had
risen from her high. h.backed chair in
front of the bright steel fender at
sound of letter. carriers knock, and
advanced to meet the elderly servant
who brought in the letters on shin.
ing silver salver
"None from him." said the old lady,
when she was alone again, turning
over four letters eagerly in search of
a handwriting that was not there.
'Poor and proud, like his father.
Well, I've seen much folly in me time,
but if he refuses my offer, I question
if there is a companion idiot for such
a man"
It was three weeks since she had
written to Tom Craven, addressing her
letter to the Office of Brown & Co., by
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-30
The Shipping Bill.
WASHINGTON, May e.-The Shipping

WASHINGTON, May 9.-The Shipping bill
as passed by the Senate provides as follows:
That all officers of United States YES
sels SHAH be American citizens; abolishes ton.
mage tues as to American vessels and as 10
vessels OF other nations which do not impose
tonnage Dues. under the name Of "hens
money or otherwise, on American vesses.
Dus tnis provision is not to impair any treat
4Ingatlon. The marine-hospital tax is ADM oos
iisaed, ana the expense Of maintaining, , sLsn
hospital devolved on the United States. When
vessel Is built in the United States for lor
elgn account, wholly or partly Of foreign ny
terla!s on which import duties have been pasni;
tne amount Of duty less ten per cent, is ailoWeIu
~ Wba When the vessel is exp0rleens.
f1ead-money" tax is declared not appllcauV
70 vessels coming from Canada or Mckee
ror transporting the mails between any Pun
~ Ine United States and any foreign poIl,o@
net%een ports on the Atlantic n p0rtswaa
me racine, touching at foreign ports, a s staT
nuE exceealng one dollar per mile eaca o fg,
i1e ega advertisement and contract WITH WITH er
penditure for such service, however, ~, ,Sa
70 exceed the gross service for u. y.
doielgn mail business for the year i fot
ceuins the contract, less the amOun paisa the
transportation on foreign vessels anu TMe
Amount paid foreign administrations. ,,ade
enips with which such contracts are .rart:
sha!i pc american registry, and the con,.Inro nor
siau De lor q term Of O less than 1o lou
more tnan six years. The bill also see "a BIZ
rom 30 to $40 q year the fee to be palnuder,
soeam vessels of one hundred tons or , u1Mpt
licenses,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-30

THE Democrats Of Kentucky held theis
State Convention at Frankfort on the 7th,
selected delegates. to the National Conven.
ton, and passed resolutions indorsing
John G. Carlisle for the Presidency, de-
claring against Capitalization, demanding
a tariff for revenue only, and urging the
o%bliteration of sectional lines in politics.
IT was announced on tho Sth that Orrih
A. Carpenter had sold his business inter
ests at Lincoln, ILL.,, and vas making prep
arations to leave the county.
THE iron-clad oath adopted during tho
early days of the war was repealed on the
sth, the House of Representatives at Wash
ington concurring in the Senate bill which
passed some time ago.
MANUFACTURERS in New York and other
States met in New York City on the. San
and formed a society to be known as tie
Manufacturers Reform League, the objeSt
of which will be to further their interest,
by opposing protection and advocating
free trade.
JUDGE HAGNER, of Washington, on thb
9th asked Hallett Kilbourn to consent to b
reduction of the Judgment ($37,5o0) against
ex-Sergeant-at.Arm Thompson to $4,000;
otherwise a new trial would be granted.
GENERAL STANLEY has assumed com.
man of the Department. of Texas, with
headquarters at San Antonio.
GEORGE JONES, of the New York IymeA
stated on the 9th that the General Grant
fund of $$25O,o00 was absolutely safe. and
that hereafter the interest (S15, 14O) would
be paid quarterly, as the General did NOT
possess a dollar other than the fund.
The Legislature of California on the 9th
adopted a resolution requesting its repro.
sentatives at Washington to urge the
passage of a bill to organize the Territory
of Alaska.
PRESIDENTIAL rHuR's Administration was
Endorsed and his denomination recon-.
mended at a meeting of the Colored Re-
publicans' Central Committee of New York
on the Och.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-30
FOrd's Last Shot.

RICHMOND, Mo-, May TN a handsome
cottage. about a mile east of this city. his
Fathers residence, Charles Ford, one of the
slayers of Jesse James, now lies a cornse.
ne came here about a week since. Yes.
terday morning he ate his breakfast and
appeared in good spirits. After walk.
ing around the grounds he went up stairs
10 Ills room. In a short time the family
We're Startled by the report of a pistol. fol.
owed by a heavy blow on the floor. Rnsh.
ing upstairs theyfound Ford lying on the bed
MS coat off, with a small bullet hole. now
der-Durned, in his left breast Just over tho
heart, from which the blood was slowiu
oozlng. DR.. w. w. Mosby, who hannemaSJ
10 be passing, was called in, and at once
pronounced the wound fatal. Evarv
effort was made to rouse the d IvE,s
man, but it was impossible Ms
an hour after the shooting he ceased ~
breathe, blood flown from his month 40 "
eyes: lie had been suffering from a nain'
1ul illness. He was an habitual ,p I" II
safer and was about penniless, all of w VIM,
deed. ''"e '1'An 10 The
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-30
OF THE WEEK.
Interesting News Compilation.
CONGRESSIONAL.

SEVERAL memorials were presented in the
Senate on the 9th in favor Of suspending the
coinage of the silver dollar. A bill for a free
bridge across the Potomac was passed. Mr..
Vance made an argument in support Of the
Shipping, bill: In the House, after q Il org
debate, the Morrison Tariff bill was defeated
by a vote of 159 to l55.
In the Senate on the nth Mr.. Edmunds in
troduced a bill to place the name of U. s.
Grant on the retired list of the army, and Mr..
Blair presented a measure for the adjustment
of accounts of laborers and mechanics under
further discussed. -. In the House the enate
amendment to the House bill repeating the
iron-clad oath was concurred in. Concur
to the bill for the relief Of Fitz
: snd o,,d Porter, { which t,s cut d.+o off f. RGa9 Bay.
committee. Th Senate amendments in the
bill establishing a Bureau of Animal Industry
We're also ~non.concurred in: Bills were re-
ported: Directing the Committee OF Military
Affairs to investigate the present manage
ment of soldiers homes; for the compilation
Of a to Mary, the mother Of Wash
Soldiers home in Michigan, and the River
and Harbor bill.
A FAVORABLE report was made in the Ser
ate on the sth on the bill granting pensions to
soldiers of the Mexican war, with an amend
ment that only dependent persons can enjoy
1S peLeutS. Tue Snlpp1ilg Dlll was paSSeQ....
In the House the bill to appropriate 81, 0oO,0 600
to the Worlds Industrial Exposition at New
Orleans was passed, the amount to DO re-
turned from the gate receipts.
In the Senate on the 9th the Indian Appro-
priation bill 49, es, soN was taken up, and Mr..
Plumb spoke in opposition to the education
of the red men, while Mr.. Conger favored it.
.....In the House a bill was passed giving the
widow Of General Frank P. Blair $1,000 for
his services in organizing troops, and increas-
1nr hnr nAnsion IN fffv 1p11oro Now u,np<h A
communication was received from the Secre-
tary OF War recommending an additional ap-
preparation of 100000 for the relief of suffer
ers by the floods in the Lower Mississippi Val.
ley. Adjourned to the 18th.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-30

The boiler of a locomotive in the Mis-
souri, Pacific shops at Parsons, Kan, ex-
ploded the other afternoon, and two men
were instantly killed and four others were
severely hurt. The %pecuniary loss was
$4,000.
MASKED men at Elizabethtown, KY, on
the 9th took from Jail a negro who had
c%riminally assaulted a white woman, and
hanged him to a tree outside the city, with
a placard ordering no n to touch the
corpse.
JAMES S. Coleman (colored) was on the
9th executed at Columbia, S. c., for the
murder of Sarah Willis, his wife's sister.
MORE than half of Madison and Tensas
Parishes, in Louisiana, were under water
on the 9th, and cattle were dying in great
numbers from starvation and the stings of
buffalo-gnats. Negroes were fleeing from
the flooded regions.
The Illinois Department of Agriculture
announced on the 9th that the prospects
were not encouraging for over e%ighty-four
per cent. of an average yield of winter
wheat.
In the Eastern States terrible thunder
storms prevailed on the 9th, many houses
IN III OGlAS oSuAO1lShVu oiu SCtClaA
persons killed.
DANIEL G.. TUCKER, a prominent citizen
of Lockport, N. Y, for thirty years a
Deputy Federal Marshal, hanged himself
recently because of intense suffering from
asthma.
DURING a game of baseball on the 9th
at Chillicothe, O., the grand stand gave
way, ten persons being seriously and
forty others slightly wounded.
DANIEL CR1TzEN and Alexander Burket,
prominent residents of Freeport, Pa,
were drowned in the Allegheny River a
few days ago by their boat springing a
leak.
DURING a storm on the 9th at Kriser, N.
c., three men were struck by lightning and
instantly killed.
SEVERE thunder-storms were prevalent
in New England on the 9th, many build
ings at Walpole, Mass, being damaged.
Lightning fred the post-ofice and three
other buildings at Epping, n. H., and an
aged invalid, George w. Warden, was
burned to death.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-30
A Hebrew Society.

NEW ORLEANS, May 6.-The District
Grand Lodge No. Z, Independent Order
B'nai Birth, opened its session Monday.
Large delegations.from Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, and
Louisiana were present. After the read
ing of the message Of President Sieg-
mund Haas, of Mobile, an election
of officers took place, resulting as follows:
lea N. Levy, of Galveston, President; Jo-
seph Hirsch, of Vicksburgg, Vice President;
G. A. Levy, of Victoria, Second Vice Presi-
dent; NJ. Ulman, of Memphis, Secretary:
II. Ehrenberg, of Little Rock, Treasurer;
E. Wolf, OF Nashville, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-30
FOREIGN.

THE British House of Commons on the
9th again passed the bill providing for
marrying a deceased wife's sister.
DUNLAP & TwADDLE, jute spinners, Of
Glasgow, Scotland, lave failed, with E450,.
900 liabilities.
The trial of eleven Fenians, charged
Invincibles, was commenced at Dublin,
Ireland, on the 9th.
MICHAEL DAvrTT denied on the 9th the
rumor that he had quarreled with Parnell,
and said he was going to Australia to fill a
course of lecture engagements, in the hope
of restoring his health.
The steamship Titania arrived at Far
Their Point, Can, on the eth, having on board
twenty-four of the crew of the steamship
State of Florida. The latter collided with
the bark Ponema in mid-ocean on the 18th
of April, and went right down. Out of 167
souls only forty-four were saved. The bark
also went down with twelve souls, max
ing the total loss 1856.
BY an explosion or the Sth of dynamite
in a factory in Ayrshire, Eng, ten women
were blown to pieces and two others were
wounded.
A MORMON missionary who attempted
to secure converts at Vienna, Austria, was
recently condemned to a months impris-
onmen @
PAPERS found on the 9Th on the body of
an insurgent officer at Badajos, Spain, re-
vealed the existenceof a deep, well.plotted
and extensive conspiracy against the
Spanish monarchy. Officers of the Span.
ish army in all Of Spain,s ~eDendeHcie
were implicated in the plot.
Two BRITISH gun-boats on the 9th took
three hundred "assisted" emigrants from
Westport, Ireland, to meet a passenger
steamer bound to Boston.
NEAR Queretaro wreckers on the 9th
threw the b~aggage-car Of a Mexican Cen.
trail train from the track but were fright.
ened off by military, who shot and killed
three Of the banditti. The train carried
$50 900 in silver.