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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-18

now tDey rane! ana All ours, w1e-ours.'
-'No, mine, murderer ! shouted with a
voice OF thunder, and. snatching the bag
from his nerveless grasp. dashed the light
from the womans hand and hed hack swiftly
10 the room where the dead man lay.
-Opening the window, groped about with
one hand for an ivy bOugh, clinging some
how TO the sill with the other, and at last
managed 10 scramble Gown, reaching the
ground bruised, shaken, breathless. As /
rested mc.hent to get my breath, heard
from the room above an awful cry sung out
in a woman's voice
My boy, my boy, my only SOM
Il clambered over the gate which led into
the street. A watch-box stood close by in
the square, and hurriedly told my story to
the watchman He stared in horror, as well
be might, and wanted 10 fetch his mate; but
told him we were more than q match for
those we should frd at the inn, so he came
with me A frightened servant opened the
door to us, and led the way to the room i
had Just quilted. The watchman bent down
and peered into the dead mans face.
"'Ah,' he whispered, its as l fearedl It's
their own son-they didn't know he was at
home, and so they mistook him for you, sir
Il felt myself turn queer and giddy, for
knew the meaning of that pitiful cry, Ny
only sonr
And what of the murderersl They had not
so much as tried to escape, and the door
wasn't even barred against US. The woman
lay moaning on the floor; the man sat hud-
iled up in chair by the bed. When we
entered he held out his hands to bs manacled
7ithout uttering a word When told him
how it happened that his son had fallen a
sictim instead of me. he Just suafed in my
,ace ana made NO sign that he heard my
chastity tale.
"Well, sir, that's about all. The mother,
poor soul, died raving mad, and the man was
hanged at Tyburn; but not another word did
ne speak from first to last, save once-and
that was when the judge passed sentence on
him. Then he raised his head, and, with
look in his eyes which l never forget, he
said
"'An old, old man, my lord-my only
SOM
"Thats all, sir. The strangest story you
ever heard! Well, l dare say, it is; but it's
all true, every word of it; for I've got the
papers to prove it, and, if you'll be pleased to
come in and see 'em, you'll be welcome as
flowers in May, that you will! Not now'
Well, then, I'll bid you good day, and thank
you kindly for letting me talk to you, for it
does me good to chat biz sometimes, that it
do! Good day, sir, and a pleasant walk to
y-purf
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-18
The Pencil Thief.

There is no meaner thief than the
lead-pencil thief. He takes rank be-
low the umbrella snatcher. He never
has pencil, in sight. He asks for
yours, 'just minute" to sign tele-
graph book, address card, and then
with business-like air sticks it into
his pocket, knowing that nine times
out of ten you will never think of the
pencil until you want to use ityourself,
and then he will be far away, playing
his game on some one else. They are
shameless fellows, proud of their petty
thieving. They throw back their coats
to show you the spoils nesting in o
in a vest pocket, and they tell you
from whom they stole each pencil. We
lost the last pencil we had in this world,
not ten minutes ago, by the hands of
pencil thief. A man who makes
business of stealing pencils ought to
be burned at the stake, boiled in oil.
beheaded at the block, hung, drawn
and quartered, and buried without be-
neft of clergy, at the solemn hour of
midnight, in the dark of the moon, at
lonely place in an awful forest where
two roads meet, with lead pencil
thrust through his heart. Here we are,
robbed by a soulless villain, not q lead
pencil to our back, and it may be half
day before we meet man from
whose confiding hands we can lift a
pencil to make good the one we lost.
We played poor old Professor Sayitslow
for that one; he is so absent-minded
anybody can get away with his lead
pencil, but, then, he's out of town.
The stars in their courses seem to be
fighting against us to-day. A plague
on ali pencil thieves, still we say
Burlington Hawkeye.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-18

lhe Inisei:.ole old man show suppreSse
wretehedneSs in every attitude His face
has look Of longing in il, daily growing
more PtiableI He turks around the fashion
able cafes and picks up odd acquaintance,
sociable mon from the wild west, and others
who have some fresh life in them, and so
transports himself in thought back to the old
days, and always, always, he is a creature to
be pitied. And the poor, deluded old woman
even she is not 10 be laughed at, foolish as
seems her hunger for wealth. She has only
lived up to her ideal Mournful, indeed, Is
il that the ideal is so mean and hollow, but
her efforts to reach it are worthy of honor. /
hink, like the old man, that she @has made
mistake, +" but nobody can enlighten her. She
trying to get enjoyment out of what shs
has seen Others get enjoyment from, or pre-
tend to. And so we go our several ways,
seeking the phantom Of pleasure
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-18

Here then, It is shown that the pres
ent year has witnessed considerably
larger sacrifice Of human life through
calamities of various sorts than did
1883, which stands as an annas horrs56Iis
in the history Of ealamities. 1t is not
likely, in the nature of things. that we
shall have a repetition of last years
earthquake and volcanic experience to
add abnormal proportions to the list of
deaths by disaster. but from present
appearances 1884, aside from these un-
usual features, is likely to be quite as
terrible as last year, if not more So
Troy Times. !.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-18

There were hundreds of other fatali-
ties, in which the loss of life ranged
downwards from twenty, but it would
be impracticable to keep q list of them.
The Times has, however, kept q cnro-
biological record that includes all fatali-
ties where the loss of life was ten and
upward. Adding the number of deaths
caused by these and not included in the
greater casualties above cited, 152, the
total of recorded fatalities for the four
months, or one-third of 1888, was l, $50.
This would no doubt be larger by 10 or
Is per cent, as would also be the ex-
hibit of 1884, were it possible to keep
track of all the minor accidents by
which individual lives were lost.
Turning to the record of 1884, we
have jotted down in the following table
of casualties showing the loss of life for
January. February, March and April,
all accidents and disasters involving a
loee of tar, 1iuac or upworJs.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-18
A Great Lawyer.
T(,hicapo News I

IOLINd9O 4NCWosI
"We must send him to congress; he's one OF
the finest lawyers in the state-one of these
what-d'ye-call-'em lawyers"
"What sort of lawyer is thatr
aWell, l can't think of the term-but he's
remarkably fine poker player"
"Ah, see; he mnst be great coi.5titu-
tional lawyer"
"Yes, that's it-a great constitutional law
yer! He'd make his mark in congress"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-18
Rabbi Gotthiel. in his lecture OF

Rabbi Gotthiel, in his lecture on
young Men and Maidens," said: II
think u young man ought always to fall
in love six times or more before he is
20; and every maiden ought to feel a
little fluttering in her heart more than
once before she reaches the same age.
If were young maiden and young
man should get down on his knees and
swear that his lips had never touched
those of another maiden wouldn't
have him; / shouldn't want anything to
do with him"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-18
GREAT CALAMITIES.
The Record for the First Four Months
of 1888 and 1884.

Last year was remarkable for the
number, frequency, and appalling re-
suits of it's great calamitics. These be-
gin with the beginning of the twelve
month, and January, 1883. is memora-
BILE ON account of the rapidity with
which disasters attended by terrible
loss of life and other horrifying fea-
lures succeeded each other. The re-
cord for the whole year. including only
such casualties as involved loss of
twenty human lives and upwards, pre-
sented a total of 108, 605-a great many
of victims to natures malefic power,
for they perished in every conceivable
way-by shipwrecks, flood and cyclone,
in the torment of flames, the agony of
railroad disasters, the unknown ter
rors of mine disasters, and by the
swifter and by comparison merciful
powder explosions. 1t must be borne
in mind, however. that the total was
swollen to its exceptional dimensions
by two uncommon catastrophes. The
earthquakes in Casamicciola carried off
1000 victims; while the Java volcanic
eruptions swept 100, 900 human beings
from the earth.
What the present year has in store
for us can be q matter of only fruitless
conjecture, but q comparison of the
fatalities of 1884 for the four months
ending with April will probably sur
prise great many persons by showing
that the number of lives lost by disas-
ter this year thus far exceeds the total
for the same period in 1888, which was
regarded as especially destructive to
humanity. Up to May 1, 1883, the re-
cord of disasters, including only such
as caused loss of twenty lives or more
Uac follows.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-06-19
LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK

LET The PEOFLE OFEAh
The Fort Worth Democratic
convention, which is universally
admitted to have been the most
representative body that has ever
assembled in Texas adopted the
majority rule by vote of 3O3 to
165, and yet the Austin Statesman
is unhappy. 1t INDUCES in a col
umn editorial in which it plaintlve-
ly cries for a new deal. 1t concludes
by saying: ''Above all things, the
Houston convention, if 1t would
hold the masses of the party true
to their colors, and their conf
dence IN the perpetuity of the par
ty and the party's policy and prin-
ciples, it must not tamper with or
abrogate the two-thlrds rule. The
policy may suit the bosses, but the
masses of the people of the party
will not tolerate it." If the state
conventions do not represent the
masses of the people 1t is impossi-
BILE for them 70 be represented.
We predict that the Houston con-
vention will adopt the majority
rule by even . larger majority
than the Fort Worth convention,
and we predict further, that instead
of the new deal the Statesman so
earnestly pleads for, that Governor
ireland and a majority of the pres
ent state officers will be not only
nominated, but elected. 1t is the
masses of the people and not the
bosses that are now coming to the
front, and the abrogation of the
two-thirds rule is one of the most
important steps in smashing the
machine to pieces. 4 determined
minority has, heretofore, had it in
ITS power to override the will of
the majority and virtually to con-
troll the nominations. The pro-
gressivc Democrats have at last
awakened from their Icthargy and
mossbackism is RELOCATED to the
dead past. A brighter future may
be expected. The masses of the
Democrats propose keeping
abreast OF the times the politicians
and party managers of thirty years
ago are>passing away and those of
the present time are coming TO the
front. 1t is the present that We
have 10 deal with and not the past.
The Masses Of the people are now
doing their own thinking and they
do not depend upon fi>erty Organs
for instructions they are abunt
antly able TO take care of them
selves.
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mLDEN DECLINES.

The papers en- Thursday morn
ing published long letter from
Samuel J. Tilden to Daniel Man
ming, chairman of the Democratic
State Committee :of New York,
dated June 10, 1884, in which he
declines the nomination. he says
that his political record is closed
never to be reopened. He says:
4eHaving borne faithfully my full
share oflabor and care in the public
service, and wearing marks of its
burdens, l desire nothing so much
as an honorable discharge. l wish
10 lay down the honors and tolls of
even quasi party leadership and to
scekrepose in private life. In re
nouncing the denomination for the
presidency 1 do so with no doubt
in my mind as to the vote of the
State of New or the United States,
but because l believe that ii is a
remuneration of reelection to the
Presidency" He says that to all
who have addressed him on the
subject his intention has been
frankly communicated and that
several of his most confidential
friends, under the sanction OF their
own names have publicly stated
his determination to be irreversi-
BILE. The task of reforming the
government of the United States
is a greater ono than he cares to
assume. He concludes: tBut in
my condition of advancing years
and declining strength feel no as
suraneo of my ability to accom-
plish those objects, L am, there
fore, constrained to say definitely
that l cannot now assume the Ia
borsof the administration or can
yass. 1 am consored by the refec-
lion that neither the Democratic
party nor the Republic, for whose
future that party is the best guar
,antee, ia now or ever can be de-
pendent upon any one man for sue
cessful progress in the path of ma
1iOnal dieting"
This letter may be taken as final
and whatever the wishes of the
party, the idea of nominating Mr..
.Tilden will have to be abandoned.
be Democratic party is possessed
abundant material from which |
select candidate for president.
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Wash Jones has turned TO 8
cowboy and ut last accounts was
engaged in driving a herd of cattle
to his ranch in Coryell county. He
passed through Bastrop mounted
on mustang pony.
Anderson, Grimes county, is
soon to have a newspaper and gen
cral printing Office. Grimes coun-
ty now has an excellent newspaper,
the Navasota Tablet, which is
about all it is able to support.
When a man wants to start a paper
nothing but experience will con-
vince him that it is hard to make
one a paying institution.
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LAV AND JUSTICE.

There has long been a popular
superstition that law is one thing
and that justice is an entirely diff
fcrent thing. Many, very many
criminals arc legally or rather law
fully tried and acquitted for often
ses which they have committed
and for which had they jdstice in
stead of law administered they
would be surely punished. When
the law says that a guilty man is
not guilty justice is dcfraudod and
the guilty, man escapes. Here is a
case directly in point: Jerry Gro
nan, and Maud Lyons, pair of
confidence operators in Chicago,
were arraigncd on a charge of
swindling they waived their right
to be tried by jury, preferring TO
rely upon the Judgment of the
court. This was adverse to them
and they moved for new trial,
alleging error In the proceedings
attending their conviction. The
singular part of the business was,
that the counsel who argued the
motion alleged that the error con-
sisted in the assent of the court to
the request of the prisoners them
selves that a jury should be dis
pensed with. The motion was
overruled and the case taken to
the Appellate court, where it was
decided that the claim set up is
good law, and that the prisoners,
who had been confined in the pen
itentiary pending the result of the
appeal, must be released.
The Chicago News, the paper
reporting this case says: We have
nothing to say of the decision it
self, for it is no doubt correct. But
it is not out of place to point out
that the law which compelled the
Judge to render tits essentially de-
fective. Trial by jury is popular
ly understood to be a right that
may be claimed or waived at the
option of the prisoner at bar, and
the public will be apt to believe
and insist that in certain cases a
man shall not waive this privilege
is to interfere unduly with individ-
ual liberty. The principle involv-
ed is the same, whether the offense
charged is felony or a minor vio-
lation of the law. That this popu-
lar view Is founded upon an accur-
ate conception both of individual
rights and the demands of justice
will, we think, be generally ad-
mitted. 1t follows then that the
law should be altered. In the case
cited 1t has served to set at liberty
a pair of dangerous confidence op-
orators, who will doubtless renew
their offenses against society.
1t many instances the law very
seriously interferes with justice,
When a murder has been commit
ted justice demands that the muir
ierer be speedily punished, but the
aw intervenes and for numerous
reasons the trial Of tho accused is
put off until finally when the law
IS all on the side of the murderer
ne is acquitted. Law and Justice
should be equalized and justice
should be given as many advant-
,ges as the law now seemingly pos
,esses. This is o matter that is not
receiving the attention that its I'M
oortanee demands.
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Valuable City Property for Sale
on Easy Terms.

l lot fronting 100 fl. G inches on Sandy and
running back 24S f. to Peabody street. This
is one of the most desirable residence lots in
this city.
10 Clio acres, part of AllcorR's addition to
Brenham, cottage wish rooms, stable, corn
cut In an size lots desired.
S lots in wilkins addition to Brenham,
Known as Hutchinson grove-will cat this to
suit purchasers:
Titles all perfect. For particulars apply
to r. A. HARvIS, at Lockett's stable.
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OLDBOGYISM.

OLD F0GYLSM.
81. Louis, as is well known is
the Oldest city west of tho Ohio
river, il was founded when the
west was wilderness. Along
about 1850 before therc were any
railroads st. Louis was an impOr-
tant and busy city with popula-
ton of about 10000. At that time
Chicago was an Insignificant viii
lagc on lake Michigan. When the
building of railroads was common
cod Chicago interested herself and
as railroads increased she became
the great railroad center and is to-
day the leading city of the coun-
try off the Atlantic seaboard. Her
people have been public spirited
and enterprising and she has so
far outstripped her rival, st. Louis,
as TO have perhaps one-third more
inhabitants. The Railway Regis
ter published at st. Louis, says
that city has ondeavored more or
less successfully during the last
few years to get rid of old fogyism,
that has acted as a dead weight
and allowed her rivals to outstrip
her. But for all this says the Reg
lister there is a lethargy and blind
ness to her own interests that will
crop out and exercise most dis
couraglng influence. 1t then cites
number of instances in which en-
torprises of a public character
which would have been very ad-
vantageous bavo been retarded by
all possible means, owing to lack
of enterprise and public spirit on
the part of the authorities. A
parallel is thus drawn: "Some
cities have public spirit enough to
be liberal while at the same time
insisting upon all their rights.
They offer inducements to capitol
and by their own efforts show an
enterprise that brings them great
rewards. Such places grow and
flourish. Other towns fight all
improvements, discourage all en-
terprises and If they prosper at all
1t is in spite of themselves. II
looks as though some of its citi-
zens were STRIVING to make st.
Louis rank among the latter. The
temper of town soon becomes
known and unless st. Louis chang
cs in many respects, it will loose
moro hereafter than it has done
heretofore. Chicago in most re-
spects has been the opposite to st,
Louis and its astonishing prosper
ity attcsts its wisdom"
It is made apparent that the age
and natural advantages possessed
by a town or city amount to moth
Ing unless backed by public spirit
and enterprise, and even to make
them available continued effort
must be made. 1t will not do to
stop for day, because while one
town stops another goes ahead.
Let the citizens of Brenham, a
town well situated and possessing
great natural advantages consider,
for a moment, the difference be-
tween the cities of ST. Louis and
Chicago, and then ask themselves,
are we doing anything for the i'm
of our town; do we
offer any Inducements to men with
capital to come here and engage in
business, are we making any effort
to secure more railway facilities,
or. are we, Xix young mocking
birds, sitting with our mouths
open, waiting to be fed2
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TER Hampstead Courier says
that the yarns that are in circula-
ton among the negroes in regard
to what the white folks" are 60
ing to do to them, are something
wonderful. The Courier says there
is no danger; that the white peo-
pie have dropped the matter and it
hopes the colored people have
done the same thing.
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The great dancer Tagiioni has
left memoirs SAID to contain Gu
rious revelations of the life of the
Berlin, Vienna, and Paris aristocra-
cy of 40 years ago, and concerning
the Belgian court.
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john D. Etheridge, whose
ranch is on Middle Concho, about
3S niles west of San Angela, was
struck by Z WaIer SGout and hail
st9frm, killing and drowning twe
- sheep. 1900 iR ri: " "
flocKs ..
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HENRY WARD BEEcHER does not
regard Blaine as a decent Republi-
can and says: 'Ifwe cannot have
a decent Republican president, let
Us have Democrat.
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Notice to Contractors.
Notice to Creditors.
Estate Of
RoBr. W. cLANPIrr,
rn~s..a--l1

Estate Of
RoBr. W. CLANPirr,
Deceased. J
Letters Standardization were granted the ~
derslgned by the county court Of Washington
county, on INC = dar OF May. A. d. lSsi- An
persons holding claims against said estate are
required C present the same within the time
prescribed by law.
MY residence Is near Independence, aud my
postonlce address1s Independence Claims lett
with my attnrney, Z. q. Garrett. Esq, will re
eeiNe attention. u. o; RoHEHrsoS,
Admiuisfrafnr