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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-04-17
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH.
The Revised Bill Reported FavorabIy
10 the Senate.

WASHINGTON, April Sin present.
ing the postal telegraph bill to the
81 ate to-day, Mr.. Hill remarked
that the committee were unanimous as
to the first ten sections of the bill,
which relate 10 doing the work by con-
tracts with existing companies, but
that a minority were opposed to the
section relating to the construction or
purchase of lines by the government.
The provision relating to the liability
Of the contracting company for fail
ure to correctly and promptly trans
NIT messages has been amended by
limiting such liability SOC times the
amount paid for TRANSMISSION. Two
new features have been added to the
bill. The FIRST authorizes the con-
tracing company to employ the post
master as its agent and operator at
any postal telegraph Office where tele-
graphic receipts are insufficient to pay
the salary of an operator, and to pay
him a commission not exceeding so
per cent OF the charges on messages
transmitted from the office. The Sec
ond requires the Postmaster General
TO secure provisions of contract which
shall protect postal kilograms against
discrimination in the order of trans
mission in favor of kilograms received
at such of the company's offices as are
not operated under the provisions OF
the bill. The contract system remains
the most prominent feature of the bill,
and is not widely different from the
scheme of the Postal Telegraph CON-
pany, except that it empowers the
Postmaster General to receive bids
from any telegraph company for con-
tract. The provisions relating to the
establishment of government system
pure and simple, in the event that no
satisfactory contract with the estab-
lished companies is secured, are com
: blnation features of the Hill and Ed
munds bill.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-04-17
Human Blood.

On the purity and vitality of the blood
depend the vigor and health of the
whole system. Disease of various kinds
is often only the sign that nature is try
Ing to remove the disturbing cause. A
remedy that gives life and vigor to the
blood, eradicates scroffula and other
impurities from it, as Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, undoubtedly does, must be the
means of preventing many diseases that
would occur without its use. Sold by
dealers.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-04-17
: u
rhe Happiness OF the Family,

And the prosperity, also depend on the
health Of the mother, She should
maintain her health, and correct any
monthly difficulties or uterine weakness
by using Zoa- Phora, Woman's Friend.
See advertisement in another column.
Sold by d. j. Humphrey. apl l7-lm
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-04-17
Ladies Hair Dressing Bazaar

MRS. M. JOHNSON CO., have opened q
wi Ladies' Hair Store, in room corner Of Main
and Scott Streets where they are prepared to man.
ufacture and finish to order Switches, Puff Curls,
French Twists. Front Pieces, Ventilated Front
Waves, Saratoga Waves, ,Coquetts, Frts, and Water
Waves, in all the latest STYLES. VIII also do over
all kinds Of ladies hair goods. Salts faction guaran-
teed Pricesreasonable. Give usa eah
M.A.JOHNSOE d CO.
decas-st.tf Napoleon o.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-04-17

Gen. Grant announces his sympathy
with the movement to raise fund to
build home for disabled ex.confedate
soldiers.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-04-17

Hundreds write they owe their life
and present good health to Acker's
English Remedy for consumption,
coughs, colds, etc. Sold by J. L. q l.
Leist. ON
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-04-17

Acker's Celebrated English Remedy
for coughs, colds, and consumption.
Sold by us on guarantee. J. l.. 4 l.
T.eist. 6m
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-04-17

South Carolina lynched one man for
rape and another for murder last
week.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-04-17

.Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets never fail.
6n
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
The Suburbs OF Mexico.

The attractions of Tacubaya and San
Angel are their pure air and lovely gar
dens filled with magnificent trees. With
a little care the trees and plants of all
chimes grow here side by side. The
houses have windows with iron bars and
sashes with glass (opening in French
fashion, on the street, but the large
gardens are in the rear on one side of
them. A few gardens have large iron
gates. Those of the Mier, Barron, and
Escandon families are handsome, and
that of Mier, at the entrance to the
"Calle Real" is really monumental.
Pines, elms, poplar, and willow, apple,
and peach trees grow in fraternal
neighborhood with the palm, the ba-
mana, and the cactus. Fuchsias, lilies,
violets, heliotropes, pansies, honey
suckles, and geraniums flower all the
year round. The geraniums grow TO
an immense height II have seen walls
covered with them to the height of twelve
and sixteen feet on espaliers, like APP
ricots and grapes. Their flowers are of
many varieties and shades, from pure
white and light pink to the richest Grim
son, purple, aud lilac, and some are va
riegated with these tints; their shapes
vary from the "rose" to the "cinq-
feuilles." The calla-lily flowers exu-
befantly in the shade of'the trees, above
which the aromatic eucalyptus rears its
head far beyond the pines. and then
throws out immense branches.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
The SandI. or Cow Tree.

Coasting along the banks of the
Ucayali the sight of sandi tree in
spired me with sudden desire to tap
its trunk and draw some of its curious
sap. Taking a Ratchet and gourd in
hand, pushed the pirogue to the shore
and struck for the stoutest of the milk
bearers. l dealt blow with all my
strength; in a moment the milk APP
peared at the lips of the wound, and,
after beginning to drop slowly, soon
flowed in a snowy stream, contrasting
as it fell with the velvety green of the
moss and the reddish-brown of the soil.
l admired the picture for q moment,
then held my gourd to receive it, and
as it filled, tasted the milky sap.
This thick, white, and creamy milk,
soon turns yellowish on exposure to
the air, and hardens in q few hours.
Although at first very sweet to the
taste, it leaves in the mouth a bitter
and disagreeable taste; but the intoxi-
eating and narcotic effects ascribed to it
exists only in the imagination o. Wonder
lovers. We tried it Several times
simply to test its effects, but beyond it's.
unpalatable after-taste, the bitterness OF
repentance after the allurement of sin,
we perceived no inconvenience except
that of a tendency to glue our mouth
firmly, tendency which induced us to
rinse the mouth with water at once. AS
a milk for scolds, we could recommend
it. 1t would insure silence and time
for repentance.
AS to the nutritious qualities, L have
my grave doubts; in the interior, at all
events, saw it applied to mouse except
that of forming with lamp-black kind
| of pitch for their canoes, although 1T Is
cases of dysentery.
On the whole, however, L cannot
vouch for the accuracy of Humboldts
| description.
Baron humboldt gives the following
description of this tree:
"On the barren flank of rock grows
tree with dry and leathery leaves; its
large woody roots can scarcely pene-
trate into the stony soil. For several
months il the year, not single shower
moistens its foliage. Its branches
appear dried and dead; yet, as soon as
the trunk is pierced, there flows from
it a sweet and nourishing milk. 1t is
at sunrise that this vegetable fountain
is most abundant. The natives are
then seen fastening from all quarters,
furnished with large bowls to receive
the milk, which grows yellow, and
thickens at the surface. Some drain
their bowls under the tree, while others
carry home the juice to their children
and you might fancy, as the father
returned home with the milk, you saw
the family of a shepherd gathering
around and receiving from him the pro-
duction of his kline. The milk obtained
by incision made in the trunk is toler-
ably thick, free from all acidity, of an
| agreeable and baimy smell. 1t was
offered to us in the shell of calabash
tree. We drank the milk in the even
ing before we went to bed, and early
in the morning, without experiencing
the slightest effect"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09

characteristic. Mr.. Arnold, indeed, is
purely man of letters, versed in the
great works of literature, a sagacious
observer of the currents of cultivated
thought in his own time, "a critic of
large and generous sympathies, with
complete intellectual independence in
moral discussion, Judging literary and
mental achievement by well-defned
canons. He is master of the art of arts
in literary and moral criticism, the art
of putting things" which is simply the
gift of saying what he has to say in a
manner which commands attention.
George Wiitianl Curtis, IN Hay.per's
MAGAZINE.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
Advice to Young Writers.

I do not generally advise young men
to monkey with literature, but you
seem to have been moderately success
full so far, and it might be we'll to give
it thorough trial.
You should use great care, however,
in selecting the field OF literature which
you intend to perspire in.
Do not be humorist If you are a
humorist everybody else will have more
fun out of it than you will. You will
make some money out of it if you get
the genuine atflatus, but you won't
have any fun. 1t is all mistake. /
am'acquainted with one, and he says he
has not smiled since he lost his twins.
Once / heard of humorist who had
laughed twice in one summer, and 1
hunted him out.
He was not humorist, but had some
other trouble, the name of which has
escaped my mindful Nye.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
Matthew Arnold.

Mr.. Arnold is especially an author
who should be read, and the disparity
between his easy mastery in his natural
position as an essayist and the in
adequacy of his public address explains
much of the kind of disappointment
which, with all the admiration and even
affection with which he was regarded,
he produced upon this side of the water.
The image of a cultivated scholar, who,
with incomparably felicity of expression
and an unsurpassed hghtness of exact
touch, poises and points and shades and
exquisitely colors his thought, so that
the whole effect is that of smiling SUI
premacy and unchallenged command,
was quite list in the public speaker,
although the substance of the discourse.
as in the opening of the paper upon
Emerson, and in the motive and treat
ment of that upon numbers, was very
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09


II was charged upon Napoleon. dur
ing his last campaign. that he had rified
the cradles of France to fill up his
army. Yet these French infants
fought at Waterloo with the courage Of
veterans.
During our own civil war, boys
served in the ranks of both armies, and
showed themselves heroes. The cool,
unhinching courage of "the Drummer
Boy of Chattanooga" has become his
torical. and the following anecdote,
taken from "Blue and Gray" displays
the grit of Confederate lad of 16:
During the battle of Chanccllors-
vile, Confederate major met lad
returning from the front. His arm, held
by shreds of flesh, was dangling from
the elbow.
Mister" said the boy to the officer,
"can't you cut this thing off? 1t keeps
knocking against the trees, and is might
lily in my way"
The major dismounted, cut off the
useless limb, and tied strip of his
blouse around the stump to stop the
bleeding. What regiment do you
belong to?" he asked his thankful pa
tient.
Il belong to that North CarolinsReg-
iment in there" answered the lad,
pointing to where the battle was rag
ing. "I'm Just 16, and this is my first
fight. Don't you think it is hard that
l should get hit the first time 1 ever
was in battle? We drove them out OF
one line of breastworks, and L was on
the top of the second, when 1 got hit.
But, oh, how we did make 'em gitl"-
Youths Communion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
Outward Bound

Voyagers, intending emigrants to the far West,
mariners, and commercial travellers, should. as
preliminary of a tour or business journey.
provide themselves with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, the travellers surest safeguard against
peril to health incurred an tranSitu. Travelling
under the most favorable circumstances is al
ways fatiguing, and fatigue is prejudicia to
health when correspondent rest is unattainable
The Bitters counteracts bodily fatigue and
mental worry, neutralizes the effects of bad
70 hastily swallowed; when mixed with water
OF doubtful purity, nullffes its hurtful effects.
protects the system from malaria and il OF
especial benefit TO Invalid travellers, who often
suffer severely during and after even sholt Jour-
neys. Persons who use IL for sea sickness find
that 1t promptly terminates the ret, hing incl
d.nt to that complaint. and spec lily puts them
on what sailors call their sea legs"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09

MASON & ii AMLIN commenced as melodeon
makers in 1854. They soon introduced the
improved instrument now known IA the
organ, or American organ, as it is termed in
Europe. The new instrument proved SO
superior that IL soon took the place OF every
thing else in this country, being adopted and
manufactured by all who had previously
made melodeons and many others were in
duced To commence the business by the rap
idly growing demand. Now about $4,000
American organs are made and sold yearly.
Those by the Mason & Hamlin Company have
always stood at the head, being acknowledged
the best. The same makers are now produc.
ing improved Upright Pianofortes, which,
they believe, are destined TO rank as high as
their organs have dOne.-BOstOn TrdCeler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
She Caught On Quite Readily.

"Why this sadness, Henry?" she asked
across the cosy tea table the ether
evening.
Nellie, prepare yourself to hear bad
news"
"W-what is t?"
I'll"
"Ohl Henry"
Il have failedp
"Nop
eyes, indeed"
"For how much?'
"For $4,000.
"Ohl I'm so glad, glad, glad ] am,
of couse, a preferred creditor for at
least $49, 900 of it, and now we'll have
a home of our own, and we'll furnish it
in the cosiest manner, and ma shall
come to live with us, and-and-oh
what dear good husband you are!"-
Wall Street NetCs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09

THE Studio makes the following
suggestion to those who wish to buy
pictures: "Never take the advice of
anybody, no matter how cultivated,
or educated or how great an 'au-
thority' he or she may be-" This is
somewhat startling, coming from a
Journal devoted to the advancement of
art, but it has good reasons therefor.
1t holds, and rightly, that people
should buy that which they really like,
and then "try it by living with it." if
it be really good at will help the pur-
chaser to get something as good or, il
it may be, better the next time" The
suggestion is wholly sound, for it is in
accord with the theory that pictures
themselves educate the artistic sense
The Current
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
Facts Relating to the Draft Horses OF
France.

While some people in America call
all horses imported from France Nor
mans, ii is q fact that there is no breed
in France called by that name by the
French people; the name Norman,
therefore, is purely American. The
principal breeds of France are known
as Percherons aud Boullanais. The
Percherons are the most highly priced
of all French races, and all depart
ments of France go to the Perche for
stations to improve their local breeds.
The Percheron Stud Book of France is
published 1I1lder the authority of the
French Government, and admits only
animals of pure Percheron origin and
birth, established by their pedigrees
and the pedigrees of their ancestors for
generations. The fact that no recorded
pedigrees can be furnished with any
of the more common breeds of France,
explains the eagerness of many import
ers in insisting that all horses imported
from France are alike, and that pedi-
grees are useless.
1t is well-known fact that what a
man gives for horse over from $500 to
$8O0-the price of good grades paid
for purity of blood and where the seller
is not able to give the recorded pedi-
gree of the animal sold as evidence of
additional value, he has no right to ask
it. With these facts before him, no
intelligent man will buy horse i'm
ported from France unless he is re-
corded with his pedigree in full in the
stud book in France, and the importer
furnishes with his bill of sale the
French certificate of registration, as
this is his only guarantee of safety, a
large number of horses of unknown
blood being imported to this country
and sold as pure bred.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
Cultivate Flowers.

Our climate and soil are we'll adapted
to the production of the choicest varie-
ties OF flowers, yet we Americans are
shamefully deficient in this respect
compared with England and France.
Everywhere in England-in the farm
houses, in the cottages, in town and
eity-fowers abound at all times. You
see them in the dooryards, in the win
dows, running and blooming vines,
from the basement to the fourth story
of houses. We hardly ever see anything
Of the kind in this country. It should
be one of the objects of society to pro-
mote a greater love for flowers, and the
more extensive cultivation of them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
Josiah Davis Trouble.

Josiah Davis, North Middleton, KY, writes:
81 am now using box of your Henry's Car
bolc Salve upon an ulcer, which, for the past
ten days, has given me great pain. This
salve is the only remedy have found that
has given me any ease. My ulcer was caused
by varicose veins, and was pronounced incur
able by my medical doctors. l find, however,
that Henry's Carbolic Salvc is effecting q
cure" Beware of limitations.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09

II was indeed very pleasant sur
prise, as / was not aware that you were going tC
give premium, and value IL highly. / also
think your paper hous ehold treasure.
The above is an extract from a letter writ
ten by an old subscriber to THE CHICAGO
LEDGER, the oldest and best story paper IN
the West. Premiums are given TO subscrib-
ers ranging in value from 50 TO Sl00. Sam
pie copies free. Address The LEDGER, Chi
caQo. Ill
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
A Very Happy Man.

an your opinion, my dear" said a
wife to her husband, "who was the hap
piest man that ever lived?"
adam, undoubtedly" he replied.
"You mean, of course, that he must
have been very happy until he was
turned out of the garden"
mo; 1 mean that he must have been
very happy until Eve came"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
Hon. VIM. ID. Kelley. M. G.

Judge Jos. II. Flanders, of New York,
and Il. S. Arthur, have been interviewed by a
newspaper reporter as TO their experience
with Compound oxygen. Their testimony "a
its curative action is clear and direct, and
shows it TO be the most wonderful vitalizinq
agent yet discovered. Copies of these re
markable interviews and u Treatise on Com
pound Oxygen, will be mai ed free by Drs
Starkey ~ Palen, llO9 Girard St, Phiadel phia.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
Important.

When you visit or leave New York City,
save Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire. and
stay at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand
Central Depot: 600 elegant rooms fitted up at a
cost of one million dollars, reduced 10 81 and
upwards FER day. European plan, Elevator.
Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse cabs,
stage, and elevated railroad TO all depots Fami-
lies can live better for less money at the Grand
Union than at any first -class hotel in the city
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09

DURING the war, DR.. Lloyd, of Ohio, from ex-
posture contracted consumption. He says IL
have no hesitation in saying that II was by the
use OF Aliens Lung Balsam that am now
alive and enjoying perfect health" Don't ex-
pertinent with new and untried medicines. IL
you have a cough or cold, take at once Aliens
Lung Balsam.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09

ToR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression OF
spirits, and general debility in their various
forms also as preve ntive againtt fever and
ague, and other intermittent fevers, the
" Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir or Calisaya,
made by Caswell, Hazard * Co., of New York,
and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic;
and Tor patients recovering from fever or
other sickness il has no equal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09

"Yes; I shall break tho engagement" she
said, folding her arms and boxing defiant;
''it "a really too much trouble to converse
with him; he's as deaf as a post, and talks
like he had a mouthful OF mush. Besides,
the way he hawks and spits is disgusting"
Don't break the engagement for that; tell
him to take DIR. sage's Catarrh remedy. IL
viii cure him completely" "well, I'll tell
him. do hate TO break IL of, In all other
respects he's quite too charming" or
course, IL cured his catarrh.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09

IT'S FREQUENTLY REcoMdENDED.-Mr.H VI. G.
Mooney, OF Astoria, ILL.,, writes us that Allen s
Lung Iialsam, VIII oh he has sold for fifteen
years, sells better than any other cough rene
dy, and gives general satisfaction. IT'S fire.
quentIy recommended by the medical pro-
fession here.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
.pv,un, at the GauIt House.

The business man or tourist VIII ma nrsv
class accommodations at the low price Of 81
and 81 so pcr day at the Gault House, Chlca
go. corner Clinton and Madison streets. This
far-famed hotel is located in the center of the
city, only one block from the Union Depot
Elevator; all appointments first-class.
II. w. HoYT. Proprietor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
~Delays Are Danrerous.v

II you are pale, emaciated. have a hacking
cough. with nightsweats. splitting OF blood
and shortness OF breath. you have no time
10 lose. DO not hesitate too long-'till you
arc past cure; for, taken I'm its early stages,
consumption can DO cured by the use Of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" ~
thousands can testify. ly druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09

FAITHFULNEss is necessary in all kinds OF
work. Especially is IL necessary, I'm treating
cold, to procure the best remedy. which Is Al
lens Lung Easam, AMI take IL faithfully ac-
cordinR TO directions, and 10 will cure n cold ev-
cry time and prevent fa.al results. SOLD by all
druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09
Would You Believe It?

Natures great remedy, Kidney-wort, has
cured many obstinate cases of piles. This
most distressing malady generally arises from
constipation and a bad condition of the bow
els. Kidney-Wort acts at the same time as a
cathartic and as healing tonic. removes the
cause, cures the disease, and promotes a
healthy state of the affected organs. James +.
Meyer, carriage manufacturer, OF Myerstown
Pa, testifies TO the great healing powers OF
Kidney-Wort, having been cured by il of q
very bad case of piles which for years had re-
fused TO yield TO any other remedy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09

HAY-FEvER. 1 was afflicted for twenty
years with Hay-Fever. / used Ely's Cream
Balm with favorable results, and can recon-
mend IL to all.--RoBERT w. TowNLEY lex
Mayor, Elizabeth, n. ].
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-09

HAy-FEvER. My brother Myron and my
self were both cured of Catarrh and Hay
Fever last July and August by Ey's Cream
Palm. Up to Dec. 2s, these troubles have not
returned.-GABRIEL FERRIS, Spencer, n. Y.