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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
A Queer Way to Sell Beer.

A party who went fishing from
Washington few days ago had an
amusing experience in getting some
beer near the edge of Montgomery
County, Maryland. They were direct
ed to store where beer was kept and
the merchant said he had some bottles
on ice. Two bottles were called for.
He produced them and said to the per-
son ordering the beer, ''come on"
The merchant passed out of his store,
beer in hand. followed by the wonder
ing Washingtonian. Two or three
hundred yards were traversed, and
just as the puzzled angler was begin
ming to think he had struck madman
the merchant stopped, handed over the
beer, and named his price. When the
money was paid to him he said: "You
see, local option prevails in Montgom-
cry County. and I've brought you over
the line into Frederick County, where
there is no law against selling liquor. !"
The couple returned to the store where
the merchant produced glasses, saying
there was no objection to drinking the
beer on his premises, since it had not
been sold within the county.
The merchant positively refused to
sell any beer unless the party wanting
it would accompany him across the
county line. He owns large farm as
we'll as the store, and speaking of local
option he said: "It's good law and
won't violate it, His neighbors
testify that he rigidly adhered to his
rule Of crossing the county line. even
when his regular customers were pur-
chasers. - Washington Star.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
General Shields sufrerings

.'Would you like To see the mate to
the ball which passed through the Gen.
eral in the Mexican war?" Mrs. Shields
asked. In response 10 an affirmative
she brought out grape-shot not like
the more modern messengers OF de-
struction, but q great iron ball with a
deep, ragged fringe, showing rude
casting. 1t measured full three inches
in circumference. This was picked up
on the battlefield by an aid of General
Scott's, who presented 1t to General
Shields only few years ago. The shot
which struck the General entered be-
low the heart, passed through the
lung and came out under the shoulder
blade. A surgeon on the Mexican side,
who found him, took silk handker-
chief and following the course of the
wound drew it entirely through the
body. So certain were the medical
men he could not recover that the Of
fetal report sent on to Washington in
cluded Shields among the dead. ''ln
all the years of our married life, said
Mrs. Shields, "I don't think l ever
knew him to have one whole night of
sleep undisturbed by that wound. He
would get up out of bed and walk the
floor by the hour. Ma. he would
often say to me, 4 know this will kill
me, and so it did. The doctors had
told me to try and keep him at home
and quiet as much as possible, for that
wound was liable to cause his death
very suddenly. He was not a man to
complain, and very few people knew
what he sutfered-he could stand SO
much. After he was wounded in the
Mexican war, they wanted to cut his
left arm off; it had begun to mortify.
He told them no. Then they said that
the only thing that could possibly save
him was to cut in and scrape the bone.
He told them to do it, and went
through the operation without taking
chloroform. In the last war his right
arm and shoulder were badly hurt by
fragments of shell, and he had much
trouble with them. He could never
lie on that side. You might think a
man who had gone through such suf-
ferings himself would get callous to-
wards the feelings of others, but he
didn't. 1t was not once, but many q
time, I've seen him take a mouse that
had fallen into a basin of water and
dry the little thing carefully and let it
90, he was SO tender-hearted. "-St.
Louis Globe-Den1ocrdt.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
How California Wine is Made.

We do not know of any places in the
state where the few aborigines still TO
be found on the coast ever come near a
winemaking establishment. Their la
Dor is not of the kind desired. A class
of native Californians are sometimes
employed in winemaking. though not
in large numbers. Cinnamon are con-
siderably used. both in gathering
grapes and in making wine, though
they do little more than feed the STEM
mers and assist in placing the crushed
grapes in the presses. California Wine
is made universally in this state by a
very simple process, and with very few
exceptions BY the aid of patent ma
chinery. The grapes are first passed
through stemmer, which removes the
stems and breaks the skins. They are
then put into q press ami hydraulic
power is applied till the juice is all out.
To stamp out the juice rs is done in
Italy, Spain. and somc parts of France
would be, with all the labor-savinS
machinery employed, a slow, expen-
sive, and absurd process. Few makers
are SO poor that they can not afford q
PRESS MoSt oWucis VI NihSy "iuS
their grapes to the large wineries
which have the requisite appliances for
the pressing and fermentation. BY
them it is sold directly to the city mer-
chants or to the makers of finer brands
in the city, WHO blend and export it.
Perhaps there Is now and then a small
vineyardist in the hills who raises :
few hundred pounds of grapes ant
makes little wine for his own use
This man may be II native Californian
or he may be an Italian and his wine
making process may be very primitive
1t is possible he may stamp all tn
grape juice from the force OF earl.
habit, but wine so made is invariabl.
consumed by the maker. 1t has NJ
market value whateyer.-S San Francis
m Dkr0ufc}e
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
Odd Names for Postoffices-

Dismal, Thump, Day Book, Bad Axe,
Calico. Rocks. Rara Avis, Seven Stars,
Leap Year, Haphazard, Boy, Odd, Raw
hide, Difficult, Baby Mine. Bean Bios
som, Yankee. Pay Up, Hard Money.
Happy Home. Wide Awake, Alligator,
Needy. Moon, Paddock, Blowhorn. Lub-
bub. Butterfly, lib, Auldnunc, Rain
bow, Scrub. Fucker, Bush, Bumble Bee,
Zulu, q ro, Marrowbone, Negro Foot
Jump. You Bet, Greenhorn, Tender
foot, Sunshine. Muck, Shoofy, Oil
Trough, Nine Times. Blowout Gun
powder, Last Chance, Clear Grit,
Greasy. Tally Ho, Mary Esther. Why
Not, 'Spanker. Veto, Round Bottom.
King of Prussia. Joy, Hayfork, Picnic,
Land of Promise, Mouse Tail. Pocket,
Port Wine, Side View, Good Luck, Bug
Hill, Worms. Due West. Fair Play.
Coin, Coal Fire. Sodom, Hurt, Sleepy
Eve, Done. Bird Song, Black
Bear, Pinafore. Buttercup, Unique,
Sunfower, Wormwood. Washtngto"
Letter.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
Mexican Etiquette.

Twas given u lesson in etiquette bya
Mexican young lady met on the train.
chanced to be the only man on the
sleeping-car when it drew out of Ell
Paso, and after an introduction by the
conductor, to whose charge the young
lady had been committed, she and be-
came quite we'll acquainted. Il saw
you eating an orange on the depot
PLATFORM" she said. ''In Mexico that
would be considered as unmannerly.
There it is unmannerly to eat anything
outside of house, even candy. And /
noticed when Mr.. Romero gave you q
Mexican match you threw it away after
using but one end of it. The other was
stHl serviceable. and you should have
returned the match with your thanks.
If you hand one cigar or cigarette to
light with. you must take Whit after
it has been returned to you, though it
NAV be so short as to burn your fin
gers" All this l received with good
grace, for my young lady was but ten
years old.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
Sunlight in Stables.

We tried an experiment some years
since to test the absence of sunlight on
calf. We had two deep red calves of
the same age (sixty days), one weigh
ing 1870 pounds and the other 1872
pounds. The latter we placed in a
dark room, with a trough that could
be filed by spout through a parti-
ton. The other was confined in the
same amount of space, but in full light,
and both were fed just exactly alike for
the next three months. The object was
to test the effect of light upon such
growing animal. At the end of the
three months the one in the light
weighed 430 pounds and the one in the
dark weighed 800 pounds and its color
had faded to very pale, dirty red. Its
eyes were so much affected that when
admitted to the light it kept them
closed most of the time for the first
week or two. The two calves were
kept on together, but the one from the
dark room never fully recovered from
this three months of darkness. Itnev-
er recovered its deep red color, though
the color improved. Any one who
noted these two calves during this ex-
pertinent would never doubt the i'm
policy of dark stables. s.-Live Stock Jour-
nal,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
How Perkins Story Was Spoiled.

II tell you what" airily exclaimed
Perkins, as he sat down to the supper
table, Il was in tight place this AFTER
noon" n ..o,. ...y
l.Yes. know you were" interrupt.
ed his wife in clear cold utterances
that cut like knife; Il saw you COM
ing out of it."
And then it incidentally flashed
across Perkins mind that he had Incl
dentally stepped into saloon with a
friend for the purpose of examining a
doubtful political statement with the
aid of magnifying glass, and his CON
templated anecdote slipped from his
grasp like money from a summer re-
sort, while the supper was finished
amid q silence so profound that he
could plainly hear q napkin ring
ROcEland Courier,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
A New Departure,

One good result of the hard times a
few years ago, was the bringing into
life an article in proprietary medicine,
equivalent for his money. The rule of
this class of medicines is from 10 to 25
doses for ST., 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.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
Fearful1y Common,
Kidney Complaint Among both Sexes
and Ages,-A Brilliant Recovery.


and Ages.-A Brilliant Recovery.
There is something startling in the rapid incr ass
Of Kidney diseases among the American people
to certain classes tend to produce and aggrava' @
these troublesas, for example, careless living over
work and exposure. DR.. David Kennedy, OF Rond-
out, n. w. is often congratulated ON the exceplon-
al success of his medicine called Favorite Remedy
in arresng and radically curing these most pain
full and dangerous disorders. Proofs of this, like
the following, constantly brought TO his attention
and published by him for the sake OF thousands
of other sufferers whom he desires to rerch ana
benefit. The letter, therefore, may be OF vital I'M
pOrtance to you or to some one whom you know.
1t IL from one of the best known and popular drug
gists in the fine and growing city from which ne
writes--and doubtless where those may hnd MI.
Crawford at his place of business on the corner OF
Main and Union street: 200.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. March %, 1854.
DIR. DAVID KENNEDY Roundout, NY:
DEAR SIR: For ten years l had been afnicteu
with Kidney disease in its most acute form. What
suffered must be left to the Inauguration no
one can appreciate it except those who nave gone
through it. l resorted to many physicians ana 10
many different kinds of treatment aud spent great
deal of money, only to find myself older ana worse
than ever. may say that used % bottles OF
prepara ton widely advertised as spechc 1or ths
precise sort of troubles and found 1t entirely Use
| iess-at least in my case
Your Favorite Remedy say 1t with perlect
reco ection of all that done for me besides Is
| the only thing that did me the slightest good; aho
am happy to admit that 1t gave me permanent re-
| lief, L have recommended Favorite Remedy &c
MANY people for kidney disease, and they all agree
| with me in saying that DIR. David kennedy's Favor
ite Remedy has its equal in the wide world 1ol
| this distressing and often fatal complaint
Use this letter AS you deem best for the benefit o.
''-'N' LYMAN CRAWFORD.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
The Jumpist from Jumping Creek.

sSay!' he called to II policeman yes
terday at the circus grounds. 'have
you seen q slim little chap with q red
mustache and diamond pin?"
II don't remember.
"Well. want to hunt him up. Ii
youth help me to find him I'll give you
q yoke of 2 year old steers"
"What's he done?'
Say! I'm mad all over, but I can't
help but-ha! ha! ha!-laugh at the
way he gumfuzzled me half an hour
ago. I'm flat, am! I'm rich pas
ture for cows! I'm turnips with heap
of green tops!'
'What's the story?"
"Well, was over there under wag-
on counting my money. l brought in
$13. was q wondering whether I'd
better keep it in my hind pocket or pin
it inside my vest when the little chap
comes creeping under and says: Part
ner, there's wicked crowd around
here. Put that money in your boot
Say!'
''Yes."
'tStruck me as the sensiblest thing I
could do. 1t was in bills, and pulled
off my right boot and chucked 'em in.
Say, dye see anything green in that9"
'.No.''
"Well, hadn't walked around long
before chap comes up and remarks
that he has SIS to bet to q quarter that
he can outjump me. Say, dye know
mep"
"No."
"Well, when I'm home I'm the tall
jumpist of Washtenaw county. lump
higher and further than anything ami
NAL or human. kiver more ground
than pather; I sail higher than a
jumping hoss. I'm open to even bets
day or night, and l 60 out and jump
'leven feet just to astonish the children.
When that ere stranger offered such
odds / looked at his legs for a minute
and remarked that I was his huckle-
berryp" ...
."I see.''
"Say! up went the stakes. off cum my
butes, and l outjumped him by three
feet six"
sAnd whatp"
"And when I looked around for my
butes that internal little hornet with
the sandy mustache had made off with
tho one the cash was in. Say!'
"Yes."
II live on Jumpin' Creek. I'm the
creek myself. I'm called adaisy when
I'm home, and every time trade hoss-
es or shot guns or dogs paralyze the
other feller. I'm previous. I'm prus-
sic acid, I'm razors. Say!'
eyes" 80.
"If kin lay hands on that little
chap I'll make every bone crack. But
it was good ono on me! EhP Ever
see it beatenp Played me fur foo
and hit me the fust time. Say! If yor
see me-ha! ha! ha!-laughing, dom
think I'm tight; Pm mad. But say! ole
Jumping Creek was too smart. WASH
hep Needed something to thin hi
blood, and he got it from a chap wh'
didn't seem to know putty from bant
wagon. Say! Ha! ha! ha!"--Detroi
Free Press
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
Time to Stop 1t.

It's too bad, Sir or Madam, but don't
get frightened. Your hair is falling OH
that's certain. A glance in the mir
ror, or investigating committee of fing-
ers tell the dismal story. We won't
discuss the possible cause. 1t is enough
that Parker's Hair Ealsam used now
will pre-. elt further destruction. Is
your hair somewhat too, and crisp:
Alas. yes. The Balsam will give beck
the original color, softness and gloss
Not dye, not oily, elegantly perfumed
a perfect dressing. limo
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
A Great Discovery.

Mr.. VIM. Thomas, of Newton, Ia,
says: my wife has been seriously af-
fected with cough for twenty-five
years, and this spring more severely
than ever before. She had used many
many remedies without relief, and be-
ing urged to try DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, did so, with most gratifying re-
suits. The first bottle relieved her very
much, and the second bottle has abso-
lutely cured her. She has not had SO
good health for thirty years.
Trial bottles free at J. G. Saur's drug
store. Large size ST..
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
The Anelen. Cities Of America.

Tucson, A. I. is an ancient city.
Autcdating jamestown and Plymouth,
and visited first in 1910 by Coron-
ado, it SAW its first European settlers
in 1860, and its first missionaries in
1881. But long before the wear 1910
there was an Indian village established
on the site of the present city, so that
the Tusconians can. il they please,
claim an age for their town rs great as
the Santa Feans claim for theirs. For
all practical purposes. however, 1540
is date sufficiently far away. and If
Tucson only continues to improve with
age, or becomes as good rs she is old,
much NAV be expected of the place.
Built by the Spaniards, who brought
so much religion 20 the people whom
they conquered. San Xavier (San
Havier) is to-t.ay one of the largest, as
it is one of the best preserved, of all
the churches uuilt during the years of
the Spanish occupancy of the South
west. Riding from Tucson for nine
miles up the valley of the Santa Cruz
river, one has glimpses from time to
time through the groves of live oak and
muskete trees of the white walls and
graceful towers of the church as they
stand clearly outlined against the sky
beyond. 1t was down this valley OF
the Santa Cruz. which is to-day attract
ing SO much attention as an agricul.
tural section, that Coronado marched
on his way from Old Mexico in 1910
and before the advent of this intrepil
explorer and ever since the valley ha.
been inhabited by the Papago Indians
whose adobe houses with thatchee
roots are scattered along the road lead
inc to the mission.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16

Near Panama II whale seventy-tive
feet long became entangled in the SUBJ
marine cable, and in his struggles to
free himself was so severely wounded
by the wire that he died.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
EAST BOUND

Direct connections made in Union Depot at Colum-
bus for Newark Zanesville Pittsburgh, Wheeling,
Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia; also for
Dayton Cincinnati, Louisville, and all points South
and Southwest.
ma Close connections at Toledo for Detroit and
ali points in Michigan and Canada
W.H.HARRISON,
Genl Passenger and TicketAgent
COLUMBUS, O..
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FOR SALE.

100 acre Farm, $45 per acre; 81 0OG cash balance
on 6 to 10 years time, with interest.
40acre Farm, $45 per acre; $500 cash, balance on
G to years time, with interest.
so acre Farm, $40 per acre; $500 cash, balance on
to 10 years time, with interest.
House and lot on Washington street, Napoleon
o., 81 900 cash. balance on years time with inter,
est.
Brick house on Washington street, Napoleon $500
cash. balance on long time with interest.
Also other farm property for sale. Good time
given.
F.M. RUMMELL,
If Agent.
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o. n. gime Gables.
TOLEDO WABASH, ST. LOUIS & PA
CIFIC RY.

Nos. y and IL do not stop between Napoleon and
Toledo.
No. q stops at Defiance, B. & o. Junction, Cecil
and Antwerp only between Napoleon and Ft. Wayne.
Nos q aud 43 run daily. Other trains daily ex.
cept sunday.
No. IL do not carry passengers west OF
Defiance. Baggage will not be checked for freight
trains.
Time given above is Central time" andis 24S min
utes slower thab sun time.
j.. X. wITHERs, Agent.
Napoleon.
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Land for Sale!

THE undersigned will sell so acres of land situ-
ated in the west half of the northwest quarter Of
section a. town 4, range s, acres clear the bal
ance timber land Title clear. For further infor
nation inquire ofW II. Burns on the adjoining
farm or of ANDREW SwARTS,
jamestown, Pa.
apl12-s3tf Mercer 90.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-16
THE FARMER
THE INVALID

route to all Of the noted health resorts of
Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, and
that the extensive through car system and
line will add greatly to his comfort while en-
route. Pamphlets descriptive of the many
celebrated mineral springs of the West ana
H0ufh senf free ON annlicatiQn.
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THE CAPITALIST

safe and profitable Investments In agricul-
ture, stock. raising, mining, numbering, or
any Of the many Inviting fields throughout
the South and West, by addressing the un..
F. CHANDLER,
c.sersI Pussngsra and Ticket Agent. 81. Louis, h.
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OHIO INDIANA MICHIGAN
WABASH
R0uT E!
THE BUSINESS MAN

THE BUSINESS MAN
When he travels wants to go. quick, wants to
be comfortable, wants to arrive at destination
on time, in fact, wants a strictly business
trip, and consequently takes the popular
Wabash Route, feeling that he is sure to meet
his engagements and continue to prosper ana
be happy.
THE TOURIST
Has long since chosen the Wabash as the
favorite route to all the summer resorts OF the
East, North and West, and Winter Resorts of
The South as the Company has for years pro.
vided better accommodations and more at
fractions than any of its competitors for this
class of travel. Tourist Tickets can be had
at reduced rates at all principal offices OF the
Company.
THE FARMER
In search of O new home, where he can Sc.
cure better returns for his labor, should re.
member that the Wabash Is the most direct
route to Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska,
and all points South, West. and Northwest,
and that round-trip land explorers tickets
at very low rates are always on sale at the
ticket offices. Descriptive advertising mat:
ter Of Arkansas and Texas sent free TO all
applicants by addressing the General Pas'
aenper Agent.
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..... 1850.
Land an! !sss'.,.. 06.I
NAPOLEON OHIO.

Best Farm in the county, 50 acres, miles from
Napoleon.
Brick house, brick barn, good water, land well
drained. Good time on deferred payments.
"a acre Farm, miles south of Napoleon. Good
frame building, fine orchard and good water. 90
acres cleared.
House and 2 lots in Napoleon, only 8 squares west
from Conrt House and near the high hoolbu1lding.
Will be offered cheap for next 60 days.
Farms and timber lands in all parts Of the coun-
ty.