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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

The LONDON Times States upan what
it .considerS the authority, that China
wants peacs, andi IT France will return
to. her original policy IN Tonquin and
abstain fr0Iil further hostile action on
the Red River, u pacific agreeinentis al
most certain. The Times says the pow
ers interested should offer their rnettia-
ton collectively.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

Ayers Cherfyp Electoral lisrecommcnd-
cd by physicians of the greatest emil
nence on both SIDES of the Atlantic, as
the most reliable remedy. for colds and
coughs, AMI ALI pulmonary disorders.
i affords pror,apt relief in every ease.
No famiiyshouM ever be without it.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

The Baltimore .fncritra correets, the
statement Of Il temp p0fary that SsnO
generation which projsGted d noilu-
nleilt TO the Father of HisC country COM
pleted the work 4 and says the WASH
ingtoh Monument in Baltimore, pro-
,iected In 1909, was finislsedin 1929. 4
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

Rev. Mr.. Htansbury, ,aaneW pastor q
theScplored Methodist Church, in New
Haven, was fonibly elected from his
pulpit BY twoof the deaeons, who pre-
ferred anotherpreacher. se
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

Exchange. Il shall teach you to
speak properly, andthcll to write rs you
speak, said u teacher in the public
schools. Poor Billy Wilcox,' said Ill
tie voice, apparently Involuntary,
"What about BillygH .'i'iease, AIa'mn,
he speaks through his nose he will
have to write through his nose"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

Postmaster Gresham Ii preparing i,
bill for Introduction into Congress, ex-
cluding neWspiap apers Publishing lottery
advertisements from tile pound rate. s
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

Bonanza Floods daughter win iliIlpfaE
$$35,00D 900. She lis the sort Of ElnDd
that, ii taken at the tide, may lesia laeT
husband on 10 II fortnne.- Ncaf EJrx
,Iourufyl !$ III s
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

Michigan farmers wantimorc tariff @
beans.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

Failures for 1883. numbefed 10,is7 al
comparesi with ,b74 i'm 1882, +.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

No longer a question Of opinion, we
guarantee every box pf Acker's Dys-
pepsia Tablets. Price, Ss5c. and 80. em
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

An old nurse says: Acker's English
Remedy is best for coughs, Group, diph-
theria, or bronchitis. Sold by j. L. &
j. Bcist. Gnl
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03
Extreme NEotiesty.
Brooklyn Eagle |

Two ladies fresh from the aesthetic
circles of Philadelphia were visitingt the
British Museum. One of them was fat
without being fair, and closely hug
ging sixty. The other was fair without
being fat, and might have been twenty.
Fhe daughter had entered the gallery
OF Greek statues, taken one hurried
glance and returned covered with
bushes.
Don't be q fool, what's the matt,i
with you, Hannah why don't you ~
in?o said her mother, giving The girl ;
push.
| "Oh--no not YETI protested til,
trembling creature, u couldn't do ii
mamma. They've been bathing III
HI, = sasasir
vet,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

: q . Is -. !
Referring TO persons who, have lived
to very great ages, the Brooklyn Eagio
says: THE latest case recorded, that OF
Mrs. Jessie McHec, in Woodford coun-
sty, Illinois, was made pathetic BIZ. the
fact that She died IN great Indulgence,
although i1cr Father had been q Con-
+grcssman FROM OHIO, and she herself, in
her youth, had been d belIcsin the NIT
ionai Capital.S DR.. johnson prayed that
hcinight NOT outlive his reason. 1t il
almost as sadlto o,itlive aH Hone's family
and friends, Us well as one's face and
fortune.' -
EessHsr1wr1. A&T sg T Al
ny, Jclakins, can YOU tell d Young,
tender chicken from IN old tough onessa
sat)f e0urse ican.'' "Well, hoW9o ssisy
fl4e te&th.' sst'hickens have no teeth.''
] fNa, but / have, Boston Ebst ri
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

The "wishbtnle" wedding has become
the correct thing. The couple stand
beneath q floral wishb0ne. After the
ceremony the bride and groom are Civ
en the wislYbene to pull The tug re-
sultsin d break somewhere, and who
ever holds the long piece Il absolyed
from getting up to build fires In the
morning.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

Burlington, (Vt,l Free Press; "a
lady in one OF the tlourislling towns of
our State had been 10 New York, and
on her return was describing TO her htls-
band the chief features metropolitan
life which had impressed themselves
upon hermen,oiy. After going through
u long LIST Of those things likely to inn
press country people, she suddenly ex-
claimed; But there was one thing
which did ME more good than anything
else, because ii showed the remarkable
growth of philanthropic charity in our
large cities. On nearly all the streets,
at very frequent intervals, | saw signs
over the doors reading,@ Free lunch
free lunch.' could not help thinking,
Us walked along, whatsa blessed work
the relief societiesof New York are do-.
ing!' The good lady, ii her enthusi-
asnl, did not notice tilat her husband
had turned aside TO straighten out the
lamp-mat on his desk, nor does she
know to this day the true significance
of the metropolitan free lunch. y
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

Loss ofapPetite n caused BY 4;iactiyi-
ty ST the liver owing to mi a6earaula-
ton Of bile, remove the same by Using
Pacific Liver Pilie and renewed appetite
will BY the happy iesnlt. tiee 2o-1ln
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03
a stranger in Arkansas.
[Opie r. Read.l


Can You tell me how far it IL to the. 1
next hoaseM
'rstrahger, YOU kaint find the next
huuse.nE
"SNhye,
"Becase it ain't thar. say, thar,
Dick tltrning TO his son.
"Yas, pap.T II
DON'T drap that gun. Ii laout gp
Off an shoot the strunger.ii
ut might also shoot you,'' sug-
gcsted.
No, Hnever shoots home folks. but.s
itaaeF banker powerful airter strangers!
sorry sif,srsvascFo sitese fgoTda
gotbf laent whiskey hunters, tntfaea
day. He. cum er hangin' Founi here
jes like yes; air doin', an ] was mighty
ateerd EhacSole sal that's the cunts
name- WOULD cit ter cuttigl., ap. anil.
blame ct he didn't flop over asFtar /,
while am shoot the fellefsthrough the
leg spite o. everything I could do.
Shot him, sab, even airter my wife had
reasoned with her an my Wife's i rei.-
,ansr, s'ais ], si' }lemme teH yer. fay, thar,
"Yas, pap.p #f5
10 ole sallook sorterashy?n
fas, pap
stranger, Il don't wanter hurry Won
off, farfel that's q man in theearinunity
what like c0nlp'ny it's mef but ef I was
in Yer place. dinged cf siidn'sritle.u
u don't know which way to fitic.'''
BETTER ride straddIe, / reckifl,D
II mcan'that Idon't know Where TO
go" II
i.gss i.qs't nss Nsy' sax, thar DisAis
rs Sal gittin' hard ter hoId2;'
"fas, pap"
stranger, III sWarthat yeE'sl better
hussle, fur when Sal gets cr0ssw ays. an, !,
ashy, an hard ter hold, thar's gWiiie
ter be trouble.n
"My friend, SSon mistake nle fora
deputy marshal when, I'M f:teN (c0w-
ardly rlse bnt MY yonly hope, )ss.4 ann q
wildcat distiIlef and ami running from
the officials. IaIivc over here sn tho
creek, and wIleiI ! left heineSthe neigh
.borhood was fnlI of deputy Iilarshals.n
.St;t right da~n an' como sn.n he
said. Say thar Dick
Vas, papa
lis Sal ashSai'8 4.9s8,. ss,,s..
"No, pap. .
..'ls she hard ter hold3''
"No, pap.
"Wall, lean her agin iho tree all' take
this hoss and gin him sllthin' ter eat.
Go crway, Lize, addressing .h5 dog;
aaintt no WiiiNkey hunter. assA i
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

'.lh, don'tcateMhetlier set any,
thing In MY Stocking or Dos,' said
Adolphus, adding, with u look of uIs-
dying devotion, "but, Clara, 4 should
liketo have what II In your stookings.', !,
eOh; yes, 'ssaid Clara, naiveIy ssyou
mean corIls. What. 4 foolish boy.,
Thus was loves young dream dispelled,
and hence til il thai Claia ia called
miss. '' Boston Transcript.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03

at is difficult to talk patiently on
such 4 subject. The stupidity we have
shown legislating our merchant navy
out of existence cam Ne only partially
atoned for by immediately reversing all
s,rt,h syot,ly y t
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-06-26
Charles Dickens in is4s.

Charles Dickens when he first visited
Washington in 1912, was just entering
his thirtieth year. He was q middle
sized, somewhat feshy person, and he
wore d brown frock coat; a fed figured
vest and q fancy scarf EraVat; that COM
cealed the collar and was fastened to
the bosom id rather toluptuous folds by
d double pin and chain, His hair;
which was long and dark, grew low dp-
on the brow, had q wavy kink where it
started from the head; and was cork
screwed de it fell OH either side Of STAGE,
His forhead retreated gradually frofii the
eyes, without any marked protuberance,
save at the outer angle, the Upper por-
ton of which formed a prominent ridge
a little within the assigned position of
the organ of ideality. The eyeballs
completely filed their sockets. The
aperture of the lids was not large, nor
the eye uncommonly clear or bright,
but quick, moist and expressive. The
hose was slightly aquili1e, the mouth
of moderate dimensions making dc
great display of the teeth, the facial
muscles occasionally drawing the up.
per lip most strongly on the left side a.
the mouth opened in speaking. His
features, taken together; We're well pro,
portioned, of a glowing and cordial as
pect, with more animation than grace
and more intelligence than beauty
Ben Perley Poore.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-06-26
LIKE HIS FATHER,

He was Afflicted with Stone In the Blad-
der, Also, Like Him, was Cured by the
Use of DIR. David K~ennedy's Favorite
Remedy (of Rondout, N. ".
Mr.. s. W. Hicks, of Pleasant Valley,
Duchess Co., N. Y, the son of Mr.. E. s.
Hicks, whose name may have appeared in
this journal in connection with an article
similar to this, was, like his father, afflicted
with Stone in the Bladder, only that his
case was more serious than his fathers.
The father advised the son to write to DIR.
David Kennedy, of Rondout, N. Y, who,
he said, would tell him what to do. DIR.
Kennedy replied, suggesting the use of
KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY,
which had worked so successfully in the
fathers case. Mr.. Hicks, who had been
assured by the local physicians that they
could do nothing more for him, tried FA-
VORITE REMEDY. After two weeks use
of it he passed a stone y of an inch long
and of the thickness of a pipe-stem. Since
then he has had nc symptoms of the return
of the trouble. Here is a sick man healed.
What better results could have been ex-
pected? What greater benefit could medi-
cal science confer? The end was gained
that is surely enough. DIR. Kennedy as
sures the public, by a reputation which he
can not afford to forfeit or imperil, that the
FAVORITE REMEDY does invigorate the
blood. cures liver, kidney and bladder com.
plants, as well as all those diseases and
weaknesses peculiar to females.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-06-26
Dry Rot in Men.

The period of dry rot in the lives of
men is said to begin at the age of fifty,
though a recent essayist makes it date
at forty, and if this is so, the period for
decadence for women may be set at
least ten years earlier. There is a time
generally acknowledged in society when
meh and women seem to have reached
their ultimate, when the forces of youth
are spent. when the environment of life
is apparently fixed, when it is possible
to go on for a while upon lines that have
already been formed, when n seems
to have accomplished his career, and
can rest with satisfaction upon what he
has done. This is the point of danger
to men, especially to professional men.
It is the point when clergymen, or law
yers, or doctors feel that they have
reached something fixed, and need moi
pitt forth further effort. 1t is also the
point where women, If married, art
apt to say to themselves that they car
settle down into the fixed things of theil
homes, or if unmarried, are apt to with
draw their interests from active life
and retire into themselves.-Iimes
| Democrat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-06-26
About Mr.. Gould.

A Chicago paper says that Mr.. Jay
Gould lost 50, 900, 900 in the furry.
A Cleveland paper says his losses are
fully 50, SOC, 000.
A Buffalo paper says he cried when
he figured up and found himself 49,
000,0 600 short.
A Toledo paper says he "merely
smiled when informed that he had lost
49, 800, 900.
A Cincinnati paper says he sat upon
the edge of his chair and bit his finger
nails when informed that his shrinkage
would figure up 81, ZOO, 900.
A Detroit paper says that he glanced
at the figures--S4,5 500, 0O0-and OBJ
served that the boys seemed to be
having fun at his expense.
A Milwaukee paper says Mr.. Gould
can drop another $4,000 900 and not
feel too poor to buy street-car tickets.
An Omaha paper says that Mr.. Gould
lost S15, 900, 900 inside of thirty-six
hours, and that it took two physicians
t o save his life.
There are several back counties to
hear from yet, and. if Mr.. Gould has
anything left after the reports are all
in, he will probably invest it in Western
URlon.-W Wall Street Net0s.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-06-26
FARM M FIREslDE.

-Oxalic acid will remove potato
stains from the hands.-M z. Herald.
Turkeys suffer much from hot
weather. Let them have plenty OF
Water.
wheat fan fed to COWS prbducesa
GOOD flow of milk: but does not make
butter.-Prdirte Farmer:
LIN summer, when meat comes from
the butcher and is not to be used the
same day, it should be washed v
with vinegar, which prevents 1t from
turning.-DetroI Post:
Fruit Jumbles: One cup of butter,
two cups sugar, three and a half cups
-four. half cup sweet milk, three eggs,
half nutmeg grated, three teaspoons
baking powder, one cup of %currants;
bake in a broad, shallow tin and cut in
squares while warm. They are deli
cious. boston Globe.
1t will surprise old~-fashioned
poultry growers to learn that the conf
mon hawk is regarded as a valuable
bird. He destroys one hundred field
mice fof every chicken, and if there is
q fair amount Of shrubbery around the
henyard, very few chickens will be lost
from his depredations.
-Bird's-Nest Pudding: Pare nice,
w~ell-favored apples enough to fill your
pudding dish aud remove the cores with
an apple-corer. Steam them till ten
der. Take for q custard three eggs and
milk enough to nearly we the ap-
Piles. Sweeten to taste, and add a little
salt and grated nutmeg. Bake till the
custard sets.-THe Household.
When you are tired of plain boiled
or fried eggs try this way of serving
them for breakfast: Butter a pie plate
and cover the bottom with fine bread
crumbs, then break enough eggs for
your family, and drop them on the
plate, and cover them with a layer oil
bread crumbsj sprinkle pepper and sal
over this, and put some little Jumps o.
butter over it. Bake in a quick over
for five minutes.-Chicaqo Journal.
-Custard made in this way il
delicious for the filling of a layer cake
Heat a coffee cup of sweet milk in
bright tin basin, beat a egg very ligh
and beat with it until smooth on,
heaping teaspoonful of flour, add sugar
to suit the taste; when the milk is hot
stir the flour, eggs, etc., into it,; 1t will
thicken in q very few minutes. Take
from the fire and flavor with lemon; i
you choose; blanch some almonds, Gu
them in three or four pieces and sti
into the custard.- Exchange.
1t is a good plan to vary the man
ner in which you flavor the roast O
beef; this can be done by squeezing tn
juice of half a lemon over it an
putting the other half inside the roast
one small onion, and a little parsley il
the dripping pan, and lay the roast owe
it. Do not be led by any bad advise
to put one drop of water into you
dripping pan until you have tried tn
experiment of roasting beef in thi
way, 1t makes a striking differenc
in the favor of the meat.-N. Y. Pos
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-06-26
Plain Speech Wanted.

ssOver certification'' and ssrehypoth-
ecation'' are pretty long words. One
means lying and the other means steal
ing. When we are told that the recent
troubles in business in New York are
attributable to these long-sounding
causes, we are really told that lying
and stealing are at the bottom of the
difficulty. The whole disturbance is a
sharp lesson in the value of honesty.
All business transactions rest on the
assumption of honesty between man
and man. If it were not that ordinarily
people tell each other the truth, there
could be nothing made by lying. The
of other people. Business came to a
for the simple reason that the supply of
confidence gave out. People ceased to
believe each other and the machinery
of trade and commerce broke down at
once
We cannot get along unless the
decided majority of us tell the truth
and deal fairly. The trouble has been
that so many people have thought it
would not make any difference if they
went over on to the other side just long
enough to make something, as others
were doing. The whole spirit of bust
ness, since the industrial revival that
set in about 1879, has been n of
gamble and scramble. The lesson of
1873 counted for nothing whatever.
The stock-watering, which was sup
posed to be the cause of that trouble,
was entered upon again as quickly as
opportunity occurred. Among the
solid investment properties of Wall
Street to-day-which the traders say
are '.better than governments"-are
stocks that since 1873 has been watered
as much as 100 per cent, so that the
man who in 1873 had 100 shares has to-
day 200 shares. He only holds the
same fraction of the property as before,
but he writes himself down twice as
rich as he was, and demands that
operating expenses be so reduced
that his income shall conform to his
double riches, for his stock is only
about par.
But the stock watering is only one
evidence of the loss of sobriety. Look
at the '.blind poor' that Willard oper.
ated, at the greed to get into the secret
and fictitious contracts that Ward pre-
tended TO control, and at deealcations
which run up into the millions. Think
OF a man of large property, on a $10,-
600 salary, with an inheritance of many
millions staring him in the face, going
down to Wall street and gambling away
other peoples money for tho sake Of
making some for himself where he al
ready had too much!
What we want is to have common
honesty common. The leadership of
business and the guidance Of center
prise" has been entrusted to r~ascals,
and, sad to relate, their following has
been very large. 1t is time for the
moral tide to turn. Spell rehypothe-
cate with five letters; get a little more
..'toney' set into u prisons; and cease
to admire as the great successes of the
day those men who began by stealing
and have built their fortunes on theft
as a foundation. We want new mod
els, new morals, plain speech, and the
same law for a man who steals a rail-
road or a bank as for the man who
steals a pair of shoes or a loaf of bread.
Hartford Conn., Cowrant.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-06-26
THERE IS BLACK IN THE Blue
OF THE SKY.


An artist one day at his easel stood,
And sketchcd with q pencil free,
wood,
A chi eSiid iH loo SaSP Sys snd 4 f little W Ma sHe back sea;
And questioned the artist: "Why
Do o mix with your colors a touch of black,
Wheusyou paint the blue in the skyl"
stOniy because I see it, my child;
I am painting the sky as 1t Isl"
And he softly said to himself, and smiled:
1T Is one OF earth's mysteries:
Not the lily itself wears a perfect white;
Nor the red rose an unmixed dye;
There is a light In shadows, and a shadow in
light.
And black in the blue of the sky"
There are films over nature everywhere,
10 soothe and refresh our sight,
For mortal eyes were not made to bear
The dazzle of shadeless light.
Our consolation and our complaint
-Awakfng both smile and sigh:
There are human faults in the hottest saint,
There Is black in the blue of the sky.
Whatsthenl Are the skies indeed not blue,
Lilies white, nor the roses red?
Shall we doubt whether ever the crystal dew
Drops pearls on the path we tread2
We may dwell where there is no blu in the
No veil over earth, by and by,
But good Is good always and everywhere,
Though black may steal into blue sky.
We have read from the leaves of a old
pr One in the glory unseen,
whose gaze the poor seraphim dare not brook,
Before whom the heavens are unclean.
And the hops of immortals Is n the thought
0f.a Truth and q love so high
That possible evil sullies them not:
No black in the blue of their sky.
Lacy Ldrcom, In Youths Companion.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-06-26

squaRimity, roared like a maniac at the
sight of the escaping dish-pan.
His noise attracted the attention OF
the fair passenger, who was now sbreast
and not over a biscuits toss distant.
Her glance at n ce turned upon Davy,
and her .eountenance underwent d re-
markaBie change. Dazed surprise not
iinmingled with joy, intense yeafning.
bewildermeht and love-light followed
each other in rapid succession. Ali this
time Davy stood motionless. She tot
tered a little as ashes and ROSES each id
urn showed up signals in her cheeks;
but recovering, grasped the rail and
leaned far odt over the water. With d
gesture Of unutterable tenderness, she
stretched forth both arms toward the
big Scotchman.
"Come!"
We couldn't hear it for the swish of
escaping steam, the clangor of bells and
the shrieks of whistles, but her lips
moved, and we who knew Davy's story
comprehended the situation. It was
Jessie Duncan following in his wake
and coming to overhaul the man she
had sent adrift, with her love and for-
g~iveness doing the Evangeline act,"
said Rick. who reads poetry Sundays
when we are lying on the market.
The look; the gesture was enough for
the hot-blooded Davy. With a bound
like a deer from a precipice, he leaped
into the greasy, yellow-green water,
and with Iusty stroke struck out for the
barge.
.Man overheard Heaven a line!''
A couple of coils of rope from the
hooker and ono from the tug fell near
him sp1ashing dirty water in his face.
He pushed them aside with an express
ion of Impotence. Soon he grasped
the after fender of the barge and in an
instant was on the deck beside Jessie.
A sudden ~bashfulness seized him as
he realized the figure he was cutting.
She herself was aboring under q feel
ing of misgiving somewhat akin to diff
fidence.
s.Good mornin'," he said, in
strained, repressed tone, taking her
limp hand hesitatingly in his dripping
palm.
Her reply was inaudible. Neither
said much, but each looked deep down
into the others eyes, aud there they
saw mutual penitence, mutual forgive
ness, mutual forbearance, and back oil
it all a towering and all-pervading love,
The big propeller moved out of the
way. the bell on the bridge ahead rang
the people on it started into a run as i
began its slow swing, the barge whee
churned up a yeasty hiilock of dirty
water, it slowly moved up the river
and the two figures, their faces illu
mined by the light of their great and
newly found happiness, still clinging t.
each Others hands and gazing into eacf
Others faces, were watched by US OIL
the hooker until a bend in the river hi,
them from view.
Thus Davy left us-as suddenlyAs h
came.-Narence A. Webster, IN Th
Current. q.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-06-26

"A Paris correspondent of the New
York Times says that balls given in the
dress or conversation of the present day,
are entirely out of date in that city, such
mild entertainment being tabooed by
society. When the hostess sends out
her invitations, she accompanies them
with the information what period the
fete is destined to typify, and theguests
are expected to conform with her re-
quest. This sort of thing keeps one up
well with the dress, manners and small
talk of the past aces.