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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03

= The postmaster at st. Johnsbury,
VT, has complained that of nineteen
special delivery letters passing through
his office in the month of October, one
half Of them were love letters. Now
while be may have just cause to COM
plain, it would be well for the authors
ties at st Johnsbury to keep an eye on
that postmaster. When a man can
pick out love letter from pile Of
others that way, he is just as liable to
be able to nail one now and anon In
which q bill is inclosed. Of course, his
sense OF second sight may only run to
love letters but iG is always best to be
on the safe side. Reck's Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03

'sNil desperandum'' never despair.
While there islife there is hope. The
trade mark of Mishler's Herb Bitters is
an anchor with the word Hope. The
emblem is justified by the marvellous
cures that have been wrought by this
great medicine in so-called s'hopeless'
cases of asthma, rheumatism, kidney
and liver troubles, bronchitis, sick
headache and kindred diseases.
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Notice or Insolvency.

i \ o the 10th day Of November, in the year 1885
~ the Probate Court of Henry county, Ohio, de.
cIared the estate of George Haase deceaseds to be
probably ins0ls emf. Creditors are therefore re
auired to present their clae against the estate 10
the undersigned for allowance within six months
from the time above meationed or they viii not bs
entitled to payment. 4.
HENRY LUDEMAN,
Administrator Of George Haase, deceased.
{ Napoleon, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1885. nov 266t
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For oil forms of nasal catarrh where
there is dryness of the air passage with
what is commonly called "stuffing up
especially when going to bed, Ely's
Cream Balm gives immediate relief.
Its benefit to me has been priceless.
A. G.. Chase, NJ. d.. Millwood Kas. q
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03

Printed matter may be copied on any
paper of an absorbent nature by dam
pening the surface with weak solution
Of acetate of iron and pressing in an
ordinary copying press. Old writing
may also be copied on unsized paper II
wet with weak solution of sulphate Of
iron, mixed with small solution of
sugar syrup.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03

Purge out the lurking distemper that
undermines health, and constitutional
vigor will return. Those who suffer
from an enfeebled and disordered state
of the system, should take Ayers Sar-
saparilla to cleanse the blood and re-
store vitality.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03
What 4 swarm ". Bees Did.

A man in Minnesota who had rheu-
matism, undertook the bee remedy.
He got into bed with a swarm of young
bees and the remedy began to work.
It took four men to bring him back to
the house, and forty could not have
put him into bed again. He then did
what he should have done at first, used
ST. Jacobs Oil and is now well. A
cough which he caught from exposure
was removed by Red Star Cough Cure,
which he esays is o wonderful discovery.
It costs only twenty-five cents a bottle.
Sold by druggists.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03

Here isa new and novel method for
testing the soundness of an egg: BY
touching the tip of the small end of the
egg with the tongue it will give cold
sensation, and reversing the egg and
repeating the operation, the large end
will give a feeling of warmth if the egg
is sound, and cold if ''over ripe"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03

The best on earth, can truly be said Of Griggs'
aiycerine Ealve, which IL q sure, safe and speedy
euro for cnts bruises scalds burns, wounds and al
other sores Wilpositivey cnre piles, tetter and all
skin eruptions. Try this wonder healer, Satisfac-
ton guaranteed Or money refunded. Only % cents.
sod bv j. @. Sanr. nov 26-1yr Z
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03

aThe ladies especially go into
ecstacies over Parker's Hair Balsam, !"
writes Mr.. j. III. Decker, druggist, of
Findlay. Ohio. "They say it is the
most elegant dressing they ever used. !"
Stops falling hair, restores color, pro-
NOTES growth. dec 3-1mo
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One sin cuts the soul sdrift from God,
II Il had creed, I'd sell IL TO museum,
What's culture worth, fits nothing
but whithwash and rascal?
I'd rather he In heaven learning my
A b Cs than in hell reading Greek.
Ihave little taste for theology and
botany, but love religion and flowers.
81 have doubts" says one. Well,
you just quit your meanness, and you'll
quit doubling.
If q man hasn't enough religion to
pray for his family, he hasn't enough
to save his soul with.
God have mercy on q man who pro-
fesses to be o Christian, and has not got
II from head TO foot.
Be honest and pay your debts.
There's too many men In the church
boarding with their wives.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03

Fair widow-But does it fade? Mr..
i5ilkenstein Veil, to tell you der troof,
at fades leetle; but it shoost goes off
into lofty violet after six months or so
--shoost lets you down nit your morn
ing easy and natural, amt it?n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03

Paper is made in France from hop
Vines and it is claimed that the fiber
secured is the best substitute for rags
yet obtained, as it possesses great
length, strength, fiexibility and de-
licacy.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03

=. C. Higgins of Florida is 8 feet 4
inches high, weighs 4l5 pounds, and
has hat expressly made for him at
Camden. N. j., which measures 329
inches in circumference.
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4 ftTNW Send 10 cents postage, and we will
IL tsIHF maiI yon free royal, valuable, SAM
IN tItt lebnx Of goods that win put yon In
"A SfALI thu way OF making more money at
oIloe than aisything elise In America. Both sexes
Of all ages cnn live az home and work in spare time,
or all the tima, Gapi,nl We will start
yen. Immense pay ,ure Cor those who start 1t once.
srrSscAA a CO.. faztsal;as Mai,ae, dec aslyr n n
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Napoleon, O., Nov. II, 1885.

Thanking the public for their liberal patronage
while in the business groceries and PROVISIONS
partner In the late firm OF Fl. j. H. Kobe, in-
vite all my old customers and as many new ones as
chose, to patronize me- am getting in fresh goods
daily and win sell them an cheap as any house in
town. Respectfully,
nov19.4t HENRY KOLBE. Y
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Dissolution Notice.

yy>he partnership heretofore existing between
L Henry Kolbe ani John II. Kobe, under the
firm name of H. ~. II Koibe, has this day been
dissolved by mutual consent. Henry Kolbe having
bought all the interests Of John II. Kobe, will con-
tintle the business and collect a outstanding book
accounts. HENRY KOLBE,
JOHN I'll. K0LBE.
Napoleon o.. New n 1885,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03
Twin Foes to Life

Are Indigestion and Constipation.
Their primary symptoms are among the
most distressing of minor human ailments,
and host of diseases, speedily resultant
from them, mutually aggravate each other
and assail at once the whole machinery
Of life. Nausea, Foul Breath, Sour
Stomach, Dizziness, Headaches,
Neuralgia, Dropsy, and various Skin
Disorders, are among the symptoms
and maadies caused by arrangement of
the stomach and bowels.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-03

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skins eruptions, aud posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
1T Is guaranteed 10 give satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by j. G. Saur. jiy 28-1y
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A Thorough Purqative

medicine is the first necessity for cure.
Then the cathartic effect must be main-
tanned, in mild degree, just sufficient
to prevent u recurrence of costiveness,
and at the same time the liver, kidneys
and stomach must be stimulated and
STRENGTHENED
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Ayers Pills

Accomplish this restorative work better
than any other medicine. They are
searching and thorough, yet mild, in their
purgatiye action. They do not gripe the
I;atient, and do not induce costive re-
action, as is the effect of other cathartics.
Withal, they possess special properties,
,liuretic, hepatic and tonic, of the highest
n,n,lit.;nal YnlIln and
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26
The MOcking Bird.

The resumption of music by the ma
rinc band on the White House grounds
leads Washington correspondent into
scme "reminiscences connected with a
popular air and a celebrated beauty:
The "NIocking Bird was first played
in this country at one of these afternoon
entertainments in the White House
grounds. Scala was the leader of the
marine band, and he arranged the music
himself. He had had it rehearsed for a
long time lie dedicated his compost
ton to Miss Harriet Lane, President Blu
chanan's niece. On the afternoon it was
to be first played in public Scala came
to the grounds with handsome pro-
granme of the selections. Omit was
painted a hooking bird. Miss Lane did
not know of the honor and was not
there, but a messenger was sent after
her, out to the Soldiers home, and she
was on hand when the "Mocking Bird"
was reached. There was good crowd
present, and much applause followed.
Miss Lane bowed and bowed and Scala
bowed ahd bowed, but it had to be re-
peated. In less than week every man
was whistling and every lady who could
play it was playing and singing it, But
don't think | ever heard it played as
well as it was played that afternoon,
though the same band played it often
during the summer.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26
Victor HugO's Love for Children.

The London 81. Jdmes' Gazette tells a
hitherto unpublished anecdote of Victor
Hugo. During the poets exile days in
Guernsey an English lady who had been
for some time living with her family at
st. Savior, near the center of the island.
missed her youngest son, an intelligent
child of about five years old. The boy,
it afterward appeared, had strayed from
his nurse, and wandering aimlcssly
about, had grown weary, and contented-
ly fallen asleep in the open air. Victor
Hugo, in one of his solitary rambles,
found the child just awakening, and
recognizing him as the son of
lady Whom he knew by sight,
he hoisted him on TO his
back, and greatly delighted, cantered
with him across country to his own
house. A storm came on, and it was
decided that the youngtcr should not be
sent back that night A messenger,
however, allaycd the mothers anxiety,
and next morning the boy was returned,
together with profuse apologies many
thanks, and a huge basket of flowers
and fruit. On being asked how he had
enjoyed his unprecedented visit, the
boy said: VERY much indeed NJ. HUI
go played at lions with me all the even
ing. He was the lion under the table.
And do you know once when he came
out of his den and growled he pulled of
the table cloth and broke ever so many
glasses. 1t was fun"
Another anecdote, also unpublished, is
equally eloquent of Hugos love
of children. Some months later
the little daughter of the
same English lady fell sick of scarlet
fever. The poet heard of it, and, after
bringing several offerings of grapes, he,
one day, although still a comparative
stranger, begged as a great favor to be
allowed to see the patient, who was by
/ this time beginning to mend. lie laughed
Mt the idea of infection, and upon being
led to the sick room, sat down by the
bedside, and, gently taking one of the
childs hands in his, was soon inventing
for her benefit most enchanting fairy
tale. He came again on the next day
and on several subsequent days, always
with a new story and always in the best
of spirits. When the child was well he
came no more; but every year aftcrward
until his death, although she has now chill
1 dren of her own, he sent to her on hi'
birthday some little token of his kindly
recollection of her.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26
Inside Facts About PGcahOntas.

Mr.. John Esten Cooke, of Virginia,
has made a searching investigation of
the Pocahontas matter, and he is salts
fed, from all the evidence to be had,
that Smith was captured by party OF
Indians in 1907, and carried to the lnd;-
an capital on York river, where Powhatan
ordered him to be slain. Pocahontas in
terfered to save him. She took Smiths
head in her arms, so that it was impossi
BILE to beat out his brains without hit
ting her Powhatan consented to spare
the prisoner, and treated HIM kindly.
Afterward Smith released some Indian
prisoners, stating that it was for the sake
of Pocahontas. lie told his friends in
jamestown that Pochontas had saved his
life. In letter to Queen Anne he said
that he would be guilty of the deadly
poison of ingratitude" if he forgot the
goodness of PocahOntas. In several
letters he gave to this girl credit for his
rescue from death. 1t was on this &C.
count that Pocahontas was tiatteringly
received at the English court. After
her marriage to Rolte she was baptized,
and lived 'ciyilly and lovingly with her
husband"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26
A Machine for Smelling Peas.

This curious machine, which we saw
in operation at the last Agricultural eX-
bibition, consists of an oblong frame in
which reyolves heXagonal drum. This
latter, which is surrounded by wire cloth
is supported by rollers and is revolved
through the intermedium of pulley.
An axle, concentric with the drum car
ries a number of obong pieces arranged
obliqucly around it, and revolvcs in the
same direction that the drum does, but
with much greater velocity. These OBJ
long pieces or heaters pass within short
distance of rods that form the angles of
the drum. Beneath the whole is stretched
an endless apron that rcvolyes contin-
uously.
The peas are placed upon the platform
OF the machine and fed by hand to the
drum through hopper at the top. They
are then submitted to the action of the
heaters, which open the pods and allow
the peas to fall through the meshes of
the wire cloth. In consequence of the
oblique arrangements of the heaters, the
pods continue to advance toward the
extremity of the drum, where they fall
into chute, The unshelled peas are
caught at the upper part of the drum by
the rods that pro ect into the Interior
and are thus struck by the heaters. sc
that the Smelling is perfect before the
peas drop into the box beneath. Scion.
tifc american.
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TORNADOES IN THE WEST.
cstruCciOn of Human Life and
Great Damage 10 Property.

destruction of Human Life and
Great Damage 10 Property.
A series of storms have caused some loss of
10 and great destruction of property through
it portions of the West. From Omaha,
eb., come the following details: The sec
Id severe wind and rain storm within half
eek visited this section yesterday. One res
ence in Omaha was struck by lightning, but
10 occupants escaped injury. A brakeman
hmed Sullivan was killed by lightning near
blumbus. Great damage was done in the
untry to windmils, sheds and barns by
@ wind. AtElll Point, Dakota, number of
lildings were blown down and the railroad
bal house and windmill were demolished. No
he was hurt At Coleridge, Neb., sixteen
hiding were levcled a. Hudson'S general
ore was blown to pieces Two children were
lied and three people seriously injured in the
untry. At harrington, NcD., the skating
blk and number of small buildings were de-
royed. AT Wakefield, Neb., a store was
kroofed.
A Sioux City iowa dispatch says: A
we're wind storm struck this city at n
arter-past ten o'clock last night The post
lice was unroofed. The wholesale dry 90 DIS
pre- of Tootle, Livingston q Co., was I'M
ofed and end walls blown in. Several
her stores and dwellings were also damaged,
pc Methodist and Baptist churches are down.
lin all the country within n radius OF
enty five miles of Sioux city much dam
e was done to trees, fenreS, windmils and
ildings. A numb-r OF farm houses were
mol;shed
Word has been received from 1emars,
wa, that the St. James Catholic church
Is blown down and the steeplc of another
urch demolished The Plymouth mills
bre unroofed ard the slnoAestack blown
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26
SELECT SIFTINGS.

Ceylon spiders weave webs so strong
that walking stick, when thrown into
it, is entangled among the meshcs.
The London agricultural Gazette is au-
thority for the statement that 900
horses are slaughtered each week, the
flesh cut into steaks, and sold as beef in
the poorest ncighborhoods of Manches-
ter, England"
The Emperor of China never uses the
first personal pronoun. but always speaks
of himself as the Solitary Man" The
expression is only used in the fgurative
sense, as indicating the unapproachable
grandeur of the Son of Heaven.
A prize for heavy ears of corn, given
by Cincinnati gentleman, brought out
sixty samples of forty ears each. The
heaviest forty weighed fifty three pounds,
the next heaviest fifty one and one half
pounds. Entries to the number of eight
weighed forty-nine pounds and over.
Frau Mollenweber, at Remscheid, in
Germany, is over 100 years old, and has
had the privilege since May Sd of being
a great great grandmother. She is in
good health, has never worn spectacles,
has two children aged seventytwo and
seventy-six; thirtysix grandchildren and
forty.tw great-grandchildren.
The difference between an imitation
and genuine amethyst can be easily dis
tinguished. Just put them on your
tongue alternately, and you will find
that the spurious feels warm and the
genuine icy to the touch. The stone
which has had the greatest run of late is
tiger eye, which has peculiar, dull fire.
1t is only a piece of petrifed wood,
turned, smoothed and polished.
The canaille of Paris were in the habit
of making strange presents. What a
fantastic idea it was, sending to the royal
family,in Marie Antoinettes time box
of dominoes made out Of the stones Of
the bastile. The lines which accompa-
MED the gift are quite brutal, quite au.
thcntic, and enthusiastically French
How Marie Antoinctte must have shud-
dered at this toy of doom: "Thesc
stones, from the walls which inclosed the
innocent victims of arbitrary power, have
been converted into toy. to be presented
to you, monsigneur, as an homage of the
peoples love, and to teach you the ex-
tent of their power. "-Argonaut.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26
GENERAL GRANT.
His Journey to the Drexel Cot.
tage at Mt. McGregor.
Growing Worse After his Arrival,
and Losing his Voice,

General Grant, accompanied by his family
and DR.. Douglas, has taken up his residence
at the Drexel summer cottage, Mt. McGregor,
near Saratoga, N. Y. The journey from
New York to Saratoga was uneventful.
The generals family made no attempt to en-
gage him il conversation, knowing that an
effort on his part to make himself understood
only increased the irritation in his
throat and further weakened his
voice. Once when the train was flying
past West Point the general raised his stick
and called attention to the house of an old
friend of his-Mr. Dinsmore Nourishmen5
was administered to him at intervals OF two
hours Most of the time he sat fronting the
engine in his invaid's chair, but once he
walked to the rear of the car, sat down IL a
cane bottom chair there, and for several
miles looked out of the rear doorway.
The train ran into Saratoga at l: 30. On
the little Mt McGregor road special car
attached to the locomotive j. w. Drexel
stood waiting with steam up. On the car
were General Manager L. II. Fonda and DE
rector John Kellogg of the Mt. McGresor
Transferred to the Mt McGregor train.
Then the pudgy little engine began
the tosome ascent of twelve miles to Mt
McGregor The run up the mountain was
made in about thirty-five minutes, the
train arriving at Mt. Mctiregor about 2:4o
Directly after his arrival DR.. Douglas
examined and cleaned the generals throat,
which had become considerably irritatcd dur
ing the journey. The patients voice had also
failed him during the trip.
How long General Grant will remain at
Mr. Drexels cottage is uncertain. The
move later on to the Catskills has not
vet been decided on An old veteran, Sam
Willett, of Lew Benedict Post, No 5, Albany,
has had tent put up near Drexel cottage,
and will show his devotion to his old chief by
keeping all ntruders at bay.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26

DAVENPORT, Iowa.
AS a remedy for Catarrh
DR.. Thomas Electric Oil
stands at the top. 1t cured
me, and | believe will cure
any case. -Edw.S S. Rowley.
222 w. 18th Street.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26
LOWELL, MASS.

LOWELL, MASS.
] was badly afflicted
with Bronchitis and an
affection of the throat.
Or. Thomas Electric Oil
cured me. oliver j. Belle
Isle, % East Merrimack
street.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26

To the list of hiccougn remedies, most
of which concentrate the attention for a
few moments, the Popular Science
MoQtdIy adds "You say to your affect
ed friend something like this; See how
close together you can hold the tips of
your foreiingers without touching. Now
keep your elbows out free from your
side. You can get your fingers closer
than that. They are touching now.
There now hold them so. Steady 7
BY this time you can ask Now, why
don't you hiccoughHn
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26

bon spread in the governors room. This
|osed the exercises of the day.
In addition to the government display at
be navy yard the streets of Brooklyn were
hyly dressed in honor OF the event The
Rrryboats all noated the national colors and
be newspaper Offices displayed their patriot
pm by huge flags. At daylight tho stars and
|ripes were raised over the city hall, muni-
|pal and department buildings, postofice,
Purt houses and internal revenue Offices.
|any private residences were also decorated.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26
WHAT Is DYSPEPSIA /?

Among The many symptoms Of
Dyspepsia or indigestion the most
prominent are Variable appetite ;
faint, gnawing feeling at pit Of the
stomach, with unsatisfisd craving
for food ; heartburn, feeling Of
weight and wind in the stomach,
bad breath, bad taste in the mouth,
low spirits, general prosiration,
headache and constipation. There
is no form OF disease more preya.
lent than Dyspepsia, and none SO
pecuIiarto the high.living and rapid.
eating American people. Alcohol
and tobacco produce Dyspepsia ;
also, bad air, rapid eating, etc.
BURD0CK BLOOD BITTERS will cure
the worst case, by regulating the
bowels and toning up the digestive
organs. Sold everywhere.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26
+imcs blended and commentators prove

times blended. and commentators prove
it by the passage in Exodus, ''And of
the blue and purple and scarlet they
made cloths of service to do service in
the holy place and made the holy gar
mcnts for Aaron, and a girdlc of fine
twined linen, and blue and purple and
scarlet of ncedleworll; as the Lord com
handed Moses. - CieCelahd Pldindealer.