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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30
In the Norwegian siountains.

On the threshold as We depart stand
the pretty Budeier dairy maids) in the
neat costume of the people in the Guild
brandsdal Valley, nodding a tender
farewell to US and wishing us hearty
'Lykke pdg Rsisep." Yes, there they
stand. following us with their gaze as
we proceed along the steep mountain
path till we disappear from view in the
rocky glen. l said path" Well,
that is the name assigned to it. but
never did / imagine the existence of
such a riding ''ladder," and it may
well be necessary to have the peculiar
race of mountain horses found here for
a rider to get safely to his journeys
end. Now the road lies through rapid
mountain streams where the roaring
waterfall may in an instant sweep man
and beast into yawning abyss below,
and now across the precipice, where
the lake divides the mountains, and
death turks yard to your left. Again
across the steepest slopes, where nature
appears to have amused herself by toss
ing masses of jagged, tottering rocks
in heaps, and where no ordinary horses S
hoof would find a safe hold. But if
you only watch these brave and saga
cious little animals, how carefully they
consider INC INC slightest movement and
measure the smallest step, :eey ..,S will in
spire you with the greatest confidence,
and you will continue your journey on
their back without the slightest fear,
along the widest path, ON the edge of
the most awe-inspiring abyss. And
should one of these excellent cobs stum-
BILE, which happened once or twice dur
ing our ride, it is only on comparative
ly safe ground, where probably the
horse does not consider much atten-
ton is required. We now climb still
higher; gradually the sound ofcow bells
and the soft melodies from the Lur (the
Morse alpenhorn) are waited into space,
and in return sharp, chilly gust of
wind called FJeldsno sweeps along the
valley slopes, carrying with it the last
souvenir of society aud civilization.
We have long ago left the populated
districts behind, the mountain nature
stands before US, and surrounds us in
all its imposing grandeur. The roar of
the mighty Beaver river is the only
sound which breaks the impressive ST.
lence, and even this becomes fainter
and fainter as we mount higher and
higher, and the mass of water decreas-
es and the fall becomes sleeper and
sleeper, until at last the big river is re-
duced to little noisy, foaming brook,
skipping from rock to rock, and plung-
ing from one ledge to another, twisting
its silvery thread into the most fantas-
tic shapes. = Translated from Oscar
Frederick, King of Noraoay and Ssoe-
den Temple Bar
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30
True Even Unite Death.

That was a touching story told by
MIR. Gladstone when announcing the
death of the Princess Alice in parlia-
ment. She had been cautioned by the
physician not to inhale the breath of
her little boy, who was ill with diph-
liberia. The little fellow was tossing
in his bed in the delirium of fever.
The princess stood by the side of her
child and laid her hand on his brow
and began to caress him. The touch
cooled the fevered brain and brought
the wandering soul back from its wild
delirium to nestle for a moment in the
lap of mothers love. Then throwing
his arms around her neck he whisp-
cred, "Mamma, kiss me-" The instinct
of mothers love was stronger than
science, and she pressed her lips to
those of her child And yet there is
not woman in all the world but
would say she would not have had a
mothers heart if she had not kissed her
BARN. And so it will be to tho end of
time. The mother will kiss her child,
the wife her husband and the lover his
sweetheart, though. death in thousand
forms lay concealed beneath the yer.
million coloring Of the pouting lips
st. PauL Globe.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30
Delacroix's Lion Pictures.

Delacroix painted his famous lion
hunting in two copies. He received for
either Of them 1,S00f and 2,OO0f-that
is, for one ESQ and for the copy f72;
that first copy was sold to q banker in
Paris for f10O, the second copy went to
Algiers. The name of the painter get
ting more known, as much as f5O0 was
given for the original work by an inti-
mate friend of mine, at whose house the
very banker who first had it saw it and
wanted to buy it back. The next day
a telegram came from Algiers that the
copy had been burned. Immediately
the price Of the now only existing one
rose, and I saw it sold two years after
for 6.0O0f Gel, ,440.) OF course, Della
croix might in the same way complain
that he originally received only ESQ.,
Temple Bar.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
Belief That a Movement Will be Made
to Get aJudical Decision About it.
Washington Cor. Pbiladelphia Times

Washington Cor. Philadelphia Times.
The testing of the constitutionality
of Civil Service law is a growing idea
with a number of persons who are not
only opposed to the measure, but be-
lieve that it will not stand the test be-
fore the highest judicial tribunal. This
view is cOncurred in by number of
officials who are not charged with not
faithfully executing the law. At least
one member of Arthur's Cabinet, who
helped to frame the rules now in opera
tion, doubted very much whether their
operation was not contrary to the Con-
stitution. Reasons accumulate for look
ing for contest next winter over the
law, its advocates being opposed by two
factions--one for its total repeal, anoth-
er for its material modification. Recent
occurrences are likely to bring the Com
missioners under fire, if half of what is
threatened is attempted. The latest
charge against them is offensive par
tisanship," which is grated upon a
prior one against the Chairman for dis
eliminating in favor of Republicans in
putting candidates in the service. In
plain terms, it is charged that Repub-
lican who was examined only twenty
days before was put to work when
Democrat who, with his certificate, had
waited two years, and still waits.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30
Poker at Sea.

Among the plaques which infect An
glo-American steamers are q race of
men who play the noble game of poker
from the Mersey to Sandy Hook and
from Sandy Hook to the Mersey. OF
course, if they played it in strict seclu-
sion they ought not to be molested.
Every human being had sacred and
indefeasible right, even before the
American Constitution was invented, to
waste his or her own time in his or her
own way. To question this would be
to tamper with the foundations of ev-
erything. But the liberty which in
wolves compulsion of your neighbor is,
as a great philosopher would have
said, of spurious or mixed kind, which
even the high priests of individual
ism" are not bound to encourage.
Poker may be the most exalted form of
intellectual exercise in which, with his
limited faculties, man is capable of in
dulging. To make life uncomfortable
for all who do not play poker is kind
OF missionary enterprise not part of the
inalienable birthright of every free
man whose proud boast to the tyrant
and the oppressor is that his home is in
the setting sun. We are well aware
that the axiom Every man may do as
he damn .pleases'' is dependent on the
condition that ''every man does not in
clude niger or Mexican" But it
has never been held to exclude quiet
people who have taken (and paid for)
their passage from New York to Liver
pool Such, however, seems to be the
construction tacitly placed upon it by
certain devotees of poker worship who
patronize the steamers of q very fash
ionable English line' between those
two commercial centres. These gen.
tlemen, if we may employ tie word for
once in the sense given it by ''every
charlatan," establish themselves in the
smoking room as their own peculiar
keep. They garrison it like fortress
and consecrate it to the solemn service
of their favorite game. For day or
two" says the complainant previously
cited, 'the outsider was allowed his
corner, but after that the mysterious
and occult worship OF poker admitted
of no intruders. play or treat" was
the motto, and the only other course
was departure. The Saturday Revtet0.
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TOmmy's Reasons.


Fond papa (proudly displaying the
accomplishments of his 6-year-old boy
to the visiting clergyman: "Now,
Tommy, tell the gentleman what you
would like to be when you grow up to
be a great, big man."
Tommy pointing at the distinguished
visitor: "Pd like to be a minister like
him."
Visiting clergyman greatly gratified:
"Ah, my young friend, you would like
to be a clergyman like me would you?
And, now, tell me why you like to be a
clergyman like me-"
Tommy (promptly:) "Cause heard
pa say yesterday that you had the soft
est JOB of any man he knew. Nothing
to do but talk an hour or so every Sun
day, live free ON the members of the
congregation and be worshiped like a
little tin god on wheels by all the wo-
men in the parish"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30
Ivy As.in., the wan. or Dwellings.

We have freeuenfly heard il main
tanned that it is injurious and unwise
to permit ivy to cover the walls OF
dwelling houses, as it must necessarily
occasion an internal damp. prejudicial
to human health and comfort, by ar
resting the rain and conducting it into
the crevices OF the walls, OBTAINING 1t
there until il oozes through and occa-
sions such injurious dampness as it
must be most desirable to prevent, even
at the expense Of sacrificing such an
ornamental covering as luxuriant and
evergreen or variegated ivy. Now ex-
perience and reason testify to the very
opposite of this, and they are found
boldly asserting that no covering what
ever is better calculated or more pow
erfully and uniformly tends to effect
the desirable object of keeping the
walls Of house dry, both internally
and externally. than a general coat OF
ivy on the outside. Let any one ex-
anime any UNCOVERED wall, and they
will discover the leaves hang down, one
over another, from the highest point to
which the plant attains to the ground,
forming an ornamental shield that casts
off the rain and prevents its beating
against the wall, conveying it from
leaf to leaf downward, preventing its
ever coming in contact with or moist
ening the walls; while the clinging ma
ture Of the pi.s. pi:..s..; intended for the pur-
pose of adhesion, thrusts It's it shoots in
to the crevices as roots and claspers,
according as it ascends and acts as so
many sucking engines, extracting and
drawing away for the nourishment of
its own luxuriance whatever moisture
the walls may be supposed to attract
or imbibe from the atmosphere. No
walls are dryer, or so dry, as those to
which ivy forms permanent external
covering. Inside the shoots and next
the wall will be found, in addition,
coating of dry dust and cobwebs, keep
ing the walls perfectly dry in the wet
test Of weather, and that, too, on
aspects mostly exposed to the rain and
least to the cheering smiles of the sun.
Depend upon it, ivy clinging against
wall is protector from damp, not q
cause of it. Let our readers plant ivy
against their dwellings without any
fear of inconvenient results. 1t is q
warmth-giving agent also, as many can
testify. The old prejudice against the
employment of ivy as an external COW
ering to buildings is rapidly dying out,
and will at no distant date cease to be
put forward as worthy of attention.
Land and Water.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, in recent
interview with some office-seekers,
who were annoying him by constant
opportunities for office, used the fol-
lowing plain and significant language:
TITS little strange how some men
go at this thing. A very large proper
ton of those who want office come here
from the far West, the South and other
sections near and remote. They take
up quarters at the hotels, locate per-
manently, began to drink whisky and
think they are getting appointments.
Now, if you will look over the list of
men who have been appointed by me
you will see the names of none of these
men there. The men who stay at home
and work are the ones who get the
places. When men can come here, loaf
around for months and spend money
in search of offices, it is the very best
evidence to me that they have nothing
to do at their homes, and would not be
missed if they left there.n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30

A stattoner is one who had "sta-
ton" or stand in the market-place for
the sale of books, in order to attract
the passers-by as customers. An uphol-
sterer, originally upholster, was, it
would seem, an auctioneer, who 'held
up his wares in order to show them
Off The double-er in this word is su-
perhuous, as in poult-er-er. A haber-
dasher was so called from his selling
stuff called hapertas in old French,
which is supposed to be from Scandi-
navian word meaning peddlers' wares,
from the haUersack in which they were
carried. Chambers's Journal.
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no notice, for this thing went on for
three years.

no notice, for this thing went on for
three years.
FAvoRITIsM.
1t appears from Treasury records that
this undervaluation ard fraud upon the
revenue was not general. Only two or
three favored firms of wool importers
and manufacturers were. thus allowed
to operate The result was that other
wool manufacturers in different parts of
the country suffered very severely by
the competition of those who were able
to get in undervalued invoices. If one
manufacturer pays the just duty of six
cents per pound on his raw material,
and another, his competitor, is able to
get his raw material in at three cents
half the rate-the disadvantage of the
law observing manufactures is seen at
once. In point of fact, it has been cal
culated that of two carpetmakers the
one who got in his wool at three cents
duty bad an advantage of at least tif-
teen per cent over him who paid the
duty of six cents in the sale of his manu-
factured article. But this is not the
worst. If a manufacturer knew that he
was at such a disadvantage he might
either provide against it or go out of
SS.:sainess. But if he does not know it, if
his competitor secretly gains this bene-
fit, then an honest manufacturer may
be ruined without knowing the reason
why. His utmost business and me-
chanical skill does not avail him against
the secret and fatal competition which
arises from such evasion of laws by his
competitor.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30
To get rid of Misery.

What is the use of suffering from dys-
pepsia, nervous prostration or debility
when Brow's Iron Bitters will tone you
up and cast these horrors out. There Is
joy in every bottle of this valuable ton
ic. IT makes bad blood good, and bids
dismal people be cheerful. 1t brings
good cheer to the dinner table, and
makes the family happy. 1t drives
away the blues, and helps you to enjoy
a hearty laugh. And all the respecta
BILE druggists keep 1t.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30
THE TELEGRAPH WAR.
List of Wires Gobbled and not Cob
bled by the Western Union.

New YORK, July 1S.-By Judge Ship
mans decision regarding the restora-
ton of certain telegraph wires from the
Western Union to the Bankers and
Merchants Company, four-tenths of the
wires between this city and Cleveland,
now in the possession of the American
Rapid, must be returned to the Bank
ers and Merchants. Between Cleve-
land and Chicago the wires held by the
Bankers and Merchants are to be
transferred to the American Rapid Com
pany. Connections with the oil GEN.
ters are to be similarly transferred. The
Bankers and Merchants wires extend
ing from Buffalo to Pittsburg and from
Pittsburg to Cincinnati and Indianapo-
lis are to become the property of the
Western Union, as the legal represen-
tative of the American Rapid. Four
teen out Of twenty-five wires on the
eastern circuits will be returned by the
the Rapids to..the Bankers and Mer-
chants.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30
100 Doses One Dollar

Is inseparably connected with Hoods
Sarsapariila, and is tue of no other
medicine. 1t is an unanswerable argu-
ment as to strength and econ omy,
while thousands testify to its superior
blood-purifying and strengthening
qualities. A bottle Of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla contains 100 doses and will last
month, while Others will average to
last not over week. Hence, for econ.
omy, buy Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30

II have admonitions," writes Gen.
Grant, with pencil on his writing pad,
(which the doctors know not of, and L
think it doubtful that / shall last much
longer than the end Of the month. If I
thought / should remain until the win
ter should set in do not think it worth
while to bear the discomfort of waiting"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30

The United States has II, 900 dentists,
who use ton of gold and five tons of
other metals, and make 100000 arti-
fetal teeth annually. Only one Ameri-
can in eighty is found to have perfect
teeth, and one-third of the population
make more or less use of the artificial
product.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30
UNJUST COMPETITION.


Again, the men engaged in these
frauds on the revenue and on the farm
ers and honest manufacturers would
undervalue a shipment of high quality
wool SO as to bring it under the low du-
ty, but would add in their invoices ex-
aggerated and fictitious "chargesn-
which are not dutiable-sufficien to
bring the total of the invoices to q sum
which they could swear to. For exam
pie, in many of these fraudulent invoices
the charges run from twelve to eighteen
per cent, while the charges in honest
invoices of other merchants, on the
same kind of woods, bought and shipped
at the same time and place and entered
at the same port, but honestly paying
the high duty, would be one to three
per cent. There are cases on file in the
Treasury, not only coincident in time
but from the same brokers in Scotland,
where the fraudulent and undervalued
invoices show charges of from thirteen
to eighteen per cent, while the honestly
valued invoices of the same quality Of
wool on which honest American impor.
ters paid the high duty, show charges oi
only one to three per cent.
Now, it is fact that these invoices
so widely differing in this one item, came
before the same appraisers, whose duty II
was, of course, to keep their eyes opeu
for the protection of the government
But this Is not all. 1t is susceptible Of
proof that these appraisers had full and
frequent notice from consuls and Other
revenue officers abroad, of thisand othel
devices by which the revenue was sys
! tematically defrauded. But they tool
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-12-08
Young Een!- Read This.

The NoLTAIC BELT &C., of Marshall
Michigan, offer to md their celebrated
ELECTRo-NoLTAIC BELT and other Ell
ECTRIC APPLIANCES on trial for thirty
days, to men young or old af1iicteo
with nervous debility, loss OF vitality
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MISCELLANEOUS

Edward Niles and the following
property: 4 certain piece OF.
land in Carson City, bounded as
follows: Commencing at pOlnL
81 feet on the w. line of Noun
tain street in block Phillips d.
vision, 81 feet ) OF the n i. cor
ner ofsaid block 7, and running
thence :. along the said W. line
Of Mountain street 1856 feet. thence
at r. A w. 2G6 + ct, more or less,
thence at r. \. \. 1856 feet. more
or less, 10 the line between Geo:
McLoughlin land and SAID
Niles. thence r 206 feet,mOre or
less 10 the ! lace of beginning. 90 50
10 per cent delinquency . %
Cost advertising W
: II 90
=. O.. gTsodsitIe AMI the follow
ing property: Lot in block
Chedic's division and dwelling.
Furniture ) 0O: piano 800. 10 %
Oper ee mt delinquency | 67
Cost advertising W
s 20 Is
Unknown Owner and the fol
lowing pror erty: n. Z. a of -
W. :, of section 36, township To-,
range 49, acres 20. 4,
10 per cent delinquency IA
Cost advertising oo
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Terms cr Subscription:
OFFICIAL
Delinquent Tax Notice,
u,e THE FOLLOWING NAMED

persons and to all owners OF or
Garments to tie real estate and the I'M
proyements thereon or Improvements
when assessed separately. hereinafter
described, known or unknown.
f.. ID. Sweeney and the follow
ing property: Lots 4 and ), in
block No. .. S. 7. & $. division.
Residence, the North twenty Ieet
of lots 9and 10 in block I, ;. /. Y
s. division in Nellie SweeneNS
name. Furniture 500; piano gold
and silver ware 800; horses Sl2o;
, colts $50; COWS so; wagon so.
lpoutax / co
M naI. cont delinouancy q OIL
Cost of advertising w
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-12-08
yM. Mcdonald and tHe follow

ing property: Lot }. and " Y 1etI
OF lot S, in block u, :. T. d :. di-
vision and improvements. Fur
n.ture $50.
10 per cent. delinquency
Cost advertising
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-12-08

ing property: The r. 81 feet of
lots / and /. and =. 81 feet Of y.
y of lot ) and dwelling in block
3,Piersnn & Goodridge's division
land bounded as follows: Be.
ginning at a point 49, feet s of
the corner to sections Il, IS 10
and %, township l5,rar Ge 2o,and
running thence W. 5g7 SO feet,
thence :. 605 2-l0 feet, thence $:
30 deg. 43S 9-l0 feet. thence Z 262
$40 feet. thence \. 924 feet to
place of beginning. together with
improvements. Furniture Sl0o;
piano 500; watches and jewelrN
: c6ws - ~ s SO ,.
7noII,av q.
2 dog tax :.
10 per cent 2clin4ueEcy y
cost Advertising U
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0S
You and each of you are hereby nofi-
fed that the taxes upon your property
for the year 1888 are now delinquent, and
you are further notified that unless SAID
taxes are paid on or oefore the third
Monday in January, \. ID. 1885, to-wlt
will be sold at rhe Court House door in
Carson City, Ormshy County, Nevada, to
pay said taxes, together with ten per
cent OOl delinquency and costs Of adj
Vertising.
And YOU are further notified that such
sale will be subject to redemption
within six months after the date OF
sale by payment of all OF said sums,
together with three per cent per month
thereon from the date of said sale untll
paid. JACOB IOBRj \ Eh,
County Treasurer and EX-Ohicio Tax
Receiver.
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2
VIM. Suite and the following
property,James Howard, AGENT
Land in Carson City bounded an
follows: Beginning at a point
on the n. line of Firth Avenue,
400 feet f. of block s, Rice q Pc
ters division, thence f. along
said line of Fifth Avenue $50 feet
thence n. $50 feet, thence w. 80
feet, thence to place OF begin ningS
70 per cent delinquency
Cost advertising
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-12-08

E. G.. Winnie and the following
properly: The y. W. fractional
quarterand n. y of :. E WITH
Baths subdivision Furniture
500: piano 500; 8 horses and
two-year-o ds and l colt $50:
stock cattle Sl20; u COWS 500;
bull S25; hogs so: wagons S2Oo;
farming implements 500. SID II
, poll taxes og 0G
IN nar cont deIinouency Il 81
Cost advertising W
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ReriaInin -. lines and the fol-

lowing property: The n. W z
Of sestion s, Tp. Is, range ~, eX-
cepting therefrom one acre sold
and decided to Andrew Gray: l.
lOp per cent delinquency
Cost advertising