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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30

1t was George d. Prentice, the elo-
quent journalist and philosopher, who
gave expression to the following, which
feeds hope for eternal life like the dews
of summer night upon the parched
earth and that earth is mans only abid-
ing place. 1T can not be that our life is a
bubble cast up by the ocean of eternity,
to float for a moment upon its waves
and then sink into nothingness. Else
why is it the high and glorious aspira-
tions, which leap like angels from the
temple of our heart, are forever wander
ing about unsatisfied? Why is it that
the rainbow and the clouds come over
us with beauty that is not of earth,
and then vanish from our sight and
leave us to muse upon their faded love-
illness? Why is it that the stars which
hold their festival around the mid
night throne are set SO far above our
limited faculties, forever mOcking us
with their unapproachable glory? And,
finally, why is it that bright forms of
human beauty are presented to our
view, and then taken from us, leaving
the thousand streams of our affection
to flow back upon us in Alpine torrents?
We are born for brighter destiny than
that of earth. There is realm where
the rainbow never fades-where stars
will spread out before us like the islands
that slumber OH the bosom of the ocean,
and where the beautiful beings which
here pass before us like shadows will
stay in our presence forever"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30
CrystabeI's Cllcstn"I Cry.

Crystabel PcndrnniS. with hot aka
line tears on her dam seas cheeks,
rushed into her mothers arms and
frantically embraced the mantcl, and
called for poultice of tea leaves for
her aching and wounded urbs. A red
sunset glinted on the Western fog, and
dark tar-fat-like shadows spread
across the three-ply Brussels. Then
she tore the chestnut from her pocket
the chestnut which from early child
hood she had carried to prevent rheu-
matism-and threw it into the rosy,
rubicund CRATE, and lifted tie rcd-and-
yellow chamois-and-il flannel waistcoat
from her dimpled shoulders, and pre-
pared to die OF consumption. In vain
her mother appeaied to "er in the
name of bric-a-brac TO reveal her sor-
row. But at last she dried her Oolong
tears and said: "Aly sister. ;ae beauti-
full but dreadful Irene, mas led with
the coachman.'' but why do YOU
weep, Crystabcl?" because, man.
ma, l was engaged 10 lily with him my
self, only she stole my stockings and 1
couldn't get hers on. '-San Francisco
Post
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30
DROWNED OUT.
Terrible Results of a ClOud-Burst in
KanSas-Several Lives Lost and
Considerable Property De-
stpOva6

stroyed.
Wichita, KAN, April pa special
dated yesterday at Medicine Lodge,
recounts fearful results of the water
spout or cloud burst to the residents of
the Medicine River, which seems to
have been the same which filled the
Ninnescah to overfowing. The spec
ial says that the water rolled down
over the lowIands east of Medicine
Lodge City five to twelve feet per-
pendlcular, carrying death in its wake.
Several whole families are known to
be drowned. Yesterday morning
parties who had gone out to give re-
lief, found men, women and children
cIinging to trees with nothing but
their night clothes to protect them,
and some without any clothes what
ever, but still alive. Their cries
could be heard as early as four o'clock
in the morning, above the roaring wa
ters. Three attempts were made to
rescue parties beyond the river, but
each boat was swamped, and the oc-
cupants only saved themselves by
swimming to trees. Five bodies had
been recovered up to the hour of the
writing OF the dispatch, which was
sent over to the first railroad point by
mail, when another body was in sight,
but could not be reached. There were
eight movers wagons camping in the
bottoms, and one old man has recog-
nized the bodies of three of his family,
his wife and two children, boys re-
spectivelv five and seven years Of age.
James Gibbs and his daughter and
niece were washed away with their
home. A Mrs. Harris and her little
girl eleven years old were found
drowned. G.. W. Paddock and fami-
ly, consisting of wife and four chill
dren, are thought to be all drowned.
Frank Shippelen put his wife and
child on the roof, and his house went
down. He was knocked off by pro
jecting limb, and swan ashore several
miles below, but of the fate of his wife
ard child nothing was known.
Among those known to be lost are
the following: G.. W. Paddock, wife
and four children; the bodies Of the
wife and three children were recov-
cred; Jerry Tibbs and daughter; Mrs
Harris and daughter, bodies of the
latter1 two recovered; wife and four
children of Samuel Maddox, bodies Of
the woman and two children recov
ered Four wagons containing ''mov.
ers" have not been heard from, and il
IS thought all the occupants have per
ished. No news yet received from
the country below here, but it Is
feared there has been very serious
loss Of life.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30
A Weapon Of Offense.

Mr.. Winks-Goodness me! There is
q young couple looking at that vacant
house next door, and they've got a
baby-looks awful cross, too.
Mrs. Winks-Horrors! What shall
we do? Can't we scare them off some
wayp Go tell them the roof leaks and
the walls are damp and-tell them the
last tenant died of smallpox
"I'd like to, dear, but it wouldn't do.
The landlord would sue for damages. :"
"Oh, mercy! But something must
be done, Mr.. Winks, before they decide
to take it. Oh, do think of some
thing!'
II have it. Run down to the piano
and sing Sweet Violets. "-Riladel-
phiG Call.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30
"GentIe Spring"

Among spring preparations, do not
neglect that which is most important
of all-your own body. During the
winter the blood absorbs many impuri-
ties, which, if not expelled, are liable to
break out in scrofula or other disease.
The best spring medicine is Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t expels every impurity
from the blood, and gives strength to
every function of the body. Sold by
druggists.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30
How a Lady Got an once.
IwAshIng.oa Cor. Baltimore Sun ]


In compliance with a general order
recently issued by Secretary Manning,
Appointment Clerk Higgins has pre-
pared a detailed report as to the char
acter Of work performed In the appoint
ment division and the qualifications
employed therein. In hunting up the
material for this report Mr.. Higgins
discovered that there was young lady
In his division who was credited on the
books with receiving an annual COM
pensation of $3.50, or S62.50 per month,
though in reality She only received one
half that amount. Mr.. Higgins pur-
sued his investigation further, and
learned that the young lady referred to
has for nearly two years divided her
salary equally with lady outside of the
department who is said to be In easy
circumstances. 1t appears that the
young lady was very anxious to obtain
employment in one of the departments.
She offered to give one-half of any sal
ary she might receive to any one who
would secure for her an appointment.
Her proposition was accepted by lady
who, it seems, possessed considerable
influence with certain treasury officials.
The young lady was provided with a
position at the salary aforementioned,
and regularly every month for nearly
two years one-half of her income has
been forwarded to her friend. Mr.
Higgins also found that the young lady
was an excellent clerk as well as most
deserving person. He proposed that
the arrangement with the outside par
ty be cancelled, and that hereafter the
clerk should receive the full amount
The young lady said she would be de-
lighted to have the whole sum for hei
own, but she had given her word that as
long as she remained in her present po'
sitiOn she would share her salary equal.
ly with the lady who had secured hel
appointment, and therefore she could
not under any circumstances go back
on her promise. Mr.. Higgins is inter.
ested in the young lady's case, and pro.
poses that she shall receive the entire
compensation of the position so long as
she performs her duties satisfactory. II
no other means can be found, her pres.
eut appointment will be cancelled and q
new appointment be given her, thus re.
lieving her from her obligation to the
outside party.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30
His Slippery Glass Eye.

"The Squire" says the author of "The
Hoosier Schoolmaster," "wore one glass
eye and wig. The glass eye was con-
stantly slipping out of focus, and the
wig turning round sidewise on his head
whenever he addressed the people of
the Flat Creek District" Sad Spec
tacle. Parker's Hair Balsam preserves
and promotes the growth of the natural
hair. 1t also restores the natural color
to hair which has faded or become gray.
Clean, elegant, beneficial, highly per-
fumed. limo
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30
Going Too Far.

California Ostrich Farmer--My dear,
did you feed the birds regularly while
I was awayp
Mrs. Ostrich Farmer-Yes, as regu-
larly as / could. l never saw such ap-
petites. The provisions ran short, and
I had to feed them on whatever I could
find around the house. 1 gave them
two kegs Of nails.
That's right
Sand all the gate hinges and three
pieces Of old stove pipe"
'.Yesp Glad you were so thought
full"
"Oh! Yes, I forgot. They didn't
seem to be satisfied even then, so Igave
them piece Of mince-pie."
'sGreat Galen, woman! did you want
to kill hemp,.'-Pbsladelphia call.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30
He Will Try to Keep up His Repu-
tatiOu
From the Pittsburgh Times. ]

"Cleveland thinks he is honest" said
q Buffalo Democrat to me last evening,
''and no one can change his mind.
The man selected to run against him
for Sheriff was person whose reputa-
ton was not the best. The people said
they wanted an honest man and pointed
to Cleveland. He was elected. Then
came the election for Mayor, and an
other cry for an honest man was made.
Cleveland was again elected. He got
to believing that he really was honest,
and now he considers his reputation for
honesty as the corner stone of his sue
cess. He could not be forced to do q
thing now which he believed unfair.
He is too anxious to keep up his repu-
ion.n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30
Like an old Creaky window Shutter.

That is the way mans rheumatic
joints somtimes are. Hinges old, rusty.
and worn, and badly need oiling. The
trouble Is in the blood. A man who Is
of any account is worth repairing. The
repairing can be done. by means Of
Browns Iron Bitters. That enriches
and purifies the blood, drives out the
pains, and works complete restoration.
Thousands testify to it from happy ex-
perience. Mr.. c. II. Huntley, 9lS
North Sixteenth ST., st. Louis, says,
"I used Browns Iron Bitters for rheu-
matism, general debility and prostra-
ton, with the best results.n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30

Dyspepsia in its worst form will yield
to the use of Carter's Little Nerve Pills
aided by Carter's Little Liver Pills
They will not only relieve present dis
tress, but strengthen the stomach and
digestive apparatus. limo
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30

Quinsy troubled me for twenty years.
Since l started using DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil, have not had an attack.
The Oil cures sore throat at once. Mrs.
Letta Conrad, Standish, Mich, Oct
"a, 'S3,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30
A Husbands Greatest Blessing

is a ssrcng, healthful, vigorous wife with clear,
handsome complexion. These can oil be acquired
bxnsing DR.. Harters Iron Tonic.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30

llrl nfor working people. Send 10 cents postage,
Hi pand we will mail you free, royal, valuable
lItll sample box Of goods that will put you In the
than you ever thought possible at any business.
Capital not required. You can live OF home and
work in spare time only or all the time: All Of both
easily earned every evening. That all who want work
may test the business, we make this unparalleled off,
er: To all who are not well satisfied we Will send
81 to pay for the trouble Of writing u.s. Full particu-
lars directions etc. sent free. Immense pay apso-
lutely su re for all who start ct once Don't delay
Address sTINSON l. CO., Portland, Maine
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-29
Eating Lemons.


A good deal has been said through the
papers about the healthfalness of
lemons. The latest advice Is how 10 use
them 50 they will do the best good, as
follows: Most people know the bene-
BIT OF lemonade before breakfast, but
few know that il is more than
doubled by taking another at night,
also. The way 10 get the better Of
the bilious system without blue pills
or quinine, is 70 take the juice of one,
two or three lemons, as the appetite
Graves, in as much ice-water a. makes 1t
pleasant to drink without sugar, before
going 10 bed. Ii. the morning, on ris-
ing, ut least a half hour before break
fast, take the juice Of one lemon in a
goblet Of water. This will clear the
system Of humor and bile with efficacy,
without any of the weakening effects OF
caiOnel or congress water. People
should not irritate the stomach by eat
ing lemons clear; the powerful acid OF
the juice, which is always most zorro
siye, Invariably produces Inflammation
after awhile, but properly diluted 50
that it does not burn or draw the throat,
it does its medical work without harm,
and when the stomach is clear of food
has abundant opportunity to work over
the system thoroughly, says a medical
authority.
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AsHIr N. WOODS, Ell AIS Bin TO enforce tru,

Is CHASoERY COURT. IIlNDs C0USrY-FIKsT
iBFSTpFrF-
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The Art of Soup-Making.

Cassell's Family Magazine for October. I
There is a constant'controversv going
on as 70 the economy, digestibility, and
necessity OF soup at the commencement of
a.dlnner; some maintaining that.a dinner
without 1t cannot literally be called a
dinner; others prejudiced against
"slops," discard them from their tables
altogether; while a few who would
gladly, perhaps, take advantage of an
opportunity to reduce the meat bills have
only the viii, being ignorant of the way.
The average middle class wife and
mother may have sighed over the items
of ribs and sirloins of beef, and legs and
shoulders of mutton, and said to herself.
"Ah we must have little soup" With
praiseworthy promptitude ard zeal she
has, perchance opened her cookery-book.
OF the old extrayagant style. and closed
1t sorrowfully, sadder if not a wiser
woman, the brain all dizzy from the
strings of ingredients, aud the long line
OF knuckles of veal, shins of beef, cold
fowls" and slices of ham, which she is
commanded to throw into the stock
pot If she would insure success.
Now with soup making. as with all
else, once master of the theory and the
practice is comparatively easy: while.
on the other hand, years of practice
without perfect knowledge of the why
and the wherefore, viii prove of no
avail. Let me illustrate my meaning
clearly: The would be soup-maker, in
scanning a receipt, discards it as i'm
practicable because she lacks one or
more of the ingredients mentioned.
while she who grasps the modus operandi,
owing to her theoretical knowledge. at
once substitutes Others, or perhaps
dlspences with them altogether.
No doubt, in many families, the
prejudice against soup has arisen from
the fact that it is usually prepared and
served in large quantities, instead of, as
at the tables OF the rich, in small por-
tions, though many Of the kinds which
hope to. enumerate would furnish in
themselves a substantial meal for a
growing child. At any rate, the advan-
tages Of commencing dinner with soup
are manifest in the saving of the meat
bills, and economy praetised in utilizing
scraps of all kinds for the making of
soups, and the comfortable sensation
experienced after a little has been taken;
Tor let any person who feels, as the
saying goes "too hungry to eat" swallow
few spoonfuls of soup, and the feeling
OF exhaustion will quickly pass away.
Inceed well known authority has said
that nothing tends more to restore the
tone of the stomach, and make easier of
digestion that which is to follow, than a
little soup.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-29

w. j. f. thinks there would be
q difficulty in preserving sorghum
for fodder. | have found the fol
lowing course to answer well: | sow
common corn in drills for late summer
and early autumn feed for cattle, which
is of much value in dry seasons. sow
or plant enough sorghum or amber cane
to supply the cattle from the middle of
autumn till winter--a most important
season, when pastures become reduced
and should not be closely grazed; and
when animals should have a full supply
of food. The sorghum is put into good
sized even shocks, and as it is much
longer in drying than common corn
fodder, it remains in that shape fresh
and green as long as j need it, or till
near winter, so that may cut and use
II for food as / want it. But it is abso.
lutely necessary to pass it through a
power cutter, chopping it up not over a
third OF an inch long, or better. only a
fourth of an inch. If longer there i
danger of the hard and horny exterior
doing harm to the animals.-Country
Gentleman.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-29
TRESI SALE.

EPY VIRTUE OF THE PROVISIONS OF 4
"A . certain Deed in Trust execueed by I. +. Stock
ton, on the first day OF March, 1881, 70 secure to
Ehos. L. Helm, the payment Of a certain indebted
ness therein described, which deed is on record in
the office Of the Chancery Clerk OF the First Dis
trict of Kinds comfy, at Jackson Mississippi, in
Deed Book No. y, page 81, the undersigned Irus-
tees. OF them, viii proceed to SELL IN front Of
the City Hail. in the City OF Jackson, at public out
cry TO the highest bidder for cash, on SATURDAY,
1lTH DAY or APRIL, 1ss5, the following described
property situated in the First District of Kinds
county Mississippi, and more particularly described
follows, to-wit: a II that part OF the E12 OF Nw4
and W55 OF Ne1{ lying south OF the hatcher, Jack
son d Columbus Railroad. and the E Of the Sw14
Except twenty in the southwest corner, and
El4 OF Nelt of section s. T. 3, r. l, East; and L
OF Nw14, and W = Of Nel4, and y acres in Sw4 in
Section 9, T. ., r. I, East Excepting, however,
those lois off the lands sold by Ware 10 the fol-
lowing named persons, to-wit: 25 acres to W. W.
Porter; 80 acres to Robinson; acres to Norfolk
Lynch and acres to lawrence Adams. A sO, 80
acres in the south end Of the W % OF the Nw14 of
sec. 9, T. ., R. l, East, Enough only OF the above
described land viii be sold To pay the note Tor
S67 So due March 1st, 1885. The tide to the above
described property is believed TO be good but the
undersigned will only convey such as is vested in
them by the deed in trust aforesaid.
L. NJ PARKER,
b. W. GRIFFITH,
marIS. Saw. Trustees.
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Oak Knoll, Danvers, Mass, March 5, 1885
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aprl8,'s6,6t,
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A Point in Sweeping.

Soon after was married, says an En-
glish lady, we had fine Brussels car
pet laid down in the dinning-room, and
it began to unravei like knitting.
sent Tor the man who had supplied it,
and, although he changed it, yet he
showed me that it was partly my house
maids fault, and showed me how.
Neither the housemsid nor / knew that
there were two ways Of the carpet pile,
just as in velvet but ne asked me to
stoop down and feel, and l found at
once how great the difference is, and
that if carpet is brushed against the
grain it soon wears and looks scratched
up. How easy it is to teach this to z
housemaid, and never have found on,
who knew it before ! told her, and We
what expensive Things carpets are, tob,
left to the care of ignorant and careless
servants.
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FRIDAY, May LIST,

At the Court House door in Raymond, Kinds coun-
~, Miss s>ippi sell public cutlery, the highest
bidder for cash, the following described property,
t0-wit that land in the county OF Kinds, state OF
Mississippi. described as that lot in the town OF
II ca, containing seven acres, and being IN the
northeast OF the half of the half OF
the northeast quarter Of section Il, township 3,
range 4 west and occupied by said j. T. Smith as a
residence, except SO much OF il is described q
strip or land two hundred and twenty yards long
and hundred feet wide, fifty feet of the two hum
dred feet lying east, and hundred and fifty feet
OF the two hundred feet lying west Of the center Of
the track OF the Natohez, jackson < Columbus
Railroad. J. NJ. MCKEE
April l. 'S5-30d7 Commissioners
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-29

Happiness is a state Of constant oceu-
patton upon some desirable object, with
a continual sense of progress toward its
MISUNDERSTANDING De Stael.
Calmly he looked on either life, and here
Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear;
From Natures temperate feast rose salts
fed,
Thanked Heaven that he had lived, and
that he died Pope
Excellence is never granted to man.
but as the reward of labor. If you have
greet talents, industry will employ
them; if you have but moderate abili-
ties, industry will supply their defcien-
cy. Nothing is denied to well directed
labor; nothing is obtained without it
Sir Joshua Reynolds.
The simple lessons which the nursery
tauS1t,
Fell soft and stainless on the buds of
thought,
And the full blossom owes its fairest hue
To those sweet tear-drops OF affections dew.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
It's err mighty hard matter fur er up
start ter keep from bein' kotch up wild
De leaf dat puts out too soon is giner-
ally bit by de frost.-Uncle Remus.
Judge none lost, but wait and see,
With hopeful pity, not disdain;
The depth of the abyss may be
The measure OF the light of pain,
And love and glory that may raise
This soul TO God in after DAYS
Adelaide Proctor.
People talk of the feelings dying out
as one gets older; but at present my ex-
perience is just the contrary. All the
serious relations of life become so much
more real to me-pleasure seems so light
thing, and sorrow and duty and en-
durance so great. find the least bit of
real human life touch me in way it
never did when | was younger.-George
Eliot.
What l most prize in woman
Is her affections. not her intellect.
The intellect is finite but the affections
Are infinite and can not be exhausted.
Spanish Student.
So long as we make sport of Staying
man and beast, SO ioLg as we choose to
contend rather with our fellows than
with our faults, and make battle-felds
of our meadows instead of pastures; so
long, truly, the flaming sword will turn
every way, and the gates of Eden remain
barred close, till we have sheathed the
sharper fame of our own passions and
broken down the closer gates of our own
hearts.
/ left my heart and my lorgnette
Last night, my love, with thee;
Please send the glass-and don't forget
To keep the heart for me-
-E. Hough.
The rays Of happiness, like those Of
light, are colorless when unbroken.-
Longfellow-
know no such thing as genius; gem
lus Is nothing but labor and diligence
w. Hogarth.
Men should not think too much Of
themselves, and vet man should be
careful not to forget himself.
Maids rant nothing but husbands,
md whom they have them they want
every hing Shakespeare.
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FOR SALE.

& CHARMING piece Of land "a acresl just
"a outside OF the corporation north Of jackson,
Miss 1t contains delightful grove OF thrifty forest
trees on ;he northeast; balance OF about 5 acres
without a stump. gently Aoping down 10 and front
ing the Livingston road, and joining south Mr.
Sdwav : place. 1t also contains very large els
tern. For q suburban villa or residence and large
gardening facilities, * is perhaps the finest site
near jackson. Address, T.. v HEJ TIER,
Anril l. Sal jackson. Miss