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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

m, who was busy reading a letter from
his best girl. The type-sstter, as in duty
bound, followed copy" and the alma
nae was published predicting winter
weather for the summer solstice For
tune in that case favored the rash, and
the love-sick almanac bull Ter gathered
many shekels, and fame as weather
sharp. We do these things differently
nowadays, and have reduced the proph-
estes of climatic peculiarities almost to
an exact science. It is now no longer
guess, but a matter of square -and-com-
pass calculation. Very few people know
anything about the apparatus used in
taking the observations upon which the
official predictions of the Signal Service
office are based, but ignorance on the
part of visitors to the Centennial Expo
sition can not revel in eXcusable 'bliss,"
as Uncle Sam has on exhibition full
line of the peculiar traps used by his
servants in this department. 1t is too
much to expect yet that the officials in
charge of it will have any authority to
manufacture and cut off weather to suit,
but that very characteristic failing Of hu-
manity-curiosity--as to the future they
will certainly be permitted to satisfy.
This exhibit will be of peculiar interest
to farmers and others, whose pockets are
affected by the erratic movements of the
weather. AS the predictions of the Sig
nal Service office have been correct in
over 80 per cent. of those made, it is i'm
possible to over-estimate the value of
this service to the country at large. The
head of the department is Lieutenant w.
A. Greeley, one of the survivors of the
late Arctic expedition, and who, it must
be confessed, has had an experience with
extreme cases of weather of more than
common order
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

China has a population of over AGO.
600, 600, or about eight times as many
people as there are in the United States.
They swarm in China like the seven
teen year locusts. They could send TO-
100000 of these degraded barbarians to
this country and never miss them. But,
what would become of this coun-
try, should it be over-run with this
swarm of Mongolians? What would
become of the labor and manufacture
ing interests of the country. and what
would beconle of our cherished Ameri-
can civilization, after it had expert
enced sucl, degrading, demoralizing,
ruinous food? Talk about the foreign
pauper labor of Europe driving Ameri-
can labor to starvation and death-that
would certainly be bad enough. But,
it is not q drop in the bucket, COM
pared to the wholesale and universal
ruin that would overspread the coun-
try, were Chinese immigration unre-
stricted. And yet Ben Harrison, the
Republican candidate for President,
voted no less than fourteen times to
allow this yellow food of death to pour
over this country. ~ a,i7Hst:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02
CINCINNATI CENTENNIAL NOTES.

japanese parasols are used in many
instances for booths. u sng a5ai ,GE 2}7.tl
The display In art decorations for the
home will draw largely. aEud slTaasA
The display Of fine embroidery in the
woman's department is gorgeous. r1a7 t-a
Printing, printing presses and access
sories will excite wonder at the EXPOSE
tion.' 1sA M, 't'
Only fifty cents admission to o full
space Of forty three acres seventeen diff
ferent Departments and q colossal Music
Hall performance. Y = .,s '3'F
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02
.N,ornaA .oHhen

'Iall OAKS, &C, was never DetCer eX-
emplified than by the history Of cleo
tricity. The ancients knew that when
piece of amber was rubbed it would at
tract fragments of paper; but there
seemed no more promise in that than
in the kicking of dead bullfrog, or any
connection between these two highly un-
Important facts. TWAS reserved for others
to discover the relation and the addi-
tional fact that that particular cocoanut
was actually bursting with milk of the
creamiest kind.
The display of the electrical apparatus
at the Centennial Exposition of the Ohio
Valley and Central States, held in Gin
cinnati, marks the limit reached to-day
in the utilization Of this peculiar agent.
Why the passage of It's eurrent around
a bar of soft iron should confer upon
that iron the property OF acting posi-
lively in the employment Of force, is, SO
far as present appearances are concerned,
in the condition of the question which
puzzled Lord Dundreary, and which s'no
fellow can find out. +" The fact that such
power is conferred remains, however,
and is the basis Of the vast number of
motors on exhibition. This subtle power,
or agent, or whatever electricity may be
termed, is capable Of assuming as many
different forms as there were oOlors in
Joseph's coat, and is as slippery as a
politician running for Office. One Of
those who have become proficient in its
management, and learned not only its
tricky habits, but how to turn them to
account, is the one whose picture is given
above, and who, as mattertof COURSE
is O Western-born man. Many of bis
devices are on exhibition at the Centen-,
nial Exposition. Those Of hundreds Of
other workers In the same field are there
also, and the one who can not become
thoroughly posted on the intensely prac-
tical way in which the '.power of the
future" n being saddled and bridled BY
human ingenuity, must be indeed . dull,
ard Il not altogether lacking In sense u
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02
The Centennial Press Club Quarters

The Centennial Press Club Quarters
At the Centennial Exposition build
ings are open, and will remain so durin.'
the hundred days to the members of this
press who visit this city. These rooms
occupy the north tower of the west
wing of Power Hall, fronting On Elm
street, have been elegantly draped like
a Marquis tent, the ceiling above being
covered with blue field with white
stars, caught at the center and raised.
The walls are festooned with the stripes.
The rooms are elegantly furnished with
Brussels carpet and heavy oak furhi-
ture. The daily papers are on file, and
the members Of the press are welcome.
The Cincinnati Club begins it career
under most favorable circumstances, its
membership including many whose
trenchant pen and ready pencil have
been felt wherever newspapers are read,
and the brightest prospects are ahead for
this important addition to the many mer-
itorious clubs of the Queen City.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

Aslady was once at an evening party
at which O certain lackadaisical dude
was also an attendant. A friend of the
said dude said to him, ''come let me in
troduce you to Miss -, the finest
woman in the room." The dude with a
yawn said, s.wa-a-ll, trot her out" The
young lady happened to overhear this,
and when the magnificently dressed
young man was presented, she did not
bow. But, after looking him over from
top to toe, and noting every article of
his splendid apparel, she said careless
ly, "trot him back; I've seen all
there is of him."
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02
Another Convert to Democracy.

New PHILADELPHIA, o., July 13.-
Emanuel Keller, a we'll known and in
fluential farmer, who has heretofore
been identified with the Republican
party, has signed the roll of the Cleve-
land and Thurman club of this city and
declared his intention to vote for tariff
tax reduction. The Republican mana
gers here are doing their utmost to sign
Democratic iron workers with the Har-
rison and Morton club, but the effort SO
far has proven to be an inglorious fail
ure.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

Hon. J. H. Wade, u millionaire of
Cleveland, and leading stockholder in
the Cleveland Rolling Mills, annouces
that "in the interests of labor" he will
vote the Republican ticket at the COM
ing Presidential election. Mr.. Wade's
protected labor is worse paid than our
unprotected mechanical labor in this
city; and Mr.. Wade will pardon us If we
suggest that he would replace his labor
by machinery tomorrow if he got the
chance,-Ec,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

THE best on earth can truly be said of
Griggs' Glycerine Salvc, which is asure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises,
scalds, burns, wounds, and all other
sores. Will positively cure piles, letter,
and all skin eruptions., Try this Won
derhealer. Satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded. 25 cents. 1y.
t isQaof For sails by saur q Balsley.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

A prospective editor, who does not
mind joke at his own expense, says
he went into drug store and asked fol
some morphine. The assistant object.
ed to give it without prescription
WHY? asked the man with pocket full
of pencils; "do I look like mann who
would commit suicide?" II don't
know" said the assistant; "if looked
like YOU should be tempted"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02
LIGHTNING.

The Greatest Display of Its Harness Ever
Seen In the World.
Little did the old Italian professor Of
anatomy dream of the mines of wealth
whose groupings he scratched when he
made frogs hind legs twitch with his
zinc and copper plates. The old saying,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

John H. Thomas, the leading manu-
facturer of Springfield, asks the follow
ing pertinent question: "Tell us why
all average duty of Al per cent. is nee
essary to enable smart American to
compete with slow moving English
man. Ny claim is that it is not need
ed for that purpose, but only to enrich
the few and grind the life out of the
many"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

The Republicans are mastering all the
old men who voted for "Old Tippe-
canoe" in 1910 and are preparing to use
them for campaign purposes. Cannot
the Democrats offset this with parade
of veteran Jacksonians? trr.r. ..,-. .
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

1t is said that the Hancock County
Agricultural Society received $4,000
damages from the N. Y, NJ. & c. rail-
road for going through their fair
grounds. 'Tis said the Company will
be granted new hearing.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

The Chinese newspaper in New York,
the only one in this country, published
Harrison's picture last week, together
with highly complimentary sketch OF
the Republican candidate for President
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

Policeman Ito citizen clinging to
lamp.post)-'Don't you want cab STRIP
Citizen-'Cesh, offisher, if you can (hic)
fin one that amt turned (hic) upshide
down. n.'-NeW York Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

There can be no such thing as free
trade, No one is asking for It. Over
Jealous partisans who SO assert impu-
IDENTIFY lie. a. tariff must be extensive-
" maintained as q source of revenue,
and as President Cleveland says in his
message, sand ina readjustment of our
tariff the interests of American labor
engaged in, manufacture should be
carefully considered, as well ss the pre-
Iservation Of our manufacturers.n The
reduction proposed by the Mills bill is
hut an average reduction of Z 7-l0 per
cent, leaving the tariff no per cent. Ia
there an honest man who will say thst
thighs free trade ZaneseiAe Sigadl.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

A doctor says that water should be
swallowed slowly. 1t is not the stomach
which is dry, but the mouth and throat.
If you toss off q drink of water you
throw it through your mouth into your
stomach, without doing the former any
good, while you injure the latter by
loading it with what it does not require.
Drink slowly and keep the water in
your mouth for moment before you
begin. ,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02
MRS. CALEB WoRLEY,
Tho First White Woman Horn in Cincin.
natl, Still Living.

Tho First White Woman horn in Cincin.
natl, Still Living.
Mrs. Caleb Worley was born in Fort
Washington, located at the corner of
Third and Ludlow streets, Cincinnati, of
which true reproduction may be seen
in the Pioneer Department of the Cen
tennial Exhibition, on May II, 1896. Her
father, George Adams, was a cousin Of
Daniel Boone. He was New Englander,
and soldier in the war Of the Revolu-
tion, and was mustered out at it's close,
either in Virginia or North Carolina, the
records being uncertain on this point.
When Daniel Boone made his second visit
to Kentucky Mr.. Adams accompanied
him and chose it for his home, remaining
| there until number of settlements were
started. He was married about this
time. Being commissioned Major in
the army, he was detailed for Fort Wash
ington, and, with his wife and two boys,
| came to what is now Cincinnati. During
his stay here Mrs. Worley was born.
Subquently Major Adams left the SER
vice, and entered tract of land six miles
below Dayton, near the present site or
| the town of Carlton. ''
| Upon the breaking out of the war OF
1912 he again resumed service as SOL
dier, and was badly wounded during the
defeat of Gen. Harmar, receiving seven
bullets through the body. At the close
of the war he moved to what is now
known as Darke County. While there
his daughter married Caleb Worley, in
the year 1916. Mr.. Worley and his wife
remained there for time, but in 1898
they removed to Ccvington, in Miami
County, at which place she still resides.
Although over ninety years of age, Mrs
Worley enjoys tolerably good health,
although troubled with nervousness,
which has prevented her attendance OF
the Pioneer meetings in Cincinnati. Not
only is Mrs. Woraey the first female child
born in this city, but she is said to be thu
oldest living native of the State, and the
oldest member of the Christian Church
at whose services she is as regular an at
tendant as is possible for one of her ad
vanced age.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

Why does not the Republican plat
form declare In favor OF free sugar as
well Is flee whisky? Dg they expect
enlightned Americans to take whislxey
without sugar? "a II ~s~---
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

John L. Mahoney, New York sport
ing man, has bet +. T. Hountoon,
another New York sporting man, S20,-
900 to $4,000 that Cleveland will be
elected. .,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

John Martin is the Democratic nomi-
nee for Governor Of Kailsas, and John
A. MARTIN Il the Republican nominee.
Ratl for plain john
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

The Emperor of Germany is Pro-
testant; the Emperor of Russia is
Greek Catholic, and the Emperor of
Austria is Roman Catholic.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

Rotgut, Rats and Relics-what a
grand rallying cry for the G. o. p. No,
wonder the better element Of the party
rebels. ......
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

An onion weighing seventeen pounds
Is reported from PhRuix, Arizona. q
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02
THE SIGNAL SERVICE.

Not Yet Prepared % Make weather to
Suit All kinds of People.
Many yeafs ago an almanac maker was
called upon by the ''devil" for ''copy."
II have no weather, said the imp of the
printing office, ''for the 4th of July"
"Rain, hail and snowp' roareds the
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-17
The Picturesque Mule


Few of us realize what an imp ortan
faetor of army life III its picturesque
aspects was afforded by this ungainly,
slab-s.dod creature, with its dscord-
ant voice. ready heels and tremendous
reserve of energy. Recall any picture
Of camp or march, and. If your mcm-
cry is retcntive of such details, you
will be pretty sure to find pair Of
long, pointed cars, and serious. half
discouraged mule-eyes somewhere on
tho canvas. Edwin Forbes has intro
duced them to excolont advantage in
his admirably etched series Of sketches
of lifo in the Grand Army, which he
madc in the field; and save whero
actual fighting Is in progress they are
almost OF necessity part and parcel Of
the scene. Not that the quadruped
was indisposed to take his place in tho
forefront of battle when duty called
him there. Not at all; the list Of
killed, wounded, captured and miss
ing mules is . long ono, or would be,
II It could bc completed, and tho steed
was, as n rule, far moro willing to go
into action than was his non-com-
Blatant driver. -Anierioda Magazine.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-17
THE TRAIN BUTCHER.
He Details His Troubles to Newspape
Man from Harrisburg.

He Details His Troubles to n Newspaper
Man from Harrisburg.
Ny friend, the train boy-I always
make friends with the train boy when
/ travel-rested his basket on the edge
of the car seat and, pulling the visor
of his cap down over his eyes, said:
Il never saw such lot Of chumps
on train in my life afore."
"What seems to DO the matterp" i
asked.
Matter? matter enough" and he
scowlcd in an Edwin Boothian way
and continued: Back in the parlor
car fellow tried TO pass n punched
quarter on me. an got mad when l
wouldn't take it. Woman in the same
car wanted q dozen bananas for fifteen
cents Said she could buy 'em by the
thousand for that where she came
from. Dog gone her. why didn't she
buy 'em and bring EN- along with her.
An old man wanted magazine for
twenty cents, and said l was n
robber when / couldn't give 1t to him.
In the first set-up car girl wanted me
10 give her box of figs for nickel,
an pushed her pocket-book deep in the
folds of her dress when refused. like
rs if l was pickpocket. Then q
countryman thought ] was trying to
bunio him when / asked ten cents for
three pranges--Florlda oranges. too
but tho worst was hero in the
smoker. when fellow from Lancaster
County took my box of cigars. passed
EN- around TO three friends an took
one himself an handed mo ten cents.
When told him they was five centers
he frothed at tho mouth an said he
never paid more than two.for-five an
threatened to report me for swindling
him. Say! I'm disgusted with the
biz. I'm going out of it, l am. Such
people give me pain in tho neck. !
don't want any more of this on my
plate I'd rather break stone on the
turnpike"
And the train boy heaved sigh
and went through tho car with his
cry: "See-' avanna ergars! Five-fer-
en-centsl Prime see-gars, see-gars!"
-HarrisDarg 7elegraph.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-17
FULL OF FUN.

81 say Jim, If fellow took sui
phuric acid what would you Civ Q
himP' I'D give him up."-HarUard
Lampoon.
I -Scriptural texts have appeared In
tho panels of the L cars in New York.
amid advertisements of champagne.
corsets and patent medicines.
-Naturalists say that some birds
are constitutionally melancholy. Be-
cause they can only take birds sigh
view of tho word, prob ably. -SiR.
tngs
-'Lolfe is q constant sthrugglo
against fate" said the Irishman who
couldn't find pair OF shoes big
enough for him.
Papa, what Is patrimonyp" I'll
is what is inherited from father, my
dear" oh. and then is matrimony
something inherited from the moth
erp"-Life.
If tho moon was for sale on bar
gain counter half the women in the
world would want TO buy 1t. and the
ono who did would spend the rest Of
her life wondering what on earth she d
do with II. Philadelphia Call.
Art Dealer Qloscanting on the Writ
ues of the picture) You will OBJ
serve. sir, that the drawing is free,
that" Agriculturist-"W "Well. if the
drawin' is free, an you don't tax me
too much fer the frame, b'gosh. I'll
take it."-Epoch
"A woman who married ascalawag
discovered that he had another wife.
and promptly got rid of him. She
declared that half loaf might be bet
ter than no bread. but half a loafer
was surely worse than nothing -
Drake's Magazine.
-Robinson-"B Brown says that you
owe him Sl5. Dumlcy" Dumley lin
dignantly) Il do not owe Brown a
cent / did owe him S15. but the debt
became outlawed last week. Any man
who will lie like he does ought not TO
be trusted. - Till Bits.
She -"Ah, John! Before we were
married you were always wishing you
were one of the Knight of old, so you
might show your devotion; and
now" He Great heavens, Maria,
did you ever hear Of one of those old
chivalry fellows jumping up from his
paper to chop oodP"-Jadge.
-Gcorgic comes down to breakfast
with swollen visage, wherenpon
mamma says 10 the four-year old:
George. don't you feel wellp Tell
mamma what the matter is" George,
full Of influenza replies: mo. don t
feel well. Bofo OF my eyes is leakin',
and one of my noses dom CO." "-Har-
per'S BdzaE
Worcestershire sauce, sahP"
asked tho attentive p respective fee-ee,
in an insinualing tone. But I oodle-
bright, who had been vainly endeavor-
ing for some time to separate mouth
full of steak from its gristly parent
stem. answered omphatically: "No;
two hand-saws well sharpened. ~
Detroit Free Press.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-17
BRACELET WATCHES.


Popular.
For the people who like odd things,
and have money enough to buy them.
there is q new eccentricity. 1t is the
bracelet watch as bangle. Now II
is silver and now it is gold. and again
1t is platinum. But the more oxpen-
sive ones are set in tho body of the
bracelet and surrounded with jewels. II
the surrounding stones are turquoises,
the face of tho watch will be enameled
in blue of the same tint, with letters
and hands of gold. Or, If the setting
is of emeralds, the face of the watch
will be Of gold, with white-enameled
hands and letters. One pretty bangle.
watch is in the shape of hoeile, The
grecn-enamcled wings at tho touch
of a spring show the dial-plate. The
eyes are omcralds. Tho watches arc
also sot in rings, but, although they
are wonderfully small specimens of
time-keepers, they are yet too largo
for lady 10 wear on her finger.
1t Is n matter of qualification to 500
how tho taste of ladies is improving in
regard TO jowolry. Ono seldom sees
any on the street now beyond q
brooch, and even that's often replaced
by a couple of gold pins linked with a
chain. Even at receptions. there Is no
longer the display there used to be.
and the necklace Is not much worn
with evening toilets. The jewelers. are
feeling this seriously, as they are quite
FREQ TO confess. and as tho numerous
failures in jewelry houses Of late, can
certify, The opal, mnonstonc, cats
eye and tho Scotch pebbles arc moro
to DO desired at present than tho pre-
cious stones. - Chicago Net0s.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-17

--"one thing. Maria" said the
tarred- nd-fcathered gentleman. as
his wife was plucking him after the
festivities. 1.-The tar amt no special
use, but there s most a dollars worth
OF feathers on me. Puck.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-17

The Franciscan Order in New
York is arranging for large Pilgrim
age to the Holy Land in 1889.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-17

"A club room in Portland, Ne, Is
said to be paved with $S, 400 worth OF
old lottery tickets, not ono Of which
ever drew cent.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-17

AN impudent boy In Augusta. Me-.
was fined five dollars and costs for
aging rats to an old gentleman.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-17
The Base Ball Curyer!

Pntont Applied for)
Can you throw Base Bally ~ an ,etoor min.
ntes practice with the Base Rail- Curver will
enable you to pitch all the Curves as well as
any Professional Pitcher. sent noat- maid
p. o Order to u NJ TsIfIs Nc era pio'0'
30 Carroll street, Gievei.ns N
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-17

J. Fl. ANDERSON & CO.,
Have Purchased the Stock of A. @.
Shyer & Go. and will continue the
business at the old stand
Look out for their lad" next week.