davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-03
FOR SALE.


Improved and Unimproved City Property
on the best improved streets in the city.
Lots on the inside on street Car lines and in
outside additions. Suburban lots on the east
side in Maple Grove addition.
Business lots and business blocks for sale
at special bargains Several fine tracts near
the city for sub-dividing and plating
Improved farms and grass lands in all
parts of the county; also ranches in this and
adjoining counties.
All parties wishing to buy would do well
to call and examine my list before buying
elsewhere.
w. A. THOMAS,
The Oldest Real Estate Agency in Wichita.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

With valuable fossils. Hisspecimens attracted
the attention of the authorities of the Smith
sonian institution, and he was appointed to
assist Lieut. G. K. Warren, of the topograph-
ical engineers, then in the northwest In
1859 he was appointed naturalist and surgeon
to an expedition sent out to explore the Yel-
lowstone
During the civil war DR.. Hayden entered
the United States army as surgeon. He
resigned when peace came, and from 1865 to
1872 held the chair of mineralogy and geol-
ogy in the University of Pennsylvania.
During his professorship he was also engaged
on the upper Missouri, making from 1869 to
1872 series of geological explorations in
Dakota, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, his
Investigations extending into the natural
history, climate, resources and ethnology of
the region. 1t was largely on account of his
explorations and reports that congress set
apart the Yellowstone National park as a
perpetual reservation.
DR.. Hayden resigned from the government
service in 1886. on account of i'll health. He
was the author of numerous scientific papers,
and his government publications are very
large. His name appears on the rolls of
many scientific societies in the United States
and abroad.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

THE DECLINE IN TIE NOoA VI NON'
Rio coffee has become the standard article
in the trade, and has averaged II IA cents
pound for the year. Pork has averaged S145O
4 barrel Flour has averaged s4.25 a barrel
for Minnesota straight winter wheat, which
s the lowest price known. The average
wholesale price of peaches by the can has
3een s 1-2 cents during 1887, as against IA
cents in 1886. Sugar has also declined, the
average price for granulated being about
cents pound.
On the whole, as can be seen by glance at
Ghe chart, the tendency has been toward
lower and lower prices for food, until now it
is scarcely possible to go lower without the
danger of adulteration, which has already
accompanied the decline in prices to an
alarming degree.
To combat this evil Of adulteration the
National Board of Trade has drafted "a bill
to prevent the adulteration Of food and
drugs" To aid in the pushing of this bill
through congress National Pure Food con-
vention will assemblein Wizards hall, Wash
ington, on Jan. 10, when it is expected all the
health authorities of the country, as well as
the honest producers Of food and drugs, will
be represented. 1t is claimed that the object
of legislation upon this subject is not only to
prevent deception, but to furnish authoritive
information to the public SO as to nullify the
operations of ignorant and sensational alarm
lists, who damage the business interests OF the
country as much as do the evils of which
| they complain
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

Petroleum continues to be one of the chief
speculative features of the markets. From
u cents barrel in January it dropped to 81
cents in July, which was the lowest it ever
reached on the New York Exchange From
the upward tendency which it showed during
the last half of the year it may be considered
probable that it will reach a higher figure in
the spring than it has for many years.
The following chart shows the changes in
the prices Of the principal articles of food
during the last seventeen years, at intervals
Of two years. As there is no standard article
among the different food products, the en-
deavor has been to show the wholesale price
of the same quantity of like grade during
the different years. The pound prices Of
butter, tea, sugar and coffee are given and
the can prices of peaches. Western creamery
butter has averaged "a cents pound; owing
to the prohibitory law on oleomargarine
more milk has been turned into the cream
cries to be made into butter than has been
forwarded to the factories for the manufact-
ure Of cheese, consequently the price Of the
latter has been higher than it will be next
year, when the factories will likely get more
than their proportion of milk. The relations
of milk, butter and cheese to one another are
fixed as follows: 100 pounds of milk equal
4pounds Of butter, or 10 pounds Of cheese.
As consequence of the enforcement, Of the
Federal legislation against oleomargarine.
the manufacturers have found market out
side, over 100000 pounds being shipped to
Europe alone during 1887.
In teas Americans seem to demand better
grade than formerly, consequently the im-
porters are eDdeavoring to cater to the taste
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19


MON, the traditional enemy of snakes, and
so-called fight was shown by alternately
throwing him on to the snakes and jerking
him back again by the string round his neck.
There was not much charming in the treat
ment of the cobras, who probably had had
their fangs extracted There are, believe,
however, authenticated accounts of men who
handle unmutilated cobras. The first real
cobra I saw was while walking along road
On bank beyond the ditch little naked
boy was sitting, so black as evidently to be-
long to one of the aboriginal or outcast
races. At his feet in the dry ditch large
snake was moving along and the child
quietly watching it. Thinking from his ap-
pearance that he might be the son of a snake
charmer, and the snake a tame one, l
asked in Hindostani: is it yoursg The
child in the most innocent way replied, why
miner The snake meanwhile began to move
faster, SO picking up a big stone threw it,
and struck the snake, upon which he reared
up, expanding his hood Before / could find
another stone, however, the cobra had found
hole in the bank, and had disappeared.
The occasion of a river being in flood is
usually time of snake harvest for the
naturalist, as the snakes are either washed
up, drowned, OF else driven from their holes
to take refuge On high ground. During one
flood found two cobras up in the branches
of thorny acacia tree. The largest of the
two we attacked and killed with long baln-
boos He was over five feet long, and the
biggest cobra have ever seen.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

sour poultry used to get very excited when
o snake was about; the crows and other
birds would similarly show its vicinity by
Cooking together near him in a state of much
perturbation. On one occasion my wife was
irritated by the continuous scolding croak
Of crow. When she went out to drive him
away, she saw a large cobra striking angrily
ct him. The crow danced about just out of
his reach My wife and the servants, taking
tho snake in the rear, decided the contest
rluch to the cobra's disadvantage. On one
Of our police sepoys being bitten, I found,
on examining his foot, the unmistakable
mark of the two fangs of poisonous
snake. gave him some brandy, extern
porized q rough tourniquet, and was pro-
ceeding to carry out the government instruc-
tions for snake bite. The man himself, how
ever, and his companions thought he ought to
go to tho representation of Mussulman
saint at a neighboring mosque, and while
was finding q razor they carried him off.
Next morning, on making inquiries found
tho man was alive, though very sick-the
holy saint had repeated prayers over him,
had bound q pebble on his right arm, which
was only to he removed by the holy man
himself, after eight days, with appropriate
prayers; if taken off by any one in the in
terval the man would die In few days the
sepoy was well, the saint removed the band
age and pebble, and was appealed to as
witness to O veritable miracle. Had not
seen the bite and testified that it had been
caused by u venomous snakes It is
seldom one hears Of o European being
bitten. only know Of two authenticated
faoc xph ir1NI Iindi Il n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19


music made a wild, leaping yell, and was
not;' the cobra's head sank down and his
hood shrank into nothing The demon snake
man then remarked, pointing to big boy, a
servant of my friend, 4 will bring cobra
out of that boys cap.' The boy had on
close fitting, porkpie cap, his head was shaved
and the rest of his clothing consisted of
shirt. The man then took his pipe and began
to walk around the boy; then on a sudden
the air was rent by melody such as might
s5othe the damned; it whirled around the
boy like visible thing, and tho boy stood
firm. Suddenly again the music stopped,
and the man began to take off his drapery.
He appeared for a moment au naturel, and
there wasn't the ghost of a snake about him.
He shook out all of his clothes-no snake. He
wrapped his loin cloth around him, and
began again his DEVILS dance and his
soul killing pipe. Not once, from first
to last, did he approach his basket or the
cobra which lag sleeping in the sun. He came
up to where sat and took small paint rag
Of mine He put it on the boys head, and
then shook it out and gave it to me. Il told
you the boys cap fitted tight to his head, and
his head was shaved. On went the yell and
the whirl, and, as before, STOPPED suddenly
with heaven ascending shrek. He stepped
up to the boy, and, with his naked hand
plucked out-where froma-a great cobra,
which he flung straight at me- The snake
struck me on the shoulder and went shudder-
ing down my leg, where it subsidized on the
ground kissing heavily. sat still and
laughed. He laid the new cobra by the old
one, put both in the basket, opened up his
cloths and baskets and things-there were
two cobras now, and no more. Then he took
my paint rag, laid it down against pillar of
the veranda and went through the same
music. When the music was exhausted he
walked to the rag and plucked out third
cobra, which also greeted me in friendly
wise. There were three now; we saw them
all, but my friend said: This won't do; he'll
fill the place with snakes.'"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
Knew All About Them.

An old gentleman, speaking to a
young lady and commenting upon her
freshness and good looks. remarked:
"Ah, my dear, may You long retain
them. Yours is II happy period of life.
You know nothing Yet of the jealous
les, the healtburnings, the conten-
tions, the rivalrtes that bcset the path
way of existence"
Don't /, Thought" sac interrupted.
I want you to understand that be-
long to church choir. ."--Nc,O York
Weeklg.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

the announcement by a hreathles native of
'Snakel snakel Sahibrn
A correspondent OF The Pail Mall Gazette
gives another account Of cobra tanning in
India, which indicates that il is not 50 stupid
performance as has been described. "The
charmer," he says, "being led up to the
veranda with his basket, released the
snakes, and the play began.
"He took out the two cobras and laid them
on the stone floor Of the veranda. l am not
quite sure if he showed us two or one at first,
for he has been here many times since. At
any rate, b. took q cobra out and let it
squirm about on the floor; then he produced
from his bag weird pipe, made of q gourd
and shaped something like bagpipe. The
lower part below the belly is pierced with
holes, on which the fingers play. With this
pipe he began the most goblin rant that ever
was heard; the cobra ceased writhing
about and gradually raised itself on
its coils, swelled out its hood and
slowly waved its awful head to
and fro as il it saw the music. Suddenly tho
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

The gradual rise in Manhattan Elevated
and the noticeably slight fluctuations, par
ticularly during the month of May, were
evidently intended by tho controller of that
property to lead the investor into buying it
as the most solid of securities. But the house
was built of cards and the architect had de
signed it SO ill that at the slightest touch it
would collapse. The crash came on June "a,
after 10000 shares of Manhattan Elevated
railroad stock had been disposed of in one
hour at 1856 10. Then without the slightest
warning the price broke and within the sec
ond hour after the market opened this same
stock was selling at 115, drop of over Al
per cent. Then followed the tumble of Jay
Gould's other pet stocks, as graphically shown
in the chart
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
Consumption Surely Cured.

To THE EDITOR. Please inform your
readers that I have a positive remedy
for the above named disease. BY its
timely use thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently cured. / shall
be glad to send two bottles of my reme-
dy free to any of your readers who have
consumption if they will send me their
express and post office address.
Respectfully,
7. A. SLoCUM, M. e., 1Sl Pearl ST.,
New York. dec 29-6mO
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

studied medicine
at the medical
college at Albany,
N. Y. In 1858 he
explored the "Bad
Lands" of Dakota
for James s Hall,
state geologist for
New Y York, and
again, the ne x t
year, went west to
spend two years in
the exploration of
the basin of the up
per Missouri. From
both these explora-
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
The nIexican ,roman,s Lire.

The Mexican woman who is obliged to
earn her own living has a hard time of it.
Seanstresses cannot earn moro than fifty
cents per day, cigarette makers from thirty
two to thirty eight cents, and natchmal;c:'7
thirty to forty cents, and these are the GU
employments that are open to women in tie
City of Mexico.--BoSton Budget.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

at SI0,U0O,OOO when
she died. Of this
vast sum she be-
queathed $4,000, 1000
to charitable insti-
tutions, while to her
employees she left
$3,400, 1000. T W o
hundred thousand
dollars Of this sum
is to be devoted to
the founding Of o
a hospital for en-
ployes of tho "Bon
Marche,n while the
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

Judge Johnston has rendered u deci-
sion IN the cases Of Robinson and
Coughlin at Rvenl'a Coughlin was
granted a new trial and R,biison
sentenced to lie hanged oIl April q. M
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
SNAKES IN INDIA.
THE COBRA Dl cAPELLo m HIS
NATIVE LAIR.

Snake Charming a Profession by Itself
How the Most Deadly Serpent in the
World is Tamed-stories Told by Euro
pean Residents of the East.
When other topics are exhausted at an
Anglo-Indian dinner table, the company
always drifts into a subject very common in
tropical clfnates-snakes Europeans are
seldom bitten by snakes in India, but the rep
tiles are ever present, large number Of
natives die Annually from their poison, and it
is natural that subject so important to the
inhabitants of the country should excite a
keen interest among the pale faced sojourners.
OF course snake charming is one of the
professions in India. A certain Englishman
of tho royal engineers has given the results
of some personal observations of the methods
of snake charmers. The beginner, he says, is
always carefully instructed by his master in
snake lore, including the habits of the whip
snake, "who whips and whips you until you
dien
''It was during one of these lessons" con-
tinues tho writer, "that l first saw snake
charming. Parties Of natives carried round
baskets slung at the end of bamboos, and,
squatting down in front of the veranda, Of
fered in a jargon as peculiar to them as the
squeak is to Punch and Judy man in Eng
land, to get up very good dance The
lids of the baskets were opened and two or
three cobras were uncerOnoniously pulled
out. Then, while a squeaky pipe was played,
the snakes raised their heads, spread their
hoods and assumed the oft pictured attitude.
AS the musician menaced them with his
hand, they ducked their heads up and
down, and this was the very good dance
Then another of the party produced an
unhappy, ragged looking mongoose Gchneu-
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

Why does driver whip UP his horses
and call upon them to increase their
speed whenever he sees some pedes-
trian trying ocross the street just in
front of them?
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

Miss Clara Campbell, of Tronton, has
sued Charles Arbuckle, the wealthy
coffee merchant Of New York, for
breach Of promise, claiming damages
in the sum of 500, 900.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
DEATH OF PROFESSOR HAYDEN.

A Distinguished GeOlOgist, Who Has
Gone to His Reward.
Ferdinand Vondeveer Hayden, the distin-
guished geologist, who died recently in Phil
adelphia, was born in Westlleld, Mass, on
the 7th of September, 1922 He was gradu-
ated at Oberlin college, Ohio, in 1850, and
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
A YEARS BUSINESS.
CHARTS SHOWING THE FLUcTUA-
TIoNs OF STOCKS IN 1887.

How Petroleum Has varied-Compari-
sons Of Prices OF Food Products for the
Last Seventeen Years-They Are Now
ut the Lowest Recorded Point.
Tho following charts show by their zigzag
lines the fluctuations of the business barom-
eter during the year just closed. They trace
in the elearest and most concise manner
possible the ups and downs of the principal
stocks at the New York Stock Exchange
during 1857.
Though the difference between the highest
and lowest prices for each month indicates,
to some extent, the manipulating power of
Wall street speculators, still tho general
trend of the lines from month to month
shows the increasing or decreasing value of
each property. These general changes are
governed chiefly by the freight and passen-
ger earnings, and these in their turn reflect
the prosperity of the country through which
each line Of railroad runs,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

An old eolored preacher, after ex-
hausting himself oA an attempt to de-
scribe Heaven, wound up thus: 81 tell
you, my brethren, it is very Kentucky
of L place. - Richmond Religious
Herald.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

choicest brands, which in 1885 was s1.5o Q
pound, has fallen this year 10 90 cents The
lower grades Of tea have dropped 9 or cents
pound A curious fact in relation to tea is
that Oolong or black teas are used chiefly
east. while the Japan or green teas are con-
sumed in the west
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
A Famous Business Woman,

Nine. Boucicaut, the recently deceased
owner of the celebrated "Bon Marche," of
Paris, was remarkable business woman.
Her wealth was enormous, being estimated
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
RAILROAD STOCKS.

The general tendency of stocks, which, for
the years 1885 and 1886, was upward, contin-
ued SO for the first six months of 1887 until
the alarming drop of Manhattan Elevated
railroad stock in June. Then sympathetic
chill seemed to strike stocks all along the
line, and prices shrunk gradually till the
close of the year, the only notable excep-
tion being Reading, which, owing to the
change in its affairs, could be bought for "a
cents in February, and reached 75 cents in
November.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

A rule is in force in the Hamilton
schools not permitting any pupils to
enter the building until almost time
for school to commence. One of the
coldest mornings of last week young
daughter of Andrew Blockall, of that
city, went to school rather early, and
was not permitted to enter the house.
She became SO cold that she returned
home, was taken sick with pneumonia
and died Saturday. Her death is at
tributed directly to the exposure
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
M % TT q il
TEACHERS

The Board OF School Examiners Of Henry count
Ohio, will hold meetings for the examination Of ap
plicants for teachers certificates as follows:
In Basement of Court House in No
poleon, Ohio, on the 1st and Sd Satur
days in March and the 1st and Sd Sat
urdays in April and May, the list Sat.
urday in June, July and August, the
1st and sd Saturdays in September
and the list and Sd Sat urdays in Octo'
ber, the list and Sd Saturdays in No
vember, and the list Saturdays in De-
cember, January and February.
Evidence Of good moral character will be required
Of all candidates. That evidence to be a personal
knowledge of tho Examiners concerning the appli-
can't, or certificates Of good moral character from
some reliable source.
Mrs. Ii :. sEgHEENHhak;gEEp, Examiners.
PHILIP @. sCHWAB.
Peb20-7s.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

There is mountain of coal in Wild
Horse Valley, Wyoming, which has
been burning for thirty years. It sends
up dense volumes of smoke.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

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Call on any Agent for Time Cards and any other
@. G. JENKINS,
Genl Pass. Agt.
Toledo, Ohio.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Express leaves Pitts
burgh 1885 p. M; arriving at CINCINNATI HOS
q. M. This train runs Sunda VS. only.
EAST BOUND.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

The road-bed is kept in splendid condition.
The tracks are all laid with heavy steel rails,
accommodations on the Wabash are uneaUaled by
any other line.