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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
A New Fountain of Youth.

For the last six years-ever since the
foundation of Chamberlain-tho Sioux
Indians have endeavored to prevent
the whites from getting possession Of
American island, which lies in the Gen.
ter.of the Missouri river. 1t was al
ways supposed that their reason was
of u merccnary character and that
their object was to cut the timber with
which the island is covered and turn il
into the bright, yellow gold which they
now covet so much.
But q different reason has lately,
and by accident, been discovered. 1t
has always been supposed that when
the Spaniards failed to discover the
tabled fountain of perpetual youth
among the everglades of Florida the
romantic dream ended there and men
grew old and gray as of yore. Not so,
however, as this narrative will show
On the upper end of this island, hid
den by dropping evergreens and
shaded by stately cottonwoods, is q
spring. 1t bursts forth clear and
beautiful, and, with murmur as soft
as maiden's prayer, glides from its
island home into the yellow, gurgling
waters of the Missouri. The water re.
tains the same temperature winter and
summer, and its volume retains its
uniformity throughout the year. 1t
contains, in all probability, the differ
ent carbonates, and that is the cause
of the youth-retaining qualities which
Indians attribute to it.
The secret was let out q few days
ago by an old hunter, who was familiar
with the Indians and the spring long
before this place existed in the fervid
imagination of John H. King. They
have thrown sanctity around it and for
years have been in the habit of drinking
its life-giving principles and of immers-
ing the younger members of the tribe
in its mystical depths. They imagine
that its source lies amid the perpetual
fires that radiate from the center of the
earth, and that the fountain is presided
over by the father of the Indian race,
who is doomed throughout all time to
regulate the temperature of the spring
for the benefit of those who dread to see
the footprints of old time mar their
classic features.
When asked if all who drank from
its liquid depths are stamped with per-
petual youth they are somewhat
abashed and reply: "When they drink
of the water or bathe in it they must
believe they will never grow old. If
they do not the spirit who has control
of the fountain will not answer their
prayer, and they will withcr like the
leaves when the frost comes" The
only explanation for this strange belief
is that some time in the past the
spring has been analysed by some
parties, and the Indians hear
ing of it have been led to believe that
tho spring contains some remarkable
properties, which their imaginative
minds have associated with the per-
petuation of their youth.-St. Paul
! Globe.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15

notes discounted at ruinous rates work
havoc among these as with other
classes Of business men. And without
copiOus advertising piano maker
might as well close his doors. A piano
cannot be sold at fair price unless il
is already favorably known.
1t requires long head as well as q
deep pocket to make good piano,
and to sell il after it is made.
Sometimes the maker finds his stock
accumulating on his hands, and he
then advertises that he is going out OF
business and invites correspondence
from dealers who may desire to secure
a few of his matchleSs instruments at
the ruinously low figure of $1S5 each.
OF course no dealer ever replies tc
these offers, but the bargain hunters
do, and often pretend to be dealers so
as to deceive the advertiser into sell.
ing them piano at price that he is
only too willing to accept.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
War on Reaches


The common household coekroaeh
came 10 England from the Levant in
ship cargoes, aud by tie same means
made voyage to this continent. II
has increased to numbers Of infinite
proportions in seaport cities, aud in
some others. 1t is an intolerable nuis-
ance in New York aud some other
cities. and it penetrates to every build
ing aid every part thereof where it
can follow water-pipes, not only in
dwellings, but in offices aud stores.
There are men who make business Of
going about and ridding houses Of
these pests; but, do their work as
thoroughly rs they may, they can give
only temporary relief, for the horde
soon again intrudes and takes up its
abode.
A constant warfare must be waged
against these insects If much relief is
to be had from them; but, though you
blow Persian insect powder at them
until the floor is covered with the slain,
in few days the operation can be re.
peated. People learn to disregard
these insects after long familiarity with
them, and in many New York kitch.
ems little notice is taken of them, for
they are shy bugs and scamper away
at tie approach of those who are not
members of their clan
These bugs are almost omnivorous.
They will eat flour, bread. meat, and
even clothing and shoes. They usual
ly forage on crumbs and the various
droppings and wastes of the kitchen,
and, if they did not insist upon being
so numerous where they are not want
ed, they would be considered good
scavengers. Their favorite time for
depreciation is the night; but, embold-
ened by numbers and familiarity with
the lawful occupants of the house,
they venture out by daylight, especial
ly in rooms and corners where the
light is dim.
Roach eggs are laid in beGn-shaped
capsule, three-eighths of an inch long
and half as wide, and about thirty in
each. These sacks are dragged around
by the females wherever they go. AT
ter few days the pod opens and lets
out the little reaches, now soft and
white, and, after three OF four days,
they turn brown and are ready for
business.
Tue reaches make themselves dis
agreeable by discharging from their
mouths q dark-colored liquid with an
offensive odor. In the course of time
the places frcquented by them become
impregnated with tho odor, which is
sometimes SO powerful, that food is
tainted with it. But the roach has one
redeeming virtue, it is said, and that is
his appetite for bed-bugs.
Pyrethrum, also called Persian in.
sect-powder, is sure death to reaches,
but is not poisonous to man. tits pre-
pared from the flower of plant.
Powdered borax is also said to be q
good destroyer of reaches, or at least
to be sufficient to drive them away
from the places where it is scattered.
Good HOuSekeepin0.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
In Cultivated Society.

II should like to see o little Of your
society out here" said Boston neo-
phyte to Dodge City merchant. II
have heard that it is as refined and
cultivated as that of the East"
.'You bet it is, said the merchant
proudly. "We amt no slouches when
it comes to a serciety frolic out here.
You just slip round to the back door
of my place at midnight tonight and
bring black mask and two or three
good six-shooters with you. There's q
chap down in our Jail that we're going
70 have little frolic with. He was
caught with six horses that wasn't his.
All you got to do is to come along and
see the fun. I'll furnish the rope and
the other gentlemen will tend TO kick
in in the Jail door and getting the fell
low out and down to the trec we gem
orally use for such festivities. Amt
had sich party for most month.
and Pm glad ones comm off now SOS
you can see u little Of our serc ety, /
tell you It's ilrst-class. - Detroit Free
Press. S ~
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
A nrldrs Aeros. the orn..


A few weeks ago the first train Of cars
crossed the long bridge that has been
thrown over the Oxus river In Russian
central Asia. This structure, which is
nearly ], 900 feet longer than the Brooklyn
bridge, including its approaches, spans q
classic river, OF which very little was
known thirty years ago, except through
the writings Of the old historians, who
described the exploits Of Alexander and
Tamerlane The man who ten years ago
had predicted that today iron rails would
stretch over wide deserts and the upper
course Of the famous Oxus, which had
been reached in modern times by only
three or four disguised white men, would
have been looked upon as visionary en-
thusiast.
The road bed has been graded for nearly
the entire distance between the Oxus and
Samarcand, and, with the completion of
the bridge, the work of laying the track
will rapidly proceed. Within the next
three months 1t expected that the trans
Caspian railroad will be completed to
Samarcand, and trains running from the
Caspian sea TO the capital of the great
Mongol conqueror.
This road is remarkable not only be-
cause It pushes far into inner Asia, but
also because some unique problems in
railroad construction have been solved by
its successful progress. Many engineers
said a railroad could not be naintained
through the shifting sands of the Kara
Kun desert. But Gen. Annenkoff, by COW
ering parts Of his roadway with clay, by
placing in his embankments layers Of
the branches of desert shrub, and by
cultiyating along parts of the route many
thousand Of desert plants whose roots re-
tain the sand, has thus far maintained his
road bed without deterioration. The
problem of water supply was solved by
bringing water in pipes from mountains
that skirt two hundred miles of the route;
also by canals from the Murghab, while
artesian wells are the source of supply be-
tween Merv and the Oxus. In a region
that Is destitute of fuel, and where the
cold is at times intense, petroleum has
been utilized to drive the locomotives and
to heat the sixty railroad stations along
the way.
Russia may indeed be proud of the sue
cess, now well assured, of her unique and
astonishing experiment in railroad build.
ing-New York Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
.tanan under German 1nfluences.

Now Japan is to be administratively re-
modelled under German influences and
upon German lines. The constitutional
changes proposed are modelled on Bis
MARKHAM methods. The ministry is made
responsible to the mikado and not to tho
parliament Ito Ikawara, who was he.c
in 1871, has forgotten his English and
and American leanings and turned Prus-
sian juriktr with vengeance. The late
Japanese coup d'etat has made a constitu-
tlonal government with vengeance--des-
potic and not liberal In character. Edu-
cation has been crippled. Martial law is
proclaimed. A great military and naval
force is organized and being increased.
The railroads, a la Prussian, have been
militarized and pushed with unneeded en-
ergy to completion. The press is subsi-
died readily and the opposition are sent
TO prison. Free discussion is suppressed.
German influences are everywhere visible.
New York Graphic.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
Two Moro Stories of Gov. Marina
duke.

Gov. Marmaduke will be remem.
bered for his sterling qualities, and he
will never be forgotten by the child
dren who knew him. His love uf child
ren was one of the most beautiful and
striking points of his character, and
many incidents are related of it. Ed
Nolan of the State Treasurer's Office
tells this of the Governor:
One hot day last summer crowd OF
little colored boys were playing in the
Capitol grounds. One OF them, an un-
usually dirty little fellow, sweating
from his play, went into the Treasur-
er's Office and asked for a drink of
water
"You go in the Office across the hall, "
said Mr.. holland, pointing to the Gov
ernor's office, "and tell the man in
there to give you drink. Tell him
the Governor sent you. l am the Gov
ernor."
The urchin did as he was told, and,
approaching Gov. Marmaduke, told him
the Governor had sent him to get a
drink of water. Gov. Marmaduke
smiled, left his papers and gave the lad
drink.
"Now, my boy" he said kindly,
"you look as If you felt better. Run
about your play"
The ragged and dirty little negro
boy don't know yet that it was the
Governor of the State of Missouri who
left his work to give him a drink and
spoke so kindly to him.
Another incident of his we'll known
affection for children, which also
illustrates his strong devotion to
duty, is told in connection with an
effort to obtain pardon for a young
man of highly respected family who
was sent to the penitentiary from St,
Joseph for embezzlement When all
other means had failed, little girl to
whom the Governor was much at
tached, the daughter of prominent
citizen Of Sedalia, was taken to the
Governor and pleaded most touching
ly for the offender. Those present say
that it was tho only time the Governor
weakened in his resolution to let JUS
tice take its course. He faltered and
asked till the morrow to give his de-
cision. Hercfused the pardon on the
ground that poor boys were suffering
more severe penalties for less crimes,
and he could not condone an offence
because the offender was of family
wealthy and OF high standing in the
community. But his little friend shook
his strong resolve for the moment
Kansas CITY Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
EVERY DAY
From Now Till One Week After
Election Day Next November,
All tho News of all the World
Daily for the Next Nine Months
for Only Two Dollars.

The Cincinnati Post, now seven
years old, with an average daily
circulation of $1,000 copies, will
be sent to you by mail postpaid
from now till Nov. l2 Zone week
after election day. for So.
The Post is independent in poll
tics. 1t tells the truth. the whole
truth and nothing but the truth.
It is confessed by everyone that
it gives ali. Republicans, Demo-
Gratis. Prohibitionists and Labor
men alike, perfectly fair show.
Ask anyone who reads it and he
will tell you that is true.
The Post is neutral in nothing.
1t is independent in everything.
1t is on the side of the people as
against the monopolists. 1t is on
the side of right as against wrong.
1t is clean. bright family
paper. -,
There are fashions, and stories,
and gossip for the wife. There
are pictures, and stories, and
maps for the children. There are
athletic and baseball news for
the boys. There are the political
news, kilograms from al over
Europe and America for the hus-
band and father, not to mention
the markets of Cincinnati, Chi
cago, New York, st. Louis. East
Liberty, etc, by telegraph daily.
1t is first-class family paper,
coming to YOU every day by mail
from now to Nov. 12 for only
Two Dollars.
1t will be sent to you for one
week on trial for a two-cent
stamp
The Presidential campaign is
already on. You want to keep
posted from day to day. The
Post will post you. Address
THE POST.
CINCINNATI, o.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
1t Wasn't the Judge.

Judge Chipman and Judge Shipman
are both Michigan men, and the SINH
larity of their names has given them
no end of trouble. The former is the
new Congressman from the First Mich
igan District; the latter was the can
didate, not long ago, for a seat on the
bench of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Recently Mrs. Shipman was assisting
the wife of Senator Stockbridge to re-
ceive and entertain callers, when a
well-known Congressman entered the
house. He was introduced to "Mrs.
Judge Shipman"-it would be bias
phemy to omit the august title in such
cases-but thought lie heard .Mrs.
Judge Chapman"
where's the Judge?' inquired he.
81 know him very we'll. We had quite
a good time over in New York recent
ly.'
"Indeed!" responded the lady, APP
palled to hear that her Judge had been
having "a good, time" in New York.
II think you are mistaken, for the
Judge has not been in New York late
ty--at least, not that / know Of"
"But, madam, / was with him there.
He was at the Elk reunion"
what! My husband an EXP
Eyes, horns and all"
1t is hard to say what might have
been the result had not the Judge
that is, Judge Shipman-appeared up
On the scene at this moment.
''But this is not my old friend, Judge
Chipman," gurgled the Congressman.
mo, sir" replied the Judge with
much dignity, sit is not; my name is
Shipman.S-h-i-p. Ship, man, man
lShipman." 8
! .Oh!,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
n hunt dogs is er call,

SEEM hunt dogs is er call.
Dreamin' er may ages is signs NV death.
Givin away hair ter folks is cr partin'
sign.
Turnin' dee bed eff de dyin' ii make
'em die fast.
SEEM shrouds in de candle means seein'
'em elsewhere also.
Ter. walk backwards is treadin' YER
parents inter de grave.
When partridges whistle clost ter de
house hits er good call.
When woodpeckers go ter peckin' clost
ter er house hits er call.
Hits mighty bad sign fer water ter
bile long widout no vittles in de pot
Ground puppy'll bark at yer when no
know de graves er reachin' fer you.
Eff yer nose drap out one drap er Glood,
enEno mo-, yer gwine lose er friend
Spider come down de house from er
spunstring en- hit de flo, hits er warnin'.
When chickens goes ter lookin' up wild
one eye, somebody is done laid on dc
coolin' board.
Ef er dyin' pusson strike you hit gwine
leave er misery dat'll rest wild yer till yer
lie yerse'f.
When two chickens stand wild dere bills
togedder en- softer whispers like somebody
I gwine be laid out.
When some folks kin is gwine pass dec
see sometimes er whole lot er men like
workin' en- hewin en- maulin' up in de
sky. 49, -
Eff yer bring er owl, or any bird like
dat, i'll de house ell try ter raise hit, hit
gwine die fer sho', en- also one of yer
folks'll foller hit.
Ef anybody hoans after seein' you when
dee be dyin', If dee don't git ter see you
befo' dee go, dee'll come after dee be gone;
in de speriet dee'l come.-Detroit Free
Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
Russia,s Agricultural Machinery.

AT the recent agricultural exhibition
held at Kharkoff, Russia, foreign firms
were well represented. At the exhibition
it was noted that foreign machinery is far
superior to Russian, in spite Of the clever
imitation by Russian makers Of the most
complicated machines. This inferiority
b due, In great measure, to the use Of
inferior steel, iron and wood. Boston
H1s.drrnt
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
A Erother,s Advice.

When Eddie was about years old and
Harry J., they each had q peach given
them. Eddie ate his with great relish,
then turned to Harry, who stood looking
at his, and said: "Harry, wouldn't eat
that old woolly thing. boston Globe.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15

A philosopher says there is nothing
that will knock the ground-pinning
from under mans theological training
quicker than to walk against the edge
of a door IN the dark.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15

A California farmer at Pasadena cut
open pumpkin t. feed his COW the
other day ard found within nice lit
lie puGl; ~; vine growing. Ono of the
seedss, . saroutcd insidecf tho moth
IL lsssa4. ....%
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-01
Police Court.
TUESDAY, May

TUESDAY, May 29th.
Drunk-An old offender was fined
$13; two others SIS each; one case con-
tinued.
Disturbing quiet of night-Kaui (w),
pleads guilty, Sc; Kaiewe pleads he was
drunk, 81 10.
Opium in possession-Ah Kok and
King Nam, from the 26th, plead not
pay a fine of sol 20 and be imprisoned
48 hours at hard labor. Appeal noted.
A. Rosa for defendants.
Same charge as last-Ah Sau, pleads
not guilty; is found guilty as charged,
and fined $51 20, with Imprisonment 10
days at hard labor. Appeal noted.
Kaulukou for defendant.
Periury-Four Chinese, whose trial
began on the 14th, are further remanded
till moved on. The offense alleged in
case tried before the Supreme Court.
J. A. Magoon assisting prosecution; V.
V. Ashford for defendants.
Malicious injury-Ah Poon pleads
guilty, the offense having been in divert
ing the water in ditch, and is fined So.
Robbery-Iokepa Keaunui, charged
with rObbing a Chinaman OF 50 70 by
force and violence, whose case was
called on the 21st and partially heard
later, is further remanded to the Both.
WEDNESDAY, May 3Oth.
Robbery-Iokepa, from the Dist, oath,
25th, 28th and 29th, discharged.
Observation-Disclosures, Sc Kahanau-
waha, Sc; Jno. Vaughan, Sc; William
Holmes, $6.
Assault and battery-Ah Lin, Sc 20
Possession of opium-Ah Kong, con-
tinued to the 1st of June.
CIVIL CASES.
G. J. Fishel VS.. r. A. Macie-Con-
tinued to June 1st.
G.. J. Fishel vs.. w. Richardson and
Peoples Ice Company, garnishee, as
sumpsit for 81 75-Judgment for plain
tiff for So; interest, commission and
costs, 50 OF, added.
Gu Fishel VS. Junius Kaae, assump-
sit for balance of SO 20-Judgment for
defendant; costs So 45. Appeal noted.
j. M. Dat VS.. Royal Hawaiian Hotel,
assumpsit for 500 % Judgment Tor
plaintiff; commission and costs, So A,
added.
THURSDAY, April 31st.
Disturbing quiet of the night-W. Ku-
dala, Sc.
Insane-Kaaihue was, on the evidence
of DIR. Tucker and Deputy Marshal Hop
kins, committed to the Insane Asylum.
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Notes from HiIO

wish to make correction. I stated
last week that the Rev. j. w. Tillman
ana vile had arrived on the brig Lurline.
The gentleman's right name is Rev. J.
w. Sellwood. He is pastor of an Epis-
copal church at Portland, Oregon. He
preached IN Foreign church, Hilo, on the
goth inst.
An entertainment gotten up by the
Reading Club, was given at the Rink on
the END inst. for the benefit of the Hilo
Book Association. The building was
beautifully decorated with all the flags
OF the town and from the brig Lurline.
A large stage with footlights had been
erected for the occasion. The Hilo
Boarding School Band was there and
played some of their good selections,
conducted by the leader and instructor,
Rev. A. w. Burt. The first piece on the
programme was "The Sleeping Car"
"a MISREPRESENTATION Mr. L. Severance :;
porter, Mr.. r. Richards; passengers,
Mrs. w. Scott, Miss L. Kimball, Mr.. w.
Scott, Mr.. j. A. Scott, Mr. II. G.. Austin.
Great taste was shown in the get up of
the car, making it look like veritable
one. The lady passengers would talk
and were continually annoying one of
the gentlemen who was trying to get rest,
and one mother was all the time hunting
Tor her baby and in great tribulation.
Mrs. w. Scott, as the mother, and Miss
klmball, as Aunt Agnes, were just fine
IN their respective parts. The gentle
men were also excellent, and the audi
ence were all very much delighted with
the farce. There was series of recita-
tons by Mr.. HI. Luce, showing the Light
Brigade up in various renderings, which
convulsed the House. There was
scene from tibet heatro; several young
ladies would talk and giggle to the great
displeasure of a lady Miss K. particu-
larly, who gave them whitening look
(perfection) and talked sharply to them
The Peak sisters, with the steeple hats,
black dresses, white aprons and pile of
band boxes, their leader Mrs j A. Scott
cher last appearance previous to her
sailing for California; were we'll appre-
ciated. Mrs. II. G. Austin and Miss
Cora E. Hitchcock sang a classical selec-
ton in delightful manner. Hon. III. S.
Townsend sang a solo, but his voice was
out of killer. The entertainment did
great honor to its promoters, and closed
with chorus. The receipts were fully up
to expectations and will aid the object
very much.
j. A. NJ.
Hilo, May %.