Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19

Of you. Close on their heels follow the
energetic scouts Of some florist who are
dismally anxious to provide a wreath,
harp or pillow Of appropriate blossoms at
the lowest market rates. Usually these
purveyors are escorted to the door with
Impressive speed; nevertheless they con-
trive to drum up trade and make q liv-
ing.
Should the owner OF asaloon or office
be dissatisfied with his laundress, he can
get his towels furnished and daily
changed by a supply complny.
Some wiseacrc has said that New York
wastes as much food a. Paris uses. This
Is not altogether true st l'Ast in our
day. We do not cook as skilfully and
frngally as the French, but we utilize
ouf scraps and remnants m re carefully
thanot yore. The IN ltcrial sent away
from the tables of a Dig hotel is now in
dustriously garnered aud carted to
some of the minor restaurants, where
it is reconstructed into toothsome aud
wholesome dishes for habitues who
count their pennies Leo investing in =
meal. Many savory morsel that fails
to tempt the palate OF a millionaire thus
Dir ds its way under the belt of tramp.
New York is great depot and mart
for statuary. Here You can have any
conceivable idea wrought out in bronze,
marble, zinc or plaster of Paris. Most
of the elaborate designs arc still import
ed, but standard originals are repro
duced among us in endless variety OF
material and size One is liable almost
any day to meet in Broadway or the
Bowery squad Of men carrying objects
that rudely resemble the human form
and may remind you of primitive
Egyptian or Aztec statuary. The OBJ
jects consist of wooden frame-works
padded out with hay or shavings or
rags, and covered with stout bagging or
canvas. Some represents men standing,
Others men sitting or reclining, others
boys, women or girls in various attitudes.
All of them are duly clothed in fine ap-
parel aud do duty as dummies in cloth
ing houses.
Still another form OF sculpture now
gone to desuetude and decay is that OF
ship carving. With the departure OF
our merchant marine the old-time figure
head has also departed, and but two
establishments now remain wherein one
can procure. if desired, grand old Nep.
time, or smiling Aphrodite to deck the
PROV Of a gallant clipper.
Talking of aquatic matters, some men
contrlve to earn their bread in precariOus
,or gruesome occupations along the river.
They gather up the fotsam and jetsam
which the tide brings in or out, and not
infrequently they grapple g meat for the
Coroner" "by recovering the bodies Of
suicides or persons accidently drowned
They have their feelings like other men,
but they cannot afford to be sentimental
Log of wood or lifeless corpse-theil
bu mess is to clear away all such encum
brances and incidentally make the opera
ton as profitable as they may. A guile
of specialists in the same element is tha
of the divers who 60 down amid the
bones of shipwrecks
Rat-catching is a queer avocatior
which has its experts and votaries in thu
big city. The rat-catchers have differ
ent methods for Kidding a house or shil
of theseapests.
Our city furnishes profitable occupa
tion to many lapidaries, but there is onl,
one large establishment wherein preciou
stones of all kinds are cut and polished
as well as mounted. The experts VIII
do this work are mostly men who hav
learned their craft in Amsterdam
Within the past few years, however