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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17

The English Anthr0poiog.cal society
has been cui.ing from reports Of school
masters observations on the symptoms
" mental fatigue The observations re-
veal that WEAKNESS OF mind reveals Itself
lnler the aspects Of irritabi.ity and in
capacity.
Children 90 school showed such signs Of
mental iTiiabLity as sleepiessness and
nervous laughter. while those who were
fatiruel could neither sleep nor get up
their iasllwor,. The hagging wlu showed
itself by lOlung, yawning. d languid
manner. Headache also II suited from
3verstra.A in study when combined with
defective ventilation Youths Compan-
ION
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17
TIE SONG OF COLOR.
He hcgnn kls strain


Har backward Ia the green Devonian are.
When no bright blossom hung on any tree
IT'S crimson petals or its golden bell;
No single fruit CLEANED rudy 10 the sun,
But all the jungle waste % primal growth
Gigantic marestails. ferns and s'Icent I'incs
Boiled one susurrsnt sea Of endless green;
Ard giant Mayfes poised on gauzy wing
Ger tepid swamps. and antique grasshoppers
Chirruped the Oldest music Of the world
Threading that green and gloomy fort.t foor,
He marked as emerald ago succeeded age
The slowly kinding dawn Of sylvan love;
The pines and cycades sighe! with tender need,
The grasses beckoned with their feathery plumcA
And whispered. Hasten, sweetest. or we die.
And through the woods for centuries the wind
Drifted the amorous pollen. I'll the waste
Was checked by Color. and 10 instructive tree
Hung out Us lamps OF blossoms. wooed and won
The aid OF myriad munnrriag Insect swarms
IN the vast stress and strain OF leafy life;
pung out its glowing fruit. that beast and bird
Might l,nard It's HE. assist ~ .kinA.y race
xn conquest Of the hungry continents.
William Canton.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17

The British r3ns-. 10 Bgss0gah - tie
Persian gulf iu lis last report states
tlat 81 remarkable improvement has taken
p.ac, .a the climate ct the country round
5lssorsl with the substitution q date
and wheat cultivation for that If rice
The udlar0us fever. 20 which Bussorah
gave is name. is now comparatively rarc,
a.d sa.low complications and worn looks,
which some years ago were universal. arc
now I'D longer seen Tie northwest wind,
which prevails IN the ho. weather instead
Of being moist and clammy, As il used to
be- is dry and hot. The monthof Septem-
ber. when the marsh which is formed
yearly boy the overflow q the Euphrates
is drying up is still the least healthy
season. December and January are cold.
july and August are intensely hot Tho
rest Il the year is very nuch Ike the
spring aad summer OF southern Europe
Boston Transcript
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17

Is that boy the new junior the presi.
dent Of the bank asked the cashier. point.
in 10 a youth in tho Office.
Yes. sir
"Ilaye you tested his honesty"
Yes. Sir let him alouo in your
room for half an hour or more 10 count a
Pile Of gold which | told him had not
been counted.
OF course it had been counted?'
NO, sir
That was rattle. risky. wasn't it,
Not at all. replied the cashier, II
weighed the gold myself first. Pitts
burg Dispatch
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17
LOVE HATH BETRAYED THEE.

vceo in the silence. oh heart. my heart,
Love ha;h wcaried Of thee
And thou ia the gloom o. the shadow OF door
Forever alone must be.
Weep IL he silence, oh heart. my heart,
Love hath betrayed thee.
Break IN tho silence, oh heart my heart
Love hath hidden his face
Hath delfeDei his ear till ne cannot bear;
Hath leit thee 70 thy disgrace.
Break IN the silence oh heart. my heart,
Love hath betrayed thee,
DE in the silencs. oh heart. ny heart.
Love hafh broken his word
Thy pleading prayer beats fhe empty AL
Like che bruised wings ~ bird
Dc In the silence oh hear. my heart,
Love hatl betrayed thee
-Susi, r. Best.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17

Potato whisky apparently is becoming
more popular with the English, TO the
great worriment of certain OF them, who
contend that few forms Of alcohol are SO
mischievous as it, During the first half
of the current year the importation Of
potato whisky by the United Kingdom in.
creased nearly 400. 900 gallons.-Boston
Iran scrlnf
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17

An Englisnman who has made special
study Of dee- says that the chief use OF
their antle-s is not so .uch for fighting
as FOR facilitating the progress of the ami
mai through the woods. BY throwing up
the head, thereby placing the horns along
the back. they are enabled 10 20 forward
with great rapidly. Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17

An English woman is responsible for
the suggestion that along with other i'm
provcments 10 theater seats. there be an
arrangement by which they can be sunk
through a trap in the floor into a saloon
below, 50 that men can go out between
the acts and see a man without treading
on the toes Of all the women near them.
-New York Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17
New Typo setting Machines.

Several inventors are at work upon
machines which cast and set type at the
same time. each letter being cast when a
key is pressed The principal trouble
with this class Of machines, and with all
other type setting machines. is that it is
difficult to Justify that is to fill out
the lines properly at the right hand end
and space properly between the words
St. Louis Republic.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17
China Is Waking Up.

The British consul at Hankow says that
China. though still spoken of as a country
Of stagnation and stereotypel ileas, is
really only little behind It's pushing
neighbor. Japan, in its haste to get rid Of
ancient prejudices Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17

A soldier who was seen 10 take of his
cap while using the telephone informed a
questioner that he did SO because he was
talking to his superior officer.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17
Iondon', Inhabitants.

The city Of London is said 70 have fewer
Inhabitants to the house than any other
OF the large cities of Europe. Vienna las
five times as many.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17

OF the 200 gold heaters in Now York.
not one is woman. while Of the 900 gold
cutters not one Is nan.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
Locomotive Whistling.

One long blast of the whistle is a
signal for approaching stations, railroad
crossings and functions. One short blast
of the whistle is to apply the brakes
stop. Two long blasts of the whistle
are signal to throw off the brakes. Two
short blasts of the whistle are an answer
to the conductors signal to stop at the
next station.
Three long blasts of the whistle are a
signal that the train has parted. Three
short blasts of the whistle when the train
is standing are signal that the train
will back. Three short blasts of the
when the train is'running are signal to
be given by passenger trains, when dis
playing signals for following train, to
cali the attention of trains they meet or
pass to the signals. Four long blasts of
the whistle are a signal to cali in the
iagman.'
Four short blasts of the whistle are the
engineers call for signals from the
switchman, watchmen and trainmen.
Two long, followed by two short, blasts
of the whistle are a signal for approach
ing road crossings at grade. Five short
blasts of the whistle are signal to the
fiagman to go back and protect the rear
of the train. A succession of short
blasts of the whistle is an alarm for per.
sons or cattle on the track, and calls the
attention of trainmen to danger ahead.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
Writing On q Leaf

~ saw curiosity the other day Of a
kind that is rare, think" said an old
gentleman in the course of converse.
tion with Philadelphia Gull man. at
lay pressed between two leaves of a
young lady's prayer-book, and as ,she
rendered the sacred volume to me that /
might join in the devotions of her
church it fiuttered slowly and noiseless-
ly to the floor. ! stopped and picked it
up, and there written by natures own
hand across the face of preserved leaf
were the names, Paul and Laura. Curl
GUS to know how such a thing could hap
pen, and trusting in my grey hair to ex-
cuse the curiosity, / asked how it had
been done, when she blushingly said:
we cut the letters from paper and pasted
them firmly upon the leaf, thus exclud-
ingthe light and producing tracing of
the names. He is in the army, lieuten-
ant, and we are shortly to be married. /
am superstitioas, and would be very 10th
to lose this leaf out of my life.'"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
WISE WORDS.

We are no longer happy so soon as we
wish to be happier.
Every temptation is great or small ac-
eording as the man is.
The consciousness of duty performed
gives us music at midnight.
If we're right we can't be hurt by the
truth, and il we amt right we ought to
be hurt righteously.
1t is better to have thorns in the flesh
with grace to endure them, than to have
no thorns and no grace.
True popularity is not popularity
which is followed after, but the popu-
larity which follows after.
One of the most important rules of
the science of manners is an absolute
silence in regard to yourself.
The spirits are sometimes allowed to
fall into an atfiiction to preserve them
from falling in with temptation.
No human being can come into this
world without increasing or diminishing
the sum total of human happiness, not
only of the present, but of every subse-
qucnt age of humanity.
The pleasures of the world are very
deceitful They promise more than they
give; they trouble us in seeking them;
they do not satisfy us when possessing
them, and they make us despair when
losing them.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
The Medicine Mania.

some people. especially among the
lower, middle and working classes, are
confirmed medicine takers. They read
the advertisements of patent nostrums,
which profess to cure every i'll under the
sun from agues to ulcers. and implicitly
believe the statements which they con-
tain. The ignorant medicine -taker never
pauses to consider that if a tithe of the pre-
tensions SO blatantly proclaimed had any
foundation in fact, the existence of culti-
yated and learned bodies, such as the
College of Physicians and the College of
Surgeons, would be no longer necessary.
Not only does he believe everything
which the advertisers tell him, but he be-
comes an advocate Of the remedies to
his friends, and thus, like the SNOWFALL,
which increases as the schoolbov rolls II
In the drift, the mischief insensibly in
creases, until in time 1t assumes colossal
proportions. London Time.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
A Night in q Tree.

C. H. Wilkins and Edward Somers
lived in the White camp, San Antonia
canyon. Returning to their home about
the time of the midnight that was the
dividing line between the 18th and goth
of last month, they were very disagree
ably surprised to see by the light of their
lanterns mountain lion in the act of
going under the building. Having no
arms with them, and knowing that the
floor of their domieile was himsy
affair, and could easily be torn to pieces
by the dangerous animal, they consid-
cred tree near by their only refuge, and
upon such consideration they climbed
the tree with that dexterity which fire.
gently accompanies danger. Comfort
ably ensconced among the boughs, they
spent the night waiting for daylight.
1t came, but it placed the occupants of
the tree in even more dangerous pre-
dicament than before. The lion still
possessed the premises, and to descend
would place those who might 1niudi-
,ciously attempt descent in danger of be-
ing eaten bodily. At about noon Colonel
Hopkins, Dave Wixom, Mrs. Van Give
and Miss Eva Goodrich appeared on the
scene in carriage. When informed by
the dwellers among the branches of the
state of affairs, Mr.. Wixom killed the
lion with ball from rife and an
nounced that the gentlemen might de-
scend in safety, Ed. Huch is now tan
ming the hide of the animal, which will
be presented to gentleman well known
in THIS city.--SGn Beradrdsno Courier.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
HASH.

WHEN o dude sprains finger would it
be proper 10 describe the occurrence as q
monkey wrench?
AN Indiana lad walked eighteen miles in
his sleep the other day. That boy is the
making Of an ideal policemen.
WE think that man was excusable who,
when he was informed of the birth Of his
eleventh child, cried, "Chestnuts."
LAUNDRYMEN are the most humble and
forgiving beings on earth. The more cuffs
you give them the more they will do for
you.
"IF misfortune overtakes you, smile" !"
says the poet. Sometimes misfortune over
takes man simply because he does smile
too often.
HOTEL porter Ito gentleman in the wash
room)-Is yo' guest OBJ de hotel, sir? Gen.
tleman paying 81 day)-Guest? No;
I'm victim.
would you marry an old man for his
money!" asked Mildred. well, declare, 4"
exclaimed Laura, with startled air, you
surely don't suppose anything else would
induce me to marry himP"
LITTLE DoT-"Whafs the matter with
my nose, mammal" Mamma-"You went
out yesterday without your rubbers and got
your feet wet" SWELL, don't see why
that should make my nose wet"
A MoNTPELIER girl stepped up to the
postoffice delivery window and began
flirting with the clerk, when the Postmas-
ter came out with the suggestion that it
was not lawful to triAe with the males.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
SELECT SIFTINGs.

The first Sunday-school was estab-
Hshed by Robert Raikes in England in
1771.
A kind Of ant in Honduras will prey
upon houses and, when once started, will
eat one down.
A Russian Prince once sent to Rosa
Bonheur three magnificent white bears as
a aphilopena present.
s'JernmantfakturboIagsforsialningsma-
gaginp in Swedish means In English:
''The iron manufacturing company's sale
shop"
Atrout in a pond at st. Paul appears
at the call Of its master, eats from his
hand and manifests thanks for favors by
Topping up into the air.
BIaekfish used to be caught in great
quantities in the barber of Charleston,
s. c., but since the earthquake very
few of the fish are found there.
A popularity of large white-oak tree
on the premises of t. T. Hilburns, Vernon,
Ala, is that half of the foliage is yellow
all the summer long, while the other half
is the natural dark green.
The first apple orchard in Kansas, con-
sisting of l50 trees, was brought all the
way from Illinois on a wagon aud planted
in Douglass County in 1856. To-day
the State has 30, 900, 900 fruit trees.
The first Presidents message teie-
graphed West was delivered by James
X. Polk. 1t required forty-eight hours
to perform the task Now message of
equal length is transmitted in three
hours.
A Captain of merchant vessel. while
lying at anchor off one of the small islands
of the West Indies, discovered lump of
ambergris as large as his two fists in the
possession of a negro. He gave the
owner flannel SHIFT and an old pair of
pants for the precious stuff, and sold it
in the United States for $780,
An electric railway for the dinner
table is one of the recent achievements
of French ingenuity. 1t makes the
presence of servants unnecessary. The
train, which runs on a line along either
side Of the table before the diners, con-
sists of platform pivoted on two boxes,
one of which carries the motor, while the
other is merely supporting truck. The
expenditure of electric energy is but
slight, and the train is said to be thor
oughly under control of the host.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
IT Was the Doctor Sich

"Sicl, Kitty, said Jinks, ''and you don't I'M
derstands
Then doctor I'll be to find out what is
wrong,
OF course, your're expected to give me your
hand
But ziin, how she showed him her tongues
Detroit Free Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

The Proof-To make sure of this show
ing, answers TO inquiries concerning the per-
manency of the cures resulted rs follows;
That from date Of hedling 20 Gate Of response
eue,y cll,1 kGs re1adi,.ed permanent ,rithout rc-
eurrelcs Of pain.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

Its Supremacy. twenty million bot
ties sold can be justly rated as so many cures;
in almost every case permanent cure. Its
price is the surety OF every bottle being the
same, every bottle being cure and the poor
are protected.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
ST. JACOBS OIL.
WHAT 1T HAS DONE.

Rellef.-In any climate at any season one
OF two applications of st. Jacobs Oil relieves;
often cures permanently. This is theayerage
experience in ten years.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

Cures econtents of bottle have cured
thousands Of extreme chronic cases. Used ac-
cording tO directions there is a cure in
every bottle.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

The Testimony. Thousands of testimo-
mails snbstantate the above statements in the
cure Of all kinds of painful ailments.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

Sollby Druggists and Dealers Erely,chec
The Charles A. Vogeler Co., Balto., Md.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

II afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye-water. Druggists sell ut
25c. per bottle.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

ROYAL GLUE mends anythingl Broken Chi
ma, Glass, Wood. Free vials at Drugs. and Gro
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

The newest fashion in ladies' hats W n doubt
less cause a fiutter Of pl-asurable excitement
among the fair sex. Ladies' are always sus-
ceptable TO the changes OF fashion plate; and
the more startling the departure, the more
earnest the gossip over the new mode. DIR.
Piercs's Favorite Prescription Is a positive
cure for the ills which affiict females and make
can be relied on in cases Of displacemen, : and
all functional arrangements. IL builds up the
poor, hagg1rd and dragged-out victim. and
gives her renewed nope and fresh lease OF
life. IL is the only medicine for womanis
peculiar weaknesses and ailments, sold by
druggists, under a positive guarantees from
the manufacturers that it win give satisfac
uon IN every case, or money refunded. Read
printed guarantee on bottle wrapper
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

Send for pamphlet ON "raylor's Hospital
Cure for Catarrh." Mailed free from City Hall
Pharmacy, 264 B'way, New York.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

John B. Alley, the richest politician in
Massachusetts, is worth about $1O000,O0O
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

Rider Haggard's next book viii be an
Egyptian nightmare.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
ICoPYRrGHT, 1857. j
CATARRH IN THE HEAD.

SYMPTOMS OF THE DHSEASE-Dull heavy headache,
obstruction of the nasal discharges falling from
head into the throat pr0fuse watery
others thc tenacious mucous puruent bloody and putd
the eyes wea there ringing in the Deafness hacking
coughing to clear the throat expecoraon of oenve mat
has nasal twang the breath is offensive; smell and taste
impaired; there sensation of dizziness with mental depres
sion hacking cough and general debility Only few Of the
Thousands of cases annually without manfestng half the
above symptoms result in consumption and end In the
understood more unsuccesuly treated by ptgsicans
o..uon crucr + you would evil. STRIFE at ts
S.-A catarrh is, in the majority of cases, some
TnEhTMEN1 weakness, impurty, otherwise faulty
nzzzAnaHzA cure the disease chief aim must be
odi0s disease and treat successfully thousands of
nua at the Invaids Hotel and Surgical Institute the do
reaAze the Importance of combining with the Of local.
soothing and healing application thorough and persistent inter-
nal use Of bood-cleansing AID tonic medicines.
0 In curing catarrh and all the various diseases with
iiEeF which it Is frequently complicated throat
n bronchial and lung diseases, weak stomach ca
WElIRMnE tarrha Deafness weak nfamed eyes, impure
GLiRMuEs blood scofuous and syphtc tains the
@ full powers and virtues of DR. Pierces Golden Med
tca Discovery cannot be strongly extoed It
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

Il is never too late, and never impos-
sible, for human face To look beautiful.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

"Cutel" he echoed. well don't know as
the adjective would have occurred to me in
Just that connection. But IL you mean that
they do their work thoroughly, vet make no
russ about 1t; cause no pain or weakness; and.
in short, are tverything that pill ought to be,
and nothing that it ought moi, then agree that
Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pellets are about
the cutest little things goingl
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

Mild, soothing, and healing is DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

C0nBuWptlOn SurtIY IWFcus
To the Editor:-Plcase inform YOU, readers
that / have a positive remedy for the above
named disease. By its timely use thousands OF
hopeless cases have boon permanently cured.
shall be glad 10 send two bottles OF my remedy
FREE to any of your readers who have con-
sumption II they will send me their Exprcss
and p. o. address. Respectfully,
7. A. SLOCUM. NC, Isl Pearl St, N. y.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

@ r TO So a day. Samples worth si.5n FREE
"a N Lines not under the horses feet. Write
~ Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co., Holly, Mich
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
FRAZER es21lE AxI;E
TEST IN THE WORLD " ~ b ~ " In
Ey- Get the Genuine. Sold Everywhere.

HuEM EzRn BY return mail. Full Description
In NJ En D Moody's New Tailor System Of Dress
u wM As Es Quitting. MOODY & CO., Cincinnati, o.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

There are twenty-seven red-headed men in
this Congress.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

GOLD Is worth $500 per ID. Fettit's Eye Salvn b.
w worth e100o, but is sold at 25c box by denleEn-
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12

TROUGH ON PAIN" Plnster, Porosed- 15c-
TROUGH ON COUGHS" Coughs, colds, &c
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-20
Napoleon at st. HeIena.

The Listener, years ago, knew Q sea cap- tain, one of that fine type of knights of the sea that has become extinct along with the American carrying trade, who had seen Napoleon at St. Helena. The old captain he was then a young captain-had made in- effectual attempts during prolonged stay at the island to see the captive, but in vain The English authorities, who with very good reason suspected Americans of being and will ing, if not prepared, to spirit Napoleon away, resolutely denied the captain any oppor- tunity to visit Longwood.
 But Yankee perseverance is not easily baf- fled. The captain in his rambles had discov- cred point of view commanding Napoleon's favorite promenade There, securely en- sconced with his trusty and powerful ships glass, he marked down Napoleon. The glass was so powerful that Napoleons every mo- tion as he talked with an attendant was clearly to bo discerned. Once Napoleon turned his face full toward the captain, and the face of the great man was for an instant set in the telescope as a miniature, and the wonderful eyes looked full into those of the Yankee captain. The latter described them as beautiful hazel eyes, deep. and pathetic, rather than penetrating. They were the eyes of the world conqueror conquered Boston Transcript "Listener."