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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-10-11


Drs. Starkey & Palen have the liberty 10 refer to
the following named we'll known persons who have
tried their Treatment:
Ho1. VIA D. Kelley. Member Congress, Phila.
Rev. v. l. Conrad. Editor Lutheran Observer, Phin.
Rev Chas. W. CGRhing D. D., Rochester, N. Y.
Hon. VIM. Penn Nixon, Editor Intersocean, Chi
cago, Ill.
Rev. A. ". Moore, Editor The Centenary, Lancast-
er, sc.
W. H. Worthnston, Editor New South, Birming-
ham, Ala.
Judge H. P. Vrooman. QueDemo Kan.
Mrs Mary Livermote. Melrose, Massachusetts.
Mr.. z. c. knight, Philadelphia.
Judge R. S. Voorhees,, New York City.
Mr.. Frank Sid1ail, Merchant, Philadelphia.
Hon. W. W. Schuyler, Easton, Pa.
Edward L. Wilson. S3s Brosdway, N. Y, Ed Phila.
delphia Photographer.
Fidelia ". Lyon, ~simea, Hawaii, Sandwich Isl.
Alexander Ritchie Inverness, Scotland.
Mrs Manuel V. Ortega, FresRillo, Zacatecas Mexico
Mrs. Emma Cooper, Utiils, Spanish Honduras
Central America.
j. Cobb, o. 8. Vice Consul, Casablanca, Morocco.
NJ ". Ashbrook, Red Bluff, Cal
Ernest Turner, Nottingham, England.
Jacob Ward, Bowral, New South Wales.
And thousands of others in every part of the 8
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One person for Circuit Judge Of the Third Judi
cial Circai I, the State of Ohio.
One person for Common Pleas Judge for the
Third subdivision of the Third Common Pleas Ju-
dicial District OF the State of Ohio.
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Also, one person for the office of Secretary Of the
State Of Ohio.
One person for Supreme Judge Of the State Of
Ohio.
One person for Member Board Of Pubic Works
of the State OF Ohio.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-10-11

One person for member of Congress for the Sixth
Dis,rict Of the State OF Ohio.
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Compound 0GygeR--its Mode of Action and Re-
suits is the title Of brochure OF tive hundred
pages, published by Starkey Palen, which gives to
all inquirers full information as To this remarkable
curative agent and record OF several hundred
prising cures In wide range Of chronic cases
many of them after being abandoned to die by other
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DRS. STARKEY & PALEN,
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
CURIOUS THINGS FOUND IN
SIDE TREES

Curious finds have not infrequently
been made in trees. Some woodcutters
in the forest of Drommling made a
strange discovery. They began to fell a
venerable oak, which they soon found to
be quite hollow. Being half decayed, it
speedily came to the ground with a crash,
disclosing skeleton in excellent preser-
walton; even the boots, which came above
the knees, were perfect. By its side was
powder-horp, q porcelain pipe bowl,
and silver watch. The teeth were per-
feet. 1t would seem to be the skeleton
of man between thirty or forty years
of age. 1t is copjectured that, while en-
gagged in hunting, he climbed the tree
for some purpose and slipped into the
hollow trunk, from which there was no
release, and he probably died of stsrva-
ton. Another mystery was found in the
heart Of an oak. From a tree of this
kind large block, about eighteen inches
in diameter, that had been knocking
about in various yards and woodeheds,
was split up lately, and in it was found
an auger hole, about three-fourths of an
inch in size, containing bunch of human
hair done up in paper. The hair was
near the center of the block and fastened
with pine plug. It was apparently
put in when the tree was quite small,
as the tree had grown over the plug to
the thickness Of about four inches, with
the grain perfectly smooth and straight.
A natural curiosity was shown in a mer-
chants workshop. This was the nest
and skeleton of bird imbedded in q
piece of beech. The timber seemed quite
all round the cavity, and there was no
sign Of any aperture in it; but the timber
being sawn up, the nest with the bird cit
ting upon it was found. The nest ap-
peared to be built with mud, and the
bird resembled titmouse. Probably at
the looping of branch q cavity was
formed and the outside subsequently
grown over; but how the bird was in
closed seems difficult to imagine. In the
center OF log of Honduras mahogany he
saw revealed large piece of honeycomb
The finder says the wax with the cells was
hard, and resembled in color the appear
ance of mummy. The remains of the bees
were incrusted in the wax. Another log
of mahogany was being cut in veneers by
cabinet-maker, when his attention was
attracted by the appearance of a remark
able and striking profile of her majesty
in the wood. The likeness was 80 true
that all who saw it acknowledged the re-
semblance.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
UNATTRACTIVE GIRLS.

"Oh, wish were pretty and attrac-
never attract people as Elsie and Anna
and other girls do r
The speaker was my neighbor, Nancy.
Perhaps if I tell you what said to her
as her head lay in my lap, it may help
you, il you are not among the beautiful
and attractive ones on earth.
Suppose, dear, we face this disagree
able truth, you are neither pretty nor ac-
complished, not even attractive You
vince little; yet consider moment.
You are not without friends, You have a
good mind, good sight, you can walk with
ease and can accomplish any ordinary
household duty. Now there is constant
demand for just the kind OF woman you
may (f you choose) become. Children
take to you, and you to them. You can
minister to the sick, visit the poor, sue
cor the outcast and needy quite as accept
ably as il your face were beautiful. You
can easily attract the sorrowing, the sick
or poor"
A lovely woman Of forty said to me the
other day: eff girls only knew the rest
of accepting the inevitable, they would
just give up trying to be attractive, and
would determine to be helpful and useful
instead. Some girls ripen late, and an
unattractive girl may become lovely
woman at thirty. 1t is the fruit that ri
pens latest that is the sweetest. I used
to fret about my plain face at eighteen
but when set to work to make every one
about me just wee bit more comforta-
BILE or happy because of me, I soon had
no time to think of my looks.
suddenly remembered how, on first
meeting this friend years ago, really
pitied her for her exceeding plainness.
But her face soon became beautiful to
me. She numbers her friends by the
score, while her sister, whose face is like
my friends with that subtle difference
which changes utter plainness into pref
tiness-what hindrance that prettiness
has proved She is simply pretty, pet
ted woman. No one turns to her for sym.
pathy or help or counsel.
We know that God says, "Favor is de-
ceitful, and beauty is vain," yet we do
not believe him if we long for favor and
beauty. IL some plain Ordinary" girl
who reads this talk would but aim to be
woman that feareth the Lord" she
would find life full of interest, and his
word promises her "praise. "-Congrego-
tio1salist.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
THE CHINESE PRIMROSE.

If you wish for an abundance of
winter flowers, do not fail to SOW one or
two packets of primrose seed this spring,
thereby laying foundation for many
pleasant hours during the "long and
dreary winter" when you can count your
blossoms by the hundred, instead of
hunting diligently all over your window
in the forlorn hope of discovering an adj
venturous flower somewhere, and finding
nothing but leaves"
Unless one purchases packet of each
variety OF seed it is well to confine ex-
periments to mixed seeds alone, for they
are, as rule, very satisfactory, produc-
ing so many and such diverse varieties,
each of which has charm pertaining
only to itself, some popularity of color
or marking, or, perhaps a difference of
form or tint in the foliage, enhancing its
beauty and effectually preventing mon
otony, which may exist even in the floral
kingdom. The seed, If sown in March or
April, the young plants pricked out into
small pots as soon as they have put forth
few leaves, and transferred again after
an interval of a few weeks into jars of
larger size, should make strong speci-
mems in autumn, and be ready for the
winters campaign, especially if grown in
good strong hght-not sunshine
which produces stocky plants. Vick's
Magazine for April.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
SACRED MOUNTAINS IN JAPAN.

SACRED MOUNTAINS IN JAPAN.
Fuzi Yama and Hakusan are the high
est mountains in Japan, and they are
both held sacred by the Japanese, Full
Yama, perhaps, being specially SO, as its
singular name would imply, which means
the "No-two-mountain;" that is, the none
such, the peerless, the inimitable. They
are both volcanic mountains, with vast
Orators. HRkusan is snOw-capped the
the whole year, while it may be called a
snow mountain for two thirds of the year.
It is sometimes called ''Siro- Yama, white
mountain, and is truly the Mont Blanc
of Japan. Both mountains are yearly
visited by many thousand pilgrims. Fuzi-
Yama is described as an ash-heap, with a
cone Of lava and clinker.. The only vege-
tation at the top is ichens. The crater
is about two and a half miles in circum-
ference, and its depth about 440 feet. AS
the mountain is a cone, and stands by
itself, it is regarded as the most beautiful
mountain in the world. 1t would be
rare to find a Japanese landscape in
which the artist has not, by some ingen-
uity, introduced the peerless Fuzi- Yama.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
A WORD OF ADVICE FOR OLD
PEOPLE.

A WORD OF ADVICE FOR OLD
PEOPLE.
An old man is like an old wagon; with
light loading and careful usage it will
last for years; but one heavy load or sud.
den strain will break it and ruin it for
ever. Many people reach the age of fifty,
sixty, or even seventy, measurably free
from most of the pains and infrmities OF
age, CHEEKY in heart and sound in health,
ripe in wisdom and experience, with SYM
pathies mellowed by age, and with reas-
enable prospects and opportunities for
continued usefulness in the world for a
considerable time. Let such persons be
thankful, but let them be also careful. An
old constitution is like an old bone
broken with ease, mended with difficulty.
A young tree bends to the gale, an old
one snaps and falls before the blast. A
single hard lift; an hour of heating work;
an evening of exposure to rain or damp;
q severe chill; an excess of food; the I'M
usual indulgence OF any appetite or pas
sion; sudden fit of anger; an improper
dose of medicine-any Of these, or other
similar things, may cut off a valuable life
in an hour, and leave the fair hopes OF
usefulness and enjoyment but shape
less wreck.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
QUEER.

The word "queer" is in this way said to
have been invented. According to one
story it originated with an actor who
made bet that he would in twenty-four
hours make every one familiar with
word that in itself possessed no meaning
whatsoever. To win the bet he employed
a number of small boys to chalk up in
every conspicuous place the word Queer.
The result justified his claim. The Lon
doners we're mystified, and the English
language received new word. This
story is open to doubt, for though "queer"
is comparatively new, it is in all prob
ability not manufactured word. The
Dutch language, from which SO many of
our colloquial and idiomatic words come,
possesses what seems to be a cognate of
queer, q. e., quer or queer, as in querkopf
San oddity." But that a word might
in the way described above acquire a
speedy popularity is proved by the re-
msrkable manner in which the people of
London petted and made much OF the
absurd combination of letters, "Quoz,"
some sixty years ago. In 1925 "quoz'
was in the mouth of every man, woman
and child in the worlds metropolis.
Where it came from, or what it meant,
or why it should be popular, no one
could discover, but it flourished none the
less, because it was utterly senseless.-
Home Journal.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
BEGGARS.

In the green lanes of Merrie England
one meets occasionally "vagrom man"
who respectfully touches his cap and pro-
ceeds to tell the stereotyped tale of woe.
But before he ventures to sccost you,
he looks this way and that to make sure
that no lynx-eyed rural "bobbie" is any
where nigh at hand. In France 1 saw
no beggary. and none in Germany to
speak OF. remember an individual case
in Wurtemburg where poorly dressed
man halted me and stated that he was
trying to get money enough to emigrate
to America, and would give him a few
ptennings. AS it takes four pfennies to
make one cent thought the request re-
markably modest in the way of rolling
up sufficient sum to pay his fare across
the Atlantic. asked him what he worked
at, and he said he was a chimney-sweep.
No mendicsncy is met with to speak of
until one gets as far east as Hungary /;
unless, of course, one strikes of down
into Spain and Italy. In these lands of
the lazzaroni, beggary hourishes with the
same exuberance that it does in the ORR
ent. The chief mendicants in Hungary
are the gangs of vagabond gypsies one
sees camped by the side of the roads. AS
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
THE SENSES OF ANIMALS.

Sir John Lubbock lectured recently at
the Catford Hill Literary Society, near
London, on "The Senses of Animals"
He gave reasons for thinking that in
other animals the range of sound was
different from that of man, and that he
could hear higher notes. He had prov
ed that the limits of vision in animals ex-
tended beyond ours. He then showed
that animals possessed sense organs Of
the use of which we are as yet entirely ig-
norant, and he suggested that these
might be the seats of unknown senses.
At any rate, they could certainly hear
sounds which were inaudible to us, and
see light which was beyond the range Of
our eyes. These considerations raised
the reflection how different the world
must appear to other animals from what
it did to us. Sound was the sensation
produced on us when the vibrations of
the air struck on the drum of our ear;
when they we're few the sound was deep;
as they increased il number it became
shriller, but when they approached 49,
900 in a second they ceased to be audible
Light was the effect produced on us when
waves Of light struck on the eye. When
four hundred millions of millions of vi
brations struck the retina in a second
they produced the sensation of red, and
as the number increased the color pass
ed into orange, then yellow, green, blue,
and violet. But between forty thousand
vibrations in second and four hundred
millions Of millions we had no organ of
sense capable of receiving the impress
sion. Yet between these limits any num-
Der OF sensations might exist. We had
five senses, and sometimes fancied that
no others were possible. But it was OBJ
vious that We could not measure the in
finite by our own narrow limitations.
Moreover, looking at the question from
another side, we found in other animals
complex organs of sense richly supplied
with nerves, the functions of whicy
organs we were as yet powerless to ex-
plain-Evening Post.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
Eart1r, 8nnre aud 6ardem.
NATURES DISTRIBUTION OF
TREES

1t is an error to suppose that trees are
by nature placed in conditions best suited
to their growth. Almost all of our swamp
trees grow much better when they are
transferred to drier places, provided the
land Is of fair quality. For example, the
bay, red maple and weeping willow grow
better out OF swamps than in them. The
reason why they originate in swamps is
that their seeds can terminate only in
damp places, and, Of course, in the state
OF nature, the tree remains where the
seed has terminated. Plants as gener-
al rule, even those known as wat er plants.
prefer to grow out of water, except those
that grow almost entirely beneath the sur
face. The tdGodiuD1 dietichuna, in the
Southern swamps, sends up "knees" from
various points, often as large as old-fash-
Toned beehives, and several feet above
the surface. Not only is the cypress as
large when growing in good, rather dry
ground, as when growing in swamps, but
the tendency to throw up these knees is
In measure lost. With the general
facts before us, of the antipathy of
swamp plants to submersioD, it is safe to
conclude that those root excrescepces
are the result of an effort of the plant to
counterfeit the law which holds it in the
place Of it's birth.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28

on ride along you see ahead of you in
the road troop of swarthy urchins, the
largest in picturesque rags and the small
er ones in puris ndturalis only. They
are dark-skinned, almost as natives of
India, and their cleaning white teeth
and the whites of their eyes are conspic-
uous while you are yet one hundred
yards distant. As you draw nearer, the
whole group commences to shout "Kreut-
Ter Kreutzer !" and to extend their ca
ger palms in your direction. You toss
them a coin as you ride past. One in
stantly picks it mp and rushes off with it
to the little smoked begrimed apology
for tent just off the road, where the ell
der Romans are Watching the scene with
keen interest
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
EDUCATION OF GERMAN WO-
MEN,

The culinary art forms part of the ed
cation OF women in Germany. The we'll
TODD tradesman, like the mechanic, takes
a pride in seeing his daughters good
housekeepers. To effect this object the
girl, on leaving school, which she does at
about fourteen years of age, goes through
the ceremony OF confirmation, and is then
placed by her parents with country
clergyman, or in a large family, where
she remains one or two years, filing
what may almost be termed the post of
servant, and doing the work of one.
This is looked upon as the apprentice
ship to domestic economy. She differs
from a servant, however. in this: that she
receives no wages; on the contrary, her
parents often pay for the care taken Of
her as well as for her clothing. This is
the first step in her education of house.
keeper. She next passes, on the same
conditions, into the kitchen of rich pri-
vate family or that of some hotel of
good repute. Here she has the control
Of the expenditure, and of the servants
employed in it, and assists personally in
the cooking, but is always addressed as
frdulein, or miss, and is treated by the
family with Difference and consideration.
Many daughters of rich families receive
similar training, with this difference,
however, that they receive it in princely
mansion or royal residence. Conse-
quently, the women of Germany are per-
feet models of order and economy. The
richest woman as well as the poorest is
well acquainted with the market price of
provisions; and it gives one real satisfac-
ton to see her busting about from one
part Of the house to another; now peep
ing into the nursery to see how the chill
dren are going on, then looking into the
kitchen to see that the cook is doing her
duty, and that everything is perfectly
clean, and generally giving an eye to
everything and everybody, and keeping
all we'll up to their work. In short she is
the very soul of the house.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
The Home Page.
WILL THE ROBIN SING IN THAT
LAND?
BY HATTIE TYING GRIswoLD.

Will the robin sing in that land,
That land SO fair and so far,
That lies as our souls fondly dream,
In the depths of the uttermost star?
will the violet bloom in that land,
And the moses so sweet and so shy.
All the dear common things that we love,
In the dim, distant deeps of the SKYE
Will the children sing in that land
All the sweet simple songs of the earth,
And shall we rejoice and be glad
In their music and frolic and mirth?
Oil will there be friends in that land,
Friends who love and rejoice in our love,
Will they look, will they speak, will they smile
Like our own, mid the strangeness above?
Oh, sh all we have homes in that land,
To return to where'er we may roam?
oh the heart would be lonely and sad
Fen in heaven if we had not a home.
love not the new and the strange,
But a friend and the clasp of his hand,
Obi would that my spirit could know
That the robin will sing in that land.
-"Lend a Hand
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28

During botanical exploration of the
region around the river Coanzs, in Lower
Guinea, DR.. Welwitsch's party found
their supply OF provisions exhausted.
The men accordingly went in search of
food, with senses quickened by hunger.
They were SO fortunate as to discover an
enormous mushroom, as large as an UNI
brells, which made soup enough to salts
fy the hunger of twenty men. This speei-
men was the first Of the species seen by
Welwitsch, but subsequently he often
met with it, and learned that these great
mushrooms are brought to market at
Pungo Adongo by the natives, and there
sold at from one to three pence each, &C
cording to size.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
LITTLE WOMEN.

The seven-year-o daughter of very
busy mother, who, in consequence of
her husbands early death, was obliged to
carry on his business, was asked one day
by friend what she was able to do in
the way Of help.
II can only pray to God and hem the
busters" was the child's reply, in all Sc
riousness; but it showed that she had
learned to do the duty that lay nearest
her. AS years went on she developed
into the steady, reliable, cheerful girl to
whom the whole household looked for
help, and seldom, il ever looked in vain.
Very pleasant are the hours spent by
our little Mary in the kitchen, still under
mothers" wing, or that of some trusty or
reliable servant. How che enjoys picking
the bits Of stem from among currants,
stoning raisins, buttering the cake tins,
and cutting any spare dough or paste
that may be over, when the pies are
made, into rounds with the top of glass.
And what browning Joy it is when she
is allowed to have whole gooseberry
or tiny apple to make dumping for
her own dinner or nursery feast And
what an important person age she is when
on busy days she may even be trusted
with washing up the breakfast things
II all little girls were allowed these
early visits to the kitchen, with real par
ticipation in its work, the world would
not hear SO much about undomesticated
wives and housekeepers. who cannot
teach their servants what they have never
learned themselves.-Cdsse Family
Magazine.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-28
RULES FOR THE HUSBAND.
Husband, love your wife.


1. Never find fault with her before
others.
q Per contra, remember the counsel
of the good book: "Her husband shall
praise her in the gates" that is, before
folks.
g. Bear all her burdens for her; even
then she'll bear more than you do, in
spite Of you.
A. IL you want her to submit to your
judgment, never ask her to submit to
your selfshness.
5. A woman's life is made up of little
things. Make her life happy by little
courtesies.
6. Love is wife's only wages. Don't
scrimp in your pay.