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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26
Patant Rnhher Chanerons.

Select society circles will be pleas
antly sgitated to learn that after
anxious years of study aud experiment.
the celebrated scientist and inventor.
Professor Dinghoeffer, has perfected
his patent rubber chaperone. His OBJ
ject has been to produce an imitation Of
the present inevitable and disagreeable
chaIerone of commerce that will bear
inspection by Mrs. Grundy and at the
same time meet the views of the chap
eroned parties as to discretion and OBJ
hviousness.
The Dinghoeffer invention is hol-
low rubber structure representing an
antique maiden lady or matron, of Sc
we're facial aspect. The entire figure
can be inflated at will, and be readily
packed in small box for shipment to
families, or carried about to watering
places in the bottom of q trunk.
A singularly ife-like expression is
impaired by imitation gold-flled teeth
and glass eyes of yellowish tinge, the
latter being rolled at two-minute inter
walls, and closing every fifteen minutes
for five minutes nap, by clockwork
concealed in the figures head. The
same ingenious machinery causes the
corrugated rubber brow to frown al
four minute intervals for four hourt
without rewinding.
The feet are provided with casters OF
the roller skate principle, and the in
ventor claims that when his invention
is placed on end, with its right arm
hooked through that of the escort fol
the occasion, it glides over the pavemen
or down the aisle of theater in noise
less and life-like manner calculated t.
deceive the eye of the most malignan
gossip. The extreme compressibilit,
of the patent chaperone renders it o
the greatest convenience, and the pro
fessor lays special stress upon its merit
as life-preserver, while engaged il
chaperoning at the seaside. ShoulC
any one be seized with cramp tn
chaperone can be at once thrown int
the surf and there you are.
In addition to its principal charm @
} absolute discretion the chaperone is, Q
course, devoid of the terrific after-thea
! ter appetite peculiar to the regular al
ticle, an important item with the small
salaried lover of the period. d.-SGl
| Fran cisco WnSD
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26
The Busy Beetle.

A curious result of, the work of a
species of beetle was recently dis
covered in a house in Portland, Me.
Where two matched boards came to-
gether in the sheathing of room, the
rounded rib, about the size OF, lead
pencil, for a length of two feet and a
half, had been replaced with what
looked like porous mass of fine saw
dust, which was by some means so
held together as to assume the exact
shape Of the original wood. Investi-
cations with penknife, at one end OF
this, revealed a small tunnel under the
surface, filed with the same fine dust
and about three inches long, at the end
Of which was small and very active
black beetle busily engaged in liter
ally eating his way through life, with
an ninexhaustible supply Of food in front.
The ant is not the only bug-model Of
industry
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26
Autorrauh Hunters.

The most persistent correspondent
whom the writer of books has to face is
the autograph hunting fend, whose
ways are dark and devious beyond de-
scription. The lodges to which he will
resort in order to accomplish his dia-
bolical purpose arc as the sand on the
sea-shore for the multitude; and it is to
be feared that many an honest letter is
flung into the waste-basket ON the mere
hasty and exasperated suspicion that it
halls from an autograph hunter. The
most deadly strategem in this direction
] ever heard Of was the invention of
friend of mine, who now confesses to it
as one Of the sins of his youth.
He wrote letter to each of the per-
sons whose autograph he coveted, de-
scribing himself as a ship owner and
asking permission to be allowed to
name his next vessel after the particu-
lar celebrity he was addressing. 1t
was fatal trap. Nearly every one fell
into it. Even poor, old Carlyle had no
suspicion, and in reply to the bogus
ship owner, expressed the hope that the
vessel to be named after him might sail
into happier haven than he had ever
reached. I remember, when / was in
America, receiving very pretty and
charming letter from two sisters, living
in one of the Southern States.
They described their beautiful home
on the banks of the - River. They
were, they informed me, living there
quite alone, having neither friends nor
relatives to occupy their time withal,
and it had occurred to them that, as 1
was certain to form a perfectly false
idea of American hospitality so long as
1 remained in the cold and callous
North, would not come down for q
a week or two to this sylvan retreat on
the - River, that they might show
me what real Southern welcome was
like?
1t was a most innocent and idylic in
vitation Ito which, unfortunately, / was
unable to respond), and / was describ-
ing it, a long time afterward, to Mr..
Bret Harte, when he interrupted me.
"Wait bit, said he. "Didn't the LETT
ter go on something like this?" Alas
it was too true. He knew the rest.
The idylic invitation had been but an
autograph hunting lure sent in similar
terms to him and to me, and doubtless
hundred others. So perishes the ro'
nance of life.-W5llidm Black, in
PittsbuTQh Dispatch.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26
Masculine Nerve.

An exhibition of extraordinary nerve
was witnessed on East Ninth street,
last evening, says the Kansas City
Times such cold-chilled, impenetrable
nerve that it is a pity the name of it's
possessor can not be given. He was
escorting two young aud pretty girls.
As they crossed Grand avenue, going
east, this young man suddenly released
the young ladies' arms, which he had
been clasping in a languid sort of q
way, and with combination Windmill
movement encircled waist with each
arm.
"Let go!"
The words came with snap, sharp
and cold They were directed at the
nervy young man by lonely young
man who stood upon an opposite cor
ner. They never touched him..
"Don't you believe / am going to let
CO." was his only response.
Calmly he sailed on his way, his
arms tightening and relaxing as his
thoughts ran on, until the Victoris Ho-
tel was reached. The electric light
shed glow over the sidewalk there
and dozen guests were enjoying o
smoke in front of the hotel.
Eli, there; break away, break away,
therep
This time the gentleman giving the
command was tall and bearded and
there was suggestion of tho western
plains about his broad brimmed white
hat. But the young man with the iron
gall had the battle too nearly won, and
when he disappeared in the darkness,
his arms still retained their barrel-stave
nosition
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26
The Girls Are Sly.

You can tell pretty well how girl
feels towards you by the way she
takes your arm. If she doesn't care a
cent you know it by the indifference OF
her muscles. If she has great conf
dence in you the pressure tells it; and
friendship is as distinct from love in
that mode of expression as in words OF
looks. A woman can take the arm of a
fellow she likes very much with perfect
comfort, even if she is six feet high and
he four.
But even if the two are just matched,
she can make him feel disdain, con-
tempt, discomfort, dislike, anything
she likes, by the way she does not hold
on to him. T am told there is great
deal of difference, too, between the
way girl fits her waist to one mans
arm as compared with another: but
hardly believe it. = San francisco
Chronicle.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26
Domestic FaIling.Out.

On one of the cars which crawls over
the Sixth street bridge every day is a
whistling driver, says the Pittsburgh
Post. His musical education seems to
have been somewhat stinted, for his
repertory embraces just one tune, and
that is "We Never Speak as We Pass
By"
"That tune reminds me-" said one of
the two lady passengers to the other.
g wanted to ask you how you and your
hubby are getting along"
"Oh, we're not getting along at all, "
was the response from pouting lips.
Indeed. I haven't spoken word to
him for three weeksl"
you don't say! And does he live with
you?"
yes; and you have no idea how un-
| pleasant it is to sit at the table with a
man and not be able to say word to
| him."
"Why don't you talk, you goose?"
MY pride won't let me, Annie. You
don't know how he has treated me.
Three weeks ago he said my tongue ran
like an endless grip, and / made up my
mind not to speak to him again"
"And how does he take it?"
"Well, at first he coaxed me and then
he quit talking, too, and yesterday the
cruel fellow packed up his sachel and
started away, looking as though he
never expected to come back. Oh, he
| makes life miserable for mel" and the
pouting lips trembled with feeling.
Her companion looked on her mo-
ment in blank astonishment Then a
new light of understanding seemed to
come into her eyes as she exclaimed
@Oh, Emily, that explains why your
husband was seen at the opera with that
horfid Miss - last evening"
They embrace and weep, each on the
neck of the other.
"I'll bet peanut she will break the
silence when she sees her hubby now,
remarked an unfeeling citizen in the
corner of the car.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26
The GentlemanIy Burglar and the Slot

The Gentlemanly Burglar and the Slot.
A gentlemanly burglar went to the
National the other night. The burglar
is taking vacation just at present. He
was very much interested in the patent
drop-a-dime-in-the slot and-get-a-pair-
of-opera-glasses box. He looked it over,
and ever and anon chuckled within:
SWELL, this is fine. Now let US see. !"
He dropped a dime in at the top,
turned the screw, and the lid fell. The
glasses came out.
"In New York they had printed on
the lining statement that the opening
of the box was communicated to the
ticket office outside by some electrical
device. But it was fake, and they
had to chain the glasses as these are
chained. Now let us see.
He took pair of nippers from his
pocket and cut the chain. The glasses
were placed in his overcoat.
"Hum! hal"
| He deftly took q hairpin from the
lady in front, gave it few bends and
went to work. In just forty seconds he
had got into the cash till and recovered
his dime with three others. He then
| pushed it back in place. The lid still
remained open. He gently pushed il
to.
"You have to use special key tc
lock it up. Now see."
He gave the hairpin another twist
probed into the slot at the top, hooked
something, and gave stout pull. The
lid was closed, the opera glasses gone
and the till tapped. He Strengthened
the hairpin, gave it the proper turn ant
inserted it among the lady's tresses.
| "Some time within month that boz
will be opened" said he, as he walked
out, "and disappointed glass hunte
will have row with the doorkeeper o.
whoever has it in charge. The com
pany is getting up some electric devices
to indicate when one of their operi
glasses goes out doors. twill work b.
magnetic attraction at the door. Blu
the first man they haul up will have
bunch of keys that set q machine t.
jumping, and the first lady will hav
steel corset ribs. Oh, it is a grea
scheme. p Washington Post.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26

Mr.. Peters told me moro than once he
never would forgive himself. And he
said the same to Squire Jepson and
Broadhurst-that il il took all he had In
the world to make amends to his old
sweetheart's daughter, he would make 1t
right before he died. You are the daugh-
ter"
And no one ever told me. Dear old
man. Now know why always liked
him, said Mrs. Somers.
And who was the lying sneak2' Som
ers asked carelessly.
-Mr. Peters own brother-surely not,
said Mrs. Somers.
His brother-in-law-Giles Brooke,
father of Giles Brockle we all know"
Mrs. Somers drew q long breath and
shaddered. Now she understood it all.
What narrow escape she had made.
Intuitively she arrived at the truth. In
some manner Giles had learned the con-
tents of his uncle's will.
True-his curse had not been idle
words. Such woe as had overtaken her
not one woman in q million---in tens Of
millions-had experienced; but there
| was Joy, too, she said to herself as she
looked at her husband.
"You do not feel like killing Giles nowP"
Tom Jerrold said, with smile.
| NO." said Somers, Il will leave him to
reap his reward. 1t is as sure to come as
day follows night. My wife and have
talked it all over. She thinks, and /
agree with her, that his fate will be worse
than the death he sent us to deliberately
when he flung us back into the water"
But this will, Mr.. Jerrold-where is
the real will?"
Jerrold shook his head. Nobody
knows. Alexander Rutledge is dead, his
Office and his house were swept away, not
vestige Of either left"
@Then the property is not mine, even ii
Mr.. Peters does die."
IF Mr.. Peters is never able to write
his signature to another will, I'm afraid
Giles will get all-that's the law. If the
lawyer was alive-but he is dead"
20, yes, that is all quite plain" said
Somers; I'VE do not need Mr.. Peters
money; we can manage to get along,
think, without it.
Mars Somers, an yo,, too, here 81
Harkess confronted them suddenly
Mars Broadhurst sent me up to tell you
gemmen dat Mr.. Rutledge wants you
down right away, fo' it gets dark"
"Rutledge! What"
HE means Mr.. Rutledge's brother. Ht
has come here to identify his brothers re-
Mains, said Somers, quickly.
Whereupon they all descended thu
mountain side quickly.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26
PRACTICAL cHAH1rr.



How often in life do We judge our friends
wnonglyl
Suspicion E dark glances at them we direct;
Take cars-do not sentence. no mstter how
strongly
Circumstances hint guilt of what we suspect.
How oft, In our minds. do we Try, Judge and sen
tence,
For wrongs We suppose have been done to our
selves,
Dear friends TO whom give we no chance for re-
We arc. in our manner. so cold to themselves.
Let's give them chance to prove their SINGER.
ity,
Let's for once repay seeming evil with good
By mannsrs most kind show true Christian
charity,
And see II, once more, they viii not do as they
should.
And say not that true friendship is something
ideal
That truth and devotion are something nm.
The heart that deems each friends sentiments
unreal
Has something unsOind at the core of its own
MARION, N. G.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26
Change OF Heart.

Socialistic Mob - Bring him out
Hang himl Down NIT monopoly!
Inventor Quitting his head out of the
window Goodness me! What does
this mean?
Mob Spokesman You moost diel We
hear you invent a machine vat do dc
york off Won hoondred men. You dake
breat out off dere mouths; you
Inventor This machine Of mine is an
attachment for breweries, and will bring
beer down to 1 cent glass.
Mod (wildly) Hooray!- Neac TorA
Weekly.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26
How He Made His Money.

@Mr. Faber." said the old millionaire.
@Yes, SIR answered his private sec
Rotary.
Here are fifty begging letters. An
swer them all with a refusal
aYes. sir.
Sand you win observe that every one
has a penny stamp inclosed for a reply
@Yes, sir.
aWell, answer them al on postcards.
It'd Bits.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26

MAN is the only animal that procras-
tinates. When cat is ready to wash
It's whiskers, it washes them and does
not put the job Off until tomorrow, in
order that it may have something else
TO worry about.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26

child, although she was little better.
after all, being only thirteen. The
story was the laugh Of the ship all that
vovaOaS
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26
The Price Of Royalty.

Mrs. Smith Yes, my daughter Lucy
married a blacksmith, and they have q
fine home and are getting along nicely.
Mary married butcher, and is very
comfortably provided for. Jennie mar
ried a section hand, and they are hap
PLY situated.
Mrs. Jones And your daughter
Gladys?
Mrs. Smith Alas! she married Q
foreign nobleman. I send her so pei
week and some discarded dresses, and
by taking in washing she manages tc
support her family, Detroit Free
Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-26

How MUCH misery would be saved il
some ladies would only discover that
whatever their forte may be it is not
the piano forte.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-10-04
Housekeeping OF the Future,

'rom the Forum.
In cities and villages the kitcht n
and cooking stove and the hired girl
Ire all to be banished from the home.
'lotheslnaking, soapmaking, starch.
making, laundry work, coffee
browning yeastmaking, butter-mak-
ng-all are gone. Send after them
IT rather say that organized indus
ny is already taking along with
.hese-the remaining work Of cook
ng and cleaning. This state of
,hlngs is coming as sure as fs.te; and
when it comes the deliverance will be
10 great that generations yet nm
BORN shall rise up TO bless the work
ngs of this benefcent law.
The city of the future will not
Guild houses in squares, giving to
every house an individual kitchen
and prisonlike backyard. It. will
rather build them all around an
open square, and the part Low dis
figured with the kitchen will be given
over Tor household sitting-room or
nursery, opening into great green
space, where children shall play in
safety, and through which Cha free
air of heaven shall blow into the
houses surrounding it. In every
squire will be found u scientifically
building, containing a
laundry and great kitchen, supplied
with every modern appliance for
skilled and scientific cookery, and
also for sending into every dining.
room any desired quantity orvarietv
of food. The individuality of the
home and the home table will be
preserved, and the kitchen smells. and
waste, and hired girl" will all be
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-10-04
AGRICULTURAL.
A Correspondents Idea of Steam Flowing.
Contraction of Farming Cattle "A
Novel Japanese Rake.
THE WOOL PRODUCTION OF SOUTHERN RUSSIA.
Planning Peach 0rchar6-New Method Of BuddinQ,
fhree-Horse eyener - Cultivate the Flowers.
Eggs Sold by Weight.

correspondent to the Rural New
Yorker says: | have never uscl any
steam blowing machinery, but a neighbor
has road engine and employed him to
break up some land for me- He used the
engine TO run thrasher and to plow and
to do anything that stationary engine
will do. 1t will travel over any ordinary
country as easily as a wagon, and haul
almost anything that is hitched TO it. In
p!owlng for me he used six pows, cutting
about II inches each in width and about
~ inches in depth. The plows are fast and
cut everything and turn it under. | con-
s'der the work done much better than any
that can be done by horses. 1t breaks any
soil, and works as well in rolling as in
level land but will not work il The hill
sides are very steep. The owner charged
me So per acre for breaking land. and be-
lieve he broke al out fifteen acres per day
The speed is about equal to that of gooo
pair of horses but it could be made to run
faster if desired. The great trouble with
this engine is the difficulty of keeping it
fed with water, as it does not carry much
water and requires an extra team and fire.
quent stoppages TO obtain Il fresh supply.
1t can work wherever horses can, if the
land is not too steep, but it requires care
full attention and several hands to keep it
supplied with water. 1t is entirely too ex-
pensive to ever come into general Use
costing about S350O-eXcept upon large
farms where there are large quantities of
land TO be broken up, grain TO be thrashed,
silage, ETC., to be cut, and hay to be pressed.
1t is not adapted TO the cultivatng of crops
after they are planted.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-10-04

There is a constant fresh accession of
labor and land to the producing capacity
OF each years planting, but there is an OBJ
stinate reduction in yield in proportion
both to the land employed and also TO the
labor This is readily demonstrated for
corn, wheat, hay and cotton, both for the
averages of comparative period of three
years and five years. The explanation of
this unpleasant phenomenon, which means
comparative waste both of capital and
labor, is to be found largely in the dis
tressing diminution of the profits on form
Ell cultivation, which gives rise to the gen
eral effort to make up in quantity for the
deficiency in price. If, for instance, it re-
quires one hundred bushels of wheat or
ten bales of cotton TO bring the farmer as
much as sixty bushels of wheat or six bales
of cotton formerly yielded he strives to
keep up his income by employing the adj
ditional land and labor He is driven to
over-cropping, which increases his expense
while reducing his rate of production. 1t
is consequence that both of these factors
of cultivation necessarily suffer--the land
by oveI-cropping and the lack of the need
full fertilization, and the labor by reason
of the fact that an aggregate wage find,
especially if-the aggregate be reduced, as
it has been, the rate that can be paid to the
hand is necessarily lowered. The general
consequences are, therefore, that land and
farm labor are being impoverished to-
gether; that farming capital is being seri-
ously contracted, and that we are suffer-
ing from gradual decay in far the most
sistence and wealth.-Exchange.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-10-04
Got Their NUouey.

savannah (Ga) News. August 80.
The lucky holders in this city of the two
one-twenteth tickets which hit the Louis.
lana State Lottery at the August drawing
Tor Sl5, 600 each have received their mon.
ey, and are $780, better off than thew
were two weeks ago. Deputy Tailor Joe
kinchley held one-twentieth OF the lucky
ticket No. S7,S35 and Mrs. Florence Nj.
Roche, who is now at Clark's Mills, on the
savannah. Florida and Western railway.
held the other one-twentieth. This is not
the first time that fractions of the CAPITAL
prize have been drawn in pairs in Savan.
nan. Three years ago $50, 900 we're drawn
at one drawing on two fractional tickets.
In the last few years close to 500, 900
nave been drawn in Savannah through the
Louisiana State Lottery in large prizes to
say nothing about the smaller prizes which
nave been drawn. Mr.. Kinchley's ticket
was collected through the Merchants Ma
tlonal Bank, and Mrs. Roche received her
money through the Southern Express
Company. This is the second lottery prize
that Tailor kinchley has drawn this wear.
About six months ago he drew SIS 600.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-10-04

An excellent imitation of old bronze
has been introduced in some of the art
products OF that character. 1t is well
known that the repeated applications to
copper or brass of alternate washes of
dilute acetic acid and exposure to the
tunes of ammonia result in very an
hqne green bronze; but n more rapid
method OF producing this beautiful ap-
pearance has long been desideratnm
1T IS now found that this may be accom-
pilshed by immersing the articles in
solution of one part perchloride of iron
IN two parts Of water, the tone acouir-
ing darkness with length of immersion,
or the materials may be boiled in a
strong solution of nitrate of copper. II
IS also found practicable to insure the
desired effect by immersing the articles
IN solution of two ounces of nitrate of
iron and the same quantity of hyposul-
phite OF soda i'll half pint of water.
drying and Furnishing completing the
process. New York Telegram.