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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-08-29
The Bsus,ss.us For.s-..r.

Mrs. Micawber, IN" David copperheld,"
when about to sail with her Away impe-
cunious husband for Australia, announces
that she wishes that husband 10 take his
stand upon the vessels prov and firmly
say: This country have come 10 con-
queri Have you honors2 Have you
richess Have you posts Of profitable pc
euniary emolumentl Let them be brought
forward. They are mine" Fiction is
always behind reality, and no fancied
Micawber ever carried his effrontery so
far as many instances, well authentic
ated, in actual life. When, for instance,
the Hungarian general, Klapka, had been
invited by some agent Of Mr.. Stewards
to serve in our army during the civil
war, he wrote TO Gen. Mcclellan, giving
his terms. Those terms were that he
should be paid 500, 900 in cash; that his
annual salary should be $25, 900; that he
shonld serve as Gen. McClellan's chief of
staff for short time, until familiar with
English, and should then take McClel-
lan's place at the head Of the American
army. There was nothing unexampled
about this. Wemeek and patient Ameri-
cans are constantly in the position of be-
ing lectured on manners by foreigners so
i'll bred that, were they Americans, they
would never have second invitation
into &ell bred company; on pronuncia-
tion and language by persons unable to
make themselves heard before an audi
ence; on the graces IL literature and art
by orators who cannot even dispose OF
their own arms and legs without the
greatest discomfort Long suffering as
we are by nature, Americans have hae
so much put upon them in these ways
that the revenge taken in Europe BY
Barnum and Buffalo Bill seems hardly
too severe an international retribution.-
T. w. H. in Harper's Bazaar.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-08-29
Proposed Amendment to the CunsHtu-
tlon Of Ohio,
t A X A TION
AMENDMENT NO. 1.

SECTION 1. Be Il resolved by the General A seem
bly, OF the State Of Ohio That proposition shall be
submitted to the electors Of this state, on the first
Tuesday after the nrst Monday in November, 1889,
to amend Section 2, of Article XII, Of the Consti-
tuition OF the State OF Ohio, that 1t shall read as
follows:
ARTICLE XII.
SEC, Q. The General Assembly shall provide Tor
the raising Of revenue for the support OF the state
and local governments; but taxes shall be UNIFORM
on the same class OF subjects. Burning grounds,
public school-housea, houses used exclustVeiy for
poblic worship institutions Of purely public chari-
ty public property used exclusively for any public
purpose and personal property to amount not ex-
ceedng In value two hundred dollars for each tndi-
viduAl, may, by general laws, be exempted from
taxation; and the value Of all property so exempted
shall, from time TO time, be ascertained and pub
lshed, as may be directed by law.
SECTION 2. At such election those electors desir-
ing to vote for such amendment may have placed
upon their ballots the words Taxation Amend
ment-Yes, !" and those opposed to such amendment
may have placed upon their ballots the words
"Taxation Amendment-No."
SECTION 3. This amendment shall take effect on
ELBERT L. LAMPsON,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
THEO. f. DAVIS,
President pro tenn. Of the Senate.
Adopted April 0, 1889.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONO,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
I, Daniel J. Ryan, Secretary of state OF the State
Of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing Is 0
true copy of joint resolution adopted by the Gen
era Assembly OF the State Of Ohio, on the 9th day
Of April, A. D: 1889, taken from the original rolls
filed in this office.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto subscribed
my name, and affixed my official seal
[sEAL.1 at Columbus, the 18th day Of April, A. d
1889. DANIEL ]. RYAN,
Secretary Of State.
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plration Of their respective terms Of once.
sEc. Z. The judges of the several courts. and al
STATE, county township, and municipal ofhceTE, IN
once uhen tnin amendment takea eject, Fhuii cou-
tinue IN once until ther Successors elected and
qualhed.
SEC. s. Atsuen election those electors DESIRING
20 vote for such amehdmeut may have placed upon
their ballots the words "BieuniAl Elections-Y Yea"
and thoss opposed TO such amendment may have
placed upon their ballots the words biennial Elec-
tions-Eo."
NOAH II. kLBAUGH,
Speaker pro TEN. OF the House Of Representatives.
WM. c. LYON,
President Of Ihe Senate.
Adopted April IS, 1889.
UNITED STATES or AMERICA, 0HIo,
OPPIcE OF THE SECRETAKY OF STATE. (
L Daniel ]. Ryan, Secretary OF State Of the State
ofOhio, do hereby certify that the foregoing Il q
true copy Of Joint resolution adopted by the Gen.
eral Assembly OF the State Of Ohio, the l5th day
Of April. A. D. 1859, taken from the original rolls
hed In this oihce.
In testimony Whsrsof, have hsrcunto subscribed
my name, and fiKed my ofhciAl seal,
TsEAL.l atColumbus, the 10Th day OF April, A. d.
1889. DANIEL J. RYAN,
Secretary OF State.
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My Neighber's Chickens.

OF all the nuisanoes1hnt make
ArurAl life Aceursed,
Ny neighbor's ehiehens take the cake
For being just the worst.
Irise bstimes to plant bed;
Az soon - I'm away
Those hens, by the big rooster led,
March in aud spend the day.
And when hasten home at night
To zee my lLbors crowned,
Those chickens, with . cyclones might,
Have scratched my pretty ground. .
Ny wife the baby leaves alone
To shoe those hens away,
But az she cannot throw . stone,
They lsngh at her and stay.
Around ny house lie little seen
But dusty holes and dirt;
They eat the grass before it's green
And all my flowers hurt.
Ny neighbor has garden, too,
And keeps Il looking hDe,
For he has trained his pirate crew
To ny right into mine.
In case / shoot the feathered plaques
Igo 10 jail. alsckI
Ifin my yard they drop some eggs
MY neighbor wants them back.
Beneath my window ere the dawn
His rooster comes to crow.
Till I, half crazy. seek the lawn
And chase II with hoe.
Hive in strife and misery,
Because my neighbor tries
To handle chickens that should be
Upon farm Of size
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-08-29
The Cutest Little Things.

"Cutev' he echoed. "Well. don't know
as the adjective would have occurred to me
in Just that connection. But if you mean
that they do their work thoroughly, yet make
no fuss about it; cause no pain or weakness;
and, in short, are anything that pill ought
to be, and nothing that it ought not, then l
agree that Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pei
lets are about the cutest little things going:"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-08-29

Aaronson, the Minneapolis man for
whom a public subscription was raised
to send him to Pasteur, in Paris, for
treatment for the rabies, got as far as
New York, and then treated himself
till his money was gone. He then
started for home madden than ever.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-08-29

designs for funerals of fresh-cut
flowers" is one of the unconventional
signs in Philadelphia.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-04-06
THE VIOLIN's VOICE.
A Pathetic Story of Musician and Dy-
ing Child.

A Pathetic Story of Musician and a Dy-
ing Child.
The dark angel of death was stand
ing outside the musicians door, for
little Annita, Maestro Narditti's child,
was fading away: no tears, no prayers
could avail, not even Carissima's
lovely voice. Carissima's voice
was hushed now; the maestro had
no heart to take up his dearly
loved violin and play to soothe his sor-
row, as he had done many years ago,
when his wife died and left his little
one behind. Heaven had given him
the gift of genius and had bidden him
call aloud to the world. So Carissima
and he had played together. through
sickness and sorrow and success, and
through all the changing scenes of
life they had been faithful friends.
They had just come back from the
crowded hall; the people said that never
before had the maestro played so beau
tifully and that never before had the
violin's voice sounded so mournful and
pathetic. Well, you see, they did not
know the reason; but we do, for both
were thinking of the little dying girl,
and how could their thoughts be any
thing but sorrowful, or the outward ex-
preston of those thoughts be any thing
but mournful? The father was weep
ing by his child's bedside. But she
said: ''Do not weep; sing to me-sing
me to sleep, for l am so weary, dear
father, and the evening has been SC
long without thee"
Then he rose and played to her, and
she closed her eyes and listened happi-
ly to Carissima's voice. It sang a
song without words-the music alone
told the tale-Of pure young life, too
pure for earth, and therefore to be
taken away to that fair land where
only the good and pure and true
dwell. Yet it was hard to leave the
earth, harder still to leave the dear
ones behind, and to know that they
would be disconsolate; and here the
yiolin's voice sObbed and trembled as
if from sorrow, and the melody be-
came sadder and softer, as if describ
ing the very parting which. was soon
to take place; then the lingering notes
died away and the maestro's hand was
still.
.Is that ALP" murmured the child;
'oh, play againr' Once more he
raised his bow on high, and the air re-
sounded with psalm of triumph-the
same melody, but no longer soft or
sad, for the gates of the fair land were
opened wide, and amid this jubilant
strain the child passed away with the
angel of death. Orange Judd FarmA''
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-04-06
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
JACK AND DICK.

Two boys who once grew up together,
Grew up in the same old town,
But one is now a sclpegrace, rather,
And one has gained renown.
Two boys who started out in living,
Each in a different way,
And differently took the worlds free giving,
And so they are different to-day.
Jack, he ha n widowed mother
And Dick was rich mans boy;
Jack had always his wishes to smother,
While Dick had every Joy.
Jack earned his own bread and butter
And part of his mothers, too;
And often the wish was heard to utter,
That he had more work to do
Jack got out at the elbows often,
Grew too fast for his clothes;
Had but little his lot to soften
But his cheeks were red as a rose.
Dick wore clothes of the finest order,
Nothing he seemed to lack;
Always father, a careful warder,
TO keep all hardness back.
One studied hart 20 go. tllro1 1s1r- GO lIelse.
No hinderance the other knew;
One found thorny the way to knowledge,
The other was pushed right through.
Ones muscles grew fabby, and check grew
faded,
One grew stout and strong,
AS bravely and proudly and all unaided,
He wrestlod his way along
Now, to-day in the halls of the nation
Is heard Jack pow werful voice;
And Jack in his proud and lofty station,
Does something but make noise
For he labors well among his peers
None ever ask if he
Had enough to eat in the long-gone years
If his pants were out at the knee.
Dick and oh! how hate to tell it,
He is poor eak thing.
He'd heritage, but he had to sell it,
Just living to bring.
Only a cumbeTer, not one needed,
In all the worlds great strife,
A man who is scarcely ever needed
That's what he's done with life.
Works a little. drinks strong liquor,
His children cry for bread;
And he's travelling down, and daily quicker
Down to drunkard's bed;
Life pampered one and strengthened the other.
1T is good to bear the yoke"
Honorable Jack tells every brother;
Word truer he never spoke.
Hard are the blows which shape to beauty
The marble cold and white,
And rough is the poor boys path of duty,
Il it leads to a golden height
So all you Jacks keep on your trying,
Trying and trying again
Rich and poor with each other vying,
AS often the poor will win.
-Pansy.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-04-06
NAPHTHA SMELLING.
The Latest Female Vice Discovered in the
Metropolis of Culture.


The latest female vice is intoxication
by naphtha. 1t is not drunk. The
fumes of it are simply inhaled, induc-
ing, so the inebriates say, particular
ly agreeable eXhilaratiOn. Not even
hasheesh, it is understood, begets more
fascinating dreams or more gorgeous
visions of splendor. The girls in the
rubber factories, of which there are a
great number in Boston and it's neigh
borhOod, are greatly addicted to this
novel form of drunkenness. In such
establishments naphtha is use in enor-
nous quantities to cleanse the rubber,
being kept in big boilers closed against
the air. To the valves of these boilers
the young women employees readily OBJ
tain access, and breathe the ex-
halations therefrom, some I'M
lucky accident having betrayed
to chance eXperimenter the
abominable secret. The notion is said
to have been brought originally from
Germany by immigrant labOrers in
petticOats. Now the manufacturers
propose to put a stop to the evil by
keeping the valves carefully locked.
An overdose of naphtha fumes brings
on hysterical cOnvulsions and other
unpleasant symptoms. The habit,
lOng-followed, causes a swelling of the
face and other parts of the body, with
dropsy to follow, and some times cpl
lepsy. On the whole, it is difficult to
know which of these new-fangled vices
for women to recommend. There is
ether-drinking, laughing gas and tea
eating, beside the naphtha. The con-
scientious pursuit of any one of them
will surely lead to the lunatic asylum,
You pays your money-as one might
remark-and you takes your CHOICE
Boston Letter.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-04-06
VOLUME XVIII.
The sESr ANGEL OF ALL.

From the portals of Eden forth banished, our
mother,
Poor Eve, looking back whore the lurid
sword shone,
Had doubtless a heartache so bi: ter no other
In ali the worlds annals such sorrow hath
known.
And yet, had she dreamed that what seemed so
distressing
Had comfort beneath it, and ease for the
pain,
fancy, the tears at their fountain repr essing,
She had uttered thanksgiving at blessing for
bane.
In the moment when Eden was barred from
their vision,
To Adam and Eve came visitant high,
With the light on his brow of a beauty Elysian,
The grace in his port of guest from the sky,
And hand in their hands laid he lightly. and
strong
Was the voice of his greeting compelling and
glad,
Till The pulse of their being upleaped like a
song,
And straight they forgot to be fearful and
sad.
o daughter OF Eve, would you know that d.
vnest
That holiest comforter after the fall,
That seraph whose miss on forever is finest,
The one, mid all angels. best angel of all? =
Not Peace, and not Faith. and not Love, and
The angel we call when the mists gather
murl;
Nay. Heaven itself stoops this angel to guer-
don:
His name let me whisper-"tho Angel of
Work.
Margaret Z. Sangster, in Harper's Bazaar.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-04-06
PITH AND POINT.

Dying is not the worst thing that
can happen to man.
He who is of no use to himself is
of no use to any yOne.-Danish Proverb.
The further inland you go the
more ready you find people to express
opinions as to how yachts should be
built and managed.-Somerville Jour
nal.
"A great man is happiest when he
can sit down and write his memoirs
and forget all the mean things he
knows about himself.-N. o. Picayune.
There is no calling that is not
made better by brains. No matter
what a mans work is, he is better
man for having thorough mind drill
ing.-Beecher.
No money is better spent than
what is laid out for domestic satisfac-
ton. A man Is pleased that his wife
is dressed as well as other people, and
the wife is pleased that she is dressed.
johnson.
The man who don't work himself,
and who won't let other men work,
chance to work. And then he finds
that the longest hours are hours of
idleness.
He who can govern himself can con-
troll others. An irritable man, whom
any one can excite, is like horse kept
at livery, ridden by every one, and
spurred by each rider. Nobody is so
little his own master as he who can
be stirred at another's will. Any body
can eject him from his castle. Once a
Week.
Enjoy the Titles of every day. The
great favors of fortune come to but a
that the quiet, homely joys, which are
within the reach of all, are infinitely
the best. Then let us not cast them
away, but treasure every sunbeam, and
get all the light and warmth from it
that the blessing holds.
The day-laborer, who earns with
horny hand and the sweat of his brow
coarse food for a wife and children
whom he loves, is raised, by this
generous motive, to true dignity; and
though wanting the refnements of
life, is nobler than those who think
themselves absolved by wealth from
serving others. Y. Ledger.
Life has its glimpses which we
would do well to cherish and make the
most of. Never do we see or know,
much less do we feel or experience,
the whole Of any thing. Only by re-
ceiving little by little as it comes to us,
eagerly yet patiently, and putting to-
gether what we receive as skillfully as
me may, do we attain any degree of
clear or true conception. He who in
sists on more than this will forfeit all.
1t is we'll to keep in mind that no
day leaves us just where and as it
found u.s. We are with each depart
ing day older in time and nearer to the
grave. Some addition for good or i'll
is made to the record of life. We are
made better or worse. Habit becomes
little stronger. Our opportunities in
life lessen. The need of dispatch in
the work of life increases. We have
less time to waste. The danger of de-
lay augments. ts.-Independent.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-04-06
NUMBER 10.

any one contradicted him. He remains
ed grimly silent for a moment, and
then, striding into the house, came out
with large jug of water.
'Look ZEE here, young man." said
he, gruff1y, "when man contradicts
me, he's got to prove his words. Now,
bark ye, be goin' to put that jug on
the top O. this here gate-post, and
neither you. nor /, nor anybody else IL
go nigh it till tomorrow morning, and
then, if the earth does turn round, as
you say, it'll upset the Jug"
And away went Mr.. Thorley intD the
house with a hoarse chuckle, feeling
confident that he had caught this young
man in trap.
But he did not feel quite so triumph
ant when he came out at sunrise the
next morning, for during the night a
thirsty COW had come up to the gate,
and, in its clumsy efforts to drink the
water, had knocked down the jug and
split all the contents.
Whom the farE Red out aG DAY
break, all read pcrow over the
"book-learned young chap" the first
thing that he saw was his jug lying
empty on the ground, with its handle
broken off,
"Well, lad" said he to Fred Mason,
who appeared in the doorway at that
moment, ''thee was right. If hadn't
seen that wi my own eyes I'd ne'er ha'
believed it; but seein' is believin', sure
enough. David Ker, in Little Folks.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-04-06

it hard with a rough stone, being
careful not to tear the skin. Take it
up and rub it hard between the hands.
The more you rub it the softer it will
get, and you can make it as soft as a
glove. The brains will keep it perma-
nently soft. The use of brains, with
plenty of hard rubbing, is the secret
of the much-prized 'Indian tan. !"
That is the way the Indians tanned
their buffalo robes, and skins so tanned
were always more valuable on the
market than those dressed in our tan
neries.-E. Hough, in St. Louis Globe
Democrat,
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-04-06
A Novel Bridge Test.

The old wooden bridge, known as
the Lower bridge, at Bridgeport
Conn, which was built in 1871, has
been removed, and new one of mod
ern construction has taken it's place.
When the new bridge was completed
and ready to be tested, the first test
was made with seventeen-ton road
roller. The mayor of the city then
suggested to Mr.. P. T. Barnum that
the test be further made by having
twelve of his elephants pass over it.
These heavy animals, the aggregate
weight of which was about thirty-fve
tons, were led down and across the
bridge. The detection under this
weight, and that of the crowd which
was in attendance, was only one-eighth
of an inch, and the test was declared
satisfactory.-BOs Budget.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-04-06

"A Litchfeld, On. " man has a
curious cat. When any of the family
are peeling potatoes he ''cuts up" at
great rate until he is fed some raw po-
tatoes. He usually eats from one to
three. He also eats apples, but his IA
vorite dish is muskmelons. If a musk
melon is brought into the house secret
ly, he will know it as quickly as most
cats would if it were raw beef. He will
Jump up, NEW, and run around alter a
piece of it. and act as wildly over it as
most cats do over mice,
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-04-06

Cliff dwellings are found in great
numbers in Morocco which are now,
and probably have been, inhabited
from the time of their first construc-
ton. These dwellings in all particu-
lars are like those found in Arizona
and New Mexico on this continent,
The Progress., 1889-04-20
NATURAL SCULPTURE.

Tho Exceptional Geological Interest Of
Mount Rorailna.
Though the Yellowstone Park is, so
far as we know, the most rem arkable
geological and scenic region on the
earth, there are other spots of ex-
ceptional geological interest, notably
Mount Roraima, in British Guiana, or
rather at the junction Of British
Guiana and Brazil with Yenezuela.
The summit OF this mountain is a
curiosity in mrial denudation. As de-
scribed by MI: In Thurn, who was the
first TO ascend to the top, it presents
q fine example Of natural sculpture.
The step was taken, !" he says, ..and
we saw surely as strange I, sight, r.
ggarded simply as a product Of nature.
as may be seen in this world; nay, ii.
would probably not be rash to assert.
that very few sights even as
strange can be seen. The first
impression was one of inability
mentally to grasp such surroundings;
the next that one was entering on:
some strange country Of Nightmares
for which al appropriate and wildly
fantastic landscape had been forueed,#
some dreadful ana stormy day. when
in their mid-career The broken and.
elastic clouds had been stiffened in Il
single instant into stone. Far all
around were rocks and pinnacles Of
rocks Of seemingly impossibly fantas-
tic forms, standing in apparently i'm.
possibly fantastic ways, nay, placed
one on or next to the other. in posi-
tions seeming to defy every law Of.
ggraviiy--rocks in groups, rocks stand-
ing singly, rocks in terraces, rocks as
columns, rocks as walls, and rocks as
pyramids. rocks ridiculous at every.
point with countless apparent carica-
tures Of the faces and forms Of men
and animals, apparent caricatures Of
umbrellas. tortoises, churches,
cannons and of iinnumerable
other most incongruous and
unexpected objects. Aud be-
tween the rocks were level spaces.
never of great extent, of pure yelloW
sand. with straamlets and little water
falls, and pools and shallow l,kele!s S
OF pure water; and in some places.
there were little m;,rshes filled with
low, scanty and brislling vege. alton.
And here and there, alike #on lev,
space and jutting from some erevice
~ the roes. were small shrubs. in