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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10

AS the landau was rolling past, Gwen
dolins had just time to notice, In the
thickening twilight, that il vas occupied
by Madame Ronceyille and her brother
when she In her turn was recognized, i as
Aunt Joan and she stepped hastily back
from the path Of the vehicle.
Gall it is Miss Alworth, cried out
Adele. Stop the coach, Alphonse.
want to speak with her.
The coachman, however, had overheard
her. and, understanding the motive of
her first words, had already brought up
the horses with round pull, after which
he put them to the turn.
Adele reached out her hand to Gwen
doline, as the latter came to the side of
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10
OCgE ENJOYS

OCvE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
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and refreshing to the taste, and acts
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Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
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aches and feyers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial inits
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made il
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in 300
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand viii pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA RE SKRUP. co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. AEw Y0hR. NJ
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CHOICE SACRED SOLOS For Soprano. Mezzo
Soprano or Tenor (SL) IS OF the most lovely sacred
songs suitable for solos in church for njnEment e
hntla Y
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THE BANKERS CRIME
oR
Diamond Cut Diamond.
BIZ NATHAN b. URNER.
CHAPTER XXI.
lAwYrn cRoAK AsroN1sHrp,

lUT o sud den
change had come
o yer the spirit
of poor Mr.. Al
worth's dreams,
and vainly did
Gwendoline seek
to catch his eye,
In order to ap-
prise him of the
fresh delusion
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tin, which are pounded into mass to
make sash-weights.
The regular ragpickers and junkmen
of the city also do thriving side trade
in keeping a sharp lookout for stray vail
uabeS. The housewife, dazzled with a
glittering array of new tin pans, very
often trades off vest or a coat Of
her faithful spouse, in which he
has left diamond stud or a roll of bills,
| or the like. Old pieces of furniture with
secret compartments all out of date and
old stoves are often made the reccpta-
cles of treasures-instance the one in
which man recently built a fire, never
dreaming that his wife had placed there
in savings amounting to several hundred
dollars, her thickhcadedneSS being of d
piece with the man who rolled four hun
dred dollars in newspaper, enyeiOped
it, put on two-cent stamp, and directed
it to his family in Germany. The pack
broke open in the mailing room before it
| left the city. In the large warehouses,
where rags are assorted by girls, very
rich finds sometimes occur. A valuable
diamond ring is an occasional windfall,
and money and minor articles of jewelry
very often reward d search through re-
jected garments. A dead baby was once
unearthed from package of rags,
and important papers sometimes drift
into this catch-all of caSt-off cloth
ing. Laundrymen who are disposed
to be dishonest reap a rich harvest
in studs, Sleeve-buttOns, and the like,
and ready-made clothing men occasionally
find a Toll of money in a suit that some
excited customer has tried on, and into
the pockets of which he has unwittingly
transferred his cash. Another class
of finders is the newspaper-grabbers
There were two men in Chicago some
time ago who claimed to have made a
living by gathering up newspapers left
! about by guests at hotels, and selling
them to laundrymen for wrapping pur-
poses. Not quite so honest are the gold
dust heaters, some of whom, it is alleged,
let their hair grow long, grease it thor
oughly, and, by running their fingers
through it constantly, carry home what
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machine had preceded him, and car
tracks, cutters and pavement were spick
and clean as a kitchen floor. Dust, coins
and all had been disturbed by the street.
sweeper, and wagons had carried away
the refuse. Then a regular system OF
operation was begun by the professional
finder. He learned where the city dump
ing grounds were located. Much like a
gold miner, he considered them his own
personal claim, but invaders came. A
fight or a division of spoil was necessary.
The latter system came into vogue, and
a visit to the various spots where the ref
use Of the city is dumped is likely to
reward the observer with some very
cdrious sights.
In a great city like Chicago the sweep
ing Of the streets comprise many hum
dred wagon loads daily. Some of this
refuse is loaded on Scows that are tOwed
out into the lake, where it is dumped,
but most of it is used to fill in abandoned
quarries, streets below grade, and the
like The finders work at q spot being
filled up is as business-like as that Of d
miner. So many peOp.e want their front
yards filled up with dirt that numerous
loads of street dust designed for the
dumping grounds never reach their in
tended destination. This saves time to
the cartman, and secures him tobacco
money. Most of the stuff, therefore,
that reaches the dumping grounds, con-
sists of the contents OF ash-boXes, garb-
age barrels, and the sweepings Of alleys.
When load arrives, the gang of pick
ers, usually numbering about half d
dozen, surround the wagon. AS soon as
the refuse reaches the ground, they be-
gin poking in and out the load, spreading
it about, prOdding it with their long
hooked sticks. One man looks
for bones only, another for glass,
third for iron, fourth for rags,
fifth for paper, sixth for
bottles. Having secured each his por-
ton of the plumber, they adjourn to a
spot near by, where they have roaring
fire burning. Surrounding it each man
has his heap. If piece of wood with
an iron bolt through it is found, it is
placed on the fire. In some loads from
hotels some good pieces of food or fruit
are found, and this comprises the lunch
of the finders. By nightfall they have
gathered quite bagful of truck, often
finding such valuabes as rings, coins,
knives, forks, spoons, dishes, copper bot
toms OF kettles, and especially scraps of
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the beach at fashionable watering
places. The action of the tide played
strange freaks with the valuable stray
coins and general articles dropped,
thrown away, or lost by frequenters of
the sandy shore. What yesterday COW
cred up to-day unearthed, and one pro-
fesSiOnal claimed to have ended a season
of keen picking in the sand several hum
dredS of dollars ahead. The business
then spread to the large Eastern cities.
At the first break of day the various
finders would pursue various routes.
Here would be package dropped from
some swift wagon in the darkness, may
be only a whip, d strap, a blanket, a
cushion, milk-can cover, bag of oats;
but all was fish that came to the finders
net. and occasionally a freight or eX-
press parcel, fine silk hat, an Overcoat,
a pocket-book, a watch, revolver would
reward his vigilance. The cutters were
carefully scanned. The scene of a street
fight revealed a lost pin or ring; tho
scene of robbery, purse dropped by
the thief in his flight. SpectacleS, UNI
brellas, gloves, wraps, and the like were
most frequently found near theaterS.
Stray coins were sure to be obtained
along the Street-car lines, and the early
SweepingS from saloons usually PANIED
out more than one sawduSt-coyered
quarter or dime. Soon, however. every
thirsty tramp, who was not too busy
.emptying out stale beer from kegs or
robbing clothes-lines in the early dawn,
SCOT onto the racket" as the saying
goes, and the streets were pretty well
scanned between dawn and sunrise.
Then the trade became less lucra-
tive and more systematic and diff
cult Various lines developed themselves,
and accidental findings were abandoned
for legitimate trade in the seeking line.
The eager seeker waiting for daylight
found that the work of civilization had
denuded his calling of half it's original
interest. He would hasten forth on his
quest to discern his accustomed course
already gone over. The understanding
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headquarters, where they may he recov-
cred by the loser. In winter, the street..
car barn men reap q rich reward for
their perseverance in sitting the hay
that is swept out of the cars, and many
coins and valuables are lost between the
car side and the window.
The nautical finder is the true finder,
after ALL He is termed a wharf rat, +"
a 'river pirate" a "bird OF prey" but he
plies an occupation that calls for hard
work and application, all the same. His
stamping-grOund is the river his outfit a
broad scow, pair of cars, and some
poles, hooks, and ropes. If an anchor is
lost he grapples for it, and very often
brings up valuable piece Of junk
puIleys, metal and often a watch or
money. The temptation to cut cable
leads him into trouble many times; but
the profession includes a fair average OF
honest workers. Another class fish only
fer fuel and loose lumber and the like.
Any one may become finder. A
story is told of a boy who found an
abandoned horse. He nursed it to health,
rugged up rattle-trap wagon, and
started out every day on the quest for
building material. He stole nothing, but
when he found dimension stone on the
prairie or in rut he carried it home.
Bricks the same, and piles OF lusnber
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THELAW NULL ANDVOID
ORIGINAL PACKAGE HOUSES
WILL OPEN AGAIN

The United States Court Holds that the
Prohibitory Laws of Iowa and Kansas as
They Now Stand Are WOrthless-Many
Saloons Already Optn.
Topeka (Kan.) dispatch.
The decision in the Rahrer habeaS-cor-
pus case, which is test of the Wilson
original package law, was filed by Judge
Foster of the (Kansas) United States
District Court and Judge Phillips OF the
Western Missouri District
The decision makes the prohibitory
law in Kansas imperative so far as
original packages are concerned, and
many original package houses have al
ready been opened for business in conSe-
quence of it.
In their argument the Judges say:
SIN brief, the contention of the State
is that the act of Congress enlarged the
scope and operation of the act of the
State Legislature, making that which was
legitimate business one day crime
the next, not under any law of Congress,
but against the law of the State. There
is nothing in the wording of the act i'm
plying that Congress assumed such a
power or intended to give such effect to
this enactment.
cat the time Congress passed the Will
son Dill III WIS well hUOM IL b1O IcCOS-
nized that the Supreme Court had de-
cided that such State prohibitory law
was void in so far as the dealer in i'm
ported liquors in the original package
was concerned. In other words, there
was no law and could be no law in exist
ence making such business crime. 1t
cannot be assumed that Congress desired
to introduce into the present police laws
of the State an article or subject hitherto
not included by those laws"
Again they hold:
"That it must be kept in mind that a
legislative act in conflict with the Con-
stitution is not only illegal or voidable
but it is absolutely void. 1t is as if
never enacted, and no subsequent change
of the Constitution removing the re-
striction could validate it or breathe
into it the breath Of life"
The result of the decision will be that
the liquor business will be carried on in
Kansas without restriction until the Leg
islature re-enacts the prohibitory law.
The Republican State Central Commit
tee has issued an address to the peO-
pie calling upon them to elect only such
men Us are pledged to the re-enactment
of all prohibitory laws now upon the
statute books of Kansas.
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@sfinding" business a part of their daily
labor.
A finder is a seeker, and a seeker a
man who finds. Finds what? A living.
Where? In the dust-heap, in the gar
bage-box, along the stree5s-abOye the
surface, under the surface = on the
water and under the water. Keen
eyes, quick hands, knowledge of
trivial values Lrther knowledge of
the laws of flOtsam and jetsam, all the
requisites to success in this unique call
dng, and precociOus children, shrewd
peddlers, professional junkmen, and
Migrants generally comprise the bulk of
the class
At first, the finder began business on
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TOLSTOi.
The Famous Author of the ''Kreutx 81
Sonata"

Sonata"
Count Leo Tolstoi, the Russian au-
thor, is in reality the founder and leader
ef new philosophical and religious
sect. Although Emile lola claims
that he has only adopted and barbar-
lied the ideas of the French realistic
school, he is accepted in Russia as an
original thinker and the preacher of a
new gospel. The Count comes of an
ancient aristocratic family, but he en-
phasizes his belief in the equality of
man by discarding the fashionable
trappings of the nobility and adopting
a style of dress which is sort of COM
promise between the costume of the
moujik, or peasant class, and that of
the mobiles. He wears loose-ftting
black blouse, an ordinary trousers, a
wide. brimless SLOUGH hat, and goes
without collars, cuffs, or ornaments Of
any kind.
Tolstoi was born on the estate where
he now resides, at Yasnaia Poliana, in
Southern Russia, and was educated at
the Moscow University. He entered
the army and had the same chance of
a brilliant career as other young Rus
sian mobiles, but his literary tastes and
strong convictions gave him an aver
sion to military life. After filling an
important civil function he finally re-
solved to devote himself to the propa-
cation Of his ideas through his books
and by personal teaching and example
among the peasantry in the neighbor-
hood of his home. He has written
numberless works, among the best
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FIGS AND THISTLES.
from III, Rams Horn

1t IS never night where God IS.
To sin against love is the basest OF
all SINS
A man with short head needs long
legs.
The devil never fishes wish bare
hook.
Love has no strap around her pocket
book.
Love is the ten commandments in So
luton.
A heart that has to keep when it
ought to give can not be happy.
If stinginess is disease, a good many
people are very unhealthy
When evil is overcome with good the
surrender is unconditional
Open the door for the penny, and
some day the dollar will come in.
That which is the most deadly the
devil makes most beautiful.
If there is no devil, where did the
whisky business come from?
The devil is in no hurry to push peo-
pie toward the pit to begin with.
Laziness is something for which
neither God nor man can grant forgive
ness.
Don't fret. if you can't see the corn
grow while YOU are ling is.
A good man on his knees weighs
more than the biggest captain in the
DEVILS army.
If you want God to become much tc
you. turn your back squarely on the
devil.
It is dangerous thing to be growing
rich faster than you are growing IN
grace.
When men take walk with the devil
they expect to say good-by at the next
corner.
The devil will never stop going tc
church as long as leading professors
leave their money at home.
No man ever appropriates to his own
use money that belor IS to God without
being made poor by doing it.
To know that God stands between us
and every danger gives the sweetest
peace any soul can ever know.
If the Ethiopian could change his
skin it would throw q good many men
out of employment in politics.
mo harm to do this, and no harm to
do that" generally means to take an
other step toward peruition.
The church is full of people who dc
not know the meaning of the word
given from actua, experience.
The man who tries to be Christian
without making any change in his hab
it's causes the devil no uneasineess.
Gods greatest desire is to give him
self to us. The real soul of sin is tc
oppose his wish.
Shadows have no claws; they carry
no swords, and fire no guns. but they
brighten many people to death.
People who boast that they never die
any harm are generally those who
haven't done much good.
Serving riches. instead of making
riches serve you. is the most piteous O.
all poverty. It is slavery.
God does not ask where you have
been or what YOU have been doing. He
wants to know where you are now.
If you want to have power for God
know for yourself that there is not Sc
cret sin hiding in your own heart.
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Funny John Allen.

Private John Allen, of Tupelo, in
the State of Mississippi, is now, be-
yond dispute, the leading humorist in
the House of Representatives, says
ChGher's Washington letter. He is
not comical man to look at. If you
have followed him closely in the news
papers you will understand, when you
first see him lolling in his chair on the
middle aisle, or rolling out new story In
his quaint Southern dialect and nasal
voice, why an irreverent paragrapher
suggested that he wear moth balls IN
his hat. The middle place of his top
head is supplied with irregular little
tufts of hair, that half conceal and halt
disclose his scalp.
The man is sensibly funny. His wit
is of the logical sort, always used as
much to turn an argument as to arrest
attention and amuse Allen was a
pupil in the office Of Justice Lamar.
Meeting the Judge in an avenue herdic
few DAYS ago, [ told him one OF
Aliens latest jokes. The Judge did
not smile, but pondered. Presently
he broke out:
office no one suspected him of being
funny. I found it out afterward. l
had promised to speak at a meeting
down there, and was late.
when I entered the hall Allen was
speaking. He had just begun. He
saw me, and he at once announced that
he had only consented to speak after
much urging. L shall give you great
disappointment said he, for shall
make way for another speaker, man
W no has prepared for the occasion, and
who would be much more disappointed
than you if I did not listen to him. If
YOU knew more about me you would IN
some measure be prepared for the
shock / am about to give you. L see
Colonel Lamar back here in the hall.
Knowing how greatly he enjoys maxi
ing speech, aud the fine assumption
of attention that he is always able to
command from an audience, / will dis
appoint you in your expecta ion of
hearing me. and yield the platform to
Colonel Lamar
Allen has been vastly amused at be-
ing described in one Of the Northern
papers as fre-eater. He has about
as much Of the manner of the fire
of tradition as Mr.. Augustin DAILY. He
is a story-teller with an inexhaustible
budget. He tells a new story every
day, and he has furnished more enter
tanning paragraphs to the newspapers
this session than all the other mem
bers combined.
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and nails were so be had for the seeking
in the vicinity &C new blocks of houses.
In year he had the material to build a
house, and he did It, The finding trade
is an exciting one, sometimes a lucrative
one, but the inexperienced had far better
find employment, sure and regular, than
start out in a line tka9 makes vagrant
and chance worker Of it's votary, at the
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Newsy Paragraphs.

The hop crop Of Oregon Tor 1870 is es-
timated at IS, 900 bales.
New towns arc springing up in Mary
land and growing like Jonah's gourd
IL st. Louis there are no Easements
used as stores, restaurants, or saloons.
An orange measuring a foot in cir
cumferencc has been found in Starke,
Fla.
A NEW daily paper has been started at
Cloverdale, Ky, called the Dairy Girl.
SOME SIKH convicts are now working
on the tunnel through Pigeon Mountain,
Georgia.
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thing of this new and strange class,
which probably came into existence in
the guise of an INDECENT tramp or beg
gar, and has been recruited since from
the ranks of ragpickerS, garbage-col-
IectOrs, and the like, until, in a city like
Chicago, many thousands make the
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The Newest Fan Hen Story.

Bill Thatcher, of Bedford, West
chester County, Pa. tells startling
story regarding his curious adventure
w.ile killing some fowls few Sundays
ago. He was preparing for an extern
siye Sunday dinner ard killed three
fowls. "The last one," saws Bill, Gin
stead of Topping around like an ordin-
airy hen and dying when its head was
cut off, got up and walked about ten
feet, laid an egg and then gave up the
ghost. In the meantime the fowls
head cackled for nearly IL minute be-
fore that, too. became quiet.
A NOBLE gentleman; he stands in
the face of honor.
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S'FindGrs." What is q "fnder?" You
would PROFOUND the query indefinitely
among the higher ranks of society with
out obtaining d satisfactory answer, but
the reporter or policeman, the average
man about town, generally know some
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known OF which are "Anna Karenina, :"
"War and Peace" Before Tilsit, ="
"The Invasion" "Borodino," and his
latest work, "Kreutzer Sonata" which
has called forth so much criticism
Tolstoi has had thirteen children
born to him, of whom eight are now
living, the youngest being only few
years old. He speaks English and
French fuently, and is close student
of Western literature. But his chief
studies are among the peasantry. At
certain seasons of the year he receives
large numbers of them, who come on
pilgrimages to see him and to seek his
advice, and recently he walked all the
way from Moscow to his home, dis
lance of over two hundred miles, stop
ping In the peasants calins on the way
and sharing their humble fare. When
he adopted his present mode of life he
learned the trade of shoemaker and
has worked at it constantly ever since,
besides laboring daily at ordinary farm
and garden work His food is of the
simplest. He has given up the use of
about the only luxury he INDUCES in
is tea
GIANT heart never won fair lady"
or conquered difficulties, or achieved
glory; but insolent assumption is more
contemplate than a lack of moral cour-
age. Be determined, fearless, ener-
getic-not impudent. Stick up for your
own rights with all your soul and all
your strength, but never infringe a
h:ir's-breadth on the rights of others.
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HE carelessness
and eXtravaga
of residents of
alargc cities have
lgiven rise to a
new industry dur
ing the past few
years, and no
better name has
been found to
designate the fol-
lowers Of this
modern aVocatiOn
t h an t h a t Of
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SOME people are always agetting in to
a box, and asking you to lift the lid.
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flinders. AND KEEPERS.
THE PEROUISITES OF THE RAG
PICKER'S PROFESSION.

sam and Jetsam of "a Great City-What
the World LOscs and What the World
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A GOOD memory is blessing, says a
writer And it is one that wealth can
not buy. Just look at man who sud
denly becomes rich. He cannot even
remember the faces of his old friends.
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amounts to quite q pile when combed out
at night.
Another line OF finders include the
conductors on street-cars. The number
of articles left in omnibuses and street
and railway cars is something Incredible.
Usually valuables lost in these public
conyexances are taken to the company's
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WE suppose q nose my be said to be
broke when it hasn't got scent