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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-28

Ii was true that GEunar's tather had
killed = man in Norway, and that had
been the prime cause OF his emigrating TO
the United States. lie had scarcely been
to blame, however. for the homicide, for
OsmuRd Galt had aSt9oked him fTst, and
he had 70 kill him in self defense. So the
judge declared, though he WAS by no
means fsvorAbly disposed toward the de-
fend&rt, and Hans Matson was acquitted.
1t was, rs usual, girl that was at the
bottom of the trouble, for Hans snd o.
mund had been asDlrants for the hand OF
har1hS Yik, and she had preferred Hans.
This WAS the harder TO bear for Osmund,
because his rival WAS hRrumscarum sort
of fellow who was not even born in the
valley, and had therefore no right 10 carry
OF one OF tSe pretSiest girls before the
noses Of a dozen olai0le natives. VOL,
the end Of il. as have said, was SD, and
it seemed The saddcr bocauss Osrnand, who
vas a widower, left TWO small children 10
lament his death.
After his acquit1al Hans bought ticket
for New York, and the story was told
though some preteoded 10 doubt IT, that
Martha followed him to ChristiAnia and
met him On board the steamer when land
" ~ WI VA II Sht CAS Was OcSpes'lteiN IN
love With him, people said. However that
may be, sure II was that they were married
by Lutheran missionary in New York.
and dnrinR the same spring took homestead
land in Minnesota. But somehow Hans did
not turn out Is good farmer "a his wife
had expected. Hs worked BY fts and
starts, but was more interested in learning
English than in burning suumps. Nearly
every cent he had b-,nght wl;h him went
for live stock and e.. rIcGltural in pleuents,
and VIXEN, sT5sr = IL. cradle summer IN a
dugeut, simple los house Was completed
Snd sheds were built fer ohe castle they
had 70 mortgage the farm in order 20 meet
expenses Then GaRnsT was bora, and
things went sJrai for awhile Hans
took hold Of the - work in good esrnsa.
and met the first pc ,rlent on the llortSsCe.
bat then he lsDsed into rasdRstlon 2gsir
and his old resri essness got tie upper hand
He had an ides that Il he could hreal,
away from hls couRcryHen and all Sorse
associations he had fair chance OF win
ming fame and fortune among the Amer
cans. He brosched tee idea cautiously 10
hls wife. who was - terrified az il that he
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-28
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-28

proper interval Lad been allowed for diges-
ton the fddlers tuned up their Instruments
and the dance commenced The girls, in
fresh calico and muslin dresses. stood
squeezed together in the hall, giggling and
whispering. Somebody among them was
awfUlly witty, and made sarcastic observa-
tions on the men, which made the rest
nearly explode with laughter. The young
lads hung about the outskirts Of thecrowd,
advanced and again retired with a sheepish
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-28

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When the tesstinS was 3; a. end and
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23

It is an accepted axiom of logic and
philosophy that every effect has a cause.
In our national legislative halls there has
been a fracas both distressing and dis
graceful. Columbia blushed rosy red to
the roots Of her luxuriant hair, and the
American eagle was seen to put his head
under his wing. That was theeffect- Now
for the cause. Lard seems to have made
all the sputter, but to find original cause
philosophy suggests deeper study. II
will be remembered that certain demo-
MACS requested at one time to be domi-
ciled in the bodies of lot of hogs.
They rushed down steep place INTO
the sea. A pig cannot swim. If he
tries to do so he cuts his own throat, but
may it not be possible that a few Of
them scrambled out? The law of hered-
ity is fact, physiological verify. !
have always held that pork (at least
some pork was full of evil spirits. Now
lard is product Of pork. All men are
influenced by their environment, more
or less. Congressman are only men, so
that it is just possible that the primitive
cause Of all this trouble can be traced
to those devil endowed swine from the
sea coast of the Gadarenes. Put the
blame just where it belongs.-Pittsburg
DISPATCH .
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
Each Wanted the Earth.

Several people have been accused at
different times of wanting the earth, but
only within q few months has the de-
mand for it become SO great that the
contestants have taken the matter into
the courts. In the operation of tele-
phone system or an electrical railway
line considerable expense is saved if the
earth can be used for the return circuit.
Generally the telephone companies have
been first in the field, and have taken
the earth for their own use.
When the electric railway came, how
ever, and also took the earth, there was
music, in the telephones of sort not at
all pleasing to the subscribers. The
leakage of current from the railway line
raised havoc with the feeble telephone
current. In great number of cases the
telephone companies have appealed to
the courts to make the electric rail
ways stop using the earth" but it has
generally been held that the fact of
prior possession avails nothing, and any
one who wishes may have the earth to
use. The telephone companies will
generally construct complete metallic
currents to get rid of their trouble, and
leave the electric railways in serene pos
session of the earth. Engineering News.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23

Henry A. Ebert a veteran peach
grower Of Delaware. says that the real
cause Of the peach failure is that in
Delaware, as well in most of the other
peach growing states, the soil has abso,
lutely exhausted itself for peach pro-
duction. That is really the secret, and
the reason why the peach crop, especially
of Delaware, has been growing less and
less in proportion to the amount Of work
expended upon it during the last ten
years. Peach growers as general thing
in America have made considerable
money! and have made it easily. ~
The care of their trees, once they reach
the bearing stages, costs but little, and
the conservative old fellows sat down in
their farm houses quietly and Just let
the price of the rich fruit drop into their
laps. They starved the soil, and they
are now reaping theconsequences. They
are beginning to find out that the soil OF
a peach orchard requires fertilizers just
as much as the wheat farm does, and
until such aids to fruit growing have
been properly used the peach crop can
not be expected to be as generous one
as it has been for several years past
New York Star. eT
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
Amcr,can wbeeIn,en,s Leacue.

The League of American Wheelmen
has experienced a remarkable growth,
having increased tenfold since its organ
ization Before 1891 it will probably
reach a membership Of 10000. "Ad-
vancement of wheeling" has always been
the motto of the league, and the good
roads of the country owe their condition
to the efforts of this band of cyclists. In
1880 ninety riders assembled in New.
port to form an organization for Their
protection and for highway improve.
ment. From this seed the league has
sprung with mushroomlike growth, un-
til its societies extend into all parts oi
wheeldom. The practical advantages
of membership consist in the assistance
of the whole body to secure better roads
in neglected localities, legal assistance
when road privileges are denied riders
and reduced rates at the league hotels
which are located in all important citiel
of the country.-New York Telegram.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
A Ghost as n Witness.

There was once "ghost in court" con-
nected with the memorable Belt case.
Since then the phantoms have not trou-
bled the high court very much. But
there is an action pending, all about a
will, in which specter forms leading
feature, and will possibly be called as a
witness. A ghost in the witness box
would cause forensic sensation of the
first order, and would "clear the court"
more speedily than the efforts of dozen
ushers. The way in which the phantom
"comes in" to this particular case seems
to be that the testator, being dissatisfied
with his testamentary dispositions, revis-
tied earth by the glimpses of the moon
told the sexton all about it. "But, /" and
Lord Justice Bowen pertinently in
quired, lean what ghost says to a SEX
ton be taken as evidence against any
bodyP The legal view would be that
such testimony required substantial cor
roboration, but we know from 'Silas
Marne' that 'ghostesses' do not care
about being believed in by the hopelessly
ignorant. London Telegraph.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
A Vicious Rooater.

Frank Werren, who lives in Shame.
kawa, Ore, had little child almost
killed by rooster the other day. The
rooster is of the Leghorn variety and
very vicious, and never hesitates to at
tack any one that comes within its reach.
The child, which is about a year and a
half old, was out in the yard, when the
rooster attacked her, knocking her down
and inficting with bis spurs two deer
gashes over the left temple and making
an ugly wound over the right eyebalL
Had the rooster struck her little lower
it would probably have ruined the eye.
sight of the left eye The child will re.
Chicago Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23

A singular story, which the genius Of
o Hoffman or Poe might make ex-
tremely effective, is that Of man in In
diana who seems to have been haunted
by an evil spirit in the form Of a rat-or
at least that is the form the idea would
probably take in the story. i.4- 'a I.
Some twenty years since he was feed
ing grain in threshing machine, when
rat ran across the floor of the barn
where he was at work. He turned to
watch it, and allowed his hand to be
drawn into the machine in his absent
mindednsss His hand was torn of, and
he has since been forced to make shift
with the remaining hand. which fortu-
nately was the right. a
A few days since, so the story goes, he
was feeding a threshing machine in the
same place, when again a rat ran across
the floor. Remembering the old acci-
dent he vented his indignation in vio-
lent kick at the animal. when his foot
slipped, he lost his balance, and in re-
covering himself he let his right hand be
drawn into the machine, and it was in
turn pulled off as the other had been.
The story is curious one, and full Of
possibilities in the way of development
Of its marvellous side. It could be car
ried little farther, and the crowning in
cident be made the death of the victim
of the malevolent haunting rat.-Boston
Courier.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23

''Never until this year have / been so
glad 70 see the schools begin" said a
prominent citizen. ..s-5
"Whyp asked his curious friend.
"Well, replied the gentleman. II shall
tell you Of remarkable effect which q
school a few miles from here has pro-
duced upon the lower animals al
ga year ago young couple were
boating on a pond In the vicinity Of this
school, when the youth, who was row.
ing, took off his cuffs and laid them on
the seat in the stern Of the boat.
''By an unfortunate twirl of her para
sol the young lady knocked the articles
overheard, and the weight Of the buttons
took them straight to the bottom.
SHOW comes the wonderful part. A
day or two ago the pond was drained,
and a number of boys in the vicinity
went in with gigs AID nets to catch the
fish; but imagine their surprise when
they found large swapping turtle wear
ing the cuffs in the most approved col
lege style. In consideration for his in
telligenee the snapper was allowed to
pursue his course in civilization, and as
soon as the school convenes cane and
spectacles will be dropped for his ben
eft" F,
"Oh-ll-hr-Minneapolis Tribune.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
starved IN the NrIdst Of plepty,

It seems strange that in this city a
man should die of starvation, but such
is the fact in reference to Professor San
born, the elocutionist, who died at ST.
Stephens hospital. Professor Sanborn
came to this city some eighteen months
ago and began teaching elocution. He
was of quiet turn of mind and his hab-
its were good. He obtained few pu-
pills, but not enough to earn him any
thing like o living. He rented q room,
and by the most rigid economy and by
doing without food was able to save
enough to pay the rent. Failing to get
pupils he has been starving himself for
months. ..
Not long since, when giving lesson,
he fell in faint from exhaustion on ac-
count of being SO weak for want of food.
From this his friends suspected his con-
dition and they brought him plenty to
eat, but he had done without food for SO
long that his stomach would not digest
the food. He was thoroughly honest,
and had with him that pride which
made him feel that he would rather go
hungry and, ifneed be, starve than tell
his friends he was too poor to buy a
meals victuals Richmond (Va.) Wing.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
Realism in Amateur Tramp Life.

Edward Tracy and companion named
Gillen, of Troy, who had been enjoying
q vacation in the hop fields, stopped at
Mechanicsville on their way home and
were arrested as tramps. They were put
in the lookup, and their experience there
was SO disagreeable that rather than re-
main another night Tracy pleaded guilty
in the hope Of being sent to the county
Jail To his CONSERVATION Justice Por-
ter sent him to the penitentiary for three
months. Gillen pleaded not guilty, and
tried to tell the justice that they were
more respectable than their condition
betokened. He was sentenced to the PEN
itentiary for six months for his pains.
Tracy's father heard of his sons plight,
and going to Mechanicsville interviewed
Justice Porter The latter wrote let
ter to Superintendent Mcintyre request
ing the discharge of Tracy. OF course
Mcintyre couldn't recognize anything Of
that kind. Mr.. Tracy then engaged a
lawyer, and after much difficulty secured
his sons discharge. ALBANY Journal
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
Snnrrnw Slaughter.

Tobe Long, township clerk, has paid
out $121.5O to the boys this summer foi
cadavers of the English sparrow, and
our foreign friends seem even more nu.
merous than ever. The law authorizes
him to pay bounty of twenty cents per
dozen for all these birds killed, and the
price paid would indicate that the small
boy had been on the warpath to the ex.
tent of 1890 Britishers. Tobe says that
an English sparrow will decay inside OF
two hours after being killed, and that
some of the lots brought to him have al
most made him throw up his position.-
Lima (O.) Gazette.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
Dangerous Roman Candles.

A fireworks company near New York
made the fortunate discovery last week
that an employee was filling Roman can
dies with both clay and powder. The
addition of the clay, it is said, makes
the exploding Of the candle dangerous,
being liable to cause the bullets to come
out of the end held in the hand. The
man has been arrested, but denies that
he has done as charged. f'
1t appears that thousands of dollars
worth of the candles have been tampered
with. Some of them have been shipped
to customers in various parts of the
United States, but they have been re-
quested to return them to the factory.
Officers Of the company are of the opin-
ion that he did not put the clay into the
candles of his own accord, but was
prompted to do SO by some enemy of the
concern. Philadelphia Ledger.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23

Paupers Buried for Eighty-hve Cents.
The bids for city undertaking, which
were opened in the health Office, show a
considerable anxiety on the part of the
undertakes to secure the contract. There
were only two bidders, August Leffert
and Henry Snyder, but the low figures
which they quoted leave little room foi
other bids, August Leffert offered tc
furnish coffins and bury all paupers OF
other persons ordered to be buried by
the city at $3.50 for children under Il
years of age and $3.50 for adults.
Henry Snyder's bid was even lower.
He offered to bury all paupers in the city
limits at the rate Of seventy cents fol
children and eighty-fve cents for adults.
Samples for the proposed coffins to be
used were sent up for inspection They
are of pine, stained black, with metal
handles. These bids include taking
charge of the bodies and digging the
raves.-Louisville Courier Journal
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
victor Hugo,s Granddaughter.

Victor Hugo's favorite granddaughter,
Jeanne, is about to be married in Paris.
The Hugo family are queer people; they
are thrifty to degree. One Of the first
things they did after the poets death
was to buy up through agents all the
manuscripts and autograph letters of old
Victor that had found their way into the
market, and these treasures are now held
for sale at exorbitant prices. But Mile.
Jeanne, the favorite granddaughter, is
really a beautiful, amiable and charm
ing creature. The loveliest relations ex-
isted between her and the old poet
Eugene Field in Chicago News.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
snnnIrx School ChiIdren.

The Sidney public school senior class
were all expelled this year just a short
time before the close of the schools. All
Of the members of the class had prepared
their graduating essays, and as the school
board refused to reinstate them they
hired hall, charged twenty-five cents
admission and had a commencement of
their own. The citizens of Sidney ad-
mired the spunk displayed by the class,
and patronized them SO well that it
netted 1sch n:s1 iS :. g iziiSeat sum, and the en-
tire class took a trip to Niagara Falls
with the proceeds. ds.-Marion (O.) Mirror.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
Bridging the straits Of Dover.

Experiments, it is announced, are being
conducted in the channel near Folkestone
for the purpose of testing the geological
structure of that portion of the sea bed
upon which it has been proposed to con-
struct bridge across the straits. The
engineers engaged are M. Georges Her
sent and M. Renaud, marine hydro
graphic engineer. The examination Of
the French coast is finished, and SO far
as it has proceeded on the English side
Of the channel it has, it is stated, proved
satisfactory. The sea bottom is de-
clared very solid, and suitable for the
proposed structure. Echo.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
Kent His Word.

John Charles, of Florida, sent word to
Andrew Case, of Mississippi, over ten
years ago that he would kill him on
sight. Mr.. Case sized Mr.. Charles up for
q liar of the first water and didn't let
the matter worry him a bit, but the
other day as he sat on salt barrel on
the steps of a grocery Mr.. Charles came
along and popped him over.-Detroit
Free Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
MIR. Yates visit.

Since Mr.. Edmund Yates astonished
his friends by marrying his amanuensis
he has abandoned club life to consider
able extent and entertains his friends at
home His conversational powers are
brilliant, and he is an unequaled maker
of salads. Most famous Americans who
visit London meet Mr.. Yates, and the
flying visit to America which he con-
templates making this fall will be So
cial event of more than usual interest,"
New York Ledger.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
The Growing South.

The Railroad Record has made COM
pilation of new industries established in
the south for the first six months of 1890,
which shows 1903 new cotton and woolen
mills, 90 iron foundries and machine
shops, 35 blast furnaces, rs mining COM
panies, Is potteries, 65 cottonseed oil
mills, 16 rolling mills, rs wood working
factories, 80 ice factories, So electric
light works and a number of other in
dustries.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
Strange ParIor Pets.

Professor Buhler, New York musi-
cal artist, now at his summer home in
Stockbridge, Mass, has a passion for
snakes. He catches all the harmless SER
pents he finds in that wild mountain re-
gion, and puts them into big close cages
in his parlor. Black snakes. striped
snakes, green ones, and SO on, are his
pets. On pleasant days he takes his rep
tiles out of the boxes, fondles them and
let's them run about the room. --Philadel-
phia Ledger. w
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
Irishnen to Have a London Club.

There is to be yet another new club to
be started in London--a club for Irish
men resident in London. Its members
will include artistic, literary, dramatic,
musical and professional men. 1t is pro-
posed to open the club to Irish students
and young men engaged in offices. For
the convenience of the latter class a
cheap table dhote dinner will be pro-
yided in the middle Of the day. The
club will be open to Irishmen of all
creeds- political and religious differences
being strictly tabooed. Pail Mall Ga
zette.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23
PREACHER KILLED BY Preacher.

News was received Sept. Is from
Sweettown, Sequoyah district. Choctaw
nation, of the fatal shooting of the Rev.
Lee Carter by the Rev. Sim Crocker,
both white men and Baptist preachers.
It seems that the trouble leading to the
killing grew out of church trial,
Crocker having been prosecuted by
Carter. Crocker made good his escape,
and has not since been heard FROM
Cor. st. Louis Republic.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-23

Property in Heligoland has risen in
value already. Owners expect that the
German government will require much
private ground for defensive purposes
and garrison supplies, 80 good potato
land, which formerly brought from 3d.
to Is. per square foot, is now worth los.
for the same area. Further, $4,000 is
asked for two storied house on Cover
nor Maxse Terrace, with frontage of
seven windows.