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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01

Elijah Watson, of Rushvill, Mo-, has
doubtless held the Office as postmaster
longer than any other incumbent In the
United States, having been appointed
In 1912.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01

The earth has been depopulated with
as large population as we have to-
day.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
GEoRaE CoNNER,
oil snnth u 81 Oskalooaa, "a

2ll South D st., Oskaloosa, Ia.
John F. Cochran, of Sigourney, Iowa, says
his wife used Hibbard's Rheumatic and
Liver pills for sick headache, and they en-
tirely cured her.
Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Liver
pills are remedies of great merit We take
pleasure in recommending them.
JOHN w. ELLIS, druggist, Sigourney, Ia.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01

cellar, and thus avoid the confusion which is
Incident to such foom where conveniences
Of this kind are not at hand. There Is awater
closet In this cellar.
In this building no fuel room was necessary,
as this house Is ina natural gas section. How
ever, / have drawn a fuel room which con.
meets with the furnace room.
LOUIS Fl. GIBSON.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01

Three times In q century the earth II
and repopulated.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
Hibbard's

THROAT AND LUNG BAnsAM GIVES INSTANT RE
. LIEF.
RHEUMATIo SYRUP Co., jackson, Mich.
GENTS: have used your throat and lung
balsam in my family during the past winter
and find it the best remedy that we have ever
used, It gives instant relief.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01

subscrihe for the NoRTHwEsT sl.tO
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25
IN THE BULL RING.
PEN PICTURE OF Al BRUTAL
SCENE IN MADRID.
The Opening Procession and the
Three Acts OF a Fight-Cerc-
monies to be Observed
The Espada's Thrust.

Tho hour of three has sounded from
the cathedral clock at Madrid. The
'spasco" is thronged. The nabobs are
all out in force. Carriages and pedes-
TRANS surged toward the Plaza do Toros.
To-day's fight is a benefit for the great
cathedral. There are abanderiIlas de
lujo," and Lagartijo, Mazzantini and
Guerrita are the espadas, representing
respectively the science, elegance and
daring of the ring.
We take for our seats barreras de SOM
bra, or those in the shade. Above us
rise tier upon tier Of seats, and boxes for
the luxurious and timid. What q croWdl
The stone seats are packed with a
throng that laughs, shouts and drinks
alternately. Above, the boxes are gar
landed with lovely Andalusians in white
nantillas. brilliant garments and be-
lowered t~resses. They languidly ave
their fans, while each addition to their
circle is hailed by the crowd with loud
tributes to her charms.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

THE BULLs
when the season opens, they redeem with
money advanced by their i%mpresarios.
The salaries paid them are very large for
Spain, and during the season these men
live in every sense of the word like
princes. They are utterly i~mprovident,
however, and love to spend their money
lavishly. Most of them are great dandies,
dress extensively, smoke fine cigars, and
always have plenty of money In theil
pockets. Notwithstanding all this they
are as a rule frightfully ignorant, very
brutal, intensely thick-skulled. Not even
when they are at the top of the profession
do they improve mentally. OF course
there have been and are exceptions to the
rule, but it safe to say that n~inety-nine
out of every one hundred bull fighters
never have even the rudiments of refine.
ment or education.
Sunday is the day for bull fights, and
there is scarce one in the season that does
not witness a professional or amateur
performance in Seville, Malaga, Cordova,
Granada, Valencia, Madrid and many
other Spanish towns. Cattle are bred
purely for their bull fighting merits. Beef
and milk are secondary conside ions.
A good bull of anoted breed fetehes from
5000 to $500, whereas a beef steer only
brings $50 at almost Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25
A Goat with Two Heads.

Fred Beineke, who lives on Berlin
street, neaE Gest street, has in hls posses
sion a wonderful freak of nature.
On August 81 three goats were born
at his place. Two of them are perfectly
natural, but the other is not SO fortunate.
It's body is natural except the head,
which is double. It has four eyes, two
mouths, two tongresl It's ears are set
back further than usual. While all
regularly formed goats have 40 upper
teeth-only a hard gum-this M has
a set in the upper jaw of each head,
making it have four sets of teeth. In
the middle of the two heads there is n
eye socket, with two eyebails.
The upper jaws extend nearly n half
inch beyond the lower jaws. It seems
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25
Prattled With Her Fingers.

A peculiar family attracted the atten-
ton Of the passengers on a Brooklyn
Bridge train the other morning. The
entire family were deaf and dumb.
1t consisted of the father, a man APP
parently twent-cight years old, who
looked like an industrious mechanic; the
mother, a handsome, neatly dressed
woman of about twenty-five, and a beau
tiful child, q little girl under three years
of age.
It was the child in whom the pas
sengers seemed to take che greatest in
terest, Che little sstot'sn actions causing
many q friendly smile.
Young as she was the child could talk
in the deaf and dumb language with APP
parent ease, and when her parents, who
were eonyersing in their peculiar Ian
guage, mentioned anything that pleased
The childish fancy she would laugh and
clap her little hands, much to the delight
of all who saw her.
She was a very shy little thing, how
ever, and would not leave her mothers
side for q moment. An elderly gentle
man spoke to her, but she hung her head
to one side, looking at him with a BASH
full expression in her eyes which appar-
emily said: sI don't know you, sir, and
couldn't speak to you if / did "-Nep
York Herald
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

to use the jaw on the right side o
than the other one, but when one jaw
moves the other one also moves The
mouths are SO close together that only q
partition Of gum separates them. The
body Is larger than the body Of either of
the other goats, but seems to be weaker,
although the goat scampers around about
ais much as the others.
The strangest thing about it is that
the mother actually disoWns 1t, pays no
attention to it, and seems TO be utterly
Dblivious to the fact that it is her off
spring. The consequence Is that Mr..
Beineke has to warm milk aud let it
drink out Of a bottle. One thing 1t seems
10 delight In is to be fondled and petted,
and It win remain perfectly quiet IL some
one will fan it. When o side view is
taken it looks as if there is nothing out
of the ordinary In connection with the
goat. When it turns, however, its double
head toward you the wonderful freak of
nature is clearly seen Cincinnati Com
m6yciag.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25
-pREsENrINa THANYa.

Soon the half hour sounds. The band
Itrikes up, and to its inspiring strains
tome gallopping forth two aalguaciles, =
nen dressed in black and looking like
sncient dons. With their plumed hats
d hand they pause, and, bowling to the
sccupants Of the Presidents box, crave
permission to begin the sport. They re-
surnto the opposite gates. Then q gor-
seous sight meets the eye ais the portals
ire opened. First come the black algu-
lciles on their betassled horses, then the
three heroes of the hour marching in line
lone twenty feet apart. Their costumes
Ire flagreed with gold. Behind them.
ire their glitterihg followers, marching
n the same open order, the picadores ON
heir sorry nags, bringing up the rear,
Behind the procession of those who take
part comes spans of mules, three abreast,
| with tassels and bells and ribbons. Their
Junction is to drag the dead bull from
he ring. Like i stream of molten gold
md color the actors advance down the
.entre of the arena. The crowd, with
Wild enthusiasm, yells Is the dazzling
rain proudly rolls onward toward the
A~resident's box. When before it they
salt the espadas gravely bow. Their
assistants, following suit, dispense to-
:hange Their satin headgear for the more
useful ones Of red cheap cloth. An al
Suacil, deity catching in his hat the
keys flung from The Presidents box, gal,
bps with them to the bull pen, which Is
how ready to be opened.
Old Lagartijo is dressed in olive and
told, handsome Luis Mazzantini is I'M
heliotrope and gold, while young Guer-'
ita, not to be outshone, combines the
gold with rose color. Each one of these
suits has cost q little fortune.
Tho sspicadores'' are ready, lance in
rest. AT the bugle sound breathless ex-
~pectation holds the crowd. Then from
The cavernous gate the bull springs into
The dazzling sunlight. Black IS mid
hight, Of the famed Moruve herd, with
crest erect and nostrils flaming, dazzfed
bv the light and color, he pauses for one
brief moment and then charges as swift
md straight as an arrow for q picadore.
The spearman meets him at tho point of
bis sharp weapon and presses the lance
into his neck. By n glorious sweep
The bull topples horse and rider into q
helpless, struggling heap on the sand.l
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

After ! long experiment with patent
a~ncloEs, the United States Navy Depart
naent has decided u return 10 Tie old
style apehor. Several new-fanglcd af-
faira hare been tried, and ons. the invsn-
SION 81 ! naval officer at present on tho
Baitimere, obtained quito general adop-
Ion. This anchor was recommended BIZ
Captain rhley, she Chief Of the Bureau
q Eqaipment, and u present eommander
of fhe baltimore. With whom then, IS
Now lib Inventor uas associated. Tho
anelsoF "a been placed Oh tie Miantono
mshs NswaEk, Sui francisco. Baltimore,
ahiego ana Other vessels. It Is nov
alfsctea lsat sha patent anchor Iii these
s " discarded and replaced 81 the
aAskimA oek anchos, j change which
Wiil 49, aaeh Instance nearly $1,000.
AdNisaI WsIkeF whiIe ii Europe ID tie
found shs anchor usssrricsab,
aaa n ea 4 she department..
M4N
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25
remain.

The picadores having Withdrawn the
ttcholuss take him in hand. He still
shows the white feather. And now the
crowd, incensed by his pnsillanimity,
calls for ssfeugov (dre). The banderil-
lero takes bis darts, armed with fire.
crackers in either hand, gingerly. With
difficulty and most cautiously, for the
creature win not charge. these articles Of
torture are inserted and q barbarous
sight follows. The great bull, Dis each
defamation causes new agony In his
burned and blackened flesh, bounds bel
lowing in the air. He charges the
nearest .schulo'' madIy, and that un-
lucky individual makes for the near
est surrounding fence. Over it he leaps,
and after him follows the bull, which IS
frenzied By the exploding darts. lie.
too, jumps tbs fence into the aIleYWay
filed with policemen, bull fighters md
hangers-on generally and scafters them
III all directions. No one IS hurt, and
tho bull BIZ an ingenious system of gates
& again let into the plaza. Still aWak-
ened BIZ the tire into d realizing sensa
70 the situation he proves q tartar. Fate,
however, iii the handsome person &c
Luis, soon lays him low. Again the
band plays, the mule bells jingle and the
death Of the next victim IS loudly her
alded By i trumpet blast.
Following shis each of tho esTadas
kills his second bull. The same cere~
1865 H.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

Engineers IN this country and il Gu
rope ore now experimenting with com
pressed aiE 70 determine Whether It Is
available for transmitting power for ma
clllnery. A company ID Paris proposes
% work . large number Of factories by
means Of this motive force, but 1t is not
vet explained how the largo loss Of
power Que 10 expansion of the air Is to
be c~ounteracted. Tho first general use
Of cha pneumatic system ID this country
thinks tho San Franoko Chronicle, win
probably be III the distribution Of letters
snd packages BY the postoalee and tho
express companies IL largo cities. AD
enormous saving Of time and labor could
be stfected In this way. and few years
will see Che system II general use.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

"a ssblood and thunder writer says Id
The Epoch: 81 am running three stories
in serial form at present. In the last
chapters that were published ! left my
first heFo suspended over tie brow Of d
precipice, with the villain just cutting
the rope; my second hero had just been
dropped into tho Atlantic and 4 monster
shark is within ten yards Of him, and my
third horo was falling from . balloon.
Now before NEXT Saturday comes round
: have to rescue Oh three of these fellows
from their respective predicaments and
llsaye tham again IN stiIl more terrible
straits. Ard yet this doesn't count as
lart. Why; the work Is hard enough to
bankrupt any dozen crdiaary imagina-
ti0ns.s
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25
SCIENTIFIC AND IND UsTRIAL.

! A pump chamber weighing 5000
pounds has just been cast at Pittston,
Penn.
Chicago is preparing to send great
| quantities of milling machinery to
China to be used in the gold mines.
A horse power is a power capable of
raising $4,000 pounds avoirdupoia
through the space of n foot in ono
minute. #*
A Frencbman has invented portable
tablets, by nibbing at which one may
sustain life indefinitely, without the use
of any other food.
An English engineer proposes making
double shell boilers, maintaining a pres.
sure between them. By these means he
calculates that a much higher pressure
can be carried than is possible even with
the coil boilers already in use.
The London England tower is so far
on its way to become an accomplished
fact that a site of 800 acres has been pur'
chased. One-half of the ground will be
used for the site of the tower and the
other half will be laid out in pleasure
grounds.
Mustard oil is being manufactured in
Germany for lubricating purposes. 1t is
said to be unaffected by cold above a
temperature Of about fifteen degrees
Fahrenheit, and does not readily become
rancid or form fatty acids likely to at
tack metal.
At least a dozen actors and actresses
in England are practising their parts by
aid of the p%honograph. They have thus,
as nearly as possible, the same oppor,
tunity as the audience of judging of the
correctness of the emphasis and infec-
ton used in any given passage.
A new method for ventilating rail
way carriages and preventing dust from
entering with the air has appeared in
France. The air is made to traverse a
receptacle containing water, which cools
it and relieves it of dust, after which ii
goes through another fltering before
entering the carriage.
An engineer of Manchester, England,
is introducing a novely in paper, viz,
paper filehafts and t~oolhandles, which
are said to be practically i~ndestructible
and much cheaper than wood or MALE
able iron hats. Placed under a steam
hammer, although they can be fattened,
they cannot be split OF cracked.
An invention by which writing can
be transferred from paper to iron is the
work of a Boston man, who has invented
o hard ink with which he writes (back-
ward) upon ordinary paper. That paper
is placed in a mould, melted iron is
poured in, and when the hardened iron
is removed it is found that, while the
heat burned away the paper, it did not
affect the ink, but left the impression of
the writing.
This is a scientific description of what
happens when you light a fire. The
PHOSPHORUS on the match is raised by
friction to a temperature of $50 degrees
Fahrenheit, at which it ignites; it
raises the temperature of the sulphur (if
it is a sulphur match) to 500 degrees,
when the sulphur begins to burn; the
sulphur raises the heat to 500 degrees,
when the wood takes up the work and
produces a temperature of 1000 degrees,
at which the coal ignites.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25
IN THE SHADOW.

urear Is the night with its wavering light 8
And the moon is under a cloud,
Each planet afar the wrath of q star
Cleans pale In its mist-woyen shroud,
Lovei
So wan in Its chilling, white shrondi
Weary the feet on the desolate street
That bear my burden and me-;
NY comrades are gone, and I am alones
To think Of heaven and thee,
Love,
To dream Of heaven and thee!
Hungering 7 in my loneliness sigh
For thee and all that thou art,
For the lovelight that lies in thy glorious
eyes
TO cheer my furnishing heart.
Love,
To cheer lay desolate hearth
Vain the desired Hopes bright beacon lire
Burns dimly in life's autumn rain,
While I walk these lone ways and long Tor
the days
That will dawn for me never again,
Love,
The days that will dawn not againl
IN. III. Folsom, IN Atlanta Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25
Says tho Ney Orleans TINES Democrat.

Says tho NeY Orleans Times Democrat
Oleohargarine has found d stalwart de-
fender In the Rhode Island Knights of
Labor, who declare that ssthe attempt to
crush out Of use BY legislation 4 Of tho
most brilliant discoveries of the age,
namely, the manufacture OF butter from
tho fat Of cattle, u . libel upon. civiliza-
Hon." Then follows such q eulogy as
would be expected from this introduce
tion. The assertion II made that the
New England wage Gamers have paid
tho United States treasury So, 000, 900
since The imposition Of the tax, and this
u called creating - monopoly On the
necessities of hfe.o
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

sDon't complain is tho admonition
of the New York Tribune, sseven il Tho
jokes you read are ell chestnuts. A man
who has fully investigated the matter says
that there arc only forty primal jokes in
The world, and that these have existed
from Che days of Adam. If this is so,
the modern joke maker ought to be praised
rather than blamed; for out Of these
forty primary elements he grinds out a
countless number Of rib ticklers, thereby
ID many cases supporting . wife and d
houseful Of children
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

An interesting experiment is being
tried by the Portland, Me-, National
Bank, states the Chicago Herald. It Il
running.a savings department. in connec-
ton with It's regular business. Deposits
are not received 10 d trust capacity, but
are loaned to the bank, are payable on
demand, and If allowed to remain the
interest will DO compounded semi-an-
nrallv.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

The poorer classes support o horde of
professional and amateur fighters. They
are to be met in the streets at every turn.
Indeed, their name is legion, and how
they manage to live is q mystery. The
bull-fghting season only lasts from May
to November, and these gentlemen, for
they are so considered, have a hard shift
of it for the other six months. During
this alternating period the larger portion
live by pawning their clothes. which.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

AS late as the year 175I notices occur
In the librarians account books of pro-
curing additional chains for the Bodleian
Library at Oxford, England. But the
renewal Of them appears to have corn-
msnced as shortly af5erWard as I757,
and III 1861 there wasa payment for un-
claiming 1458 books at one halfpenny
each. N 1769 some long chains wsre
sold III twopeace each and short ones al
three-halfpence, and then On masse nine
teen hundredweight Of old iron d s.. 30
per hundrsdNeIght. Several of Che
chains ars stall preserved Loose IS relics,
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

Princess Maria Anna, OF Portugal. who
Ii bethrothed to ON untitled doctor, is
credited with this epigrammatic reply I
a friend who asked her how she could
bring herself to marry 50 far below her
own rank: 81 prefer to marry a man
without q name, rather than a name with
out d man.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25
The trade between Hawaii anl

The trade between Hawaii and the
United States has been q growing one.
Previous 70 the treaty between the two
countries, the Hawaiians used but $5
worth per capita Of American goods,
while now the consumption is at the rate
Of $50 per capita. They are now wear
ing American clothing, boots and shoes,
and consuming American breadstufs.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25
Orders have been issued BY I'll

Orders have been issued BY the Ger
MAJ Emperor that those members Of the
a~ristocTacy who have married the dauggh-
tiers Of trades-people shall be excluded
from the court receptions. This, the
Emperor says, is not that be objects TO
trade, but to the mercenary spirit Of those
vvho propose such alliances.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

american sea captains are complaining
Df the absurdity and the Inconvenience
pf 3 recent edict Of the Russian Govern
msns whereby no ballast can BIO dis
charged ii Russian ports,
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

Tho rate Of increase in the population
of Tacoma, Washington, during the last
ten years was $500 per cent. For rapid,
,ity Of growth this probably beats any.
thing On record.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

Brazil and other Countries south Of Us
arc forming huge steamship companie.
with q view to covering the entire coast
ing traffic of South America.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

Because, you know, it tai +
ssshe is not pretty. Yousaid shea
as pretty as a picture" ooh, well, |
meant an amateur photograph ."-Ne'o
York Sun.
"How much does that fellow owe
YOU q" "a cool thousand "AhI
Cool but not collected, eh?'-Bngham-
ton Leader.
81 can't go to JAIL said a funny va
grant. 81 have no time" aThe Court
provides that" said the Judge. II give
you ten days"
Proof that q man is really near-slght-
ed: When he finds it necessary to look
at an elephant through q magnifying
glass.-FIegende Blaetter.
Mrs. Brown-aI wonder who wrote
up this account of the Presidents car
riagep Mrs. Malaprop-sSome hack
writer, of course."--Harper's Basar.
Waiter very gravely-.tI hope, sir,
you'll remember the waiter" Customer
(coolly)-sI have D lockot. Give me
lock Of your hair. "-L'Intransige0nt.
Pupil-aWhy does the avoirdupois
system have no scruplesa" Prof. Rod
der-sBecause, my boy, It's used 30
weigh coal and ice."-Hnper's Basar.
Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate:
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Catching fish or cutting bait.
Washington Star.
ssJane, viii you go for a sail to-day2'
Mr.. Toodles asked his wife OF the sea-
aidO ssVVhy, certainly, Timothy.
What is it, an auction or a sheri Esp
RaisodeLpb1ia Tines.
Gazzam-.I see that the German
Government thinks of making North-AI-
sace-Lorraine an independent duchy."
Maddox-stOf course IL it were Duchy
1t wouldn't DO so Frenchy "-Hmper'a
BdsGar.
Now let the women do our work,
And let US cook the hash,
For now they wear our laundried shirt,
And we've wear their sash.
Ashland Wis., Press.
Mr.. Fogg, having had the misfortune
to fall into the fountain basin of the
hotel at q watering place, finds on his
next weeks bill the following entry:
ssTo one cold bath, $1."-FIsgeads
BLaetter.
"a half.ticket for this boy, please
tsHow q half-ticket2 fh't he twelve
years olda' stOh, no, only eleven
sssOh, then you want a whole ticket, for
only children under ten ap for hail.
F7segende Blaetter.
He attained the proud title of MFR.
And she pledged TO be more than a ST,
So they stood at the altar,
And nelr did he falter
When he bento'er and solemnIy kr.
Buffalo kkcpTess.
ssHere's q frst-class marking inkl't
Writes on q piece of linen: ssIndelible
Ink "And here, ladies and gentle
men, I've got q splendid preparation for
washing out stains proceeds forth
with to wash out the above Words).-
Egiegepde Baetter.
stYes, said the camper on Lake Wash
ington, { I'VE use these ferns for fuel to a
great extent; they burn almost like finder.
It is my opinion that everything in this
country is full Of pitch ssIneluding
the hills,D replied the stranger.-SeatM
WashingtoB) Journal.
aHaye you boarded long at this
house2'' inquired the new boarder of the
detected man sitting next to him.
ssAbout ten years. 81 don't see how
you can stand it. Why haven't you left
long ago2" mo other place to co.
said the other dismalIy. aThc landlady'B
mp wife. Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25
NEW SHAVING SALOON

HAVING recently built and TefuFnlsnsa
U throughout, my Barber Shop, ! w +
Daow prepared, with increased faciiiles, ~ y
ssFve Che public in flrst-class style ~ ~
new quarters between Brand and MoElahs%s MI
Shaving, Hair Cutting, S~hannpooans, GG nv
aone Id the highest style Of tns ar vEs
ne 3 call. e. A B0DEMUlI1nAs