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beaming upon him, this coincidence Of
may become promiscnous membrane of
society, incredible to the name of Parting
ton "
MRS. PARTNGToN COULD NOT DRINK.
ST declare" said Mrs. Partington, "I
forgot the party we are invited to this even
ing''-taking a card from her pocket in
one corner of which was written, "Admis-
sion at the door" 'P'They didn't suppose
we were going to climb in by the window,
did they?"
She asked Mrs. Halsford what it meant,
and was informed that the card was proba.
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WHY HE WEARS LARGE CLOTHES.

A Man Who Has His Tailor Measure His
Own Opinion Of Himself.
New York Herald.I
The following dialogue between two prom
inent Tammany men was overheard yester-
day in the Office OF one Of them in that eele-
brated abode of disciples of Blackstone
which disfgures little park nearby:
"Why is So-and so mentioning parvenu
who holds forth in another celebrated and
costly building hard by) wearing such large
clothing nowadays?'
because be has it measured according to
his own opinion OF himself"
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admiration.
'.How exorbitant he is p Mrs. Parting
ton would say in her delight. His life and
anlmosity are perfectly irreproachable."
All this to prelude an event
There had been signs of i'll feeling be-
tween Trimble & Bush, the partners. from
some indefnable cause, in which Ike took a
deep interest, and by and by he discovered
that money had been missed, many times,
from the small change left in the drawer
over night; and as each had key to the
premises each suspected the other of steal
ing it. They did not accuse one another,
but any one reduced to half an eye could
see how they felt about it.
Ike had worked the problem out in his
mind and decided what to do in the prem
ises, and when, one rainy night, the store
was being closed, Mr.. Bush having gone,
Ike darted in at the door and asked Mr..
Trimble to let him sleep in the store that
night for particular reason.
"For what?" said Mr.. Trimble.
ST want to be trap" said Ike.
"To catch what?"
"a thief"
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NY W DC PASsSuIeu db bHe uOOr, WHICH
proved correct.
The party was highly-colored affair, on
premises contiguous to the Halsfords, to
which all the family had been invited with
several of the neighbors. It was not par
ticularly ''swell,' but it had a flavor of
gentility that commended it. The recep-
tion of Mrs. Partington and the Halsfords
was very polite, and they were conducted to
the choicest seats in the room. Space had
been secured by taking away the partitions
of several rooms, which, illuminated by
candle-dips, held in sconces on the walls,
had brilliant effect.
When the party had all gathered, and be-
fore the dancing began, refreshment. in the
form of ginger beer, was offered the guests.
"None for me, 1 thank you" said Mrs.
Partington, II do not dare to drink accel-
arating fluids, as they are apt to affect the
sciatic nerves of the head, to which I am
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TEA TOO DILAToRY.

TEA TOO DILAToRY.
''Shall present you some tea?" said the
major domo, obsequiously.
mo" she replied, "a cup of oblong tea
is very nice, but it has dilatory effect upon
me quite often, and I am afraid OF its con-
currence."
She smiled a graceful recognition of his
kindness and he passed away like shadow,
evidently disappointed.
The musician impraeticable fiddle and
tom-tom, the latter like an old-fashioned in
verted churn, with the bottom knocked out,
replaced by tanned sheepskin-located on
large box in the corner, commenced play
ing, the fiddle squeaking incoherently, the
tom-tom, between the knees of the perform
er, beat upon by the hands, independent of
the fiddle altogether. The dancers took their
places, or as many as could be accommo-
dated, singing some simple negro song,
drowning the sound OF the instruments, and
then plunged into the whirl very gracefully
and properly.
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IKE CAUSES MORE TROUBLE.

Ike was, like Ariel, everywhere-here
among the dancers, there among the specta-
tors waiting for their turn to dance, and
again at the elbows. of the musicians
sweating under their efforts to keep up with
the daneers-and when the fury of
striving was at its height a crash
came and both musicians sank from sight
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Philadelphia Record.l
Trousers without buttons is the tailor's
latest accomplishment. They must be built
on the plan of the divided Gkirt with
strings.
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~ SA-Apl
the white folks
up North viii
all get to Heb
ben, suah. The
words are COM
forting, and we'll
meant, but on
that last great
day, as the black
head, the wide
spread mouth and
glisten1ng teeth
of old Auntis ap-
pears. she NAV
be esurprised TO sec
Peter draw the
line at q good
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BE is a Happy GO-Lucky Fellow
Scarcely Happy he is Free.
REVERENCE FOR EORTHEREERS
The Foreman Who Can Make Play Of work
Succeeds With Negro Labor.
BEYOND DlxOFs LINE

CORRESPONDENCE on THE DIsPATcH.i
KIssIMMEE, FLA, February 13.-
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been blown out of her way, the boat might
even be in sight, as soon as the clouds should
lift, and the course which the lovers instinct
took proved not so simless as it seemed.
Lazarus made, in this wild way, long
distance-miles or leagues, for aught he
knew-he had lost all estimate of time or
space. Whether it was midnight or morn
ing. if he were in Capernaum or Jerusalem,
he knew not, when suddenly, to his blurred
and bloodshot eyes there appeared vision
of little beaten boat, laboring heavily in
the sea, and blown directly toward him half
a league out. Lazarus flung all his soul
into his voice and called: "Zaharar' But
he might as well have summoned the shade
of Sarah, the wife of Abraham, from the
tomb, as Zahars from that raging expanse of
night and sea.
He could see, or he seemed to see, the
pretty purple sail of the toy boat, rent and
ruined, Tapping to the gale. The silly
craft careened like the shell of a dove egg,
and 10, while he stood helpless and shouting
and perishing of his anguish, the boat did
overturn before his eyes and human figures
were spilled into the water like beetles.
Then the storm burst with roar and he saw
no more.
When Lazarus came to himself, it had
lightened little. A cleft in the mass of
angry cloud showed a single star. He
crawled to his feet and waded out into the
water, madly calling and pleading for
Zahars. he waded out up to his neck, and
tried to swim toward the wreck. But he
was a poor swimmer. and the waves beat
him back. He sank upon the sands and
tried nothing more. Despair took him. He
no longer even walled her name, but Law
like dead man, with his face upturned to
the awful storm. Now. as he lay there,
wild, prone, helpless lover, suddenly a
singular silence fell upon the raviug scene.
The huge violence of wind which was over
his head came to stop, with conclusion.
1t was a tremendous conclusion, like thun-
der. But thunder it was not, nor was il any
sound with the like of which his ears were
familiar. The storm simply ceased, as if at
a military "Haltl' The cloud overhead
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-19
Hunting the Kangaroo.

When brought to bay, the kangaroo
Jumps like fash for hunters chest
and tries to crush it in with his fore feet.
To prevent this, each man wears across
his breast two or three inch thick mat
ting. Armed with spear, with club
attachment at the other end, they ride
upon swift horses into herd.
With the agility and equipoise of cir
Gus riders, they stand erect upon their
horses and use their spears and clubs.
The kangaroo is able to jump clear over
a horse. As the game is bagged it is
skinned, and the skin is stretched on the
ground and pegged down to prevent
shrinkage. The flesh furnishes meat for
the camp.
Each man places his private mark up
on his booty, and when they have 100
skins apiece they return back to civiliza-
ton. There are twenty varieties of kan
garoos, among them the blue, red, Wal
laby, black, gray and forester, the latter
furnishing the best leather, as it lives
mainly in wooded sections.
When the shipping ports are reached the
hunters dispose Of the skins by auction to
the highest bidders, the skins being now
in constant demand. Kangaroo hunters
make large profits. One man is known
to have cleared 81, 500, free of living ex.
penses, in single year. New York
journal,
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Had Not Been introduced.

Dumas often laughed at English stiff
ness and reserve. One of his stories was
this:
"One day Victor Hugo and / were in
vited to dine with the Duke of Ducazes.
Among the guests were Lord and Lady
Palmerston-of course this happened be-
fore the February revolution. At mid
might tea was handed round. Victor
Hugo and / were sitting side by side
chatting merrily. Lord and Lady Palmer
ston had arrived very late, and there had
consequently been no opportunity to in
troduce us before dinner. After dinner
it seems it was forgotten. English Gus
tom, consequently, did not allow us to
be addressed by the illustrious couple.
All at once young Ducazes came up to us
and said:
"'My dear Dumas, Lord Palmerston
begs you will leave chair free between
you and Victor Hugo
'T hastened to do as he wished. We
moved away from each other and placed
o chair between us. Thereupon Lord
Palmerston entered, holding the hand of
his wife, led her up to us, and invited
her to sit down on the empty chair-all
this without saying a word.
"My lady, he said to his wife, what
time have you9'
''She looked at her watch and an
swered:
/" 'Thirty-fve past twelve.
"Well, then, said the great minister,
remember well that this day at thirty
five minutes past twelve you were sitting
between Alexander Dumas and Victo]
Hugo-an honor which you will prob
ably never enjoy again in your lifetime.
''Then he offered his arm again to his
wife, and took her to her seat without
saying word to us, because we had moi
been presented. "-[The Ledger.
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italian Peasantry.

All southern Italy is extraordinarily
pastoral in landscape and character Of
husbandry; and outside few of the
coast cities the entire population are
practically peanut laborers, shepherds,
vineyard laborers and workers in. the
fields. The olive, orange, grape and date
palm are cultivated everywhere at the
edges Of the villages and on sunny noun
tain slopes; but the larger portion Of the
land is employed in the growing Of small
grains and corn. have yet 10 discover,
save in the north, where the landscape
partakes of Alpine diversity and rugged
ness, those splendid and poetical combi-
nations with which so many word-paint-
ing enthusiasts seemed impressed. In
detail it is nowhere so enjoyable as that
of old England, or any of thousand
localities we know of in our own loved
land. Here and there, as in Spain, are
little spots of surprising loveliness; but
still, as in Spain, the general face of the
country hints of sadness and dreariness;
impels feeling that is worn out, burned
out, lived out; forces a consciousness
that the sun has eaten its heart away
and one is pursued by brooding, omi-
nous, indefnable conviction that, with
the eternal fires beneath and the ever
blazing sun above, the arid crust must
shortly give out, and with it the vac
uous life of the insensate humans who
scratch and prod at it as primitively
as was done 1900 years ago. The
rivers are far apart, and are all turbid,
ocherish wash of scorie and mountain
mud. There are no meadows; no shaded
lanes; no cooling covert and copse. The
endless avenues of short cropped vine
yards are never beautiful, but are crop
ped and gashed and clipped like pu-
gilist's head. The formal rows Of cy-
presses are damp, dank, funereal, sad.
There are no forests; few trees are larger
than the squatty olive; and all trees look
shriveled, knotty, dusty, worn. Italy's
mountains are too bare. All her outlines
are insufficient, acute, unsatisfying. ALI
told, as one writer has aptly put it, all
italian landscape has ga certain hard
taste in the mouth. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
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A Hint to Anglers.

The angler should take care of his fish
after he has caught them. It is discred-
liable to fetch back lot of sun and wind
dried trout, all curled up and stiff. Put
a handful Of grass or ferns at the bottom
of the creel, and kill the fish as soon as
caught by hitting them sharp blow on
the back of the head. If the weather is
hot clean the mornings catch at noon,
and every few hours dip the creel in the
stream. The best way to keep trout to
take home is as follows: Clean them
thoroughly, taking care to remove the
gills and the blood under the back-b bone /;
wipe them dry, inside and out, but do
not wash them; sprinkle them inside
with black pepper, but on no account
use salt. Pack in cool, fresh grass, and
keep them in the shade. II ice is used
it should be put in tin can, or at least
at the bottom of the creel, for it spoils
the flavor of trout to have them soaking
in water. Forest and Stream.
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The Tigers of Anam.

The French officials In Anam have met
with considerable difficulty in dealing
with tigers, which are extremely numer-
GUS in that part of Indo-China notwith-
standing the large sums paid for their
extirpation, says the London Times.
Last year as much as $4,000 was paid
to the slayers of this marauder. As pay
ment is only made on the evidence of
the skin and fangs, there is no room for
fraud.
The Temps gives some interesting data
about the depredations of this animal,
and. as evidence of his formidable char
acter, quotes the story of an official who
requested change of district because
he was tired of administering to territory
which contained as many tigers as inhab-
itants. In other districts they are SO
numerous that no ens would think of
driving out after dark.
The Anamese, in the hope of propitiat-
ing so formidable an enemy, have raised
the tiger almost to the level of divin-
ity. Pagodas have been consecrated to
him, titles of nobility have been con-
ferred upon him and he has been sur
rounded with sort of religious cult.
When they endeavor to take one they
only do so by means of elaborate strata
gem, constructing deep pits and then as
sailing the trapped animal when at dis
advantage.
As there is very little game in Anam,
the tiger has as much difficulty in finding
food as man has in getting sport. The
game of which he is fondest, and which
also proves that he is something of a
gourmet, is the wild peacock, SO that the
natives say: wherever there are pea
cocks there is sure to be tiger
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Gray-haired Young Men.

"I am struck by one fact" solilo-
quized Tom o'Neill, Mayer Cregiers pri-
vate secretary, in a short talk with the
Saunterer. 2" And that is the number of
gray-haired young men to be seen on
the streets of Chicago. One may visit
any other large city in the country and
the gray-haired young man will be con-
spicuous by his absence. But here in
Chicago they abound almost in droves.
To what do l attribute this9 Undoubt-
edly to the great expenditure of nervous
force in the pursuit of commercial sue
cess. A man may soon become gray
haired in Chicago if he is in active busi.
ness life. Worry is what kills, and
there is plenty of it in business life.
look at the subject philosophically. There
is such intense competition nowadays
that man ought to be satisfied if he
does reasonably well. ."-[Chicago Post.
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An Islands Treasure.

The schooner Laura has sailed from
San Francisco, CAL, with a party which
expects to recover treasure buried more
than thirty years on Cocoa Island, one of
the Galapagos group, off the South Amer
lean coast. Coin and jewels were buried
on the island, it is popularity believed,
by pirates, who plundered the monasteries
and churches of the Central American
coast.
The pirates were captured by a cruiser,
and all were hanged except a woman, who
is now Mrs. Welch. She has guided sew
eral parties to the island, but after months
of digging they found nothing. Some of
the parties proposed hanging the woman,
but finally she was landed at her homo in
Costa Rica.
Three men have gone crazy over the
treasure and were taken from the island
to California insane asylum. The
party that has just sailed is said to have
chart made by the Spanish woman,
and is confident of securing the long
buried wealth. i New York Telegram.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-19
Contained a Brick.

A restaurant keeper in Paris has been
robbed under circumstances very detract-
ing to his dignity. received an order
by telephone, asking that room might
be retained for the Marquis de Mores, and
dinner served at $50 o'clock. Four
covers were ordered. 81 am sending
you box of cigars, which / want you to
take in," was the next message. An
hour afterward a porter appeared with
what seemed to be box Of valuable
cigars and demanded $40, which the
restaurant proprietor paid. At $50
o'clock, after elegant preparations had
been made, no marquis and friends ar
rived. At 8 o'clock the proprietor be-
came suspicious, and opening the cigar
box, found that it contained orickl
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-19
Retribution for Wooden Idols.

Recently the Tartar military COM
mander in Foochow-C China died sudden
ly, and the idea got abroad among the
people that he had been slain by the
idols of certain temple. The Viceroy
of the province, hearing this, at once
gave orders that the idols were to be
arrested and punished. The project,
armed with the Vieeroy's warrant, went
to tho temple and had fifteen idols arrest
ed and punished. They were of wood,
and about five feet high.
Before bringing them for judgment,
the prefect had their eyes put out, so
that they should not see who was their
judge, and be able to trouble him here or
hereafter. After a full investigation a
report was sent to the Viceroy, who gave
orders that the idols should be beheaded,
their bodies cast into pond, and their
temple sealed up forever, to prevent them
from troubling the peace of the town il
future
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Death Gulch.

W. II. Weed, of the United States
Geological Survey, has described in
Science the Death Gulch in the ex-
treme northeastern portion Of Yellow
stone Park, on Cache Greek, two miles
above its confluence with the Lamar
River. In an opening, bordering on
Cache Creek. occur evidences of former
hot springs in Geyser-like deposits, hot
spring cone half washed away, mound
Of travertine, and little tepid sulphurous
water at the edge Of the stream. Besides,
there are eopious gaseous emanatlons
rising through the waters OF the creek,
mainly, no doubt, carbonic acid, al.
though containing some sulphuretted
hydrogen Above these is altered and
crystalline travertine, besides bank Of
sulphur and gravel cemented by traver-
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-19
Humane Plan to Catch Rats.

Agent Key, of the Humane Society,
tells how to rid houses of rats. His plan
is to construct large wire trap, or rat
house, and put in food and bedding.
The trap should be so constructed, he
says, as to admit the animals and prevent
their egress by some such simple design
as is now used in many smaller traps.
The trap should not be removed, he says,
until all the rats sabout the premises have
enteredit, and then they can be slaugh,
tered Il Washington Star.
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tine. I'm lateral guIley, the waters Of
its small stream, sour with sulphuric acid,
flow in channel cut through beds Of dark
gray volcanic tufa. The only. springs
now flowing are oozes of water, forming
in creamy white deposit about the vents,
which is largely an alum (alumina sui
phate). The odor of sulphur is strong. The
bears and other wild animals Of the region
are often killed by the gases. Dead bears
were found in all stages, from skeletons to
freshly killed, and with them were re-
mains of an elk, squirrels, rock-hares,
etc., and many dead butterflies and other
insects.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-19
A Valuable Collection of Glass
Flowers.

Harvard University is to have a beauti
full and exclusive possession in very
valuable collection Of glass flowers made
by secret process by Dresden firm named
Blatcka. Three hundred or four hundred
specimens have been already received.
The collection, when complete, will il
strate all the families of plants in North
America, all economic plants and the
more important of the lower plants, in
cluding enlarged parts and sections of the
finer details Of plants for study. Mrs.
Ware, of Boston, is the donor of this
valuable addition to the facilities OF the
university.
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CHAPTER XIII.
THE HAND oF FATE.

Instantly all was confusion and excite
ment in the bankers office, as we'll as in
the entire mansion.
While some ran to peer out of the Office
window, others rushed around into the
garden by way of the hall passage and
front porch, and still others, the servants,
made their appearance upon the scene
through a door issuing from the side of
the house, between the dining room and
the conservatory.
The nature Of the terrible accident that
had occurred was speedily apparent.
One Of the insecure balconies Of the
upper story had suddenly fallen, with a
man in it, dragging down part of the
stone window ledge, together with great
mass Of the clinging ivieB.
1t now lay crumpled ruin in the gar
den walk, and almost in line with the
bright column of light that issued from
the Office window.
Prone and motionless amid the debris
lay the figure Of man, with revolvel
still clutched in one of the hands, and
with . white, staring face upturned
white but for the great. streaking Of rec
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M BHAUrrFuL!
BT ABBIE c. M'KEEvEA

Ny beautiful my beautiful
The world has mover known
A being half 20 beautiful
As thee. my loved, my owni
Ny beautifull my beautifuli
Ny precious, oh, my petI
can not tell you all my love,
The half you would forget.
Ny beautiful my beautiful
clasp you in my arms;
There's sunshine In thy merry smile
And In thy baby charms.
Ny beautifully my beautiful
What matters sccrn or tears?
The JOY that all the world can bring
In thy sweet face appears.
NY beautiful my beautifull
o, what is wealth untold?
know that riches could not buy
What in my arms hold.
My beautiful I my beautifull
oh, dainty baby gracei
What do i care for other smiles?
My world lies in your face.
Ohio.
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An Old Woman Dies Of Joy.

Abont ten years ago Michael Sweeney,
Of Coalsville, Penn, died from the ct
fects of disease contracted during the
war. Since his death his mother has
been trying to secure pension. One
day recently the tidings reached her that
back pension Of $4,000 had been
granted. The old lady ws.s SO oyerjoyed
that she died in few hours. Il Wash
ington Star.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-19

STUDENTS who use tobacco in any
form are denied admission to the Uni
versity Of the Pacific at ST Jose, Gal.