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

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Ny lord fldp, through hb palace gAts
Ny lady ssseps along 10 slste,
The sage things long on mABy thing,
And the maiden mnnes "a mArrytng:
The minstrel harpeth merrily.
The sailor plovs the foamiDg see,
The huntsman kills the good red deer,
And The soldier WARS without fear. H...
But fall 70 each vhate 'er befa1,
The farmer he must feed them al.
smith hammersth cheerily the gword,
Priest preaeheih pure aud wholly word.
Dame Alice worketh broideFy well,
Clerk Richard tales Of love can tell,
The tap-wife sells her foAming beer,
Dan Fisher hsheth Ia the mere,
And courtiers rufiic, strut and shine,
While pages bring the Gascon wine;
But fall to each whate're befall, Z
The farmer he must feed them all.
Man builds his castles fair and high,
WhAtever river runneth by,
Great cities rise In syery land,
Great churches show the builders hand,
Great arches, monuments and towers.
Fair palaoes and pleasing bowers,
Great work II done bet here snd there
And well man Worketh everywhere;
But work or rest whste'er befall,
The farmer he must feed them all.
a.- Charles Godfrey Leland.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10
Epoch.

The translation from long, lingering
and painful sickness to robust health
marks an epoch in the life of the indi-
,vidual. Such a remarkable event ID
treasured in the memory and the
agency whereby the good health has
been attained is gratefully blessed.
Hence it is that so much Is heard
In praise of Electric Bitters. So many
feel they owe their restoration tc
health, to the use of the Great Alter
native and Tonic. If you are troubled
with any disease of kidneys, liver OF
stomach, of long or short standing you
will surely find relief by use of Electric
Bitters. Sold at SOC. and 81 per bottle
at I. Leist's drugstore.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10
Of ofForty-five Years Standing.
.HEuMATro SYRUP Co., jackson Mich.

GENTs: For forty five years have been
afflicted with blood poison, liver and rheum-
attic difficulties. Part of the time confined
to my bed. My blood was badly diseased.
Six bottles of Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup
did me more good than all the other mediL
cines have taken. My friends have used it
and in every case it has proven wonderful
remedy. have known of some wonderful
cures Of dyspepsia and neuralgia.
Mrs. MARY:.BDDLE.
Hibbsrd's Rheumatic Syrup and Plasters
are remedies of great merit. believe they
have no equal in the cure of rheumatism and
all blood diseases.
DIR. Fl. REIeHARD, Druggist
Mitchillville, Iowa.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10

An invention has been devised for
automatically conveying aud deliver
ing letters and small parcels from one
place to another by means Of an electri-
cally propelled track or carrier running
upon insulated rails.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10
Mrs. MARY:BrDDbE.

A probable explanation OF the origin
of"O. K" Is proposed by a New Or
leans paper, which says that the letters
represent the Choctaw Indian exclama-
tion oke, meaning. tall right
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10

II Just dote on your daughter" re-
marked young Goslin to Amy's papa.
'iThen / will supply the antidote,n re-
piled the old gentleman, raising his
right fool. Epoch.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10

The feminine waist is to be as. manishs J
possible. 's5t'
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10

It was the first Sunday In May.
Spring was just decking the shrubs and
trees In brilliant attire, and the mead
ows had begun to smile under the suns
rays. Martha had promised to go with
Pierre for walk In the country, and
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10

ib2e Arch Street Phiiad'a, Pa
For Consumption, Asthma. Bronchitis, pys-
pepIia, cltarrh, Hay Fever, Hsad.ehe,
Debility Rhsumatisrn, Neuralgia and al
Chronic and Nervous Disorders.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14

" iN"'' 'N''' H' an iItJS' lOckS are
lined with the bcggars. Damn them!'
says the adiutant feclingly.
"Wcll get our chance here them" re-
plies Hull, rehectivcly. "Ill creep IN
and take look at it. Take my horse.
orderly"
He is back in two minutes, graver
than before, but his bearing is spirited
and firm. Hayne watches him with
kindling eye.
you'll take Inc in with you when YOU
CHARGE" he asks.
at is no place to charge there The
ground is all cut up with ravines and
gullies, and thel We got a cross fire that
sweeps it clean. Won probably 20 in
on the other flank; its more open there.
Here comes the chief now"
Twoofficers comoriding hastily around
projecting point of tie slope and spur
at rapid gait toward, the spot where the
cavalry have diamouutr4 audara breath.
ing their horses. There is hardly time
for salutatous. 4 gray headed. keen
eyed. ford ficcl Oh colder is the col.
onel. and ho is hHl.us with electricity,
apparently.
"Thi5 way, lIull Come right here. and
I'll show you what Won ate to do" And.
followed by Rlyur IIull and Haync,
the chief ri1.s sharply over to the cx-
trcme left of the position and points to
the frownirE rijge across The Intervening
swale:
There, iuIl. there are twenty OF
thirty of the ra.clls in there who get a
flank frn an -. ,,-l,-,, ,,... ..t,,ol- go, -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14

Hoync StondS mutc1p looi:ing do1-a on tho
StiGeniag frame Of his fdthc,'S old friend.
Far up in the northwest. along the
banks of the broad, winding stream the
Sioux call the Elk, a train of white top
ped army wagons is slowly crawling
eastward. The October sun is hot at
MONDAY, and the dust from the loose
soil rises like heavy smoke and powders
every face and form in the guarding
battalion so that features are we'll nigh
indistinguishable. Four companies Of
stalwart, sinewy infantry. with their
brown rifles slung over the shoulder. are
striding along in dispersed order. cover
ing the exposed southern hanl, from sud-
den attack, while farther out along the
ridge line, and far to the front and rear.
cavalry skirni>hers and scouts are rid
ing to and fro, searching every hollow
and ravine. peering cautiously over
every 'dividc," and signaling "halt" or
"forward' as the indications warrant.
And vet not hostile Indian has been
seen; not one, even as distant vedettc.
has appeared in range Of the binoculars.
since the scouts rode in at daybreaE To-
say that biz bands We're in the immediate
neighborhoOd. II has been a long hard
summers work for the troops, and the
Indians have been. to all command, that
boosted strength or sWlttnrss, elusive as
the lrishlnGn's flea of tradition. Only to
those whose numbers were weak or
whose movements were hampcred have
they appeared in fighting trim. But
combinations have been too much for
them, and at last they have been herd
ed down to the lIlk, have crossed, and
are now seeking to max" their way, with
women, children, tepees' dogs. "travois,"
and the great pony herds, to the fast
nesses Of the Big Horn; and now comes
the opportunity for which AN old Indian
tighter has been anXiously waiting. In
a big cantonment he has held the main
body under his command, while keeping
ont constant scouting parties to the east
and north. lie knows well that, true to
their policy, the Indians will have scat
tered into small bands capable of reas-
sembllng anywhere that signal smokes
may call them, and his orders are to
watch all the crossings Of the Elk and
nab them as they come into his district
He watches, despite the fact that it is
his profound conviction that the Indians
will be no such idiots as to come Just
where they are wanted, and he is in no
wise astonished when courier comes in
on laded horse to tell him that they have
"doubled' on the other column and are
now two or three days march away
down stream, making for the big bend"
His own scouting parties are still out to
the eastward; he can pick them up as
he goes. He sends the main body of his
infantry, regiment iocularly known as
THE Riders to push for a landing
some fifty miles down stream, scouting
the lower valley Of the Sweet Root on
the way. He sends his wagon train,
guarded by four companies of foot and
two OF horsemen, by the only practi-
cable road to the bend, while he, with
ten seasoned troops Of his pet regi-
ment, the - tn cavalry, starts forthwith
on long detour in which he hopes to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14

In the Pullman car of the westward
bound express, half way across the con-
linent, two passengers were gazing list
le.sly out over the wintry landscape. 1t
Mas bitter morning in February. North
and south the treeless prairie rolled away
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
\ SsR ,I 3
BY Capt. Charles King, U. S. A.
Author of "DUNRAvEN RAycu, T." ''rHE CoLoNELs
DAUGHTER, ''lIARloN's FAITH, ETC.

- 7s Copyright Tppincot Company, Philadelphia
published by special arrangement with them.l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-15
be publicly repeated.
When a steer Dies.

Science brings about economy, and in
these days of varied manufactures, and
perfect facilities for carrying them on,
there is very little waste material in any
branch of trade. The Sunday Call in de-
scribing the slaughter of cattle at New
ark, n. j., says that no part of steer
is lost save its dying breath.
Nothing is wasted from the tip of the
tongue to the brush on the end of the
tail. The blood is caught and sold to
make albumen for sugar refineries and
other manufactures, or to form cheap
substitute for the hard rubber and other
plastic material used in the manufacture
of buttons. When the meat is dressed
the contents of the stomach are removed,
dried and baled as manure, and the stom-
ach itself is prepared as tripe.
The hide goes to the tanner, the head
is skinned and denuded of flesh for the
sausage makeIs the horns go to the
comb maker, who knocks out the pith
and sells il to the glue manufacturer,
who is ever ready to take all the refuse
from any part of the steer. The horny
coverings of the hoofs are almost as USE
full as horn for making buttons and SIM
liar articles, and the feet can be used for
oil and glue.
The shinbones make the finest of bone
handles, and all the rest of the bony
structure, which the butcher is unable
to sell with the meat, finds its way event
ually to the manufacturer of bone fertil-
izer and bone black.
A few of the tails are utilized, in cold
weather, in the manufacture of oxtail
soup, but usually ''the tail goes with the
hid" and becomes spoiled for domestic
use while lying about in the tannery.
Every scrap of the animals skin, even
the pate, as the skin of the head is called,
is used, in one way or another, and the
refuse of the tanneries becomes an inn
portant part of the income of those
establishments.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-15
The lnstaIIment Plan.

No one probably has as varied expert
ences as the dealers in furniture sold on
time payments and the men they en-
ploy. They have to deal with the most
curious customers, and are never sure
of getting their money. Hence a col
lector for time payment house has no
enviable position. remember an expe-
rience once had when was employed
as bookkeeper for one of the largest
dealers of the kind in the city. A new
collector had been secured and was in
structed to give him all the old bills to
see what he could do with them. He
started out early in the morning and did
not return until late at night. When he
rushed in his face was study. Throw
ing the bills on his employers desk, he
said: "Look here, if you want me to
collect those bills you will have to 90
out to Bellefontaine and dig those people
up. There's not a single one of them
alive at present" Out of big batch of
bills not single person whose name was
on them could be found. They had either
died or had the report circulated that
they were dead in order to escape col
lpctorS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-15
t1nnIinn = n.I.,,un IN

IA t1Nnttnn ntuItHr IN lsII
and 'luxuries" in shape of pretty bits of
lace, ribbon, a nice feather or pair of
gloves.
One lady had drab walking jacket,
half loose and decidedly out of style.
Did she go and buy an expensive gar
ment? In the language of the Philistines,
"Not much" She thought it over sew
efal times with her pretty head on one
side, and finally put on her bonnet and
went out, got pattern for tight jacket,
some black soutache braid, with less
quantity of gold braid, and went home
and to work, and in three days had
jacket that was the envy of her friends,
who could not believe that it was that
same old drab sacque. This she could
wear with a plaid cheviot or a plain
dark cashmere, and it was dressy enough
to wear over black silk.
A study in drapery for young wonn-
ans gown is shown in the pretty new
dress on the girl who is admiring, with
little envy, the appearance of the new old
jacket. 1t is of figured bengaline, in
brown and blue, with an underskirt Of
stripes to match. Nothing could be more
girlish and graceful, and it is style
easily copied in any soft material. This
dainty design would be pretty in white or
colored nuns yelling or challies, or in any
soft goods, which would drape in loose
easy folds. The embroidered band around
the bottom could be replaced with Eiffel
points of lace or any other suitable trim
ming, and the finishing touch Of grace
added in the shape of bow. The eco
nomical little woman could study these
two models with excellent effect, and also
take warning by the other and not buya
piece of magnificent foolishness, to re-
pent in tears and skimp in potatoes after
ward.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-15

IL z;rees than the members of the house.
Senators do not parade their incidence
before the multitude. 10 over 70 the
house Of representatives, take a seat IN
the gallery, and scan corner OF the nan
in the rear of the seats.
There is a bright wood fire burning in
an open CRATE. If wood cost 500 cord
and coal so cents a ton, the statesmen
wonld insist upon warming their shins by
> wood fire. There are easy chairs and
lounges. Every one is occupied. A row
Of distinguished men sit on their spines,
With their chairs tilted back and their
faot on the wall. On the lounges recline
other distinguished Eaen, fast asleep.
Son,a intuition their collars for comforts
eoka and occasionally some of the states
mon from the rural districts take off their
shoes and turn their big feet toward the
| fire and sleep and grunt and even snore
in the acme of comfort. And all this IN
nnblic before the eyes of thousand or
two Of spectators in the hall of the house
| 20 tba representatives of the people. II
is not pretty.
Evidently the doctrine of Congressman
stockdale, of Mississippi, has many sup
rorters in the senate and house. Stock
dale saws his idea Of heaven is place II
which there is nothing to do, where ex
;stence is a state of perpetual inactivity
where even drawing the breath of eter
nol life calls for no effort. While roll
calls and speeches and dreary readings a
the clerks desk are going on in tn
house hundreds of men sit and doze ant
rust and forget good deal of what the,
once knew. Laziness is one of the grea
evils of public life Intemperance ha
been driven out. Perhaps we shall hay
to rouse public sentiment into crusad
against Incidence.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-15
rSt. Louis Republic. ]

In southern seas sailors warn lntrepiC
'land lubbers," who persist in sleeping
in open air, to always WOO the dreamy
god under an awning; otherwise what
might have been refreshing sleep may
terminate in temporary loss of sight.
say Temporary" for the reason that il
has never turned out to be permanent
calamity, although it frequently causes
much trouble, and gives the victim a
scare he remembers the remainder of
his life.
In regard to the way the moon affects
the weather many curious facts are
recorded. 1t is an old saying that zone
Saturday moon change is enough for
seven years The nearer the time of
the moons change to midnight, says an
old saw, the fairer will the weather be
the seven days following.
The nearer TO midday the phases of the
moon happen the more foul the weather
may be expected. The space for these
calculations, according to the weather
WISE" is two hours before and two hours
after midnight and noon. If the new
moon stands on its point, 80 that the
strap of powder horn would not catch
on its horn" there will be much wet
weather. If the new moon lies fiat on
sits back" it will hold al dampness and
a dry spell may be expected. Farmers
who plant and reap "in the moon"
always plant those vegetables whose
roots are used as food in the decline or
last quarter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-15
MIIIIonaIres Of Chicago.

Down to the present time Chicago's
citizens have been occupied in acquiring
wealth. There has been time for its en-
joyment ad interim, but enjoyment has
not been a prime motive. There are the
Pullmans and the Farwells, the Fields,
the McCormicks and others who have
long been able to throw aside the cares
Of business and devote themselves exclu-
sively to pleasure, but they have not
done SO. Marshall Field and the Far
wells still manage the two greatest dry
goods houses in the west. George M.
Pullman is at the head of the mammoth
Pullman Car company. There is sec
ond generation of McCormicks, but the
click of machinery still goes on monoto-
nousiy in the reaper factory. When will
these people initiate their brethren in
New York, and, leaving their counting
rooms, give themselves entirely to lead
ing the pleasure gatherings of the fash
lonable people Of their cityf !:
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FEMININE WISDOM.
made over Garments Better thar
Me- Ones.
correspondence Of the Press

New YORK, Feb. 13.-A cssling, pref
ty, but economical little lady friend OF
mine was weeping the other day when
went to see her. She flung open the
door of her wardrobe and showed me
the ball cloak in the illustration.
'That's what it isl That is what ails
me! / wanted to buy stock Of grocer
les, and don't know how it happened,
but passed door where they were sell
ing out the loveliest Paris gowns and
cloaks for almost nothing, and l Just
went in to see what they were, and
somehow before | knew it had bought
that. got it for $500, only think! 1t
had been marked down from $3.50. But
when came to get home l remembered
that never go to balls, and it is not
suitable for street, even in carriage,
and spent all my grocery money, and
Charlie will be SO angry, and l don't
know what to dol"
The cloak was of silk, so stiff that il
| looked like marble, and all around it was
band of stuffy ostrich feathers. There
was pale pink surah lining and long
Jewish sleeves, hanging loosely over the
tight inner ones, and the front was oper
to show the dress worn beneath it. The
shape was simple in its elegance, and al
together a sumptuous creation OF thu
modiste's art. But it was of no use to m,
friend, and she finally managed to sell
for S125, and considered herself lucky.
The truly economical woman does no
look for bargains. When she receive
from her adoring and manly husband he
quarterly allowance, she first CAREFUL,
looks over her wardrobe and decide
whether or no any of the garments sh
already possesses can by means of littl
new trimming or any changes be mad
useful, and notes down the kind an
amount needed. Then she makes Lis
of must haves," another of ''would like
and another for "luxuries."
Then she buys her things and fortf
with sets to work to make them hersel
or to "have in" dressmaker for fey
: a"us Her goods are, when chose
~. Material as her pur;
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-15
Not Easily Shocked.

Young Lady evidently much distressed
and embarrassed)-Doctor Fate, / just
know shall never die sudden death.
Doctor Fatte-Indeed! my dear young
lady, and what induces you to think
thus?
Young Lady-Because you are now,
and have been for the last five minutes,
sitting upon poor, dear. little Fido, and |
sill live!
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-15
A TOUCH OF NATURE

! lattle maid upon my knee
ii hs YEARLY, signs YEARLY;
I'm tired out of dressin' dolls
And having stories read says she.
There is a book, if l could see,
should be happy, pufflcklyi
My mamma keeps it on a shelf
But that you cannot have, says sher
But here's your old Man Of the Sea-
And Jack the Giant'w lovingly
tried the litee maid to soothe).
''The interestin' one" says she,
SIS that high up onel-seems to me
The flngs you want just has to be
Somefing you hasn't got; and that's
The interestin' oner' says she.
ST. Nicholas
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-15
a RUSSIAN LEcEs'0'
TtBY.MAY Ri e"iiH'

90
Tns p,ss..n peasants tell today
lend old and dear TO them,
gov. when the wise men went their way
To fnd the babe at Bethlehem.
They paused to let their camels rest
Beside peasants lowly door;
And all intent upon their quest
They talked their sacred errand Ger.
Come with us, :" said the eager three;
Come seek with US the Heavenly Child;
What prouder honor can there be
For mortals, sinful and defiled!
And bid each child in Sunday clothes
Bring of his treasures the most rare,
Bundles Of myrrh and whitest doves,
With ointment for the Christ King hair,
who knows what blessing may befal
II they but touch his garments hemg
And only once for them and all
win Christ be born In Bethlehem
"Alasl have SO much TO DC"
The mother answered with sigh;
II cannot journey now with you,
But will follow by and by"
The wise men frowned and rode away,
Leaving the children all aglow,
And pleading through that busy day,
when may we gof When may e go"
And while their cheeks flushed rosy red,
They shouted in chorus sweet,
And may we touch his pretty headf
And may we kiss his blessed feeti"
But women still will bake and brew,
No matter what sweet honors wait;
And petty tasks they still must do
Though angels tarry at the gate
And when the frocks are sewn with lace,
And tied with ribbons smart and trim;
When each tear stained and tired face
Was bathed and tied its hood within;
When the small rooms were clearly swept
And chairs set primly in q row,
Betokening a house well kept;
Then YEARLY she turned to 60.
The sky was purpling in the west,
The silent night was hurrying on;
The three wisesmen had onward pressed,
The star from out the east had gonel
What could the foolish mother do!
- She turned her footsteps home again.
And never, all her sad life through,
Did she behold the three wise men.
Alasi Through weak delaying, she
Her sweetest privilege had missed;
Nor did her children ever see
The Holy Babe they might have kissed
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-15

The following inscription is to be read
on gravestone in Pere la Chaise: "Here
lies Gabrielle X, my adored spouse, an
angell shall never get over her loss!
Here lies Henriette X, my second wife,
an angel alsor'