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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-11-12

Hoods SarsapariIIa, Being a Con-
stitutIonaI Remedy, Readily
Reaches and Cures IL.
"A sense Of gratitude and q desire TO benefit
those afflicted, pro mpts me to recommend
Hoods sarsaparilla to all who have eatarrh.
For MANY years was troubled with catarrh
and indigestion and general debility. ] got 30
low could not get around the house. ] tried
about everything saw recommended for ca
tarrh. but failing in every instance m being re.
leved, became
Very Much Discouraged.
At last decided to take Hoods sarsaparilla
and began to get relief. have now used, with
in two years. ten or twelve bottles and feel bet
ter than have for years. / attribute my i'm
provement wholly to the use Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla
MRS. CHAs RHINE, Corner York and Pleasant
Streets Hanover Penn.
HOODS PILLS-For the liver and bowels, act
easily yet promptly and efficiently. Price use.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
An African Statesman.


The new premier of Cape Colony, Cecil
Rhodes, is attracting marked attention
in England, where he is on business
visit. His career in South Africa, which
has been one of the most romantic and
adventurous, has placed him in the fore
most ranks Of Anglo-African notability.
Within a few years he has achieved the
reputation Of a statesman; the title of
"The Diamond King" and is generally
accepted as the leader Of men in Africa.
He is one of those who believe in settling
the Mashonaland troubles with the ma
tives in a peaceful manner, and if the
latter are not disposed that way to use
force, and he talks like man who would
be abundantly able to bring about an
arrangement either way. In appearance
he is much older than he really is, and
physically seems the embodiment of quiet
force. He is not prone to conversation,
but when so engaged is always inter-
esting, from the fact that he never talks
but on subjects with which he is thor
oughly familiar. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
Skin Grating. by Machinery.

Saturday morning, at the Massachu-
sets General hospital, little instru-
ment, invented by DR.. Mixter, wonder
full in its simplicity, constructed so as
to separate quite large portions of epi-
dermis from the subcutaneous tissue,
was used for the first time.
The patient had been etherized, and had
undergone an operation for the removal
Of q cancerous growth from the left
breast, and the wound thus made was
quite an extensive one. The instrument
was applied to the anterior portion of
the right thigh, and three strips, about
an inch wide by six inches long, were
taken off and transplanted to the ex-
posed surface of the breast. The opera
ton of removing the skin and trans
planting it to its new quarters did not
occupy more than about six minutes.
A very few days will suffice to restore
the denuded surface of the thigh to its
normal condition, leaving few traces of
the reparative process to which it has
contributed, and, other things being
equal, the surface from which the can
cerous tumor has been excised will heal
over by first intention, thus saving the
patient from prolonged and painful
period of convalescence. OF course, every
precaution is taken, by the use of steril-
izing processes and antiseptic solutions, to
render the operation thoroughly aseptic,
80 that the chances of infammatory dis
turbances from bacterial sources are re-
duced to the lowest minimum.
The thickness of these delicate human
plasters probably does not exceed one
sixtieth of an inch, and the resulting
hemorrhage is not more than what one
sees on slight abrasion of the skin, OF
it may be compared to the sanguineous
oozing one gets from too earnest tonsorial
attention. Herald.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
Went Cunning in Full Dress.

At II o'clock on Monday night party
of ten gentlemen, who had been spend
ing the evening pleasantly at an informal
ball at the Jekyl Island club house, con-
cluded they would have "pig hunt" be-
fore retiring. Without taking time to
change the dress suits in which they were
attired, they slung their rifles across
their shoulders and set out into the
jungles of Jekyl in quest of wild hogs.
The agreement before starting was that
every rifle should be fired at the first pig
that broke cover. They had not pro-
ceeded very far before one of the gentle
men. had the misfortune to trip and fall
heavily through bunch of palmettoes
and into q pool of water about a foot
and half deep.
Sixteen shots were fired in quick sue
cession from the rifles of the other mem
bers in the direction of the noise, each
one thinking a pig had been started
During the fusillade the unlucky sports
man was afraid to put even his nose
above water, and when, after the firing
had ceased, the hunters rushed to the
spot to find their game they discovered,
instead of wild hog, their half drowned
companion. The boys shouldered the
game and carried it back to the club
house, fully persuaded that midnight,
dress suits and pig hunting didn't go very
well ether.-Brunswick (Ga.) Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
r1slt.msn, m = n.lri.n Taun.


II Is promised that 1t viii not be long
before o certain small town In Belgium
is lighted by electricity. Itsppears that
thirty years ago the municipality entered
into a contract with the local gas COM
pany for the public lighting Of the town.
1t was agreed that the price should be
fixed at &, 900 per annum, the contract
to exist for fifty-fve years. Thus the
agreement remains good for another
twenty-five years. The municipality,
seeing around cheaper gas and more
desirable light in the form of the electric
light, have come TO the conclusion that
they are decidedly at a disadvantage.
They say that the price which was con-
sidered just when the contract was made
should now be reduced, as it is excessive
when compared with other towns where
only 81 900 per annum is paid for the
same amount of light.
As the gas company refuses to reduce
its price, complaints regarding defective
lighting, which had previously been per-
mitted to pass unnoticed, are now nu-
merous, the inhabitants entering hearth
ly into the spirit of the situation. Ac-
cording to the latest accounts the gas
company had fallen on troublous times.
The municipality had made up its mind
that if it could not get the gas at a rea-
sonable rate it would secure it at low
one, and possibly make profit on the
bargain.
The method adopted is decidedly rigor-
Gus. For every gas jet below the con-
tract candle power fine of forty cents
is imposed; for each square of glass not
properly cleaned, a fine of ten cents;
broken glass, ten cents, and for a lamp
extinguished a caution first and fine
afterward. The campaign is affording
immense qualification to the inhabitants
of that quiet little town, which has sell
dom fallen on such a bonanza in the way
Of sensation, and the gas company
seems destined either to make a speedy
change of front or give up its contract.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
A Rows Odd Miafortune.

The curious formation on the body Of
the little three-year-old boy of John
Rock, Of Rice's landing, Of which 80
much has been said, caused the death Of
the child at last. In August last the boy
was playing in the yard, when he fell
down. He cried good deal and seemed
to suffer. Little attention was paid to
it, however, until few days later q
strange lump was discovered on his alb
domen. It grew to an enormous size
and physicians declared an operation
meant death.
The boy would eat scarcely anything,
though he almost constantly asked for
food. When not watched he would eat
ashes and other hard substances. On
Wednesday he asked his mother for a
piece Of cake, and three minutes after he
was dead. When the growth was re-
moved it weighed seven and half
pounds, and it was found it had COM
pletely surrounded the kidneys and
grown fast to the body. Its size caused
it to interfere with the action of the
heart, causing death. The lump is said
to be puzzle to physicians, who say it
resembles no humorous growth they ever
encountered.-Green County Demo
crat.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
The snsed Of That Yankee Mstsor.

Professor Fl. A. Newton, of Yale, writes
the following letter with regard to the
great and wonderfully brilliant meteor
which was seen here in Hartford:
The brilliant meteor that you describe
in your issue of Feb. "a, and which was
heard to explode with tremendous noise
in many places in Maine, appears to have
been moving northward, nearly over
Portland, Me-, perhaps from as far south
as Boston, and to have disappeared some
miles above the surface Of the earth over
the middle or northern parts Of Franklin
county, Me. So far as known no stones
have been secured from the meteor. If
this is the true path, the body entered
the air with tremendous velocity.
The earth was at that time moving
eighteen miles second directly toward
the point from which the meteor was
coming. According to accepted theories,
the meteor was moving faster than the
earth, and the stone entered the air with
the sum of the two velocities. This
makes a velocity of more than forty
miles a second. In most Of the cases
where stones have been secured the We
locities have been not more than twenty
miles second. In one instance, how
ever, in Stanhem, Moravia, there were
secured large number of stones from q
meteor whose velocity was as great as
that of the meteor of Feb. 23.-Hartford
Courant.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26

Thomas Il. Davis, theatrical man
ager, says: "This season on the road has
been remarkable, in that the better class
of plays have received more encourage
ment than ever before. On the other
hand many of the cheap spectacular and
operatic companies have lost money or
gone to pieces. The truth is that the
people outside of New York are becom-
ing quite as good judges of dramatic
performances as can be found in the
metropolis, and any effort on the part Of
cunning managers to humbug them
stands poor show of success. In my
experience l find that New York is be-
coming less and less factor in the sue
cess Of any dramatic production. The
time was, few years ago, when sue
cessful run in New York decided the
fate Of piece. It is now no longer the
case. New York Herald.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
A Church of Oranges.

The Palermo (Mon.) Fruit Growers
association, which recently affiliated
with the California State Board of
Trade, sent to San Francisco large
model Of the Union church, which is To-
Gated at Palermo colony in Butte. The
model has been erected in the board of
trade rooms, and is now ON exhibition.
The miniature church is an exact model
in every detail Of the original, and just
one-seventh it's size. It is 10 feet in
length, 81 feet wide and III feet in
height. The roof, gables and bell tower
are covered with oranges, some thou
sands Of which are used, while in the
windows and around the pedestals are
arranged exhibits Of nuts, dried and
fresh fruits and other products Of the
colony. AS the oranges used in decorat-
ing the church wither they will be taken
away and fresh fruit substituted until
the orange season is over, when other
fruits, dried and fresh, will be used for
decorating, making it a standing unique
advertisement Of the resources of Paler-
mo.-Omaha Bee.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
Got a avs Pearl with His Dinner.

Edward Malley was eating a dinner at
Heublein's recently, and among the first
dishes served was oysters on the hall
shell. He picked up one of the oysters
with his fork from the shell, and his eye
was attracted by white substance which
had been concealed under the oyster. 1t
was pearl of extraordinary size and ex-
ceptionally fine quality, although it was
entirely in the rough state. 1t was ex-
amined by several gentlemen who wero
present, and it was universally conceded
to be a remarkable gem. Mr.. Malley
placed its value at SIS, and this estimate
was accepted as being none too high.
He proposes to have it finished up and
mounted. The oyster in which the gem
was found came from one Of the local
dealers and was taken from bed in the
Sound. New Haven Register.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
students. credI. in Paris.

The Partisan tradespeople who have to
do with the students are not lenient.
The lower French classes, every one
knows, are grasping. In Paris they are
spurred on by what Alphonse Daudet
so graphically calls ''la peur de ne pas
arriver"-the fear Of not ''getting there"
In the Quarter student is allowed $50
francs credit; in other words, thirty dol
lars. If any expenditure is run up above
that limit, or rent permitted to stand
beyond that sum, the hussier appears
and the student is literally turned out
on the pavement. have recently heard
of several cases where this limit had
been reached within franc or two, and
where the student, man or woman,
had been reduced to keeping the vital
spark alive by one or two cups of coffee
a day.
In one instance the person was New
England girl from small village, who,
entirely without talent, had come over,
as 1 have described, with about 5000, out
of which, her passage being deducted,
she had been able to live, after fashion,
for time. The last cent was now gone;
she was friendless, without means to get
home, and probably too proud to make
her destitution and failure known to her
family, against whose instincts of COM
mon sense she had probably undertaken
this venture, lured by all manner of
wild and unfounded hopes. And this
case is really one of many Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
a.v, n. H.. Youpa , New Natal.


George A. Clarke, an experienced iron
worker Of Boston, claims 10 have dis
covered an ore in the Rocky mountains
which he believes is new TO the world.
He says of it:
'T took specimens Of the ore to as
sayers in Cincinnati, Chicago and Boston,
and no one of them could tell me the
name Of the mineral. Then / began
here a series Of experiments myself, mix
ing it with molten iron. 1t combined
perfectly with the iron, and / found
that only small quantity was necessary
TO increase the huidity of the metal. 1t
rendered the iron ductile, and in low
grades acted as purifier. The product
of the alloy was a homogeneous metal
Of very fine pores, capable of higher
finish than before. The Stag expelled
by its use contained no metal, and was
very light. In the treatment of iron
with only one per cent. of this new ore
the formers tensile strength was in
creased from 10 to % per cent.
Using only half of one per cent, of
this OF in mixture with copper, found
that it gave the metal greater density
and great increase-from 60 to 100 per
cent.-of tensile strength. The result
ing metal, too, is capable of high polish.
In word, found that the ore increased
the tensile strength and the fuidity
under heat of both these metals and
makes them both of finer grain. 1t is
non-corrosive.
Mr.. Clarke produced a handful of the
ore-a substance that looked like fine
sandstone, save that it was black, and
many pieces of it presented highly pol
ished surfaces as smooth as bit Of glass.
Mr.. Clarke refused to state the location
of the field, which, he said, was exposed
over the space of an acre, as he is trying
to get control of it first.-Cor. Chicago
Tribune.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
The Old Home of Jssse James.

The Libby Prison war museum is soon
to have an acquisition of curious char
acter. It is the identical frame house in
which Jesse James lived the last four
months of his life, and in which he was
killed by Bob Ford. Since 1889 this
house has stood unoccupied on bluff
back of st. Joseph, Mo. The bullethole
in the wall is still to be seen and the
blood stains on the floor have never been
effaced. The house was sold to the
agent Of the Chicago museum for the
sum of 81 300, and it is to be taken down
in sections, removed hence and set up
again in the big building in Wabash
avenue.
An equally interesting relic would be,
we think, the old James house still stand
ing near Liberty, Clay county. And IL
old MotheA James is still living she
should be engaged to come along and
serve as ''guide" or illustrator"
The old lady, when we last saw her,
nine years ago, was full Of fight and en-
ergy, and it would be hard to find
handsomer woman than she was.-Chi-
cago News.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
Decline of Literary Receptions.

The past winter has practically set
tied one thing in New York-that the
literary reception has had its day. Two
years ago Evenings" were held by all
the well known literary people, but the
practice was abused, and the following
year saw the beginning of the end. This
past season but few literary sat homes"
have been given, and these lacked their
former interest-so much so that next
winter will see still a smaller number.
One cause of the unpopularity into which
the literary reception in New York has
fallen was its shameful abuse. A liter
ary woman would begin her season with
small coterie of her select friends, and
so long as those same congenial spirits
came together all went delightfully."- well.
But one friend brought another, and
after two or three weeks he would in
turn bring third, until at the close of
the season the hostess would find her
rooms overrun with lot of minor liter
airy lights whom she scarcely knew, and
the spell was broken. Then the deaths
Of Miss Booth, Oliver Bell Bunce, the
removal of Marion Harland made diff
ference, and so for more than one reason
the practice has died out. Perhaps the
change will be for the better, since privi-
legged friends will be more certain of
agreeable companionships upon special
evenings when the hostess signifies her
intention to be at home for these, and
these alone.-Edward w. Bok's Letter.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
A rlash fron a Electric c.,.

Richard II. Earle, the insurance agent
who lives IN Worthington street, had q
peculiar and rather startling experience
with electricity early one evening re-
Gently through the medium Of the eiec-
tric cars He was crossing Main street
Just below State street, where the Forest
park line ends, and happened to pass the
rear of an electric car just as it started
on its southwark trip. He went very
close to the car, perhaps within foot,
he thinks, and as he went by there came
from beneath the car fash as of light
ming, which seemed to start from the
wheels and strike him on the left side
under the arm. No harm seemed to
have been done, and Mr.. Earle contin-
ued on his way.
Just as he turned down Howard street
to go to the house of an acquaintance,
Carl Wunsch, he felt pain in his side
as if he was being roughly rubbed.
When he reached Mr.. Wunsch's house
the latter exclaimed that something was
burning, and on Mr.. Earle's unbutton-
ing his overcoat smoke and flame came
out, and it took lively work on the part
of Mr.. and Mrs. Wunsch and Mr.. Earle
to save the clothing. On examination it
was found that the overcoat and under
coat had been burned through from the
outside, and also the vest as far as the
lining. The hole in the overcoat is two
or three inches wide and four or five
inches long. A leather book in the un-
dercoat containing some papers was bad
ly burned on the lower end and the pa
peFs therein were scorched.
Mr.. Earle thinks there is no doubt that
the mischief was caused by the spark
from the electric car, and no other solu-
tion of the matter seems possible, since
Mr.. Earle does not smoke, and the burns
in the clothing ere not of the sort to be
started from such source. The street
railway tracks were very wet that night,
and this of itself would tend to dissipate
the electric fluid as it entered the rails.
Taken altogether, Mr.. Earle's experience
was certainly a singular one.-Spring-
field Republican.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
Fervent Lightning.

Quite strange freak of lightning was
witnessed at the home of Mr.. William
Henry Morton in Athens. During the
rainstorm that came up about noon a
fash of lightning struck the rod over the
house. melting it instantly. The cur
rent was not content with this, but leaped
to the tin gutter and melted it all around
the house, pouring the molten metal in
heavy streams to the ground below. The
lightning then flashed through one corn
er of the house, paid visit to the people
in the room below, ran out along an iron
pipe to tin basin on the back piazza and
melted it completely, and followed an
iron pipe to the well, fully fifty feet from
the house. The damage to the wood
work of the house was very slight, but
all of the metal with which it came in
contact was melted.-Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
Prairie Cattle Arc WeIl.

The fifteenth annual convention Of the
Northwest Texas Cattle Growers asso-
citation was held at Dallas recently. The
range cattle country all along the line of
the plain from Montana to the gulf was
represented, and the report from the
whole range country, with the exception
of few drought stricken spots, was
that the range cattle have been partic-
ularly well preserved during the past
season. Very little suffering has been
occasioned by storms, and the grazing
was good all through the winter. It is
predicted that If cold weather holds off
for the rest Of the season range cattle all
along the line will be fatter and in bet
ter condition generally than usual.-Cor.
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
pren VINO Have Died rhis Year.

The death roll of 1891 will be unprece-
dented should the rate of the first six
weeks be maintained to the end Of the
year. Already the List Of great names
includes Bancroft and Kinglake among
historians; Emma Abbott and Celine
Montaland among queens Of the stage;
Meissonier, Won Marcke and Jervis Nc
Entee among painters; Secretary Of the
Treasury Window, ex-Secretary Of the
Interior Stuart and Charles Bradlaugh
among statesmen; General Sherman and
Admiral Porter among military leaders;
King Kslakaua of Hawaii, and Abdul
Rahman Khan, ameer Of Afghanistan,
among rulers; Baron Hausmann, the re-
constructor Of Paris; Leo Delibes, the
French composer, and numerous others
Of scarcely less fame. - Cincinnati Times
CtAr
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-03-26
Mlllionaires and subscription Ii sts.

"Millionaires are as plenty as black
berries in this town." said gentleman
who has been active in pushing the sub
scription for the statue to General Grant.
"You just let the right set Of men take
hold of subscription list for any worthy
purpose and see how rapidly it swells.
Look at the Sherman statue fund. 1t
will be completed in q few days, and we
could have passed the $50, 600 mark sew
eral days ago if we had not limited the
highest subscription to 81 200. The prin-
cipal drawback about going to an ordi-
nary millionaire with subscription list
is his sensitiveness about making his
name too conspicuous on the list.
''For instance, a man worth 8, ,000, 900
or $3, ,0OO, 900 viii run his eye over the
list, and If he sees the names Of Wander
bilt, Rockefeller or Huntington he will
say, We'll, of course it won't look well
for me to give as much as those men.
People will think that I am trying to at
tract attention to myself Now, if that
man had been asked to start the subscrip-
ton he probably would have put his
name down for $1,000. When he saw
that Vanderbilt had given that sum he
Immediately subscribed for $3.50, with
the assurance, however, IF you need any
more come and see me. New York
Times.