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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
a nlghminded Young prlnos.

The Prince Of Naples, who has just
come of age, is very high-principled
young man, with rigid regard for
truth and duty. He has even refused
to write an account of his recent
travels because etiquet and political
considerations forbade him to tell the
whole truth at every point OF his
journey. Though reserved and
somewhat shy in public he is frank
and merry In private life Devoted
to all studies, he Is especially fond oil
history and geography, and possesses
q remarkable knowledge Of the most
minute details of Italian history.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
ARE RIoHEn THAN cResus.


America Boasts che HiGesss Private
Fortunes In the World.
Who Il the richest man In the
worlde It is now pretty we'll settled
that the late William H. Vanderbilt
at his death was entitled 70 tha; dis.
tinction. The settlement OF his estate.
which has now about been completed.
shows that he was worth not less than
$3.50. 900. 600. Since the division OF
his estate John d. Rockefeller OF the
Standard OIL company and William
Waldorf Astor have been in q race
for the head Of the list OF richest men,
each beng quoted at 1925, 900. 600.
and Jay Gould a close third with no
more than 500, 600. 900.
William Il Vanderbilt left TO each
CT his eight children $40, 900. 600; S., :
900. 600 was set aside to provide an
income for Mrs. Vanderbilt, and the
remainder was directed to be divided
between the two Oldest sons Cornelius
and William X. Vanderbilt Inround
numbers they received $55, 500. 900
OdCu, WnlCu1 Win buo uOqucoto Va
$40. 900. 900, increased their shares to
sos, 800. 900. Cornelius Vanderbilt
at the time was estimated to possess
IS, 600, 900. The present estimate Of
the combined Vanderbilt fortunes.
taking into consideration the natural
accumulations and allowing for the ex-
penditures, for it is known that the
Vanderbilts use great deal ofmoney,
is probably $3.50, 0O0 900.
The wealth of the Duke of West
minister, whose fortune is the great
est in Europe, is at a careful estimate
E10, 900. 900, or $50, 900, 900, and it
is the accumulation OF a long ancestry.
Most OF the American fortunes are the
accumulation of single generation.
The aggregate wealth of the Roth.
schilds reaches nearly 81, 600, 900, 900,
but it is distributed among so many
that no individual Rothschild is worth
over $40, 600, 600.
There are thousands OF Americans
who are worth over 100000 and
at least four who are worth more than
k70, 900, 900. and there are thlrty-fve
who are worth $40. 900, 900 and more.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
ramInina Infinancs.

When young ladies commit them
selves against any social and degrad.
ing custom, especially among young
men, that custom will disappear.
Woman certainly has the right"
to noble companionship and pure
air; and it would be very 'encour-
aging sign to see her assert it But
when / see woman willing to
train her children in the blue atmos-
phere Of tobacco smoke without pro-
test, or when I see a young lady
walking or riding with young man
who wears pipe or cigar in his
teeth, says writer in the Advance.
and that young lady is walking to
swallow the vile fumes from his mouth
simply for the infnitesimal privilege
of his company. say there is a
woman, there is a girl who cares
little or nothing for woman's rights
or woman's duties, either.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22

Frederick Douglass. minister to
Hayti. is a man OF striking appear
ance and fine address His manners
are courtly and his garb is modish.
Reared In slavery on plantation he
discourses like scholar. and his
friends are always pleased to listen to
him. He has been a wharf laborer,
a traveller, lecturer, an editor q
recruiting officer, and politician.
and he is now spending the evening
Of his life as diplomatist Though
IA years of age he is in a remarkably
good state of preservation.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22

ON CONTRACTS.
Their P.sullarI.lss when M.ds nrhs.
T..,.. -. r,ragrayn. 80

By Letter or Telegram.
An offer made by mail or telegraph.
is q continuing and open proposition
until its receipt by the party 70 whom
It was addressed. and such q reason
able time thereafter as will enable him
TO accept OF refuse it or until actual
notice Of its withdrawal by the party
making that offer reaches the party
to whom the offer has been made.
ANY act done by the party evincing
an intent to accept 1t before actually
receiving such notice OF its withdrawal
is a completion OF the contract Y 1t
may be Withdrawn by the party max
ing 1t at any time previous to its ac-
ceptance by the other. but this notice
Of withdrawal Is not operative until It
has actually reached the party 10
whom it is addressed.
For instance. il A should write to
B making q certain offer for certain
goods, and B should write accepting
such offer, the contract would be COM
pleted at the time B posted his ac-
ceptance before receiving the notice
of withdrawal In other words, the
contract is complete at the time OF
mailing the acceptance OF the offer.
and not at the time Of the receipt OF
the acceptance by the party making
the offer.
Should B delay his acceptance,
however, until the receipt of the no
tice OF withdrawal, no acceptance then
made could operate to bind A to the
contract.
The offer need not be revoked in
the same manner it was made. either;
and should A, after making an offer
to b to that determination and tele-
graph B to that effect which tele-
graph was received by B previous to
receipt OF the offer OF its acceptance
by him, it is a complete withdrawal,
The entire question in each case Is:
Has there been an assent to the terms
offered before the offer was with
drawnP II so. there is complete
contract which can only be rescinded
by the consent of both parties, while
before such acceptance its terms are
constantly open to modification by
either.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
interesting Il 1lu.

The Chronicle OF Wilkesboro, N.
c., Is responsible for the following
sumner. "Near Shelby Grove
Church, Moravian Grove township.
lives man about rs years OF age
whose locks for many years have been
white as the drifsed snowflake. On
the morning Of the first OF December,
1890 he awoke to find himself in pos
session OF a most beautiful head oi
hair with scarcely gray hair to be
found.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
He Slapped The Prince of Wales Fa

He slapped The Prince of Wales Face.
Pittsburg boasts OF a man who
slapped the Prince of Wales face. He
works for the Monongahela Water
company as laboring boss. The
circumstances of the adventure as
told by himself are as follows:
'.In my early life was soldier in
the British army, and once my regi-
ment was reviewed by Queen Vic
toria who held by the hand the
youthful Prince Of Wales. When the
mothers back was turned the boy
playfully. expectorated on my red
coat and I resented the insult to the
British flag by slapp1ng him in the
face with my open palm. He told his
mother. and very soon the Colonel
heard OF it and came dancing along
to wreak vengeance on the man who
dared lift his hand to q son OF the
Queen.
The Queen sought me out and
graclously inquired what my name
was. William Dickson. sergeant.
your majesty said /, and she COM
mended my sense of propriety in ad-
ministering timely rebuke to the
heir apparent of the English throne,
and recommended me for the promo.
ton which never came.n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
An Owl THAT Made "Rome Howl"

The novel adventure of tele-
grapher Is recoraed by the Palatka
Ella. Herald as follows: Billy Du
Pree, the young night train dispatcher
of the Florida Southern, while seated
at his desh last night with only the
click, click OF his instrument to dis
turb the stiffness, was suddenly startled
about 3 clock by the hooting of an
immense owl which flew into the win
dow through an open window. Billy
was just running No. 4 into Ocala,
where she was to pass the down freight
train, and it was especially necessary
that he should give the strictest at
tention to his business at this time.
The great owl, blinded by the light
Tapped his wings circled round and
round the room, breaking lamps and
knocking down chairs. to say nothing
of the unmerciful treatment which
Billy received. But like Casabianca
he stood at his post of duty until all
was safe, when he made for the bird
of wisdom and captured him. He has
the owl securely Gagged, and takes
great pride in the capture. The bird
measures seven feet from tip to tip OF
! wings.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
1rrIsatIns Canals as De,trOyors of Fish.

Irrigating Canals as Destroyers of Fish
A petition is being circulated and
largely signed by the people in this
part of the valley and will be present.
ed to the With general assembly
praying for the enactment OF law to
provide for the screening of the head
gates OF the irrigating canals for the
protection OF fish. says the La lara
(CaL Echo. The destruction OF fish
through this source is deplorable-
Recently as the water was being
turned off in the Del Norte irrigating
canal seining party succeeded In
catching 200 pounds of trout and
only half mile was gone over. As
the canal is forty miles long it is
estimated that IL contained $4,000
pounds. And this is one OF many
canals in the valley, but the Del Norte
ditch Is thought to be the most de-
structive.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
Gamblers, superstitions.

when I used to gamble. said a
good citizen, 'If l won always made
it point to buy new clothes, or pay
my board q month ahead, or buy a
diamond, or something like that.
That's the only sure way to beat the
game. Men who don't do that get
the worst of it.
Gan gamblers are superstitious. I
defy any man to handle a pack OF
cards any length OF time and not get
lot of superstition mixed up with it.
Cards will come SO peculiarly. Some
times a popularity will last only
through one night.
81 remember playing poker one
evening and having every hand beaten
that had 10-spot in it, Big hands,
too, some of 'em. l had four tens
beaten that night by four jacks, and
I'd seen an ace in the discard, too,
'.Another wickedness I can't shake
off is a horror of the queen of spades.
I won't draw to queens, anyhow. un-
less I've got three OF 'em, but I'm
afraid of the queen Of spades especial
ly. I won't draw to hand, no mat
ter what I've got If the queen oi
spades is there. I've tried it. and
never made it win"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
BIRnon's Bills.

Bignon transformed modest Paris
eating house into the Cafe Foy. a re-
sort of European nobility and wealth,
and conducted his business with such
ability that he was able to retire from
it with a huge fortune.
His gift of repartee was as fine and
nearly as famous as his taste in mat
ters gastronomic. Whoever presumed
to criticise his prices or his menu
was shown his error in an argument
which, if not convincing, was origi-
nal, amusing, and not to be ques-
toned.
One day a country gentleman en-
tered the restaurant and was sur
prised to find melons in the menu in
April. He ordered one and ate it.
but when the bill came he nearly
jumped off his chair. ~, hat does it
mean?" he cried. Thirty francs
for melon! It must be joke. Let
me see the landlord.
Bignon appeared. "You actually
ask rhirty francs tor q melonPn de-
manded the astounded country visi-
tor.
Sir" replied Bignon, 'if you can
procure me three or four at the same
price l will buy them on the spot"
Prince Narischkin once objected 10
bill. 'Twelve-and-six for peach,
NJ BignonP They must be very
rare"
lit is not the peaches, but the Mar
ischkins who are rare, Prince"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
This Il Awful.

In recent English novel this de.
scriptlon Of an American girl is
found 'The cold-blooded cut-throat
American girl. calculating her ro,
nance by the yard, booking her firt.
ations by double-entry and marrying
at compound interest with the head
OF railway president and the heari
Of an Esquimau. This was evident.
" written BY Tilted Englishman.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
slack wire Performances By . Mouse

Slack Wire Performance by % AIouses
A mouse had by some means GS
upon the electric light wire at ths'
corner of Charles and Baltimore
streets yesterday morning. says the
Baltimore Sun. and one person of the
many on the street below having
caught sight Of him, q large crowd
soon formed to see the slack-wire
performance About two hundred
persons saw him travel along Baltis
more street to St Paul. thence tcl
Fayette. to Charles and back to Bal
tirnore.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
singular Catch OF Z rhIsf.

A chicken thief OF Bristol, Pa
was caught in singular way. H
button was found in a chicken roostI
and the chief Of police found others {
match 1t on the coat Of q man VIII
was found selling chickens Ia
market.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22


woman in America, or, for that mat
ter, in the world, is the daughter of a
New Bedford whaler in the days when
whaling was highly lucurative busi-
ness. He left her SO. 900, 600. and an
aunt subsequently left her about as
much more. By her own business
ability she has increased her inherit
ances TO $50, 900. 900. She has for
long time been the principal owner of
the Louisville & Nashville railroad,
and when occasion required has
stepped in to show her authority in
it's affairs. She is not at all given to
the vanlties of her sex. Her attire is
of the plainest character. 1t is re.
lated of her that she once brought
$5, 900. 600 in securities in a sachel to
deposit w it'll her bankers in Wall
street. She got into street car. set
the sachel down beside her, and rode
on as unconcernedly as ii she were
merely going with her knitting for an
afternoons visit
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
IL yHas onlr 4 prea "a.

"You had the nightmare terribly
last night James"
Had IP i guess 1t must have been
the pie"
"Why, ] baked no pie"
II know you didn't but I dreamed
you did
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-22
The Regard Ring.

The French. in their pretty senti-
mental way, says Harper's Bazaar,
use a combination OF gems, which
spell Souvenir" or ..Amitie." This
romantic idea is said to have origin
ated with them. In English "Re-
gard" Dearest" and Love" are
tha most common, as;
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08
Yuma Prisons First Inmate.

The Yuma Times gives the fol- lowing account of that penitential parsonage: Last Friday, William Hall walked out of the Yuma peni- ten:iary for the third time a free man once more. Hall stands on the prison register as No. l, being the first convict committed after the establishment of the institution at that place. This was in May, 1875. Ills sentence was for lite for manslaughter committed in Pima county, There being no buildings at that time, Hall spent year or so of his sentence in the county jail. He was pordoned and released in July, 1884. His next sentence was for grand larceny in Pinal county, and he arrived at the prison again in 1886, on two years term. His behavior was good and he received credits, so that he was entitled to discharge in July, 1888. Next he was indict- ed for the same offense in MaricOpa county, under alias of J. J. Bunk, found guilty and given a three years term, arriving at Yuma on May 15, 1889. Again his behavior was good and his credits amounted to eight months, which was deduct ed from his time.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

THE Tombstone Prospector says the provision for a sinking fund both state and county was com mcndable article to go into the con- stitution. For once all hands stood together and framed an article that is credit to the foresight and in- telligence of the people and their representatives. This sinking fund should have been enacted for the territory years ago by legislation. Our credit would then have been so firmly established that the Cover nor would not have felt it his duty to go on a hawking tour of the east ern money centers, to dispose of our territorial funding bonds.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08
The Suffrage Section.

The followingis the article adopt ed for the constitution as the quail ification of electors.
 "Section livery male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards (ex- cept idiots. seaman, or mariners in the army or navy of the United States, Indians not taxed and per sons convicted of any infamous or capital crime) who has resided in the state or territory one year and in the county wherein such resi- dence IS located ninety days next preceding amy election, should be entitled to vote at such election, provided that in school elections there shall be no denial of the elec- tive franchise on account of sex,
 "Sec. 2.-Nothing herein shall be construed to deprive any person of the right to vote who has such right at the time of the adoption of this constitution.
 "Sec. 3.-The legislature shall be empowered to make further ex- tensions of the suffrage hereafter at it's discretion to all citizens of ma- ture age and of sound mind not convicted of any infamous crime without regard to sex, but no law extending or restricting the right of suffrage shall be enforced until adopted by majority of the elec- tors of the state at a general cleo ton.
 Sec. 4.-The mode and manner of holding elections and making re- turns thereof shall be as they arp now or may hereafter be pre- scribed by law"
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08
Arizona Grasses.

The Globe Silver Belt says that D. T. McDougal. special agent of the botanical division of the depart ment of agriculture, stopped over in Globe Wednesday, on his way south, to the Chiricahua mountains. Prof. McDougal is engaged in the investigation and collection of plants, especially forage plants adapted to the arid region. He spent several months in northern Arizona, in the Grand Canyon, San Francisco and Mogollon mountains and secured great variety of plants and grasses, a number of which he believes to be new discoveries and some of great utility. Mr. McDou- gal stated that none of the grasses imported into the western country have proved successful substitutes for the native grasses. Of the lat ter the grammas are superior.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08
Phelps Well.

Charlie Phelps got in from the new Harqua Hala road yesterday. By dint of faith and perseverance he has succeeded in making him. self a valuable place on the desert and has assured the use of the new road which he opened himself last year. His we'll is eighteen miles west of Sidney. the capital of the Buckeye district, and forty miles from Mrs. Campbells ranch at the point of the Harqua Halas. At the present depth of eighty-five feet the water comes in at the rate of 1000 gallons daily and as 1t is rising too last to be overcome by hand he has come in to make arrangements for a whim or other appliance to pump it out. He intends to in- crease the capacity to 5000 gallons daily before considering the we'll
 finished and then he will have d valuable cattle ranch as we'll as an important water station on the shortest route between Phoenix and the Bonanza mines. The new road crosses the Buckeye canal a short distance west of Sidney and keeps on due west toward Saddle noun tain, leaving that prominent land mark to the left. It cuts off fully twenty-five miles from the old route. The we'll is five miles this side of the saddle.-Republican.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08
Important Suit in the Supreme
 Court.

Hon. William c. Hazeldine, the efficient general attorney of the At lantic & Pacific railroad company, left for Washington, by way of Chi cago and New York, on Sunday morning, for the purpose of assist ing in the argument of an import ant motion in the case of the Uni ted States vs the Western Union
 Telegraph company, Atlantic &
 Pacific R. R. Co.,, and others The motion will be heard before
 Justice Field of the United States supreme court in Washington on Oct. 1st. The case is one of inn mense magnitude, involving as 1t does millions of dollars of capital invested in telegraph lines and rail- roads, the question being as to the right ot the telegraph company ana
 railroad companies to enter into contracts providing for the use of railroad wires for commercial busi- ness, and the object of the suit is to set aside and declare null and void all contracts heretofore made by the Western Union company with the various co defendants named in the bill. Judge Hazel dine's reputation as a railroad law yer is we'll known in the west and
 it is safe to say that, in so far as the Atlantic & Pacific company is concerned their case will be ably nted.-Albuquerque Citizen,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08
Black Water.

At Six-Mile.. rapids on the Colo rado, nearly 400 miles north of Yuma. there exists a place in the river where the water seems to be different in many respects from the rest of the stream. Steamboatmen longago noticed that whenever they struck that particular point, the water always foamed in the boilers and all the steam bearings cut bad ly. The water does not differ in color from any other place, but when bottle is filled and corked it soon turns very dark almost inky in hue. A heavy dark sediment also settles to the bottom which amounts in all ordinary quart to two inches in depth. The distance where this Oc- CUTS in the river is only few miles and the steamers are always careful to have full boilers before striking this place. Capt, Polhamus brought down a bottle of the water last week and left it with the Times where cu- rious people may see it. No ex- planation seems to exist for this queer freak of this queerest of all riyers s-Yuna Times
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08
Casa Grande Ruins.

The repairs in the Casa Grande ruins are progressing finely. The excavations being made by Stonffer and White promise remarkable re- vealings. The foundation was laid in cement eight feet deep and is as hard and solid as when laid, per haps a thousand years ago. It is almost as hard as rock. It looks as though 1t would last forever if not uncovered. How did they make it? The materials they must have found on the ground but how did they know the art of putting them together so that they would be equal to the best Portland cement?
 The excavations both inside and outside show that these ancient workmen knew what they were about and had a plan and purpose which may appear as the work pro- gresses and throw much light on the history of the people who once lived here and the design of con- structing such a building.
 The name of "P. Weaver. 1884," is inscribed on the inside wall, the oldest record yet found. Mir. Weaver was a trapper and known by some of the old inhabitants. But how great the changes since he visited it, 60 years ago!
 A special officer will be detailed from Washington in few days to superintend the work of excavation and airs,-Enterprise.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

Ex- Senator Ingalls, has doffed the rustic attire in which he used to be clad when he drove into town from his potato patch. While he waited in the station at Kansas City for a train the other day he wore his his toric tightly buttoned Prince Albert coat with pair of highly colOred trousers. His hat was a large broad brimmed white felt. He looked very sour and seemed to have lost flesh, if that is possible. To a reporter who said to him, lis this Senator Ingalls?" he bIurted out, No, sir: there is no such person on earth as Senator Ingalls,. ."-Ex.