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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04

HAD the Czarowitch followed the an
cient adage "When in Rome do as the
Romans do' he would not have been
dubbed by Japanse cop.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04
Purifies the Blood

"I tried dozen articles to cleanse my
blood, but never found anything that did
me any good TIL began using Hoods
Sarsaparilla." W. II. PEER, Rochester, N. 7.
"My wife was troubled with dizziness
and constipation, and her blood has been
in bad order in fact she has beeni all
run down. Hoods Sarsaparilla is doing.her
a wonderful amount Of good" F. M.:BALD-
WIN, druggist, Manchester, Ohio.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for s.. Made
only by c, 1. HOOD s. CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04

THE Republican administration In
creased the national debt S622,OOO dur
ing the month Of May.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04

"Will you kindly direct me to James
Furgurson's?" asked farmer Mon
day in Monroe tp., having wearily and
nsuccessfully sought this same Fur
guson for day and half. :'Certain," T"
was the rejoiDer, keep right on this
road till you come to the angling road,
then go south to the half section road,
and west eighty rod and take the COW
path sixty rod, and turn to the left
through the lane leading to the section
road and take the first road to the right
leading west and go to the township
line and turn west; when you reach
the half section road you'll find three
roads; the first one is the neardest but
the roads are not as good as the second;
on the first one you go two miles and
branch off to the right for halfa mile
and the, lets see-one, two, three, four,
five-the sixth house is Furguson's;
don't know whether its Jim or John.
If its John. Jim lives from Johns two
miles east and a half south and a half
east again until you come to the half
section ro-.n A flash of lightning
bolted from a clear sky severing the
word "road" in twain, while the inhu-
man wretch himself fell to the earth
with the "dull thud," that abounds in
French novels, and expired in terrible
agony. 1 viewed his 2-mile-east-half-
ection-road-township-line corpse with
feelings of ecstasy and relief, and went
my way, confident that Retributiye
Justice was not dead, neither was she
sleeping, but had given this fellow a
dose of her efficacious medicine.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04

TOLEDO asks for the next Democrat
ic State Convention. We are willing
to see the future great get it.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04

II was for fVe years suherer with
boils, all run down, and was at one time
obliged to give up work. Before taking
all of two bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla, was
entirely cured" r. NJ. LANE, Pittsburgh, Pa
al was severely afilcted with scrofula,
and for over a year had two running sores
on my neck. Took FIVE bottles of Hoods
SarsaparAla, and consider myself entirely
cured" Q. E. LovEJoY, Lowell, Mass.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for s.. Made
only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04

IT is possible that Blaine's gout is a
part of his diplomatic outfit.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04

JAMES E. BOYD, governor-elect Ne
braska, attended his fathers funeral at
GAINESVILLE last week.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04
Notice Of Appointment.

Estate of Alice M. Gordon, deceased.
TNHE undersigned has been appointed and quail
IL fed as administrator of the estate Of Alice M.
Gordon, late Of Henry County, Ohio, deceased
Dated this 2Sth day Of May, A. D., 1891.
GEORGE KRYDER.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04

"YoU kick the bucket, we do the
rest" is the way Nevada undertaken
announces his business.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04

PUBLIC Office is family snap in the
eyes of the Republican administration.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04
Probate Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Dow Bretz as ad-
~ ministrator of the estate OF Walter Talmages
has filed q final account Of his administration,
which will be for hearing and settlement, July Q,
1891.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04
THE NORTHWEST

THE Democratic party is "the peo-
ple's party"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-06-04

NJ Office is hereby given, that the Board Of Coun-
IN ty Commissioners Of Henry County, Ohio,
will receive sealed bids in their office at Napoleon,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-02-28
Eupepsy.

This is what you ought to have, in
fact you must have it to fully enjoy
life. Thousands are searching for it
daily, and mourning because they
find it not. Thousands upon thou
sands of dollars are spent annually by
our people in the hope that they may
attain this boon. And yet it may be
had by all. We guarantee that Elec-
trio Bitters, if used according to direc-
tons and the use persisted in, will
bring you Good Digestion and Gust
the demon Dyspepsia and install in
stead Eupepsy. We recommend Elec-
trio Bitters for Dyspepsia and all did
eases of the Stomach, Liver and ks
neys. Sold at SOC and 500 per bottl-
by Ritchey d Bostick, Druggists. 4
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-02-28

TuTC pADTI may be found on file at Geo.
AID I AZ LID p Rowell & Co.'S Newspaper
Advertising Bureau Q0Spruce St.l where advertising
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-02-28

Ifyou have headache try Preston's
"Hed-Ake."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-02-28

Immediate, harmless-Preston's
''Hed-Ake."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-02-28

SPAWN, Splint, Ringbone, Wind Calls,
Scratches, Bruises, Strains, Swellings,
Swiney, Harness and Saddle-hurts,
Soreness, Stiffness, Knots, Lame Back,
Stiff Joints, Puffs, Etc.
SPURLOCK, NEAL 8 CO., Props,
Nashville, Tenn,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-20
A Fox Rides Hogback.

A good story is related at the expense of a
well-known business man of Little Rock by the
Chattanooga Times. His hunting proclvities
are well known. and he has the reputation of
being so skillful in this line that seldomif ever,
does anything escape when he gets on its trail.
Last Saturday. however. he was defeated in
most provoking fashion. He saddled up his
steed and took up trail that led to the south
west from the city. A short distance away he
started handsome fox. Away the animal
few. with Martin in close pursuit. He seemed
to be unlucky. for no matter how fass he rode
the fox always kept just out of reach. The
race lasted some hours, during which the sly
little animal doubled and redoubled his track.
At last the fox showed signs of fatigue, and
Martin began to smile at thought of the salts
faction he would get. But, alas. they struck
herd of hogs. and just as Martin was preparing
to 'close in" the fox sprang on the back of a
long-legged porker-one Of the kind that can
outrun racehorse. The hog raised his snout.
gave frightened grunt and away he flew.
Martin stopped, completely spellbound with
amazement. The fox held his seat like circus
rider, while the further the hog got away the
faster he seemed to 60. Martin watched the
strange pair till they disappeared in a brush
patch and then returned to Little Rock. He
related the strange occurrence to a number of
intimate friends" +" and from them 1t became
known throughout the city.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-20
Helped Out by Song.

know a woman, writes M. L. Rayne in the
Detroit Free Press. who had very slow
domestic noticed that it took her whole fore
noon to scrub the kitchen. piece of work that
should have been accomplished in an hour.
The girl accompanied her scrubbing- brush with
song, and the mistress listened to the slow
music she made:
mid pleasures-scrub-an'-p n'-palaces-scrub-
tho we may-scrub-roam,
Be 1t ever so-scrub-humble there's no-scrub
place like home"
"Hannah" called the mistress "rm tired
of hearing "Sweet Homer sing "Rory O'More."
Notbing 10th the girl did so, and fell into the
trap SO cleverly set for her. Her brush flew
over the boards, and when she had finished the
song the floor was scrubbed as white as snow.
The poetry of motion had made swift work.
The ''yo-ho-heave-hO' of the sailor makes the
labor of handling the heavy windlass, or the
rope, almost a paStime. And the wet-browed
slave in the old plantation days sweetened his
toll with the measured chant in a minor key
"Sang of 1sraers victory
Sang of Zion bright and Free"
There is humorous anecdote of a song that
helped in a matrimonial venture. In this par
tIcular case the lover suffered so badly when
ever he attempted to pop the question, that he
made himself ridiculous and would run away.
At last the young lady suggested to him that if
he could not say what he wanted to express he
could sing il. Happy thought. He at once
burst forth:
"D-d-ear Miss M-mary-if you'll be my wife
I'll t-t-t-ake good care of you all my life."
Miss Mary, who had SO generously helped
him cut, gave him propitious answer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-20
The Phantom Mountain.

Clustered about the captain, says contribu-
tor to the San Francisco Examiner, they were
telling about John Muir's experience on the
great South Dome in Yosemite during a
snow storm, when alone there, impressed with
all the vastness of the place, he saw giant
image in the clouds like the wrath of the val
ley's god, veering and advancing as if in
menace. 1t was told how Muir finally ascer-
tanned that the image was merely1lis own re-
Election on the snow cloud-a duplicate of the
worid-famous specter of the Brocken. Then
up spoke Mayor John B. Glasscock, of Oak
land, and said:
81 have often been on Mount Diablo; in fact
have camped there season after season. l
have viewed the sun rise and set from perch
upon the summit time and time again, but only
once had 1 the pleasure of beholding the ghost
like peak. One morning. however. after had
climbed the grade in order to see the Signal
Service men, who were formerly stationed
there, flash their heliograph signals across to an
eminence on the other side of the Truckee. and
then over to Mount st. Helena, was told to
turn my eyes out to sea. You know 1t is fact
that on clear day person can see more coun-
try from the summit of Diablo than from any
other eminence in the world.
THE great central valley spreads out on one
side all the lesser hills. generally shrouded in
fog, are beneath you, and off to the west dim
Piles the blue Pacific. Well, this morning 1
could hardly believe my eyes, Right up from
the bosom of the deep arose great mountain
solid, majestic and empurpled. For long
time | believed that it was the product of some
drastic light of pent up volcanic fres'-the
growth Of night But as studied it saw it
was the exact counterpart of the double cone
of Diablo-a phantom of the sea. By the Pc
cCliar reflective and refractive condition of the
atmosphere the mountain was made to appear
as wave-washed crag As the sun rose all
its apparent stability vanished and 1t dissolved
into thin air. l tried for the sight again and
never favorable. Ever afterward the ocean
stretched away, unru filed and remote"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-20
George Washinyton's Soap Bubble.

A party of gentlemen were enjoying an after
dinner cigar and talking about Atlanta men
who tell good stories and crack good jokes.
The conversation was enlIvened by choice
quotations. by way of illustration, says writer
in the Atlanta Constitution.
And thereon hangs this tale.
Dr. Sid Holland furnished an entertaining
subject of illustration. One of the stories on
him ran thusly:
en- route from West End to Atlanta on the hay
burner by seeing which could tell the biggest
lie At one of the sidings, where the mules
were allowed an extra long rest, DR.. Holland
"Howdy, Sid" said the gentlemen. "we're
seeing which can tell the biggest yarn. Won't
you take handT
Hrm a truthful man myself" replied the
doctor.
.'Well we'll put the dinner on 1t. The man
who gets left on the story must set 'em up"
1t was agreed, and as luck would have 1t, Sid
led of with the first tale.
ave got relic out home that beats the
world" he began. '1ts au heirloom in the
family and money wouldn't buy it. I've been
offered fortunes for it, but always refused to
part with the precious thing.
Talk about relics; it's different from any
well. what is It?' asked one of the gentle.
men, both becoming worked up at the doctors
description.
'I heard of the fellow who had a piece of
Ewes fall dress. and about the man who toted
a chip off Adams tombstone in his pocket, but
mine tops 'em ail.''
Both gentlemen were worked mp to the high
est pitch of expectancy by the time the doctor
reached the climax.
But what is it, what is it?" they exclaimed,
lmpatientIy, as he paused TO brush sunbeam
OFF his shirt front.
What is it3'
"a soap bubble George Washington blew
when be was boy"
The two gentlemen looked at each other,
glanced up at the doctor, then changed the sub
ject.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-20
THE COURAGE OF JUSTICE.

The st. James Gazette, in speaking of the
New Orleans lynchiug, takes occasion to re-
mark that cit is doubtful if John BuIT
has enough grit left in him 10 protest in as
emphatic manner as the citizens Of New
Orleans have protested" 1t has an erro-
Deous standard OF courage if its ideal is
illustrated by the doings OF the New Or
leans mob.
The Gazette should bear in mind that at
present We are seeking Tor the courage OF
justice, which holds fast in pain and in
pleasure the command of reason. History
repeats itself, and now, as in an earlier day,
"the time has arrived, when, like hunts
men. we should surround the cover and look
sharp that justice does not slip away, aud
far out of sight, and get lost, for beyond a
doubt she is somewhere near" We believe
less in the kind of grit exhibited in this
lynchiug and commended by the Gazette
than in the virtue and remedial powers of
our institutions and people, which finds its
strongest and safest exempli6cation in that
universal saving power of true opinion in
conformity with law" everywhere so char
Scteristic of the best civilization.
Plato substantially says. in his "Repub-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-20
TWICE TOLD TALES.

French View of the Alligator-A Fox
Rides Hogback-The Phantom Mountain
Living Under the snow-George WASH
ington's Soap BubbIe-Helped Out by
Song-Piety and Punishment.
The Revue des Sciences NdturelleS informs
us that the United States are gradually wit
Messing the gradual extermInation OF the varl-
Gus types of their aboriginal fauna; the punalo
gone. the alligator is now threatened with ex-
tinction. In fact, every part of the animal IS
utilized. Its hide attains high price; Its
teeth sell at from 10 to 80 cents the liter; in
fact, its flesh, once deprived OF It's rat, Is
greedily devoured by swine, hogs and even
fowls. Fibrous, but white and tender, II is
likewise eaten by the Indians and negroes when
they have nothing else to consume; and, out
for its musky flavor, it would certainly be
preferable to the lean Florida COWS. The peo-
pie of South America esteem very highly, also,
the tail of the alligator, in the same degree as
the lchneumon, that delicate lizard whose nesh
combines with the flavor of the chicken the
tenderness of the frog or green turtle.
The cattle breeders Of Florida however, re-
gret the loss of their crocodiles. who are accus-
toned to wallow in the earth, thus creating de-
pressions, which tiled with water during the
rainy season constitute in summer Valuaple
reservoirs for their stock. To the negroes the
capture of an alligator is windfall which the
dealers in terrapins, their employers. ABANDON
to them. These turtles, in fact, disappear IN
order to pass the winter IN the holes occupied
bv the alligarors. The negro huntsmen en-
ployed by the Ierrapin brokers pass the winter
exploring the environs of Savannah marking
out the spots where the allIgators lave bur
rowed. When spring returns they go with
their tools and unearth at the same time Doth
cold, the negroes appropriating the former by
way of perQulsites
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-20
BRIBERY IN SENATORIAL CONTESTS.

1t was hardly to be expected that the con-
test over the election of successor to the
late Senator Hearst, of California. would be
settled without charges of bribery. They
have been made, and are supported by evil
dence of such nature that an official inves-
tigation seems necessary. Just whether an
investigation will be ordered or not is un-
known at present, but judging from the
mode of procedure in several other Seua-
torial contests in which bribery was charged
the general public is not likely to be
shocked by detailed account of Califor-
nian legislative corruption. This may be
ali right, and undoubtedly is if we are to
adopt the belief that it is none
of the general public's business who is
from any other State. Such view seems
to be a favorte among a certain class of
politicians, but, unfortunately for them, the
public still persists in thinking it is vitality
interested in the character of the men who
fill chairs in the Upper House of Congress.
That charges of bribery il the election of
United States Senators are entirely too
common goes almost without saying. Some
have thought to explain away any possible
effects of corruption of this sort by claiming
that the charges generally come from candi-
dates who foresee defeat, or are the
malicious inventions of minds warped by
the heat of Jealousy. Such is not
the case. In almost every instance where
bribery has been charged, good grounds for
such action have existed. Itmatters not that
after the elections nothing more was heard
on the subject The habit of hushing up
such charges is almost as common as the
charges themselves.
Possibly in the future we may be able to
look upon the Senate with feelings of pride.
When corporation magnates and servants
have been elected from its precincts, and
when the buying of the title "Senator" is
known no more, the Senate will be worthy
the respect supposed to be due its dignity.
But not till then.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-20
Slept Under the Snow,

The case of Mrs. Elizabeth Woodcock, who
survived long burial under snow,may be known
to many readers, says the Leisure Hour. This
woman, AZ years of age, of 1mpington, village
three miles north of Cambridge, lost her way
in returning home from market on Saturday
evening, February 2 1899, and was buried seven
feet deep in the snow. In this state she con-
tinued eight nights and eight days, when she
was dug out alive on Sunday, February TO- She
retained the full possession of her senses all
the while she was immured. She died July "a
179y
A somewhat similar case occurred in the
snowstorm of November. 1890. A middle-aged
woman, named Alice Jane Lowe, belonging to
Wigan, was admitted into Spaldlng workhouse
in very weak state, having been found by the
relieving officer sleeping out in the snow in the
Lincolnshire feus, near Spalding. She was put
to bed and then stated that she had slept out
for five weeks continuously, including within
the last few days the severest weather of the
year. when the snow covered the ground to the
depth of nearly foot
The poor womah's hair was in such matted
state that it had to be all cut off. She stated
that she had tramped all the way from Lam
cashire, where she had formerly been IN do
mestic SERVICE and at the time she was found
in the snow she appeared to have lost her way.
The workhouSe officials consider 1t most re-
markable that the woman survived the ex-
posure of the cold.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-20

lie, that which constitutes the true courage
of city is Ikea true sea-purple, which, when
dyed upon a carefully prepared white
ground, becomes fast color that no wash
ing, whether Of pleasure or Of passion, can
deprive of its bloom. On the other hand, If
the education and influences by which a
people are prepared to take the dye of the
laws are not well grounded, then these
potent solvents of intemperate fears and
passion wash away the bulwarks of reason
and reduce men to the level of unregulated
and unreasoning brutes.
This lynching in New Orleans is said to
be blot upon American civilization. So
it is; but at the same time it should also be
borne in mind that the New Orleans of the
Bloody 14th of March," like the New Or
leans of the 20th of December, 1908, when
the tricolor OF France came down and gave
place to the American flag, and the keys of
the city passed from the hands of the French
colonial prefect to those of the commission
ers for the United States, was then, as now,
the least American of all the cities over
which the Stars and Stripes unfurls.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-20
LEGISLATION BY PREJUDICE.

The reason given for expecting the Ohio
Senate to pass the bill prohibiting the i'm
portation of armed police partakes largely
of the humorous. According to reports
there was chance that the measure would
have been defeated, had not the honorable
legislators been considerably bothered by
detectives lately. As the bill is intended
particularly for the Pinkertons and their
detectives, and as the Pinkerton detectives
are supposed to have been extraordinarily
active in boring holes in hotel ceilings in
order to hear what certain representatives
had to say uncertain subjects, the humor is
apparent.
But there is another side to the matter
Putting away all discussion of the proposed
law and its merits, it seems that passing
bills on prejudice is a rather risky proceed
Irg. Representatives and Senators are sup
posed to legislate for the benefit Of
their constituents, and not in
accord with personal prejudice,
whether of long standing or suddenly ac-
ouired. If legislator honestly believes
his constituents desire that certain bill
should become law, he is supposed to use
every honorable means 10 procure its pas
sage. He, himself, may not like the pro-
posed legislation, but beyond trying to con-
vince his constituents that it would be bad
for their interests ne is not entitled to CO. If
they want it to pass, it should pass And
if legislator honestly believes his constitu-
ents do not desire certain bill to become a
law, he should use all honorable means to
procure its defeat. Personal prejudice
should have nothing TO do with the case
The foregoing is only theory, though it is
sound and unassailable. Practically, in
Ohio as IN every other State, the legislator
does what best suits his own interests, and
iorgets that he is supposed 10 be a servant
instead Of master of the people. The DIS
PATCH heartily approves laws for the regu-
lation or abolition of foreign police in all the
States. Past abuses warrant legislative ac-
tiOn. But prejudice on the part of the law
makers instead of public demand for re-
forms is dangerous.