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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-15

nuns as souvenirs OF former pupils Rls-
ing from my chair examined few OF
them carelessly, and was about TO
inspect fine copy Of Murrillo's
Virgin, when my attention was caught
by an upright velvet frame surmounted
with my own crest and coronet. In
IL was o portrait OF my wife, taken In
her bridal dress, as she looked when
she married me. took II to the
light and stared at the features dub
iously. This was she-this slim, fairy
like creature cad In gossamer white,
with the marriage veil thrown back
from her clustering hair and child-like
face-this was the thing for which two
mems lives had been sacrificed. With q
q movement Of disgust ] replaced the
frame In Its former pos ion; i had
scarcely done so when the door opened
quietly and O tall woman, clad In trail
ing robes OF pale blue with y nuns band
and veil Of fine white cashmere, stood
before me. / saluted her with q deep
reverence; she responded by the
slightest possible bend II her head.
Her outward mannOr was so
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-15
MONKEY ACTORS.
A MAN Must Become Monkey to Teach
MOnkey-BehInd the Scenes.

The training Of monkeys for stage
performances demands peculiar talents
and q curious psychological ability on
the part Of the instructor. Brockmann.
probably the most successful monkey
trainer that the world has seen. once
described thus the necessary method
of approaching a monkey pupil:
TO the monkey man is q strange
and incomprehensible being. there
fore must adopt as far as possible the
monkeys way of regarding persons
and things. The monkey must lind In
me one Of his own kinda monkey
like himself only much stronger
monkey, whom he must obey. Then
he has something which he can under
stand, he accustOms himself to 1t, and
he voluntarily takes more pains to
comprehend me than he would take to
comprehend being who made on him
about the same impression that mon
ster from another world would make
on us. adapt therefore, all to his
mode Of life. When he disobeys and
rebels against me l do not strike. be-
cause he does not strike; but bite be-
cause he bites"
The behavior Of . troupe of monkeys
trained by Brookmann would undoubt-
edly strengthen the convictions Of the
Russian Durof, who gave up teaching
in high school to instruct pigs and
geese, and who holds that. OF all
pupils, human pupils are the least
docile. A man once behind the scenes
Of Brockmann's monkey theater wrote
q few weeks ago:
Il have always regretted that Brock
mann did not give bis performances
on . perfectly open stage, 90 that the
audience could see the waiting psI-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-15
DON'T FOOL WITH HOT WEATHER.
How to Avoid the Suffering and Perlls Of
the Summer Season.
ITO BE CONTINUED. !

A large majority Of all classes. con-
ditions and sexes, intelligent and ig-
norant alike. greatly multiply the sur
fering aud perils Of hot spells by sys-
tematically fooling with the excessive
heat. They furry and bother about
it and put themselves into needless
prostration; they begin early in the
morning to gorge their stomachs. ale
ready made sensitive by unusual heat.
with ice water. ice soda. ice cream.
ice-cold beer and wage the FOOLS war
fare with heat until they are pros
trated by sickness. In short, they fool
with the hot spell until they bring up
on themselves the worst possible re-
suits from it.
The few wise people who have stud
led how to disarm hot spells and have
courage enough to carry it out philo-
sophically, face the hot. sweltering
morning serenely. dress comfortably.
eat sparingly. drink more sparingly
than they eat, and 60 about their nee
essary labors with deliberate care.
They never fume or fret; never fuss
and waltz around 10 strike temper
ature ten or twenty degrees above the
thermometer, and they set aside for Q
cooler season all oppressive labors that
can be postponed.
OF course. there are many persons
who must expose themselves to the
severe heat. Laborers, builders and
others whose occupations must be con-
Quoted under the blazing sun, can
greatly mitigate the serious effects Of
excessive heat by temperance in all
things-in labor, in drink, in food, ana
above oil, temperance in temper.
Roofers and others working on build
ings should avoid work if possible in
severe hot spells. If they must work
they should protect their heads by
damp cloths or fresh cabbageleaf, on
the head under the hat, and they
should at once stop work when they
feel dizziness or nausea OF the stomach.
for they are danger signals that all
should respect.
Two-thirds Of all the serious suffer-
ing from hot spells comes from people
fooling with the heat. In tropical
chimes, where our hottest spells would
be temperate summer weather, the
people suffer less from heat than do
the people of our generally comfort
able climate. They never fool with
the heat; they adjust themselves to it;
they regulate their diet, drink. apparel
and exercise to the situation; they shut
themselves up in the heat OF the daI
and enjoy the mornings and the even=
ings, which are devoted to labor or
pleasure. But here. where excessive
heat is the exception, we suffer need
lessly. foolishly. simply because we
persistently fool with the heat ano ag-
eravate its results. Don't fool with
hot weather. Philadelphia Times.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-15
'MOther Marguerite win walt ApOD

'Mother Marguerite viii wait Apos
you, instantly, signor."
/ bowed, and she gllded from
the room so noiselessly that
did not even hear the door close behind
her. Left alone in what ] right
ly concluded was the reception room
for visitors. / looked about me with
some faint interest and curiosity. / had
never before seen the interior Of what 10
known as an educational convent There
we're many photographs on the walls and
mantelpiece-portraits Of girls, some
plain Of face and form, others beautiful
mo doubt they had all been sent 70 the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-15

HuOIVi 4 UIUVU III 10
a very little way to-
wards the city. /
babe the driver TO
stop at the corner
Of the winding road
that led to the Villa
Rnmani and tlhpre
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-15
BY MARIE. CORELLI.
CHAPTER XXvI.

WNTERING the
Az fiacre, ! drove in 1t
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
A Beautifully Dressed Man.

"Eurekal have found It'll" as some
body cried when he found out something
ages ago as he/took his morning tub.
The thing ] found was beautifully
dressed man He did not burst on my
view glorious IN cuffs and collars He
was not in Life GuaEdsman uniform, nor
was he artistically undressed for the ten
mis- court Possibly he was not one of
the upper tan," for he was riding in an
omnibus near Victoria, and | gathered
from his conversation that he was going
to his work; but whoever he was his
tailor was an artist to make "a thing of
beauty and therefore, according to
Keats "a joy forever" out of a man
whose personal advantages consisted of
youth, good health and blue eyes.
The tailor took these eyes for his key
note, so to speak, and produced sym
phony in light electric blue. A suit of
smooth serge repeated the color of the
eyes The ground of the shirt was an
octave higher, and the pattern an octave
lower in tone, The necktie struck the
keynote again, while the highest note
Of all was represented by small, but
very blue steel chain. Bronze hat and
shoes, to match the hair, completed a
costume which was simply perfect. 1t
was with much difficulty we refrained
from asking his tailor's address.-Cor.
London Star.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
ODDS. AND ENDS.

Japan has built its first factory for the
manufacture Of wooden goods.
Beware of the vicious man who proposes
TO reform his life on the installment plan.
The manufacture of cotton goods in the
island of Ceylon has made remarkable
progress.
The life insurance policies in force upon
the lives Of the citizens Of Pennsylvania
amount to over s44s, 100000.
Sparrows have become such nuisance in
some parts of Germany that a reward is
offered for their destruction.
The governor general Of India receives a
salary Of S250,OO0 year and extras which
increase the amount to 100000
1t is estimated that 10000 horse power
will be required for the electric lighting
plant of the Columbian exposition.
Old newspapers torn in small pieces and
wet in water softened by the addition of a
little ammonia are excellent to wash lamp
chimneys.
Can any one tell why it is that when a
woman is being weighed she smiles, while
a man having his weight ascertained al
ways looks seriousS
The Greeks sacrificed many dogs in hon
or Of Hecate, because by their baying the
phantoms of the lower world were sup
posed to be disturbed.
The output of cigarettes throughout the
country for the month of March amounted
to $50, ,5Ol, $50 against 154 ,234, 500 during the
same month of last year.
nho 1, . L., -. -. -.
Their stomachs are generally abnormal in
size, and the one possessing the largest is
generally considered the richest.
Baron de Rothschild has collection OF
postage stamps that is valued at $4,000
He is also a prominent and enthusiastic
member of Paris philatelist society.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
One OF Twain's Stories.

Here is story Mark Twain recently
told an English interviewer who wanted
to learn all about American humor: "a
clergyman in New York was requested
by man to come over to Brooklyn to
oficiate at his wife's funeral. The clergy
man assented, only stipulating that there
must be no delay, as he had an impor-
tant engagement the same day. At the
appointed hour they all met in the parlor.
The room was crowded with sobbing peo-
pie. The Clergyman stood up over the
coffin and began to read the service, when
he felt tug at his coat tails, and bend
ing down he heard the widower whisper
In his ear, we amt ready yet
"Rather awkwardly, he sat down in a
dead silence. Presently he arose again,
and the same thing took place. A third
time he arose, and the same thing oc-
CURED. But what Is the delayY he
whispered back; why are you not ready?'
She amt all here yet, was the very
ghastly and unexpected reply; 'her stom-
ach's at the apothecary's. .'"-san Fran
cisco Argonaut.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
Bakers I'm London,

There are $4,000 bakers in London, Of
whom 5000 are foreigners, mostly Ger
mans. Foremen bakers get from five
dollars to eight dollars e week, second
hands from four dollars to five dollars a
week, third hands from two dollars to
three dollars week. The hours of labor
range from twelve to fifteen hours day
and on Saturdays from twenty to twen-
ty-three hours. Most of the small bakers
act as their own foremen.
The majority of the bakehouses are
miserable underground cellars, overrun
with reaches, mice and other vermin.
The cellars are so i'll ventilated and SO
unhealthy that the bakers are subject to
q number Of special diseases, all of
which may be communicated to the con-
sumers of the bread they make, for they
are mostly diseases of the skin, and the
bakers in these dens, as a rule, work
stark naked from their waists up, and
there is generally no accommodation of
any kind for washing except il the
kneading tubs.-New York Recorder.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24

How many men have succeeded In
life to whom not single circumstance
was kindP How often we hear people
say Of some worthless fellow, "Ah, well,
he never had half chancel" But there
are plenty of boys who have come to the
front in ife's battle, who never had even
q quarter of a chance.
Take Thomas Ball, the sculptor, for
instance. He was but twelve years old
when his father died. The poor widow
Thomas mother, young herself, and
far from strong-had five young chill
dren. There was no more school for
Thomas after his fathers death. He
must go to work and help to support the
rest. He got place in grocery store,
where they gave him dollar week.
Not much, that--but what difference
1t made to the poor little familyl
From the time he was twelve young
Ball had always to work for the others
until they were all grown up
He had little instruction, even in his
art, and he never had that little until
after he had earned the money to pay for
it. But--he succeeded. Youths Com
panion.
Above 5000 feet the population Of
America, which is confined of course to
the Cordilleran region, is almost entirely
engaged in the pursuit of mining, and
the greater part of it is located in Colo
RADIO, New Mexico, Nevada and Cali
Aossxaia
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
A Church Flooded with Honey.

Who ever heard of church being flooded
with honey9 The very idea sounds ridicu-
lous, and in any other place than Califor-
mia would excite onlya smile of incredu-
lity. We have all heard about places that
'fowed with milk and honey" and meta
phorical references to the "droppings of
the sanctuary" are familiar, but it has re-
manned for swarm of bees to make literal
facts of these familiar metaphors.
1t appears that lot of vagrant bees,
while in search of suitable home, found
an admirable location in the loft of an
Episcopalian church in Tulare county.
Here, having an abundance of space, they
increased and multiplied, and at the same
time laid in a large store of honey. Great
white combs were attached to the rafters
overhead, and were> built downward and
added to until hundreds of pounds of
sweetness were hidden awayin the delicate
white waXen cells
One contingency, however, was not pro
vided against, and, indeed, was not ex.
pected. The normal temperature in the
contracted proportions of the loft was of "a
character admirably suited for the best ad
vantage of the bees, and had that tempera
ture continued this story would never have
been written.
1t is almost unnecessary to remind read
ers that week or two ago California was
visited with something bearing a remark
able likeness to a sirocco. In a word, it
was hot-deucedly hot.
In the loft of the church, where the bees
we're holding high carnival, the tempera-
ture rose and rose until it reached the
melting point. Wax gave way beneath the
torrid heat, and now,~ down the rafters,
along the scantlings, over the laths and
down the joists began to flow streams Of
liquid sweetness. They found crevices
here and there and soon altar, pulpit,
chancel, furniture, prayer books and all
the belongings of the interior of the sacred
editice were treated to such deluge as the
world had never seen.
Efforts were made to stay the sticky tide,
but these were only partially successful,
and before anything could be done the in
terror of the church was a sight to behold,
and damage had been done that required
expense and hard work to remedy.-San
Francisco Chronicle
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
why He Was Eccentric.

Once upon a time | came under the
banner of British eccentrics. paid a
visit to Crete, Turkish island by the
Levant, and, not finding the hotel of the
capital to M mind, with the aid of some
kindly Intermediates, hired house in
the country, and went thither to take up
my abode alone. To make matters
worse, it was at an epoch when the
island was disturbed by revolt The
Turkish regiments were being increased
by new levies, and great was the activi-
ty on the various military exercising
grounds outside Canea and Gambia, the
two chief towns.
However, nothing serious came of it,
and am free to confess that enjoyed
my unconventional bivouac none the less
for the flavor of excitement that this out
break in the island lent to it.
"How originall Just like an English
manr' remarked one of the officers of the
Austrian ironclads at that time anchored
with the international feet in Suda bay
Yet, believe, as a matter Of fact, that
he and some of his brethren envied me
my residence. All the Year Round.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
A Novel Scarecrow,

Some of the farmers of the Eifel, the
district that lies between the frontier of
Belgium and the Rhine, adopt novel
plan for soaring the birds from the
wheat. A number of poles are set up in
the cornhelds. and a wire is conducted
from one to another, just like the tele-
graph posts that you see alongside the
railway, From the top of each pole
there hangs bell, which is connected
with the wire Now, in the valley .
brook runs along with current strong
enough to turn small water wheel, to
which the wire is fastened. AS the wheel
goes round it jerks the wire, and so the
bells in the different fields are set a-tink-
ling. The bells thus rung 30 mysteriously
frighten the birds from the grain, and
even excite the wonder Of men and
women until they discover the secret.
This simple contrivance is found to serve
Its purpose very well.-London Tit-Bits.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
KISS

Iasked Of one whom loved full veil.
There Il lust one thing would have yuu
tell
tbs strange 20 ask out the thing Is thiss
What Is the good or the III OF a kissy''
1T should De" Shs answered. u sacred
sign
OF q love that can follow the Great Design.
But cen now 10 the devil your soul YOU
may sell
And kiss may lead TO heaven 7or hell
You are right" 1 cried. 1T may lead To
bliss,
Or may be too like to the Traitors Kiss.
30 learn your lesson. In direst drouth
No kisses Of mine shall touch your mouth"
Walter Herries Pollock In Longman's Maga-
Eine
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
The Presoionoe of Fame.

The prescience Of fame is very infre-
quent The village gazes in wonder at
the return of the famous man who was
born ON the farm under the hill, and
whose latent greatness nobody suspect
ed; while the youth who printed verses
In the corner of the county paper, and
drew the fascinated glances Of palpita-
ting maidens in the meeting house, and
seemed to the farmers to have associated
himself at once with Shakespeare and
Tupper and the great literary or "ittery
folks" never emerges from thepoet's de-
partment in the paper in which uncon-
sciously and forever he has been cor
nered. It would be grim Puritan jest
If that department had been named from
the corner Of the famous dead in West
minister abbey. George William Cur
tis in Harper's
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
A CHILD IN THE LIONS GAGE

Awful ordeal oil Lion Keeper In the
Employ of the Khediye Of Egypt
When lsinail Pasia. the extravagant
khedive of Egypt, reigned over that his
torcal land. said an acquaintance of
the notorious ruler, "he had in his gar
den large cage of African lions Noble
brutes they We're and until the event of
which | speak | never tired of looking
at them One day while walking with
his highness in the garden, the keeper.
accompanied by pretty little girl, en-
tered. carrying basket of meat for the
lions
THE khedive and walked toward the
cage to watch the beasts eat. They
were hungry, and poumced upon their
food with ravenous fury that chilled
me. Standing close by the cage' with
her hands resting on the bars. was the
little child her long golden hair at
times blown by the breeze inside the in
closure.
Why do you permit your daughter
to go so near the lionsY the khedive asked
of the keeper
"'Oh, replied the keeper. they are so
accustomed to her they would not harm
her.
"Then open the door and put her in,
side, said the khedive
my blood froze at the command, for
command it was tried to speak, but
could not was unable even to move
The keeper, with the submissiveness of
those who know their lives will pay for
felt if they disobey their ruler, made
with his eyes an appeal for mercy But
seeing none in the khedive's face he
kissed the little one tenderly, lifted her
up, opened the door, placed her inside
and, as the door swung to, he turned his
face away and groaned The little one
though she did not stir, seemed not
afraid
'"The lions appeared surprised, and as
the largest and fiercest rose and walked
toward her thought should choke
Happily the father did not see the beast
"The khedive alone was unmoved, and
stood gazing at the scene calmly and
with the curious smile | had so often
seen play upon his features when watch
ing the dance of ballet The lion went
up to the child, smelled of her, looked at
her for fully half minute, then lay
down at her feet and beat the floor with
his tail Another lion approached The
first one gave an ominous growl and the
second lion went back The others
crouched low, and each second | ex-
pected them to spring, but they did not.
This continued, think about five min
utes, the big lion never taking his eyes
from the girl and ceaslessly lashing the
floor.
"The khedive by this time was evi
IDENTIFY satisfied, and turned to the keep
er and commanded him to thrust live
lamb into the cage through another
door. With a celebrity have never seen
equaled, the keeper caught straying
lamb and obeyed. AS he did so, every
lion sprang upon the lamb.
""Take out the child the khedive
commanded, and scarce had the words
escaped him ere the keeper, who had al
ready run to that end of the cage, jerked
open the door, snatched the little one
out and clasped her in his arms The
khedive laughed, tossed the keeper a
coin, and, taking my arm, walked on"
Chicago Post
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
A ~wltoh" Who Told tn. Truth.

Ann Hotel, formerly Ann Croft, has
been q famous character in the county
for thirty years She Processes to have
powers instilled in her from birth by a
witch mother She has epileptic fits,
talks with a drawl and a nasal whine
and emphasizes her words in peculiar
manner.
Her enemies said that she inflicted the
troubles she foretold, her friends that she
was a surprising medium through which
the future revealed itself She undoubt-
edly hit the truth in many instances
For example, she happened to be at a
ladys house in her travels and upon
opening her book declared that coffin
appeared between her lines Her hearer
was visibly affected, because one of her
sons was away at the war
"No, said Ann, divining her thoughts,
che will not die in battle He will choke
to death"
There was but one way TO do this, so
thought his mother. He would be cap
tured and hanged as a spy.
Despites the dictates of her reason she
grieved for her son. A month later she
heard that he had died in southern hos
pital of diphtheria.
A poor man lost his coat. He could
Ill afford such loss, for he had no
other. All through the summer it was
searched for, and when fall came and
he felt the need of it he walked few
miles to hear what Ann could tell him
about it.
at hangs in a dark place upon knife
stuck in the wall" she read from her
wonderful book.
Upon renewed search it was found at
the house of his sister-in-law, and sure
enough it hung upon the butcher knife
behind the closet door. The sister-in-
law had left it there when she went
from home the spring before.-Virginia
Cor, Chicago News
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
Assignee's Sale of Land.

TIL undersigned as Assignee of ]. W. Jones,
L has for sale 2i0 acres OF choice land situated
in Highland township, Defiance County, Ohio, just
two miles West of Pleasant Bend, in Henry County
and adjacent TO the Henry COUNTY line good
well travelled road on the south side OF whole tracts
all outlet bitches made for whole tract, well fenced.
so acres cleared aud under cultivation and 40 acres
well tiled; about 60 acres more be put under
cultivation at very little additional expense. The
best of soil and in q good neighborhood. Will sell
in so acre tracts to suit purchaser will also sell
the best business location in the village of Pleasant
Bend cheap. GEO. W. FISHER,
at Assignee