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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
Fishing In the Northwest.

Whoever passes along the main retail
street of Seattle and happens to notice the
counters in the principal fish store will be
astonished. In the chromatic display Of
the captive creatures of the sea is the text
for another chapter on future wealth for
Washington. They have the salmon,
though that catch is credited to Oregon
and Alaska. There are in the northern
waters cod banks thousands of miles in ex-
tent; halibut, Goldfish, rock cod, sole, sea
bass, smelts, shrimps, herrings and oysters
are all abundant. Apparently the fisher
les outweigh those Of the east as the timber
belt excels that which once inclosed the
great lakes
Candor compels me to say that the
Pacific fish, with one exception, are in
ferior to the same kinds of fish In the east.
yet they are not wanting In fine qualities.
The haiibut Of Washington and the north
Il. ! believe, the finest sea fish for the table
that IL known In America. The tiny
muddy oysters, the size Of q dime or
Quarter are ths meansat .Eroduct Of that
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
CURIOUS THINGS ABOUT caAsa
How They Manage TO Exist Amer She'd
ding Their Hard shells

How Iney manage 20 ENiq AMER sneo-
ding Their Hard Shells
Crabs are not always hard shelled, and
one boy, only eleven years old, who lives In
East RockAwny, Long Island, has not only
learned great deal abort these curious
fish, but be has kept himself In pocket
money and put considerable sum in the
bank as a result OF the business he has
built up in catching and selling crabs.
The knowledge he has gained Is not very
scientific nor very complete, = may be
readily imagined, but IL Is good. practical
knowledge, and accurate as far as It goes
Moreover, being practical knowledge.
which he has picked up by actually OBJ
serving and handling the crabs, Il Is par
ticularly interesting. Any boy who wants
a more thorough knowledge can easily
find 1t In any good work ON natural his
tory.
He has learned that crabs shed their
shells two or three times in a season, and
that each SINE they do It they pass through
some very interesting changes. What mag
be called the natural, healthy condition OF
the crab is his hard shell state-that is, he
Is hard shell crab most OF the time, for
the changes he goes, through in shedding
are very rapid, andAwithin twelve hours Of
the time he leaves liis old shell he Is Mt
home in another one, half ny big again as
the old, or even more than that.
Master Eddie, the Eat Rockaway boy.
has learned how tc tell when these changes
are coming on, though he finds IL difficult
TO tell anybody else how he does 1t. The
outward signs are plain enough to the eye
and to the touch when they have been
learned, but they are not easily or well de.
scribed in words. When the crab begins
to get ready to leave his old house he is
called Conner" probably because the
change is coming. II it is male crab no
gets yellow underneath, though his color
does not change greatly. II 1t is female,
certain fine lines on her apron" appear
and grow more distinct as the time of she'd
ding gets nearer.
After few hours the conner becomes a
shedder. The changes In his appearance
are still palmer, and 1t may be told by
handling him that his time is near. His
shell becomes brittle and easily to be
broken with the fingers That piece OF his
armor which is underneath and outside Of
his legs-between his legs and the point Of
his side-works loose from the rest of the
armor. It is smooth plate, and If it be
pressed with the finger it can be pushed In
on the soft body inside. Another sign is
that the shell ON his smallest feet can be
pinched of with the thumb and forefnger
Now the crab begins to grow, and pres
emily he is what is called "bust-top." 1t
Is not scientific word, but 1t is very ex-
pressive. His body becomes in short time
too large for his old shell to contain, and
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
A Tragic Story.

A Lewiston dog made grave mistake
Saturday. 1t is certain that grave" de-
scribes it, for he died of modification later
and had to be buried. A little girl with
whom he had been playing had cracker
in her hand which the dog greatly desired.
She lifted it 20 her mouth to bite 1t, when
the dog snapped at the morsel and not only
got that, but the childs nose with it. The
offense was too great to be overlooked and
the police were notified and caught the
dog. He was hitched to the back of an
express wagon and started for the field
where he was to be shot, but before arriv-
ing he dropped dead. The police say that
the very thought of what he had done was
more than he could bear. and he accord.
ingly decided to depart this life by the
easiest way he knew.-Bangor CONNER
ciuI
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
The Poisonous olsanlsr.

Few people know how poisonous the ole
ander is. Children have been known to
die from sucking its flowers; whole fam.
lily has been poisoned by using meat skew
ers made Of oleander wood; an infusion Of
its leaves Is sure death to all forms of in
sect life, and its bark powdered and ad-
ministered in flour is certainly fatal to
rats and mice. In Bermuda, where the
Oleander grows as hedge plant, the farm.
ers say that it poisons the grass beneathits
ing berbage that grows s. G beneath cath 'i It's
branches. While it Is possible that this
may be mistake, and that animals die
from eating the oleander leaves which
have fallen among the grass, 1t is certain
that the plant itself is SO noxious that 1t
ought to be banished from every house =
ST I,0llis Gloha- Damncraf
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
How Southern Farmers Sell Peanuts.

How Southern Farmers Sell Peanuts.
The American Peanut union, of Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, is composed
of one delegate from each of sixty-eight
suballiances in the state of Virginia and
eighteen in North Carolina. A presi-
dent, vice president, secretary, treas
urer, chaplain, doorkeeper and assistant
doorkeeper constitute the official organi-
zation. It meets at will and at differ
ent towns in the peanut belt. Its OBJ
jects are cooperation and mutual pro-
lection against trusts, rings and specu-
lators. 1t purchased through q COM
mittee appointed for the purpose 5000
peanut sacks last season and saved sew
eral thousand dollars to its patrons. 1t
establishes the price Of peanut sacks in
the section it operates.
1t has erected and has in full opera
tion several factories for cleaning the
product of the farms. Its goods are dis
tributed in every section Of the country.
It has accomplished much benefit for
the farmers, and is likely to grow and
be still more useful. The success Of
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ODDS AID ENDS.
France has a mine 1000 feet deep.

France has mine 1000 feet deep.
Mozart's father was bookbinder.
The first horse railroad was built in 1926.
If the cock crows more than usual and
earlier, expect rain.
A rich widow laughs with one eye and
weeps with the other.
There are said to be 100000 lilies in full
bloom In a field at Bermuda.
The father OF Johann Muller, tho Ger.
man scientist, was a peasant.
Thunderstorms are more frequent in
Java than in any region in the world.
There are 1,275 millionaires in New York
city. In the entire country there are 4,204.
There are said to be 10000 members Of
volunteer military companies in this coun.
try.
A Liverpool sign that catches the eye of
the stranger is, "Eggshell fuel for gas
stoves"
In England when printers take vaca-
tion they are said to be enjoying their
wayzgoose.
A horse in Lock Haven has black coat
in winter, but in summer it becomes a
beautiful roam.
Gray published his "Elegy" at thirty
four. 1t is said to have occupied his time
for seven years.
Consider the man who is always pune.
tual-how much time he wastes waiting
for other people.
Wear what is becoming to you, irrespec-
tive OF whether it would beautify any
other human being.
A fisherman in Montgomery county,
Tenn, is seventy-five years old and never
voted but twice in his life.
In Chinese the letter 81" has 145 ways
OF being pronounced, and each pronuncia-
tion has different meaning.
Milliners do not admire the queen of
Portugal. She makes her own bonnets,
and graceful ones they are too.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
Mrs. Kendai,s stage Career.

Among the living actresses Mrs. Kendall
(Madge Robertson) has played the greatest
number of parts. Like nearly all great
players, Mrs. Kendall was born in the pro.
fession, and began to perform nearly as
soon as she could walk and talk. Her first
appearance, at the age of four, was at
Chute's theater in Bristol (where her
mother was acting), as an angel in "Uncle
Toms Cabin" Both my father and
mother" says Mrs. Kendall, were on the
stage; SO were my grandfather and grand
mother; so were my great-grandfathe and
great-grandmother; SO were my aunts and
uncles, my greataunts and uncles, my
brothers and sisters, and my nephews and
nieces." Mrs. Kendall in the course of her
career has acted in all descriptions of dra-
matte work from tragedy to burlesque and
excelled in all, though light comedy is that
in which her talent is universally recog-
nized as supreme. Nt-Bits.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
No Wonder Robbie Was Puzzled.

There used to be theater in the town in
which Robbie lives, but the pious people
of the place having had it closed, Robbie
missed the Autographs, and he determined
one day to find out what had become OF
the theater, but he is still in quandarm
When he asked his big brother what had
become of it he said, 1T is out of sight;r
bis older sister said, 1T is plain to be
seem" his father said, "It has gone up,,'
and his mother said, 1T has been put
down. "--Philadelphi Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
Breadcrumbs in Roqdefort Chee.e,

The demand for Roquefort cheese has
become so great that trickery now plays
part in the ripening process. The
peasants have learned that "time is
money" and they have found that bread
crumbs mixed with the curd cause those
green streaks of moldiness which de-
note that the cheese is fit for the mar
49, ~ -~A~aar much more readily than
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03

sea, ous tDey a.as.. n sss.s.y sass ....
mired. Since that Is 80, hope for all the
rest should Be rampant Their crabs. on
the contrary, are not mere samples; they
are wholesale products. regular marine
monsters, and all the better for thet since
they make good food.
The fishing that must In a few years
heck the waters Of the Pacific with sails Is
scarcely begun There Is only a million
invested in 1t, and only million year Is
produced by if.-Julian Ralph In Harper,a
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Sale Of Barn.

COMMISSIONERS OFFIcE.
NAPOLEON, OHIo, Oct. 18th, 1892.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Com missioners
1N Of Henry County, will offer for sale at pub
coutcry- at their office, at Napoleon, Ohio, on
Thursday, November 3rd, 1892,
at ID o'clock, a. m..a BARN which now stands on
county lot east OF Court House,
Terms Of sale will be made known at the time
and place Of sale.
By order Of the Commissioners Of enry Co., o.
~. j. H. RESH, Auditor.
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Probate Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, that John H. Pender,
In as guardian Of Earl Packard, has filed first
account Of his guardianship, which will be for
hearing and settlement Nov Tth, 1892.
NJ. DONNELLY, Probate Judge.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03

TINS orsamzsr1on SHOWS tnat farmers
can easily cooperate to. their own ad-
vantage.-farm and Home.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-22
A Spoiled Ghost Story.
Especial Observation-Disclosures

OMAHA, Nov. 14.-Near Bellevue. n sub
urban town, there is n two story building
which has languished alone for two wears
under an evil reputation. People viewed
it with awe by day and gave it n wide
berth by night, by reason of the belief that
it was haunted. They were not modest
ghosts which tenanted this gloomy build
inR-they were the ghosts of which Won
read in books, which come forth at mid
night and clank chains and shrek and
shed blue light by some mysterious PROC
ess.
Connoisseurs in phantoms cheerfully adj
mitted that the records contain no descrip
tions of livelier specters than those of
Bellevue, which held high revelry two or
three times n week. No Investigations
were made The western man is brave.
but he is not foohardy. He will gaze with
fearless eye upon the death dealing broncho,
or light campaign cigar without the
culver of n nerve. but you don't catch him
going into II haunted house where there is
an ablebodied ghost in every room if he
can help it.
This house became the basis for more
thrilling narratives than would fill book.
There are plenty of people who heard the
sounds of chains and wild shrieks, and
saw ghastly faces at the windows, and a
light from some other world cleaning I'M
der doors and through the panes, and Just
ms the fame of this ghost bazaar reached
the Society of Psychical. Reseach the uu-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-22

aerplnling has been Knocked from the
bsoou curdling narratives by superhu-
manly courageous man, who broke into the
building few nights ago with IL revolver
IN one hand and Il warrant in the other
and captured n large flesh and blood ghost
who was engaged in pouring molten metal
into mould.
This community has long been flooded
with spurious half dollars and other coins,
ana this gentleman is supposed to have
lone most OF the nAiting. The house at
bellevue is viewed with less awe now, and
shere are no more clanking of Chains or
anearthly lights, and the scattering of the
ghosts is great blow to the good old men
and women who loved to tell about them.
about their hideous shricks and their pallid
faces Mt the windows. But it's IA real lux
ury to handle genuine half dollar now
ali'! ohen. ,- WALT MASON.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-22

Mail and Express; Manager Scott, of the
Chicago Herald and Evening Post, and
many other prominent newspaper men
have examined it and bid high to secure
its control in their cities. The first fifty
machines made went to Cleveland and
equally large orders are being filled for
other cities.
The idea originated with Mr.. A. j. Haz-
lett two years ago, while he had charge of
the circulation department of Russell Har-
rison's paper, the Helena Mon journal.
He noticed ODE shrewd but lazy newsboy
made considerable money by leaving papers
in an open box with directions to drop the
price into closed drawer in the end and
take paper. This convinced him that an
automatic newspaper seller would prove q
good thing. and he set about to devise one.
He unfolded his ideas Mt last to Mr.. II. L.
Hawk, OF Bucyrus, o., who had invented
several automatic devices, and between
them they perfected this machine. The
great difficulty was in the different sizes of
papers and their different weights.
Tho mechanism is entirely original. AL
though over seventy patents for automatic
nickel-in-the-slot machines had been issued
before application was made for this one,
there was found to be no conflict, and tho
letters patent were issued promptly.
plant the news boy, it will undoubte diy
greatly lessen their number. 1t is easily
loaded and unloadcd, and ono boy can
manage fifty for a morning and the same
number for an evening paper. The saving
in commissions over the newsboy is very
large, and is expected to run 100 per cent.
annually on the cost of the machine, which
is fifty dollars. The first machine put in
operation paid for itself in three months.
1t is built in two styles, one for street
corners and the other for hotels. depots
and inside locations generally. The single
machine can only sell one paper, but they
are built so that two, three or four differ
ent papers can be sold from the same ma
chine. 1t is in outside appearance little
more than walnut cabinet 90 feet square
by high, but it can sell papers rs readily
as any newsboy who ever cried nm extra or
shouted ''de last edeshun" down the street.
S. G. MCCLURE
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-22

orously said: 81 want to vote, and want
to vote in favor of the poor people. Iwana
to vote in favor of the poor people who
have cows being allowed to turn them
upon the commons and old fields to Craze"
The proper ticket was handed her, she
voted and the bystandcrs cheered So far
as can be learned no white woman voted
in Mississippi. but many colored women
owning real estate did. Aunt Lucy Tap
ley cannot read, but her only child--a
danghtcr-is college graduate and II
very successful teacher in the colored
schools of jackson. When Aunt Lucy was
girl her mother, who had been set free
by her owner, earned 5000 by washing and
with it bought Lucy. In 1853 she had the
yellow fever, and ever since has been noted
as nurse in that disease She has been
widow for many years and OWNS a nice
cottage and lot.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-22

CtITr OF ROANOKE,
~ OFFICE OF THE BOAuD OF PUnLrc WoRKs
. ROANOKE, VA, October Goth, 1893.
Sealed proposals will be received at this Office
until II O'Clock noon November 2ist, lS.2 for
furnishing all the labor and materials necessary
Except the terra Gotta and iron pipe) for tho
construction and completion OF the following
lines OF sewers In the city OF Roanoke: Section
0D ak. Putting in place 12.inch terra Gotta
pipe from the point where the present sewer dis
charges near the gas house to Lick run at or near
Nicholson street, and there connecting with the
main outfall sewer by means OF an iron nine
siphon across Lick run. Section 90 seven Put
ting IL place n l5-inch terra Gotta pipe In Shen-
street at Its intersection with Shenandoah ave-
me To connect with the siphon on the north side
OF the n. ~ w X. r. track near the Randolph
81 inch terra Gotta pipe from the point WHARF,
the present sewer emptes into Lick run near the
junction OF Campbell with Norfolk aycnue along
Lick run distance ofabout :, 800 feet connecting
with the sewers from the Roanoke Machine
works and across Lick run by means OF an iron
sewer.
Each bidder must submit with his bid certi-
ned check for the sum OF two hundred and ffty
dollars $3.50. All work to he done in accordance
this Office.
The City Council reserves the right to reject
any or all bids, or any part OF bid; to com
mtncf or complete the work upon any OF the sec
named.
The CITY Council reserves the right to waive
any defect or informally in any bill, il 1t DO
III llS liltcTcst Oh tue GIN 10 90 So
Within ten days after the awar3 of the contract
the successful bidder, or bidders, must furnish
bond with approved securities, resident in Vir-
ginia, IN pcnaly OF forty per cent. OF the CON
tract price, for the faithful performance OF the
WORK. All bids received after tho time stated
VIII he re urncd to the bidders Proposals. must
be enclosed in sealed envelopes marked PRO
posas for the construction OF sowcrs ON sections
q, I and In the city OF Roanoke" and addressed
to the Board OF Pm lic Works, Roanoke Va
j. ID. KIRK.
CLARENCE COLEMAN,
j. j. SIBERIAN,
10 81 BOT Board OF Public Works.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-22
1T LOOKS LIKE AN IceBox.
But You May Put - Nirlscl in tho Slo. and
Buy II Newspaper.


Especial Orrcspcndcncc.1
CLEVELAND, Nov 14-Onc Of the most
unique and remarkable pieces of automatic
machinery ever invented for practical pur-
poses III the automatic newspaper seller
now being manufactured extensively in
Ohio The picture shows the mnchine as
it appears in hotels dcpots AMI other pub
lie places, where it is expected it will
largely do away with the cnterprising and
interesting newsboy. 1t is not possible to
describe the mechanism, but its great in
genuity can be imagined when it is known
that it will sell any size and weight of p;i-
per from the forty page Sunday blanket
sheet to the four page penny extra, and
will return proper change when the price
is under nickel. 1t can also be set to
make change for any coin, and it cannot
be cheated. If the buyer sets it for change
Tor half dollar and then puts in quar-
ter instead, the machine outsharps tho
would be sharp by returning no change ut
all.
The company manufacturing the seller
have met with remarkable success. The
hrst machine, an experimental one, was
not put in operation till late in the sum
mer, and now the factory is running day
and night and has orders three months
ahead. Editor Shepard, of the New York
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-22
BUSINESS NOTICES.
AIOTICE.

NOTICE ROANOKE, Vs.. Nov $ 1892
BY virtue of the powers vested in me
by the circuit court OF Roanoke, State
Of Virginia, as receiver for the Roanoke
Paper Stock and Metal Company, l will
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash on the 2lst day
Of November, 1872, between the hours
of II NJ. and p. M, at tho store house OF
said company on Holiday street, all the
effects belonging to said company, con-
sisting Of lumber, paper bags, cast and
wrought scrap, iron, rags, press, . pair
scales, anvil, piece boiling. lot OF
CID rope, etc, etc, and the unexpired
Insurance and renis.
JUNIUS MCGEHEE,
IDS. Receiver.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-22

ION, dear nm so sorry it is Il girl! A
woman's life is so hard" Lucy had as
much spirit rs her mother could have
wished in boy, yet was II very lov;,bie
Child as she has always been and still is
n very pleasant, attractive and wholly
womanly woman. When she wanted to
go to college her father asked, as she
crazy So she picked berries and nuts
Tor money to buy books and taught school
till She was twenty-five, at The low rates
then prevailing, before she had money
enough to go to Oherlin, the only college
that would then receive her.
There she lived with extreme economy,
completed four years course and was
graduated in 1917. She was honorcd with
the appointment TO write Il commencement
essay, but refused because she was not al.
lowed to read it herself. Such was then
the college law that women could not an
pear on the platform. The same year her
nrst lecture on womnn's rights was nude
from the pulpit Of her brothers. church in
Gardner Mass, and for many year she
was the most noted and almost the only,
woman advocate thereof. Mrs I.ivermore
and Miss Susan b. Anthony gratefully ne
knowledgcd that she gave them their first
impulse in that direction. In this line she
excited only curiosity, but when she went
to preaching abOlitionism there WA, danger
also.
She charmed many n mob by her gentle
dignity and cloquence Many lnuuhablc
Stories are told Of protesting committees
or individuals who rushed into her pres
ence expecting TO find tall and angular.
rawboned and fierce looking virago, and
Were amazed into silence by what they did
see. In 1850 she married Henry b. Black
well after long search for minister who
would perform the ceremony without the
obey" or other phrases of self negation.
Tie ministe. who did marry them is now
known AZ Colonel Thomas Wentworth Hig-
GIBSON. The rest OF her work is well known.
She and her husband live in Dorchester.
near Boston, and their married life has
been unusually happy.