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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-20
schoeneck g. Son, I'll Liberty Street,

Displayers of artistic furniture; makers o I
good " ork only. No Exposition display ex-
cept the one at above address.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-20
BENGALIWES
AND EPLNGALLlVES


In all colors, the leading new
plain cloth of the season, widths
from 40 to 4S inches, 81 to 81
yard.
Six co. special styles in Jacquard
Bengalines, just new, AZ and ~
inches wide, at S1.25, S1.35 and
$3.50 yard.
Now, let everybody who
reads this come and verify our
assertion that we are offering
bigger varieties and better
values than ever before.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-20

! Mayor promised to see Free about the mat
ter and have q return to the old rates if
| posuihIa
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
ALDRicH's soeHlsrsY.
The Basic weakness of His Latest Pro-
tecffoo "Arrument.'

me Basic Weaknoes of His Latest Pro
tecttoo "Argument."
The World recently called attention
TO the fact that Senator Aldrich treated
as Of equal value the food, clothes, build
ing materials, patent medicines and
other articles, the prices Of which were
examined by the senate committee-in
other words, that his calculation as
,sumed that q family consumes as much
medicine as food.
In the same way, in treating the food
list, mustard and pepper were treated as
of as much importance as bread and
meat, while In examining the cost of
clothes it was essumed that q family. ex-
pended as much for Innings as for coats,
hats, blankets and dress goods.
The full tables are now issued, and
from them can be gathered the truth
concerning expenditures for the food
that was consumed and the clothes that
were bought during the period Of TWEEN.
ty-eight months investigated by the SEN
ate.
Taking bread, -four, eggs, butter, cod,
beef, milk, mutton, pork, potatoes,
onions and cabbage as the basis of the
ordinary American table, we may com.
pare their prices at the beginning Of the
period, June, 1889, with the highest
prices attained during the period and
also with those Of the last month of the
period, September, 1901. The follow.
ing table, 100 being considered the nor
NAL, and reductions and increases in
price being represented by percentages
of 100 will shnW thesa nrioes.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
u show these prices:


In this list Of neceesaries of life there
is not an article which did not advance
in price during the agitation and after
the passage of the Mckinley act. There
is not one, with the exception of cab
bage, whose highest price was not
reached after the enactment of the law.
The average price of these commodities
in June, 1889, was 100.33. The average
of the highest prices was 1927. The
average price in September, 1891, was
101.es. At one time during the twenty
eight months therefore, and after the
passage of the Mckinley law, the prices
of these necessary articles of food went
up $20.4 on every $100 worth, and at
the close of the period these were still
bringing $1.49 on every 800 above tie
prices charged before the Fifty-frst con-
gress assembled.
Tea and coffee are not included in the
above table because they are free of
duty, while sugar is omitted because
the Democratic policy of free raw mate
rial has been adopted, the result being
a declination of 81 per cent. in the price
of the granulated article.
Under the Mckinley act food has
been dearer by very much more than
the paltry AZ of per cent. admitted
by Mr.. Aldrich. Some of this increased
price is due to the law, while some is
due to short crops In Europe.
When the prices of clothes shall be
examined the result of the tariff tax
will appear even more clearly.-New
York World.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
French clrnr.,,s..

Cigarette smoking is on the decline ln
Germany and On the increase in France,
which Is the more strange, as the French
cigarettes are notoriously poor No coun.
try Is worse OF for its tobacco Gross the
frontier TO the south and you fare well iu
Spain; cross It to the southeast and the
trabucos and the menghettis are relief;
even In Germany the home grown leaf Is at
least tolerable. But the French cigars arc
bad and the French cigarettes are not bet
ter. -
In one Of the Paris factories they turn
them out at the rate of 10000 a day.
When q factory girl has made her regula-
tion pile 5000 cigarettes have passed
through her fingers. The phrase is scarcely
accurate, for Of course 1t Is the familiar
little cylinder machine that Il used. It Is
only in Spain that the cigarette IS still
handmade. The French factory girl Is
fairly well paid. though there was threat
ened strike few days ago. 5f
She gets four shillings day and the
work is not hard. There was some talk
about II not being healthy. The govern
ment sent commission to report. The
unhealthiness was said to be due to the
powdered tobacco, the dust that got into
the lungs. II seems that this was not
true, and the making of cigarettes is said
to be much more wholesome than the
smoking Of them.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20

win dislose 70 any mind the element whicl
distinguishes literary and ART life from
every other field Of human experience and
aspiration. To succeed IN the best sense o.
any calling you must have genius. but
success today is measured by money, and
we may as well for the moment take the
best possible view Of this criterion-th,
golden yardstick. We may take II as I
general rule that every person entering
upon the profession Of literature has il
view two things-fame and money, with 1
heavy balance Of preference to the credit
Of the latter.
In this view OF the case can we safely say
that genius succeeds better than mers
agile and clever talentf Take the success
full novels, for example, published during
the year, and what will be the impression
With one exception, the most popular and
paying novels Of recent issue have been ol
poor workmanship and have appealed tc
human sympathy through other channeh
than art; but they have been written BY
men and women of genius who were will
ing to cater to vulgar taste for the sake
Of success. The reader who runs is not an,
to make note of this clever, II debasihp
trick Of the literary profession, nor Is Il
our purpose to analyze II. What we have
In mind is to point out why it is that writers
have harder time Of it than other profes
sional people.
Some one has said that genius is patience
but the saying will not hold when applied
to the irritable. restless, Unsuitable knights
Of the pen. The time has passed when the
mat fhQ f1oualicf NnK hn "a
tent to delve for the applause of posterity
Success must be immediate or some other
string must be pulled; fame and money
forthwith Is the demand, but II fame can
not be had, then notoriety and money,
money at all events.
We called attention not long ago to the
system of literary booming" which is bri
a part of the general scheme in which liter
ary effort has involved itself of late. Even
genius has been hustled" into to it tc
such an extent that one regards askance
every sudden apparition above the literary
horizon.
To set our own opinion in plain words
we seriously doubt whether genius in art
is better paid today than it was in the time
OF the garret and the crust, save where Il
truckles to mere popular demand. The
money making genius watches the wealth
ervane of current taste as broker watches
the movements of financial weathercocks
and strikes for the lucky lead. He deals
in literary margins, he bulls or bears the
market, he takes a chance on every change
of the wind. Perhaps this is why there ars
so few genuine creations in literature q;
present.
The poet writes to suit the needs Of the
magazine editors, so likewise does the
prose writer, and in this way journalism
is shaping both men and literature. Genius
is no longer proud and fond of savage
liberty" or if it is the exigencies of life
overpressed with the weight of artificial
needs and dazzled by the glare Of gold shut
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20

The Democratic party purposes no de-
fensive campaign. It is war and war to
the knife, the knife to the hilt, against
the organized hordes Of the tariff lobby.
the pension lobby, the sectional lobby
which has taken the government out Of
the hands of the people to place it in the
the hands Of mere committee or junta
of party managers. We war against
Reedism, Raumism and robbery. We
war against fraud. force and fustian.
We war against protection, plutocracy
and agrarian pensionmongery. And we
propose to carry the war into Africa, to
shake the rotten citadels of unhe Y
greed to their foundations and to make
the robbers howl The black flag is MP
against corruption in high places. No
dalliance with zealots; no quarter to
thieves.-Louisville Courier Journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
CHORUS.
An Industry Of tho Future.

The banana is one Of tho most valu.
able food products Of the earth. No
other vegetable compares with it in pro-
ductiveness, as Humboldt pointed out,
and none other is as rich in pure food
constituents. Yet it is in one sense al
most neglected product. Bananas are
eaten as fruit more and more every
year, but until now hardly anything has
been attempted in the way Of making
staple meal from them, although banana
meal was known as long ago as the time
Of the Montezumas.
1t has been supposed that this meal
could not be made in o manner to keep,
but recent experiments have proved
that 1t may.
Several governments-notably those
of England, Germany and the United
States--have now become interested in
the question, and it is altogether likely
that within few months the manufac-
ture of banana meal will be an estab-
lished industry in various parts of the
world. New York World.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20

nence tns'vnss or cocl1nrscnoo.s zuu
OF excellent cooKDooKs, tnougn pupns at
cooking schools are apt to be like Miss
Jennie, who last year wished to learn
the mysteries Of the art. &,
She took . course, but when asked
how long she baked her bread she re-
Piled, Il do not know, for Susan baked
It. When questioned about the guam
nty of butter in her cake, she answered.
Susan got the butter for me-" So it
was Susan's bread and cake after ALL
Troy Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
Cost Of Opposing a Bin in parliament

A glimpse Of what it cost to oppose a
railway bill in parliament was obtained at
a meeting Of the Maryiebone vestry, which
contested, not with the success that it ex-
pected, the extension of the Manchester,
Sheffield and Lincolnshire line 20 London,
agreed to by parliament just before the
dissolution. The total cost of the vestry's
opposition came to 5000, made up Of coun-
sells fees, payment of witnesses, preparing
plans and other incidental expenses.-Lon-
don Tit Bits.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
PIaneelh;etSess French Joke. ).

Apropos of predictions made by the
planchette board, Mr.. "a. st. Maur Will
loughby, assistant curate Of St Luke's,
Camberwell, writes to mention remark
able circumstance Of which he was wit
ness In a country house in the midlands
planchette was being exhibited, aud gen.
tleman who was entirely skeptical % to It's
powers was asked by Mr.. Willoughby
whether he would believe in 1t If 1t would
answer some question passing through his
mind, which hewould not reveal tot the COM
pany. Certainly said he; then, and
not till then, will believe that there is no
hoax on humbug.n Immediately the mys-
tic board rushed of and spelled the two
words, French joke" SIS that salts
factory reply," was asked; as it was not,
planchette was requested to explain itself,
whereupon 1t instantly wrote, What il
Joke In French2"
None Of the party remembered and the
French dictionary had to be consulted.
when the skeptic, Jumping up with an ex-
clamation Of surprise, exclaimed, II asked
the question In my own mind, and not a
soul in the room could know 1t, What
horse Is going to win the Cambridgeshiref'
and here Is the answer he handed the
dictionary to the others plaisanterieF'
This happened TO be one Of Che foremost
competitors for that years race. Whether
anybody present won anything as q result
Of the information 80 mysterionsly fur
nished h noestated. London Telegraph.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
UNITED STATES HISTORY.

cfoss, vrtar oil Unew, WrOte r1palo PAM
phlets andi ballads, which he got sung
about the streets against the new phi
losophy. Stubbes, man Of perverted gen.
ius, accused the +. r. s. Of atheism and
treason, and they greatly feared his for
midable series of attacks DR.. King bur
lesqued their published volumes Of
transactions" and ridiculed alike their
grammar, style and the inventions and
discoveries they described. - Mary D.
Steele in Popular Science Monthly.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
sunerstition Ahou. Ararat.

Both the Kurds and the Cossacks be-
lieve that Mount Ararat is guarded by an
unearthly being and that no man can
ascend the peak and live. They have a
somewhat contrary opinion, however, as to
what. kind Of spirits are on guard, the
former claiming that the devil is guard
supreme. the latter that angels are on
watch.-St. Louis Republic.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
Crime ii Largo cities.

At the present moment the police system
In all its branches costs England close
upon "a 900, 900 a year, and 1t is incredible
to suppose that constant additions should
be made to this grievous financial burden
without imperative need. In short, police
statistics are a striking confirmation of
prison statistics and the statistics of trials,
and all of them point with singular unan-
unity to the conclusion that crime during
the last thirty years, for which we possess
official returns, has not decreased in grav-
ity. and has been steadily developing In
magnitude. Ms sf7e.
The true explanation Of this unsatisfac-
tory state Of things IL not far to seek. It is
almost entirely to be attributed TO the
growing tendency 1 the community to be-
come concentrated In large cities. A high
ly concentrated population fosters law
less and immoral Instincts In such null
titnde Of ways that it Is only an expression
Of literal exactitude TO cali the great cities
of today the nurseries Of modern crime
Statistics Of all kinds show this, but 1t can
easily be ascertained without the aid of any
figures. Tbs aggregation Of large multi
tudes within very limited area must In
crease the chances oS conflict, and conse-
quently multiply the occasions for crime.
A population In this crowded condition
has also to be restrained and regulated at
every turn by huge network Of laws, and
as every new law forbids something which
was permitted before q multiplication Of
laws is inevitably followed by an increase
Of crime. Nineteenth Centnry.
\ Zee from Impure Water IL Dangerous.
-
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
Marching to a Sure victory.

With leadership like that of Grover
Cleveland, the most popular man In the
United States, and most gallant, firm
and devoted upholder of Democratic
doctrines, to cheer and strengthen tie
party, and with the menace Of negro
domination always in sight, we fully be-
lieve that the national Democracy is
now marching to o sure victory. But
above all things, let the southern people
do their full duty to secure so grand
triumph. New Orleans Picayune.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20

OUT the pcssomty- or entertaining lofty
ambitions. The French, the English and
the American authors seem 10 be in mad
chase after great incomes. rather than In
search OF the muses. Genius succeeds, but
At a loss, no matter what are It's receipts In
bills and eheckS-chhntauquan.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
High Tariff
[Alr-~Tit wnlow."l

IAlP-'I1t Wtllow."l
Republican friends, have you tried ling enough
This tariff, high tariff. high tariff?
Don't it look to you now like q big game Of
bluff,
This tariff. high tariff, high tariff?
Can you see where It's helped you TO sell or to
buy7 "
Is IT truth whiSh they've told you, or Is il lie.
And will you continue to vote till you die
For tariff, high tariff, high tarifi
The workinsmen now havo Just opened their
To tariff. high tariff, high tariff.
Republican pledges they've learned to despixa
On tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
McKinley's loud talk has turned out mighty
thin;
It amounts to the same as American tin;
It's vanished outside, but it's rotten within,
Like tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
Monopolists cry for protection, you know,
And tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
We're taxed to protect them-you all know
it's sso-
with tariff. high tariff. high tariff.
They urge us to vote. and, with promises fine.
Inform us we'll have more prosperous time;
They gobble the fat and then throw Us the
rind-
That's tariff. high tariff, high tariff.
The Force bill you know Is another rank fraud,
With tariff, high tariff, high tariff;
How can any party such measures applaud,
With tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
It's o blot on the nation such bills to pot
through,
But Republican schenee of that sort are nos
new;
Well change the whole plot II you'll only pun
true
Against tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
With tariff reform we will swamp the Whole
crew,
And tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
With Republican chaff honest men have get
through,
And tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
For Cleveland and Stevenson now clear the
way,
We see through the mist the bright dawrtnR
Of day;
We see better times and we see better pay
Less tariff, less tariff, less tariff.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20

Some women have such an aptitude
for cooking that dishes will turn out
well even though put together like stray
pieces of silk in a crazy patchwork. But
the most of us want an exact rule.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20

Early Tribulassons Of the Royal eooiety.
Evelyn's indignant defense Of his b.
loved association is not surprising when
we read the abuse the p. R. 8. received
from some Of the most talented writer's oe
the Eeventeenth century. The witty DR.
South said that the members OF the Royal
suciety 'tcouh admire nothing but heaa
liee and thenseaSsss Hobbes the phi
loscpher Of Malmssbury, considered thesn
20 many lahorerss epothecaries, gardeners
and mechanics, who might now all pua
infnr and net the utize.g - - -,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
KNOFTY TEST QUESTIONS FOR TEACHERS
Given at the County Examination held in Napoleon Satur-
day. Oct Is, 1892
oRTHoGRAPHY.

|. Name the combinations of the consonsnt
In the formation Of the sounds how many classes given
them
8. How the denas made f? Name them
1. How do analyze words 2
s. How is the asprate distinguished from the subvocal
READING.
l. What method for teachng'he definition OF words
D. What is meant by quality of voice
What infections What the different kinds? Give
pies of each
Give your method for conducting recitation the Second Reader
THEORY TEACHING.
To what faculty of the mind should the teacher appeal all his teach
ing
D. OF what use text book teacher in teaching his class
What the advantages recitation
Name of the which should carefully criticized written
work.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
The white House Chair.

The White House Chair.
Come, rally, loyal Democrats,
Obey your party's CALI
Our army with its solid front
VIII our enemies appall.
We'll have the rnscals all turned CIT
And fill them with despair
When we seat our honest leader
In the White House chair.
CHORUS.
Then march, march, marchI
To the White House march away
The tariff Is the issue,
And on that we'll win the day.
With our courageous leader
No other can compare
He'll represent the people
In the White House chair.
From unjust taxes, Force bills an6
Corruption wen be freed;
No longer we'll pay tribute
To monopolistio greed. -
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
GRAMMAR.

l. Comparison Of adjectves indicates whatP
q In what ways may adjecv compared? examples
The dead when honor dies Give the % the above
A. Give a synopsis of in the passive voice
Give the principal parts of the verb o ca bid grow lay blow
that men continuing what they there must be Wha
is the use OF the phrase continuing what they
What the necessary elements every thought? Define each
Name and examples the different kinds of subordinate clauses
PHYSIOLOGY
tfr examnatOnJ
/. Name and locate veins which have valves.
How Hepic
that of the Portal vein
8. Mention the healthy sites for homes
A. Name the three great cavities of the body.
5. Give the function of the Haversian canals.
In what time does the blood complete circuit the body
What coored clothing best adapted all seasons
s How do clothing and shelter economze food
8. What the practical use of hunger
TO- What conditions vary the quantity and quality of food
aOran sd4
any eight for your esmnauOnl
/. Define the Unit ofa Fraction and Fractional Unit
2. Give Elements in Percentage
cent less RETAIL what my wholesale profit?
of AS equals Bs they put their money together what
largest which passed
through feet high and feet inches wide
Two ball of inches diameter how fer down
the first wind that each may hace equal share
Sold wheat commission at cent? invested the net proceeds
-four per commission; whole commission $4079
what the value of the wheat and the -four :?
The point of the minute hand Of clock moved forward q
inches minutes; find the length of the minute hand
8. Write bill. of Merchandise.
GEOGRAPHY.
Dene Geography Fauna Flora steppe and Topography What
bavs in Ohio?
2. the island Of Corsica and for what
Which the United has the largest line
capital and its largest city.
What Commerce By what carried in the interior of
Asia
Where National Pa6 To what do the Moors belong
6. What aud where is the international date line.
Name the country Europe which the Christian religion does
prevail
s. Bound Ohio New York and Georgia
HISTORY.
When and where did the first assembly North
America
q What Spanish explorer discovered the Pacific
g. In what the Onnbus Bill passed. and who president
of the u. S. at the time
place organization Confederate States
important Parliament promote liberty
the colonies
Upon what political doctrine Stephen Douglas candidate for
the presidency?
For what the following dates memorable January 49, s48
September g. 1888 and April 49, Its e+
In what year the first telegraph line established in the United
States and between what cities :?
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-23
DEATHS.

IN this city, April %, Charlotte F., widow of
Hon. Nathan Dane, OF Alfred.
Prayers on Sunday afternoon at 8 O'Clock,
at NO. $50 Free street. Burial at Saco.
In this city, April %, Mary j.. widow of the
late Gen, Wendell P. Smith, aged "a years
:, in Boston, April %, Harriet D., wife Of Joseph
w. Lobdel
In South Windham, April IS, Mrs. Katie 1.
Read. aged 27 years.
In Newcastle, April 10, Miss Sarah E. Gazet,
aged 66 years.
In New Orleans. April 3, Capt. George Gid
den, aged 80 years, S,-formerly Of Newcastle
In Jefferson, April 8, Calvin Hemmenway,
aged 6S years.
In Edgecomb, Ralph Haggett, aged S years.
In West Bowdoin, March 18, Mrs. Catharine
Benson. aged 80 years.
In Thomaston, April IL. Abigail X. Wash
burn. aged "A years.
In Camden, April 10. Mrs. H. M. Bean, aged
so years.
In Camden, April u, Mrs. Sarah c. Walker,
aged 81 years.
In Wafdoboro, April 10. Mrs. Susan A. Har-
rilhan. aged &c years.
In Waldoboro, April 8, Mrs. Mary C. Comery,
In Acton, April S, Mrs. Laura Marsh, aged
~ years.
In Kmg6eld. April 1s, Mrs. Eunice Simmons,
aged 5S years.
In Washington, April 19, Mrs. w. Gilbert,
widow of the late Judge Gilbert of Bath
In Troy. April 12 Mrs. Hattie Fernald, aged
26 years.
In Paris, April II, George W. Annis, aged
rs years.