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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-06-30

The exact site of the famous Black
Hole of Calcutta, long supposed to be
lost, has lately been rediscovered in the
course Of excavating the foundations Of
buildings in Old Fort William.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-06-30

A Western man says that men have
various ways of carrying money.
Butchers, grocers and bakers carry it
in big crumpled wad. Bankers carry
it in morocco pocketbook. No bank
er ever folds bill. Brokers always
fold their bills twice. The young busi-
ness man carries his money in his vest
pocket, while the sporting man carries
it in his trousers pocket. Farmers
and drovers carry their money in their
inside vest pocket; and whenever you
see man carry a lot of loose change
in his overcoat pocket; you may know
that he has at sometime been car
conductor or a curbstone merchant.
Newspaper men carry their money in
some good bank; and poets? we'll, poets
don't trouble themselves about such a
trivial thing as money.-Er.
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Another Victim.

PoMERoY, o., June 1s.-Mrs. John
Mees, mother of the Mees Sons, the boat
builders at Mason City, w. Va, died
Thursday afternoon of smallpox, aged
sixty-five years. No new cases have de-
veloped in this city, Minersville or Ma
son City since last Saturday, and nc
more deaths are expected from the
dreaded scourge.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-06-30

Twenty-one churches and chapels in
England were struck by lightning last
summer. An authority declares that 10
per cent. of the lightning conductors
now in use are in an unsatisfactory con-
lition.
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DeInNcratie-N Northwest.
SMALLPOX IN OHIO,

Secretary Probsrs Bulletin ~ TO the
Ravages Of the Disease.
COLUMBUS, o., June ls.-For the first
time the official figures as to the out
break of smallpox in the northeastern
section Of the state, have been deter.
mined. Secretary c. o. Probst, Of the
state board Of health, has been carefully
compiling the statistics from re
ports received from the infected districts
and Thursday issued the following bulle-
tin, showing the exact condition OF
affairs on Wednesday:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-06-30

The mischievous rodents known as
jack rabbits have caused great damage
to the orchards in the state of Washing
ton, and measures for the determination
of the pests are under consideration.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-06-30
Charnberlaih's Eye and Skin
Ointment. " .

A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
letter, Saft Rheum, Scald Head. Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema,
Itch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples
and Piles. It is cooling and soothing.
Hundreds of cascs have been cured by
it aftef oil Other treatmept had failed.
Il Is put MP in25 and 90 cent boxes NJ.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-06-30

She-"I never loved any one until
met you" He-'And never kissed
a girl before in my life.n And little
Johnnie. who had been behind the
portiere, tripped softly away whistling:
II am something of a liar myself
Wee nostess-"Mamma, shall I in
vite Lucy Littnay to my party?'
Mamma-"Certainly. She is the min
ister's daughter" 'tDo ministers
daughters get invited everywhere?n
always" "They have lots of fun, I
guess. / wish my papa was minister
stead of mis'ahle sinner"
A clockmaker of Warsaw will send
to the Chicago Worlds Fair clock
representing railway station,in which
all the circumstances of the arrival
aud departure OF 3 train, with whis-
ties, bells. rattl, of carriages and so
forth, are repeated with wanderful
fidelity every quarier hour.
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Riot ntn NEGRO Picnic.

MEMPHIS June 20.-A riot oc-
CURED at negro picnic near the Ma.
tional cemetery, six miles from the city,
at o'clock Sunday morning, in which
three men were shot or stabbed to death
and over dozen seriously injured.
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Rival Lovers Fight.

SPRINGFIELD, o., June Thames
Butler and Horace Singleton, rivals for
pretty Kate Cutright's hand, met with
hatchet and razor. Both were fright
fully carved. Singleton was arrested.
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SIDNEY, o., June 21.--John Weaver
living in the northern part of Shelby
county, was so badly stung by bees Sun
day afternoon that his life is now de
SPARED Of,
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No Reversing in Fashionable Dancing

No Reversing" In Fashionable Dancing.
am about to give society here and
the leaders of the german at watering
places this summer bit of fashionable
intelligence which know will be star
tling in the extreme. The fiat has gone
out in the best London and Continental
society that the reverse" in the valse
shall no longer be permitted. This re-
form seems to have been originated by
the Prince of Wales, and of course it
was Immediately taken up by the small
er fashionables in London. The i'll ma
tured say his royal highness never did
dance well in his golden youth, and
that since he has come to liberal ro-
tundity Of belt, or, in other words,
grown fat, his dancing is simply execra-
BILE. He always had great difficulty in
"doing the reverse" in the waltz, and
now that he cannot do it all he puts the
ban of his disapproval on it. Hereafter
there is to be no reversing" at the state
balls or at any dances which are hon
ored by the royal presence. The fact is,
the reverse" was hardly ever seen on
the other side of the water at any time,
and now having the positive disapproval
of "the first gentleman of England" it
will disappear for good.-Lounger in
Washington Herald.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-06-30

Seventeen and fifteen years were the
respective ages of young couple who
eloped and got married at Edgefeld,
S. G., one day last week. A
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-06-30

COLUMBUS, o., June 21.-Fred w.
Smell, a well-known newspaper corre-
spondent, died yesterday from apoplexy.
During the war he was telegraph
nnaratnr
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-06-30

NILES, O., June 21.-Burglars broke
into the Unger store and stole jewelry
to the amount of $500.
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VAN VERT, o., June 17.--Basil Pyle
was frightfully gored by COW. Will
prObably die
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Bitten by IA Mad Dog,

OTTAWA, O., June 21.--A little boy
named Bruce Erwin was bitten by dog
last evening. The dog is supposed to
be mad.
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II viii be seen that the disease is no
proving fatal to any great extent, bu
ave # the twenty-seven patients hav
1ru died.
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Children Cry for Pitchers CastOrla.

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria
When she was . Child, abe cried for Castoria,
When she became Mias, she clung 70 castoria,
When she had Children. she 60, l them castoriA.
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Charged wlth Killing Her child.

WAvERLY, O., June 1S.-Miss Abigail
Lochbaum was arrested for the sup
posed murder of her illegitimate child.
She was bound over to court,
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Lived Over a Century.

COLUMBUS, Ind, June 17.-Elizabeth
Stillenbauer died, one hundred years and
49,. 1ouS all
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Creede, Colo, is not yet nine months
old, but it has population of 5000 souls,
two morning papers, one evening and
four weekly publications.
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Drunkenness, or the Liquor Habit, P0sz
uvely Cared by administering DE-.
HafnQap eInlsaaIn EuaaNhRN.

IT is manufactured a. powder, which can be given
IN glass of beer, cup Of coffee or tea. or in food
harmless and win effect permsnent and speedy
an alcoholic wreck 1t has been given in thousands
oi cases. and in every instance perfect cure haa fol
lowed. II mover Fails. The system once iapregnat.
edwith the specfcit becomes utter iupossibility
Tor the liquor appetite to exist. Cures guaranteed.
4e page book Of particulars free. Address ~
GOLDEN EPECIFTrC0..1 ! Sc Raec ST., e CiacinnatI.0
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-12-01
Not Communicated by Mail.

Professor Koch. tAe famous bacterl-
ologist, has written letter to the mail
superintcndent of Hamburg. Ger
MANY, stating that, so far as his know
ledge goes, cholera has never been
snread by letters or other mail matter,
and that he does not consider it danger
ous to send such matter through the
mails. This is very rcassuring to
newspaper men, who handle exchanges
from every where. and to people who
receive letters from friends in foreign
narts or infected cities, -[New Orr
leans Picaylne.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-12-01
The Road to Sunderland.


What is the road to slumber-land and when
does the baby go!
The road lies straight through mothers arms
when the sun is sinking low.
He goes by the drowsy Gland of nod" to the
land Of 'sluleby."
When all wee lambs are safe in the 1oIc,
under the evening sky.
A soft little night gown clean and white;
face washed sweet and fair;
A mother brushing the tangles out OF tne
silken, golden hair;
Two little tired, satiny feet, from the shoe
and the stocking free,
Two little palms together clasped, at the
mothers patient knee;
Some baby words thatsre drowsily lisped to
the tender Shepherds ear;
And kiss that only the mouber can place on
the brow of her baby dear;
A little round head which 1estles at last close
to the mothers breast,
And then the lullaby, soft and low, singing
the song of rest;
And close and closer the blue-veined lids are
hiding the baby's eyes,
AS over the road to Sunderland the dear
little traveller hies.
For this is the way, through mothers arms,
all little babies go,
To the beautiful City of fSlumber-land, when
the sun is sinking low.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-12-01
GunSliOt Wounds.

Marvellously fortunate escapes from
gunshot injuries have been recorded.
Bullets have been known to rebound
or glance off the skin, leaving only a
dent, probably from the oblique di-
rection in which they struck; spent
ball strikes rib and drops out again.
or carries i'll portion of the clothing
before it, rendering it easy to with
draw.
Sir Ashley Cooper relates two ex-
traordinary instances, in one OF which
bullet moving in full velocity ell
tered the side, and coming in contact
with rib, was DETECTED from its
course, and ran around under the skin
to the opposite side of the body. In
the other the bullet struck one temple,
passed over the head under the scalp
to the other, and never penetrated the
skull at all.
The following case occurred i'll the
practice of an eminent surgeon, whose
pupil l was: A man was brought to
him who had shot himself in the side
of the head with suicidal intent. lie
was said to have held the weapon only
an inch or two from his ear, and the
extensive burning and laceration OF
the skin bore evidence to the truth OF
this statement; there was a ragged
bullet hole, nevertheless no fracture
Of the bone could be detected, and
there was an entire absence of "head
symptoms"-that is, those lndica-
tions which point to some lesion OF
the brain.
So he was put to bed and kept
quiet. without any treatment at all be-
yond simple and local applications,
and carefully watched the while for
any untoward manifestations that
might develop themselves. But moth
ing came of it, and in week or two
the man was nearly well. Then for
The first time he complained of pain
aud stiffness in the cheek, which being
examined showed signs of impending
abscess. This formed and was opened
in due course, when out dropped the
bullet Yankee Blade.
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only use their eyes 10 find ont whether
it is cloudy, or clear, or raining.
They tell by the registering thermom
cter how cold it was during the night
that is the lowest temperature. Then
the observers 60 to their telegraph in-
struments, and forward their reports
at once to the central office at Wash
ington.
Government messages have "right
of way" through all telegraph offices,
and other business must stand still for
them; so it is not many minutes after
eight o'clock when the central office is
ready to make map, which, by the
use of convenient symbols andsNpes,
gives all the facts in very mallsspace.
Before this map is drawn, however,
the reports are carefully compared
and all made into one, and are sent
by telegraph again to Boston, New
York, St. Louis, Chicago, and all the
cities which are sufficiently large 10
make it worth while to print map
like that made in Washington
In this way maps all just alike are
being made in many cities at the same
moment of time. The printing ma
chinery used is made for the purpose,
and is very rapid. Often as early as
ten o'clock in the morning, only two
hours after the observers on the Pa
cific coast wrote their reports, the map
containing those reports is printed in
Boston. am sure there is no news
paper able to do such rapid work as
this. The government, however, has
two great advantages: its dispatches
are sent before even press dispatches,
and the machinery for printing re-
quires less time than the typesetting
and printing work of newspaper.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-12-01
How the Weather Is FOretOld.

Lot me briefly describe the method:
The Weather Bureau has agents, who
are called "obseryers," at all the
places throughout the country from
which it desires daily information.
At the moment tho clock strikes eight
in Boston-that is. Eastern standard
time--lhese observers go to thelrinstru-
ments and write down what is record
cd at that instant. These instruments
tell them the temperature, the pres
sure of the air, the direction OF the
wind, and how many miles an hour 1t
is moving, and the observers need
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-12-01
Nice Arrangement.

Bride (after the return from the
bridal tNur)--I see by this medical
work that Il man requires eight hours
sleep and a woman ten.
Bridegroom-Yes, I've read that
somewhere myself.
Bride--How nice! You can get up
every morning and have the fire made
and the break fast ready before it is
time for me to get up. - New York
Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-12-01
A Valuable ROOk.

There is book in the British
Museum which is valued at Sooo an
ounce. 1t is "A perfect copy of the
original edition of Shakespeare's SON.
nets published IN 1909. There are
only two copies in existence, ana 'he
second one was sold short time ago
for $1,000. AS the book weighs only
ten ounces, it is worth good deal
more than its weight in gold.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-12-01
Hauled Out the Fish by Horse Power.

A gentleman who resides on Bolivar
reports that largo sawIish was
captured few days ago near Roll
over which measured eighteen feet in
length, three feet eight inches length
of saw, six feet wide, and two feet
thick from dorsal 10 venlral fin. 1t
got inside the bar that runs parallel
with the peninsula, and, not being
able to get out, was caught, and, after
being made fast with a hawser, it took
two horses aud four nen to pull the
fish ashore. .-[Galvos on News.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-12-01

Itce. AZ ifsJ Sllc loOkeu very BODer,
and then q soft smile came to her lips,
for she recalled the occasion, and the
wet, draggled appearance she had pre-
sented.
81 remember the awkward episode
awkward on my part" she said,
shyly uplifting her superb eyes.
Eyes, gave you the ring. l cannot
permit you to return it. When / gave
it to you it ceased to be NINE"
"But did not accept it," replied
he. ''You left it in my hand. Until
now | have had no opportunity to
decline it,"
"Tell me-" she aaid, looking fairly
at him, new interest in her handsome
eyes---"tell me, how long have you
known me as the luckless one you
once placed under such obligations?"
ooh, do not call it that!" he re-
joined.
"Did you know it the evening you
you proposed to me?" persisted
she.
"No, Miss Clifton. I did not know
il until last evening. That ballad iden-
tilted you; you were singing it when
your boat upset"
"Was II" she asked, merely to con-
troll her embarrassment, for she re-
membered quite distinctly.
81 had intended to send you the
ring by mail today, without explana-
ton OF comment" he said. 81 ask no
advantage now."
"I cannot say that | understand
your last remark, Mr.. Rutherford, "
she replied, slightly tlurrled.
He was standing with his arms
folded, his eyes fixed upon her, a
waiting, intensely yearning look in
them that made her heart beat faster.
"You are going away today, did
you say, Mr.. Rutherford" she ner-
vously asked.
"Yes, Miss Clifton"
"From-from dire necessityT' she
asked. in queer tone, covertly watch
ing him.
"From CHOICE" he crisply rejoined.
He waited a few moments and then
significantly added:
81 have lost interest in every thing
here"
"Even in me?' she asked, with 6
faint blush on her cheeks and an en-
couraging smile on her lips. "Per-
haps some of that interest can be re-
vived."
"Ah," he quickly rejoined, with a
catch in his breath, eyes, it can! One
little word from you will be suffi-
Gent"
"Then it would not be kind in me
to withhold it," she softly said. 81
might be cruel to myself. You must
keep this ring. will feel hurt if you
decline to accept it."
al will accept it on one conditio H."
"And what is that?"
eff you except one from me i'll re-
turn"
ooh" she exclaimed, the red in
her face deepening, "that sounds fair
enough! Still, it might involve"
"It not only might, but it would" ="
interrupted he, with smile
~ am to consider this as a renewal
Of your proposal, supposeW she
said. .If ! didn't, l would be stupid,
wouldn't l?' she added, laughing
sweetly.
"You are never stupid" rejoined
he, with heartinoss.
And then their eternal bond OF
union was sealed. - Saturday Night.
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VOL. III.
Dreams.

.,s balmy days grow long.
e' u. 'IG 7 dream of thee the more'
weaye into my song
y ! = sweet, sad thoughts that throng
y ,In the golden days Of yore.
s,e,,. ~ of hee be wrong,
r,,u have offended sore.
,se a I dream of thee the more
me balmy days grow long,
kuh, winter have I sigh'd
|Fmt Thy presence, YEARLY
.,s;ng, aazed across the wide
In Of selfish, human pride
(which divided thee and me-
II sweet hope inspires my sone'
M.,r, the smile that once she wore.
4 o,e dream of thee the more
[Dsu tbe balmy days grow long.
~ - -TBoston Pilot.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-12-01
HUMOROUS.

Should be looked into-A telescope.
Maid to order--The waitress In o
restaurant.
A cyclcne may be put down in the
list of catching airs.
1t stands to reason that ocean gray
hounds are not ordinary barks.
sMy first love affair."" said cynical
oldsbachelor, ''was in the daze Of my
youth"
"Did you ever talk with Miss
Gabb" ''No, she always talked
with me"
A horse is not really tickle because
he answers with neigh when he
means yes.
Familiarity does not appear to breed
co1rser1Ipt IN n , sss=s -oE--some milllon,s
aires and a dollar.
Shc-Does yns~e uanderloin
amount to anything? He-No; bnr
his bills always do.
"A little of this will 60 grcaF
weigh" said the man who was pre-"
pairing o load of coal.
Doctor-Your wife really needs
change, Jangle. Jangle-Great Scottl
cave her q $40 bill not month
ago.
The grocer and the baker may ncs
be singers, but the former knows ms
scales and the latter can always sirika
dough.
81 see villain in your face,' said
Judge to prisoner. "May 1t please
your honor" said the latter, "that is a
personal reflection"
TWAS once an Easter bonnet
That her loveliness did lack;
But the present source Of sorrow
Is a sealskin sacque.
Freshleigh-I love you more than
myself, darling. Miss Sharpleigh-
That's not saying much. You are
always giving yourself away.
A correspondent desires to contri.
butte an article telling how to keep
harness. That is too easy. Tho way
to keep harness is to lock it up.
Tcacher--Now, Johnnie, how many
times did Columbus cross the Atlantic!
Johnnie - Three. Teacher-Whicb
time was the last? Johnnie-The
third.
s.I hear bandits are holding your
boy Peter for ransom" "No;" re-
turned the banker. ''They threaten
TO send him back if l don't pay. ]
shall pay"
Waiter-Er--It's customary here
for the guests to remember the wait
crs, sir. Irate patron, who has been
| poorly served l should think it
| would be.
Trivvet-What are you doing,
| Dicer? Dicer--I am still looking for
something to turn up. Trivvet-But
you don't need to look farther than
your nose for that.
Judge-You were alone when you
committed the robbery? Delinquent
Yes, your worship. You see, when
you've got mate you never know
whether he's honest or not.
"When the girl is shy and otfish,"
said Clcangone, "courtship is mighty
hard work" ''lt may be-" said Get
there, ''but il is u kind of work that q
man generally puts his heart into"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-12-01
A SOLITAIRE

ny FRANK II. sTAUFFERs
.;oo Rutherford stood at the wide
gstcwav of pretty old English
Dostead. The bright moonlight
cleaning upon the trees, the
bbbery and the fountain, and upon
massive buildings with their
ers. balconies and quaint archi-
|ural conceits. 1t was such a
|uresouc view that the young Am
lau tourist gazed upon it with rap.
Im stiffness was broken by the
pjug of an oar near by, and he was
h aware of the fact that close to
left of him brook flowed through
shrubbery into the river behind
He turned his face thitherward,
waited.
Presently q boat shot out into the
er, and he saw that the occupant
ayoung girl with a plant figure,
right face, aud exquisite grace in
movements.
BE was as plainly defined in the
|onlight as she was, but she did not
bpen 10 glance toward the terrace.
was in such a happy mood that she
u voice 10 it in song:
"Was there ever maid more fair,
Or truer lover,
Seen beneath the moonlight rare
On the Downs of Dover?
The Downs, the Downs,
On the Downs Of Dover!
second verse followed, and the
pns man stood spellbou 1. Never
he heard a voice so sweet, so tlex-
so distinctly articulate. The
ody was fresh, pleasing, vivacious.
disappeared beyond the trees
lch lined the river, her voice dying
|asantly away.
He had just turned to depart, when
eral wild, piercing shricks came to
ears, and he knew that the fair
ger had met with some disaster.
le ran swiftly along the path which
r'ea lile shore, reached an opening
Ong tho trees, and saw her strug-
y In The water, the overturned
utlI'lng away from her. He
nsed into the river and rescued
carrying her along the path to the
facc.
e was able to stand upon the lat
and had entirely regained hcr
sclousness. She cast a rneful
VIC az her wet and draggled attire,
'ncA lifted her handsome eyes TO
luce OF the young man who had so
lantly rescued her.
WI l am extremely grateful to
She said, sweet tremor in her
be.
- screams had been heard at the
W ana her father and a male do.
'" cane hurrying TO the spot. The
a'f was a burly man, crisp OF
'A and stolid in his manner.
:" laughter told him of the mis-.
'nu rescue. He bestowed sharp
y 1ss on Brice rutherford, and said :
S'Aa me your address and I'll
pensate you."
- naughty tone and the unap-
erican.
n ~. soA owe me anything" he
y 'aid' as he turned upon his
,.a,, ~ repeat i'll am extremely
,,,a.. ,,rm cried the young girl, with
s"' - !, glance and an impulsive
y father walked with her mn t0e
'ue tootman followed a, their
- 'a'r = English lady had left some.
,, price kutherfords hand when
hi.' ''u 1t. 1t was valuable
|Bam.,', very y, unique in its setting.
bde pA' ,a'r he CALCULATED, as he
H. NM ward the highway which led
\ adjoining village.
''''S later found him at one Of
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-12-01

gY FRANK II. sTAUFFER.