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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
Too Much.

Mrs. Laverty, an Irish lady, who lived
thirty miles from the American Rich
mond, was in the provident habit Of
laying in a store of groceries to last an
entire quarter, since she could not repair
to Richmond oftener than four times a
year. On one of these provisioning ex-
peditions she laid in store of matches
a disastrous investment, since not a
match would strike. Wild was her fury,
which was kept alight and aglow by her
recurring daily trouble to get her fire
alight and aglow without match. Her
wrath, thus kept at boiling point for
three months, gave the storekeeper a
hot quarter of an hour, when she burst at
last into his store and thundered down
the parcel of matchboxes upon the
counter. Having waited with defer.
entail patience until the storm had spent
itself, he said suavely, "Allow me-
madam"
Taking a matchbox from the parce,
and match from the box, he struck it
after the manner of men, upon his trous
ers. "See, madam he exclaimed il
Snug triumph, holding up the kindleC
match. "The divil fly away wild yer
shrieked Mrs. Laverty. "Do ye thinl
that livery time I've fire to light II
thravel thirty miles to sthrike mattel
on the safe of yere breeches?'-Richart
A. King in Belgravia.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
vuLeARITY IN DESIGN.
Jewelry. Furniture and Bric-a-Brac That
Shock the Esthete.

Jewelry, Furniture and Bric-a-Brac That
Shock the Esthete.
There is nothing in modern life more
discouraging to the person of taste than
the deliberate vulgarity in design which
is so conspicuous in modern manufac-
lures, and this is especially true in those
matters of adornment or luxury where
it would be supposed that if anywhere
would be found the evidences of refine
ment and cultivation. If in the articles
with which the dwellings and the per-
sons Of the rich are adorned one does
not find evidences of good taste it is in
deed discouraging outlook for the
seeker, and yet it is in precisely in these
things that the most fragrant violations
of all aesthetic canons are encouraged.
One has but to consider the tricks of
the makers of jewelry to understand the
extent to which this evil has gone. The
last whim of the makers of slang is to
be seen in the windows of the jeweler
wrought out in precious stones: Now
the art of the cunning goldsmith is de-
voted to the making of pigs in gold and
gems, now it is some other beast equally
inartistlc, again it is some idiotic pun,
which is enshrined i'll costly stones OF
rich enamel, and yet again the para
phernalia Of the turf, the gaming table
or what not, absorbs the best skill
which the modern world can show il
this line. Even worso are the coarse
and vulgar designs which are to be seer
in the cases of resnectable. jewellers oi
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07

81 like the dashing cornet and the
gprightly clarinet" said Colonel CALI
per, but | like best of. all that brass
fountain of cheerfulness, the big bass
horn. Care takes back seat when the
big horn sounds. 1t paints the air red
and defies all creation, but it is vastly
good natured withal, and it never fails
when its friends the cornet and the clarl-
net pause for breath to come in with its
complain! oomph-ah! oomphah! pre-
serving the harmony unbroken.
Relieved from this duty, it rolls off
over the edge of cliff and brings up
suddenly at the foot with tremendous
oomph! Rebounding, with dignity un-
rutfled, with undiminished vigor, and
with undimmed, inextinguishable and
overwhelming good humor, it tosses off
sound in large decorative effects that
excite the wonder Of every hearer and
fill every hearer with broad delight.
"Just why the big bass horn is usually
played by short, stout man, while the
slender clarinet is played by man who
is tall and thin is one of those things
that nobody knows. The time may
come, indeed, when the short, stout maj
will play the slender clarinet and thu
tall, thin man will play the big bas
horn; but by whomsoever it may b.
played let US hope that the big horn
thunderoxs jollity will never be abated.
New York Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
A Gallant Irish Rov.

The biographer of General Crawford
tells the following story: During Wei
lington's campaign in the Peninsula, the
Light division was defeated by the
French under Marshal Ney, and forced
to retreat across a river. A young sol
dier from the north of Ireland, named
Stewart, was nicknamed 1.-THE Boy" as
he was only nineteen years of age and
of gigantic stature.
He had fought bravely, and was one
of the last men who came down to the
bridge, over which the division was re.
treating. He refused to pass over, but
gazing at the French with grim look
said in loud voice:
$50 this is the end of our boasting
This is our first battle, and we retreat
The Boy Stewart will not live to heal
that said."
Striding forward, he fell upon the ad
vancing Frenchmen with his bayonet
and died fighting.
"Gallant, but rash!" the reader says
Yes, but so were the unyielding warrior
at ThermopylB.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
An Electrical Fog Bell.

At the port of Ravenna, on the Adriatic
sea, there has recently been placed new
form of fog bell, operated by electricity.
1t is situated at the end of the mole lead
ing into the harbor and the current is con-
veyed to it from battery in the light
house about three quarters Of mile dis
tant.
The apparatus for striking the bell con.
sists of magnet electric motor connected
with mechanical puller. The current
from the battery causes disc having pins
projecting from its border to revolve,
which pull the bell chain and make the
hammer strike the rim of the bell at regu-
lar intervals.
"A telephone circuit enables the attendant
at the lighthouse to hear the drone of the
motor and thus know whether it is work
at its proper speed. Philadelphia Record.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07

There is no doubt that certain flies are
best adapted to different seasons, times
of day and conditions of weather, but a
dozen flies of different names will fully
answer all of these requirements. An
anglers flies resemble nothing when cast
upon the water. They are simply a
something which attracts the trout.
Color has more allurement than form,
and as there are not so many colors there
is no use for many flies. The general
rule is for light flies on dark days and
dark or darkish flies on light days. Sizes
are more to be considered than form
and mixture in makeup. A large trout
wants something worth his making ar
effort to secure. 1t is doubtless true
{ that an arbitrary cast of flies cannot be
made up which will be adapted to al
waters. Forest and Stream.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
Importance of Regular Nursing.

When the milk has come to the breasts
all artificial nourishment must cease and
the child be put to the breast regularly. 1t
is now that so many mistakes are made,
that so many bad habits are formed; now
that the health of the child frequently be-
gins to suffer and arrangements of the
stomach are so often met with. There are
many mothers who, by their irregular
habits in sucking their children, overload
the stomach, and when the child cries, as
it frequently will do when the stomach is
in this state, they give it the breast under
the impression that it will cure everything.
Let me say to you, when the first few
days of the infants life are over, regular
ity in feeding must be observed, otherwise
the health of both parent and child will
suffer alike. The frequency with which
the child should be put to the breast dur
ing the first month should be once every
two hours during the day and once every
three or four hours during the night.
To attend to this from the very first is
absolutely necessary, as a mothers rest
should be as undisturbed as possible.
When this is neglected and her nights are
disturbed, her health will become i'm
paired, the milk will deteriorate in quail
ity, and the child will be badly nourished
and suffer in onsequence.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
Looked Like Her Doll.

A little miss at tho South End has a
favorite doll, which is of Celestial out
line and bears the name of Chum Chum.
Until within short time she had never
seen Chinaman, but the othsw day,
while walking with her mother, one
CHANGED into view. The young woman
Immediately recognized the similarity
between the life and the facsimile at
home.
"Oh, mamma" said she, "there's
Chum Chum." But almost instantly the
difference in size appealed to her and
she corrected herself:
"No, no; Chum Chum's dad. ."--Bos-
ton Times
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07

the feminine leg or foot, fS suggestive
End semi-indecent ornaments which ap-
peal to the taste Of certain classes, not
only Of men, but Of women, who are sp-
parently perfectly proS'= members Of
society.
The designs Of furniture and bric-a-
brac are, il anything, worse. 1t is true
that there are good designs to be found,
but it is no less true that the reign OF
cheap vulgarity is at its triumphant
height. The hard and unsympathetic
execution Of mechanical means which
would be tolerable only when directed
by the most delicate and sympathetic
taste is made the more detestable by the
coarse and foSced manner in which it is
used. When the designer goes to the
past to purloin design, if he wishes to
hit the popular taste he selects some ro-
coco motive of the worst period, and as
a rule it is popular in direct proportion
to its wOrthlessness.
When one compares the ornaments of
today with those of the times of our
grandfathers he may well ask whether
our grandchildren will have as much
reason to respect their heirlooms as we
have to look with pride upon ours. II
one takes the so called souvenir spoons
with which the shop windows have been
filed, how many of them are even toler'
able in design?
1t is always easier to find fault thar
to find out remedy, and it is undoubt
edly true that in the present case the
matter is largely the result of the in
crease of material prosperity among
those classes where neither taste nor in
telligence has had time to be developed
The markets are controlled to a grea
extent by the new rich, and it is not un
natural that the impress of their vulgar
ity should be left in a broad mark upol
the arts of the time. 1t is no less tru,
abroad, however, than it is in this coun
try that the designers have apparentl.
degenerated. and the explanation givel
does not so well apply abroad as in thi
country.
No doubt the taste of the world j
being educated, but the problem toda,
is to educate the taste of the many III
stead of the taste of the few, and it
far more difficult than any which ha
ever been presented to the devotees o
the aesthetic in the history Of civilization
bafore.-Boston Courier.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
Worn and Wan and Weak and
Weary.

Ho. ye woman. worn and weary. with
wan faces and 20 indescribably weak. Those
distressing. dragging down paios, and that
constant weakness and wornnees and veari-
ness can be cured. For all such sufferers,
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is q
Danacea Of inestimAble value. A an in
vigorating tonic, il imparts strength to the
whole system. For "oyerworked," worn
out" debilitated teachers, dressmakers,
seamstresses, "shop- girls" housekeepers,
nursing mothers. and feeble women general
ly, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the
greatest earthly boon. being unequaled Is an
appetizing cordial and restorative tonice
ASS soothing and strengthening nervine.
"Favorite Prescription" is unequaled and
invaluable in allaying and subduing nervous
excitability, exhaustion, prostration, hyster-
ia. spasms and other distressing, nervous
symptoms, commonly attendant upon
functional and organic disease. 1t induces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety
and dependency.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
ODDS AND EMS
Aluminium coats have come.

Aluminium coats have come
No man ever loved q woman while be
was busy.
In Germany glassblowers are paid only
once year.
The Falls of Teverone will light Rome
by electricity.
The world grows very full of ghosts as
we grow older.
When excited the emperor of Austria
puffs out his cheeks.
The white chamois gloves are not ehamois
at all, but a prepared kid.
British Guiana produced nearly g, ,OoO,-
900 worth of gold last year.
Boil the clothesline and it will not
'fkink," as new rope is apt to do.
More than 100000 woctpn spoons are
manufactured annually in Russia
Flowers amounting to the value Of S14,-
175, ,s2S were sold by American florists last
year.
Scald rhubarb for few moments before
cooking and much less sugar will be
needed.
The navy of Great Britain is larger than
that Of any other power. France ranks
second.
Babies cry because they are babies and
are unable to express their feelings in any
other way.
Jelly will not mold il thin layer ol
paper dipped in the white of an egg is laid
upon the top.
A full stomach is great aid to poetry
and, indeed, no sentiment Of any kind car
stand upon an empty one.
OneJof the oldest things on the tapii
was the sale OF 500 miles of carpet at auc
tion in New York city recently.
British horses were famous when Julius
Cesar invaded the country. He carried
some of them to Rome with him.
A French mechanician has recently in
vented an electric lamp for examining tn
interior of metal tubes and projectiles TO
guns.
Don't live in hope with your arms folded
fortune smiles on those who roll up thei
sleeves and put their shoulder to tn
wheel.
Recent improvements in telegraphy er
able certain companies to transmit lC
words for twenty-five cents and realize
handsome profit.
Germany stands at the front in electrica
science, although the United States is ia
ahead of any other country in the practices
use of electricity.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07

Many persons are unable to sleep on their
left side. The cause has long been puzzle
to physicians. Metropolitan papers speak
with great interest of DR.. Franklin Miles,
the eminent Indiana specialist in nervous
and heart diseases, who mas proven that this
habit arises from diseased heart. He has
examined and kept on record thousands OF
cases. His New Heart Cure, wonderful
remedy, is sold at Isa Leists. Thousands
testify to its value as a cure for Heart Dis
eases. Mrs. Chas. Benoy, Loveland, COL,
says its effects on her we're marvellous. :
CANT book on heart disease free.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
Not So Long, but Quite as Wide.


It is customary for railroads to issue an
nual passes to the highest officials of other
railroads in the same section of the coun-
try. Awhile ago the president of little
lumber railroad in Minnesota-a line only
four miles long and built solely for the
transportation of lumber-called at the
general offices of the Great Northern rail
way at st. Paul, presented his card and
said that he had issued an annual pass to
President James Hill, of the Great North
ern, and would like a similar courtesy.
The office employees were thunderstruck
by this display of nerve, and politely re-
fused to honor the request. The caller
grew indignant and demanded to see
Jim" Hill personally. Being ushered
into President Hill's private office he again
stated his case and asked for an annual
pass.
"But, my dear sir, your road is not a
passenger line, and pass over it is worth
less" said Mr.. Hill.
II know it," replied the insistent caller,
"but it is customary to honor requests for
courteses. We railway magnates cannot
afford to discriminate against each other,
you know. It's a matter of regular form
discipline. It's part of the railway busi.
ness, you see, and we ought not to violate
any of the regular usages Of reputable
lines. See?"
"Yes-perhaps; but don't you see that
you have no real railway line? Yours il
only jay freight line about four miles
long, beginning at lumber camp and end
ing the Lord only knows where"
"Well, Mr.. Hill, Pm willing to admit
that my road isn't as long as yours; never
claimed it was. But my road is just a.
wide as yours, sir, and l want you to keeE
that fact in view. Don't you forget it
sir"
"By Georgel never thought of that,
cried Hill, and a minute later the callel
left the office with an annual pass over th'
entire Great Northern system. ChicagC
| Mail
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
Nickel Armored Ships Can't Go Mort

Nickel Armored Ships Can't Go North.
The remarkable discovery of the eff
feet of temperature on the density of
nickel steel is likely to have an i'm
portant bearing on its use in the con-
struction of war vessels. After this va
riety of steel has been frozen it is read
lily magnetized, and, moreover, it's dem
sity is permanently reduced fully 2 per
cent. by the exposure to the cold. 1t is
stated that ship of war built in the
temperate climate of ordinary steel and
clad with say 5000 tons of nickel steel
armor would be destroyed by visit to
the arctic regions, owing to the con-
traction of the steel by the extreme low
Temperature. New York Journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07

The sun gives GO0,000 times as much
light as the full moon; 1000, ,G00, 900
times as much as the brightest star in
the sky and $4,000, eco times as much as
all the combined stars Of the heavens.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
A Leading Question.

Mr.. Smallbrain (fondling his fuzzy
upper lip)-Ah, Miss Belle, I've been,
ah, letting my mustache grow, don't
you know, for week.
Miss Belle (signifcantly)-For weak
what, Mr.. Smallbrain?-Detroit Free
Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
Drunsxennea1, or the LiqUor Raaoit, Poss
lively Cured by administering Drs
HEaSMeSJ SsnASgnAa &nQPiGig.

1t is manufactured a powder. which can be given
in glass Of beer cup Of coffee or tea, or IN 1000
without the knowledge ofthe patient. 1t s absolutely
harmless. and will effect a permanent and speedy
cure, whether the patient iH moderate drinker or
alcoholic wreck. 1t has been given in thousands
Of cases. and IN every nstsnco perfect cure nae
lowed. 1t never Fails. Thesystem once impregnat'
ed with the Specclt becomes an utter lmpossiolit2
for the liquor appetite to exist Cures guaranteed
40 page book OF particulaIs free. Addree3
GOLDEN SPECIFIC CO., 80 Race St., ,CIncInnati.O
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07

"Daily. fDaily except Sunday. sMeais.
+Sunday only.
Through Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on night
trains to Chicago
The only line running Parlor Cars between To-
ledo, Columbus. ard Ohio River-Seat Fare only
25 cents.
Rates via the Buckeye Route are always as low
as via any other line.
For rates, maps, and other information, write
W. 81. FISHER, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent, Room 81, Deshler Block, Columbus, Ohio.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07

England now manufactures window
frames of pressed steel, thus replacing
those made of cast iron and gaining in
strength, lightness and cheapness of
manufacture.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07

Two newspapers spread between the
insufficient covers of bed on cold
night are an excellent substitute for
the unprocurable blankets or comfort
ables.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07

The Apostles creed is not the crea-
tion of any single person. 1t grew. 1t
is found in practically its present form
in writings of the Fifth century. The
Nicene creed was formulated in A. d.
QoE
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07

Keep the lid off when boiling cabbage,
turnips, peas or beans. Cook the two first
named vegetables fast in salted water for
half an hour-New York Journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
Faults.

If were as rich Is my right hand
neighbor, should have his faults; if
were as poor as my left hand neighbor,
l should have his. Being myself, have
mine.-Manley H. Pike in Century.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
The Best Part of the Music.

"Shall play the resty' she asked, as
she paused in her performance at the
piano.
"Yes," he answered.; "ey all means.
/ enjoy the rests very much hope you
won't think of skipping 1ny."-Wash-
in0tnn Star
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
Children Cry for Pitchers castoria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to castorta,
When sheha Children, she gave them Castoria,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07


For further information call on b d TicEe
Agent, or address l.. :. Allen, Assistant Genera
Passenger Agent, Chicago.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-06-28
OXFORD FEMALE SEMINARY.

We invite the attention of u read
ers to the advertisement of this old and
famous school, to be found in another
column. With the return of Presi-
dent Hobgood to it's control, it is enter
ing a new career of prosperity. It's
ours of study has always been thor
Ough and the standard of graduation
high. These will be advanced.
The President has surrounded him
self with an exceptionally able faculty
of genuinely broad culture. They hold
diplomas from several of the leading
schools of the new world, and one of
the old world, the university of Vir-
ginia, the Sanveur School Of languages,
the Cooper Union Art School, of New
York, the Philadelphia Conservatory,
and the Royal Conservatory of Rerlin,
in Germany.
The president has decided to confer de-
grees-B. A. and G. E. or Graduate in
English. Type writing and stenogra-
ply will be taught, and a thor
Ough course of Bible study has been
provided.
The school is exceedingly fortunate
in it's location. Oxford has long been
the seat of schools of high grade the
third generation is now in her schools.
Write President Hobgood for a cat
alogue. We know this school and
commend it to our readers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-06-28

ing avenues for the investment of can
ltal n the development of the almost
lnexhaustable agricultural, mechanical
and commercial resources of this great
country of ours. 1t will inaugGrate
such a business boom as this u
Try mas heretofore never expert
enced. 1t will bring within the reach
of all not only the necessities. but the
comforts and superfuities of life. It
Will thrill the great heart of the nation
n send joy and gladness through
every vein and artery of our industrial
system. 1t will put the government
upon a more solid basis than it has ever
rested upon since its organization.
These are butafew of the inestimable
blessings which must inevitably flow
from the adoption of this or some
similar measure which is ~imperativelv
demanded of Congress by
VOX POPULI.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-06-28
NOTICE TO sUB-sECRETARIES IN
NASH COUNTY.

BRETHREN You are earnestly re-
quested to meet me in Nashville, July
8, 1892, with reports, fees and dues due
County Alliance. If you cannot pos
sibIy meet me then, please send them
by mail. There will be important bust
ness to be attended to at the county
meeting on July IA, and I desire to
have this matter completed before that
day, so l can make a full and complete
report to County Alliance. Do not
wait till your last meeting to cOllec5
fees and dues, but let the brethren
know you are ready ~toreceipt for them
any time during the quarter. I hope
that not one Alliance will fail to re
port, but that each Secretary will see
to it that has lodge is represented. We
e a necessity for and expect a larger
increase in membership than any pre-
ceding quarter.
Yours f~raternally,
@. H. BAINEs, Go. Sec'y.