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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-03-25

Her handsome face was close to mine;
Her glowing eyes on me did shine;
I am bashful as can be.
But ! kissed those lips so rosy red:
When the darling laughing said.
Its plain you're near the sea-
We cleared the river, crossed the bar:
And saw light just like star:
For that we then did steer.
1t proved to be the Brig Gray Hound.
Just making sail, for Orleans bound
Which much our hearts did cheer
The captain was a friend OF old
And our reception was not cold:
From he or his good wife.
Poor Nellie much did need good care;
For ahe was wet when we came there,
And might have lost her life.
But for::the care and kindness shown:
BY the fair wife of captain Done:
My thanks to her are deep.
gentle breeze came from the land
And out to sea the Brig did stand
And lay down to sleep.
At Orleans, we Ralph did meet.
w ho warmly well anu i uIu greet;
He heard that Nell was dead
Nell's aunt had heard it ere she sailed
And as bad news had never failed:
The aunt arrived ahead.
Il knew that Nell would win that dress.
Which you lent her in her distress
And which to this has lead.
She has wealth, don't go to sea.
But stay at home Nell's lover be-
Nell's brother laughing said
OF conrse took his advise
Now don't you think my Nellie nice.
And now fair friend kind adieu:
May all good blessings fall to you
And may you hold them fast.
Nav you as happy days yet know.
Asmy sweet Nell OF long ago
And may they longer last.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-03-25

! wonder what the French will say.
You've been most kind in every way.
now am strong and do not shiyer.''
With wind and current in my way.
I rowed along till break of day
And then rowed mp river
A mile above we went on land
Where late handsome house did stand,
Now naught but ruins did remain
Nov dear wife We are secure,
Though hardships yet we must endure.
/ think our lives we can RETAIN
When we landed, Nell and /.
Nell's clothing then was partly dry;
The cloak had sheltered parts from rain
Mine was wet as wet could be,
SO was the grass, each bush and tree
And Nellie's feet with cold did pain.
The sun arose. oppressive warm,
Flies and bugs did round us swarm.
We found an arbOr meath tree.
Where thick grape vines a bower made:
Affording us delightful shade:
From flies and insects free
Moss quite dry and soft as down;
Dld thlckly carpet all the ground
While fruit in clusters hung over head,
Grapes and oranges, ripe and sweet.
Hung from the roof OF this retreat
Which nature kind had made.
Nov dear wife will you please try.
To take some sleep. your clothing dry,
Or you will sure be sick.''
why yes my love it's easily done,
You hang me up in this warm sun,
And you can hang on another stick
Said Nellie in a mocking tone.
So thought I'd let the clothes alone,
A Hammock, food and some good Wine
Was wrapped up in the cloak of mine:
Which unrolled and found quite dry.
stretched the hammocls, out with ease
Beneath this banner of vine and trees;
The cloak hung to dry.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25


Defendants
In the Probate Court of Henry County, Ohio
A LBERT WARD and vena Ward, his wife, re.
~ siding at Boone, Wexford County, Michigan,
and Marvin Crandal, residing ut Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Michigan, and Asa Hoppas, whose place
of residence is unknown, will take notice that
John +. Reed as the executor of the last will md
testament OF Marvin Ward deceased, on the 10th
day of January, A. d.. 1892 filed his petition in the
Probate Court within and for the County of
Henry, and State of Ohio, alleging that the per
sonal estate of said deceased is utcient to pay
his debts and the charges of administering his es-
tate that he died seized in fee simple of tie fol-
lowing described real estate, situated In Henry
County, Ohio, to.wit:
quarter (l4) of Section Number Twenty-Five (2s)
Town Five (5), North Of Range Seven (7) east in
said Henry county Ohio, con tanning Forty (40)
acres of land more or less.
Also all that part of the northwest quarter "a Of
the southeast quarter Il Of Section Twenty-Five
l22), Town Five (5) North Range Seven ~ East in
Henry County, Ohio, which lies south of the pub
lie highway commonly known as the Ridge Road
in said Henry County, aud containing Sixteen and
one fourth (l6h) acres of land more or less.
That Mary Jane Ward as the widow of said de-
cedant Is entitled TO dover in all of said premises.
The prayer OF snid petition IL for the assignment
of dover to said Mary Jane Ward for the sale of
the payment ofthe debts and charges aforesaid
The persons first above mentioned will further
take notice that they and each Of them h ave been
made parties defendant to said petition, an that
they and eaCh of them are required TO answer the
same on or before the 9th day Of April, 1892. and
set forth in their said answers what III any liens or
interest they have or claim to have in said premis
es. JOHN REED,
Executor as Aforesaid.
Napoleon, o., Feb. II, '926t
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25
The Sugar Bounty.

Congressman Scott, of Illinois, In :
troduced q resolution ia Congress in
strueting the Ways and Means COM
mittee to report bill for the repeal of
the sugar bounty law. There ought to
be no question on the part of the
Democratic majority of Congress to
repeal the abominable law, a law that
is class Ia its character and therefore
contrary to the spirit of our institu-
tions!
The AEesolution declares that since
July, 1891 the producers Of sugar have
filled claims for bounty under the Nc
Kinley law amounting to many mil
lions of dollars for which warrants up
on the treasury have or are about to be
drawn, thus imposing grlevously on the
taxpayers of the country. The pay.
ment of this bounty upon sugar is con-
tended to be gift or gratuity by the
government to one class of persons
engaged In private enterprise the
burden of which is to be borne largely
by the poorly paid corn, wheat, cotton
and other agricultural producers of the
country, together with the vast army
of wage-earners Of the land. The
resolution further cites the decision of
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25
Nine Good Men.

"If' says the New York World, "as
now seems likely, the National Demo-
cratic Convention shall drop all New
York candidates, then, on second
tarlff-reform and honest-money plat
form, we believe that any one of the
following named nine gentlemen can
unite the factions, carry New York
and be elected President of the United
States:
"Gov. Hora ce Boies, of Iowa.
"Gov. Robert E. Pattison, of Penn
sylvania.
"Senator John NJ. Palmer, of Illi-
nois.
"senator John G. Carlisle, of Ken
lucky.
Chief-Justice Melville w. Fuller,
of Illinois.
'Senator Arthur P. German, of
Maryland.
"Gov. William E. Russell, of Mas
sachusetts.
"Gov. Isaac P. Gray, of Indiana.
.Leon Albeit, of New jersey"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25
Too Much Protection.

The Buffalo Commercial bewails the
effect of the S0-cent duty on barley.
1t declares that "events have verified
the predictions of the opponents of
this absurdly high duty on Canadian
barley. 1t has injured the mailing in
trests Of Western New York grievous-
y without raising the price of the State
barley. The price of Canadian barley
has remained nearly stationary, while
the price of State barley is less than
it was year ago. The malt-houses Of
Buffalo alone have capacity of5, ,000, 900
bushels year, andof all this amount
only about one-third is now in use.
Under a low duty the mailing business
in Western New York was profitable;
under 35-cent duty that keeps out
two-thirds Of the Canadian barley for
merly improved it is badly chippled
and injured. There ought to be no
hesitation on the part of the support
ers of the Mckinley bill about rectify-
ing an obvious mistake like this-a
demonstrable case where at ariff rate,
meant to protect American interests
has injured them by reason of its being
too high"
The Commercial is Republican pro-
tectiTe tariff journal, in good stand
ing. with its party, its testimony as to
this particular item in the Mckinley
Tariff act, intended to throw dust in
the eyes of the farmer, cannot We ell be
disregarded.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25

"The curse of our business" said o
Napoleon dry goods merchant to a
NoR'wEsTER, sis shop-lifters, or in
softer language, those unfortunate peo-
pie afflicted with what is commonly
known as cleptomania." In response
to a request to! "come again" in the
same channel, he continued:
"Yes, it is the curse of our business
and we have more of them in Napo-
leon and vicinity than you would i'm
agine. We know them too and I can
tell you that on busy day it actually
keeps US dizzy watching them. Since
| have been in business / have wit
messed SO many cases ofpetty thieving,
that l have begun to lose confidence
in the human product generally.
When woman enters our store
with a long basket on her arm, it has
become second nature for us to be on
the alert, and our suspicious take form
of belief when she says that she don't
want anything; merely came in to
look around 1 we'll remember an ag-
gravated case of cleptomania that
forced itself upon my notice in the
winter of '89. A portly woman living
near Texas, this county, spent half
houl examining our stock Of shawls,
finally concluding not to take any.
Leaving her for short time returned
to find not only the woman but one of
the finest shawls was missing. fol-
lowed her half way down Perry street
and on slight pretext induced her to
come back to the store. When in the
store and during the conversation /
asked her if she had MT better buy one
of the shawls to-day; that ! was will
ing to wait for the pay. She was very
emphatic in her reply, and made an
impatient gesture with her arm. That
gesture proved fatal, as the highest
price shawl we had in the house
dropped from under her cloak. She
was very profuse in her repentance
and rendered the price of the shawl,
but my dander was up and before she
left she paid just two prices for the
shawl. Shortly after that I stopped
another woman as she was about to
leave the store, and took six different
articles from her basket that she had
deliberately stolen. She also paid two
prices and was glad to get off at that.
1t is generally understood that when
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25
The Pivotal State.

In 1876, in 1880, in 1884, and again
in 1888, the electoral votes of New
York determined the result of the
Presidential election. There has been
a new electoral apportionment for this
year. but it leaves New York more
than ever before the decisive State.
On the basis of the electoral vote
cast for Benjamin Harrison in 1855, the
Republican gain under the new ar
rangement was 35 votes. Toward this
increased total the new States in the
Northwest contribute 20, as follows:
Idado 8, Montana 8, North Dakota 5,
South Dakota 4, Washington 4 and
Wyoming 8. Nebraska gains 8; Illi-
nois, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania 2
each; California, Colorado, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Oregon and Wisconsin
gain each.
The States which were carried by
the Democracy for the national ticket
in 1883 secured these gains: Taxas 2;
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, New
jersey and Missouri, each. Besides
this, the division of the State of Mich
igan into separate electoral divisions,
eight of which the Democrats are
tolerably sure to carry under the divis-
ion as prescribed, will transfer votes
from the Republican electoral column
of 1888, besides giving to the Demo-
Gratis one additional Michigan elector,
net gain to them in all of %. But as
the Republicans gain 35, the advantage
to them will be Is, exclusive of the
result in New York.
Without New York and Indiana the
Republicans would have 210 electoral
votes, and the Democrats 1888 while 223
are necessary to elect.
The Democrats need New York to
win. They cannot win without it.
The centre of political Importance is
the Empire State.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25

A recent instance of mans inhu-
man fty to woman is related in Maine.
After she had milked the cows, strain
ed the milk into thirteen stone crooks,
carried the crooks down into the cellar,
skinned the cream, washed the crooks
and put them on the fence paIings to
dry, heated SKINNED milk for the calves
and carried it to the barn for them
got the cream ready for churning, put
her husbands supper on the table, and
then hurried to take the crying baby,
the. farmers wife said that she was
tired, and asked her husband to buy
her portable creamery in order to
tighten her labor. The farmer replied
that he couldn't afford it, and the next
day he went to town and bought a
riding plow, paying for it with the
butter money.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25
STARVING RUSSIANS
To Be Further Oppressed by the Govern
,nant Authnrttias

To Be Further Oppressed by the Govern
ment Authorities.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 23.-STong
complaints continue to be made of the
action of the administrative authorities
in dealing Nch the famine. 1t is assert
ed that at several places the committees
charged with the distribution of food
take advantage of the utterly helpless
condition of the peasants to compel
them to give way in matters concerning
which they have formerly been in con-
fict with the authorities. With this
object, the poor people are refused all
help until promise has been obtained
from Them that they will pay in future
the money for the land purchases in re-
gard to which they denied their liabili-
ty, and deprived Of all resources, the
peasants see no other course open to
them than to undertake to make these
payments, in order to secure share in
the corn and -four distributed by the re-
lief committees.
The Westnik Evropy, one of the lead
ing Russian reviews, denounces in in
dignant terms this abuse of authority,
and mentions that, among other places,
it has been practiced in village where
the prevailing distress is aggravated by
the fact that the inhabitants have not
yet been able to repair the damage
caused by confagration last year,
when most of the cottages, stables and
graneries in the place were destroyed.
The same review points out that, owing
to their ignorance of the existing state
of their inertness, dilatoriness and bad
management in connection with the
supply of food to the famine-stricken
provinces, the authorities have cau-yd
enormous losses to the public treasury
this year, and that much money would
have been saved had the grain been dis
patched before the closing of navigation
On th.A Y-ivarc ap5 oopa1c
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25
FOR COLD NERVE
This Train Robbery by Cowboy Was
Never Surpassed.

Never Surpassed.
/ ROCHESTER, N. Y, Feb. 22.-After re-
sorting to most desperate measures to
escape, Oliver Curtis Perry, train rob-
ber, was captured in the Boston swamp,
near Lyons.
On nearingWeedsport, beyond SYRIA
cuse, the conductor of the American Ex-
press companys special heard a peculiar
noise in the express car and stopped Uue
train, but was compelled to start again,
at the muzzle of two revolvers in the
hands of masked man. An examina-
tion of the car at Lyons revealed the
fact that the express messenger, Dan
Mclnerney, had been wounded and a
safe had been rified.
The robber was spotted at the station
but kept the crowd back with two re-
volvers and jun ping on freight en-
gine started down the road, closely fol-
lowed ON another track by the passenger
engine. A lively exchange of, shots
took place, when, finding that there was
very little steam in the boiler, Perry de-
serted the engine and started across the
country, large posse in pursuit, and,
after long chase he was captured and
brought to Lyons.
Perry is an ex-cowboy, who. once at
tempted to rob q train in New Mexicn4
IF silver dime can be discerned at
q depth of 600 feet in translucent water
at what vertical distance could you
discover the imaginary transverse
section of yerdancv trianpuIarlv locat-
ed in the optic of man, who upon
seeing the top Of an oyster can at the
bottom of a ten foot well, pumps the
same dry, in anticipation of building
an so cent addition to his bank ac-
count What would presumably be
the circumference of the dime and
the probable acreageof the patch Of
green?n The above constituted one of
the easy problems under the head of
"Terchers Examination lately pub
lished in a neighboring exchange.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25
OHIO CEGIsLATURe.



SEYATE-Bills introduced: Authorizing
the governor to appoint two reputable
physicians to investigate as TO the advis-
ability of establishing a state institution
for the reformation of drunkards, and ap-
propriating s, 600 for experiments, extend.
ing for period of nine months; to amend
Section 25O3 so as to authorize all muni
cipalities in the state to grant perpetual
street railway franchises on proper re-
muncration, and to prohibit the granting
of the same gratuitously. Bills passed:
Amending Sections 554T and ESQ so as to
allow garnishees to demand fees in ad-
vance, and if not paid he shall not be in
contempt of court for failing to answer;
amending Section T0l4 by providing that
any person who sells, assigns or gives
away any claim against a resident of Ohio
for the purpose of having the same col
lected by attachment proceedings or other
wise in another state, shall be fined on
conviction SO and shall forfeit such
claim.
HoUsE-Bills passed: To require COM
mon pleas courts to appoint boards of
visitors for county charitable and correc.
tional institutions; to provide that, when
u WluOW ) uOWeF COnSlSUS VI UlInDef OF I'M
improved lands, whose annual rental will
not give her an income commensurate
with the value of the lands, the court may
order enough of the land sold to provide
the widow with her dover; to provide for
the creation of public libraries in villages
and in cities of less than 80, 0,000inhabitants;
to provide penalties for violation of the
switching law; to provide for the appoint
ment of police matrons in all cities of
more than $4,000 population; to increase
the mileage fees of jurors from five to ten
cents per mile; to provide for the better
protection of mechanics who are COM
PEELED to work on scaffolds; to provide for
the branding of cheese, and to prevent
fraud in its nianufacture and sale; to give
retail merchants lien of 10 per cent. of
the earnings of debtor; to prescribe a
legal form for official descriptions of
land; to require that the number of pris-
oners employed in the manufacture of any
articles shah not exceed per cent. of the
number of persons outside of prisons en-
gagged in the manufacture of such articles
in the state; to increase the number of
deputy inspectors of workshops and fac
tories in the state from three to eleven.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25
stewed in His own Crease,

President Whitman, of the National
Association of Woolen Manufacturers,
having incautiously, said in his reply
10 the memorial Of the wool consumers
in favor of free wool that "the persons
most eager for free wool are those who
have nothing at stake, and who are
always ready to engage in crusades for
Tariff Reform at the expense of other
people," the American Wool and
Cotton Reporter naming several of the
memorials, very effectively replies:
Hon. Moses T. Stevens, of the Ways
and Means Committee, is the largest
individuai wool manufacturer in the
United. States. T.. Quincy Brown is
treasurer of the largest corporation in
the United States making carded wool
goods. Jesse Metcalf is the principal
owner of very large mills making
combed wool goods or worsteds. Galen
G. Moses is treasurer and principal
owner of the largest wooden mills in
the State of Maine. Arthur T. Lyman
is treasurer ofone of the largest carpet
mills in the United States and a
director, and heavily interested in
other manufacturing establishments.
Mr.. VIM. B. Weeden is one of the
foremost wooden and worsted manu-
facturers in Rhode Island, and Mr..
Chas. M. Beach is equally concerned
in manufacturing in Connecticut. All
these men have large portion of
their fortunes invested in woolen
manufacturing. On the other hand,
Mr.. William Whitman is a COM
paratively small owner in the mills of
which he is treasurer.
Evidently, Mr.. Whitman is in the
condition of the unfortunate wight
who was stewed in his own grease.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25
LOGS WANTED.
NAPOLEON, JAN. 9th, 1892.

NAPOLEON, JAN. 9th, 1892.
To the Good People Of Henry County, o.:
+ AM in the market once more TO purchase a
l. small quantity Of Saw Logs delivered at my
Saw Mill in Napoleon, for which will pay the
highest Cash Price for first class logs of the diff
ferent kinds wanted, namely Burr Oak, White
Oak, Red Oak, Sycamore Mapel, Elm, Cotton,
Poplnr, Beech, Black and White Ash Logs all to
be cut so as to make them straIght,1012, IA, 16 49,
90, %. "a, 26, 2S and 80 feet long, all to be good
sound timber of the different kinds.
Having my Saw Mill in the best of repair, will
saw all custom saving from this date for Two
Dollars and Fifty Gents tS2.5o) per thousand and
will do the very best of work 4
jan14-2m A. j. SAYGERS.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25
p ointers For Women.

Pancakes can be made of canned
peas.
One of the silvery shades is 'moon-
light blue"
The clothing discarded at night
should be hung to air.
Apples and oranges are the bulk of
the fruit season now.
The slightest pressure in cold weather
will crack patent feathers.
Maple sugar cakes are being sand
papered off for the spring trade.
The long coiffure is especially recon-
mended to girls with pretty necks.
Really refined people suffer pain
rather than pick their teeth at the
table.
A dish of water placed in the oven
will lessen the liability of scorching
the cake.
Some of the new crepons, called
crocodile cloth, have an exceptionally
heavy raised vale.
The practice of serving toothpicks
as dinner-table course is no longer
observed in polite society.
The man who gives gallon ofskim-
med milk to the church fair wants
credit for cream.
1t has just developed that all ofthe
fashionable weddings of the past sea-
son have been marriages. s.
AT a well regulated dinner every
thing pertaining to one course must
be removed before serving another.
The sterlizing of water is accomplish
ed by keeping it at or near boiling
point for Is minutes.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25

Many of our youths are certainly de-
voting more attention to ways that are
devious than to the perusal of sunday
school tracts. Hardly q day passes
that some new deviltry is not noticed.
Monday stabbing affray was report
ed at the school house which, howev-
er, was somewhat magnified as one a.
year old merely drew a knife with the
threat of cutting out another boys
heart. 1t was somewhat interesting
to watch one of these precocous chill
dren on his way to the postof1ice last
Saturday. He ''swiped" just six unof-
Tending dogs over.the head with his
skates, stuck hat pin into the lip of
a farmers horse, tripped an old wom-
al, on her way to collect $4 INDECENT
money, into the gutter, sampled all
the goods along the route, and ended
his passage of devastation by deposit
ing an "old soldier" cud of tobacco on
a plate glass. He was merely enjoy
ing his Saturdays holiday.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-02-25
Man or Woman. Ghost or Human.

We can not say what will cure ghosts,
but many men and many women who
look like ghosts rather than human be-
ings, throuph sickness, would regain
health and happiness, II they would
try the virtue of the world-renowned
remedy, DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. Torpid liver, or eruptions,
billiousness, impure blood, skindiseas-
es serofulous sores and swellings,
Consumption (which is scrofula
Of the lungs, all yield to this wonder
ful medicine. 1t is both tonic and
strength-restoring, and Alternative or
blood-cleansing.