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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09

The cedar Of Lebanon has stood for gen
erations throughout CEfristendom as the
type for all that is majestic and regal in a
forest tree. IL has in modern times been
questioned whether the timber with which
solomon rebuilt the temple was that of the
cedar; but, however this may be, the trees
are always associated in the popular mind
with stately religious ceremony, and the
groves OF Lebapon have been objects Of ven
Grafton by pious pilgrims for centuries.
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How to Dodge a Debt.

Here is characteristic anecdote of an
army surgeon. The late Mr.. Baker Green
was for some years surgeon in cavalry
regiment, and when it went to India was
continuously dunned by his long suffering
tailor, who in despair begged his debtor to
take care of his health, otherwise "What
will become of me?"
The reply was characteristic: 81 have re-
ceived your hypocritical letter hoping that
Twill take care of my health in order that /
may live to pay your bill. Hear, then, what
your chances have been so far. attend as
siduously every cholera case in the canton
ments and make smallpox special study.
swim every morning in n lake swarming
with alligators. At the recent attack upon
the hill fort at Baghbore Iwent with the
forlorn hope and was one Of the three who
returned unwounded. Tomorrow morning,
unaccompanied and on foot, shall go into
the jungle and wait for the man eating
tigress as she returns at dawn to her cave
and her cubs. If it be she who fails, shall
spend my leave in the fever haunted jun
giles of the Terai following up big game
And IL / survive that I shall cool myself
after its heat by joining a party to ascend
the peak Dhawalaghiri, whose snow slopes
and glaciers are as stiff as your prices.n
However, the regiment came back with
the doctor all right, and the tailor's ankle
ties and bill were both settled. Montreal
Metropolitan.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09
why Arc Leaves GreenY

Attention has been drawn to the fact that
all the world over leaves are of green col
or; but, while the green of plants and vege-
tables remains the same in all latitudes,
the colors of animals vary considerably, ac-
cording to the region they inhabit. 1t has
been suggested (and partially proved, be-
lieve) that the green color in leaves is due
to substance called chlorophyll which the
leaf structure absorbs from the atmosphere
1t is we'll known fact that leaves remove
from the lower stratum Of our atmosphere
all the poison that the breath of man and
the lower animals throw into it, Therefore
the Importance of leaf structure should not
be lightly overlooked.
Botanists of unquestioned ability tell as
that full grown tree in crowded COM
munity is in reality one of natures most
perfect and complex filters. straining and
purifying the air just as a filter does i'm
pure water. This important filtering of the
tree is only carried on under the stimulus
of sunlight, leaves having but little or no
power of absorption on cloudy days or at
night. What we call growth" in plants
is merely the power of that particular
plant to convert to its own uses the energy
of the sun.-St. Louis Republic
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Caring For Pet Dogs.

We've got new industry in New York, !"
said George R. Elder, Gotham dog fam
cier, at the Lindell. II tell you it's a money
maker too. For Flong time it has bothered
our ultra swell young women how their pet
pugs, poodles, spahiels and terriers should
be taken care of. OF course they couldn't
do it themselves, and in a majority of cases
the servants rebelled against such an addi-
tion to their labors Servants can and do
rebel in New York, you know. One day a
fellow came along who owned a boathouse
at the foot of some street up in Harlem. He
would take dog, and for so much @ month
he would give it three baths week. At
first he had trouble inducing the women to
give their dogs to stranger, but he finally
overcame that and soon built up fairly
prosperous trade.
you could see him almost any afternoon
padding about in small boat giving the
pets q wash He made reput3@. 3@.tion for
handling his canine clients wit. gentleness
and dexterity. Next he added clipping and
eombing to his line of duty and does the
work as artistically and as neatly as any
master of the tonsorial art in New York.
understand that he carries on the work In
doors during the winter. tell you that
fellow has made hit, and if he keeps it up
he will quit some day heap richer than
come of his patrons. "-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
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Rustic psalmodv I. olden Times,

A congregation would be heard Justify
proclaiming their defiance of the decalogue
in II love to steal-I love to steal" while
all they meant to do was to "steal awhile
away" to some imaginary realm of spirit
ual blessedness. "Stir up this stu-stir up
this stu was only the 'fuguing" form Of
Stir up this stupid heart to pray" And
so with ''And take thy pil-and take thy
pilgrim home" My poor pol-my poor
pol-my poor polluted heart, J" "And more
eggs-more eggs-and more exalt our joys"
II love thee bet--I love thee better than be-
FORE" 'And catch the fee-and catch the
feeting hour" and many more entertain
ing instances of perverted sense in song.
Two trebles-sang, "And Learn to Kiss;'
two trebles and alto, .And Learn to Kiss;'
two trebles, alto and tenor, ''And Learn to
KISS" bass solos, The Rod"
With reverence let the saints appear
And bow before the Lord
became "And bow--wow--wow, and bow
-ow-ow," and so on until treble, alto,
tenor and bass (base enough in all con-
scienceD had bowwowed themselves hoarse
and perceptibly apoplectic. Cornhill Mag
aZine
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WHEN LIresoArs FAIL.
Few Ocean Steamers Garry Enough smAl
Boats 20 Savs Half Their Passengers.

Boats TO saw Half Their Passengers
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes once said that
the only thing which disturbed his sense Of
security when crossing the Atlantic on a
first class steamship was the sight Of the
lifeboats and liferafts carried by the big
vessel to which he was quite willing to trust
his life. These visible provisions for terri
BILE emergencies seemed to him to imply a
want of such confidence as the owners and
officers Of the steamship ought TO feel in
their noble craft As matter Of fact, the
lifeboats on an ocean steamship of large
size, engaged in the passenger trade, are Of
use only under peculiar circumstances, and
they would be of very little value in such
emergencies as are most commonly associ-
ated with life saving appliances.
Let a steamship like the Umbria, for in
stance, be SO torn by collision with drift
ing wreck or an iceberg that the great yes
sci could be kept above water for only an
hour or two, and the lifeboats would prove
utterly inadequate to save half of the per
sons ON board from immediate death. The
big passenger steamships often carry three
times as many persons across the Atlantic
as their lifeboats could hold. and it follows
that the number sure to perish would be
twice as great as the largest possible rom
nant saved. And in the hour Of need the
chances are that high sea and general ex.
citement would prevent the proper loading
of the lifeboats, or even cause the destruc-
tion Of some of them.
=. Almost every steamship entering the port
of New York during a stormy season has
boats smashed by tremendous waves or
swept away altogether. OF course storms
are just what are most likely to be encoun-
tered when an ocean steamships lifeboats
alone stand between her passengers and
crew and death.
The small boats of great Atlantic liner
are useful in case OF disaster, if the shore or
some, other vessel is near enough to render
several trips to and from the sinking steam
erpossible. They serve admirably also when
there are no passengers or very few, and
they can be lowered and filled without &C.
cident. But when destruction comes in
its most awful forms, and no refuge is near
except the small boats of great ocean
steamship carrying many passengers, an
appalling tragedy must inevitably result.
The trust of all on board the big line
steamships which cross the Atlantic must
be put, as DR.. Holmes rightly thought
should be the case, almost wholly in the
great and almost indestructible vessels
which yearly pass in safety through the
widest storms and the severest tests of sea-
worthiness. ss.-Cleveland Leader.
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ODDS AND ENDS.
Lenrn 70 say no 70 yourself.

Learn to say no to yourself
Milton was the son of a copyist.
Shakespeare's father was a wool mer-
chant.
English books were first printed by Cax-
ton in l474
Ghosts were created when the first man
woke in the night
The steam printing press was invented by
Richard Hoe in 1912.
Patti is proud of her needlework, espe-
cially of her darning.
II eggs are covered when frying, they will
cook much more evenly.
Gliding with gold leaf was first done by
Margaritone, an Italian, in 1878.
United States flagship No. 81 has been
equipped with electrical lanterns.
Telegraphs were invented by Sehilling in
1888, and by Mason and Morse in 1887.
The fiighty purpose never is o'ertook un-
less the dead go with it.-Shakespeare.
A fine bed of gypsum, it is reported, has
been discovered in Morris county, Kan.
There ought to be more religious people
who are religious when things don't go
right.
Grand temples are built of small stones,
and great lives are made up of trifing
events.
There are people who think that IL they
behave themselves on Sunday they have
done more than enough.
; If might control the literature of the
household, Iwould guarantee the well being
of the church and state.-Bacon.
America is the country of ambition, free
competition and activity. Ability and not
caste brings fortune and position. e
Fifty pounds of honey are annually pro,
duced by q hive of 5000 bees In five years
the bees will have increased to $4,000.
1t is not the bad boy who is stealing a
piece of ice, but the good one who is cross
ing the street, that gets run over by the ice
wagon.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09

An English farmer named Leather is here
on his way to Feejee, accompanied by his
wife and eight servants. Although 60 years
old, he proposes to make a home in the
South seas. He has bought 1,500 acres at
15 cents an acre from the British govern
ment, and for deposit of 81, 500 the gov
ernment has agreed to import enough la
borers from India to work the farm.
Leather will pay only Is cents a day to men
and 10 to women. He expects to grow corn,
sugar cane, .pineapples and other tropical
fruits which find q ready market in Aus
tralia aud England. New York Tribune
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nisooyered Just IN Tlme.

LIMA, o., Feb. 7.--Ye Yesterday morn
ing a neighbor lady called at the resi-
denoe of G. J. Mohr, and found them
all in bed insensible from natural gas
which was escaping through a defective
mixer. She gave the alarm and several
doctors were summoned. Mrs. Mohr
and the three children are in very pre-
carious condition and their recovery is
d0uhtfnl
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A POSSIBLE OHIO FLOOD.
The Lookout Threatening at the Hea,

The Lookout Threatening at the Head
waters-River Men Alarmed.
PITTsBURG, Feb. 4.-The outlook fol
flood in the rivers here is more threat
ening than at any time this winter. II
has been raining of late and the water
is rising at all headwater points. River
men and owners OF property are con
sieerably alarmed, and look for a rise te
the danger line lat least. The ALE.
gheny ran ont heavy ice THURSDAY.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09
Grimes and Casualties.

Henry Smith, a negro who assaulted and
then killed Myrtle Vance, three and one
half years old, at Paris, Tex, was cap
tured at Glow, Ark. by officers and taken
to Paris, where mob of 10000 met them
at the train. The mob took charge Of the
prisoner, escorted him through the town
on float and finally took him to the open
prairie, where he was tied.to stake on an
elevated platform and tortured to death
with red hot irons, the father and brother
of the victim taking q principal part in
melting out the awful punishment. When
apparently dead coal oil was poured over
the body and all that was left of the fiend
burned to ashes.
The First National bank of Little Rock
has suspended. Liabilities about $500 900.
1t is not thought the depositors will lose
anything.
An explosion of firedamp occurred in the
General Won Blumenthal coal pit at Reck-
linghausen, Westphalia. Eighteen miners
were instantly killed and seventeen were
injured
Investigation has showed that the Della
ware county children's home, near Mum
Gle, Ind, is in horrible condition. Fully
fifty little ones were found to be covered
with vermin and sores and about halt
clothed. The little unfortunates said
they were remistreated and not given enough
to eat. Mrs Emma Bidwell, the matron,
has been discharged
The fire in the mines at Fairmount, W.
Va, will throw 600 men out of work.
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Sensible Cows.

Aunty--You are very fond of meat, aren't
you?
Little Niece Yes, indeedy, if it's lean.
Where does meat growa
1T comes from CATTLE"
"Cows?" -
Yes
"And do they have to be killed 50 I can
have meatSn
''Yesn
II didn't know that, but guess thecows
does, cause they act awful mad when I
comes around GOOD News.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09

English Spain Linlment, removes all hard
soft or calloused Jumps and blemishes from
horses, blood spavins, ,curbs, splints, sweeney,
ring bone ,stifes, ,sprains, all swollen throals,
coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one botte.
Warranted the most wonderful blemish cure
ever known. Sold by d. II. Humphrey, ,drurg-
gist, Napoleon, o. decl1-921y
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AT AKRON, o.
SOficial Report Of the Smallpox scours

SOfficial Report Of the Smallpox scourge
There.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 2.--Dr. G. o.
Probst, secretary Of the state health
board, says the reports of smallpox at
Akron are greatly exaggerated. The
following expressed the situation now:
There have been in all forty-one cases,
nine deaths; twelve have recovered,
eight are conyalescent, and twelve are
still sick. There are only five houses in
which smallpox has appeared, and two
are outside the city. No new cases out
side Of the quarantined houses have
appeared tor eleven days.
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If One is Published 1t VIII BE Autho
ixed by Mrs. Blaine.

If One is Published 1t VIII BE Author
ized by Mrs. Blaine.
WASHINGTON, Feb. '3.-The following
statement is Published by request:
WASHINGTON, Feb. l, 1893
The public advertisements of many
biographies Of James G. Blaine" pretend
ing to be authentic" and authoritative
compel me to state that no biography or
life and works of Mr.. Blaine is authorized
or approved by myself or by any member
of Mr.. Blaine's family; that no manu-
script by Mr.. Blaine or any private letter
or paper of Mr.. Blaine's or any material
for biography has been given ont to any
one.
If in the future any authentic or TAU
thorized" biography should be prepared
by competent authors, it will be authenti-
Gated and authorized by myself
HARRIET s. BLAINE
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BEATTY FOUND GUILTY

OF Being Connected with the Homestead
Poisoning Cases.
PITTsBURG, Feb. g. Robert F. Beatty,
on trial in connection with the Home
stead poisoning cases, was found guilty
Thursday morning. The jury was out
about ten minutes
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CATTLE-Prime, IS 5O@5 co; good, a 9C
as 25; good butchers, s3 s5@4 rs; rough
fat, s8 1908 IS; fair light steers, So ESQ
SO 1904 Is.
HoGs-Philadelphias, IS 75@s 80; York.
ers, 81 90@S Is.
SHEEP-Extra, IS 5O@5 rs; good, IS 1O@
5 S5; fair, So COCA go; common, 81 50@
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Killed by a Tree.

ARcAEUM, o., Feb. 6.--Amzie Bid
well. q highly respected citizen, was
killed in the woods by snag Of tree
falling upon him. He was member
of the Methodist church and prominent
in all good works.
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Harness and Buggy. Free ofrer.

$40 set Harness for only $4.55. A $100
Top Buggy for only $49.75. You can exam
inc our goods at your place before paying
one cent. Send for illustrated catalogue Civ
ing prices to consumers that are less than re-
tail dealers actual cost. Send address and
this advertisement to ALvAH MANUFAo.
TURING Co., Dept. E. E., Chicago. Ills.
june 16 81 1y
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New York

WHEAT-No. 2red winter, S111c; March
S0@S3c.
CoRN--54114 @551lc.
OATs-381Sc.
CATTLE-$2 25@5 rs.
SHEEP-$3 65@5 80.
LAMBs-$5 O0@6 75.
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WHEAT-6S@7Sc.
r&-r A4EI/

WHEAT-6s@73c.
CoRN-41@4515c.
WooL-Unwasbed fine merino, 16@1Sc
Hblood clothing, 90@29c; braid, 17@1sc
medium clothing, 22@23c; washed fine
merino x and Xxx, 25@26c; medium cloth.
ing, 26G27c.
CATTLE - Select butchers, a. 40@4 rs:
fair to good, IS 5O@4 So; common, 50 25@
8 co.
HOGS - Selected butchers and heavy
shipping, So 1898 40; fair to good packing,
81 55@8 Is; common and rough, 81 0O@
775.
SHEEP-$3 0O@5 80.
LAMBS-$4 O0(05 85
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ROston.

WooL-Ohio and Pennsylvania xxx A
33c, Xxx and above A Bic, x 2S@29c, No. l
33@34c, No. Q 31@32c, fine unwashed 20@
21c, understandable 22@23c, Ohio comb
ing No. "a and 11S-blood 85@43c, No. Q u
blood 32@33c, Ohio delaine 32@33c, Michi-
No. Q 29@30c, fine unwashed 20c, unmer.
chantable 21@22c.
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tn VflII wish to reach helargest number of peo
IL lVu pie, advertise in the NORTHWEST. Ii
Low EXCURSION RATES TO
FLORIDA.
Via the Baltimore & Ohio r.. II.

On January 25th the Baltimore h Ohio Railroad
will sell excursion tickets TO Dc Leon Springs
Fla, aud return, at rate of one fare for the round
trip. Tickets will be good for return passage to
and including May 31st, 1893. For further infor-
nation, call on or address any Baltimore 4 Ohio
ticket Agent, L. S, ALLEN, Asst Genl Pass
Agent, Chicago.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09

Friend Did you ever shed real tears on
the stagef
Actress Often. It's enough to make
even an actress cry to be told right in the
middle of a5-act tragedy that the manager
has skipped with the gate receipts. New
York Weekly.
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Chicago.

HoGs-Heavy, ss 95@s As; packing, 81 SO
as 20; light, 81 40@8 20.
CATTLE--Prime to extra steers, IS 500
90; others, s. 25@5 rs; mixed, 50 25@
go.
SHEEP-$S 25@5 25.
LAMBs-$4 2516 25.
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CONDENSED NEWS.

A Collection OF Interesting Items on varI-
Gus Subjects, Especially Prepared for
the Hasty Reader.
The will of the late General Butler bears
the date of 1854 with codicil added In
1862. All his estates, real and personal,
are left to relatives, including wife and
mother, since deceased.
Colonel L. L. Bullock, of California,
says that Hawaii has practically been un-
der American control for the past fifteen
years.
Another will by ex-President R. B.
Hayes, dated April l2, 1890, has been found
and probated. He divides his property
equally among his five children.
The manufacturers of newspaper paper
are preparing 70 form a combine to raise
prices. ifkt
Mr.. Cleveland IS having a great deal of
trouble in finding a secratsry of state. He
now has under consideration James G.
Carter, of New York, and Frederic r.
Coudert, president of the Manhattan club,
with the chances largely in favor Of the
ultimate selection of Mr.. Carter, who Is a
leading lawyer Of New York, one Of Mr..
Cleveland's intimate friends, and counsel
for the United States in the Behring sea
case.
It is reported that rich gold diggings
have recently been made in San Bernard
ino county. Cal.
There is a split in the Amish chruch at
Goshen, Ind. The young men want to
wear mustaches and the old 'uns won't
have it.
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eLAlNE's BIOGRAPHY.

Huntsville, Ala, had $4,000 fire in tn
business portion.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09

4. PETRoLEUM-S. w. ITO deg, 5ssSc; "A deg
gasoline, 6l1c; SO deg gasoline, 10c; 63 deg
naphtha, 61c.
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The bsat and onIy Double Extract ssrsaparIla is
Msnnsss. itcuFss. Take no other 10 csnts.
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A Remarkable Question.

A little 7-year-old, whose philosophical
mind was bent on allowing its little owner
to stay up longer than usual, asked ques-
tion that could not be answered offhand.
1t was this:
Mamma, what would we have been If
we hadn't been anybody?"-Philadelphia
Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09

GEND 10 cents for a subscription to a lively
- matrimonial journal for old and young. Ad.
drass, Orange Biossoms, YARN euthpprt Mass.
une9-iy.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09

A special from Washington says there is
some prospect that Benjamin Franklin
Homer Hosford, of Detroit, will be Presi-
dent-elect Cleveland's private secretary.
Mr.. Hosford is secretary of the Michigan
Democratic state central committee and
tally clerk in the house at Washington.
Thursday Senator Carlisle formally in
formed the senate that he had resigned
his seat.
! Queen Victoria's health is said to be
giving her court much uneasiness. During
the past two months her eyesight has
failed her greatly, and her irritability has
increased so that at times she has made
her attendants feel nervous and anxious.
Age and care are telling on the mind and
body of the British ruler.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09

Colonel William H. Beard, Brooklyn
millionaire contractor and quarry owner,
is dead.
Mrs. William G. Whitney, wife of ex-
Secretary of the Navy Whitney, died Sun
day morning at 8 o'clock Mrs. Whitney
was a daughter OF ex-senator Henry B.
Payne, of Cleveland. She had been ailing
some time.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09

ENVRT 0pEg We have large stock Of envcl-
nN iuuVt nO' opes at the N oRTHwEsT Job Rooms
which can be obtained, printed, about as cheap as
you can purchase them not printed of the retail
trade. If
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09

The taste of pig in leading such a low
life may be criticised, but nevertheless the
taste of pig is pretty good when it is
roasted.
If the devil can only show that the
preachers walk is not quite as straight as
it ought to be, he doesn't care how well he
breaches
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-09

About $50 half-starved people attempted
to make a demonstration in London,
Tuesday, but it was checked by the po-
lice.
Big floods in Queensland. Part of Bris-
bane is under water. Several other towns
are threatened with destruction. Many peo-
pie have perished and thousands of do
mestic animals have been drowned
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--O---
NorrectedbY Il H. Woke q Bro
Cincinnati.
Corrected weekly by A. Bnadley.

Review of the Grain and Cattle Markets
for February 7.