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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13
WHY women Are Extrararant.

The Westminster Gazette on Tuesday
published some long bills intended to show
what rich ladies of fashion spend upon
their dress-not, indeed, the most extrava-
CANT of all such ladies-but still bills such
as only women can afford who have, or
ought to have, as pin money what would
be handsome middle class income. There
was yearly bill for considerably over Ell
400 for dresses only, another for nearly a700,
and little bill for bonnets and hats only
amounting to e40. The fashionable artists
in these matters declared that really rich
ladies often spend over $4,000 a year in cos
TUNES only, without counting the expendi-
ture in jewels, or any of those costly articles
of underclothing on which it is so much the
custom to lavish great expenditure. Some
ladies, they say, will not be content without
one perfectly new dress at least for every
day.
They love to spend the greater part Of
their time in changing their dress, to have
fashionable deshabille for their morning
chocolate, brilliant dress for the forenoon,
dress of still greater effectiveness Mr their
afternoon calls, graceful tea gown and
then a great work of art for the dinner
table or the ballroom. No wonder Mr.
Marion Crawford exaggerates the depth
and intensity of the passion of vanity when
he encounters facts like these. But what
does all this prodigality in adorning the
person really show? Does it always show
inordinate delight in the beauty of the per-
son who thus adorns herself or sometimes,
at least, great distrust of her own charms
and restless endeavor to supply by inces-
SAINT effort and variety the stimulus which
she is deeply convinced that her intrinsic
beauty lacksP-London Spectator.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13
NEAT ANp ATTRACTIVE.
A os,50O Dwelling That Would Make
Comfortable Home.
TC5onvr4ohf Ieorl 1,., A,rn-fo.,. D.. a....t.

A os,50O Dwelling That Would Make a
Comfortable Home.
Copyright. 1853 by American Press Associa-
toni
In designing dwelling Of moderate cost
comfort and convenience should be the first
important consideration. Too often large
sums Of money are wasted in useless orna-
mentation or in some SPECIAL "sdd feature
which is supposed to add so much to the
appearance OF the building that an actual
sacrifice Of comfort must be made in order
to keep the cost within the prescribed limit
The good housewife will inNtimc forgive
the architect who plans well, even though
he may exceed the limit of expenditure
but inconveniently arranged rooms and
awkwardly located fixtures are a constant
reminder of his incompetency or careless
ness 1t is true that people possess differ
ent ideas in regard to planning dwelling
and what might seem an ideal arrangement
to one person would appear to be very in.
convenient to another
inexperienced persons usually expect toe
much and cannot understand why n few
feet added here and there in the dimensions
Of the rooms should make much difference
In the cost of the structure. Yet it is the
actual ARA of ground covered by the build.
ing upon which the cost is estimated.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13

A Sound That Appeals to All but the Deaf.
He had registered as ]. G. Moberly of
New York, and the only thing he had about
him that was out of the ordinary was an
extreme deafness Clerk Cunningham had
made himself hoarse in trying to convince
the man that he was not acceptable to the
house, and nearly everybody about the of
fee had done the same thing. The man
put on an indignant air and refused to hear
or understand what it was the intention of
the people to crowd into his head.
Finally Cunningham gave up his place at
the desk to the gentleman who writes fig
ures upside down on the register in turn
with himself and then putting on an over
coat and hat and an air of nonchalance
he wandered to the rotunda, where Mr..
Moberly was trying to read note from the
manager and still acting very deaf. Cum
ningham gradually worked himself around
until he got within about 10 feet of the very
deaf man from New York, and then he took
some silver money from his pocket While
counting the money and lingering it Cum
ningham accidentally (P) dropped silver
dollar.
With quick start the deaf Mr.. Moberly
turned as If to deliver a pivot blow and
looked in the direction from which the
sound came. No more was necessary. Mr..
Moberly. deafness and all, was elected.
II heard about that once" said Cunning
ham. Somebody told me that If man
was feigning deafness a coin dropped ne r
him would throw him off his guard, and lie
would, without thinking, turn quickly i
thought l would try it on this fakir, and
you see that it will work like charm. -
Chicago Inter Ocean
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13
DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST, NAPOLEON o. APRIL 49, 1898

leather pinKsd at ths-edges Bend up tns
lower part and tie at the sides with ribbon.
The pocket thus made viii hold num-
Der Of papers. Suspend against the wall
by three brass rings attached TO the upper
edge at the corners and in the middle A
spray Of flowers, flight Of birds or bunch
Of autumn leaves may be painted on the
upper part and also on the lower part form
ing the bag. Small letter racks may also he
made OF the same material by cutting two
pieces, one rbout inches long and the
other 4 inches, and placing the smaller one
fiat upon the other and binding the whole
with green satin ribbon; on this paint a
swarm of butterflies, bunch of daisies OF
single scattered blossoms This mating
can also be used for chair seats and backs
It looks well when decorated and also
wears very well-Exchange
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13
Large Families.

Miss Lucy E. Dow furnishes these In.
stances of large families in the early days
of the town of Hampton, N. H.;
Nathaniel Batchelder. grandson Of the
Rev. Stephen Bachiler, founder of the town,
was twice married and had II children. lHis
son and grandson had respectively l2 and
lS, and a great-grandson reared family OF
lS. In later generations there were families
of IS, 10 and IA.
Samuel Dalton, a nephew of the towns
second minister, had IA children, and his
son an equal number. Two grandsons had
each 10. The Rev. Sinborn Cotton placed
on record thai his fourteenth child ''was
borne Oct. 6, about 5 of ye clock in ye morn
ing, 1916, 4; baptized Oct s, 1876, and was
named Wade in honor of his Grandfather
Wade g. to put him in mind Of wading
through all trials to heaven. he dyed & was
buried Oct II, 10"
John Hussey named his eleventh child
Hope, his thirteenth Patience and his four
teenth Charity. Then came a daughter and
q son, and the seventeenth Ind last he
named Content. t.-Boston Herald
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13

precise date, Hfr. GfosvSnor, and the
identity of the coing" asked the district
attorney.
''The date, sir, / fix by this, " produc-
ing one Of Mr.. Forceps' tickets, "and
the coin-ah me, sir, it is the only gold
piece ! have had for many long day.
have spent my money in the law, sir;
but / am going to get it all back soon.
You must know have a case, sir"-
From the details Of Mr.. Grosvenor'e
case we were saved by the district at
torney. His hawk eye had caught a
glimpse Of his chief witness gliding soft
ly through the crowd toward the door.
"Mr. rorcepsl Mr.. Forcepsi Officer,
close that door and let no man pass, he
thundered. Bring that witness back
hereP'
Flushed with excitement, his fine form
drawn up to its utmost height, and his
glorious eyes flashing with Indignation
at the foul wrong which had been at
tempted and almost effected in the sacred
name of justice, he stood, surrounded by
an astonished group, the only one that
seemed to retain any self possession.
Even we who had been in the secret
and planned the surprise, were less mas
ters of the scene. He looked indeed
all that he was-the faithful minister Of
retributiye justice, magnifying his Office
by love of right, before which all petty
ambitions sank into nothingness.
1t scarcely need be added that the jury
acquitted Alice without leaving their
box, and that the pawnbroker, charged
both with uttering counterfeit coin and
with perjury, slept that night in the cell
she had left. Perhaps some time may
tell of what afterward happened to her
as we'll as to my old client and his inter-
minahle case. But now there is sadness
on my heart as think of that scene in
court, and / am garrulous no longer.
THE END.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13
The Question Of Food and DRINK

Fancy being confronted with the ques
tion, what kind Of food and drink do
you prefer" and only half of rather
narrow page in which to inscribe the an
swer. How could one answer such a
question in such space? for ones ideas
as to food and drink vary SO much with
the hours Of the day. Morning, tea or
coffee very likely, with breakfast bacon
or kidneys or fried sole or plain boiled
eggs. But who wants boiled eggs and
coffee at his luncheon? Then, again, dry
champagne is generally afavorite drink
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13
James Parton.s Daily L,s.,

James Parton would not do hasty
work. He was methodical, patient, reg.
ular and persistent, and in time he had
become SO able to control his mind that
1t responded to his viii like the body to
his mind. He did not tax himself to
work out great feats within short time,
or if he was hard pressed he gave him.
self rest as soon as the strain was over.
He did not burn midnight oil, neither
did he resort to wine or tobacco as stim.
Julants to his brain. He was one of the
most temperate men have eveT known.
He kept his faculties every day as near
as he could at their best, and life flowed
on from day to day with an evenness and
quietness that made his home life not
only pleasant for others, but beautiful in
itself.
His habits were to breakfast about
half past Z, then to work in his garden
in the summer for an hour, and then to
shut himself in his workroom, where he
could be sure to be undisturbed until
half past 12. Then he dined, and after
that, in his later years, took nap. Then
he was ready for callers or visits to
friends, or for the reading which might
be required for the work of the next day.
After tea he was usually the companion
Of his family, hearing his wife or niece
read aloud some book or magazine, and
this was his daily round, unless broken
in upon. month aftc- month, year in and
year out. He did not often go to Boston
or New York or seek large number Of
literary acquaintance, and yet he was
never unsocial He was the light and
life of two clubs in Newburyport, and he
was extremely fond Of good square
talk, in which he was fired up to his ut
most.-Rev. j. II. Ward in New Eng
land Magazine.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13

rmuer, but we do NOT usual; ;5care for
it at luncheon. and late at night most
men have a preference for whisky and
soda and would not care in the least foI
Pommery or Roederer. Then a man may
have a strong liking for oysters, and also
for olives. and how is he TO get in all
his opinions on these various questions Of
taste as TO food and drinkl-Exchange.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13
The Inst Scout.

An eastern traveller in the Rocky noun
tains tells in private letter of meeting a
scout Of the old days, and says; HE very
interesting. He is the last of the 100 gov
ernment scouts, and can walk or run 100
miles day. All the others are either in
Jail or dead. His stories are very thrilling,
and doubtless are true, for he has to be
drawn out by degrees, and bushes like a
girl through his dark skin at the direct
questions asked after he has unconsciously
told little ofa story of the past. "-Boston
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13
Artioles Made Of Mating.

Take piece of bamboo OK tea mating
about Ii or IA inches in length and inches
in width. The whole may be lightly tinted
with very much diluted color in oil or
with any of the bronzes Bind the mat
tinn with ribbon or with a strin Inf fhip
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13
Chickens on the E'arin.

HIou uanito gel cured t.ks Manners Double IL
haci saIsaEafilia. ll's ths bsst Tr ~ 30 conis
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13
SECOND STORY.

A small storage room can be secured In
the attic, which may be reached by ladder
from the second story hall if desired. The
foundations of the house are of stone and
frame above. The staircase is finished in
light oak; all other woodwork of white pine
painted in two coats. The building can be
erected for $500 without furnace. If o
furnace is required, it will cost $3.50 addi-
tional. d. w. KING.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-04-13
GHILOH'S VlTALIZER.

3Irs. r. s. Hawkins, Chattanooga, Tenn, Gays:
Sltiioh's Vttdlizef SAVED MY LIFE.'
I eUer used, For Dyspepsia, Liver or Kidney
trouble it excels. Price rs cts
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-15

CLEvELAND's POSITION.
lie Says IL the sherman Law is at
Once Repealed All VIII He Well.

WAsHIsaTos, d. c., June T.
Finance as a question at Washing
ton is In the same attitude and
practically unchanged since yester-
day. Cleveland, talking with mem
bers who called on him to-day. ex-
pressed confidence in conditions
becoming no worse before Congress
convenes in September. He said
he expected Congress would at
once repeal the Sherman law, and
said nothing about any substitute
or compromise with the Bland free
coinage people. He said, too, that
it was possible with the prompt re-
peal of the Sherman law and the
immediate passage of the right
sort OF tariff bill and other revenue
laws, for the country to go through
without the issuance of bonds at all.
This was constructed also to
mean by the Congressman who
were listening that a failure, refusal
or delay to repeal the Sherman law
would witness the immediate is
suance OF bonds under the powers
already possessed by the treasury.
Refuse to repeaal the Sherman law
when Congress convenes and bonds
will be issued at once.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-15
Babtfzed After Death.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June T.
A queer story comes from Eagle
Cleft, small settlement on Lookout
Mountain, down in Walker County
a few miles south of here, in
Georgia. Several weeks ago J. W.
Masser was very i'll with fevor. He
wanted to be babtized and as this
could not be done during his illness,
he requested that as soon as he
died his body be immersed. He
said he had neglected it during his
lifetime, and wanted his body
baptized as a warning to the living
A few days ago he died, and on the
day of the funeral, at Hixon's
Grove, Rev. W. J. brennan immers
ed the corpse in the presence o
large crowd of people. The body wa'
then put back into the coffin and
laid to rest in the graveyard.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-15

Now is the time when the judi
cious and liberal advertiser reaps a
golden harvest. Go into it whole
souled don't dabble or experiment !;
make a business of it, and the pub
lie will look ont for the rest. Ifyou
have not sufficient confidence in
your stock to expend money on ad.
vertising it thoroughly, you cannot
expect the public to have enough
confidence in you to trade with you.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-15
HOke's Pension Decision.

If Secretary Hoke Smith dill
nothing else during his term of Of
fee, his pension decision would en-
title him to the thanks of the coun-
try. 1t involves the repeal of the
order issued by "Cold Storage
Raum and a return to the language
of the statute which requires that
disabilities not incurred in the ser
vice must be such as to prevent the
applicant for a pension for earning
a livelihood by manual labor. Secre-
tary Smiths decision will, it is be-
lieved, reduce the payment of pen
sions from $15, 100000 to 500, ,O00,-
600, and it will receive the commen-
dation not only of the public gen.
nerally, but also of those veterans
who believe that the pension list
should be roll of honor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-15
How to Settle the Race Question.


The Mexico LEDGER devotes two
columns to the closing exercises
of the eolored public school at that
place. This reminds us that a
great change has come over Mis-
souri, newspapers in this regard.
A few years ago occurrences among
the colored people were either
ignored entirely or slightly mention
ed. The fact is the newspapers
are ahead of the people and have
laid aside ole predjudice. They
recognize that a new day has dawn
ed in Missouri and that civilization
and progress have followed in the
wake of bigotry and intolerance
and that the best way to settle the
race question is to give the negro a
chance to prove himself worthy of
citizenship in Missouri, and the
best way to give him chance is to
encourage him to obtain an educa-
ton which is the great bulwark of
our civil liberty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-15

THE MOBILE AND OHIO ROAD AND
SOUTHERN EXPRESS CON.
PAsY TME VICTIMS.
The Robbery Occurs at Forest Lawn,
Near East st. LOnis-The Haul
OF Money q Large One.

ST.. Louis, June 9.-Six men
held up train on the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad at about 8 80 O'Clock
last night, at Forest Lawn, five miles
south of East st. Louis. They beat
the express messenger and rifled the
express safe Of its contents. The
train was the regular express, leav-
ing st. Louis at 500 every night.
There was little delay last night,
so that it was $40 when the train
pulled out of East st. Louis. For
est Lawn was reached at about 20
minutes after 9 o'clock. Here the
train stopped at the crossing and
the robbery occurred. Six men
wearing masks boarded it. One of
the robbers covered the engineer,
another took charge of the fireman,
while the other four gave their at
tention to the express messenger
and the train men. They did not
have anything like as easy a job as
did Wilson, the lone robber, who
held up the Missouri Pacific train
at Pacific, Mo. They found the
express messenger a man of nerve
and bravery. Their method also
differed from Wilson's in the mat
ter of making an entrance to the ex-
press car. They did not resort to the
use of dynamite, but depended
on scaling ladder and n new
hatchet to- break their way in.
Once inside the car they found Ex-
press Messenger Branchford - the
same man who made such a plucky
fight under similar circumstances on
May 26-disposed to dispute their
right to the contents of the safe.
They evidently did not want to add
the crime of murder to that of rob-
berry, as they did not shoot him,
but dubbed him on the head with
the butts of their revolvers until he
yielded to their demands to open
the safe. The doors of the strong
boxes were thrown open, and then
the plunderers made quick work of
securing the booty. They took
everything in sight that appeared to
have any value, and jumping to the
ground made off, firing a parting
volley at the express car and into
the engine cab as they departed.
The amount of money or other
valuables they obtained could not
be learned here last night, but it was
learned that the sum was a heavy
one and that most of the money be-
longed to st. Louis business firms.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-15
ONO OPENS THE BATTLE.
Mckinley and Other State Officers Re.
nominated.

COLUMBUS, O., June S.-Har-
mony, contrary to expectations and
contrary to all precedent in Ohio Re-
publican politics, characterized to-
days convention of the G. 0. P.
Mckinley was again named to head
the party in the coming State con-
test, and his friends say this but
heralds his nomination by the next
Republican National Convention for
President. A full state ticket W as
named, consisting of all the present
incumbents, and a platform adopted
reiterating the oft-repeated and we'll
known principles of the Republican
Marty
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-15

No OTHER civilized nation on
earth has as bad, cheap roads
as there are in America, and foreign
ers who visit this country wonder
that people who have developed so
marvelously in almost every other
commendable direction are so back
ward i'll line of improvement that
yields so handsome return for mon
ey invested as does this one.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-15
John Browns Scafrald.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June I
The scaffold upon which Capt. John
Brown and several of his associates
were hanged Mt Harper's Ferry, on
December 2, 1859, is in Washing
ton, and was erected some days ago
in Springman's yard, on K street
southwest. 1t is a grewsome af'
fair. Painted black, and with the
rope which was used to strangle
John Brown, dropping from the
cross-beam, it appears ready fol
business, and needs but the form
and the Sheriff to complete the pic
ture. Itis the intention Of its owner
Mai. A. o. Brummell, to take it te
Chicago and place it on exhibition
Wonderful climate in Arizony,'
said the returned wanderer. 81
knowed feller to have twenty-sever
bullets shot into him an still get al
well as ever"
"He must have suffered grea
DEAL"
''He did, pardner, he did. Th'
pore fellow was 80 full O. holes tina
he couldn't hold whiskey."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-15

A new rain maker named Jewell
has bobbed up and dampened por-
ton of the drought-stricken area of
Kansas by scientific means. Here's
another infringement Of science upon
the province of the preacher. No
longer called upon TO pray fer rain,
the pulpiteer in Kansas will, Of a
truth, find his occupation gone.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-15
Arn0ld-JOhnsOn.

Thursday evening at 6 o'clock Miss
Stella Johnson was married Mr..
Felix Arnold at the residence of the
brides mother, Mrs. Martha john
son, on West Love street. Rev. A.
E. Rogers, of the Baptist Church,
conducted the ceremony. The bride
is one of Mexico's worthy young
ladies, while the groom is a promi-
nent young farmer, living about six
miles south of this city. Several
friends and neighbors were present.
After the ceremony delicious refresh
ments were served. Their friends
then departed, wishing success and
happiness to both the young people
through life. The newly married
couple will reside on the groom's
farm, Just south of Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-15
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THE penpsylvania Railroad Com

THE Pennsylvania Railroad Conn.,
pany speaks in derision of the idea
that the rolling stock on its lines
can be operated with electric energy
as a motive power. 1t might prove
impraeticable at the present stage
of electrical Advancement, but what
human genious will accomplish in
this comparatively new field OF
scientific endtsavor is likely to be far
beyond anything now projected by
the most visionary enthusiast.