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An Eccentric millionaire.

There are a number of eccentric million
aires in New York, but not one whose ec-
centricity assumes more peculiar phase
than in the case of Henry Hart, the presi-
dent of the Third Avenue Railroad COM
pany. Besides being the largest stockholder
In that railroad company, Mr. Hart owns q
great amount of real estate He has sew
eral valuable pieces OF property down town
which he has permitted to remain unoccu-
pied and unproductive for long stretch Of
years. It is his persistent indifference to
the condition of some of his real estate that
excites the wonder and expostulation Of
his friends. Mr.. Hart owns a substantial
building on Park row, just above the bridge
entrance, which has been untenanted for
from l5 to IS years. 1t is a valuable piece
of property, but all of these years it has
served merely as q storehouse for a lot Of
material of small value. 1t is Mr.. Hart's
whim to allow the property to remain idle,
although he could easily convert it into a
source of revenue.
Another building near Chatham square
owned by this eccentric millionaire has been
neglected for dozen years or more, its only
tenant being poor woman who never has
paid cent of rent and never has been ask
ed to pay anything One day an energetic
young lawyer offered to take charge of Mr.
Hart's real estate in this city, guarantee
him S25, 900 year more than the property
was producing and take the balance of the
revenues as full compensation for services
rendered Mr.. Hart said that he did not
care to make any such arrangement The
young lawyer remarked subsequently that
he could have made $4,000 year for him
self out of the property, exclusive of Mr..
Hart's share of the revenuea--New York
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% dHDIy Interested, and WHICH affect
an enterprise like the worlds fair,
should, in my opinion, be settled as
quickly as possible. Whatever think
personally about Sunday opening, it
seems TO me that when congress made
the law and gave an appropriation to
the fair that settled the question"
Further than this, he preferred not to
say anything.
Mr. Harrison said that immediately
after his visit to the fair he would go
east, spending q short time in New
York. He viii go TO his summer home
at Cape May, where he win remain two
months resting and doing little liter
airy work. he will return to Chicago
and see more OF the fair.
A friend asked the ex-president
whether he would resume the practice
of law. In reply he said: II have taken
few retainers but have not opened an
Office. l don't know that l shall ever
have an Office again"
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Psople VINO Leare Thlnr..

ut Is strange how unreasonable soma
people are" said the proprietor Of down
town restaurant yesterday. People who
leave articles or think that they do are the
greatest nuisances on earth, however. Here
Is a simple case. Yesterday man rushed
In.
"'Where's my umbrellaP he asked.
"T don't know anything about your um-
brella, SIR
"You don't, chr Well, you ought to-
left it here
"'If you had left it here. sir, should have
found it,
"'Well, left it here anyway
"At' this got mad and exclaimed, DO
you mean to say that l have stolen your
umbrellaP If he had said yes, blood would
have been split then and there, but at this
he became confused and said that he did
not mean to imply that was thief, but
that he thought his umbrella ought to be
there. Well, would you believe it, two
days later he strolled in with the umbrella
and smiled as sweet as could be.
Found it, you see,' he said in jocular
manner, as though that would wipe out
the insult he had offered me. However, l
said nothing He had left it in a cigar
stors
"Only today man came in.
AZ left my rubbers here
"'I think not sir
"'Are you surei'
"sYes.'
"'They must be here
"At this stepped from behind the coun-
ter.
Look at my feet, sir, and then look at
yours. Your feet are about IL sizes too
large for me- would slip all around in
your rubbers Look at my feet, sir, and
then tell me if you think would steal your
blamed rubbers.' At this he apologized. -
New York Telegram.
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pcrrumry nom tho newspaper man nr.
Lowell said:
Let me ask you q question frankly,
man to man. and if then you decide that
! ought to give you the poem ! promise
you ! viii. If you knew needed $500,
you world not ask me to give it 10 you.
/ know that perfectly well. But that is
just what you are asking me. / have Il
market for my poem in The Atlantic
Monthly provided they have the oppor-
tunity of first publishing it. If it is first
printed in the daily newspapers of this
country, Of course it is no use for mag
azine. Now. then, | tell you frankly,
/ do need the 5000. and ask you the
question, Shall l give you the poem on
your request. or shall ] keep it for the
magazinefp
The newspaper man decided promptly,
and the poet was not deprived of his
&200.-Boston Herald
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CONDENSED NEWS.

A Collection OF Interesting Items on vaTi-
Gus Subjects, Especially Prepared for
the Hasty Readers.
Seven deaths from typhoid fever at Nil
ton, Ind, within week.
All the whisky trust distilleries are 10
be shut down Immediately.
Dr. Briggs says he does not believe the
general assembly's act will last.
Judge Andrews dismissed the damage
suit Of young Laidlaw against Russell
Sage
It is estimated that the financial troubles
may induce the president to call the extra
session even before September.
Mrs Lavinia Stephens, rich widow Of
Elkhart, Ind, aged s., was married Tues
day to August Brothers, a young clerk Of
20
In the matter of the Knights Of Pythias
funds, charges are to be preferred against
Supreme Master Of Exchequer Wiley Of
Wilmington, Del.
New York bankers and financiers warm
ly approve of President Cleveland's an
nouncement of his intention to call an
extra session of congress to deal with the
silver question.
A catfish feet inches long and weigh
ing 175 pounds is reported to have been
caught in the Ohio at Jacksonville, Ind,
by Griffith Taylor and Turk" Hilliard.
1t will be sent to the worlds fair.
The anti-liquor league Of Kokomo, Ind,
is making q big fight to have saloons
closed.
The Duke Of Veragua says that the six
weeks spent in Chicago were the happiest
of his life.
An Is months old son of a man named
Evans, living at Collett, Ind, played with
fire and was burned to death.
J. A. Galloway. who killed George
Moore, tolored, near Paducah, KY, proved
self-defense and was acquitted.
Minister Fava of Italy is to be raised to
ambassador.
Moonshiner Jack Skinner of Alabama
has been pardoned out of the Columbus
penitentiary.
A war between sheep herders and cattle
men is on in Colorado.
The names of many members of congress
are to be found on the pension rolls.
The government officials have seized the
distillery on exhibition at the worlds
fair.
The total gate receipts of the fair up to
May 81, including tickets sold in advance,
amounted to SsS2,005.51
The Capital National bank of Indianap-
oils will resume business June 10. 1t ex'
poets to have s75o,0O0 on hand at that
date
Work has again begun on the Louisville
and Jeffersonville bridge. The ig -Four
expects to run trains into Louisville by
Jan. 1, 1894
Complaint has been made to the Domin
ion government against the double quar-
antine necessary to get from Canada tc
the United States.
Frederick II Coudert, one of the Ameri
can commissioners to the Behring sea ar
bitration, has returned He thinks the
United States will win.
Annie M. Doolittle, generally known a!
Annie Murphy, the most noted female
forger in America, has been convicted al
St. Cloud, Mimi, and will receive heavy
sentence. Her husband is now in the Ten
nessee penitentiary.
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A HUMAN NIeHrMARE.
Experience of . Drummer With n Woman
who Was Mistaken For q Freak.

Experisn of Drummer With q Woman
Whe Was Mistaken For q Freak.
"Have you ever had nightmare in
which some fearful danger threatened
you and you couldn't move or get out of
the wayY asked Hermann Solomon of
crowd of peripatetic sto7y tellers at the
Richelieu hotel.
Several years ago had several of the
nocturnal visitors every night for week
and grew very weary of them, for in
spite of my determination not to let them
bully me out of my equanimity / would
nearly expire every night and awake with
cold perspiration breaking out all over
me. Toward the last of that interesting
week stopped with landlord in north
ern Arkansas and resolved as l went to
sleep that como what would I would
positively refuse to give in in the least to
my imagination.
''Some time past midnight the usual
scare came. This time it was tall and
angular woman in white, with long
butcherknife. Mentally, l was congratu-
lating myself that at last was learning
to overcome the foolish fears Of night
mares and wondering how it would pass
off. / saw the demoniac grin as she
dourished the knife in front of my face
almost without a tremor, and when she
laughed wild, unearUhly laugh gave
q start and found it all real and that !
was actually awake.
"Scared? That word can't express it.
l dropped on the other side of the bed as
she made a slash at me, and as she ran
around the bed / crawled under, reached
the door and went down the steps about
three at time ahead of her. By the
time we reached the big road think
had gained several feet, as she had more
clothing to interfere with her progress
than had just then. had imagined
that man really scared couldn't move.
Well, will give any odds desired on
the proposition that l moved down that
road, and don't think Iwould need any
corroborative testimony to convince any
one who saw me that was scared.
"About mile down the road l ran
into the arms of her husband and, sons.
who were out looking for her. She was
little 'outen her head at times, they
said, and she had evidently entered the
open door at my landlords and reached
my room without any one knowing it.
AS her relatives took her home / sadly
retraced my steps and found the whole
family aroused. The explanation was
satisfactory, and the adventure cured
me of Nightmares. Syracuse Herald.
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A Good-sized Crowd Sunday.


CHICAGO. June 13.--Despite the disa-
greeable weather Sunday between 75,-
900 and $4,000 people attended the
worlds fair. It was much the same
sort of crowd as that of last Sunday.
The workingmen were out in large
numbers and there were also thousands
and thousands of tourists and pleasure
seekers.
CHICAGO, June 13.-Much needed
money is now flowing into the treasury
of the exposition as a result of the
largely increased attendance of visitors.
No one welcomes the change more than
Treasurer Seeberger, whose position
since May 1, has not been an enviable
one. The exposition has been short Of
money to hquidate its obligations to
contractors and employees and it is not
out of the woods yet by any means.
Bank and commercial failures in this
region and the panicky feeling among
savings bank depositors which has just
subsided have made it impossible for
the exposition corporation to borrow
any large sum of money and the di-
rectors have stuck maafully to the pay
as-you-go policy, having confidence in
speedy and permanent change OF pal d
admissions.
The 100,00 mark has been passed at
the gates several times and Mondays
attendance of 100000 is accepted as an
indication of an era of prosperity and
a plentitude Of cash to pay off all out
standing bills
There is a standing order at the serv-
ice building for Auditor Ackerman to
hold all vouchers for money due on
April and May contract work in his Of
fee until there is money to spare in the
treasury Tor the payment thereof. That
means that only March bills have been
paid on contrast work, but employees
Of the exposition have been paid
promptly.
There is much discomfort among the
workmen on the pay roll Of the fair on
account of the order just issued by the
director of works reducing the force to an
eight hour basis and eight hours pay.
They have been working TO hours for
II hours pay. There is talk of striking
but such step is likely to result in the
strikers being put on an indefinite vaca-
ton basis without pay.
Reduced Railroad Rates.
The railroads which are members OF
the Central Traffic association are run
ming single fare excursions into the
terminal station at the fair from points
within the association territory, this
tickets being good for four days.
Director Ellsworth Of the local corpo
ration has met with some success in in
ducing all the trunk lines entering Chi
cago to reduce the rates for German
day, which will be celebrated mex
Thursday. The silent platforms ant
turnstiles of the big terminal station
will probably resound with noise anG
hustle and the chatter Of incoming and
outgoing visitors, much to the relief 0,
the concessionaries who have stands il
the building.
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WILL CLOSE THE FAIR.
United States Troops May Yet BE Called
Out.

United States Troops May Yet BE Called
Out.
CHICAGO, June 9.-The federal court,
by majority vote of to /. decided to
gr Mt the injunction prayed for by the
district attorney to restrain the local
directory from opening the worlds fair
gates on Sunday. Judges Woods and
Jenkins favored the closing of the gates,
while Judge Grosscup held the con-
trary opinion.
WASHINGTON, June 12.-The Post
publishes the following: The ultimatum
of the federal court of Chicago, to the
effect that the worlds fair can not be
opened on Sundays is final and will be
backed up by force of arms if necessary.
This in brief is the way the admins
tration officials regard the matter. 1t
can not be said that anyWe here act
ually fears that such extrenSs measures
will be necessary, yet at the war de-
partment there is considerable talk
about the possible necessity of utiliz-
ing troops to prevent the gates being
opened.
III Ln6 absence VI O0CT0GdTy LdIHOHt,
none of the officials felt at liberty to be
quoted as to what course would likely
be pursued, but they all agreed that
the military would be brought into
prominent requisition if any attempt
should be made to ignore the injunc-
tion issued by the court. Indeed, there
are good reasons for believing that
when the two troops of infantry were
ordered to Chicago from Fort Smelling
it was in anticipation of c1eir possible
use in quelling riots which might arise
in connection with tie closing of the
fair on Sunday. The military authori-
ties all agree that the administration
can do nothing else than to back up the
decision of the court.
The question of the right of the gov
ernment of the state to exhaust all
local means for suppressing trouble on
the grounds before calling on the
federal troops, they say, does not apply
in the present CASE They hold that il
the government is not in full control ol
the exposition, it is largely interested
in the enterprise and is bound to pro.
tect its interests according to the in.
terpretations of the court, regardless of
local interests.
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APPOINTMENTS.


Joseph G. Donnelly Of Wisconsin 10 be
consul general OF the United States al
Nnevo Laredo, Mex.
Van Leer Polk Of Tennessee to be consul
general of the United States at Calcutta
To be consuls Of the United States;
Marshal P. Thatcher Of Michigan al
Windsor, Ont.
John Patton of Michigan at Amherst
burg, Ont.
Fredrick Opp of Texas ut Breslau. Ger
many.
William II. Jacks of Indiana at London,
Ontario.
Claude Thomas Of Kentucky at Mar
settles.
Pulaski F. Hyatt of Pennsylvania al
Santiago de Cuba.
Newton B. Ashby of Iowa at Dublin.
Jacob 7. Child Of Missouri at Hankow,
China.
Louis A. Rettalliata of Maryland al
Messina.
Frank c. McGhee OF Missouri at Hud-
dersfeld, Eng. .-,
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THE DAY OF WORSHIP.
Time for Holding Services by the
GavaraI oh hurchaa

Time for Holding Services by the
Several Churches.
Observation-Disclosures lC;Su a. MI p. m
Sunday school =. m, Prayer Meeting
Wednesday, p. m. Rev. HASKETs Pas
tor.
fRESBYTERIAN.-Chur q. m, p. m.
Sunday School IL m., Prayer Meeting,
Thursday, p. m. REy. NJ. l.. DosAHEY, Pas
tor
st. .AUGUSTINE.-MRss .. M, II Ugh Mass 10
q. m, vespors p IN. REv.M .PUETz, Pastor
METHODIST. Church 1880 a. m, Up. m, Sab
bath Schools 0p. M, Young Peoples Meet
ing 6;15 p. M. Epworth League Meeting,
Wednesday, I p. M, Prayer Meeting Thursday,
Up. N. Rev. L. N. KALB, Pastor.
PAUL'S LUrHERAN.-ohurch 80 p. m, Tor
10 a. IN as announced previous Sunday Sun
day Schools am. REV. W. l.. FISHER, Pastor.
ct. JOHNS LUTHERAN.-In Freedom Twp,
Church 10 a. IN. REV. W. l.. FISHER, Pastor. {,
EMANUAL'S LUTHERAN.-Church2 2:30 p. m,
Sunday School 10 q. M. REV. L. DAMMoNN
Pastor.
ST. PAUL's LUTHERAN = Napoleon Twp.
Church 10 a. m. REV. l.. DAMMoNN, Pastor.
UNITED BRETHREN South Napoleon church
every week, 10 80 a. m. and in the evening at
7:S0 PRAYER meeting Thursday p. m
REV. I. d. INGLE, Pastor.
NITED DBRETHREN--McOlure church 10 a M,
every other Sunday, beginning JanuaryiS, 1891 :.
Sabbath school 9:30 q. m. Prayer meeting
Thursdays,7 pm REv JOHN SHELLER, Pas
tor.
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rronbIe cnused by a semicolon.

The substitution of semicolon for
comma in an act which became a law in
1889 has caused lot Of trouble for the
surface railroads and apparently makes
necessary the passing of healing act by
the present legislature. The act, which
relates to railroad crossings, is as follows!
"No electric, cable or horse railroad
shall hereafter be constructed across the
tracks Of steam railroad at grade; not
shall any steam railroad cross any such
electric, cable or horse railroad at grade,
except upon application and approval by
the railroad commissioners"
The preceding was approved, semicolon
and all, June II, 1889, and became law.
The result is that while steam roads can
cross surface lines at will with the per-
mission Of the railroad commissioners
street and electric roads are barred from
crossing steam roads with or without
permission. Hartford Courant..
Lanes Medicine Moves the Bowels
Each Day.
y In order to be healthy this is necessary.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-06-22

IHuFsuHy OF TIUHy UtLlF
Six hundred Cairo convicss, while return
ing through the prison from the quarries
Saturday, mutinied and 80 got away.
The black troops were ordered out. They
shot 80. The trouble was the outgrowtb
Of the action Of the native tribunals in i'm
prisoning the native watchmen, who shot
q brigand who was trying to avoid arrest.
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Mr.. Lowell,s Question.

A few years before the death Of James
Russell Lowell he wrote q poem which
he was to read upon certain public oc-
casion. Naturally the newspapers de-
sired to secure the copy. Mr. a., who
was then and is yet engaged upon Bos-
ton daily newspaper, was detailed by his
managing editor to call upon Mr.. Low.
ell and secure, If possible, the much de-
sired poem. After q great deal Of im.
Children Cry for Pitchers
Castorla
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Damage Against a Railroad.

HUNTINGTON, Ind, June 13.-Mrs,
Cal Lyon was given verdict for $1,000
against the Chicago and Erie railroad.
Her husband, passenger engineer, had
been killed in collision. TWAS charged
that the airbrakes were defective.
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TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
Fifty cents is a small doctor bill. but

Fifty cents is a small doctor bill. but
that is all it will cost you to cure any
ordinary case ofrheumatism ifyou use
Camberlain's Pain Balm. Try it and
YOU will he surprised at theprompt re-
lief it affords. The first application
will quiet the pain. SO cent bottles for
sale BY d. J. Humphrey, Napoleon, Q.
I'm
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covered Her Face With Magnetic
Mineral Mud.D

"What for2n smilirgIy qneried The lady of
the reporter who was questioning her.
"What for, indeedp' why, it makes my skin
out, and the action OF the Magnetic Mineral
Water Baths make me young again. have
found, and so have my friends, in the won
derful Magnetic Mineral Mud and Water
Baths of the Indiana Mineral Springs" the
fountain of perpetual YOUTH
This great resort for health and pleasure
and beauty, is on the main line of the Wa
bash R. r. Send to Z. Chandler, Gen. Pass.
Agt., Wabash r.. r., ST. Louis, No, for beau
tifully illustrated printed matter, which tells
Mind Baths Of the Indiana Mineral Springs,
Warren county, Ind.
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Holmes Conrad of Virginia to be assist.
ant attorney general. vice John D. Cotton
resigned.
Bennington R. Bedle Of New Jersey tc
be consul of the United States at Sheffield
England.
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Ex-PREslDENT HARRISON

Says He Thinks Congress Settled the Sum
day Closing Question.
NEW YORK, June ia special to
The World from Chicago says:
Speaking Of the Sunday opening oi
the fair, ex-President Harrison said:
.aAll questions In which the. nublic is
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Literary Rlunders.

We all h.ake and we all meet with
many amusing literary blunders. The
worst of it is that we readily forget them. |
Every one should keep book of these
delightful things, which please us with
sudden sense of superiority. Among
misprints is knises. "Some swing on
hooks, some run knises through their
hands," said an article in The Edinburgh |
Review. Here every one would emend
by knives or krisses-knives was the real
reading. In "The Monastery" Scott
wrote about nursing evil passions"
This was printed "morsing," and the
verb 'tto morse" was defended by writ
ers in Notes and Queries.
1t has lately been pointed out that in
the Surgeons Daughter" Scott is made
to say that the "nautch girls perfume
their voluptuous eastern domes," where
as the real reading must be perform
their votuptuous eastern dances" But
we are not aware that the coquille has
been corrected. In @Pendennis" boy
is said to excel in running and pump
ing" This must mean jumping" :"
though the actual competition would
have it's merits. There are no ridings IN
Yorkshire, triding is the right word, but
there is 'World Riding" in Mr.. Morris
s'Heinskringla. ."-LondOn Saturday Re
~ianz-
A serious aspect Of the giggiing habit
is that it is so nearly incorrigible. Man
nerisms of all kinds strike their roots
deeply, but 'Fhel he!' and ''hal hay' be-
come part and parcel OF the offenders
against reason and taste. That which
makes the listener nervous to irritable
ity, fretting the amiable into a desire to
smother the meaningless cackle in the
throat that gives it birth If he cannot es-
cape beyond hearing Of it. Is practiced
involuntarily by the habitual laughter.
Like the famous button on the learned
advocates coat with which he fnrnbled
necessarily while pleading, the giggle
would, If suddenly taken away, deprive
it's slave Of the power Of speech. To
command gravely temperate articula-
tion would be to strike dumb.
The origin of the obnoxious trick is OF
course in youth and inexperience, and
almost always In native difidence or
temporary embarrassment. When the
girl has no fitting words at call, she gig
giles. When the lad is oppressed by
weight Of bashfulness and would swag-
ger it off, he outlaws. In the tyros
opinion a laugh outdoes charity as o
cloak for every defect and extricates
him from the post trying position. At
fectation is an active ally in the evil
| work, and the ambition to be agreeable
brings up the rear guard. Marion Har-
land in Harper's Bazaar.