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The Bossier banner., 1893-10-05
ON THE OLD-TIME PORCH.

We sat there yester even beneath the listening
vines,
Where stiI the mornin' glory above the door
way twines,
And the nightingales were singin' just as they
sang of yore,
When first she said 81 love you" but now she
loves me more!
The same old place; the rocker in whicssh he sat
while l,
Half fearful that the stars would hear the Sc
cret in the sky,
Leaned her way just little, and said: Il love
you!" Sue,
meant it then, and loved her true, but now 1
love her more
The old days seemed TO come again while sit
ting side by side
Where first she said she'd be my wifewe didn't
call it bride
told her then: How sweet you are!' an felt
my pulses thrill
With all that sweetness close to me-but now
she's sweeter still!
We talked it over, sitting there, near loves
OWE happy lands,
And once more felt the first sweet JOY that
comes of holdin hands;
She seemed to be my sweetheart still-'twas all
just as before
But we clasped each other closer, and we loved
each other morei
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Bossier banner., 1893-10-05
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Host (who has trod on the lady's
slirt)-''Oh, forgive me! You see it's
my natural instinct to detain you."-
Tit-Bits.
-Proctor-"Well, it's only step
from the sublime to the ridiculous" E"
Lenox-''Ah, if it were only step
back again. Vogue.
-Rosalie-"What makes you think
he is in love with you?" Violet-'"The
first time he called he left his gloves,
the second time his cane and last night
he forgot his hat"-Vogue.
Temperance Orator-'How strange
that man will put an enemy into his
stomach to steal away his brains!"
Voice in Audience-''Great Scott! Is
that where you carry your brains?'-
BrooklylfLife.
"A la Bellamy.-Landlady = care
you a socialist, Mr. Jones?" Jones
Good heavens, no! Why?" Land
lady (severely)-"You seem to think
the tablecloth is eommunistic napkin"
Yankee Blade.
Editor this rather a queer
ending to this romance-no marriage
mentioned?' Authoress-'I omitted
the marriage because l wanted it to be
strictly romantic in every detail There
is no romance in marriage. .'-Indianap-
oils Journal
-Governess-"You see, my dear, the
Antipodcs live on the other side of the
earth, and they only go to bed when
we are getting up" Little Emma
''Then, Fraulein, J. suppose, my brother
Fritz, the student, is an Antipo1e, eh?'
-Fliegende Blatter.
Singular Case of Obscured Vision
Inebriated Gentlemen (who is being
assisted into his carriage)-'John,
wh-wheresh door?' John-"Here,
s;r-you've got hold of it." Inebriated
Gentleman (feebly)-"Yesh, John,
know. VIII wheresh - carriage?"-
Pick-Me-Up.
The Newly Wed-"Edith did the
hatefullest thing at our reception, ano
I'll never forgive her." Cousin Jane
s.Why, what could it be?' The Newly
Wed-'She addressed Charles in th'
most pitying manner, and said: i hops
you'll be happy The way she uttered
that word hope was positively unbear
able. Boston Transcript
The Stuff Dreams A1e Made Of
A portion of Salisbury Cathedral wa
being res tored, and a gentleman nc
ticed ran busily engaged in carvini
a grotesque face with appal emily no de
sign to go by. He went up to him an
said: Glow do you manage to inven
such frightfully ugly faces?" The ma
replied, II eats piece of cold pork b.
fore goes to bed, and then | dream
'sm,'-~Peafson's Wsskly.
The Bossier banner., 1893-10-05
SHE OF THE POWDER PUFF.
Raises Reflections In the Mind of the
Young Druggist.

Raises Reflections In the Mind of the
Young Druggist.
A handsome young Broadway drug
gist was in talkative mood the other
day.
Women are queer creatures" he
said, with reflective smile under his
muStache.
He pointed to large assortment of
toilet articles temptingly arrayed.
There were powder boxes and rouge
pots and the fuffiest of puffs There
We're rainbow rows of perfumes and
toilet waters. There were salves of all
sorts and tonics galore. In short every
thing that the care of the feminine face
and form could crave.
The handsome young druggist lifted
a box of powder. Its shape was clearly
defined in the undisturbed dust which
had drifted upon it.
They don't buy 'ezn,'' he said.
''Not at all?''
''Oh, sometimes! But, you see, had
an idea that women simply bathed in
perfume, put hair tonic in the shower
bath, and was practically clad in cold
cream and powder. AS soon as l saw
a woman coming in the door l headed
for the cosmetics, in order to meet her
on the spot l felt sure she would Sc
lect"
'Well?"
"'Twas the wrong move. BY the
time l fetched up behind the powders
and perfumes, the woman was leaning
over the counter down there, and either
another clerk made the sale or else
had to meekly chasse back"
'sAnd what is that counter?'
''It's the medicine counter, and about
ninety-nine out of one hundred women
who come there want a nerve tonic
Sick or well, thin or stout, old or young,
their one cry is-nerves! Perhaps, be-
ing a man and therefore an animal,
said by women to be totally lacking in
nerves, may be trifie skeptical, but,
upon my word, don't think half of
them need nerve tonic any mere than
they need-two tongues!
''If you want to make your everlast-
ing fortune, why, invent new nerve
tonic. They all go with a rush. We
LtsHC O1C EeiOlo1is q EOOhty oCLOAo SolA-
an, whose only nerve trouble is that
she thinks she has nerve trouble. She
has tried every remedy we have in
stock. Her sylS Sem ought, by this time,
to be perfectly callous to any new com
pound, but have just sold her bottle
of the present fashionable nerve
soother. She has a pillow of dried
poppy flowers, another of hops, an
other of balsam, and SO on and on.
"To-day, for the first time, sold her
box of powder She says it will last
her three years She doesn't believe in
choking up the pores of the skin with
ell sorts of rubbish"
'Quite right"
"Yes, but she'll choke her entire in
ternal arrangement with any sort ol
decoction which bears the magical in
scription: Nerve Tonic Women are
certainly queer creatures"
And the young clerk sighed as he
put the despised powder box back on
the Shelf-N Y Sun
The Bossier banner., 1893-10-05
PERSONAL AND IMFERsoNAL.

Louis XIV. was great as a feeder.
The duchess of Orleans once saw him
eat four plates of soup, whole pleas
another OF mutton hashed with garlic,
two large slices of ham, dish of
pastry, fruit, sweetmeats, and drink
three bottles of wine.
The late eminent French historian,
M. Adolphe Taine, is said to have had
an incurable adherence of publicity.
''He fed from photographers, as if they
brought the plague with them, and no
curious strangers found their way
across his threshold" BY his will his
heirs and descendants are forbidden to
publish anything touching his private
life.
President Carnot is spending the
summer at Marly-le-Roi, founded by
Louis XIV, who had hoped to spend
his last days there. Carnot's house is a
villa called MES Delices," lent him by
a friend. 1t is unpretentious, built of
stone and brick, surrounded by large
trees, and near the forest. Two of the
presidents neighbors are Dumas and
Sardou.
Col Robert g. Shaw is to have
monument on Boston common, directly
opposite the state house. He COM
manded the first regiment of colored
soldiers that Massachusetts sent to the
war, and was killed while leading the
advance with his regiment on Fort
Wagner, S. c., July Is, 1868. 1t is
promised that the monument will be
the handsomest and costliest in Boston.
1t is said that the only man living
whose father fought in the battle of
Concord is Luke Smith, of Acton, Mass.
He is little over so years old, but re-
members with the utmost clearness the
account given him by his father, Solo
mon Smith, and walked over the orig
inal route of march in Concord with
him many times. Mr. Smith served
during the civil war, having enlisted
three times
Miss Cynthia Rockwell, teacher
at Good VIII mission, in South Da-
kota, has followed Miss Goodale's ex-
ample and married one of the Indians
in her school. His name is Richard
King. Mrs. King is of prominent
Washington family, who strongly op-
posed the marriage. Mr.. King is we'll
educated, licensed preacher, and was
Miss Rockwells assistant. The couple
will continue their work in the Indian
schools.
-Ex-Gov. J. L. Kemper, of Virginia,
writes to his friend Gen. Dabney H.
Maury that he is ''propped up on pill
lows, paralyzed, helpless, dying Grip
pie and sufferer" Gov. Kemper is now
past 20. For many years he has been
troubled by wound he received while
at the head of his brigade at Gettys-
burg, and his health has been feeble
for some time. He was brave soldier
| in the war with Mexico as well as in
the confederate army, and he is deserv-
edly admired in the south for his ability
and honesty of character.
The Bossier banner., 1893-10-05

if any balance remains when this Is
done, it is divided among the members,
each of whom receives bonus proper
tionate to the quantity of his milk dur
ing the previous year. The members
are responsible, each in proportion to
the number of his cows, for any losses
The Bossier banner., 1893-10-05
A MENTAL PHENOMENON.

The Brain of a Man Who Could Play
Twelve Games of Chess Simultaneous
ly.
The most wonderful deformity in the
human brain that has ever been noted
by the scientists and made q matter Of
record was that of the phenomenal
chess player, Richard Rockwoode.
Rockwoode could play twelve games OF
chess simultaneously, but no more, not
even being able to begin on the thir-
teenth. After death his brain was
carefully examined by skilled anatom-
lists. who found, in the region known
to phrenologists as locality" that the
molecules of that portion of the brain
had actually arranged themselves into
a combination of squares resembling
chessboard, and that each of these
squares had certain marks upon it,
supposed to represent the final posi-
tions of the pieces in the last twelve
games played by the great expert while
he was blindfolded. The doctors who
make this wonderful report declare
that it IS true in every particular, but
that the arrangements of the atoms OF
the brain into the chessboard squares
referred to could only be distinguished
by microscopes of the highest power.
More than forty years ago. when Sir
William Dean Baszker made an exami-
nation of the brain of Forbes, the ship
builder, and reported that the mole
cules of the brain had arranged them
selves (the gray matter separating
l.
brain and lining up'') into rude form
a vessel hull, he was only laughed at.
The Rockwoode investigation proves
that Baker knew what he was talk
ing about.-St. Louis Republic
The Bossier banner., 1893-10-05

The memory of the loss of her own
son in Africa led the ex-Empress Eu-
genie to send message of coincidence
to the duchesse dues on the death of
the young duke. The telegram read: 81
share your immense grief, though a
stranger. AS mothers we have endured
the same Affections. 1t is on African
soil that our hopes have been blighted.
1 desire to pay homage to the young
duke, who left a life of luxury and
pleasure to pursue task worthy of his
name May God support you. Confess
de Pierrefonds, Marlborough HILL"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-07-20

"TENDERFooT.' our young cores
pondent writing from the Columbian
Fair last week, takes exceptions to his
communication as 1t appeared, and
threatens something awful, should the
thing occur again-which is nothing
less than withdrawal from our large
corps of correspondents Don't do it
"Tenderfoot;" 1t would occasion us
much inconvenience and annoy our
thousands of readers. We did our
part the best we knew how, under the
circumstances, and feel sorry that he
is dissatisfied. We take the following
paragraphs from "Tenderfootn this
week:
We were very much impressed with
the fact that our fame was not world
wide when we saw millions of people
daily not one Of whom recognized us.
Everybody Is in rush here and ac-
quainted with no one.
We excused ourself for taking ride
on the big. merrygoround, on the
ground that we were acquainted with
Mr.. Henry Buchele, conductor of car
%. 1t costs soc to go twice around but
the view is very fine. You can see the
interior of the 'Streets in Cairo" its
donkeys and camels, as also many OF
the other attractions of Midway that
cost only zen, zents," or only "25
cents" etc.
The Ferris wheel is 264 #. high, has
36 cars as large as the average street
car. 1t has the largest axle in the
world, 33 inches in diamater, 25 #. long
The frame reminds US very much OF
the spans of the iron river bridge al
Napoleon, it is run by 1000 horse
power engine the steam for which is
brought from underground boilers
through large pipe, the pavement
over these boilers is quite warm east OF
wheel.
For comfort and convenience go to
our beloved Ohio state building the
first day of your visit. There is post
office, writing tables, free ink, and
stationary, free parcel check room
chairs, rockers, sofas, and on End fiool
tables for eating lunch upon; all free to
Ohio people and their friends only.n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-07-20
NRE BAVARIA
An Old Man Found Dead in
His Back Yard.
Small cycIone-Crop sItuation-Flre
In a Hoop Factory.

New BAVARIA, July 1.-THE most
severe wind and rain storm OF the
season passed over this section last
Saturday. In several places 1t as
sumed the nature OF an incIpient
cyclone, demolishlng fences, uprooting
trees, scattering wheat shocks, and
leveling standing grain, oats and corn.
The wind-pump Of Joe Brown was
struck by lightning and thrown down
by the storm; a shed OF Peter Thome
was unroofed and also the new barn
Of Peter Mangas, jr. II is reported
that the damage southeast OF here ls
much greater.
Harvesting, or rather the cutting Of
wheat, is about over, and timothy hay
is now being made. The wheat crop
is good; so Is rye. Oats will be good,
although there Is not much sOwn
about here. Corn and potatoes never
promised better crops. In fact, each
crop promises an excellent yield.
Peter Harrig, an old gentleman Of
S6 years, was ON last Wednes lay,
found dead In the rear Of his house, by
his daughter-in-law Mrs. Elchinger.
He had Of late years become soDe-
what eccentric, aud chose rather to
live alone than in the family of his
Gaughter-in-law, especially during the
summer season. He was, however,
well cared for in his seclusion by Mr..
and Mrs. E'chinger. An inquest was
held by Peter Punches j. P. Of Mar
ion tp., on the same day, and on the
following day the burial took place
from the Catholic church.
Last Thursday fire was discovered
in the hoop and stave factory of Hor-
nung Bros, but before the flames had
made any headway they were over
powered and no serious damage result
ed.
A branch of the Catholic Knights of
Ohio has been organized here with a
membership of A. At recent cleo
tion of officers the following were
chosen: Spiritual Director, Rev. w.
A. Harks; Pres, J. B. Mess; v. p,
Matthias Thome; Rec. Secy., P. G..
Schwab; Financial Secy., P. p. Span.
gler; Treas, w. N. Zierolf; Trustees,
Dr. Francis Walker, N. ]. Dietrich
and j. f. Kinstle.
Our students are all at home enjoy
ing the summer vacation.
G. w. Raidle has engaged the lower
room in the New Bavaria schools.
He comes well recommended.
CIT,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-07-20
PACIFIC SLOPE.
Interesting Letter From Former
Henry County Man.

OLYMPIA, WASH. July 8. 1893-MR.
ORwIa; enclosed you will find Postal
order for one dollar,to pay for one years
subscription for our old friend the
NORTH WEST, Receiving the North
WEST once week is like receiving a
letter from home. We had lots fsnow
last winter but no cold weather, and
this spring II thought the cold rains
would never letup, but now we are
having beautiful weather with oc-
casional showers. Its the general sup
position of eastern people tnat the land
mere is good for nothing except in val
leys and river bottoms, but people are
beginning to.tind out the up land Is all
right if handled right. The first year
/ was here I planted garden in new
ground and raised very little. /
thought the ground was good for moth
ing. Last year plowed it again, gave
it good sprinkling of poor quality
manure, it being full ofshavings from
planning mills. The result was had
a pretty good garden. This spring /
have on the same ground the best gar
den ever had any place notwithstand-
ing a cold, backward spring. The
trouble seems to be with new ground.
It's full of pitch from the fir trees, and
will not produce until that is worked
out. If 1 should undertake to tell or
describe to you the size of different
kinds of berries, plumbs, prunes, pears
and apples grown here you would set
me down as the biggest liar in Wash
ington. One has to see them on the
trees to believe it, but of one thing /
am satisfied in my own mind; none Of
the fruit here is as fine favored as In
Ohio. We have no potatoe bugs, no
cabbage worms to pick, no currant
worms, in fact mo pests of that kind ex-
cept the Green Aphis which eats the
foliage of apple trees. There is one
crop here which is almost an entire
failure and believe it is general all
over the United States-the money
crop. There has been no bank explosions
at Olympia, but times are hard, and
lots of people unemployed. | have
pretty steady work with the West Side
Mill Co., which Is selling very little
lumber at home but shipping finished
lumber east. Wishing you success in
business aud hoping this will find you
in good health / will close.
]. F. OvERHULSE.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-07-20
GREIToN.
Farmers Busy-Reorganfzafion o.
White Rose Club.

GRELToE. July 1s-Farmers are busy
stacking their grain; some are thresh-
ing. The prospects for large corn
crop Is good.
Mr.. @. III. Thompson has his new
barn up and will soon have It enclosed.
The bridge across the ditch ia Grel-
ton Is finished and Is good one.
g. l.. Hollopeter and Bert Heater
took a drive over 10 Milton Center last
Sunday.
The GreIton White Rose Club met
at the residence Of w. H. Barnes on
the evening Of July II and reorganized
by electing new officers as follows:
President Z. M. Hollopeter, Vice Presi-
dent Mrs. Addie Taylor, Secretary G.
l.. Hollopeter, Treasurer Miss Grace
Randle, Program committee Nellie
Crater. Lille Rickard and Mrs. Farri-
son. The next meeting will be held al
the residence of 4. II. Hollopeter on
the evening of July 25, when the new
officers will be installed and speeches
made by the same; ice cream and cake
will be served; every body come and
have a good time.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-07-20
WORTHY OF PARDON.

w. P. Tyler the latter part OF last
week filed petition with the Board
Of Pardons at Columbus praying for
the pardon Of Chas. p. Martin who
was sent up from Henry county in '9l
for 20 years, the crime being that OF
rape. The petition was signed by the
jury, trial judge and prosecuting attor-
ney aHd will be acted upon by the
board at its next regular quarterly ses-
sion In 0ctoter. Concerning Martins
guilt there are grave doubts which are
becoming more pronounced as the
merits OF the confined mans case are
shown up.
Substantially, his conviction was
based on the proposition that Martin
induced the father of the girl to go to
Hamler on the day she claimed the
crime took place. Martain does not
deny having been criminally intimate
with the girl but has steadfastly main
tanned that her charges are false; and
indeed his statement is now generally
be lieved as retrospective and unbias-
ed glance will show that his case was
not handled as it should have been.
The girl on whose word this unfortu-
nate man is confined at hard labor for
20 years-practically his life time
was proven at the trial to be of a de-
based nature and evidence produced
at later trial show her guilty of the
gravest charges.
These points have been carefully
weighed by the judge, jury and prose
cutor with a result of unanimity in
asking Martins discharge. He is
no confirmed criminal and has been
punished too much already for his al
legged crime.
Act in the affirmative on the prayer
for pardon, gentlemen of the Board,
and your action will receive COM
mendation from all familiar with the
facts in the case.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-07-20

Queen Isabella ofSpain, pawned her
Jewels to raise money to fitout the ex
pedition that discovered the new
world. Her sacrifice was not greater
than Is made by many women OF
America, who deny themselves many
things In order to have money to buy
Or. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
for their sick husbands or children,
This "Discoveryn is more important
to them, than the one made IN 1892.
For all diseases OF the Lungs, Liver,
Throat, or Stoifach, the he"Discovery"
is asovereign remedy. A trial cor
vinces, its continued use cures. II
pmifies the blood, invigorates the llv-
er and strengthens and builds'up the
whole system. guaranteed to benefit
or cure In every case, or money paid
for 1t returned.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-07-20
RIDGEVILLE.

RIDGEvILLE CORNERS, July 49,
Several from this neighborhood are
attending the show at Defiance to-day.
A brother of Jacob Myers is here
from Bucyrus on visit with relatives
and friends.
Jay Fauver has been laid up foi
some time with a catarrh on his hand
Threshing business begins about
here this week. Smith expects to
commence to-day.
George Crosland now wears a broad
smile the entire time and all on ac-
count of the arrivals at his house of a
new boy baby. George says he is a
dandy.
Henry Chapman went to Defiance
on business one day the past week.
Saturday afternoon Mr.. Markal, liv-
ing in Defiance county, had his new
barn destroyed by lightning. The
barn was just completed and not yet
insured. He expected to begin put
ting hay in it in a few days. x.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-07-20

THERE is now at the head of the
Pension Bureaua man who is COM
bination of the true soldier and sound
lawyer, and his administration Of the
bureau seeks to compel the practice of
the Pension Department to conform
with the pension laws that have been
enacted, and also to make the system
in fact what in theory it is intended to
bean assistance to those who sacri-
feed something OF their ability to con-
quer in the battle of life, by reason Of
their service in the defense of their
country. Cincinnati Post, Rep.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-07-20

SEVEN years ago the national bank
circulation was $3OO,OO0,O 900; in 1890 II
wac SIPS, 900, 900; and by August LIST II
will be $3.50, 100000, having increased
considerable in the last few months
AS relief at present congress ought to
permit the bauks to issue circulation
up to the par value of their bonds
This, with the repeal of the Sherman
law, would bring temporary relief and
give time for the business men Of the
country and the statesmen of Con-
gress to evolve a just and financial
policy.-Portsmouth Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-07-20

JAMES F. TILLMAN, of Tennessee, the
new Register of the Treasury, is not
well known to the Northern public, al
least, but he is described by an esteem
ed Virginia contemporary as "a gentle
man of much ability, fine social quail
tiles, and handsome personal appear.
ance, who has been prominently iden'
titled with the National Farmers ALI.
ance.n II seems that Register Tillman
lis manager and an owner of the Ma
tiondl Economist, the national organ oi
fthe National Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-07-20

IF an Ohio Democrat must be ap'
pointed to go on the supreme bench
we suppose we may as well prepare to
part with Hon. Frank Hurd. He il
the best fitted Democrat in the State
for the place. Toledo Commercial.
Mr.. Hurd would surely grace the su-
preme court bench, and as he is in full
accord with the views of President
Cleveland his selection would be fitting
and proper. But, will the President
come to Ohio, for successor of Judge
Rlatchford I? That's the question.