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Evening journal., 1893-02-23
nranners At a rea prlnl.inr.

On one point at least we may con.
gratulate ourselves, and that is on the
improvement in tea table manners.
Some old fashioned folk used to signal
ize the conclusion Of their tea drinking
by turning the cup upside down in the
saucer. In other circles the recognized
sign Of disinclination for more tea was
the placing Of the spoon in the cup in
stead Of in the saucer. When the queens
first prime minister, Lord Melbourne,
was a lad, residing at Glasgow in the
house Of one Of the university professors
about the end Of the last century-he
wrote to his mother an account of the
Glasgow table manners.
1--WE drink healths at dinner" he
writes, "hand round the cake at tea and
put our spoons into our cups when we
desire to have no more exactly in the
same manner that we used to behave at
Hatfield, at Eton and at Cambridge" p
All the Year Round.
Evening journal., 1893-02-23
Aoademr-aFnst Irnne., ,,

Mss Ada Gray aud company concluded
their engagement at the Academy of
Music In East Lynne The attendance.
considering the bad weather Of Monday
aud Tuesday evenings, was good.
Evening journal., 1893-02-23
speoiaIties ana AthIetIcs.

At the Academy Of Music on Friday
and Saturday evenings the Williams and
Mills Speciality and Athletic Company
will exhibit Among the prominent
featurss will Is John Mills. the popular
Evening journal., 1893-02-23

TIE victory of the Democrats in Har-
risburg. is probably due to the inhu-
ence of the Republican Legislature
sitting there.
Evening journal., 1893-02-23
The weather.

WAsHINoToN Feb. 23-Forecast tin D. m.
Friday. For Delaware and Eastern Pennsyl-
Vania. Increasing Cloudiness with snow or
rain; clearing ia the Middle Atlantic states
during Erid ~ afternoon; sOutherly winds.
shifting 20 westerly; warmer Friday morning.
except ih main stationary temperature fri-
day. For Maryland: Increasing cioudiness
probably followed by light showers during
the night generally fair on Friday. clearing
winds; warmer Friday morning anu probably
warmer Friday evening
New York Herald Forecast Yesterdays
All ntic coast gale has moved east to Nova
Scotia. Another storm now i'm the Central
and Lower Mississippi Valley will move to
and higher temperature in IT'S front and will
cross this section tonight and tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1893-02-23

OUR local spectators can all read, but
some of them are not fond of Reading.
Evening journal., 1893-02-23

Nowhere have such rare tastes in food
been developed as among the Romans in
ancient times and the Ghinese.
Evening journal., 1893-02-23

TIE man who runs humorous
weekly lives by his wits rather than by
his wit.
Evening journal., 1893-02-23

Gloves ranging from 40 cents
up to So a pair. A splendid
assortment. All Gloves at 81 a
pair ndupward are guaranteed.
We will also offer:
100 dozen Ladies Black,
regular made cotton Hose, rs
cent goods, for IS cents a pair;
sizes 8, 81, 9, on and 10.
A lot of Ladies Jersey Rib
bed Vests at IS cents each,
about half price.
Evening journal., 1893-02-23
wANAmAKER,s.
Philadelphia, Thursday, February %. 1888
The weather to-day is likely
to be clear.
Hop Sacking.

Hop Sacking.
About the last thing you'd
think of for a stylish Dress
if you went by the name.
Coarse as a hop sack. Uneven
threads SO loosely woven that
at first glance you think
someone has blundered.
But look closely. There's
method in that madness. 1t
is art, not accident, that has
made this curious net work.
Hop Sacking is becoming
the rage.
Two styles here--a gunny
sack sort and one a little more
precise, on the Epingle idea.
Twelve colors in each style.
$I.75 and So the yard.
Evening journal., 1893-02-23

Just opening large and mag
nihcent lines of New.
Evening journal., 1893-02-23

BALTIMORE q
D OHIO r RAIL
ROAD schedule in
effect Nov. IL, 1892.
Trsius leave Della
ware Avenue Depot
EAST BOund-New
York, week d ay 8,
% O2, II 40.4s Al, 40 38
s m, 412 24,+253, t5 38,
81 80 D N. Sundays,
to 90, 1858. 40 30, a
10, -l2 "a. y 90, 70 3S,
n 30 ID m.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30

The science of chemistry, like that
of geography, has its undiscovered north
pole. Four hundred and sixty-one de-
grees below the freezing point of the
Fahrenheit thermometer (-274 degree
C.) lies mysterious, specially indi-
Gated degree of cold which science has
long been gazing toward and striving
to attain, wondering meanwhile what
may be the conditions of matter at this
unexplored point. Its existence has
long been indicated and its position es-
tablished in two different ways-viz,
the regularly diminishing volume of
gases and the steady falling off of the
resistance made by pure metals to the
passage through them of electricity un-
der increasing degrees of cold.
This point, to which both these proc
esses tend as an ultimate, is called the
zero of absolute temperature. By more
than one eminent observer it is supposed
to be the temperature of interstellar
space, the normal temperature of the
universe. Whether or not this suppo-
sition be correct, the efforts which have
been made and are still in progress to
reach this degree of cold have been many,
diverse and ingenious, the equipment of
the explorer being not boats, condensed
foods and the general machinery of ice
exploration, but all the varied resources
of mechanics and of chemistry which
can be combined to compass the ex-
tremest degree of cold.-McClure's
Magazine.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
THE SONG OF SHIPS.

The sky made whip OF tho winds and lashed
the seA iato foam.
And the keen blowing gales tore the aags and
the sails Of the ships that were plunging
home:
OF the ships that were tossing home on the
black and billowy deep,
But who shall reach TO the wrecks, the wrecks,
where the ships and their captains sleep2
oh, wrecks by the black seas tossed,
In the desolate ocean nightsi
Lost, lost In the darknessl Lost
In sight o. the harbor lightsl
The sky made q veil o. the clouds and ascourge
o. the lightning red,
And the blasts bowed the masts of the ship that
Jared where love and the sea gulls led;
OF the ships that were faring homo with love
for the waiting breast,
But where is the love that can reach to the
wrecks where the ships and their cap
tains rest7
oh, ships OF our love, wave tossed,
In the fathomless ocean nightsl
Lost, lost in the blacknessl Lost
In sight o. the harbor lightsl
There was once ship of my soul that tossed
DER n stormy sea,
And this was my prayer, when the nights
gloomed drear; "Send my souls ship safe
to mel
Send my souls ship safely home from billows
and blackened skiesl"
But where is the soul that can reach to the
depth, the depths where my souls ship
lies?
Oh, ship Of my soul, storm tossed,
In the far and the fearful nightsl
Lost, lost, in the blacknessl lost
In sight o. the harbor lightsl
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
Language Made BY Women.

Says Max Muller IN Scienceof Language:
The influence Of women on the language Of
each generation Is much greater than that
Of men
We very properly call our language in
Germany our mother tongue, for It is from
our mothers that we learn Il. with all its
peculiarities. faults. idioms and accents.
Cicero said;
ut makes a great difference whom we
hear at home every day and with whom we
speak as boys and how our fathers, our tu-
tors and our mothers speak. We read the
letters of Cornelia, the mother OF the Grac-
chi, and II is clear from them that her sons
were brought up not in the lap. but, so to
say, 10 the very breath and speech of their
mother"
But this is not all. Dante ascribed the
first attempts ct using the vulgar tongue in
Italy for literary compositions to the silent
influence of ladies who did not understand
the Latin language.
Now this vulgar Italian, before it became
the literary language of Italy, held very
much the same position there as the so
called Prakrit dialects in India, and these
Prakrit dialects first assumed q literary
position in the Sanskrit plays where female
characters, both high and low, are intro
duced as Prakrit instead of the Sanskrit
employed by kings, noblemen and priests.
Here, then, we see the language Of wom-
en-, or, II not Of women exclusively, at all
events Of women and domestic servants,
gradually entering into the literary idiom.
and in latter times even supplanting it al
together, for it is from the Prakrit, and not
from the literary Sanskrit. that the modern
vernaculars of India branched off in course
of time.
Through thousand smaller channels the
idioms ofwomen everywhere find admission
into the domestic conversation of the whole
family and into the public speeches of their
assemblies. The greater the ascendency Of
the female element in society, the greater
the influence of their language on the Ian
guags of family or clan, village or a
town.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
Snow In Switzerland.

Some of the mountain railroads in
Switzerland find it advantageous to
open long before the snow melts on
their upper parts, and to do this an
enormous amount of snow mas to be
shoveled away. One May, when the
road from Glion, on Lake Geneva, up
to Rocher de Naye was opened, the
cars ran for some distance between
walls of solid compressed snow 10 to
90 feet high.
When the work began, one of the up
per stations had disappeared, and it was
supposed that it had been swept away
by the winter storms. A rounded ele-
vation was recognized as the site of a
water tank, and from this the position
of the station was determined, and ex-
cavations were begun. After digging
down six feet the shovelers struck not
the foundation, but the roof Of the sta
ton, which was in its place intact.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
He Turned the Trick.

SWELL" said an old Christian as he
hobbled down the steps Of the Grace
M. E. church, at Springfield, o., last
night, "the next thing preachers will
be advertising to stand on their heads
in the pulpit" His remark was called
forth by a sensational sermon on
gambling by Rev. Wilbur G, Warner,
at one time city missionary in Cincin-
natl. He had advertised that he
would show the methods confidence
men employ In working the three
card-monte trick, and he did 1t with
eminent success before large and en-
thusiastic audience.
The church was packed to the doors.
The reverend gentleman took for his
text: "Provide things honest in the
sight of all men. ."-Romans xiii, II.
He said no gambler is an honest man ;
no man who bets money in any way
or on anything is an honest man; so
soon as he is convinced that man who
bets is honest he will stop preaching
against gambling. The star attrac-
tion was when he stepped from be-
hind the desk, drew little table from
the rear of the pulpit, and began the
exposure, using three white cards, on
one of which he marked blue cross.
He worked the thing pretty smoothly,
seemidg to put the marked card in the
middle, and had them guess when he
turned the cards over and showed the
marked one on the end. He showed,
that when he had seemed to lay down
the marked one, be had two cards In
his hand. He referred to the Adam
Bright case, which happened last
week in Miami county, an old farmer
being swindIed out of$4,5OO BY conf
dence men. In the same sermon he
condemned newspapers for publishing
details OF crime.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
A New BuiIdIng nIateria..

A new kind of building material as
q proposed substitute for ordinary stone
or brick is now receiving special in
dorsement on account of its freedom,
under various and repeated tests. from
the usual liability to crack or fracture.
To insure this property, with the other
essential adaptations, silicic acid is
used, powdered and cleansed from all
impurities. Five to ten per cent Of this
is mixed in warm river or rainwater,
and this is applied to slaked or well
burned lime, or added to hydraulic lime,
the resulting product being mixed with
sand and small portions of fiuorspar.
This mixture is cast into molds, in
various shapes as may be desired, and
after removal the castings are left to
dry from 10 to "a hours, which brings
them to 4 condition as dry as atmos-
pheric air. In this state they are brought
into a steam boiler and steam blown
through SO as to drive out all air, after
which the boiler is Theoretically sealed
up and steam let in under pressure
of 10 atmospheres. In this high pres
sure steam bath the stones remain for
4S to 72 hours, afterward being submit
ted to bath of boiling and saturated
chloride of calcium for 6 to 10 hours,
also under pressure of about 10 at
mospheres, in the same boiler, and the
condensed water Tav be used for the
bath. The stones are allowed to dry
in the open air, or, more quickly, by
circulating steam inside the boiler after
the chloride of calcium has been with
drawn and prior to taking out the stones.
New York Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30

WE saw few days ago pretty
girl, dressed in a pretty suit, riding a
bicycle, says the Boston Transcript,
There was nothing unusual about this
fact, except that the girl wore Turkish
trousers and black CATERS to the knee,
instead of the Tapping skirts which
wheelwomen commonly deem 1t nec-
essary to put on, and which always
makes their wheeling ridiculous. This
lady's suit consisted ofa white blouse
waist, over which was an Elton jacket
of cadet blue; full Turkish trousers,
also of cadet blue; shoes with black
CATERS to the knee, and a cap OF cadet
blue with white band. Her move
ments were graceful, and If people
looked at her a bit more than they
ought IL was to admire and commend.
There was certainly nothing about the
young lady's appearance or demeanor
which was not modest and seemly.
Why not replace skirts altogether in
the riding, walking and other active
out-ofdoor exercises which women,
with the full approval and unanimous
applause ofhe brethren, are engaging
in more and more? There is no valid
reason why it should, not except stupid
prejudice.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30

Dobbins' Electric Soap is
cheaper for you to use, if you
follow directions, than any
other Soap would be, if given
to you; for by Its use clothes
are saved. Clothes cost more
than soap. This soap cost
in 1869 twenty cents a bar.
Now it cost nine. 1t contains
precisely the same ingredients,
and no others, now as then,
and costs less than half. Buy
1T of your grocer, use it and
preserve your clothes. If he
hasn't it, he knows that he can
buy it of his wholesale grocer.
The genuine always has our
name on the wrapper. Look
out for limitations. There are
many OF them.
PRESERVA- of clothes by the
mTnN use of Dobbins'
1IUN Electric Soap, is an
established fact of a generation. 1t is
not an experiment or a wild assertion,
but absolutely true. Think carefully
whether you pr fer to save a cent or
two on soap, or dollars on clothes.
You can't do both. Buy Dobbins'
Electric and look on every wrapper
for the name of
DOBBINS SOAP MFG CO.,
Successors to /. l.. Cragin & Co.,
PHILADELPHIA PA.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
The Parson,s Call.

A parson who had call from q little
country parish to large and wealthy one
in a big city asked time for prayer and con-
sideration. Finally some one met his
youngest son on the street. How is it,
Josiah" said the neighbor. rs your far
ther going to Bf" "Well," !" answered the
boy judiciously, 'paw is still praying for
light, but most Of the things is packed. -
New York Telegram.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30

Physician-John, just loosen up those
scales bit; expect that patient whom
l promised an increase in weight of 30
pounds.
John-Yes, sir.
Physician-And, John, after he mas
gone tighten them up again. That fat
man who wants to lose some of his
flesh may be in some time during the
afternoon. n.-Boston Transcript.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
Ishmail Pasha.

Ishmeil Pasha, whose bad luck is traced
by many Egyptians to his act, while khe-
dive, in letting Cleopatra's needle come to
this country, is not permitted to leave Con.
stantinople without the surveillance Of a
medical man, who is also diplomatic spy.
His condition is not SO precarious as that
of the creditors who advanced him 0,000,-
GOO. San Francisco Argonaut.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
Preparing Roast Chicken Against Time.

A novel contest occurred recently at North
Baltimore, suburb of Toledo, the object
of which was to lower the worlds record of
6 minutes for the killing, dressing and
frying of chicken. William Martin, a ca
terer, in 3 MINUTES and seconds from the
start had the chicken on the platter and set
before the spectators, who devoured it with
a relish. Martin challenges the world to
beat his time.-National Hotel Reporter.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
Pats Great Wonder.

We are surrounded by dangers all
the way from the cradle to the grave.
1.-The great wonder is" as Pat says,
THAT after getting out of our cradle
we live long enough to reach our
grave.n Thousands are out of health
morose, morbid and miserable, because
they do not avail themselves of the
remedy within easy reach OF them.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
would cure them.
For all chronic or lingering Coughs,
Weak Lungs, Splitting Of Blood, Bron-
chitis, Shortness of Breath, Asthma
and kindred ailments, 1t is a most po'
tent remedy. 1t cleanses the blood,
invigorates the liver, improves diges,,
ton, and builds up both flesh and
strength. Dose small and pleasant ia
taste. Large bottles, one dollar. Oi
all druggists.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
Tho Origin of Tariff.

Tariff was originally the name of
Moorish chief, who, having a port in
Spain, near Gibraltar, was accustomed
to levy toll on passing vessels. His
toll became a regularly understood
thing, and the amount was added to
the price of the goods.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
THE YEARS CORN CROP.
Estimates by Cincinnati Price Cur
rent Based on Government Re-
mort.

rent Based on Government he-
port,
The Cincinnati Price Currentreviews
the seasons corn crop as follows: The
October report Of the department oil
agriculture made the general condition
of corn 75.l for the entirs country. An
application OF this percent to the
recognized significance of 100 OF con-
ditiOn and the official data In regard
To this seasons acreage resulted IN
/ ,5T0, 900, 900 bushels as the approx
mate production.
The returns for the November re-
port are 10 the form OF estimates OF
Yield per acre. The general average
for the entire country ia 22.6 bushels
per acre. Last years. harvested area
was reported as TO,626,O0o acres; this
seasons area 1898 per cent. compared
with last year, implying an aggregate
of 70, ,956, 900 acres. An application OF
226 bushels to this area results IN
/ .84S. .S05, 900 bushels-about 79,OOO,OOO
bushels In excess Of the October esti-
mate. Last years's November esti:
mate was 22.4 bushels per acre, and
the December Tor final) estimate was
23.l bushels. Should the final estimate
this season bear corresponding rela-
tion to the November estimate the to.
tai wi II be approximately l,7OO'oOO,oOO
bushels. :,
ait is an interesting coincidence
that the present estimate OF the total
production of corn should agree with
the conclusions reached by the Price
Current a month ago, after carefully
going over available information with
reference to leading states in detail,
and using the official data as basis for
the aggregate of other portions OF the
country. The difference in the Octo-
Der and November estimates is more
than one busbel per acre, or more than
5 per cent, while the situation has not
in fact undergone any change cther
than the increase Of evidence as to the
yield afforded by the progress In har-
vesting operations. -,
1.-THE indicated production OF corn
this season in the seven surplus states,
according to the November report,
compares with last year as follows:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30

I had a severe attack of catarrh and
became so deaf 1 could not hear COM
mon conversation. suffered terribly
from roaring in my head. I procured
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm, and in
three weeks could hear as we'll as / ev-
er could, and now can say to all who
are afflicted with the worst of diseases,
catarrh, take Ely's Cream Balm and be
cured. 1t is worth ST 900 to any man,
woman or child suffering from catarrh.
"A. E. Newman, Grayling, Mich.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30

The Volumes of the WEEKLY begin with the first
Mum ber for January Of each year. When no time
is mentioned, subscriptions wIil begin with the
Mum Der current at the time of receipt Of order
Bo und Volumes of HARPER's W ERKLY for three
years back in neat cloth binding, will be sent by
mail postage paid, Cr by express, free OF expense
(pro vided the freight does not exceed cne dollar
per volume, for 81 40 per volume.
O 10th Cases for each volume, suitable for bind
ing, will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt Of
81 90 each.
Remittances should be made by Post-of1ce Mon
ey Order or Draft, to avoid chance Of less
Newspapers are not to copy this sdvertis ement
with out the express order OF HARPER 8 BRorHERs.
Address: HARPER & BRoThERS, NEW YORK.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30

It is strange that some people will
suffer for years from rheumatism rath-
er than try such an approved standard
remedy as Ayer'sSarsaparilla; and that,
too, in spite of the assurance that it
has cured so many others who were
similarly afflicted. Give it trial.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
Total acres. 72,e56,OOO 7O,626,OOO

Total acres. 72,95b,UUU TU,ozo'UUO
''These figures imply an average
WELD of 26.5 bushels per acre this sea-
son for the seven surplus states, COM
pared with 27.4 last yeUr.
"If the estimate of last years corn
crop was approximately correct In
comparison with other years, it would
naturally appear that the reserves OF
old grain at the beginning OF the pres
ept season were considerably smalier
than a year ago. because the reported
production last year was considerably
short of an average yield Of the yearly
consumption ofthis grain"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
A Perfect Rrutei

Henry. dear, have you had hard day.
You look tired, There are your slippers
right by the fire."
maria, please don't let this go any fur
ther. can't afford so much devotion this
year. Collections are slow, and you simply
can't have that'--
"Brutel'
"That's better. think can live up to
that title without going bankrupt. New
York Recorder.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30

Mr.. Vaore, the postmaster at Brad
shaw, Mo-, after reading an advertise
ment of Chamberlain's collie, Cholera
and Diarrhea remedy, concluded to try
a small bottle of it. He says: II used
it in two cases for collie and three for
diarrhea with perfect satisfaction. |
have handled and used great deal of
patent medicine but never tried any
that gave Ms good results as his" For
sale by d. J. Humphrey, Napoleon,
o, I'm
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30

New counterfeit five-dollar gold
coins are in circulation, and although
not excellent limitations are quite
easily mistaken for the genuine.