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Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
sTake 1t Aisy.n

One cannot travel in Ireland without
perceiving that the SO many horsepower
and perpetual catching of trains theory
of life is not one that is accepted by the
Irish people, and | do not think it ever
will be. Their religion, their traditions,
their chief occupations, their tempera-
ment, all of which suppose are closely
allied, are opposed to it.
The saying, "Take it aisy, and if you
can t take it aisy take it as aisy as you
can" doubtless represents their theory
Of life, and, for my part, if it were a
question either of dialectics or of NOR
ais, would sooner have to defend that
view of existence than the SO many
horsepower one. So far from wise man
getting all he can out of himself in one
direction, he will. it seems to me, rig
idly and carefully abstain from doing
SO in the interests Of that catholic and
harmonious development which requires
that he should get little out Of him
self in every direction.
One would not like to assert that the
bulk Of the Irish people are "harmo.
niously developed. But neither, If
may be permitted to say SO, are the
English or the Scotch people, and Of
in reality all three probably err by lob.
sided activity or lobsided inactivity, il
still remains to be seen whether toe
much perpetual catching of trains or toe
much taking it "aisy" is, on the whole,
the wiser course and the less insane in.
depreciation Of the purport and uses Of
life. --Blackwood's Magazine.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
HOW A MAN GOES TO SLEEP.
Slumber Begins at the Feet, and tho Sens,
Become Dormant One After Another.

Slumber Begins at the Feet, and the Senses
Become Dormant One After Another.
"Order is heavens first law" and
the old truth is manifested even in the
process of going to sleep. When a man
drops Off to sleep, his body does not do
SO all at once so to speak. Some senses
become dormant before others and al
ways in the same order. As he becomes
drowsy the eyes close, and the sense Of
seeing 10 at rest. 1t is quickly followed
by the disappearance of the sense Of
taste. He next loses the sense Of smell,
and then after short interval the tym.
panum becomes insensible to sound, or
rather the nerves which run to the brain
from it fail to arouse any sense Of hear,
ing.
The last sense to leave Is that of
touch, and in some representative peo-
pie it is hardly ever dormant. Even in
their case, however, there is no discrim-
mating power or sense Of what touched
them. This sense is also the first to re-
turn upon awakening. Then hearing fol-
lows suit, after that taste, and then the
eye becomes able to flash impressions
back to the brain. The sense Of smell,
oddly enough, though it is by no means
the first to go, is the last to come back.
The same gradual loss Of power is OBJ
served in the muscles and sinews as
we'll as in the senses. Slumber begins
at the feet and slowly spreads up the
limbs and trunk until it reaches the
brain, when Inconsistencies is complete
and the whole body is at rest. This is
why sleep is impossible when the feet
are cold. New York World.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
MARKED DOGS EYES.
An Explanatios Wanted OF the Presenee
of These Tan Spots.

An Explanation Wanted OF the Presenes
Of These Tan Spots.
Can any of your readers explain the
meaning Of the tan spots seen SC COM
monty over the eyes in black and tan
dogs Of most breeds1
When ir Me!bonrne last year. J went
carefully over all the ocgs in show
With one Of the stewards, and we found
the spots In al tie black and tan ter.
riers, foxhounds, deerhounds, collies.
lurchers etc.. tui ] could gei no infor-
maticn regarding them from the ex'
perts
In some Of the highly bred toy dogs.
a. the small black and tan terriers. I
found op inquiry that these spots. for.
nerly SC very conspicuous, were being
bred out and had nearly disappeared.
Their persistence through SO many
strongly marked varieties. except those
Of late date, is singular. for there is
fairly good proof that when first domes-
ticated the dog was red OF brown, like
the pariah, dingo, etc.
As far as can see, we do not find
the spots white on black or dark
ground, nor yet black or dark on a
white or light ground. My explanation
is that they have arisen as permanent
marking after the dogs "sported" to
black under domestication and have
been preserved and developed through
natural selection. Possibly they are pro.
tective and simulate eyes.
One morning, just at dawn, had oc-
casion to go out into the garden, and
while STOPPING to examine some flowers,
near a fence partly covered with creep
ers, / suddenly saw an animals head
looking through, and what seemed to be
two seemingly large and ferocious
black eyes glared at me. Suspecting
that black leopard was about to spring
over, / started back, clapped my hands
and shouted. To my relief, however, /
saw tail wag and found that the spec
tator was oooly's dog knew very
well and which recognized me. The
use Of the tan spots--in this case at
least-then occurred to me.
May it not be that the spots thus
serve protective purpose and have Of
ten saved the lives Of dogs (black dogs
from their enemies, the smaller felines,
such as the clouded leopard, etc.? Per-
haps the matter is not new, but if it is
it seems worth looking into.
/ have several dogs about here now
with black bodies and heads. The tan
spots, rather pale, are of the size Of a
shilling. I have shot one, keeping the
skin Of the head as curiosity. IS. e.
Peal in Nature.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
oman with the Branded Hand

The person who became famous in the
annals of America as "The Man With
the Branded Hand" was q Captain JON
athan Walker. he was born. at Har-
wick, Mass, in 1899, and died at Lake
Harbor, Mich, ON April 30, 1878. On
June 28, 1914, he attempted to steal
seven slaves from the coast Of Florida,
the intention being to take them to Mas
sau, In the British island Of New Provi-
denoe. When only short distance out,
he was overtaken and captured by the
sloop Catherine and taken back to Key
West. At that place he was kept in Jail
until he could be removed to Pensacola,
where a new trial was given. He was
sentenced to prison and chained by q
chain and ring bolt. He was kept for
some time imprisoned in that manner,
or until the time arrived to carry out a
further sentence, which read as follows:
Zone hour in the pillory, pelted with
understandable eggs; one year in prison
for each slave stolen; 5000 in money for
each slave, and all costs, and to be
branded upon the right hand with the
letters s. S. (slave stealer) by red
hot branding IRON"
That he lived through all this is at
tested BY the fact that it has only been
16 years since his death. st Louis Re-
public.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
A Philadelphia Experiment.

The object lesson which the ladies Of
the Health Protective association gave
the New York city authorities last win
ter when they set to work in good house
wifely fashion and showed what their
idea Of clean street was is bearing
fruit in Philadelphia. The New York
experiment is to be repeated there by
the ladies of the Philadelphia Health
Protective association, and the block So
lected upon which to demonstrate what
can be done when women set about it is
Twelfth street, between Chestnut and
Walnut. On this block stands the beau
tifnl clubhouse Of the new Century club,
woman's organization, making it an
eminently suitable spot to bear the inn
print of Woman's love Of neatness.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
CleanabIe Collars and Cuffs.

"Celluloid" collars and cuffs are one Of
the greatest blessings that was ever brought
to mankind by the genii of invention especi-
ally the man whose occupation demands
that he wear his Sunday clothes every day,
as Bill Nye puts it. Daily change Of linen
runs into considerable laundry bill in the
course of year. "Celluloid" makes it pos
sible to add this item to the years savings.
Many men when buying waterproof collars
and cuffs make the mistake OF believing that
it's all the same so long as they are called
''celluloid." This is grievous error. The
The genuine "Celluloid" collars Rnd cuffs
are peculiarly made. being in reality linen
collar or cuff covered on both sides with pure
waterproof "Celluloid." This prevents
cracking, and increases the durability of the
article. When soiled, it can be wiped of
with damp cloth and made to look equally
as we'll as the most skillfully laundered linen.
All dissatisfaction with "celluloid" collars
and cuffs can be avoided by looking for the
trade mark. "Oelluloid" stamped on the
inside of every piece.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
THE oDoR OF PLANTS.
n Comes From the Heart of the Flows.
n.nnIIr SnunafIrnna Ernrn the Iaauaa-

II Comes From the Heart Of the Flower
Usually. Sometimes From the Leaves.
The various delightful or disagreeable
odors Of the plant family usually reside
in the flower itself, though in some
species the seat is in the leaves and stem
OF even in the root In either case the
odor is due to the presence Of volatile
essential oils usually Of a resinous ma
ture The number of these oils is un.
known, and their nature is SO complex
that even slight variation in the tenn.
perature or in the quantity Of light
falling upon them is sufficient to cause
O rearrangement Of their component ell
ements, resulting. so far as the smell is
concerned at least, in an entirely differ
ent compound.
Prophylic ether, which is an exam
pie Of these unstable compounds, can,
by slightly different arrangement Of
its elements, be made to yield either the
odor Of pineapples or that Of decaying
fish. The reason, therefore, why each
species and kind Of plant has differ
ent odor Is the ease with which one per-
fume may be transformed into another.
Sufficient cause for such transition is
often found in the mode Of life of each
variety OF plant and the difference in
their chemical constitution.
Whatever in any way affects the life
or growth Of plant rapidly shows its
effect upon the flower and its perfume.
The nature of the soil and its humidi-
ty. the variation Of temperature or the
intensity Of the sunlight will sooner or
later transform the entire nature Of a
plant, for, as has been fully shown
above, one plant, in order to produce
exactly the same perfume as another,
must not only be Of the same species,
but live in the same elements, earth,
air, etc. 1t must also absorb similar
amount OF light and breathe the same,
which would, of course, necessitate
leaves similar in size, color and shape.
New York Advertiser.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
Egyptian Geometry.

The Ahmes papyrus doubtless repre-
sents the most advanced attainments oi
the Egyptians in arithmetic and geom-
etry. 1t is remarkable that they should
have reached SO great proficiency in
mathematics at SO remote a period Of
antiquity. But strange indeed is the
fact that during the next 1900 years
they should have made no progress
whatsoever in it.
All the knowledge Of geometry which
they possessed when Greek scholars Wis
tied them, six centuries B. c., was
doubtless known to them 1000 years
earlier, when they built those stupen-
dous and gigantic structures, the pyra-
mids. An explanation for this stagna-
tion Of learning has been sought in the
fact that their early discoveries in math.
ematics and medicine had the misfor.
tune Of being entered upon their sacred
books, and that in after ages it was
considered heretical to augment or mod.
ify anything therein. Thus the books
themselves closed the gates to progress.
History Of Mathematics, f" Cajori.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
An Eve with Legs.

Depend upon it. children" said the
benignant old gentleman who was ad.
dressing the Sunday school, 1--WE were
fashioned by wiser power than our.
selves. There was no mistake made in
putting us together. If our hands were
placed where our feet are and our feet
where our hands are, how could we get
along? It would be exceedingly awk.
ward, children, exceedingly awkward.
Istretch my hand ont this way. move
my fingers like this. Now, what is this
an evidence Of, children?"
There was no reply, and after wait.
ing moment the speaker answered the
question himself
1T is an evidence of design. Don't
forget that, children" he continued i'm.
pressively. 1T is an evidence of design.
Suppose, for instance, my eye, instead
Of having lids and lashes, had legs. Sup.
pose my eye had legs. How could use
them?'
"You could use them in running your
eye over the congregation, oouldn't
your" replied deeply interested little
boy near the door. Chicago Tribune.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
A TUSCAN PICTURE.

A cool, mysterious chamber, where the glow
OF wintry sunshine from the small barred
square
And in the midst, with patient step and slow,
The white OK treads his round, with head bent
low
Beneath the yoke, taking his ample share
OF labor. The revolving wheel lays bare
The trough wherein 1t turns and where they
throw
Black olives to Be crushed TO this rich mess
Which fiils the heinpen baskets meath The
press,
Where, as the screw turns and the pile grows
less,
We see the oozy shining trickle pass,
The rich reward of SO much care and toll,
Symbol Of grace and gladness-precious oil.
-E. @. Townshend in Temple Bar.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
An Anecdote Of she1ler.

The poet Shelley tells an amusing
story of the influence that Language
''hard to be understood" exercises on
the vulgar mind. Walking near Coyeni
Garden, London, he accidentally jostled
against an Irish navy, who, being in 6
quarrelsome mood. seemed inclined tc
attack the poet. A crowd Of ragged sym.
pathizers began 10 gather, when Shell.
ley, calmly facing them, deliberately
pronounced:
II have put my hand into the ham.
per. have looked ON the sacred barley.
I have eaten out of the drum. / have
drunk and am well pleased. have said
Knox Ompax, and it is finished" :"
The effect was magical The aston
ished Irishman fell back. His friends
began to question him. "What bar.
ley?" where's the hamper2" "What
have you been drinking?" and Shelley
walked away unmolested. Junior.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
WHAT THE CHINESE EAT.
Their Brsndstuns Seem Sad. solemn. Sod
den and Bilious.

Their Brsadstufs Seem Sad. solemn, Sod
den and Bilious.
A member Of the English parliament.
Florence O'Driscoll, has 4 lively paper
in The Century describing life and street
scenes in Canton. Mr.. O'Driscoll says:
The food puryeyors made a most
striking display; the fruiterers exposed
on fat trays bananas, pineapples, mel
ons, figs. pears 1.-THE latter beautiful TO
the sight, but hard and tastelessl, to-
gether with many Chinese fruits, whose
shapes and tastes were familiar to me.
but whose names / knew not Some Of
these fruits were most artistically peel
ed, pineapple peeling being quite an art
A great variety Of vegetables was offer
ed for sale. Among them were the white
shoots Of the bamboo. which seemed to
be favorite article Of diet. But to what
use indeed may not this wonderful grass
be putt From it Cinnamon make almost
everything onceivable-hats, cloaks,
sheets, carpets, roofs, buildings, baskets,
chairs, carrying poles, fishing tools; the
list might be prolonged ad inflnitum.
And then they eat it as well.
Preserving ginger in many forms was
a noticeable trade. The roots were
washed and left in water, a. an English
cook treats potatoes before boiling them.
A number of men and women holding
a two pronged fork in each hand sat
around table with the tubs Of peeled
ginger beside them. They picked ginger
roots out of the water, and laying them
on the table pierced them all over very
rapidly with both forks until quite soft
The pierced roots were then put into
another tub, where they were boiled in
sirup. The ginger went through various
other minor processes until eventually
it was packed in the earthenware jars
in which it Is sold in European shops.
The whole process was certainly clean
one, and the smell of the aromatic root
in preparation was both grateful and
pleasant.
In the bakers shops I saw nothing
corresponding to our European loaf.
Solid looking little yellow patties, slabs
of fabby brown cakes, emblematic Of
concentrated dyspepsia; scones or an
equivalent, apparently Of fried batter,
and great flakes Of milk white, slippery
looking paste not above an eighth of an
inch thick--to be rolled up and deftly
sliced with cleaver shaped tool into
long strings like macaroni. These foods
were to be seen everywhere in the city,
but nothing light and open. To my eyes
the breadstuffs seemed sad, solemn, sod
den and bilious.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
THE WORK OF HER ENEMY.
And It Was Such an Awfully Me
Thing tn DO Ton.

And It Was Such an Awfully Mean
Thing to Do Too.
"It was Miss Miggs; / know it WASH
she exclaimed angrily. "She is the only
girl in the city who is mean enough to
do such a thing"
"Such a thing as what?" asked her
dearest friend.
GAS that!" she cried, holding up a
letter and glaring at it. ''It is an insult
"a disgraceful insult-but know that
he could not be Intentionally guilty Of
such an affront. She must have put him
up to il"
"Who is her" asked the dearest friend,
anxiously working to get at the story.
"Why, Roger McGurhan, Of course, "
she returned in the same quick, excited
manner. "Who else should it be. Hasn't
he been calling here for the last three
months? Hasn't he been almost on the
point of proposing twice? Didn't I have
everything arranged to catch him next
time? And now comes thisp'
"What is it, dear? What is it?''
"Read" replied the naughty young
beauty as she tossed the letter to her
friend. It was as follows:
"Mr. Roger McGurhan presents his
compliments to Miss Daisybelle and
would consider it an honor to have her
company at the polls on registration day.
He will take pleasure in calling for her
at such time as will suit her conven-
ience."
"I'm sure that's very courteous OF
him, said the dearest friend. "Why
should you
"Courteousl Courteousl" cried the
beautiful girl "And only 1S years old,
as once told himl Oh, some enemy
has done thisl''-Chicago Post
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
II Beats Acting.

They had just emerged from the tele-
phone exchange where they were en-
ployed.
Sometimes, said one Of them, "I
think that / would like to be famous;
that would like to go on the stage and
act or on the lecture platform. Then,
again, think not. I"
II think not all the time, " was the
positively spoken rejoinder.
"Still it must be nice to play upon
the emotions of the multitude.
"Of course it is. That's what makes
it so jolly in the telephone exchange.
When we talk sweetly to some man
through the phone, I can tell by the
way he COOS back that he is smirking in
the most absurd manner. And If want
to make him angry I can tell him the
lines busy and ring in his ear. I tell
you, my dear, when it comes to playing
on the emotions of the multitude Sarah
Bernhardt will have to give extra matt
nees if she wants to surpass us in op-
portunity. kate Fields Washington.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
MAN AND NATURE.

rhs mountains. aud the forests. and The soAA
Oldest of mourners. with pathetic tone,
Have each . natural music. all their own.
Set IN accord with human dostinies
SD. tender, manifold. What Is more sweet
Than woodland melodies n u0onf hore mild
Than dimpled ocean. like a laughing child
That liaps and rolls jewel 70 our feet,
Breathlessly calmf And then. within an hour.
Behold that selfsame ocean on the shore
Lashes; the forest quakes: with deafening
power
The rocks arc rent. Then, obi amid that roar,
Awestruck we sink. we fall upon our knees.
Ye mountains. and ye forests, and ye seasi
The mountains. and the forests. and the seas
Have each their music, with our mortal LOT
In sympathy. TO soothe, exRlt. appease.
And man, too, has his music. has = note
OF wsrldwide sweetness, tender reveries.
Dirges Of buried blisses unforgot.
Rejoicing p1ans. glorious symphonies
But all Of them lack something-they have
not
The voice once heard IN Eden And the ear.
Pleased with rich sound. is as when some
one sings
In a great court before q king Of hngA
he closes, and Of rapture born a cheer
Shakes the high roof. but when the Lord Of
Speaks there is awe and silence in the hall
"A: g. b In Spectator.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
.sPennY wise and Pound fool

penny wise and Pound fool
ish" are those who think it
economy to use cheap rosin
and soda soaps, or washing
powders of any kind, instead
of the good old Dobbins' Elec-
trio Soap; for sale by all gro
GERS since 1869, and used dur
ing all that time by millions
of intelligent economical wom-
en- who know its merit, and
therefore use it. All who use
it praise it as the best, cheap
est, and most economical soap
made, but if you will try it,
even just once, it will tell as
much stronger tale of its merits
itself. Ask your grocer for
Dobbins' Electric Soap, take
nothing else.
UNSCRUpH. men make cheap
limitations of the
LOUS best articles other
seek to palm them of on their customers
as the genuine, for the sake of the additional
profit made by the deceit. ThsTe are lots
of limitations of Dobbins Electric Soap.
Everyone Of them will ruin and rot clothes.
See tnat our name is on every wrapper.
DOBBINS' SOAP MFG co.;
Successors to I. L. Cragin & Co.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
Made Bold by His Brush.

Detaille, the French painter whose
studies are all of military life, lsoks ev-
cry inch soldier. He is tall, slender
and has martial air. Detaille knows
absolutely nothing of the life of a soldier
except what he has read. At the age Of
90 he was rather timid, but his charac-
ter began to change as soon as he de-
voted his brush to military subjects
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06
The Donkey Vanished.

In general we may say that the dom
keys belong to vanishing state Of hu-
man culture, to the time before carriage
ways existed. Now that civilization
goes on wheels they seem likely to have
an ever decreasing value. A century
ago they were almost everywhere in
common use. AT the present timo there
are probably millions Of people in the
United States to whom the animal is
known only by description. In word,
the creature marks stage in the de-
velopment Of our industries which is
passing away asrapidly as that in which
the spinning wheel and the hand loom
played part. Professor N. s. Shaler
in Scribner's,
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06

The deficiency in postal revenues
during the last fiscal year was So ,243,.
935, and the loss to the Postofiice De-
partment on the 2so, 100000 pounds
of second class mail carried was $l6,-
$4,000. That's why Postmaster
General Bissell recommends that the
privilege of second class rates be with
drawn from all but legitimate news
papers and periodicals.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-12-06

Ex.SENAToR KELLOGG, of Louisiana,
now a Washington lobbyist and real
estate speculator, would seem to be
lacking in judgment as to when he
should talk and about what. Were
he man Of delicacy he certainly
would not have chosen Louisiana poll
tics for topic.