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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-11-04
watson House Free Lunch.
His Cheek NIutilated.

An entirely new free hot lunch will be
served to all patrons tonight.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-11-04

REPUBLICAN.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
Little. but Good.

Cardinal Tosti took his greatest delight
In watching people eat who were "blessed"
with voracious appetites, and to crafty
his whim he frequently invited company
of notorious great eaters and regaled them
with an abundance of the choicest viands
he could procure. One day, being in a
specially good humor, his eminence said to
his cook, To-day you must ask three men
Of extraordinary capacity to dinner and
prepare set of courses that would satisfy
is ordinary persons.
The cook set off to Ripagrande, where he
selected the strongest and most famished
looking Of the porters he found standing
about, provided them with decent clothes
and took them to the cardinals palace
The table groancd under a gigantic heap
of the best and dearest eatables to be had
The porters required no pressing, but made
raid on tho provisions like pack of hun
CRY wolves. The cardinal watched the pro-
ceedings from behind curtain and was
delighted when in o comparatively short
time all the nice things which adorned the
table had disappeared, down to the very
last. AS genuine Romans the three revel-
ers were not unmindful Of the rules of
politeness, and one of them was deputed to
express to his eminence their heartfelt
thanks for his kind invitation. A footman
took him into the presence of the cardinal.
"Well," inquired the old gentleman,
with smile, "did you enjoy your feeda"
Very much, your eminencel' was the
seply-" littlo, but good r. Messaggero.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
nrxstifled bx an Abbreviation.

Among the stories told about the ex-
periences Of police telegraph operators
by the attaches of the electrical bureau
is one which relates to an ex-special
officer, who is now regular operator
at substation up town. While acting
as "sub" in a West Philadelphia dis
trict he received call from the GEN.
trail, which he promptly wrote on his
slate as he received it. At the close Of
the message he found that it read:
"Send wagon to Phil. Ahosp. and learn
condition of Hen. Coop" He was COM
pletely stalled. He could not imagine
who Phil. Ahosp was, nor where he was
to be found, nor what particular hem
coop the central was interested in. He
felt that there was a mistake some
where, but was satisfied that it must be
at the other end of the wire. AS the
hour was near relieving time, he deoid-
ed to wait and consult his relief before
sending the wagon on q wild goose
chase or asking the central to reDeat
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
Mc;.osaBtrs Msmorv.

Cardinal Mezzofanti had memory
little short of miraculous DR.. Russell.
his biographer. says that the cardinal
spoke with the greatest ease 80 Ian
guages; that he spoke fairly we'll O.;
that he used occasionally, but not
with any fiuency, IL more; that he
spoke imperfeotly s, and that he
could read IL more. Taking, in addi-
tion, the number of dialects he used,
some so diverse from the mother tongue
as to constitute a different language,
DR.. Russell says that the cardinal was
master of no less than Ill different Ian
guages and dialects. His German was
SO excellent that he was taken for ma
tive Of Germany, while his French and
English were equally pure. DR.. Tholuck
heard him converse in German, Arabic,
Spanish. Flemish, English, Latin,
Greek, Swedish and Portuguese at one
of the pope's receptions, and afterward
Mezzofanti gave him an original poem
in Persian and left him to take lesson
in Cornish. He knew several of the
American Indian languages and nearly
all the dialects of India.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
He Mistrusted His se4.

A Durham miner, aged rs, visited a
Newcastle lawyer, bachelor, for the
purpose of making his will. The old
mans property consisted Of two small
cottages, which had cost him $3.50, and
little furniture.
The lawyer having asked his client
how he wished to dispose Of his prop
erty, the latter replied:
''Ma auld woman hes to hev all so
lang as she's ma widow. Either that
ma BARNS gets all. /"
"What age is your old woman?"
asked the lawyer.
"Seventy-two," replied the miner.
"And how long have you and your
wife been married?" asked the lawyer.
"Over 80 years." replied the miner.
Thereupon the lawyer suggested to
his client that he should give the wife
the interest during her life, whether she
continued widow or otherwise.
Kinney, winnot. I'll hev me aan
way, !" said the miner.
"But, surely replied the lawyer,
"you don't expect your old woman, now
10 years old, would marry again after
your death?''
The miner, looking tho lawyer full
in the face, answered, with much So
lemnity:
"Wey, Kinney, thor's nae knaaing
what young cheps like yourself will do
for money. ''--Londou Tit Bits.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
SENSATIONS IN ILLNESS.
1t Is CarIois How Man Foels When n
knows He Needs Doctor.

1t Is CarIs,s How a Man Feels When Ne
knows He Needs Doctor.
"It Is curious, said man yesterday,
"the various sensations a man expert
ences when be goes TO see doctor or q
dentist. There is long, preliminary
siege of mental agony, alternately exag-
geratine and belittling your ailment,
until finally in moment of desperation
you decide to go and see what is the
matter anyway. Perhaps you have a
cold, which has settled on the lungs
and developed troublesome cough that
keeps you awake nights The cough it.
self is not SO bad us the terrible possi-
bilities it suggests. Visions of swift de-
mise from pneumonia or slow wasting
away with consumption rise up before
your eyes. and every wheeze and cough
confirms these terrible premonitions.
If you could, you would go then in
hurry, but in the morning you feel bet
ter.
''The cough is still there, but the ter
rors of the imagination have fed before
the daylight, SO you put it off another
day. But finally you decide to go, and
with firmness born of despair march up
to the medical mans door to learn your
fate, In case Of toothache every one
knows how tooth will hop and jump
and smart all day until you get to the
dentists and then calm down so quiet
and painless that you can't tell which
one was aching. 1t is the same way
with a cough or other ailment As you
go up to the door you secretly hope that
the doctor is not at home. You pull the
doorbell gently and half wish You had
not come. Then the funniest part of it
all is how mad you will get when you
find the doctor is not at home and feel
as if you had been cheated out of one
Of your dearest hopes p Washington
Post
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
ONE WAY TO LIVE cHEAPLY.
A Scheme That Was Developed by Gal
liant Colonel Wilk.

A Scheme That Was Developed by Gal
liant Colonel Wilk.
Joseph Tanski, the Polish refugee,
narrates many stories of the shifts to
which he and his fellow exiles were
compelled to resort in order to keep
soul and body together. None of these
is more curious and interesting than one
relating to his friend. Colonel Wilk,
who had been decorated by the emperor
of the French for gallant service in the
. French army, but who afterward found
himself obliged to live upon go francs
month.
Itwas pretty tight work, and SO Colo
mel Wilk had to confess, but one day he
met with a strange bit of good fortune.
He had been out for walk and was
on his way home when big Newfound-
land dog came running down the street,
pursued by gang of boys and men, alf
armed with sticks The dog, painting
and terrified, ran straight toward Colo
mel Wilk and took refuge between his
feet. The crowd drew near with loud
and excited shouts
1T is mad dog Kill him!'
A policeman, more courageous than
the mob, stepped forward.
"Haltl" shouted the knight of the
Legion of Honor. "The dog belongs to
me. tt is not mad"
His resolute air and perhaps the red
ribbon in his buttonhole made an i'm
preston upon the policeman.
VERY WELL, he said, since the dog
is yours, lead him away"
So said, SO DONE Colonel Wilk took
the dog home, washed and oombed it,
and then went with it to the butcher s
to buy it some scraps of meat. For %
centimes the butcher gave him a fine
lot and on his way home Wilk bought
a few vegetables.
All these bits--bits of meat, bones
and vegetables--he put into pot to-
gether with suitable quantity of wa
ter, and out of the pot both he and the
dog made sumptuous dinner.
The problem of living was solved.
Day after day. as often as his purse ran
low, which was pretty often, he bought
bits Of meat ''for his dog" Nobody
was the wiser, and the Polish exile and
his dog lived upon 35 centimes day,
and the knight of the Legion Of Honor
could once more receive his friends like
| a man of the world.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
LOSS OF THE PRESIDENT.
Strange Story of the Scuttling of q Great
Steamship by Pirates.

What strange story is that COM
municated by the Duke of Newcastle to
The Globe concerning the loss of the
President He says that trustworthy
informant in the United States assured
him that sailor, dying in an American
port, had confessed to having formed
one of the crew of a pirate vessel which
captured the great steamship. EVERY
soul on board was made to walk the
plank, and the ship was scuttled." +"
The story seems incredible, yet it may
be true, and the possibility of it gives
one quite shock. 1t is so years ago
and more since the President disappear
ed from human sight, without, I be-
lieve, leaving trace. The loss OF no
other vessel--for it was the first of the
reat passenger ships to go-has caused
SO great an excitement. How those at
home clung to hope, some of them for
years-for the notion of the crew being
wrecked on some out of the way island
was eagerly adopted-and how many
heart was broken by the intolerable
suspensel At last it was generally con-
cluded that the ship had collided with
an iceberg and foundered. And now
comes this terrible story, which, il is
fortunate, was not conceived of when
it would ha-s had the power to make
those at home more miserable.
1t is not to be forgotten, however,
that more than one story has been, re-
Gently written upon this subject-the
capture and scuttling of passenger
steamer-and it seems more likely
that they, have suggested the idea being
adapted to the loss Of the, President than
that solitary pirate should have re-
vealed such long kept secret Of the
seas. London News.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
Poor woodcOck-Poor souii

Some years ago woodcoclS, tired and
weary with mis- long journey, fell ex-
hausted down from midair right into
the middle of London. Nearly all birds
migrate at night, so it was dark, as,
half stunned, he found himself lying in
Albemarlo street. A woodcock's first i'm
pulse is always to hide himself, to steal
under something, to crouch down. In
nature wild he would choose some
bracken or. some low shrub. Holly he
particularly loves, and there he would
nestle down and doze the hours away,
but here. poor bird, in rural Piccadilly,
he could find none of these, and SO he
finally nestled up to lamppost, and,
stunned and stupefied, he fell asleep
and was SO found by the early milkman
on the next day.-Critic.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
Dust Hunting.

The careful housekeeper will have faded
upholstery, dull woodwork and badly de-
faced carving unless she is willing to pay
the price of eternal vigilance. She must
give her feather duster, soft silk old
handkerchie1s for the piano and the pol
ished mahogany and cheesecloth duster for
ordinary use. The marbles and ornaments
must have separate duster from the fur
niturc, and large, soft piece of muslin
can be used to polish the picture glasses
with. A chamois and little oil do for
finishing touches for the mahogany and
polished oak, and soft brush must be
used to penetrate the crevices of carving.
A whisk broom Is also necessary for the
upholstered furniture and cane dust
leater is well used twice week.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02

M st. Jacobs Oil is made to cure
y NRHEUMATISM WI h
<<S0
THE wHIsTLINe WIND.

whene'er hear the whistling wind.
Whene'er i see the drifting snow,
What anxious thought disturbs my mind
So poor the sweetest lass lnowi
How can she bide the bitter stormf
The winter. cold and bleak, endured
She tells me that her wrap is warm
For she is proud as she is poor.
think OF her whene'er see
Another robed in richest furs.
There's not another face to me
So fair, SO good and kind US hers,
And when sit beside my fire
Iwish her there, for her dear sake,
And. troubled with its vain desire,
1t seems rs if my heart would break.
God teach her it's the high and low,
'Tis not the rich and poor, mate i'll,
That she may not refuse me, so
That may have my perfect will
God bless her, keep her evermorel
And patient let me hope to see
Time bridging all the diff renee DER
She fancies 'twixt herself and me.
Ralph II. Shaw In New York Ledger,
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02

Every farmer knows the folly of robbing
his lands of virtue aud strength without res
toring anything, but the same man may rob
his nerve system of strength and vitality for
years and then wonder why disease has fas-
tened on him. To all such unthinking
spendthrifts of nerve force. DR.. Wheeler's
Nerve vitaIizer comes as friend to build
up and revitalize the impoverished
nerves and restore health. Abundant nerve
force insures perfect physical and mental
health and DR.. Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer
strengthens and makes nerve force. Sold
by Saur & Balsley.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
For Big Successes.

Having the needed merit to more than
make good all the advertising claimed for
them, the following four remedies have
reached phenomenal sale. DR.. King New
Discovery for consumption, Coughs and
Colds, each bottle euaranteed-Electric Bit
ters, the great remedy for Liver, Stomach
and Kidneys. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the
qest in the world, and DR., Kings New Life
Pills, which are perfect pill. All these
remedies are guaranteed to do just what is
claimed for them and the dealer whose name
is attached herewith will be glad to tell you
more of them. Sold at D.J. Humphreys
Drug Store.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
Almost an Accident.

Speaking Of narrow escapes" observed
Mr.. Chugwater, reaching for his second
cup Of coffee, ''did tell you ] was on a
train the other day that came within three
feet Of being run into by another train 60
ing at full speedS'
" For mercy's sake, nol'' exclaimed Mrs.
Chugwater. How did 1t happena"
1.-THE train that came so near running
into ours, he rejoined, buttering bis
Quit, twas ON the other track and going
the other way"
1t was several minutes before Mrs.
Chugwater broke loose, but when she did
she made up for lost time. &C Chicago Trib-
nna.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
Only His buttons Len.

An instance of the great dissolving
powers of sulphuric acid is furnished by
an accident which recently occurred in
the chemical factories at Mulhouse,
Alsaco An operative was blown up in
TO the air and fell into trough filled
about three feet deep with sulphurio
acid, the temperature of which was
found to be VI degrees G. ten hours aft
er the accident Tho death of the man
was CO. ~nyLh l.v tina discovery of his
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
LOT MORE.

My life has found its noon;ide. and my days
Have gone in quiet by to outward ga1e,
in such side places nave my feet been aot.
So few Of all my fellows have met,
So small the ground my scantystrength eouli
gain
To hold and till. What wonder IL tho grain
j reap is told by short and slender sheaves,
And il where flowers might bloom are only
leaves,
Yet shall sorrow that my friends are few,
That wealth have not, that my power to do
Is held in narrow bounds? The power to be
Is mine, unclaimed, to grow as fast, as free
AS winged wind that blcws across the night
Or morning sunshine on a mountain hsight.
So !, deed poor, may have whereof to yield
To you, bravo worker, in wider field:
If what am has blessed your lot, my own,
ask not more than my still life has known.
-Arrilla Furber in Housel1eeper.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
Votes Not Worth Having.

Some peoples notions Of Hodges
ideas of politics are illustrated by the
soliloquy of laborer on his way to the
poll: "Yes, yes, Gladstone was a great
man, but main think he was too cute
for us poor folk. When votes was worth
q fi'pun note, he KEEP un all to hisself,
and now, when they amt wuth far
den, we all has uni Ah, he was main
too clever for us!' So he marches IN and
votes for tho snuire. Sta-.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
Avoided the Subject.

Winks-Did McKick have much to
say ON the subject of railroad monopoly
while you were there?
Minks-Well. no. You see, just after
/ called. cartman drove upwith box
for him. The railroad freight ON it for
100 miles was a quarter; the cartman's
charge for hauling it six blocks was 80
cents.-New York Weekly.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02

On tie arrivaI'of hIs relief Ia was IN
formed that the operator who had sent
the message generally abbreviated his
messages, and probably the one received
would read: "Send wagon TO Philadel-
phia hospital and learn condition of
Henry Cooper" This proved to be the
proper solution.-Philadelphia Record.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02

"Scots, Wha Hae. " was by Burns. It
was written on dark day while the
author was en- journey. The tune is
Hey Tuttie Taittie," an old march
that is said by tradition to have ami
mated Bruce's men at Bannockburn.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02

oaoutchouc respirafor, muzzR, two por-
ceiain buttons and other insoluble ar
ticles. Everything else had chemically
combined with the acid.-London Engi-
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
Oscar Wilde.

Oscar Wilde is walking epigram
factory. When an idea comes into his
head that seems available as disguise
for truth he writes it down at once. It
doesn't matter whether he is at stately
dinner party. or in conversation at a
club. His pad and pencil are always
with him and the pockets Of his clothes
are novcr free from slips Of paper con-
tanning startling paradoxes clothed in
crisp language. New York World.
Children Cry for
Pitchers castoriae
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-02
Great Reduction in Prices

After years practical experience in the Carriage business
have learned that the old system of selling long time
expensive to cash buyers Both manufacturers and dealers agree
that it is charge fancy prices order sell long
time and instances to unreliable parties implies that
the cash buyer the loss deadbea besides the and
expense in trying to collect the same. We will maintain
former low prices for vehicles may sell time, but have de-
cded to offer inducements those buying for cash.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-02-08

A Farmers Convention was re-
Gently held in Columbia, and, a 8
usual on such occasions, interesting
and instructive papers on different
subjects were read. The holding
of those conventions in different
parts of the State are calculated to
be very beneficial to the farming
class, as much so as the medical as
sociations are to the physicians
or the bar associations to the
lawyers. The Office of commission
er of agriculture was created in the
interest of farmers, and the present
commissioner, Major Allison, has
endeavored to stir up an interest
among farmers, and for that pur-
pose Farmers Conventions were in
augurated Bat strange to say,
comparatively few farmers have
manifested enough interest in such
meetings rs to encourage the com
missioner in his laudable underta-
king by their presence. There is
no doubt that information. which
will prove of incalculable benefit,
has been gained from that source, and
much more would have been gained
but for the meager attendance.
Every farmer that can possibly do
so, should consider it a duty that
he owes TO himself to attend the
conventions.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-02-08

full condition to which the country
hal been brought by a republican
administration, but the president was
equal to the occasion. Under his
wise leadership chaos, as to govern
ment affairs, is gradually disappear
ing. Instead of monthly deficits, there
will be, ere long, a surplus. 1t is,
however, to be regretted that con-
gress has not acted in accordance
with recommendations made by the
President in regard to the financial
question, and because of its failure
TO do so, the administration will be
unable to accomplish as much for
the good of the country as it other
wise would.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-02-08

THE legislature of our state has
tabled resolution requesting Sena-
tors Harris and Bate to use their in
fiuence to have passed law author
izing the election of United States
Senators by a direct vote of the
people. In so doing, that law
making body has displayed wisdom
peculiar to itself. Their action in
this matter, besides being travesty
on justice, proves their utter disre-
gard of the popular will. We can
conceive of no reason that prompted
such a decision, unless it be their
aversion to the curtailment of au-
thority in them vested as legisla-
tors. In order that the interests of
the people be better subserved, it is
imperative for tLeir lawmakers to be
brought into closer communion
with them. The numerous instan-
ces wherein measures passed by the
lower house of congress, which
were sanctioned by large majority
of the voters, were defeated in the
Senate lends strength to the belief
that u. S. Senators are becoming
imbued with the idea that this il
an olIgarchal form of government,
and that in them is vested supreme
power. But for the refusal of
that body TO concur with the House,
tariff measure, much more in &C
cord with democratic principle.
/ than the present, would have passed
However, we should not be sUrpris
ed at any conclusions that may b,
reached or any decisions hereaftel
made by the Legislature, if theil
past acts are indicative of what il
to follow.