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Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23
S. s. oenvention Program.

Tha following is the program of
the Napoleon township s. s. conven-
tion to be held in Napoleon, o., May
oath, 1895,
MORNING SESSION.
To meet at $50 O'Clock, standard
time, in the NJ. E. church.
Opening Ode...".-.................... Choir
Song.
nvocation.............. Rev. j. Williams
Song.
Object and Aims of the Association,
President.
Reading of ofminutes............Secretary
Reports of Superintendents.
Song.
Recitation.,....M Miss Laura Davenport
Origin and History of Sabbath School
Chas. Bockerman.
Discussion.
Recitation...........My Mothers Hand
Miss Laura Buchele.
Song.
Address.............T The Book We Teach
Rev. p. j. Green.
Discussion. Song.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
To meet in the Evangelical church
at o'clock.
Song.
Invocation. Rev. p. j. Green
Song.
Recitation.....-... My Home,
Ruth Lighthiser.
Address....................... Temperance
w. G. Bockerman.
Discussion.
Recitation. Story of Deacon Brown
Miss Kate Hartman.
Solo,. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mrs. II. Llngle
Address. Value of Teachers Meetings
Rev. M. l.. Donahey-
Discussion.
Recitation............M Miss Nellie ellison
Recitation....... Miss Emma Shasteen
Song.
Value of the Sabbath School.
Rev. G. B. fletcher.
Discussion.
Recitation........ Miss Callie Babcock
Recitation...... 1.-The Guilty Child
Grace Grabil.
Song.
Address. =. Relation of Parents to
the Sabbath School,
Rev. j. Williams.
Discussion. Song.
John Jenkins Sermon
Miss Bernice Lingle.
Song.
Benediction......Rev. M. L. Donahey.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23

The Temps has correspondent in Lon
don who has evidently been most favora-
bly, impressed by the charms of the Eng
lish ladies. Nothing could be more ridic-
ulous, he declares, than the fancy portrait
Of an English woman as seen in the mind s
eye of d Frenchman who knows nothing
Of England. Musset said las cold as an
English woman, and the French picture
her as creature with enormous feet, a
jaw like that of gorilla, bony hands and
flat neck, wearing round hat, green
veil, spectacles, plaid shawl and loose, Ill
fitting stockings, falling over boots like
those attached to a divers dress. Such an
idea could only have been produced, he
declares by hatred Of Pitt or the defeat Of
Waterloo 5
The gallant correspondent proceeds to
compare English women with French wom-
en-, not at all to the disadvantage of the
former. What superficial observers take
for GOODNESS in the English woman, he de-
clares, is really calmness, an easy bearing,
bold, grave, confident and unaffected
manner which excludes coquetry In favor
of personal dignity. The London woman,
he adds, is brought up in spirit OF inde-
pendencc, which Is wanting in French fe-
male education. She may appear little
more mannish perhaps In consequence, but
one gets used to this, and one finds she ID
none the less pretty or fair or fresh colored
or graceful or tender. London News.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23
HOW II ENDED.
A Tale of a snake Eite Told by the MAJ
Bitten.

Bitten.
Several gentlemen were seated In the
reading room Of downtown hotel the
other day engaged In a somewhat animAt-
ed discussion concerning the merits Of
whisky as an antidote for snake bites when
an old California miner, who had been an
interested listener 20 the conversation,
lounged over among the debaters and
chipped in.
you'll excuse me, pardners, for putin
In my oar, F" he said, "but I've had a little
experience in that line an can tell you
something authentic. don't Ike to say
anything to injure tho reputation o. whis-
ky, but when it comes to curin snake bites
an such things it amt to be trusted. You
see, I've been through the mill an know
all about it,
"Somethin like % years ago was min
in up in the Bully Choup mountains in
Californy, where there was more rattlers
to the square inch than a man ever saw.
There was snakes everywhere-in every
hole in the ground, under every bush, in
our cabins an even in our hunks. In fact,
we had to be on the watch for 'em every
minute. Well, one mornin had kinder
oversight, an in my hurry to dress I ram
med one of my feet into my boot without
first lookin inside of it, an the next min
ute big rattler was pumpin the pizen
into my foot at the rate O. 40 knots a SEQ
ond OF course I got that boot off in a
| jiffy but by the time I'd shook Mr.. Snake
out an mashed his ugly mug with 1t my
foot was bigger'n ham, an the swellin
was runnin up my leg to beat all creation.
SIT looked mighty skeerish for me, can
| tell you, an as there wasn't doctor with
| in 80 miles Of camp an no other remedy to
be had the boys began to fill me up with
whisky. The Lord only knows how much
o. the blamed stuff they poured into me-
but Just absorbed it like sponge for an
hour or more an all this time the swellin
KEEP risin an risin an KEEP gettin more
an more helpless an stupid. That whisky
didn't seem to do no more good than so
much water, an it was good Ticker, too
with lots O. snap an grit in it. actually
felt ashamed o. myself for causin such
waste O. good whisky. No, SIR" with
long drawn sigh, 81 haven't bit o. faith
| In it for curin snake bites. Whisky has its
good p'ints, but it amt worth shucks for
fghtin snake pizen."
| There was silence for moment, during
which his listeners exchanged mute glances
of interest.
"But, my friend" ventured one of the
group presently, "you have broken off
your story at such critical point that we
are now eager to learn how you escaped
death. What antidote did you finally use
to counteract the poison"
The old man shook his head mournfully
and heaved a sigh which echoed the most
profound sadness.
"We had nothin in camp but whisky"
he said, after pause, IAN that failed.
fingered along during the day in powerful
agony, an just as the screech owls an coy
otes were beginnin to tune up for their
usual evenin concert died"-New York
World
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23

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-
tric 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.
HNSGRHpH. men make cheap
1 limitations of the
I0IIS best articles; other
unscrupulous men
seek to palm them of on their customers
as TIE genuine, for the sake of the additional
profit made by the deceit. There are lots
of Limitations of Dobbins Electric Soap.
Everyone of them will ruin and rot clothes.
See tnst our name is on every wrapper.
DoBBINS' SOAP MFG co.;
Successors to 1. L. Cragin & Co.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23
DRESSING LIKE WOMEN.
A Time When Feminine Styles Were Pre-
ferred by Men.

In point of fact, the early medieval
man and woman looked as much alike as
the fin de steele wheelman and his BIZ
cycle girl. Take the king and queen in
a pack of cards. They are early medi9-
val. Notice the surprising similarity
in their oostumes--the same wide robes
and angular folds, the same stained
glass stiffness Noyices at cards may be
excused for being at loss sometimes,
at least until they have learned to look
for the kings beard.
With the wane Of the age Of chivalry
there came singular exaggeration in
the toilet Of men. They deliberately
initiated the women. They allowed
their hair to grow long, cultivated cur.s
by the hot irons and ointments and ac-
tually wore chaplets, like diadems, to
curb their flowing locks. In the texture
and color of their garments they showed
the same effeminacy, for they began to
affect brilliant reds and blues and to
wear costly trimmings and jewelry.
This, too, was the age of the signing,
wailing lover, faintlng at his mistress
frown. Every knight who could write
or sing posed as minstrel and re-
hearsed his love affairs. At every gath
ering Of the nobility there was child
ish prattle of love, cloying and monoto-
nous for very sweetness. The sexes
seemed to have changed places. II was
the lover who was a shy wallfiower,
who blushed and went about woeful
and woe worn from his secret passion.
AS we look over the poems Of the min
nesingers, those bards OF love, the lady
seems always unapproachable, listening
with contemptuous mien to the gentle
man s gentle advances. While he sue
cumbs to nervous exhaustion she goet
about her business perfectly healthy,
either Indifferent or cruelty conscious o.
her power. w. d. McCracken in Lip
pincott's.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23

Is voting machine, the invention OF
Wallace h. Phelps, editor of the daily
Revie,p at Alliance. The machine
keeps correct registry Of the
number of votes cast at an cleo
ton, gives the number of votes which
each candidate has received as soon
as the polls close, and itself makes as
many tally sheets as are wanted with
absolute correctness. 1t is very COM
pact and simple, occupying case oil
about fifteen or thirty inches and is
not expensive to manufacture. The
voter by the use of this machine
is enabled to vote straight
or mixed ticked and only a moment
or two is required III voting. Ii he
votes straight ticket he touches but
a single button; if a mixed ticket, then
a button for each candidate for whom
he wishes TO vote. The vote is not
cast finally, however, until one of the
judges OF election touches the lever.
The machinery is securely locked un-
til the Judge Of election permits its
psa and rama,ns locked after the
election is over, showing within itself
the vote in detail, as long, as may be
desired. No ballots are used with
the machine, and no Counting out"
is required. But one clerk will be
necessary in using the machine and
within five minutet after the polls
close the vote of the precinct is known
and can be sent out.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23
HIS LAST POEM.


IN the highlands. in the country rls~-s,
Where the cid. plain men have rosy faces
And the young fair maidens
ouiet eyes.
where essential silence cheers and blessea.
And forever in thr Mill rsccsses
Her more lovely music
Broods and dIes
Oh. &C mount again where erst haunted.
Where the old red hills are bird enchanted.
And the low green meadows
Bright with swnrd.
And when evening dies, the million tinted.
And the night has come, and planets gltnted
Lo. the valley hollow
Lamp bestarredI
On 70 dream. Oh. to awake and wander
There. and with delight TO take and rende'
Through the trance Of silence
Quiet breath:
Lo. for there. among the flowers and grasses
Only the n.ightier movement sounds ant
passes.
Only winds and rivers,
Life and death.
r. L. Stevenson.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23
Emotional Literature.

IT suppose you see all sorts Of people
in the course Of a days run?' said the
observant man to the train boy as he
bought package Of wintergreen chew
ing gum.
''You betl' said the boy, after the
manner Of his kind. Look acrost the
way there at that woman a.cryin over
'Unluckily Married; or, the Doom OF
Mary Jane. When she come on the car
this mornin, she were as pretty as a
wax fgger. all red an white Sence she's
been a-readin that novel she's cried till
her face is all streaked and striped. The
paints run SO she looks jest like Q
zebry.' And the youth walked on. leav-
ing the observant man in deep thought.
Detroit Free Press.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23
very Upsetting.

The late DR.. Yandell was fond of telling
the following joke: A lady patient one
morning greeted him with the remark,
Doctor, had such a singular dream
about you last night" "Indeed. What
was it9" "Why, dreamed that died
and went to heaven. knocked at the
golden gate, and was answered by Peter,
who asked my name and address, and told
the recording angel to bring his book. He
had considerable difficulty in finding my
name, and hesitated SO long over the en-
try, when he did find it, that was terri
bly, afraid something was wrong, but he
suddenly looked up and asked, What did
you say your name wasP' Itold him again.
Why, said he, you've no business here.
You're not due these 10 or 15 years yet. >
Well, said /, DIR. Yandell said 'Oh,
you're one of Yandell's patients, are your
That accounts for it. Come right in, come
right In; that mans always upsetting our
calculations in some way Wis Medica-
trix
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23
jacks Royal Spree.

"Kipling ought to study Jack, F" said
q naval officer. Jacks the most pic
turesque man on land or sea, and mo-
body has written about him as he is
''If could do it as we'll as Kipling,
there Is one story know of which is as
good as the Reincarnation Of Krishna
Mulvaney'
when I was assistant engineer on
the San Francisco, there was coal
passer named Tom Delargy under me.
He had been saving up his money for a
long time to cut a big splurge when he
was discharged think he had about
5000 coming to him.
'Jack is a royal 'spender, and his
shipmates all told him that he needn' 4
GO farther than the Bowery to have the
most gorgeous spree.
but Oalargy wasn't going to be SC
commonplace He took time to think il
all out and whenever he got bold OF an
American newspaper he studied it. The
way the railroad magnates enjoyed life
struck his fancy.
$50 when his time was up, and Pay
turned over Delargy's 5000 to him, he
went and chartered private car an6
rode around the country till his money
was gone. Then he came back and re-
| enlisted New York Journal
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23
WORSE THAN DEATH.
System of Refined Torture That Kills In
Three Years.

System of Refined Torture That Kills In
Three Years.
Though the death penalty was prac-
tically abolished in Belgium over 80
years ago, the punishment of those con-
victed of capital crimes is so awful that
none has yet been able to endure it more
than three years. Another curious thing
is that little Belgium until recently had
two public executioners, while but one
was sufficient for her vaster neighbor,
France-Deibler, otherwise known as
"M. de Paris. The king OF the
Belgians recently ordered the retire
ment on a pension of 1887 francs of the
executor of high works" Gas he is
euphoniously termed), who was sta
toned at Liege. The executioner at
Brussels still holds his place.
The duties Of public executioner in
Belgium are singular, but not arduous
The courts still continue to sentence
malefaotors to death, but the guillotine
has been replaced by scaffold on which
is posted copy of the sentence. Much
ceremony is observed in atfixing this
document. A troop Of gendarmes, with
their imposing helmets plumed with
horsehair, is drawn up about the place
of execution, which they gravely guard
with sabers drawn, while the red robed
executioner mounts the steps, nails up
the decree of the court and after a mo.
ment takes it down again.
But the condemned man might more
mercifully have perishod by the ak or
rope. He is placed in dungeon SO
constructed that from the moment he
enters it he will never hear the sound
of human voices nor see living being.
His food is passed through a sliding
panel in the door of his cell.
Not one of these prisoners has been
able to- survive this confinement more
than three years. The authorities have
striven In vain to prolong their lives by
varying their food as much as possible,
but those who are moderately or lightly
nourished gradually waste away, while
those who are generously fed go mad
and die raving maniacs New York
World.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23
VIEWS OF MARRIAGE.
II Consummates Life-No Single Life In
the Perfect One.
-R. L. Stevenson

II Consummates Life-No Single Life Il
the Perfect One.
We hear young men say, IT am too
poor TO get married, " and girls, ''The
man l marry must be rich" These re-
marks appear harmless, and they may
have q certain business shrewdness be-
hind them Still the larger truth is that
the speakers most often do not take an
honest view of marriage, no matter how
honorable may be their purposes. Money
cannot insure happiness, and long ex-
perimenting in the countries Of Europe
has shown that mating for wealth is the
sure road to lax and immoral domes-
tic economy. 1t would seem that the
sensible view to take of marriage is
that it consummates life for the poor
and the rich, the vulgar and the refined;
that no single life is the perfect life.
The future of mankind depends almost
wholly upon happy marriages and
healthy offspring. And this suggests
that there should be no marrying of IN.
sound people. Greater selfishness cannot
be imagined than that which brings
children into the world doomed to life
of immitigable misery, the hereditament
of those who bear their parents burden
of disease Shall we say that questions
arise in this connection too delicate for
discussion with young persons? Is it
better to leave the discussion to be
raised after il Is too late?
The sensible view of marriage is the
view that comprehends every conse-
quence. To the young people looking
forward to long and happy welded
life it is of vital Importance that no ele-
ment OF the subject shall be mystery;
that nothing connected with the matriS
monial venture shall be left to the haz-
ard of chance. Parents must understand
that their children are to be parents;
that there is no escape from the RESPONSE
bility. and that education is incomplete
and training inadequate which does not
qualify for paternity and maternity
The young man and the young woman
who are fitted for marriage are fitted
for all that healthy, courageous and
happy life demands or imposes. -Chau-
tauQuan.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23
FOB YOUR OUTING 60 To PICTURESQUE
uaeKIHGC ELGHD.
ONE THOUSAND MILES OF LAKE RIDE
At SMALL EXPENSE.

Visit this Historical Island, which Is the
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Detroit; SIS from Toledo; $18 from
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descriptive pamphlet Address A. A.
ScHANTz, g. P. A., D. 8 @, Detroit, Mich.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23
KEPT aIS OATH.

1t was IN the summer OF looU, SAID
an old resident of Chicago the other
evening. Yes, that was one Of the
years that drove people wild in the
east with tales Of the marvellous gold
discovery in California. A train com
posed of thirty souls, in the olden
time emigrant wagons, set out from
this town for the land of the Golden
Gate, and they were about as enthusi.
astlc and hopeful band as ever turn.
ed their ponies noses toward the set
ting sum-. l joined them just as they
had crossed the Mississippi. l hadn't
traternized with the boys longer than
few hours when | was struck with
the appearance and manner of a young
fellow among the number who came
from Ann Arbor, Mich. He was
fine looking, devil.may care lad of Is,
brimful of good spirits, capital COM
pany, and quite musician in the esti-
nation of his companions.
He had an old fiddle that did excel
lent duty when we halted at night
fall after 25 miles journey across
the white alkali flats. Things went
smoothly enough with us until we
reached the neighborhood Of what is
Known as Cheyenne.
The lad whom I shall call Tom, as
it is unnecessary to divulge his real
name out of Difference to his living
relatives, was emphatic in his asser-
ton that he meant to blow the head
off the first redskin who showed him
self on our road
| Look here, Tom, we don't like
the Injuns any morn you do, but |
think you'd better not talk so much
like that we admonished him many
times, but we never dreamed that he
meant to put his threat into execu-
ton. Unfortunately the occasion to
test the metal of the lads bravado
came soon enough. We arrived and
bivouacked between wooded hills in q
little glen where there was plenty OF
, grass one night. There was full
! moon, I remember, and the place
looked like fairy-land. Tom was
unusually hilarious, even for him
! His fiddle and bow never rested from
T the time we unhitched the horses
| and ate our fried bacon at the camp
, fire until late in the night. His
: music awoke something more thar
! the echoes of the glen, however. A
! the first stroke of Toms bow across
9 the fiddle strings one-two-thre'
e feather decorated heads appeared
e above the sage brush on the hilltop
Stealthily, one after the other, to-
lnluns stole down near our camp
}. One intruder, bolder the others, cam
within speaking distance. Tom say
J the redskin and in an instant he ha,
j thrown down his bow, snatched hi
: too ready rifle, and fred. Th'
! nearest Indian fell, only wounded
= we thought at first, fully expectin
! to see him get up and return the W
a provoked attack. Instead, to ou
u regret, we beheld the other two say
o ages lift him, or her 1--WE couldn't to
whether it was squaw or buck, 9
they all dressed alike,) and carry o.
: lifeless body back beyond the sag
g brush.