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Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-05-07
MARKET REPORTS,
Grain and Stock Quotations For May 4.
New York.

Beef-Family, 50 5O@1O 80; extra mess, 81 so
as 90; packed, SO 0OtGl1 so. Cut meats
Picked bellies, 41a95c; picked shoulders,
42sc; picked hams 99914c Lard-W estern
steam, s. o. Pork-Old mess, 80 0O@10 Co.:
family, $40 5GGll %; short clear, $40 OO(G1l so.
cry, 10,yl5c; do factory, 79lOc; Elgins, l5c;
imitation creamery, 9120ll1ac. Cheese-State,
large, GGglOAc; small, 69lO34c; part skins,
PeSnsyvana sNH ic wesfeFn ] fresb o15e ana
Wheat - 695sc. Corn - 3536c. Rye-439
4Jc Oats-25I;c
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-05-07
Pasture for Cattle.

Good pasture for cattle can be had
on the fair grounds, by applying to
J. L. Halter, Secretary of Napoleon
Fair Co. At
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-05-07
Probate Notice.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
Perry S. Stevenson, has filed final accoun
Of his administration, which will be for hear
ing and settlement May 4th 1896.
j. V. CUFF. Probate Judge.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-05-07
-Four Persons Killed.

DELAWARE, O., April SO-William
Scarborough, Joseph Heidelbranch, Mrs.
Williamson and Charles Cranberry were
killed by cloudburst Ut Waldo. Dam.
ages are reported in other quarters.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-05-07
Probate Notice.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
~ Henry Geist as Guardian of Mary E.
Dauber, has filed first account of his Guar
dianship, which will be for hearing and set
tlement May 18TH 1896
j. V. CUFF, Probate Judge,
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-05-07
Toledn.

Wheat - 67szc. Corn - No mixed, 4c.
Oats-No 2 white loo Rys-s61fc Glover
see6--sS o. .
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-05-07
Official Call for Democratic State
Convention.
Rooms OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
COLUMBUS, o., April IS, 1896.

COLUMBUS, W., Apfll 10, lS9b'
At q meeting of the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee held at Columbus, Ohio, on
the 10th day of April 1896 to make arrange
ments for the State Convention, it was or
dered:
That the date Of said convention be liked
for Tuesday and Wednesday, June % and "a,
1896.
That the place of meeting be Columbus, o.
The district caucuseS will be held on the
afternoon of June 90, at such an hour and ut
such places as may be designated by the
Committee of Arrangements.
The convention will meet for temporary
district meetings at 10 a: M, June 2ith,
AIesoution was adopted directing that no
delegate shall be chosen to said convention
by SlfaS Central or Executive Committee Of
angeeuRty.
ssr. anton four delegates-at- large
and four alternates pt7large, 20 inc National
DemocratiG CQnveptiQh shall ne chosen.
There will also pe chosen two electors at
lar@a. Also candidate for Secretary OF
State, a candidate for Supreme Judge, n can,
didate for Dairy and Food Commissioner and
q candidate for Board of Public Works.
The ratio of appOrtionment and represen-
taton in said convention was fixed at one
delegate for every 500 votes or any traction OF
$50 or more votes cast for James f. Camp
bell for Governor at the November election
in 1895. Under such appointment each coun-
ty will be entitled to the following number of
delegates EWe give the 5th Congressional
DiStrict-ED.l
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS

Lord Blythswood Gays that ho has
an instrument capable Of measuring
down to the 60, 00Oth part Of an inch,
or every man and woman living to-
day Of the ago Of twenty. Ave ono ont
Of two Wal live according 10 the
tables to be sixty-hve years Of age.
The Russian national health society
has offered four prizes, tho first Of
$500. and q prize medal for the best
work on vaccination Itmay be writ
ten in English.
A man feels drowg after q hearty
dinner, because a large part Of the
blood in the system goes to the stom-
ach TO aid in digestion, and leaves tho
brain poorly supplied
In the mountains Of Sweden, Nor
way and Lapland, al vegetation would
be destroyed by the Norway rats we're
It not for the white foxes, that make
special game Of the rodents.
Gray hairs at On early age aEs he
reditary in certain families It is q
result, as a rule, Of men with dark
hair marrying women with dark hair
through several generations.
a fossil bird, represented by q piece
OF bone from a bed Of clay on Van
couver Island, is described by Cope,
who thinks that it might have been
"the largest bird Of flight thus far
known"
The bureau proposes to begin soon
an elaborate system Of surveying the
clouds to ascertain their height, dem
sity, thickness, etc, in the hopes Of
getting some data for meteorological
Representations.
A novel detachable bicycle tire with.
out an inner tube has been invented.
1t is so arranged that flap Of rubber
covers the nm. The flap is tucked
in when the ease is placed in position.
The act of initiation presses this flap
SO tightly against the inner side of the
arch that perfect air-tight chamber
is the result Repairs are, Of course,
made on the inner side.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
(, BiGdP& RSl 5olUmDf

from the Lords Prayer. aud wiahing
myself thousands Of miles away"
TIE veteran laughed heartily ova
his reminiscences Of bic fret battle
The funniest part o. IL, "ho added,
''vas that they considered ID a great
exploit, aud insisted Epon giving me a
medal Tor my heroic and courageous
conduct, when ! was a whitehead,
mean-spiTited coward from 6rst to
last, and my horse did al the fight.
ing for me, trampling the gunner un-
derfool"
Probably the veteran exaggerated
his boyish trepidation and panic. dc
could have afforded 10 do So, for be
was a seasoned soldier whose courage,
and even recklessness, we're wollknown
but be was not far from the truth
when he declared that no soldier evei
felt like q hero when he was first un
der Ere. Youths Companion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

II frequently happens that niatuary
claims respect more for The sentiment
which prompted It's production than
for is artistic qualities Very few
cities lack In tributes 10 heroism which
are none the less touching because
they are not convincing evidences 81
the sculptor'g skill. II was az auch d
specimen that a couple, evidently from
the country, paused 10 gaze;
ut looks kinder queer" was her
comment
II dunno much about such things
but the proportions seem kinder onus
unl.
"Hush, she exclaimed, "we're show
in our ignorance. It's the latest thing
In art. II We have poster pictures, j
stands 10 reason that there should b
poster statuary, too. Chicago Post
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

An old soldier, who had seen ser
vice for many year in the Crimea,
India, China, Africa and Egypt, was
asked one day in a London club
whether be remembered the first time
when be was under FIRE.
Certainly" he replied "No
soldier ever forgets that experience.
Ibid you feel like hero at the
timer"
mo, indeed. It was in one Of the
great battles OF the Crimea / was a
young officer who had been run out of
the military school ahead OF time TO
FIJI vacancy. I had hardly been in
camp q week before the regiment was
ordered to charge a Russian battery,
, which was posted in commanding
position. We went forward on the
gallop through dense cloud of smoke,
swooped down upon the battery,
sabred the artillerymen, and captured
the guns We lost many OF our men,
but it was a very brilliant charge.
Yet there was at least one hussar who
acknowledged himself to be a coward
from beginning to end"
'Then you we're terribly frightened
by your first battleP"
eyes, that is the truth. I went
ahead with the others, but I was
trembling with fear and excitement.
I shut my eyes and made no attempt to
guide my horse. thought of my
good mother at home, and wondered
how I had ever been SO foolish as to
7tthink OF the army, when there were
comfortable professions, like the min
istry and the law, which I might have
followed.
"The charge occupied only few
minutes. but it seemed an endles.
time before we were behind those muir
derous guns and had the cannoneers at
our mercy. was among the first tc
be with them, and staggered witt
my sabre, while the horse rode dowr
and killed gunner But my hear
,tvas hike ball Of ice. A greater COW
Aard never scrambled over an entrench.
ment. All the time was repeating
texts from the bible aud sentences
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

" takes more grit and grace 10 rise up in the
defense of rightln weakness than In strength.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
For the Gigantic Telescope.

The block Of glass which is to be
made into q vast mirror for the big
telescope which is to be one of the
features Of the exhibition Of 1900 has
Just arrived in Paris from Belgium,
where il has been cast. This immense
telescope is to bring the moon TO an
apparent distance Of fifty kilometers
from the earth, and is beinL construct
ed under the direction Of NJ. Francois
Deloncle.
The polishing Of the glass for the
mirror Of the telescope will be done in
ris.-From the European Edition Of
the Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
RoaR AND TIE TRAMP DOC.


Someone gives the following &C.
count Of dog heroism; This is a deg
story in which Roger is the hero. The
cook noticed in the last ten days that
Roger had developed terrible appe-
tite, and was not satisfied with one
bone, but hung around until he got
two or three, and then be would start
of with them in his mouth. The cock
thought be buried them, so he de-
termined TO follow him day and
find out what he did with them. He
followed him over to the barn, and
close 10 the barn is an old hayrick
with fence around it, and there in
the corner was a poor little miserable
dog. He was one with whom we are
not acquainted, aud therefore We
called him a tramp dog. He was blear-
eyed and skinny, and so poor that
when his tail wagged in appreciation
OF Rogers bringing him these bones,
his joints would make noise like a
sandpiper rustic. Roger would put
down the bones in front of the dog,
make a little dog talk, and sit down
and watch the poor little tramp com.
mence to eat them up.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
Profits of Authorship.

I met the other day an acquaintance
who had recently published on ex-
tremely clever book, and asked him
how it was selling. He replied that
the publishers had got rid OF about
1900 volumes, and his share of the
proceeds was some what under 5000.
Fortunately for him, be had just run
the matter through a magazine, and
at odd times delivered it in lectures.
The returns from these sources were
something over 50, 900. cit doesn't
pay to write books?" I said. ''No, +"
was the answer, "and perhaps that is
the reason why American literary men
give their attention so largely to the
magazines. I fancy that $4,000 to
$500 represents the comparative profit
Of magazine work and book work. -
New York Advertiser.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

In the schools nothing but Chinese
literature is taught and that from
books that are centuries old. No
geography, no arithmetic, no spelling,
no grammar, but students are required
to commit to memory vast volumes of
the classics that contain poems, par
Obles, incidents in ancient Chinese
history and the moral philosophy,
ethics and the etiquette taught by the
great monareha There is no source
Of light for the Chinese people except
through the missionary schools, fet-
tered and imprisoned as they are by
tradition, by the isolation of their
country, by the poverty and antiquity
Of their language and by the peculiar
narrow limits of their system of in
struction. There is no feature of
public policy, domestic economy, social
intercourse, that is not based upon
some precept Of Confucius. What he
said is conclusive and puts an end to
all further discussion.
The machinery of the government
and the system of education, like the
topography of the country aud the
climate, have undergone no change
for 1000 years. They remain the
same as they were at the time of
Christ, and the description Of the
cities and the customs of the people
given by Marco Polo, who visited
China in 1890, answers very we'll for
today, although there has been much
decay since the reign of Kublai Khan,
the great conquering Tartar chieftain,
who subdued the Chinese and made
himself the monarch of all that lay
between the Ural mountains and the
borders of the sea.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
hallway CROWN Vi rwolty Yoara .

The Railway Age makes o eompari-
son of the railway mileage Of the dii-
ierent states and errilories 10 1876
aud in 1896. The total mileage Jauu-
airy j. 1896, was l8i,0s2, against
$4,000 miles January 1, ls76-an in
crease of i0G.9s2 miles IN twenty
years. This is "a gain OF liii per cent
By grouping the states into sections
We And that these figures make q
splendid showing for the south In
nortern states east Of Che Mississippi,
with a population of 1900, 600, only
s. 1916 miles of road have beon built In
twenty years. To southern siates, with
population OF %, 500, 600, 81, ll3 have
been built during the same period.
OF course the great activity 10 railroad
building was in states west Of the Mis-
sissippi, where more than half the.
mileage Of the country was built
During tho last eight OF the twenty
years, however. the south built De
many miles Of railroad as the west.
In two respects Florida leads the
| list Of states east Of the Mississippi.
She has the largest mileage per capita,
and she shows the highest rate Of in
crease OF mileage Florida has in
creased her railroad mileage more than
six fold in twenty years. No other
state east Of the Mississippi has made
more than half Of Florida's percentage
of incrense.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
Ailuring

''Oh, Il can't fell, he said in ex.
planning bis scheme, "and there is a
whole mint Of money In IT, It's the
greatest thing in the magazine line
that you ever heard Of. You see,
would offer special inducements to
poets and literary amateurs and accept
everything that they sent in.
"But that would bankrupt you"
''Not 90 all. IL would make my for
tune. / would accept everything TO be
paid for on publication, and I'd have
every poet IN the country buying the
magazine. Just think of the circula-
tionI"-Chicago Post.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

FITS stopped free by DR. kLINE's GREAr
NERVE REsTOHER. No tits after Arstdayis use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81. 10 trial bot
tle free. DR. Kline a8l Arch ST.. PhllR.. Pa
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

The sun was shining oalm and bright,
The meadow grass was deep;
The daisies and The buttercupa
We're nodding half asleep.
And overhead the sparrow sat
And dozed upon the bough,
Tor all the world was sleepy then,
Whenaohnny drove the COW.
The sun WIS Ike n flaming beastl
The field was like the SEQ
The grass, like angry snakes, did hiss
And wnggle ne his knee.
The spnuows turned 70 goblin imps
That yelled and futtered on,
A., through a world gone raving mad,
The COW was driving John.
LAURA L. RICHARDS Ia 81. Nicholas
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
PoBcUPIvE ou111z.

The quill Of a porcupine is like a
bad habit; If it once gets hold it con-
stantly works deeper and deeper,
though the quill has no power Of
motion in itself it is the live, active
flesh that draws it in by means Of the
barbed point One day my boy and
l encountered q porcupine on the top
OF one Of the Catskills, and we had
little circus with him; we wanted to
wake him up and show little excite
ment if possible. Without violence
or injury to him we succeeded to the
extent Of making his eyes fairly stand
out from his head, but quicken his
motion he would not--probably could
not.
What astonished and alarmed him
seemed to be that his quilts had no
effect upon his enemies; they laughed
at his weapons He stuck his head
under a rock and left his back and tail
exposed. This is the porcupine's IA
Eorite position Of defense. ''Now
come if you dare" be seems to say.
Touch his tail, and like a trap it
springs up and strikes your hand full
of little quilts. The tail is the active
weapon of defense; with this the ami
NAL strikes. 1t is the outpost that de-
livers its fire before the citadel is
reached. 1t is doubtless this fact that
has given rise to the popular notion
that the pOreupine can shoot Its quilts,
which of course it cannot do.
With rotten stick we sprang at the
animals tail again and again, till its
supply of quilts began to run low, and
the creature grew uneasy. "What
does this mean?" be seemed to say,
his excitement rising. His shield
upon his bnck, too, we triAed with,
and when we finally drew him forth
with a forked stick. his eyes we're
ready to burst from his head. Then
we laughed in his face and went our
way. Before we had reached oul
camp was suddenly seized with q
strange, acute pain in one of my feet.
1t seemed asif large nerve was being
roughly sawed in two. l could moi
take another step. Sitting down and
removing my shoe and stocking, ]
searched for the cause of the
paralyzing pain. The foot was
free from mark or injury, but what
isthis little thorn or fang Of thistle do
ing on the ankle? pulled it out ant
found it to be one OF the lesser quill
of the porcupiue. By some means
during our Circus, the quill hat
dropped inside my stocking, the thing
had "took, and the porcupine haC
his revenge for all the indignities we
had put upon him. I was we'll pun
ished. The nerve which the quill
struck had unpleasant memories OF i
for many months afterward.
When you come suddenly upon th'
porcupine in his native haunts. b.
draws his head back and down, put
up his shield, trails his broad tail an,
waddles slowly away, His shield !
the sheaf Of larger quilts upon hi
back, which he opens and spreads on
in circular form SO that the Who'll
body is quite hidden beneath it. st
Nicholas,
A Pattern OF Cleanliness.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

Mrs. A Frau Neumann is an ex-
tremely tidy sort Of person, don't you
think?
Mrs. BIZ should think she was The
other day burglar got into her house,
and the first thing she did was to ask
the man if he had wiped his feet on
the mat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

Gent-Mademoiselle looks moro
beautiful every day.
Lady-You have been telling me go
OF a good many years. What a hor-
rid sight ! must have been to start
with Punch. =
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
The Modern Beauty

Thrlvss on good food and sunshine, with.
plenty Of exercise in the opOn air. Her form
glows with health and her face blooms with
ia beauty. II her system needs tho cleansing
action Of a laxative remedy, she uses the gem
tie and pleasant Syrup OF Figs. Made By the
california Fig Syrup Company.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-02

clared the man dead, and the body was
lowered into coffin that lay directly
beneath. Merolo's body is now at the
Jail and will be buried today.
1t was the first execution in
the county and this fact lent
much interest to the event Add
ed to this the exciting and dramatic
incidents in connection with the mur-
der, search for the murderer and the
trial had greatly heightened public
curiosity. No more cool or self COM
posed man ever walked to his doom
than Merolo. His feet never faltered
and there was no sign of nervousness
as he went to the scaffoid between
his two spiritual advisers. On the
scaffold he was equally cool and self
possessed, his face wearing a calm and
resigned expression. The hanging was
accomplished without hitch of any
kind.
HIS LAST NIGHT ON EARTH.
Tuesday night for supper Merolo ate
sparingly of potatoes. cucumbers,
onions and bread and refused to
touch the meat placed before him. At
II o'clock he bade Robert Haag, the
member of the death watch then on
duty, good night. and went to bed. He
slept quite soundly during the night,
turning on his cot two or three times.
At II o'clock Tuesday night Haag was
relieved by Fl. F. Ferber and John Nc
Hale, who kept watch over the prisoner
until he was executed. At a. N. they
were Joined by Mr.. Haag, who again
came on duty.
About 5.45 yesterday morning Merolo
awoke and saluted Mr.. Ferber, but re-
mained on his cot for half an hour, as
if buried in thought. At G.15 he arose
and dressed himself, but refused both
food and drink. telling his keepers that
he was preparing to receive the sacra-
ment of his church.
Shortly before o'clock Rev. Deminic
Peruzzi, of Hazleton, and Rev. Dominic
Landro, of this city, arrived at the cell
and were with the condemned man un-
til the trap was sprung. After a short
season of prayer MerolQ's confession
was again heard by Father Peruzzi
Mass, celebrated in the CELL followed.
the condemned man participating with
great devotion. Father Peruzzi was the
celebrant and Father Landro waited
upon him. During the mass Merolo re-
ceived holy communion. At the con-
clusion of the prayers offered up after
the mass. Merolo's attorney, John T.
Martin, was ushered int0 the cell. He
came by request Of his client to bid
him goodbye.
NOT AFRAID TO DIE.
Merolo told him he had no fear of
death and his only regret was the dis
grace it would entail to his family.
If he could only kiss his old mother
who is in Italy good-by he said that
he would die without regret. He
asked Martin to pray with him and the
lawyer, client and two priests knelt
down and recited the rosary which
concluded with the blessing of Father
Peruzzi. AS the lawyer was about to
withdraw from the cell Merolo kissed
him, thanked him for his interest in
him and said he would continue to
pray until breath left his body. Mr..
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there to I.attimer, LuZerne county. and
then to Pittsburg, subsequently work
ing his way to the seaboard where he
took ship for Italy.
He feared he would be arrested at his
home and tried there for the murder,
the Italian laws countenancing such
proceedings instead Of allowing the ac-
cused to be eXtradited. He could get
q years for his crime there but nothing
more. still he refused to run the risk
of being arrested saying he would
prefer death or damnation to 81 years
Incarceration. He again crossed the
water to America and sealed his fate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-02
TWIN SHAFT RELIEF FUND.

The Tribune will publicly acknowl-
edge and promptly transmit to the
proper authorities in Pittston any sums
of money which its readers may wish
to send in its care for the relief of the
widows and orphans of the victims of
the Twin shaft disaster. The follow
ing subscriptions are authorized:
William Connell .............$500 90
Richard O'Brien .......... 100 90
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-02
OF MERO[O
Was Hanged in the County
Jail for the Murder Of
Emanuel Loro.
HE MET HIS FATE BRAVELY
Assured His Spiritual Advisers and
Those Who Guarded Him That He
Was Not Afraid to Die and Then
Walked Cody Out on the SCaffOld
and Died-AlloWed to Drop Five
Peet-HiS Neck Broken.
HE MET HIS FATE BRAVELY

In the county Jail yesterday MORN
ing Crescenzo Merolo was hanged for
the murder of Emanuel Loro. Nt 1907
the bolt holding the trap door on which
Merolo stood was released, ant the
murderer shot five feet down ward
space and his neck was br ken.
At 1O.l2 his pulse ceased to beat and
at 1928 heart action stopped. Two
minutes later Dr. Barnes ofiicialL. de-