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BIBLES WITH BLUNDERS,
Some of the Rare and Curious Ones Col
lectOrs Seek.

Some of the Rare and Curious Ones Col
~lectors Seek.
OF curious Bibles, the names of
which figure occasionally in sales, the
following are the best known: The
"Vinegar'' Bible is so-called because
"The parable of the Vineyard" is
printed parable of the Vinegar"
The date of this Bible is TIT. The
Servant Bible makes the error of
printing Servant" for "fSerpent" in
the third chapter of Genesis, thus {:
"Now, the servant was more subtle
than any beast of the field"
The "Judas" Bible had a bad typo
graphical error, substituting Judas
for the Saviour. "Then cometh Judas
with them into a place called Geth-
semane." The 'sWicked" Bible is of
1851, and the mot" is left out in the
Seventh Commandment. The printer
paid for that blunder, SO it is recorded,
to the amount of $500.
The Pagan Bible contains in its
illustrations some terrible anaehron-
isms. It was published in 1872, at
the time when the same wood cuts
served for many purposes. At the
head Of st. Johns first Epistle, Chap
ter l., appear Mount Olympus, Leda,
the siren; Daphne, and Apollo. The
least that al be said of the pictures is
that they are good examples Of old art.
The "Bugge" Bible is exceedingly
rare. Psalm zci., 5, reads in the Mat.
thew Bible l1651, so that thou ahalt
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Without DELAY.

The story Of the letter which Mr..
Brander Matthews and MI. Francis
Wilson as a test of III p~ostoffce sys-
tenn addressed in the following fash
ion, Mark Twain, God knows where,''
and which found Mr.. Clemens in Lon
don, after travelling from San Fran
cisco to Australia, has brought out an
interesting anecdote concerning Abra-
ham Lincoln. His ruggedly charac-
teristic features became SO well known
from the pictures of him published in
the newspapers during the campaign
preceding his election, that his son
Robert took it into his head to cut
one of them out and paste it on an
envelope containing a letter to his
father, which he posted without other
address. The letter reached Mr.. Lin.
eela without the slightest delay,
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Turning the Head to the East.

Upon looking into the crypt of the
Grant tomb one is much impressed
with the lack of conformity to a senti-
ment that has existed for centuries in
the manne of placing the dead.
The custom of laying the head to
the west is universal in Christian bury
ing grounds. 1t is supposed to have
originated in a correct idea of the
eternal fitness of things, since, accord
ing to Scripture, Christ, with His an
gels, will appear in the East with
power andsgreat glory, and the dead,
SO placed, when raised up, will face
His coming. In the case of General
Grant the head lies to the east. Now,
when Gabriel calls attention." our
great commander, from his present po-
%sition, will have to fright about, face !"
The city of New York should see to
it that the sarcophagus is speedily
turned around, so that when the illus
trious dead shall rise it will not be
with his back to the Master. Letter
in New York Sun.
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A Babe.

In Blockley Hospital, Philadelphia,
there is a baby forty years of age.
This freak has grown an inch or
changed an iota in appearance since
il was fourteen months old. It is in
all respects an infant save in the mat
ter Of years, and the scientists are
sorely puzzled to know the nature of
the disease which prevents people
from growing old. Ii it were con-
tagious, the ladies generally would
take infinite pains to catch it, espe-
ciaily after they had attained the age
Of thirty, which is the period at which
their intellectual and physical beauty
has reached its greatest perfeotion,--
Httsburg Chronicle Telegraph
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Railroad Bridge to Cost o., 200, 900.

Travellers who have had occasion to
go West from New Orleans havea dis
agreeable recollection of the slow and
stuffy transfer over the Mississippi
river. A recent dispatch from San
Francisco states: s"The Southern
Pacific company is making arrange
ments to build a bridge to cost &c.
600, 900 across the Mississippi river at
New Orleans. We have had this ex-
pensive undertaking in mind for some
time, said Vice President Fred Croker.
"A bridge company will be incorpor-
ated to build and operate it and the
Illinois Central, Texas and Pacific and
Louisville & Nashville roads will be-
come members Of that company in
partnership with the Southern Pacific.
The plan will do away with the trans
fer Of freight and passengers across
the Mississippi"
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OVERCONFIDENCE.
Or the Piece That Wouldn't Be Spoken by
Little Johnny.

Or the Piece That Wouldn't Be Spoken by
Little Johnny.
A small orator made his debut in
front of a large audience at a West
Side clubhouse the other night, and it
is safe to predict that he will not fol-
low in the footsteps of Demosthenes
after his recent experience.
His deluded but loving family who
had egged him on to this sacrifice were
mostly with him in the dressing-room.
His age being seven, they wanted to
be sure that his bangs did not fall
over his eyes and obstruct the view of
his mother, father, aunts, uncles and
cousins in reserved seats directly in
front.
CHOW, Johnny" said his mother,
"be sure you make a nice bow"
"You bet [ WILL" said Johnny, with
a swagger.
"And let your hands fall easily by
your side, like this" and his father
struck an attitude.
"Of course" said Johnny.
"Are you sur you know your piece?"
asked his sister, anxious to have him
succeed.
yep" said Johnny, and he recited
the first two lines
I wish I had a little dog,
To pat him Oh the head.
"That's right, he'll do splendidly,"
remarked his mother. "You'll go on
in q minute now, and we must get
into u seats. Don't you be scared
a bit, Johnny"
"Whoth scared?" asked Johnny,
who began to feel a sinking of the
knees, while his heart began to rise
until it was in his mouth, and then
somebody was pushing him forward,
and he saw a lot of faces, not one of
which he had ever seen before, and it
was lighter than any electric search
light he had ever seen. "Speak up
now," said the manager of the enter
tainment. "Make your bow and say
your piece"
Johnny made his bow and the audi
enc %applauded, but he had difficulty in
finding his tongue, which seemed lost
in the roof of his mouth. His hands
hung down as his father had suggested,
making him look like a little wooden
man, and when he forgot and stuffed
them into his pockets the audience
applauded him. The manager took
that opportunity for a stage whisper !:
"Speak up, now," and he began the
first line.
Then Johnny said in a strange,
hoarse voice:
I wish I had a little pat,
To dog him on the head.
Roars of laughter and frantic demon
STATIONS on the part of Johnny's
family.
He began again:
1 wish l had a little pat,
To head him on the dog.
His father rose in his seat, but that
only added to Johnny's confusion.
Again the boy essayed:
wish I had a little dog,
To head him on the pat.
Then a weary family took Johnny by
the hand and led him home.-Chicago
Times-Herald.
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not nede to be afrayed for awe bupges

not nede to be afrayed for anye buggea
by nyghte." By bugge is meant
"bogie." A perfect "Bugge" Bible
will bring $500 or nor
Occasionally the "Breeches" Bible
turns up. In Genesis, iii, 7, the text
reads: "And they sewed fig-tree
leaves together and made them selves
''breeches." Coverdale makes it
''apruns'-and perhaps comes nearer
to primitive fashions.
A queer mistake is in what is called
the "He" Bible. In Ruth ill.,, Is, the
composition unsexed Ruth, and makes
her che" This blunder was printed
in 1911. The edition in which the
word is corrected is known as the
"She" Bible.
The "Treacle" Bible is the one in
which the "balm Of Gilead' (Jere-
miah, viii.,) is made to read, "There
is no more treacle at Galaad." When
this double blunder was made, in
1877, translator and printer were held
to task, and all the copies were de-
stroyed, but some few escaped. ''Tre-
acle" or '~'triacle' is not after all such
a blunder, because in the sixteenth
century treacle meant any kind of an
antidote, or a mixture.e-%ich assuaged
pain. Galaad was s1ierhapsthe COM
positor's mistaks:
The "Woosen Leg" Bible is so
called FROM "a picture, where .lsatan,
with tR=tSnspicuous tail which be-
longs to the part, sports aess2oden leg.
But why of wood? There may be
many surmises INDUCED in. One is
that in England of that time. there
were numerous soldiers who we're
tramps, and some had wooden legs
and bad traits.-New York Times.
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A remarkable movement In China

A remarkable movement In China.
which promises to have widespread
results, is the binding agtta-
ton recently started by a prominent
member Of the Chinese literati in Sui
fu, a great city Of Szechuan. The lead
er Of this movement in Chen, q literary
graduate and a scholar Of means and
influence. His home is a leading city
in the richest province Of China. While
the district examinations were being
held there recently every one was
amazed at the appearance of large
posters on all the dead. walls contain
ing IN appeal to all educated Chinese
to abandon the torture Of their young
daughters by foot-binding. The proc
lamation was signed by Chon and q
half dozen other prominent graduates
and officials. t.
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Al the reception given to DR.. John
Watson in Syracuse some time ago two
scotchmen In Highland costume pre-
scented themselves. AS the day was
cold many of the other guests express.
ed the fear that they would suffer dis.
comfort from their bare legs. Hearing
this, n Of the Scotchmen laughed and
said: do you know that a mans sr,eo
is like a dogs nose7 1t Is bound to be
cold, anyway. That Is a fact, and
swatblng the knee in fannels and from
sers doesn't make the body a bit warm,
err"
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Tho Probability.

"Does your wife worry about burg
lars?"
Not much" answered Mr.. Meekton.
Il wonder what she'd say If she found
one in the house?"
81 don't know. But I have al idea
that she'd ask him how he dared come
into the house without wiping his shoes
on the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
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To know great and inspiring men
who have surpassed US in our own
chosen work, and also others who have
lighted up paths which we shall never
enter, will tend to make us both loyal
to Y own pursuits and sympathetic
to others. 1t will encourage modesty
without diminishing energy, and will
enable us to widen our outlook and ex-
tend our interest without losing our.
selves.
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Two Mighty Continents.

i ner Wan ana South America, beside Guatemala.
are r the he1 ,se ina.es, Australia, and even Esrone'
s S.oMaea bitters has demoDssratsd its xalns : $ $
sn anuuote to malaria, esM as a remedu fa as
siipsn,a, e0ns,lpatio', rheumatism, neuralgia,
ana sleep. Ths Inhabitants, the med, eppe cute
1nnas sNsattles, have spoken in no uncertain
h Maes ,enM1cerning the efficacy Of the area.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-25

Three good things about Totterfne, besides
tho one great, good fact that 1t cures, are that it
Us painless. harmless and has no bad odor. It IA
tho only sure cure for letter, Ringworm, &c.
zema. Cures them 80 they stay cured. No
gets a box at druggists, or by mail for so cent?
nah, Ga.
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Windy.

Mrs. Grump I'm bed, and very To-
quacious)-When there is much wind
at night it always keeps me awake,
John.
Mr.. Grump lgrowling)-So it does
me. Why don't you stop talking?
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-25

A Duluth man has invented an ice
breaking device which he says will
make lake navigation possible all win
ter. 1t IS said he got the idea by trying
to firt with a Boston girl.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-25

Glrl-IIis spine is hurt. Another Girl
Then 1 suppose his football days are
oyer. Girl-Oh, no. He "a still play
half-baek, or quarterback, anyway
Detroit journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-25

my life. I feel like q new Person, per-
fectly strong. l give the Compound
all the credit. have recommended it
to several of my friends who are using
it with like results. It has cured mt
Of several female diseases. Iwould not
do without Mrs. Pinkham's remedies
for anything. There is no need Of SO
much female suffering. Her remedies
are a sure cure.'-MRs. ELLA KRINEB,
knightstoWn. Henry Co, Ind.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reducing inflamma-
ion,alays pain, cures wind collie. 25c.a bottle.
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have DONE WONDERS

Was Able to Do No work-Liver in
Bad Condition.
WOODRUFF, N. Y.-"I was ell run down
N health and hardly able to do any work,
except a few chores. NY liver was In a bad
condition and my heed ached constantly.
ahave been taking Hoods ~sarsaparilla and
I am now entirely we'll. have also taken
Hoods Pills with benefit. These medicines
have done wonders for mc."H. J. MAn1Arr.
Hoods Pills s shd f lsssr f sslmgl sata"g sss.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-25

In Mexico every journal, day book,
ledger or other record kept By any
person or firm must heas . b-cent
stamp 90 every page.
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!: a; Rood, Tolsio, Ohio, says: "Halrs Ca.
years ago and she has had no return of it. It's
Q sure cure" Sold by DRUGGISTS. 7aa-
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-25

You needn't pack up any worries. You can
get them anywhere as you go along.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-25

A mans Importance cannot be de-
termined by the number of initials be-
fore his name.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-25

Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves thu
most obstinate coughs.-Rev D. BUcHMuEL-
LER, Lexington, Mo-, February IL 1891.
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Fits permanently cured. No FITS or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. % trial bottle and treatise free
DR. II. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St.. Phila. Pa.
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A good man Is kinder to his enemies than
o bad man is to his friends,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-25

1t never occurs to a boy that he will some
day know as little as his father.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-25

Nothing great was ever achieved without
enthusiasfn.
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compassion and help.
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Three Good Things,

An insurance policy often makes a man
more valuable after death than during life
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MRS. KRINER'S LETTER
About Change of Life.

"4 suffered for eight years and could
find no permanent relief until one year
ago. My trouble was Change of Life.
| tried Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and relief came almost i'm
NJ iiately. Ihaye taken two bottles Of
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Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-04

John Laver and wife OF Liberty
spent yesterday in this city.
J. H. Knisely, President of the
Knisely Shirt Co. of Lima, is in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Thiesen enter
tatned the Sandwich Club Tuesday
evening.
A sleighride party visited the home
of j. Westerlnan Tuesday evening
and report huge time.
The G. A. r. and w. r. G. enjoyed
a sleighride drive to Henry Bord-
ner's near Holgate Tuesday evening.
John Weaver and family have re-
moved from south of Cotton to near
Napoleon again. Their new home
will be about miles east of Napo-
leon on the canal road.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-04
J. M. @. COOK, M. d.
e. w. SCHoOLEY. NJ. D.

For more than hundred years the
Shakers have been studying the re-
medal properties Of plants. They
have made many discoveries,
but their greatest achievement was
made last year tbs cordial that
contains already digested food and is
a digestor of food. 1t is effective in
removing distress after eating, and
creates an appetite for more food so
that eating becomes pleasure. Pale:
thin people become plump and
healthy under its use. 1t arrests the
wasting of consumption.
There never has been such a step
forward in the cure Of indigestion as
this Shaker Cordial. Your druggist
will be glad to give you a little book
descriptive of the product.
Give the babies Laxol, which IL
Castor Oil made as palatable as
honey.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-04

1t is said of woman who freely
used her tongue to the scandal of
Others, that she made confession
to her minister of what she had
done. He gave her ripe thistle top,
and told her to go out and scatter
the seeds one by one. She obeyed
and then returned and told her con
fessor. To her amazement he bade
her go back and gather the scatter
ed seeds; and when she objected that
it would be impossible, he replied
that it would be still more difficult
to gather up and des roy all the
evil reports which she had circulated
about others. There is moral in
this for the scandal monger.
For Your PrOtectiOn.-Catarrh
cures in liquid form to be taken
internally, usually contains Mercury
or lodide ofPotassa, or both, which
are injurious if too long taken. Ca
tarrh is q local, not blood disease,
caused by cold and damp weather.
1t starts in the nasal passages. Cold
in the head, if repeatedly neglected,
results in eatarrh. Ely's Cream Balm
! is the acknowledged cure for these
troubles and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-04
WESTON. o.. Dec. 18th. 1906.

Having heard that reports are in
circulation that we have made state
ments rejecting in a damaging man
ner on DR.. J. w. Sharpe in his pro
fessional treatment of Mrs. Benja-
min Kistner, formerly Miss Bertha
Rudolph, daughter Of George v. Ru-
doIph, we hereby emphatically deny
that any such statements were ever
made by us or either of us.
In our earnest desire to remedy as
far as possible the evil effects of such
false reports, we cheerfully consent
to the publication of this statement
or such other use of it as will best
promote the purposes for which it is
intended.
J. M. @. Cook, M. D.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-04

1t now looks as though DR.. Hol-
brook of Defiance attempted his own
life last week, when he was found ly-
ing almost dead upon his office floor,
and reported at the time that his
condition was due to prostration
from sciat1c rheumatism, for on Sat
urday last the DR.. made second at
tempt to end his life by cutting his
throat with razor. The attending
physician says the doctors mind is
afflicted from dispondency over his
physical condition. 1t is thought he
will recover.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-04

At Fremont the grand jury has
brought in an indictment against DR..
Edison France, of Columbus, charg-
ing him with unlawfully practicing
medicine in the state of Ohio. DIR.
France made regular visits to Napo-
leon last.year.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-04

Chemical science has achieved a
pellet containing the concentrated
elements of coffee, sugar and milk.
That may do to head off the coffee
and sugar combine. Now n science
will come to the rescue of the thirsty
with a capsule containing the con-
centrated elements of cocktail they
can wink at the Prohibitionists with
the other eye, so to speak.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-04

Judging by the signs last week was
very cold, for when you see John
Focke, j.. B. Augenstein and Geo.
Eowry wearing overcoats and VIM.
Brownell with his on his shoulders,
you may Know the mercury is way
down. But cold as it was jack frost
could not fool Rant Hudson with an
OVere0At
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-04

We heard very apt illustration
of the money question given by q
rustic the other day. s~Says he. don't
any id fool know if there are
two dollars lying there, 1t is easier to
get one of them than if there was
only one?n
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-04

E. P. L. Dow, OF Loudonville, o.,
was in the city on Tuesday. Mr.. D.
is brother of DR.. G. l.. Dow, who
has been myteriously missing since
1889, and who left quite sum OF
money in bank in this city. We un-
derstand from Mr.. Dow that an ad-
ministrator will be appointed on the
estate of his brother and an effort
will then be made to clear up the
mystery of his disappearance.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-04

Our devil, and he is no slouch at
figures, has been greatly worried for
some days in trying to solve the fol-
lowing clipped from an exchange:
''There sat down to table recently
four mothers, two grandmas, one
great-grandma, one grandpa, two
uncles, one great-uncle, two brothers,
one sister, one niece, two great
nieces, one great nephew, one cousin,
two secondcousins, and in all there
were six grown people and four
children.n
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-02-04

Meyerholtz & Sons have the con-
tract to furnish the brick for the new
building the Vockes will erect in the
spring. The contract calls for near
a million brick.