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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-12
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From the New York World.
Is 4 GREAT This
WAR the fir
lMIklNA IllAE
IMPENDING

IMPENDING week that may easily
become famous SO long as the records Of
history are kept and read. The events of
today and tomorrow will probably deter
mine whether or not the entire Eastern
hemisphere is to be caught up in the yor-
tex of that long dreaded and iuconceivably
dreadful war. involving the great powers
OF Europe.
This war would spread wherever the
frontiers Of the powers OF Europe touch,
whether at home or abroad. The align
ment Of the powers for such war can not
OF course be foreseen. but the Indications
from public sentiment in England, Francs
and Italy are that these three nations
would face Germany, Austria. Turkey and
Russia. The dreibund aud the Franco
Russian alliance would thus fail in one of
those grimly ludicrous collapses into which
fate is so fond of trapping the careful
devices Of statesmen.
AS the leaders OF civilization contemplate
the consequences OF such war and see
those consequences yawninp before the very
step in diplomacy. 1t is no wonder that
they are furious against Greece-so small
a fire to touch OFF such stupendous
world explosion.
The responsibility for the war II war
there be, Will rest upon England and Rus
STA. England will consent to the coercion
OF bTceCe II hcr rulers are not oVerruled
by her people. who passionately resent
even the seeming or abetting the un-
speakahe Turk" in his schemes of assas-
snation. If England consents there will
be no war. II Russia consents to some
plan for the real emancipation of Crete
there will be no war.
On the other hand. England and Russia
feel that sooner or later they must fight
for the government and the commerce OF
ASIA while England and Germany feel
that they can not forever live In peace side
by side in Africa. And. the irritation over
the Transvaal question Just at this time is
most unfortunate.
To avert war "only common sense Is
necessary as Mr.. Gladstone said in his
famous message to the World. Unhappily
common sense has almost always yielded 70
Jealousy and hatred and greed in Euro
pean diplomacy. sun there is an excellent
substitute for common sense in that deep
and growing terror OF war which Is en-
rraved upon the mind OF every intelligent
European.
In view Of this crisis the World will be
rend with the intcnscst interest in tho
coming days on account of the fun, accu-
rate and absolutely reliable dispatches II
viii have not only from its regular Euro
pean and Asiatic correspondents. but also
from the leaders In the impending strug-
gle,
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From tho Washington Post.
SOL sh'i" We have had many pre-
ht Ssttt'. tentious peopIn hotb

Nv '"''"' tentious people, both
amateurs and professionals, who have from
time 10 timo arisen and announced a mis-
sion, This mission was always the refor-
nation and elevation Of the stage. We do
not recall the case % failure or a novice
where the elevation OF the stage" was
not the chief object, the consecrated pur-
pose OF that individuals life. They come
ana so, They Kicker and go out They
decline upon a lower scale and. dropning
the shining robe of the reformer. emerge
into public view as the representative
of the scrofulous melodrama or the melan-
choly evidences of ruin. We have watched
them with mingled sorrow and amusement.
We have followed their decadonce or tholr
CELEBRATION, as the case might be- But We
nave not, with ono single exception. seen
any ono who really swcetened and purified
the contemporaneous drama
That efcption is Sol Smith Russell,
whc, during tho past week, has been PLAY
ing at the National theater Russell is
the only actor We know who pictures with
absolute fidelity the typical American
with his quaint humor, his patient good
nature, his restrained passion. and his
quiet. ohivalric courage. We see scores
Of il!ppant and vulgar asplrants, such as
Goodwin. etc-men who have no conception
OF real American character, who debase
the Tyne they impotently ondeavor to nor
tray In Russell. however, we have the
genuine fankoe-modest, gawky, unorna-
mental, hut true us steel, courteous as b,
knisht Errant, bravo as paladin, and
kindly and generous as a demigod no
says and does things that provoke our
smiles, but those smiles are always re-
speetful The next moment. no utters n
sentiment or achieves deeed that makes
ones heart come into his throat and takes
nun back upon the wings OF memory to the
uaNs when men rode down to death for
'alih and ioyc and duty. He has no ad-
eentitious aids. With him the glitter of
arinor and the gallantry OF romantic eauip.
aen- are replaced BY simple homespun ana
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AT AUSTTN-I. 4. Petit office IN the
state Capitol Building.
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Windsor Hotel.
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IN the Evening Tribune DaA1iaS.
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Cuban hhbnsters are -aid 20 be laughing
over tricks they have played on the United
states cruisers. Those are good tricks nor
TO give away--it Is hard to fool Uncle Sam
mara thu ,, op..a
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II must be admitted that matters in
Cnba are servins 20 call attention to tho
fact ,hat We have been wonderfully and
fearinlly lavish with our hrs, naturallza-
ton naTcrs.
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TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
THE CITY.

Editorial. 81 Duslaess. la
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Tn" Charleston News and Courier thinks
the cases Of Crete and cuba make a ter
ruiy bad showing for all Chr stendom
IN this ososins PERIOD Of The Nineteenth
cent.lrN,,
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13
An Interesting Decision.

BY a decision handed down the
supreme court established the prin-
ciple that mortgage given under
duress does not stand in law. The
case in point came up from Crawford
county. Harry Brown, OF Gallon, was
a travelling salesman in the employ of
Tracy & Avery, wholesale grocers at
Mansfield, and in 1891 Brown was
found to be short in his accounts to
the amount of about $4,000. He was
arrested at Mansfield, and appealed to
his father-in-law, George J. Dietrich,
of Gallon, to come to his rescue.
The father-in-law went to Mansfield,
accompanied by Browns wife, and,
yielding to tears and his son-in-law's
appeals, mortgaged his property to
make the shortage good. Thus
Brown escaped prosecution. Fore
closure proceedings on the mortgaged
property followed in due course of
time, and Dietrich made the defense
that he was unduly influenced and
did not give up the mortgage of his
own free will. The common pleas
court found for the firm, but the cir
cult court reversed, and now the
supreme court affirms the circuit
court, setting the mortgage aside.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13
Evolution OF Gunpowlcr.

The invention of gunpowder is shown
by Mr.. Oscar Guttmann, in his book on
the manufacture of explosives, to have
been most probably an evolution. The
Greek fire of naphtha, mentioned by
early European and Arabian writers, is
believed to have been a composition
containing inter, sulphur and charcoal.
Marcus Grecus, who wrote III the tenth
century, gives composition for charg-
ing rockets and crackers closely ap-
preaching that of modern blasting pow
der. This recipe is quoted by Albertus
Magnus, and another one, not so clear,
is given by Roger Bacon. None of these
writers. however, speaks of the use of
such substances in any way like the fir
ing of projectiles from guns. On the
contrary, they all describe crackers and
bombs or maroons, and say that these
were discharged into towns from bal
liste or catapults or mangonels for the
purpose of setting fire to them.
Mr.. Guttmann has found, however, in
the wardrobe accounts of King Edward
III of England an entry between A. D.
1S45 and 1349 giving credit to one
Thomas of Roldeston for the kings work
for his guns, for ola pounds of saltpeter
and 1856 pounds Of live sulphur. This
seems to confirm the tradition that guns
were used by the English at the battle
of Crecy in 1346. Mr.. Guttmann decides
that Berthold Schwartz invented this
use of gunpowder about 1918. If SO,
Schwartz must have been very young at
the time or else have lived to very
great age, for the date Of his death is
given as 1884. Popular Science Month
ly.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13
SHATTERED.
The Prsearious Condition Of Prof.
A. H. Nye.
Prominent Iowa Educators Painful Experience as Re-
lated by Him to Newspaper Man.
Frpn tae ea.e:le, oedar Faa., Io.ga.

The Ia grippe, that dread disease that had
such a run throughout this country three and
four years since, left mahy who were pre-
viously in robust health with shattered con-
stitutions and seemingly confirmed invalids.
Prof A. II. Nye, living at No. $500 Olive
Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa, was among the
number left by the disease in precarious
condition, his nervous system shattered, and
with general debility of his entire system !;
no strength, feet and limbs badly swollen, in
fact, he was almost helpless. Prof. Nye is a
native of New York State, having come west
in lSS6-a healthy, robust man. He is aschOOl
teacher by profession, having served as coun-
ty superintendent of schools of this (Black
Hawk county, several terms, and he has
the respect of all with whom he comes in con-
tact. His helpless condition called forth
the sympathy Of the entire community. He
tried the best medical skill proeurable, and
spent most of his ready means in the vain
endeavor to recover his health, and had
aboVt given up completely discouraged. He
had stopped taking treatment, being fully
convinced in his own mind that there was
no help for him, and that he would have to
spend the balance of. his days as an invalid,
a burden TO family and friends. Some one
who had heard of DIR. Williams Pink Pills,
spoke to him about them and urged his Civ
ing them a trial. His poor success with
eminent physicians made him skeptical and
be had no faith in what was called proprie-
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13

Don't think because you are sick
and nothing seems to give you relief
that you can't be cured.
There must be cure for you some
where.
If your doctor can't cure you, per-
haps he has mistaken the cause.
Anybody is liable to be mistake
sometimes.
One in three of us suffer from in
digestion, and one out of three dy-
speptice doesn't know it. That is, he
may know he is sick, but he blames
it to something else.
Indigestion is the cause of half of
our dangerous diseases.
Shaker Digestive Cordial, made
from tonic medicinal roots and herbs,
is the most natural cure for indeges-
ton. 1t relieves the symptoms and
disease gently, naturally, efficiently,
giving fresh life, strength and health
to sick dyspeptics.
At druggists. A trial bottle for 10c.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13
In A PUNT.

One evening, when l had returned
all alone and weary, painfully pulling
my heavy boat, which l used every
night, paused few seconds to take
breath near the edge of some reeds.
The weather was glorious, the moon
was radiant, the river sparkled, the
air was cool and sweet. This tran
guilty tempted me, and l thought it
would be very pleasant to smoke my
pipe In this place. The action follow
I'd the thought. I seized my anchor
and cast it into the river. The punt,
which faoated with the current, drift
ed as far as the end of It's chain, and
then stood still. l seated myself in
the stern ON my sheepskin as COM
fortably as possible.
heard nothing, not a sound, only
at intervals | imagined l heard a
slight, almost inaudible, splash of the
water against the shore, and 1 saw
clusters of tall reeds which assumed
surprising shapes and seemed at in
tervals to stir.
The river was perfectly quiet, but
I felt agitated by the extraordinary
stiffness which surrounded me. All
creatures-the frogs and toads, those
nocturnal singers of the marshes
were silent. Suddenly at my right,
close to me, q frog croaked. l shud-
dered. 1t ceased, and | heard moth
ing more and resolved to smoke to
divert my mind. Yet, although
was notorious and confirmed smoker,
| could not smoke. With a second
puff, I changed my mind and stopped.
| began to recite verses. The
sound of my voice was painful. Then
| stretched myself out in the bottom
of the boat and watched the sky. For
some time | remained at ease, but
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13
Thrifty to the Last.

An old Lancashire miller. noted for
his keenness in matters financial, was
once in boat trying his best to get
across the stream which drove his mill.
The stream was flooded, and he was
taken past the point at which he want
ed to land, while, farther on, misfortune
still further overlook him, to the extent
that the boat got upset. His wife, real
izing the danger he was in, ran fran
tically along the side of the stream, cry
ing for help in pitiful voice, when, to
her sheer amazement, she was suddenly
brought to standstill by her husband
yelling out, "If I'm drowned, Molly,
dunnot forget that hour's gone up Q
shillin sack. London Globe
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13
A VITAL QUESTION.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT AROUSED
AGAINST NEEDLESS
CRULETY.
twoman's Clubs Taking Action
Against the Slaughter of Birds
for Personal Adornment.

Two or three weeks ago a very en-
thusiastic meeting was held by the
Chicago Woman's Club to consider
the matter Of bird slaughter for the
purpose Of decorating hats and bon
nets. Speeches were made by those
who have given the subject earnest
thought--notably by Mrs. Sara Hub
bard, president of the Illinois branch
of the Audubon Soclety-containing
an earnest appeal for the life of the
songesters, and many women pledged
themselves never again to wear plum
age that can only be had by cruel
death. A series of resolutions were
unanimously passed embodying the
feelings aroused, and expressing a
determination to do all that is posi-
BILE to create sentiment against the
present fashion of bird wearing, and
also to use every effort to have the
subject discussed at the state and ma
tional conventions of the Federation
of w omen's Clubs.
A little latter the same thing was
done in Cambridge, Mass, one of the
leading clubs there having placed it
self upon record as being unalterably
opposed to this cruel slaughter of
the innocents" fol personal decora-
tion.
This is a movement in the right
direction and can not fail to have the
most beneficial results. When wo-
men refuse to wear what has cost
such terrible suffering to procure,
then its commercial value will be lost,
and such brutalizing and cruel prac-
tices will cease. The beautiful little
inhabitants Of the air will not be en-
trapped by the thousands, skinned
alive in order to keep the brilliancy
of their plumage, and other things
done which are too horrible to enum-
crate.
Such movement means something
more than the prevention Of cruelty
to the birds themselves. 1t means the
education Of the general public into q
greater sympathy for suffering, and a
stronger endeavor to prevent all that
is needlessly inflicted. So long as
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13
ANCIENT STRUCTURES.
Something About the Architeeture oi
Early New England.

Something About the Architecture Of
Early New England.
Hardly 90 houses in all New Eng
land dating back of 100 are yet in ex-
istence, unless in a materially trans
formed condition. At best the most Of
them were very rough, box shaped, with
a door in one side and high pitched
roof. to make the snow slide of easily,
and chimney of prodigious size. A
few years ago the great chimney Of the
house at Boscawen, where General
John A. Dix was born, was torn Gown
and found to contain 100, 900 of brick.
The chimney of the Darling house in
this town, destroyed about the same
time, was about as large. Its removal
provided the house with good sized
additional room. Almost all the seven
teenth century houses were wooden,
though about the Oldest structure in
New England was built of stone at
Guilford, Conn, in or near 1888. Exc
ter's oldest, the Darling house, is about
10 or II years younger. Exeter had on
ly three brick houses dating far back
into the eighteenth century, and now
has only two, if they still can be called
brick after being covered with wood
and receiving large wooden extensions.
These are the Peavy house, on the New
market road, and the old house off Wa
ter street built by Nathaniel Ladd.
Both were erected between 1870 and
1880, the Peavy house, of which James
Gilman was the builder, replacing an
older structure which had been burned.
The very picturesque bennett Gilman
house, a brick structure with gambrel
roof, which stood about where the Amos
Tuck house now stands, was torn down
about go years ago. The block near the
great bridge is of nineteenth century
origin, having been built by Major Sim
con Folsom about 1918.
Dwelling house architecture first be-
came really fine art in New England
during the flush times which intervened
between Wolfe's capture Of Quebec in
1859 and the Revolutionary outbreak of
1775. 1t was then that the older of the
stately mansions of Portsmouth and
Newburyport were erected. The war
pretty effectively stopped house build
ing, but by 1900 prosperity had returned,
and New England shipowners became
very rich. The house building mania
broke out again in the form of those
great, square, three story houses of
which Exeter has few and of which
Salem, Newburyport and Portsmouth
are full
The magnates of 1S00-10 disliked
gambrel roofs and had no patience with
hooks and passages They were plain,
downright and utilitarian men, and
they built houses as square as them
selves, with no nonsense about them,
except perhaps the usually superhuous
third story. Were these worthless to re-
turn to earth they might appreciate the
many modern improvements which
have been introduced in architecture,
but they would be pretty sure to repu-
diate with scorn the adorrments for
which poor Queen Anne has been held
responsible. - Exeter IN. HI News
Letter.
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tary medicine, and would not listen to this
advice for some days. The friend being per-
sistent, however, and having faith in the
Pink Pills, would not let up, until he had
finally prevailed upon the sufferer 10 send
for q box, which he reluctantly did, and after
receiving them decided to give them fair
trial. The first box relieved him in a sur
prising manner; yet he was not convinced
that it was the medicine that helped him,
but the weather which had turned pleasant,
and did not send for further supply until
he was again about as bad as before taking
the pills. Then he concluded he would make
another trial, and took three boxes, and to-
day is nearly if not quite as well as before
the attack Of la grippe. 1t is needless to
state he cannot say too much for DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, for people
who have been left in poor health from Ia
grippe or any other cause. Any one wishing
to test the validity of this letter can write
Mr.. Nye, No. $500 Olive Street, Cedar Falls,
Iowa, and he will cheerfully recommend the
medicine and state his condition before and
after using.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and rich4
ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are sold in boxes (never in loose form,
| by the dozen or hundred) at so cents box OF
six boxes for g So and may be had of all drug.
gists or directly by mail from DR.. Williams
] Medicine Company, Schenectady, MY.