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THE DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27: 1U;
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THE NORTHWEST.
OFFIOIAL PAPEB OF HENRY COUNTY.
NAPOLEON, O.,
NOV. 87, 1881
It is reported that President Arthur
does not endorse Blaine's late Augusta
speech. Nor does any other Republi
can who nlaces his xountry above
political prejudice.
A number of wealthy men of Cleve
land, Ohio, have organized the Cleve
land farming company, with $300,000
capital, to purchase 15,000 acres of Da
kota land to grow wheat.
Me, Cleveland will be the youngest
man ever elected to the presidency, ex
cept General Grant. Franklin Pierce
was a few months older on taking the
oath than Mr. Cleveland will be when
ihe assumes the chief magistracy. The
President-elect was born March 18th,
1837.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is one of
the soundest and truest Democratic pa
pers in Ohio. Bellefontaine Examiner.
Every word of which is gospel truth,
Bro. Hubbard. It does the Democratic
heart good to peruse its columns, filled
as they are with cheer and good will
for the cause. There is no discount up
on the Democracy of Major Armstrong.
A flag was recently unfurled in Up
per Sandusky that has never been un
wrapped since the defeat of Douglas in
1860 when it was taken down by Thom
as Laden, with the vow that it should
never float to the breeze till a Demo
cratic president was elected. Though
Mr. Laden has been dead many years,
his sons remembering his wish brought
out the old flag last week.
Mrs. Hendricks accompanied her
husband to Brooklyn last week. She
is a handsome, elderly lady, apparently
much younger than her husband. She
enters thoroughly into the spirit of the
satisfaction attendant upon the success
of the ticket by the Governor's friends,
and at Pittsburgh, the other day, re
marked, laughingly: "It does seem
nice to get in out of the cold, after
freezing twenty-four years."
According to the First Assistant
.Post Master General's Report there
were 50,071 postoffices in the United
States, on the 30th of last June, end of
the fiscal year. Comparing the num
ber of postoffices in the different States
the order of the six highest at the end
of the fiscal year was as follows: Penn
sylvania, 3,840; New York, 2,112; Ohio,
2,707; Illinois, 2,167; Virginia, 1,982, and
Missouri, 1,968.
The following is the official list of
appointments for the office of Secretary
of State elect Robinson, as given out by
him officially: Chief clerk, Will. P.
Walker, Clarke county; statistician,
Henry Luskey, Hamilton; stationery
lerk, P. C. Robinson, Hardin; corpora
tion clerk, Thomas McFall, Erie; record
ing clerk, Walter S. Thomas, Delaware;
superintendent document room, John
R. Mallqy, Franklin.
It Is said that about one-fourth of the
population of Washington is made up
of Government clerks and employes in
various capacities, and the elimination
of such a horde even in the slow pro
cess of filling their places, will have a
most marked effect upon the city and
its business. The political guillotine
imst be as it ought to be, set up at once
and kept in operation until the change
of administration shall be thorough
jli Pftnipletc
sr&Sinr
Republican and the Civil Service. '
Our Republican frienda who have
been fattening at the public crib for the
past twenty-four years are entrenching
themselves back of the civil service law,
hugging the idea that the law will re
tain them their positions. Vain illu
sion. The civil service law did little
towards securing places at the crib for
Democrats under a Republican admin
istration, and it is morally certain it
will do no more to retain places for Re
publicans under a Democratic adminis
tration. Our Republican office-holding
friends may just as well prepare to va
cate, and take it in good humor. It is
not to be supposed tiiat a Democratic
administration will surround itself with
its enemies, oh, no.
But what is the civil service law. It
is an enactment "to regulate and 1m
prove the civil service of the United
States," passed by Congress in 1883. It
is so constructed that its execution de
pends entirely upon the option of the
President, and the law . was deemed
necessity to restore the civil service
which had become alarmingly corrupt
under long control of Republicans. The
primary act, on the part of the President
upon which the execution of the law
depends, consists in the appointment
of three "Civil Service Commissioners."
He is authorized but not required to
make such an appointment; and if he
hits made the appointment, he is
authorized at his pleasure to remove
any Commissioner and to fill
any. vacancy which may occur.
Whether such Commissioners shall be
appointed, and, if appointed, how long
they shall serve, is entirely at the option
of the President.
The duty of these Commissioners, if
appointed, is "to aid the President, as
he may request," In framing suitable
rules to govern appointments in the
civil service of the country, and in
carrying them into effect. These rules,
"as nearly as the conditions of good ad
ministration will warrant," are to be of
a certain character set forth in the law
The qualification here named leaves a
very broad margin for the discretion of
the, President, even if he undertakes, to
execute the law.
The law in express terms has only
two applications. The first is to those
districts for the collection of customs
duties, in which the whole number of
clerks and persons employed shall be as
many as fifty. The second is to post-
offices, in which there may be as many
persons employed. The President may,
if he chooses, extend the operation of
the law to other customs districts, or
other post-offices, and he may omit to
do so if he chooses.
It thus appears that the Civil Service
law, in the matter of its execution with
reference to appointments, rests entire
ly with the discretion of the President.
He can at any time make it a dead let
ter by simply not actingunder it. It is,
indeed, little more than a suggestion as
to what Congress thought it expedient
for him to do, giving him authority to
act, but not binding him to exercise
that authoiity. The obvious reason
why the , law was framed in this way
was to make it consistent with that pro
vision of the Constitution which vests
the appointing power in the President,
subject to the advice and consent of the
Senate. Had it been imperative, so as
to take away the discretion of the Presi
dent, it would have interfered with his
constitutional prerogatives.
Good News.
As has been announced in these
columns for some time, Dr. Albert, of
the Cleveland Medbal Institute, will
pay this city a visitThursday, Dec. 4th.
This we consider good news to those
who are suffering from any of the
chronic troubles he so ably describes.
Those whom he has so successfully
treated in this part of the State will no
doubt be pleased to see him and bring
their friends. We know whereof we
speak when we say that he is a thorough
ly scientific, conscientious and honor
able gentleman and a shining star in
his profession. His name has become
a household word among the afflicted
throughout the West and Northwest,
and all who have been fortunate enough
to place themselves under his treat
ment are unanimous in his praise. Dr.
Albert is hot a traveling physician in
the full meaning of the word, for most
of his time is required at the Institute
at Cleveland where he is the principal
of a full corps of able assistants, special
ly engaged for their scientific attain
ments. But on the earnest solicitations
of his many friends and patients he
consents to make an occasional visit to
this city. We can heartily recommend
him to those requiring his services, and
more particularly to those who have
heretofore been unsuccessfully treated
by others. All will find him eminently
worthy of confidence.
The Northwestern Ohio Editorial
Association which met in Toledo last
Friday selected the following officers
for the ensuing year: President, J. H.
Williston, of the Bucyrus Forum; Vice
President, J. G. Gibbs, Norwalk Reflec
tor; Secretary, Agnew Welsh, Ada Re
cord; Treasurer, Fred. Glessner, Find
lay Courier. May 8, 1885, at Wapako
neta, was the time and place fixed for
the next meeting.
Mr. Edward Wendel, Fetterman,
West Va. suffered terribly with neur
algia and doctor's failed in giving re
lief. He was cured by St. Jacobs Oil,
the marvelous pain-cure, and says lie
would send a hundred miles to get it,
Congress meets next Monday. Hon,
W. D. Hill is in Washington, ready to
assume his duties.
Colonel William R. Nelson, the
scholarly editor of the Kansas City Star,
tells a story about a Kansas City gen
tleman who came home the night after
the election in a condition of intoxica
tion and found his daughter tearing
out her hair, beating her breast and dis
turbing the whole neighborhood with
her demonstrations of grief. " Whazzer
mozzer?" inquired the fond father.
"Oh, father, father," cried the distract
ed maiden, "my heart is broken my
lover is dead, oh! my lover is dead!"
"Oh, is zhat all?" exclaimed the fond
father; "I thought by the way you was
carryn' on zhat may bezhe Prohibition
ists had carried every State in zh
Union!"
The Lister Telephone Trumpet is the
latest thing out. By its use a faint
whisper can be distinctly heard, and
the necessity of shouting, "Hello," till
you break your back, is done away
with. The Cleveland Sunday Sun says:
"That the trumpet is all that is claimed
for it, is amply proved on trial. Last
week one was attached to the telephone
used on the Encampment Grounds and
gave most perfect satisfaction to the
vast multitudes who had occasion to
use It. A Sun reporter had occasion to
talk witli Toledo and conducted his
conversation in a whisper, every word
being distinctly understood and prompt
ly answered from the other end. That
the trumpet is a success in every par
ticular Is fully assured by therigid trial
given it in this city during the past few
weeks, and it is only a question of time
when it will be as much of a necessity
as the telephone itself."
The Vassar College girls have had a
great time over politics. On the night
before the election they determined to
have an election among themselves.
The majority for Blaine was very large
and included every one of the profes
sors and teachers, who also voted.
After the vote the Blaine party deter
mined to have a parade. They brought
out their candles from their rooms and
formed a torchlight procession, which
marched through the corridors of the
College, cheering for Blaine and Logan.
Some of the Cleveland girls attacked
the procession asit moved along, throw
ing water on the paraders. Excitement
ran high on election day, and little
studying was done. In the evening
another Blaine procession was formed,
and the girls marched through the Col
lege with umbrellas bearing the name
of Blaine in large white letters, and
shouted to their hearts' content. The
Cleveland girls who were saddest then
are now the happiest, and want to know
when they can celebrate. Paint 'er red,
girls.
It has always been thought that ears
of corn have an even number of 'rows, j
and that one with an odd number of
rows would be an impossibility. In
slavery times this question was dis
cussed, and a negro in Kentuckey
claimed that he had seen ears of that
kind. His master told him that he
would give him his the negro's free
dom for an ear with an odd number of
rows. This was in eaily spring, but in
the fall, during corn gathering time, the
negro came with a sound ear of corn
with thirteen rows. He got his free
papers. A long time afterward the old
negro said that in roasting ear time he
took a sharp knife, cut out one row of
grams, bound the ear together, and
knew just where to find it when gather
ing time came. -
The St. Louis Qlobe-Democrat, a
Blaine organ, takes its defeat in ra're
good humor. Here are some of its ob
servations: He proved a deadhead In the enter
prise of carrying the country.
.f or President in 1888 Some man
who hasn't written any letters.
Mr. Blaine should nave burned those
letters himself, instead of asking an
other fellow to do it.
The trouble began by Blai ne's designa
tion of Conkling as a turkey gobbler
twenty years ago. We presume tke
returns mean that Conkling is not a
turkey-gobbler.
We believe it was Mart'.n VanBuren
who said he would rather walk twenty
miles than write a letter. If Mr. Blaine
had taken more walks and written
fewer letters, he might have been elect
ed. In re "Tell the Truth" vs. "Burn the
Letter," verdict for plaintiff.
Cotton seed is the Southern bonan
za. There are three and a half pounds
of seeds to every jound of fibre. More
than 4,000,000 tons are produced annual
ly, but, notwithstanding the rapid in
crease in the number of mills, only
aboutten percent, of the seed is crushed,
the rest being largely thrown away.
A ton of seed yields 35 gallons of oil, 22
pounds of cotton, and 750 pounds of
cake used for fattening cattle. The
value of these products is $19. The oil
is largely used for making fine soaps,
and when refined properly can hardly
be distinguished from olive oil, which
it is snpersedjjig for many purposes.
No one can be ill if the blood is pure.
Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla root have
long been recognized by physicians as
blood purifiers. Don't be humbugged
by the advertisements of the many
quack bitters, but occasionally use Dr.
Guysott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla
and you will live to a good old age free
from all distress of mind and body.
Many of our best citizens who long
suffered from bad blood indicated by
weak kidneys, indigestion, sores, aches,
etc., owe their recovery to the use of
this remedy. 2t
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Paper bottles are now manufactured
at Chicago.
Herb is Governor Hendricks Idea of
civil service reform as expressed In hi,
speech at Brooklyn last night:
Do you ask me if I am In favor of
civil service reform? . or course I am in
favor of civil service reform. I am not
in favor of a continuation of so many
things that we have seen in some rears
that are past. The people are tired of
it ana tney want a change. Vo you
desire to know from me in what civil
servicel have confidence? I am very free
to say to you people to-night that I am
not particularly confident or success
after a schoolmaster's examination
But I will tell you what I hare confi
dence in. - As it was in the days of
Andrew Jackson, let a true man come
to be tne President or the United States,
and let true men be called around him
to aid him in the public service and let
these men resolve that the only test of
quaiincation Tor omee under them shall
be honesty and fitness for the service,
ana you nave civil service reform.
Precisely what the Plain Dealer has
said and what it repeats now. It has
been the rallying cry of the Democratic
party these many years that the civil
service is corrupt and that it must be
reformed. How shall it be reformed
unless the corrupt and inefficient office
holders are put out?
We say put them out. Plain Dealer.
Aim the echo comes up from every
quarter. "Put them out!"
Democratic jollifications seem to be
universal. They are all over. The old
party of Truth, Justice and the Consti
tution has received new life; new wine
in old bottles. There is more need of
reform now than in 1800 when Thomas
Jefferson was elected. Monopoly had
not its grasp upon the country then as
it has now. The alarm then was that
under Federal rule a tyrannical central
government was to be established and
free speech suppressed.
This sham Republican party has fur
exceeded the old Federal party in all
its infamy. This Republican party's
record when fully exposed and under
stood will show It to have been the
party of robbery and wrong. It has
"protected" the robbers and justified
the wrong. Its Star Route rascals ran
its campaign in 1880; and another set of
scheming rascals ran Us liiaine cam
paign. All are saints in the Republi
can party. starK co. uemocrat.
We Vote Aye.
Columbus, Nov. 18. An onganized
movement is on foot here to circulate
petitions to the Legislature, asking it
to submit a const'.tutionai amendment,
changing the Slate election to Novem
ber. The petition has afreday been
signed by Gov. Hoadly and Gov. Foster,
Senator Payne, all the Judges of the
Supreme Court and the Commissioner.
New York Sun. (Ind. Dem.): The
Republican party certainly don't de
serve to get any other election till ev
ery mother's sou of them realizes that
the Constitution is not going to be
dumped into the Potomac because there
is a Democratic President in the White
House, and another Democratic House
or representatives in the Capitol. This
country is all right, and its safety
doesn't depend on keeping any par
ticular party in power. ,
The little sign, "Chase & Ball," which
Salmon P. Chase and Flamen Ball
hung before their office fifty-two years
ago, in Cincinnati, has just been taken
down.
Very Remarkable Recovery.
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NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that my wife, Mary Fer
guson, haa left my bed and hoard without jnet
cause or provocation, and that I will not be responsi
ble ror any acuta oi ner contracting.
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Administrator's Sale.
IN persuance of an order of sale issued by the Pro
bate Court of Henry County. Ohio, the under
signed aa the administrator of the estate of John
Wlrth, deceased, will offer for sale at public auction
on the 27th day of December, A. D. 1884, at the hour
of two o'clock p. m. at the north door of the Court
House, in Napoleon, in said count;, the following
described real estate to-wit:
The east half of the south half of the south-west
quarter of Section.! wenty-nine (29), town live (6,)
north of range seven (7) east, in Henry county, Ohio.
Appraised at g'4,400.
Terms of sale One-third cash in hand,one-third
In one Tear and one-third in two years from day of
sale with interest. Deferred payments to be secured
by mortgage on property sold.
Ai,DLti TV r,ai tiu Jin,
Administrator of estate of John Wlrth, deceased.
By Tyler St Donnelly, his attorneys. oct 23-St
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The Wonderful Success
of Dr. Albert in the treatment of Nervous and Complicated Diseases is too well
known to need an extensive notice. The Medical Institute of
which he is Surgeon-in-Chief is one of the
Permanent Institutions of Cleveland.
. Dr. Albert does not come under the head of "Traveling Physicians," who
scour the country from one year's end to the other, but he is permanently located
in Cleveland and only makes
OCCASIONAL VlShS
where his personal presence is necessary. He is ably assisted at his Institute by
A FULL CORPS OF
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AND
perfected at this Institute are well
Dr. Albert heartily invites
Medical Treatment
TO CONSULT HIM
FREE OF CHARGE I
Those who have been treated by
cess are ESPECIALLY
Dr. Albert undertakes
and gives a written guarantee to all cases placed in his hands for treatment.
In every county in Ohiy can be found people ready to testify to the efficacy of
Dr. Albert's treatment. Many who had given up all hopes of ever enjoying
health have been fully restored. Thousands of testimonials from well known
and prominent people are on file and open for inspection.
Letters From Patients.
" The following are a few extracts
volumes for the success attending Dr. Albert's treatment. They are only a few
of the many constantly received by Dr.
all of a recent date and from persons of
known. Those in doubt would do well
Miss Viola Ashley, of Fremont, O., writes Oct.
months. My back pains me less and those pains I
I have not had alnce I cominenoed your tre atment.
Ed. F. MoOnllcugh, of Coshocton writes Oet. 14.
ped and I have been aoing very well lately. My lungs
Wm Miller. Esa.. of Brlllltnt.O- writes Nov.
celvlng your medicines I commencsd to get better. I
stomach and bowels don't hurt me near as bad as they
Mrs. Henrv Kllens. of Gibsonbnrs. O.. writes
for some time. I have b id so much pal n in my limos
J. Hombea, Esq., of Gambler, O., writes Oct. 27th, 1884: Tour medicine is certainly doing me good.
Wm. Debol, Esq.of Utloa, O., writes Oct. 4th: It will not be long till I will be able to do a mod
days work. I am getting to be a new man. Everybody is talking about it the way you have raised me np
as it were from the grave. I have made up my mind to do all I can to get the afflicted to take your treat
ment, for I believe you are worthy and that yon have the ability to treat them successfully.
Mr. Debolt stated before taking Dr. Alberts treatment that a number of Physiolans had told him that
he eould not live through the summer.
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Mr. J. Ii. Bruoer. of Fremon t. O.. writes Nov.
acctpt my sincere thanks for the good you have done
Bear in mind the
Dr. ALBERT'S
" . -VISIT TO
NAPOLEON, Thursday, DEC. 4th,
AT THE MILLER HOUSE,
ONE DAY ONLY.
Consultation Free and Invited.
Dr. Albert will hereafter make regular visits to Napoleon. '
TO NAPOLEON-
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known throughout the entire west.
all those who are in need of
other Physicians without suc
INVITED TQ CALL.
no Case he cannot Cure.
from letters from patients which speak
Albert. It will be noticed that they are
the highest respectability and generally
to write to the parties personally:
16th, 1884. I feel better now than I have lor two
told yon about having In my stomach, back and cheat
I am better in every way.
1884. The running from my note has entirely stoo
are all right now.
4. 1884. I am alad to aay that a few dava after .
am getting stronger and can walk bettsr. My
did, all my Irienda say I look bettsr and I feel better.
Oct. 24. 1884: I am feellne Drrttv well now. better thaa
and aids, but it has altogether left me now.
2nd. 1884. ftndiig himself once mora restored: Please
me.
Day and Date of