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The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

AS the election draws near in ire
land the sympathy Of all are turned to-
wards that land where tyranny has
ruled over justice for years with the
hope that Ireland and Irelands advo-
Gates may banish from her shores that
feeling of viIlianoGs tyranny that has
been an eye sore to every well meaning
man. No matter what his nationality
may be, when the spirit 81 freedom an
justice il at stake.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21
Religion ON the Rocks
connecticut ,yo,,runI


George Mayer IS the man who paints on
the rocks. Most people are familiar with
she sentences Prepare for Eternity and
other words that appear upon the rocks in
Connecticut. New York, New Jersey, Rhode
Island aud Mas Sachu etts But few people
know who paints them. 1t Is George Mayer,
"a German, The writer met him the other
day and had quite long talk with him. He
travels most OF the time with his paint aud
brushes He has pnt 2, roo sentences on
rocks since january, and says that every
one saves ten souls He ciaimsd TO havs
saved 80 souls in Patterson, n J., in one
day. he says that he is called crank al
most every day, He sleeps in barns, and
gets DO pay for his work. but he claims the
Lord pays him He says as soon as he goes
60 work st anything elss the Lord TELLS him
to 60 60 pain5in. again
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21
learning to Ride on Horseback.
tChicago Heraia.]

Speaking Of lady rider, the rid ing master
gave sonae surprising information. @You
may laugh about it, he said, 1but fear
eau es ladies 60 learn rldin. quicker than
men, although most of the latter are just
rs mach afraid as The girls. The nsn viii
stiffen up SO as to have what they term g
good hold ca the horse, and, being sbron ger
than Eaaie', they keep their a WIZ ward posi-
ton through 1--WE, SIX or more lie sons. The
ladies as a rule, give way quicker, and as
soon as Ghsy do the teacher has h chance to
teach the proper balance. This is not at all
to be ',onfoun led with the ability t. keep
the seat. The rider must learn by pracuice
and experiences TO keep the body in ea,y,
graceful equipoise, no matter what the
movement o. tine horse may be. This is ths
FIRST thing TO be taught.
some people are better adapted to riding
than other, just as soma people can be
taught TO dance we'll, while otiiers can't
Men who carry themselves awkwardly on
the streets make frequently good riders A
bow-legged mar, tor example, makes q
sorry figure on the side walk, but he is cut
out for u good rider A man may stick TO
a horse and yet no5 be good rider He
must have an easy hand, and yet his We a
strong hold This talk about 'hard~
mouthed' hor,ss is all rubbish" he added.
There is no such thing as a hsyd-nouthea
horse. Lis resistance TO the bit lies in the
muscles OF his neck not In his mouth, and ii
he COS not answer the riders movement
Of this reins the fault is liz the horses bad
training.
This, in turn, docs not speak we'll for the
trainer, for u horse is easier TO train than
most people think. It is not at all niece ssary
to treat horse with cruelty, although he
must be taught to obey through fear of pun.
ishnent Taat punishment need not be
severe, The horse will remember the lesson
OF tod al o., Tomorrow -6nd will follow ne
without . whip I'd rather teach horse
than man, Tor the man viii forget to- NOR
row what teach him te-day--the horse
never
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21
Why They Don't Eau.
TChicago Times

On toe sides OF the cave recently discov-
sred III Caiaveras county, California are
seen huge boFljers, which seem about 10 fall
upon aud crush tns invader of their grand
domain. "A closer observation will show,
however, that the bowider,, which origin
ally we're displaced from the roof, have bssn
caught III O ffssura Ia the vaii, whera theT
have remained in the same tire steninz at
titude for centuries, Is il shown by tina
depth Q: the calcarsous deposits which cover
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21
: truman "ssnirrsl"

Many many has bean dubbed . tseuiT-
rel, ami mas lived on earth Tor years with
out knowing what It meant, In fact. it is
doubtful Il more than enc in ten Thousand
knows what q squirrel is when applied to
human being Ths Term is in vogue in
barber shops only, anu nefers TO men who
have very ten,ie- skins ana exceedingly std
hesris A barber who is working on the
percentage plan will do every thing possihls
80 steer the "5uatrral" into tins naIe chair
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

A Placa ssnera y Man Could Hny4 Amy
tsins- Al Wager Y,nst

A Places ssnera - Man C0ul& Hnys Amy
th'ng---a Wager Lpst.
tI.ondon Cor Pioneer Pressl
do not know whether You have ever
heard shs story of WHITLEY and the Gle,
plant Ii nos, it i worta hearing. "A few
years ago twa gentlemen at their club In
in Pail Mall were discussing the subject OF
"Whiteley's.s when one asserted that "you
can buy anything at Whi6eley'sln The
other CLUB man seemad so doubt tae state
nient, Whsreupon tho first speaker offered to
bet 10 guinea, that his friend could not
mention anything w0ich Whiteley would
not promptly deliver to him.
Tue wager was as promptly taken, and
the two gentlemen janipsi into hanson
and proosed TO "Whiteley's.n There de-
snand WAS made for peculiar species Of eie-
phant q rare variety seilo ON seen in Eu-
rope. Wniteley accepted the commission
and asked il 1T should be sent home Tue
wouid-be purchaser ior more likely woull-
not-be purcbaser) gave his address aud de-
parted, bearing with him MIR. WhiJeley's
snaye assurances that the Aaniu,ilen should
be on hand the next morning az tbs gentle-
mans London residence. On looking out Of
his window the next morning, as he was
about sitting down IT, breakfast, the worthy
club nan was astonished al seeing a huge
elephant, conducted by the regulation Ori-
ental driver, and followed by great crowd
OF street Arabs, tootblacks and tranlps,
coolly marching up to his front door
The elephant buyer was satisfied He didn't
want too much elephant. only elephant
enough. Mt having any convenieutspot in
which co stow away so bulky y housahold
pet, be hastenei away to aWhiteley's" and
begged to be released from hia bar ain,
which was promptly done upon bis payment
OF che necessary expenses and something TO
boot. His friend won the wager, but it
leaked out that WhiteleY had
been Initiated into the secret OF
the conversation and wager, and hal hired
the big elephant for 4this occasion only
from chs oological garden OF Lonlon' /!
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21
A Complete Revolution.
EPhiladelphsa CALL

aSay, Darringer, have ron heard oZ
Sroniey's iast inFauttoaF NO I didn't
know ne had any genius in that way. What
has be iasenta T. at il iu t wonderful! 1t
aSnakes silva, man. what is itfs "a eircu,
hr saws
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21
Csae aud Rees snrnr.

The crop u t,est-root sagar tmosfiv Gefe
mani Tor Ihe coming Taar is estimated st
s,326 900 soas While OF caue mostly Cuban
hhe yield is pitt at Z, 10000 tons.
Rvs SIAN Proyesos Ehsn money speak
the truth Saefp lent
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21
SKIPPED THE GUTTER.

But Before He Skipped He Gisted the TIL !.
Without bidding MS friends xood-nye or
leaving airy token that ne might be remem-
oerei hy them. L. j. Moaats, the bcak-keeper
arnrlayet1 III Tire ae cenr store Of dickinson &
HIS departure has caused some anssetF By the
firm as they have found ont since his depsr-
tare that ha il aaort IN his accounts = few hun
avesls 6nlla1s'
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21
"A CORN SUGAR MILL.
TIE DOCTOR AND HIS BOYS LOOK
Tt4RouG THE REFINERY.
a Dexe1-Sto Building Where Coru
Starch is Turned into 9 Grape Sugar
History OF saia Corn - The Va
Tioua Processes.
II. G. Duncan. NJ. D.. in western Rural,

II. G. Duncan. NJ. D.. In Western Rural;
You want "a know what that tall build,
ing isl Well wa will visit it. Coun,
the stories"
aOne, two, three, tours FIVE, six, seven.
eight, nine, Ssn eleven windows up and
down. Y
SWELL, here we are in tbs yart, and
! advise you TO use your eyes. Yon will
want TO look sharp when We are in ras
building and seep cloSs to me-
H8o you see THOSE cars Theyara full Of corn
Ihefa ws see the corn pouring OUT OF the one
at that spout. We will sea mora OF the corn
and its great changes But let us 90 to this
office ard get a guide
In short time ohe party were Invested
OF al supertiuous wraps and we will fcllow
them e sea what thsy saw. Away they
went among great vats that looked like rail
road water tanks, or until they came to q
platform with railing
Get on this and be- careful for we will be
carried right Up. Away the elevator shot
story after story, now past great wheels and
belts, now through binding steam mp
and up.
Be careful OF THAT machinery shouted
tie guide, and go up that stair
Up they went, ROW through door aiong
dark passage beside great iron water
tank that laid ON It's side over 100 feet long,
up another stair through another door, and
behold they are on the root $50 feet In the
air The whoia city OF Chicago lies at our
feet. The sight would be grand il it was
not for tins cloud OF s,ness that hangs like
fog limiting our vision VS. seq train
crawling along iiga q snake, horses look like
mice and men like brownies
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21
Growth Of MnIb,,urr


Melbourne il cited as proof thss the STAR
CT empire has taken . trip to the s9uthward
Inc first honss Tiers was put up in 1855 ani
now sEare IS q handsome city with Ana
parxs, and public institutions, ami SOC. oeu
inhabitants,
Mr.. Michael Davitt. in the course of
his address before the Scottish Land
Restoration League. on the night of
October Fl, maintained that Home Rule
as proposed By Mr.. Paynell slmpl meant
what was granted to the Isle of Man,
the Channel Islands. and Colonies. He
q anied that aglarian crime had increas-
ed since Parliament had adjourned and
deprecated the idea that IL Home Rule
was granted 10 Ireland any dusr would
be imposed on the impurtasion os Brit
ish manufactured goods.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

Some two weeks ago an inYesti cation
of alleged erockedness of certain offic-
ials of the police department began,
outside Of furnishing scandal nothing
else has been accomplished. The ex-
pense viii startle the oIderst taxpayer.
Witnesses and stenographers must be
paid, and the result of AL this expense
and scandal has been the removal 81
Sergt. KirkhaIn Only this and moth
ing more.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21
The Americas Game Of Poker.
l"eatn- u Boston G,obs.l

GAIhE ID boslVn IfsoDsI
The money bet on athletic sports oes not
generally carry the den,oralizasion Of
money put on cards whore tricgary is i
component OF TIE game Tbs American
game Of poker Is lie the highest form OF
alcohol, and it has act the world on fra It
Is purely and only game for betting, and
its deTotees are IN every hamlet. No doubs
il does, like war, tsss the staying quality and
moral courage Of man. snd YET, iiks var.
It Is the sum Of al syiis.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

n SPORTSMAN BROUGHT DOWN..
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21


Away they vent into another room, sti-
fling hot With more caldrons and more ket.
ties. Then on into another room. whers
were watts AMI lots Of machinery. Here Is
tub-iike one with sore in the middle.
Sec the water fly; but the water is syrup,
and the tub Is o machine for squeezing the
sugar fres from the syrup We $50 the
blocks OF IRON contain white or yellow can
ter. That is sugar. There it goes to be
loosened out OF its iron prison See it is In
great hard cakes. There are men shovsling
it into mill that grinds it up fine Now
we go into the laboratory and are shown
fine white sugar made from the corn that
looks as mica any sugar
'Taint very sweet remarks little Dan
more to himself thga aloud, but the profes-
scr heard it ani explained
This is grape sugar, my boy, and not
cans sugar. The chemical arrangements
are different Wa hope some day to go
step higher, and axe cane sugar cat oe
corr
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21
HISTORY OF THE CORN.

We cannot remember what was seen ON
ths different stories but We can recall the
history of the corn ia this strange building
Here we ee long row OF mill rolls ami
burrs, Some contain corn, some corn -uieal
or broken corn. Ihe corn is wet. Where
has it hsen' We sss great vats whore it
has been soaked until it is swoll n. Il is
then ground in tho g series OF mills and
then siftei on large incline sieve The
coarse particle we see in trou .hs where q
screw runs that pu shss it over to another
building where we are told it ia made into
TODD for cows The white part we see is
spreai out on the floor liz narrow troughs
and stream OF water IS turned on. The
water carries off the yellow part OF the
corn. This follows the coarse parts over to
the other building
After the yellow part, called glu1sn Or
altrogenous portion is carriei of, the white
part or starch remains. How white it is.
This Write or starchy portion mas two desti-
nations We will follow some OF the incest
as we see it placed in narrow racks NY,
how hot it is where they cord them up,
There is one being smptied; see how dry end
white the starch Is now. Tasre @ man ia
putting it npi barrels
Perhaps you would like WATER said The
guide as they pas ED a pipe that was Leak
ing water somewhere. "Corn needs lots OF
water to digest it, q fact that is growing
more and more apparent to the boys as the
doctor explained that this mill was only a
big model OF our digestive apparatus "O1r
saliva turns starch into sugar; we sea tho
same process here on a grander scale"
FROM STARCH NO SVTGAR
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

Now they came to lot OF men who wero
shoveiing the vet starch into a great vat
A man was carefully weighing it and as
carefully pouring IN liquid out OF big bot
ties. NaWaavater Was ad1ei, AMI this was
soon boiling ~ In great big kettles This
sap was being carefully watchei by skilled
mon. The Boys wanted TO know all about
this part but they were SC often cantionsd
to look ont, and so afraid Of the Kissing
great bot calirons that they were glad to
get away into another room where were tall
funnel shaped tanks, as high IA a house.
Here is one men are filling. We see they
put IN first great blanket and then pile on
many feet Of black charcoal in fine powder
"These are percolators," explained the
guide. THE sap that You sew boiling, when
it is cooked in ons after another OF those
great retorts isdrawn OF here where it is
Uttered. You will like it best after that
Let us 60 into the tsstor's room Away
they went into . small close room whore
clear streams Of water were flowing, the
boys thought them. OF course they were
thirsty and wanted drink
4Why, its sweet" was the chorus OF
young voice.
"lhis is corr syrup You ses some is
thick and soma thin This will have TO be
boiled over t, make it thicker said the
guide aThis is thick enough to DO con-
denssd and crystalissi. Follow me and
look out
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15

/, In Chattanooga the negro
Death rate is more than double that
Of the whites, and the same is tire
Of Memphis, and yet the census
shows that the negroes are increa
sing more rapidly than the whites.
The explanation of this is in the
difference between the berth rates
Of the two races. A given number
of whites have six children born to
them in a year, of whom two die
before reaching the age of self sup
port. The negroes thus lose two
snd half times as many children
% the whites, and yet gain upon
them in the census figures.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15

"A WRITER on English gypsies
says that rhe hedgehog is their IA
vorite animal food, and it is cooked
10 peculiar manner. The animal
having been stunned by heavy
blow, 3 slit is cut into the skin the
wheie. length of the back it is
then enveloped into a coating of
olay about half an inch thick, after
which it is placed in a hole in the
ground and a fro made over it,
When the clay is we'll baked it is
taken out and broken, but the heat
has caused the spine to adhere firm
y to the case, and the body comes
out without the skin.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15

ALTHOUGH it is a common
thing for the smaller towns to OBJ
tain their water from beneath the
surface (artesian wells generality
Martinez, CAL, is to reverse the or
der, and obtain her supply from an
altitude of $50 feet.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15

Hon. Geo. II. Pendleton, the
now Minister to Berlin, speaks Ger
man Auently, and it is expected
that he and Bismarck will have
many pleasant confabs in the lat
tors own tongue.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15

will be by far the most elaborate
and exhausted ever offered by us,
comprising full assortment Of
Mems, Youths, Boys and GAlhsas
Clothing and Furnishing Goods
1t will also contain very many ex-
ira novelties, all confined to us.
q Some of the leading items Of
our exhibit, will be a magnificent
assortment of Mems and Youths
Suits, embracing the very finest
grades, as we'll as a full line of me-
dunn and popular priced garments.
~ Country Orders Solicited.
Samples and instructions for self
measuring sent on application to all
parts Of the country, free Of charge.
April lst; ~.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15
BEEcHER ON THE SOUTH.
IA SAYS IT'S A COUNTRY FULL OF
PROMISE.

PROMISE.
Mr.. Beecher returned yesterday
from his recent lecturing tour thro'
the Southern States, reaching his
home in Brooklyn at noon. A re.
porter of the World called on him
last evening and asked him about
his impression of the South.
"Along the line that I travelled
from Richmond to Lynchburg," he
said ~ of course only took in the
large cities, and l found them live
cities in all respects. The people
seem to be very hopeful for their
business future, although trade is a
triAe dull just at present. l was
especially pleased with one thing,
and that was that [ found them a
little sensitive to having it thought
that any portion Of this business
prosperity was due to Northern en-
terprise; they said, NO, this is due
to Southern enterprise and to South
ern capital" This is good symp-
tom; it shows an industrial pride,
and local feeling is the foundation
of national feeling. I noticed, too
as fast as they can get at it, they
are building churches and schools,
as fine as any at the North !; and !
perceived that they had a great
deal of pride in their schools, espe-
cially in their schools for the COL
ored people, which is matter of
graduation. They frequently asked
!
me to go and see how we'll they
were educating the colored people.
On the whole, my trip was very
encouraging one. The people seem
to have great happiness in this new
Administration. They seem now
to feel sentimentally that they are
in the Union again; that 1t is
theirs, as much as it is that of the
Northern people; and I gather
this, not from inquiry of any par
ticular class" New York Sun.
Jos. Lilly is a we'll to do far
mer living near Jamesport, Dave
ISIS county. Eighteen years ago,
while in good health, which has
still not failed him, he went to bed,
where he has since remained, under
the hypcchondriacal delusion that
should he get out of his bed be
would die. During all this time
neither ridicule nor entreaty could
prevail upon him to leave his bed
for single moment. Before the
development Of this singular lido
syncracy he was very active and
ambitious to succeed in life. He
still conducted his farming while
lying in bed, his wife seeing to the
execution of his orders. Once his
house took fire, but even the peril
of being burned alive did not shake
his faith in his delusion. He pass
es his time in conversing with
friends and reading the papers. He
is a Democrat in theorp, but a poor
one in practice, as he will not go
to the polls to vote.
| "A NOVEL entertainment, call.
ed pie party, is to be given short
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15
REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY.

To the Hon. W. F. Blackn'0a, Judge
of the TweDM Judicial District
Court, in and for the Parish Of
Rapides:
We, the Grand Jury, duly i'm
paneled and sworn for the April
term of the District Court, beg
leave to submit this our report
After listening to the eloquent,
concise and able charge of your
Honor we retired to our jury room,
where we found but little work left
over from tie former Grand Jury.
We have examined and reviewed
62 cases before us, IS true bills
were found, 81 bills not found. We
have investigated carefully all mat
tiers brought before US. While our
investigations may not have elici-
ted what might have been expect
ed, nor our objects in view fully
realized, we certainly feel that we
have done our duty regardless of
consequences, in accordance with
our oath. The public have Ger
tainly cause to congratulate them
selves on the continued decrease of
crimes in our midst, where blood
shed and riot no longer stain our
fair land. Can We say with candor
that the prohibition of the sale Of
intoxicating liquors has not accom-
plished some good9 Let us look at
the number Of crimes before our
last Grand Jury, consisting as it
did of some of the most heinous
known TO the law, and compare the
present condition of affairs, as most
of our Investigations have been
confined to petty offences, and as
our worthy sheriff so firmly remark
ed had it not been for two or three
cases carried over from the last
term of Court in October, the Jail
doors could have been opened as a
sail to the breeze. 1t certainly has
done ZONE good 1T has given US
what the State has failed to do a
Sunday, a day Of rest and not Of
tumult and dissertation, while it, We
admit, is not free from criticism. A
word to our Medical fraternity may
not be amiss. Do not beguile and
repudiate cause you so earnestly
and manfully fought to establish !;
cease issuing your prescriptions, or
licenses, as they are, for with you
and you alone is left to say wheth-
the traffic shall exist under the law;
do not issue labels as We have been
informed has been the case; if you
persist in doing so make them in
broken doses, good for one time only.
We visited the Jail, and with the
kindly assistance of one of our
Sheritf7s deputies, we were shown
around and through the promises.
1t certainly reflects credit on the
one who has been in charge. We
would respectfully reques: that our
honorable Police Jury make a suf-
ticient appropriation to put a new
roof on one side Of the building, as
it is almost rendered useless Ivy be-
ing wet from rain part of the time.
We notice in particular the Jud-
ge's charge, the law in regard to
the carrying Of concealed weapons,
an evil that exists to a great extent
in our midst, and which should be
arrested,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15
Henry L. Biossat, Business Manager

IT takes two men an hour to
wind up the clock of Trinity
Church, New York.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15

Nor soldier of the Prussian
army has died of smallpox since
1875, and the medical authorities
assert that if they could have vac
cinalion as strictly carried out with
the other European population as
in the Prussiah army smallpox it.
self would disappear in five years.