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The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
Bonner a student of Horsef,esh.

New York Cor. Cincinnati Enqulrer.1
Bonner, The Ledger man, is now past go,
aud has become millionaire. He has
avoided stocks. but owns large amount Of
real estate, and his horses have cost him
s50U, 900. The question has arisen, what will
become of these animals after his DEATH
They will of courss be sold at auction, un-
less other provisions are made By his will
Notwithstanding the frequent attempts to
impose on Bonner, 1t is said that he has
never been ajockeysdD in horse-trade. He
pays enormous prices but DOS not allow
himself to be deceived This 10 due to his
practical method.
He is not only an equine amateur, but ~
also student, and he told me that he had
100 works on the horse, all of which he had
carefully read. He has also studied the de-
tails Of se-shosing and premits but ons
man to do this important work. His rule is
to employ the best grooms and trainers,
paying the highest prices for faithfulnsH
and ability. His stables are constantly
visited by equine amateurs, but no one Il
allowed to enter without an order, as dan
gerous results might follow promiscuous
s.dr uicrinp ~
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
Arsenic in the Tea They Drank.

At Kingston, N. Y, the other day
Henry Mellert, seventeen years old,
sent his young brother to the drug store
for arsenic a few days ago, with a note
to which he forged his mothers sigma
ture. In drinking tea at supper his
mother and brothers we're taken violent
ly ill and doctor was summoned. He
said there were symptoms of arsenical
poisoning. The victims are now said
to be out of danger. The mother &C
cused Henry, but he denied putting any
poison in the tea. Mrs. Mellert is a
widow, about forty-five years old, and
has three children. Henry, the oldest,
is worth several thousand dollars left
by his father, but his mother has the
control of it. He married girl about
fifteen years old a short time ago and
lives with his wife's parents.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
Why Book Clerks Laugh.

You have alluded to the humorous
side of the book trade?n
.,Oh, yes, and it's good broadside,
too The fun is generally fur
nisiled by the ridiculous mis-
takes people make in the names of
books. A lady residing on Walnut
street sent her maid here one day for
Annie Thomas novel of He Cometh
Not, She Said. but the damsel asked
for He Combeth Not His Head. The
little boy of a prominent Episcopalian
divine came IN to procure for his faith
er a religious book called The Hour
Which Cometh,' but he inquired for
The Hen Which CroWeth. AT the
time that Thomas Hardy clever novel.
A Pair of Blue Eyes. was at the height
OF it's popularity, we had a clerk who
was as new TO the business as he was
slow of apprehension, and when lady
came in and said to. him. very eagerly
and inquiTingly, Have you : A Pair
Of Blue Eyes2'n he blushingly stammer-
ed out, No miss, my eyes are black.
One day one of our erTand boys brought
up from the cellar a trap containing q
large rat just as a well known society
belle. wishing to look at one of
Anthony TrslIopess most popular nov
els. said to the new clerk: want to
see What Will He Do With It?'''
Very well miss. was the reply: If You
| will walk TO the back part of the store
and look out of the window. You will
see him drown it. Phila. Times.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
Managers Their Own Costumers.

1.-THE days Of the big costumes one Of the
theatrical gentlemen said, as he stood around
In receptive and laxative mood fare
about over. There was time when the
average theatre was at the mercy OF the COS
tuner. and that was the way so many COS
tuners got into the theatrical business. The
managers offered them so much money at
last that they simply took the theatres and
ran the comic opera and spectacular COM
paDies themselves. The managers have
now learned thing or two and they make
their own costumes ct about one-sixth OF
the price thsy formerly paid You can hire
good seamstressez for 81 a day, buy your
goods at wholesale, have the costumes de-
signed by man of good artistic taste, and
make them right in your own theatre
There Is no waste, and each member OF the
company can be fitted personally. This has
been done at the Union Square theatre this
season, and win probably be done every-
where next year
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
Light in the sick-Room.

1t is the unqualified result of all expert
ences with the sick that second only to their
need of fresh air is their need of light;
that, after close room. what hurts them
most is dark room, and that it is not only
light but direct sunlight they want You
had better carry your patient about after
sun. according to ths aspect Of ROOM IL
circumstances permit, than let him linger
in room when the sun is off. People
think that the effect is upon the spirits only.
This is by no mean the case. Who has not
observed the purifying effects Of light, and
especially of direct sunlight, upon the air OF
q rooms
Here is an OBJ ervation within everybody's
experience. Go into q room whore the shut
ters are always shut Tin a sick-room there
should never be shutters shut, ana though
thu room be uninhabited, though the air has
never been polluted by the breathing Of hui
man beings, you will observe a clio o, musty
smell OF corrupt air-of air unpurifiei by
the effect OF the sun's rays The mustiness
OF dark rooms AMI corners, indeed, is pro-
verbal The cheerfulness of a room, the
usefulness of light in treating disease, is all
important. 1t Is q curious thing to observe
how almo all patients lie with their faces
turned TO the light, exactly as plants always
make their way toward the light.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
THE ART or sTuMP-sPEAklNa.
Not lost, Not valueless Face to Fac
with the People Oratcry.

Not lost, Not valueless Face to Face
with the People --Oratory.
(Ex-Secretary Boutwell,
see in some newspapers that the art OF
str1mp-,peaking is numbered nearly among
the lost arts; that there were great times
when Webster or Clay spoke, and also that
oratory is no LONGER subject about which
a young person should take thought. Ii
any of you suppose have not been serious,
mn now be considered in such mood.
wish to say that the art OF stump speaking
is not lost art, it is not valueless art and
in country like this it is a very great
power, and an art which those who intend
to take part in public affairs should wisely
cultivate.
In the first place, you can never know the
public sentiment of the community, unless
YOU are endowed with some sort OF clair
voyant power, unless you meet the people
and in these great assemblies, when you
look into the faces of men and women and
lay down your propositions and proceed to
make your arguments, you get, by some
mysterious process, an impre sslon as to
what they think. odiscreet public speaker,
in making speeches every thirty or forty
miles, will in fact make the same speech
with which he began He will lose the
speech with which he began, and construct
a new one under the dictaJion Of the audi.
ences before him.
He is under the influence of the people,
and comes to realize what they believe, and
he knows what opinions and arguments will
produce effect, and what considerations are
valueless. In that respect the stump-speaker
has an immense advantage over the writer in
the closet or the editor of newspaper.
Now the newspaper men will please pardon
me for saying that, while for every three
years and nine months in the quadrennial
they appear to rule during the three months
preceding presidential election when the
men who take part in public affairs present
themselves before the people and pre-
sent the issues and arguments on one side
and the other, the press, omnipotent as it
is, bows itself to the men who canvass the
country, and merely reproduce the opinions
aud arguments which the stump orators set
forth
It is difficult to state what the art of ora
tory is. Great men, from Quintillian all
along, have endeavored to explain what it
is, but it is still a mystery. But we know
that there are some men, under some Cir
eumstances, who, by the voice, by the man
ner and gesture, produce not only temporary
but lasting impress ions on the mind. Men
who possess these gifts in any country or
civilization of the world will have power.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
Anecdote of Sam Houston.
lAlex. Sweet

a prominent member OF the Houston,
Tex, bar, and an old friend Of Gen. Sam
Houston, tells the following characteristic
anecdote of the great Texan: The last time
met Gen. Sam Houston / was travelling
with him in the stage from Hallettsville to
Navasota. He amused me with his anec-
dotes all day, and toward evening he said:
aBut now, my young friend, am growing
old; have buried the tomahawk; Ihavs
even forgiven Richardson, OF The News,
and Cushing, Of The Telegraph, and
wouldn't lay the weight OF a feather upon
their backs--unless there was tar there to
make it stick
The two editors mentioned had been, and
still were, bitter political enemies Of the old
"hero Of San Jacinton
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
SHE HAD THE TooTHAcHE
Hadn't the Courage to Face the Dentist
The Small Boys Plan.

Hadn't the Courage to Face the Dentist
The Small Boys Plan.
Detroit Free Press.l
She was woman apparently 80 years
old, plainly dressed, and she sat in door
way on Monroe avenue with tears in her
eyes and mad look on her face. By-and-
by boy who was hanging around there
asked if she was crying because she had lost
her husband.
shawl II it was only that should be q
happy woman" she replied.
Have yer broke yer leg, or lost money IN
a busted bank. or come to town tor dt-s
vorcef' he continued.
aNaw! The trouble is that I've got an old
tooth here which has been trying to jump
out of my head for week. I've been here
three times to have it out, but dasn,t 60
upstairs to the dentist.
~ kin imagine your feelin's ma'am I've
bin right there my elf. Let's see the
tooth9n
She opened her mouth very wide. and he
peeked and peered and finally placed his
dirty finger on the identical tooth.
us it stiddy ache, ma'amP
eyes, purity stiddy."
@Kinder loose, amt It'll"
eyes,
You DON'T want the denClSG 10 PICK up
bowie-knife and jab the gum around the
root-grab for chissl! and pare away at q
prong-cap on on his old pinchers and jerk
the top of your head over the roof Madam,
are my surmises corrects"
"Mercyl but don't talk that way! I'm all
in chilli" she gaspsd.
'Say!" he whispered, as he pulled q cord
from his pocket and made slip-noose,
'slemme try at it. I'll pull as soft as
lasses, and il it hurts you can catch hold Of
the string"
1t took five minutes to coax her into it,
but at la It the moose was slipped over and
drawn tight She was on the fourth stair
he on the saconi.
Nov open your mouth as big as bucket,
shet yer eyes, ana think of sweet cake, he
said as ell was ready.
She obeyed. Next moment he jumped
backwards of the stairs-there was yell
gasp-a whoop, and he held the tooth up
and cried out:
.Here she is--behold the remainsl"
She rose up, spat out the blood, cried q
little, and then suddenly rushed for the boy
and pinned him fast to the wall and kissed
him forty-seven times on the chin, twenty
four times on the point of the nose, and
eighteen times on the right ear Then she
forced 81 cents into his paw, grabbed the
string aud the tooth, and skipped out the
doorway with the joyful exclamation:
20, you dear, good, angelic boy!
haven't been so happy for twenty seven
long yearsE
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
wanted : House with sides.
Ilourier.Iournal.I

A little girl, whose parents have recently
como to the city to live, is greatly excited
because there are only windows at the back
and front Of the house She had always en-
ioyed the privilege in the country where
every side of the house had windows Tho
other day she said to her mother: Mamma,
dear, I wish we could live in house again
with sides. do not like to live where there
are no sides to the house, for there are 90
few Window
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

Riel WIS rsspited until Monday next, for Whist
reason no one can tell. There is considerable
difference of opinion among the Ministry as 70 the
Justice OF the sentence and there Is reason to be
leive that at least two designations viii BE- the
sequel to the execution. il this takes place. Let
Sir John Macdonald, In whose hands TIE fate Of
the doomed man rests. consIier what may be the
outcome Of such an atrocious murdsrs The howis
Of the Grunge press are - nausht compared 70
the generations q tbs counts men Ut the Hall
faar5 la<ier which VIII fall On the head OF him
Who raises not his hand 70 prevent m fntam-
Qua crime.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
Loaded Down With Money.
rRey. Sam Jones.J

/ have found out that money Is Ike 4
walking stick. One viii help you along X
you are lame, but fifty loaded on your back
win break yon down. That's 80, and the
matter with some OF you people is that you
are loaded down with money. Money Is
like gnano; II you PIT II on too thick 1t will
burn up everything And 80 money, Il you
load it on too heavily. will spoil man.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
W edding Bells.

Invitations have been issued by Mr..
and Mrs, j.. j.. acDonald, of Shak-
opee, to the wedding Of their daughter
Agnes to DIR. James III. Dunn, OF this
city. The ceremony takes place on
Thursday morning next, at St. Mary's
Church, Shakopee. After short tour
they take up their residence at 1856
Chicago avenue, this city. Since COM
ing to Minneapolis the doctor has made
and in extending our good wishes we
echo those of his numerous friends.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
His Family Physician.

sGeorgs, who Is your family physicianF
@Dr. Smoothman,s aWhat, that numbskullF
How does it happen you employ himr 9Oh,
it's some Of my wife's do1ngA She went ia
sse him about cold In hsr head, and 10
recommended that che wear another styte
Of bonnet SIMS that she won't have any
other doctor
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
AT TEA-cU P TIME.
J~-,8 81
fEr 10
EAbbie +. yndd.l

nv No. IAbbie IL. 1ud0.J 3s8
At tea-cu: time, when day is done,
And mellow light Of setting sun
Shines through the room with ftful
CLEAN,
Lighting fair faces with it, beam,
A little while and then is gone.
When hsdows deepen and the dun
Chill mirk Of night creeps slowly on,
There CONES to man q joy supreme,
AT tea-cup time.
Forgotten are his dog and gun,
Each game of tennis he has won,
He muses. DER the fragrant steam,
Pours tenderly the yellow cream,
And deems his pleasure just begun,
At tea-Cup time.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
An Old Canoe.
frank IeaIiesEl

a remnant OF the great forests which
once covered the south OF Sweden wss re-
Gently dug cut OF bog at Kiunsvsd, con-
sisting OF boat SIX feet IN diamster hol.
lowed out Of q Log Ths tree from which il
was ohtained must have BEEN twenty feet
IN circumference. The wood. which Was
blue ia color, was very hard, and the boat
% heavy that two bullocks could not
move it
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

The Cannon-S Shields wrestling match resulted
in an easy victory for Cannon At the conclu-
sion Cannon stepped to the footfights and fss
sued a challenge to Moth, and his offer wa
quickly accepted by Patsy Cardiff, for Moth.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

c. A. Pillsbury & Co., have begun the erect
ton of a storehouse for their surplus -four.
The building win be of wood covered with cor
rugated iron. 150xSOD feet on the ground, with
a capacity of 10000.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

Miss Cleveland is about to flood the market
with another of her nonsensical works. It's all
right SO long as she will notsuggest any more DR..
Currys to Grover.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

.The Ivy Leaf new Irish comedy drama,
of which many kind words have been said by
the dramatic critics, Will be the attraction
Grand the first half of next week.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
The Hiyor sutlsi.

The sviftast Large river in the world, 10
cording to a travelling correspondent, Is ths
Sutlsj, In British India IL has decent
of 1900 feet in $50 miles, an average q
about sixty-seven psr mile.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

The coopers of South Minneapolis are about to
establish cooperative store, its location being
in the vicinity of Fifteenth avenue and Seventh
street south. NJ Gill is president of the con-
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

The regular meeting of the Parnell Branch OF
the Irish National LEAGUE, South Minneapolis,
was held at Martins hail. Tuesday evening. A
number of new names were added to the roll.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

The attendance at Vespers at the Church of the
Immaculate Conception Sunday evenings is no.
tceably large, owing to the interesting discourses
on the early history of the Church, by Rev. James
M -4.a
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

Governor Hubbard. on Thursday, pardoned
John Myers from the Hennepin County jail, at
the request Of the judge who pardoned him and
many reputable Minneapolitans.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

The Gsf man akaffse klatchn is supeesod-
ing shiga ~ in Nsu York fashionsbis sir-
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
THE Standard SATURDAY. NOVEMBER "A 1885,

DR. Fox, the American candidate for Pariia-
mentary honors, succeeded in defeating r. W..
Moorhead in the candidacy of the Nationalist
party in Kings county.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
u ShandY Mcguire. I"

The Crusaders Dramatic Club are
rehersing each evening at Catholic
Association hall, for the rendition on
Thanksgiving evening at Pence Opera
House, of the most popular of Irish
Dramas, "shandy Mcguire" The fol-
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

saeo PER DOZEN FOR oURSFINE GABr-
= net Phosus- .shEAL s BURT.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

nEEG1NeIs4Nll 6Ko6
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-05-14
incubation for Cholera.

DR.. 'Ferran announces the dis.
covery characterization will prevent
Asiatic cholera, just as it prevents
smallpox, and a score of the $50
Spanish physicians to whom he de
livered an illustrated lecture on the
subject in sValen cia on a recent
evening submitted to the injection
Of the broth in which a quantity Of
the bacillus germ had been cultiva~
ted. The injection is similar to that
Of morphine. and the effects ale felt
for about 4S hours, three months
of immunity from the terrible con-
tagion beng the reward for endur,
ing it. A second inoeulation withs
in a week is said to extend the imS
munity for much longer period.
Undoubtedly theldiscovery is very
important, if the facts have been
truthfully presented, and the rapid.
ity Of the action of the cholera mic
robe, when injected under the hu'
man skin, is that incubation can b
made eAectual in any community
after the appearance Of an epidemic
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-05-14
A Rich Return.

1t ia stated tnat between Jan. l
and March 81 of the present year
over $75O,00O were added to the
industrial capital Of North Car,
olino, and the greater part Of this
sum is believed 10 be directly
traceable to the states excellent
display at the New Orleans Expo
lsition. Among the new enterpris.
es established 100000 has been de-
voted TO opening a rich copper
mine in the western part of the
state, and q company for the mans
ufacture Of commercial fertilizer
from native rocks has been started
Machine shops, tobacco factories,
lumber, -four and cotton mills
and variety of less notable en-.
terprises complete the list.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-05-14
In Harness..

A negro living In the southern
portion of Macon county, Georgia,
Aaron Calhoun, made last year FIVE
bales of cotton without the assistan-
ce of mule, OK, or any beast of
any kind. He lost his mule in the
first part of the year, and, owing
about twenty-five dollars for adj
yances the previous year, he deter
mined not to go into debt any more.
As dernier resort he made a set Of
harness for himself and took the
place of the mule with the above
result.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-05-14
The Gardens.

The best manure for either yege-
table o. fruits is well decomposed
barnyard manure. 1t is not advis>
able to use fresh manure, as in such
condition it is unfit for plant
food, and if it is put in the soil dry
and fresh. it is a long time before
it gets into condition so that the
roots Of plants derive nouriahment
from it; better place it in a heap
and allow 1t to ferment and rot be-
fore putting into the ground. All
vegetables require we'll manured
soil, some, Of course, much more
tnan others. Cabbages, celery, sweet
corn and cauliflowers especially, re-
quire rich soil. For peas, beans
and tomatoes. if the soil is in toler-
ably good condition, a top dressing
of wood ashes applied after plowing
and well narrowed IN, is excellent
in most kinds Of soils. have
raised better crops Of these vegeta,
bles when an application of wood
ashes was given than when an
barnyard manure was used; there
was less vine and more fruit. Work.
ing the ground at the proper time
is onother essential to be attended
to. Clayey land has to be carefully
worked. especially when plowed in
the spring. If wet when plowed, it
remains IN a lumpy condition all
summer, and, as a consequence, poor
crops Can only be expected,
Thorough cultivation before the
seeds are put into the ground great
ly accelerates the work during the
entire season.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-05-14
Small Industries.

All through the south attention
is being called to the value Of
small industries. This is Just
what is needed everywhere. There
is no village in the state so small
or so poor but that there is some
sort of industry could be started
to assist in building up the surs
rounding country. 1t is the small
establishments, the small indus
tries, with their low rates, cheap
and moderate expenses to pay the
best returns to capital and labor
invested. New York which, with
one exception, is the greatest man>
ufacturIDg city on the continent,
and employs over a quarter of a
million of mechanics, has not q
cotton mill, a rolling mill or blast
furnace within her limits. but is
almost exclusively city Of small
industries. But while we build up
the small things do not let us fail
to build up the larger ones. 70