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The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-03
Such Is Life.

! [ saw young babe in it's cradle. l
smiled in it's sleep, and the mother
knelt and kissed it's soft cheek anC
prayed God that the boy might live to {
good Old age. 1t opened its eyes an(
smiled, and the children softly Whis
pered to each other. 'See! the angels
have been talking to him, and he is
glad"
saw the youth as he looked long
ingly up the path leading to fame anC
glory. There was a proud flash in the
fathers eye as he saw the boy come
and go, and the mother looked after
him with swelling heart and whispered
prayer to Heaven to keep her boys
footsteps from wicked paths.
] saw young man as he stepped
over the threshold and met the grim
world with smile Of self-reliance.
The father was now wrinkled and gray
but there was a fonder flash in his eye
as he listened to the applause Of the
multitude. The mother was aged and
feeble, and tears came to her eyes as
she murmured. He is moving the
hearts of thousands by his eloquence,
but | pray thee, Q Heaven, to keep him
pure of heart and free from sin!''
The children who had whispered be-
fore were no longer children. They
had also grown to mans estate. some
Joined in the applause--Some felt mall
ice and envy commanding them to
silence.
saw a strong man in his prime. He
had fame and wealth, a loving wife,
happy children and beautiful home.
Men bowed before him. Men fattered
him. His voice echoed over the land and
stirred the pulses in city and hamlet
The father and mother were dead, and
their last prayer had been for him. He
stood alone, but he had the support of
a nation, and the homage of world.
So it seemed to him; but down in their
hearts men feared and envied and
hated him.
/ saw an old man as winters night
settled gloomily down over the desolate
land. He was old and weak and hun
cry and poor. He was thinly clad, and
he shivered in the raw air. He stood
at the corner, his trembling hand held
out in mute appeal to the passers-by.
/ saw shrunken corpse on miser-
able bed. And men handled the poor
old body as if it we're q faggot, and they
cried to each other. A pine
grave in potter's field-and
to- morrow we forget that he ever livedl''
The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-03

Nothing enhances the pleasures of
life SO much as eontentment. What
ever man owns, let it be little OF
great, he enjoys to its fullest, and never
thinks of disturbing his present peace
by anxieties of an imaginary future.
The diseontented spend their time in
lamenting that their opportunities do
not come up to their desires, and let
them pass even when the hope Of bet
tering them gives no eneourag ament OF
realization. They want TO eIfjoy life.
but, instead Of doing SO, pursuade
themselves that they can t.
The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-03
GREAT FIRES or HISTORY.
Comftagrat I'm New ork, Chicago
BOSTON and Other Cities

! 90 RIO ms fIh New York. tRE1SaSyc
Boston and Other Cities
New York has had it's share Of the great
| fires of history AS far back as 1741 there
was a contiagration which was traced to
! incendiarles. and seven persons were
! hanged. In 1916 a fire destroyed 1913
houses in Broadway, laying an eighth of
the city in ashes Two years later flames
| which started on IN East River wharf, de-
stroyed 300 buildings. In December, 1904,
forty warehouses in Wall and Front streets
were burned. The conhagration of 1885
destroyed the business portion OF the city
east of Broadway and north Of Wall street.
Six hundred and forty-e1ght large ware
houses were burned, and the loss was es-
timated at $18 COO 600. IN July. 1915 the
same district was Visited by another fire.
attended with q loss of $5,OOO00 In 1S4S,
500 houses il Brooklyn We're destroyed by
fire.
San Francisco was destroyed by fire
about twice q year regularly from the
time Of the discovery OF gold in i849 till
1852, owing to the crowded condition of
the wooden houses. Columbia, the capital
of South Carolina, was burning when Sher-
man entered it FEB. II, 1865 and very lit
tie was saved. Richmond was fred when
the COnfederateS evacuated it III April,
1865, and the entire business portion Of the
city was burned. Charleston, S. G., was
reduced to ashes in 1861 by ap accidental
fire, and in / 865 there was q fire, followed
by an explosion Of a war powder magazine
and 200 persons were killed. Portland,
Me, was half destroyed on July 4. 1866,
by ire which started from the explosion
Of fire-craclzer.
The most destructive conf4agration
which ever occurred in the United States,
was that Of Chicago Oct $40, 1871 It
broke out in q shed near the lumber yards
in the southwest part Of the city. The
Legend is that Mrs. O'Jeary's COW kicked
over q lamp when young people went out
to milk her at night in order to make an
oyster stew. The confiagration swept over
2, 100 acres, destroyed II, $50 buildings, ana
%, 500 persons were made homeless. Two
hundred people We're burned or killed by
by falling buildings. The loss was
$198, 900, 900.
Boston was in 1872 visited by confa-
grafton second in extent only to that in
Chicago 1t began Nov. and ended Nov.
II. Seventy acres were burned over and
500 buildings destroyed The value Of the
property burned was $50, 600, 900, Fifteen
lives were lost It was said TO have been
started by q hOd-calrier dropping q coal
from his pipe. London, Paris, YeddO,
COnsrautinople, Moscow, Copenhagen and
Carthage, Bagdad and Nineyeh have also
been licked up by flames in their time.
1885, viii long be remembered
by the citizens of Galveston on account Of
their great conhagration.
The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-03
The Printer,

4 printer IS the most curious being Iiv-
ing. He may have a bank and coins, and
not be worth a penny; have small caps,
and have neither wife nor children.
Others may run fast, but he gets along
best by setting fast. He may be making
impressions without eloquence: may use
the I'VE without offending, and he telling
the truth. While others cannot stand
while they set, he can set standing, and
even do both ut the same time: use furni-
ture, and yet have no dwelling; may
make and put away pie, and never see
pie, much less eat it, during his life; be
human being and a rat at the same time;
may press great deal and not ask q
favor; may handle q shooting-iron, and
know nothing of 81 cannon, gun, or pistol
He may move the lever that moves the
world, and yet be as far from moving the
globe rs hog with his nose under mole
hill; spread sheets without being house
wife. He may lay his form on bed, and
yet be obliged to sleep on the floor. He
may nse the without shedding blood,
and from the earth may handle the X *
He may be Of rolling disposition, and
never desire to travel He may have
sheep s-fOot, and not be deformed; never
be without a case, and knows nothing of
law or physic; be always correcting his
errors and growing worse every day: have
e1n--A--s without ever having the arms of
q lass around him; have his form locked
up, and at the same time be free from Jail,
Watch-house, or any other confinement.
The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-03
-----------~--s----
LOudonss Zine system.

Prof. Loutlon's proposed system Of time,
on the decimal plan, provides that the
present day Of ftweuty-four hours be deyided
into ten divisions, so that each hour would
correspond TO two hours and tweRty-four
minutes, this hour would be again devided
into hundred divisions, called minutes if
necessary, each minute on the new system
thus corresponding to Al minutes; again,
this new minute division to be subdivided
for accurate measurements into one hun
dred divisions, called seconds. The ad-
yantages arising from such a system, as
enumerated. are, the abolition of the So
called A. NJ. and p. NJ, as has already
been accomplished by the 24-hour system:
all the advantages Cieriyable from the
adoption of any system based on the scale
of 1o--namely, the Inconvenience arising
from the continual use of vulgar fractions
and the use of symbols for each unit in
the ordinary affairs of life, and. finally,
the fact that the time IN hours and min
utes, which for all practical purposes is
sufficient. is Indicated Immediately by
the clock-this latter being considered
specially important advantage, as, By the
present system. it IS always essential to
multiply by five in order TO know the true
time.
The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-03
THE CHIP BASKET.

The happiest people are those who
are earliest made so. Cheap pleasure
is always the most accessible and en-
dearing.
Never give up the proprietorship OF
Yourself. The man that his own mas
ter cannot be treated as another's
slave.
A virtuous mind Will always find
consolation in every grief, and relief
in every burden, that will enable it to
face it without fear, and bear it with
out oppression. 1t is the reckless
alone VINO yield to dispear and lie down
under the weight Of atfliction.
If you would become disgusted with
terrene things and affairs, never ex-
anime them with too critical an eye.
They are intended only to glamor; and
If YOU would enjoy them, you must
know as little as possible of their
reality that the delusion may remain.
Whatever Weakens our minds and
deadens our sympathies for the suffer
ings OF others. opens and excites them
for our own. This is SO generally true
that the expression of the fact may be
written as as maxim: Who are incon-
siderate of others are most thoughtful
of themselves.
Fancied miseries-pen-pa paintings Of
romantic Woe--have been known to
draw torrents Of tears from eyes, that
were never wet at the sight Of real dis
tress, coming in a homely and unorna-
mented state. Real calamity goes a
begging while fantastic griefs grow fat
on sensibility and misplaced sympathy.
The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-03
Transmission OF 1Ieetrte power

An experiment for the transmission of
electrical power over q distance OF 5S
kilometres between Croil and I4ayillet5e.
France, made recently. WIS complete
success. \ forty-horse power current out
OF eighty had been conducted over the
line without the current heating the wire
or the dynamo machine. Baron Roths-
child paid the cost Of the experiment.
The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-03
VFdbfrs.

If you have q piece Of work you can't
get done just give . party of hoys an idea
that you don't want them to do it.
4 Pennsylyanis young lady significantly
added 10 her wedding invitations the line,
s.No pickle dishes as presents.m
The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-03
ORANGE AND GREEN
BY GERALD GRIFEIN,

.r,,,. s,,r1o,, ann IN snlenc1or had set uuon the
80
,z,,.,+. - an, ar,, ar,,aa ,,ror the
c,o
Besides the waters laFlns the 19e' Oh ageo
trees,
The Orange banners waving lie" poldly III the
IN mighty chorus meeting. a hundred voices
5oigg
And ffs and drum were beating the Battle of
the RDvne
da Co"&FoS n1s '0''"No H'0il'N' LAT l1h IL 10
speeding now
his brow?
Hide, hide me, worthy stranger, tnoagh
Green my color be,
And in the DAY Of danger may heaven remem~
ter thee?
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g... 90 ,..,,, :
slew.
Aark. near mat fe@ffui ""EaiHs @l17ie
death IL every 1o'Ae'
Oh, save my life TIL morning. anu n0aFe" pro
0ii& your OWE
~...-... ,-.,, ,.,o,4oa -, ,;4,, - +ba
..1,,.,,
- . - -,s. .,,,-,I, ,ioo+r,
"Dread not that angry warning though aeatn
, 49,, -, --i-,., ~, 7 ,i,, 7c,, NV |
own"
Now, round his lonely dwelling the angry tor
rent pressed
a hundred voices S"elhng the Ofahgotaai ao-
dressed;
Arise arise ana 1ouo" the chase alohs ti'9
PIaIH' 80
amatn,
den pain.
He seeks the trighted stranger IN covert where
he lay;
'ArjSe!' he said; "aN danger is gone anc
II had son-one only one loved as my hfe.
Thy hand has left me lonely in that accursed
strife.
[ pledged MY word to save thee until the
storm should cease;
keep the pledge gave thee Arise, ana 20
III peace!'
The stranger soon departed from thatunhappy
vale:
The father, broken-hearted, lay broodng Ger
the tale,
roll twenty summers after to silver turned his
beard:
And yet the aound Of laughter frou2 him was
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-04
THE POET AND THE CRITIC.
Helen Ten Esroscls.

With her feathers ali afrown, the nightln-
gale looks down,
When the whip poor-will misguided tries
to sing,
And the robin, by its screams rudely walked
from downy dreams,
Lifts her sleepy, startled head from meath
her wing.
The arIstocratlc rose turns away her dainty
nose,
With qutver and shiver Of Perfume
That at her dainty feet daisy far from
sweet,
Dares in rlotous exuberance to bloom.
The eagle high in air bends patronizine
stare,
With "a fne curl OF scorn upon his beak
At the fowls that scratch and pick for their
breakfast round the rick,
Where the blg-eyed kline stand motlonless
and meek.
SO the critic In a rage dashes gall across the
page,
While the air is blue with pale, sulphuric
fire,
As he execrates my lays, with certain
breadth Of phrase,
Which l may respect, but really can't
admire
But the whip-poor-will still sings, and the
daisies, forward things =
Bloom on aud fill the roses with disgust
And the chickens pick up corn, needing not
Aquilla's scorn,
From the barnyard's scattered heaps Of
chat and dust.
And in spite OF stern dispraise still l lisp my
l little lays,
Tho the crusty critic tells me they are
bad;
For couldn't If would, aud wouldn't j
could,
Cease my song; because I'm so alive ant
glad !
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-04
TIE DEArH or LoHn.

And is he dead at last7 He fingered long,
Despite the fever fits Of doubt and pain.
1t seemed that faith had wov'n web so
strong
'Twould keep him till his pulse beat true
again:
Centre OF so much youth and hope and trust,
How could he crumble into common dust2
Cold blew the ley winds of circumstance,
Prudence and penury stood side by side,
Barking the arrow shot by crafty chance,
Snatching the balsam from the wounds Of
pride;
SANDER splced well the cup false friendship
gave,
his gravep
Scatter no roses on the bare, black earth,
Plant no white lilies; no blue violet bloom.
Weak In his death, as feeble In his birth,
Why should life strive to sanctify his tomb2
Even gentle memery e BY Truth t0Tt'"
10 honor aught TINT died az light Lov lid.
Let the rank grasses flourish reariessly.
With no fond footstep brushing them
away;
While the young life he troubled, strong and
free,
Turns to the promise of the worlds new
| day,
Leaving the darkening skies to close abov,
The unhallowed burial place of shallow
Love.
| An The Year Round.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-04

Eal.h walksr nausbanss.

-
Written for Gazette and Journal.
She sat beside the river
And watched the ships go out,
Mid many peal Of laughter
And many Joyous shout.
What thought they OF the watcher
AS dreamily thus she gazed,
Her thoughts bent on the vanished past,
Her tear dimmed eyes appraised.
One, OF all that merry group
Aud yet alone was she,
Her hopes were buried In the past
Beneath the restless sea.
widowed and friendless thus she moaned /;
Obi life for me Is done;
Ayl laugh ye on cold, restless sea,
Der the victory you have won.
scarce two years havS come and gone,
since you my loved one stole,
You gave TO him a watery grave
AID DER him pillows roll.
He left my side fair June morn.
A smlle on his noble brow,
And babe nlen tender aud sad farewell.
0nl where have you laid him nowt
l witch and walt DER the deep blue sea.
And hear the breakers roar,
They whisper OF joys that long have fed,
OF tones shall hear never more.
Never more did you say sad mourner2
My child It's your Fathers will.
In each and every affiletlon,
His arm will shield you still.
Twas but reed that upheld you,
Thus broken your soul to save.
Look upward, trust God and He'll help YOU
II His help you earnestly crave.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-04

rursv Fsarsi,sh seilu~prs uF Rriy-
i.naIt EMnrtn trrirn

TaTsv Fstsriiisii Followers uF GIrig-
isnT EnuuS trriyc.
'EAe ateas IF BHtah Gng having on
board about iI Mormon converts, az
rived "a lcf yhaff t tie foot of WASH
iugt1n avenue Philadelphia, shortly after
> o'clock yesterday week Chdwala
der Biddle Of The board ii public chart
ties, ana ] } s. Rodgers immigration
agent, anticipating tile arrival u the
British King, were on hard only md
after the vessel was ngia fast theg
stepped on board and we're met 81 j G.
Greenwood Of american Fork William
Rex Of Randolph, and Edward Hanson
Of Logan Utah who had charge II lie
converts. Mr. Greenwood conducted MI,
Biddie and 5Ir Rodgers 70 she steemgc,
where the Mormons were closely ql4r,
tered. After making the necessary eX.
animation, Mr.. Biddls allowed them to
land.
or these 307 Mormon converts 1903 are
Soandinayians, with liberal sprinkling
of English Swi5B, Germans, Scotch and
Welsh. Over 400 Of the number are
women and children. IA the afternoon
the converts were taken TO Baltimore. and
from there will 90 west by the Baltimore
X Ohio railroad. They will be distributed
among the Mormon settlements in Utah
Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona and Idaho
Those having trades will be assigned L
their YoGations, while the others will fint
employment in the farming districts. Thi
is the fourth and last party Of Mormons Il
arrive in this country this year, and thu
first ever brought to Philadelphia.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-04
IN ODD CASE.
A Political Committee sued by a
Man of the Same Party.


ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2S.--The % members
of the city Republican central committee
to-day found themselves defendants in a
mandamus petition brought before the
supreme court of the state by ]. P. Vas
tein, one of the Republican candidates
for judge of the criminal court asking the
court to compel the committee to place
on the Republican city tickets the petit.
toner's name instead of that of ]. G.
Lodge, nominated in place of the peti.
TONER.
Mr.. Yastein received the nomination
from the regular Republican convention,
bit certain charges were brought against
him, and second convention was called,
which removed his name from among the
list of candidates and substituted that Of
Mr.. Lodge.
Mr.. Vastein claims that this nomina
tion was illegal, and demands from tn,
supreme court his reinstatement. A de
cision in the case cannot be reached be.
fore the end of the week, and if the de
PENDANTS care to delay its consideration il
will not come to trial until after the cleo
ton.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-04

DETROIT, Oct. 2S.-On the arrest of f.
J. F. Bradley in Chicago for defalcation,
by the Pullman Palace Gar Company, an
expert accountant was brought to Detroit
and on an investigation of the books re
vealed shortage of $4,000. Several
amounts, the largest being 1926, 900, were
taken at different times and changes made
in the entries. The investigation has re.
suited in the discharge of Chief Account
ant David Wilson, as being cognizant Of
Bradley's crookedness.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-04
An OpioiOu O0 Why They Won the
championship


New York sun.
The last and greatest battle on the base
ball diamond for the year 1886 has been
fought and won, and with it the long
season closed on Saturday. The cham.
pions, tine st. Louis Browns, again main
tain their supremacy, as in their contests
of last year with the League representa-
tiyes. They hive also Won the handsome
sum of S14 GEO, inGsmuch as their Chi
cago victims, trying a bluff that might
have disturbed less formidable opponents,
insisted that the winners Of tho cham
pionship series should also take the entire
proceeds 81 all the games. The cham
pionB very quickly assented to this ar
rangement, and then proceeded to win
four games out Of six, leaving the crest
fallen Chicagos two Of the games played
on their own grounds. Tie st. Louis
captured one game by the overwhelming
score Of II toU
The 81. Louis men are perhaps no bet
ter batsmen than the Detroits, nor better
helders than some other mines but they
are exeeilentiy handled, are masters in
the arts Of worrying md confusing their
opponents and also the umpire, if this be
necessary 10 win, and are sharp in max
ing al! special playing agreements. They
can put playing rues to uses quite diff
ferent from what was intended and, in
short have learned ali the do1ges which
have carried the Cmcagos so often to the
head Of the League, and they bettered the
instruction
Il il therefore probable that bad any
other Leneue niue sought to win this great
prize Of the yeNr 1t would have failed N
completely rs the ClIicagos Last yenl
the New Works uight possibly have done
better "a the League representatives, in tlt
final tournament, since they had greatly
ouplayed the GAicagos IN the series o
games between the two nincg. But thu
American Association has now twice car
ried away all the laurels from the League
ana g the champion association o
America, although charging only half .
much far eaIuittanea to its games. III
lHetcu- played lnring the last fortnigh
Dotwegn the Pittsburgs aud Detroits, VIII
Stand second, ind between he Brooklyn
,tnd S4% Fnrks who are third in thei
respective associations are also wort
comparing Yith tic matches between til
" Lllis champions and the Chicagos.
$780,
~-YAt Fl eirra Iiaumstism FROM la
lVUr5 awnl itf'.3 mt bruises IN !, lev llur
Nil pNis7 NH tt slfIost iein diHeiy utG
52QlE liA 'tics = tanta 9ot.tq.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-04
tower Rate. Eastward.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 90 First-cla tickets
to Washington and Baltimore were sold
here openly yesterday by the yandalia
and perhaps by other roads for Sl4.50,
which is reduction of S. rs from the
regular rates Tickets TO Philadelphia
were also sold at $lG, which is reduc-
ton of $4.75.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-04
Protected Philadelphia English.

A lady holding responsible position
in large dry goods house on Chestnut
street, in which she is obliged to come
into business association with the fashion
able ladies of Philadelphia, said that it
was incomprehensible to her how they
could be so incorrect in their speech and
sloyeuly in their grammar as compared
with the same class of ladies' in New York
and Boston. In Boston, for instance, it
had been her experienced that many of the
salesgirls, through the excellent influence
of the public schools of that city, spoke
English with more simplicity, directness
and purity than not few ladies in Phila-
delphia who were proud of their social
distinction and their education.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-04
A Captaln,a Fortunate discovery.

Captain Coleman, schooner Weymouth,
plying between Atlantic City and New York,
had been troubled with u cough so that he
was unable to sleep, and was induced to
try DR.. Kings Now Discovery for C0nsump-
ton. 1t not only gave him instant relief,
but allayed the extreme soreness In his
breast. His children were similarly affected
and single dose had the same happy
effect. DR.. Kings new discovery Is now the
standard remedy In the Coleman household
and on board the schooner. Free trial
bottles Of this standard remedy at william
Springer Il Co.'S drug store, 400 Market
street.