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The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30
Going Into Pittsburgh at Night.

A great yellowish white speck low
down in the distant horizon ahead Is
the first sight one sees of Pittsburgh.
That speck is a fame forty or fifty feet
long and half as wide. It is the adver-
tisement Of gentleman's furnishing
goods store on Smithiield street, the
Broadway of Pittsburgh. The enter
prising brothers who keep the store had
a figure of Liberty Enlightening the
World" in the corner of their great
new building, and when natural gas in
vaded the city they took the cumber-
some Bartholdian imitation Of fire.
brand in her hand, substituted twenty
feet of gas-pipe for it, tapped the main
in the middle Of the street, and now
they send mar up ladder every night,
and he lights match and raises it to
the pipe and, bangl section OF the
city is lighted as no electric light ever
began to light any part Of outdoors.
And there over the city this great bal
loon-shaped blaze sways and pulsates
in the wind all night roaring like q
giants furnace. just 30 the river side
is Illuminated by two great flames that
jut from ordinary little tubes sticking
out Of Du Qneane Heights. It's won
derful to see the wind catch one of
these masses Of fams and wrestle With
it aud bear it down and roll it oyer and
bite great yellow and white pieces from
it and fling it away, patches of fire thai
look as though they were going to doat
along and keep their shape awhile as
whiffs Of steam do. but Instantly they
are gone. This natural gas carries no
odor with it. You cannot detect its
presence even when the air is laden
with it. It leaks from the mains in the
Pittsburgh streets, and, finding vein
OF sand, penetrates TO the cellars Of
near houses. Several times it has hap
pened that resident has gone down in
the cellar OF his house TO look for
something, has lighted match there,
and has seemed to become the center Of
. convulsion of nature which has
wrecked all the windows, cracked the
walls, ana blown the doors Oh their
hinges. In some of the mills and in
the lot where the new Jail Is going up
the q s jets burn forever. There is st
least one town or city il this region
wherein the street lights are never put
out, because it would be waste Of
money to hire = lighter after tho
original lighting New York Sun.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30
Marrying for Money.

Itissaid that a witnesses who was be-
ing examined in q divorce case at Laur-
ems, ca. as recently asked the maiden
name of his wife, and was unable to
giveit Cases of this kind are a great deal
more frequent than one would be led to
suppose, especially where q man mar
ries an old maid for her money. He
does not love the woman. and therefore
does not stay in the house long enough
to learn her name. Down town he
speaks of her as the old woman, and at
home as Mrs. Jones, White, or what
ever her name may chance to be. AS
long as there is plenty of money in the
till, and he does not have to work for
her support, he is happy. and don't
give continental whether she is or not.
OF course, this kind Of fellow some
times catches q Tartar in the shape OF a
woman a little larger and huskier than
he is; a woman who, until married, has
been obliged to fight her own battles,
and when her husband tries to impose
upon her, there is low, mufRed noise
that sounds something like 'biff-bif -
and the neighbors are obliged to inter-
fere to save his worthless life. It
would be a blessing to humanity If every
man who marries for money, and takes
pleasure in making his wife unhappy.
could be knocked end over appetite
every time he causes the tears to come
to her poor eyes. IL this could be done
there would be less suffering in the
world, and fewer divorce cases on re-
cord. -Peck's Sun.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30
Robert Houdn's Escape From a Trying
Position,

3
Robert Houdin used to tell this story
about himself: One evening during a
performance I had borrowed hat to
make an omelet in. Those who have
seen the trick are aware that it is
chiefly intended to produce laugh, and
that the object borrowed runs no risk.
[ had got through the first part excel
lently, consisting in breaking the eggs.
beating them, throwing in the salt and
pepper, and pouring it all into the hat.
After this had to teign the frying OF
the omelet. [ placed the candle on the
ground. then holding the hatsufficiently
high above it to escape the flame, be-
gan tarning 1t gently round, while
making some Of the stereotyped jokes
adapted to the trick. The public
laughed so heartily and so loudly that
/ could scarce hear myself speak; but I
could not suspect the cause of their
hilarity. Unfortunately, I detected it
too soon. "A strong scent of burning
made me turn my eyes on the candle, it
had gone out. l then looked at the
hat; the crown was quite burned and
stained. had kept on turning the hat
round unsuspectingly until [ at length
put it on top of the candle and covered
it with grease. Quite dazed by the
sight, i stopped, not knowing how to
escape. Fortunately for me. my alarm,
though SO truthful, was regarded as q
well-piayed farce, to heighten the effect
of the performance. My only chance
was to gain time; so continued the
trick, with a tolerably easy air, and pro-
duced to the public splendid cooked
omelet, which / had enough courage
left to season with q few jokes. Still.
that quarter of an hour Of which Rabe-
lais speaks had arrived. must restore
the hat and publicly confess myself q
clumsy blockhead 4 resigned myself
TO this, and was going to do so with all
the dignity / could muster, when I
heard Antonia call me from the side.
His voice restored my courage, for I
felt assured he had prepared some way
for my escape. ( went up to him and
found him standing with q hat ii his
hand Look here, be said, exchang
ing it for the one held; st Is yours.
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tpETg to ED DIV lR(jI,,

NJ, t,a NJ .fpsh;cned days and primitive ways,
When q towing young couple We're married
TY,ev started OUT poor from the girls hone
44 deer,
q And scsalt was the luigaae they carried
A he'd aud some chairs spllt-boftomea at tnat,
A bake pan to sit on the coats,
A long-hanalea fry -par, tsakettle, TOO,
And they thought themselves happy dear
soulsi
a BIG chest of blankets, coyerlets. too,
AM rhe girls Of those days they could spin;
They. made towels, sheets, table clorhs out OF
fax,
And health such as Industry wins.
A pillow-case full OF the stockings they knit,
A big wheel, q fax wheel and looms,
IL the father was able, a round cherry table,
A churn and some homemade splint broo1ns
Attached 10 the cart BY 3 new lux rope,
The COW. she had raised from calf,
Some sheep followed on, OF horses not one; s
Such q wife was q mans better half;
A Bible, 8 prayer;book, an almanac too;
some women were weather-wise then
True belp-rleets, indeed, in mans hour O
need,
Though seldom they handled q PEN
a short gown and petticoat, every day wear,
Iirdsey-woolsey, dyed dark brown or blue,
Checked aprons SO neat, the outfit complete,
When we add the low country-In shoe.
One thing was essential to housewifeiy art,
10 such art did all maids aspire,
Near the cupboard was stored q johnny-oah'
board
10 bake cakes on before the great fire.
The years rolled away and children at play,
Eniivened the hearthstone OF home,
And unless it was election, or towTi-neet'nl
day,
Men had very little occasion to roam;
Bat sometimes, perhaps, In q world Of mishap
Discussions arose, and disgrace,
Then The hearth-tire burned low, 81 sure tokel
of woe,
And the house was "a sorrowfui place.
Then the woman went back on desolat
track,
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(. 4
But no matter; keep a good face. Rub
it as If you were removing the stains,
and handing it to the owner, ask him IN
gently to read what is on the bottom
{ did as he told me: and the owner OF
the burnt hat, after receiving mine, was
going to betray me, when ( pointed TO
the note fastened in the crown. Ut ran
as follows: An act OF earelessness
caused me to commit fault, which l
win repair. Z Tomorrow 4 will do my
self the honor Of asking your hatt 5t
address. III the meantime, be kind
enough to act as an accomplice, MY
request was kept, and my professional
honor saved.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30
WEALTH UNDER rHE SEA.
The Way They Bring UP Pearls in the
South Pacific Ocean.

1--WE are working says Mr. Harry
Streeter in his last letter from the pearl
fisheries, which was read to me, with
small open boats and two four-ton
ketches, which are perfect in any
weather, only coming every second day
to give up their shells. The only flaw
in our arrangements is that the open
boats are too small for the work; 10
case bad weather sets in they get to
.leeward, and have to lie over in a heavy
sea and take their chance Of swamp
ing, while the ketches, being decked
in, ride like ducks. Many a time after
a hard days work, and all hands thor
oughly tired out, we have had to get
up anchor and make sail after some
poor beggar going out to sea, and not
able to reach the ship. If boat sinks
the pump goes down with her, and there
is dress lost One Of the boats has
sunk twice, but luckily close to the
ship. and we have sent a diver down
and got every thing UP without dam
age At present we are under the lee
Of an island, and as the wind blows
from south to southwes every night
we lie as snug as possible; but when
the first came down we. were lying in
the middle Of the Gulf blowing gale
Of wind every night, and dipping bows
and stern ports under, though she had
forty Ave fathoms Of chain out, and the
anchorage was only eight fathonns.
II wouldn't go peariing with Queens
land niggers on any sideration. y gu
have got to ride for a couple OF months
up country to catch your men, and after
you have got them they must be watch
ed night and day TO prevent them put
ting Then every one on board liter
ally pegs it out during the time they
are On the grounds, having to sleep and
eat on deck, no matter what weather.
Fancy fifty niggers, six white men and
sc, O00, 900 cockroaches all cumming to-
gether, and all living on danper and
tea. The men, who receive a handsome
percentage, work like demons if we say
nothing to them. letting them go out
when they like and return when they
like, and assure you they are out at
daybreak and not in till seven o'clock
al night. Your experience Of Torres
Straits will tell you that If they go down
there for three hours day they think
they have done well. Good eyesight
aud confidence are all that is wanted
for apparatus diving.
ssAll there is to do under the present
system is to count the shells on arrival.
This takes from an hour to an hour and
half each morning. Chips, mJself and
the mate open them. This takes from
two to four hours, depending on the
number OF the shells, and then they are
washed and put in the sun to dry for
twenty-four hours. The shell is broken
into two pieces, the inside edges clip
ped, and then packed away in hogs
heads. Though the shells run so small
here pg4laves;|ose on twelve tons in
nine weeks, a,sgq n g Inc
average of w sssglsoQ III !,
200 to l,5OO tAhthe ton 80 Love
close on twen. dtaIs boa Il as s 70
make our present amount we have over
Is, GOO shells or board. Pail Mall Ga
Zette.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30
An Ice Velocipede..

A curious yelocipede for travel upon
the ice has been invented by Mr.. Joseph
Hussong, Of Camden, N. J. The frame
upon which the runners are mounted
consists of two bars united to avertl-
,al standard at their forward ends, and
1t their rear ends curved downward, IN
rider that the runners may be secured
them. The shank of the forward
unner, the turning Of which serves to
,uide the machine, is journaied in the
rertlcal standard, and is operated by a
ever within convenient reach OF the
ight hand of the rider. The drive
1heel frame is piyoted upon cross rod
Dining the sides of the main frame; the
haft OF the wheel is iournaled in the
ear fres ends OF III &c. Enc sdIly-
ng wheel has sharp points on its peril
.ahery, and is centrally fixed upon the
haft, which carries a sprocket-wheel
riven by a chain passing around a
arger sprocket- wheel on crank shaft
provided with the ordinary form of
pedals. By means of the left-hand
lever arm, the wheel may be raised
clear Of the ice or pressed downward
with considerable force. When this
lever is thrown forward to elevate the
wheel, the points of two breaks, one.
attached to each of the rear ends of the
main frame, are lowered SO as to scrape
along the ice. Both of the brakes and
the wheel can be held just clear Of the
ice by placing the lever in a notch in a
rod projecting forward from the seat
bar. A spring is SO arranged that it
may be made to vary the pressure of the
wheel upon the ice.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30
A Rapid Transit.

How long did it take you to cross
the oceanYn asked Gus De Smith OF a
very artistocratic lady just returned
from Europe. 8
g l was seven days on the water. Il Il
Seven daysl Why, when my brother
went across it took him eight days!'
5ss Probably your brother went over in
the steerage. / was a irst-cabin pas
senger,'' she replied, proudly Texas
Siftings.
Tailors in Readiness With Spring Styles.
Early as it may seem, a large number
of the most prominent merchant tailors
have ere this ordered the goods from
which they will make up the garments
intended for the spring wear OF their
patrons. It is predicted that there will
be very little change in the actual shape
of clothing from the styles OF last
spring. With regard to the WOODEN
samples shown for the next season 8
market the following is stated authorita-
lively: 1.-The woolens now being shown
by the agents for spring wear will look
much better bound than with the
stitched edges, and they will look more
elegant finished with moderately wide
braid than with narrow one, and the
worsteds are not Of a nature to look
well finished with piped or corded
edges. One thing is quite certain, if
not narrower binding it will be a
wider one, but binding in preference to
stitching it will surely be-"
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30
a Little Misunderstanding.

Angry purchaser--Yo on told me the
horse wasn't balky.
Seller No didn't.
Angry Purchaser You certainly did
You said that when it came to pulling
that horse was there every time.
Seller Y es, that's what sald. He's
there, but the trouble is no stays. l
used to build bonfire under him.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30
Rare Presence Of Mind.

$50 Vanderbilt is Dead said the
freight brakeman. II saw Billy once,
and at that time / wished / hadn't.
TT was when / was brakeman on the
Central. One day we were shifting
cars at station near Syracuse, when a
special car, with locomotive attached,
came in and stood ON the main track
near where we were at work. Special
cars were not very uncommon, and we
didn't pay much attention to this one.
Pretty soon was making a coupling,
but the internal link wouldn't 1T /
tried it two or three times, and the en-
gineer got out of patience backing up
for me 80 many times, and / begun to
get mad myself. Then gave it an
other trial, but still it wouldn't work.
and then took that link and gave it q
sling into the creek. and swore IN the
bargain. In about ten seconds / heard
someone calling me, and looking up,
saw plug hated, side-whiskered man
standing on the platform of the special
car. I knew h1m as soon as laid eyes
on hint was Billy Vanderbilt.
{. See here, Young man. says ne,
I've been watching you. Doyon know
whose property you have been throwing
into the creek?
Yes. sir. says I, trembling and ex-
pectlng to be bounced the next minute.
Well, whose was it2'
s The Pennsylvania Railroad 3, sir,
says /.
s Oh, replied Vanderbilt. and then
he went into his car and shut the door
/ wasn't bounced, either Z Chiczgo
Herald.
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A Georgian's Advertisement Tor Wife.

A Georgian's Advertisement for q Wife,
want good wife. I am a farmer
or anything else she wants. ANY sort
OF complexion will do. No difference
how high or how low she is, SO she will
be true to my five little ones. have
just returned from Arkansas, where
nay wife died on the first day of August,
1884. I prefer a Ight-complected
woman, and she must have straight
hair. / have got my own corn and sew
enty-fve to one hundred bushels OF
sweet potatoes. have been wanting
to get a good woman, and I will respect
one when find her. This offer will be
open for ten days. Address S. W. God
dard, Rome, Ga.--Advertisement in
Rome fGa.) Bulletin.
Advice to Wives.
Don't disturb your husband while he
is reading his morning Or evening pa
per by asking foolish questions. He
may be only reading the latest scandal
or divorce suit; but he is just as much
interested as though it were foreign
news or market reports. Be patient,
and when he comes across anything he
thinks you can comprehend, perhaps he
may read it to you.
Don't communicate unpleasant news
or ask a favor before eating. The
heart is not easily touched when the
stomach is empty.
Don't impose upon your husband just
because he is good enough to assist you
little in your housework. Don't leave
the stove-handle in the red-hot stove,
and don't ask him to empty the ash
hod. Draw a line on the ash-hod, sass
don It drive free horse to ieath.
Dir & .;,..ssher ap all his receipts and
notes that he has put carefully away on
the sitting room table, and tuck them
away in the fire the moment his back is
turned
Don't trade off his old clothes for a
pair Of china dogs, and then tell him
about it.
Don't monopolize every hook in the
closet. Graciously tender him one nail
for his very oWn--and then, in mercy,
hang your g Mother Hubbard" your.
pelerine, your shopping and your
bonnet in some othe place.
Don't be explicit in giving directions.
When you ask him to go upstairs for
your portemonnaie, tell HIM it is either
on the table, or in the further corner of
the left-hand side Of the upper bureau
drawer, or in the pocket of your brown
dress in the closet.
Don't ask him where he has been the
moment he enters the house. or where
he is going if he starts out for walk
before breakfast.
Don't ask him to wolk the floor with
the baby half the night. A man who
tramps industriously around q billiard
table three nights in the week, OF buys
an admission ticket to the opera, can It
be expected to be on duty at home the
other three nights.
Don't waste your breath in useless
against his favorite chum.
Cultivate the chum yourself ostensibly
when your husband is not around and
matters will assume a different aspect.
Chicago Herald
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30

Excellence Of quality. elegance Of design
and beauty Of cOlOring are Whist We sn1ve fo1s
and NE propose TO make prices low VIXEN theeS
are considered
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-23
MISC ELL ANE0
PYEmIA

Is the most virulent form of blood-poisuu-
Ing. Less speedily fatal, but not less cer.
fainly so, IL the vitiation of the blood olt
which the first symptoms are Pimples.
sites, Boils, and Cutaneous Erup-
tlons. When the taint Of Scrofula gives
warning OF its presence by such indications.
no time should be lost in using AYERS
the only perfect aad rek-
hlOOI -
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-23
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

The Republicans of Nevada.
in convention assembled. reaf.
firm their unfaltering loyalty to
the principles of the party as
enunciated in all their National
Platforms from Lincoln To
Blaine. We believe liberty is
the inalienable right of every
man, whatever his race or color,
and in the equality Of every man
before the law, with the unre-
stricted right Of every citizen to
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-23
SCR0FULA

Is foul corruption in the blood that rstn
out all the machinery Of life. Nothjuc
will eradicate it from the system and pre-
vent its transmission to offspring bud
AYERS SARsAPARILLA. This prepara-
ton is also the only one that viii cleanse.
the blood of Mercurial poison and tho
taint Of Contagious Diseases. Impoysr-
ished blood is productive of
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-23
ANEMlA,

A wretched condition intlicatetlby Pallid
Skin, Flaccid Muscles, Shattered
Nerves, and Melancholy. Its first
symptoms are Weakness, LanSuor.
Loss of Nerve Force, and Mental De-
lection. Its course, unchecked. leads
inevitably TO insanity or death. Women
frequently suffer from il. The only mctii-
cine that, while purifying the blood. cii-
riches it with new vitality, and invigorates
the whole system, is
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

which is threatening the peace
and furnishing the good name
Of the United States. We con-
demn the action Of the Demo-
cratic House Of Representatives
in refusing during all tho long
session Of Congress which has
just closed to consider any meas
are tending to relieve eur ceun-
try from the blighting curse Of
polygamy and polygamous rule
in Utah and the surrounding
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-23
Ayers SarsapariIla,

DR.. j. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists: Price 81;
Six bottles for IS.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-23
MISCELLANEOUS

tempt Of tho Democratic majority
ia the National House Of Rep
rescntativss to pass the Morri-
son Bill reducing the tariff on
the product Of our mines and
placing wed On the free list.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-23

1t is the duty OF this State 10
maintain free schools, not only
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hsn: I1ovslasA Msnsos. ". p. AaAeasos.
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Potter.
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hssss ps.sd : sssalssios disssAiae ~
Tmassrsr 70 ~ - sAh nsssy u anisG
bos&s 80 70 issvs = ~ lssassI7 =
soss thAs O. bua1rsd niIiiosA II
ssssas RAISED ~ snoaas v o. hssdssi
and thirty 1iliSoas asd ssvs sss dserstasy
a. sts Treasury soOs disesstics b ~
matter. This rssclusios pssssd botA
hcases bet sbs President sselssted Y
siss H. TAs wsslxss Democrats sss saad
10 he disgustsd.
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The silver sostsissl - dollar y Hou
vorsh isss thAa " cssta Lsl ~ gss~ws-
nsss 10 sill bayieG 4 = thst RIO y ~
snount o. u. ooo. 900 per ecath I'd fcss-
ing Il upos ths people = pr vsiss viii
gid. II IL iras that u 10 still csusst =
Per vsiss but one ot thsss days The ssos-
tom may fall out add people sho hold sil-
yer siil 6pd Il viIl parchsss esly 10 ~suts
worth, cod sL~ los sili fall. - Il always
does. on the Isborias people. Rish usa
siII ss.icipass The change and prepare sos
H. Bas uhsi Gao h. aid u ths parry IN
poser ubich psrsisss 10 cheating sAs pso-
pie 10 this mssssrs
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z, 4 4, o.vis. County
j 10 !" H nan' Committee

No more quiet. harmonious and one
minded political convention vas ever held
10 Vermont than that Of the Second Dis
,rict Rspu blicsns which meta Montpelier
on Wednesday II any individual dele
gate fol. like making any opposition Il
the viii Of the majority. he discretsly
kept II 10 himself. and Gen. Grout was
renoninaied by reclamation without an
opposing voice. Ont Of . total apportion.
msnt Of $40 delegates 265 were present