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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
NOTES OF INTRODUCTION.

Why This Method OF Making People Ac-
quatnted Is NO Longer Satisfactory.
The reckless and irresponsible way in
which people write notes Of Introduction is
rapidly throwing q d,strust on this whole
system OF making people acquainted, says
the San Francisco Aypoxaut. The man who
gives q letter OF Introduction has not only
drawn upon his credit, 80 to say, in his
friends feeling Of kindness toward him,
but he has become responsible Tor the man
he presents. Many persons are inclined to
assume that they can only be held respon-
sible for the strict wording OF their note,
as it the recipient could half receive the
acquaintance they only half indorse. The
truth is, that the fact Of having presented a
man at all is in itself a claim which they
have no right to press without being as
sured that the character of the person for
whom they stand will bear out the natural
differences to be drawn from the fact that
he has been given written and formal in-
dorsemept. Of course, at the bottom of this
evil lies not disposition to impose on a
friend, but lack of courage to refuse ia
vor to another when such favor
would be looked upon as personal
reflection. An eccentric old gentle
man, who was exceedingly scrupulous in re-
gard to this matter, always couched his re-
iusal to give q letter Of introduction in the
words: II am very sorry not to be able to
oblige you, but am convinced that you and
the friend to whom you ask q letter would
not be compatible" The phrase was am
biguous, but it served as well as another.
The refusal was the main thing, and that
the gentleman being gentleman always
insisted upon when he left that the acQnaint-
anceship he was asked to bring about would
not be agreeable to the recipient of the let
ter Of introduction as well as TO the bearer.
The matter has been often touched upon !;
but, SO far from the evil decreasing, 1T
seems rather to be growing. People are
endeayoring to balance their moral laxness
in this case by lessening the weight Of pres
entatiou notes, and the time seems to be not
lar distant when these convenient and
necessary credentials will have no weight
whatever. The only thing that can be done
Is to impress upon individuals the need of es-
tablishlng for themselves the reputation Of
being so particular that their notes OF intro.
duction shall be absolute guarantees.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
LULLABY.

Fair 10 The castle up on tho hi1l-
Hushaby, sweet my owA!
The night 10 fair and the waves arc still,
AndStbe wtnd u singing toyou and me
In this Lowry homo beside the sea-
FL Hushaby. sweet my own!
On yender HUI Is store Of wealth.
Hushaby, sweet my own!
Ard revelers drink to little ones health
But you and bide night and day
For tho other love that has sailed away.
Hushaby, sweet my own!
See not, dear eyes, the forms that creep
Ghos uike, o my own!
Out OF the mists Of the murmurinE deep;
Oh, see them not and make no cry
It'll the angels OF death have passed as by
Hushaby, sweet roy own!
All, little they rock OF you and me-
Hushaby, sweet my ownl
In our lonely home beside the soa;
They seek tho castle up on the hill,
And there they viii do their ghostly WILL
Hushaby, Omy ownl
Here by the sea mother croone
"kushaby, sweet my own:'
In yonder castle q mother sWoons
While Che angels so down ia tho misty
deep,
Bearing little one fast asleep
Hushaby, sweet nay own!
Euge4e Faeld IN Chicago Reset.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
WARM NIGHT GARMENTS.
Thin Bed Gowns Most Injudicious Durin
Winter Weather..

Thin Bed Gowns Most Injudicious During
Winter Weather.
When the air is cold and the weather in
clement it is the general custom to wear
garments of extra thickness and warmth,
and to sit round roaring fires. But, asks
Health, on going to bed, what takes place?
In ninety-nine cases out of one hundred,
people pass from the warm living-rooms
into chilly bedrooms. AS if the sudden
change from extreme heat-for there can
be little doubt that what with fires, gas and
insufficient ventilation people are in the
habit Of breathing an atmosphere the tenn
perature of which is considerably higher
than it should hygienically be-to excessive
cold is not sufficiently absurd, they proceed
to divest themselves of their several warm
garments, to garb themselves in thin linen
night,shirts, and to consign their heated
bodies to the cooling influence OF unsympar
thetic sheets! Conventionality has habitu-
ated one to the custom; but really serious
contemplation of it can not fail to make
the utter absurdity OF the custom clearly
apparent.
The Chinese, from whom many useful les
sons have been learnt by more civilized ma
tons, can give US wrinkle on this subject.
John Cinnamon sleeps in the same kind OF
clothes as he wears in the daytime, the
easy and flowing garments to which he is
addicted allowing Of this without causing
inconvenience. Western nations are not
favored in the latter respect; but still it
would be quite possible to replace the airy
nightshirt at present IN vogue by some gar
ment which, as regards warmth, was equiv
alent to the several distinct articles OF
clothing constituting the working dress
worn by day Dweners in foreign coun-
tries invariably sleep in flannel garments,
and the backwoodsman wraps himself In .
stout wooden blanket and dedes the ele-
ments. They are sensible. The human
frame should, undoubtedly, be clothed in
wooden garments, for woo. is bad conduo-
tor of heat. Enveloped in flannel the body
maintains normal temperature, which is
Of the greatest importance. No sooner does
the temperature fall than the action of the
various functions becomes impaired; the
nerves get out Of gear, and the whole sys-
TEN suffers Reorganization.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
THE CRUEL CHECK.
Ore Of the Most Common Forms ut Tort
ure Of Horsos,

Ore u the Most Ceminon Forms Ut Tort
ure Of Horses.
Mr.. Thomas e. Hill, Of Chicago, who two
years ago was chosen secretary OF the
American Humane Association, and has
prepared a work OH "Ways OF Cruelty"
is credited with the following remarks
against ono of the Inost conamon forms OF
torture Of horses:
From my of1ce window looked down
GA one Of the leading retail stores in the
country. I'm front OF that place were stand
ing good many fashionable eQulpages all
hours Of the day. l noticed that the horses
were checked up In way that was out
rageously cruel. They were victims of the
ovor-check. brought in my artist and had
him illustrate this book from nature, with
out the slightest exaggeration. This shock
ing cruelty to horses-it is nothing less--ls
a mere fashion. Somebody adopted it, and
someone eise followed, and SO on. 1t has
spread alar1niugly, and horses in all parts
OF tho country are suffering from the over
check Since have been in the West
have noticed how prevalent It is, 1t isused
here ON ali kinds Of horses. I went up
Mount Hamilton few days ago, and the
horses that were harnessed to our wagons
had to pull the heavy load with their heads
held at painful angle by the cver-check.
81 am happy to say that there are some
humane men who have seen the folly OF the
over-checa, and Senator Stanford is one Of
them. Twas at Menlo Park short time
ago, and the people told me that Mr. Stan
ford would not permit tho outrageous con-
trivance on any Of his horses. dis stable
men said tho over.check was not benefit,
and the horse only suffered from it's appuca-
ton. With this example before the people
of California it is to be hoped they, too, will
take the over-check from their horses.
That method Of checking is the worst form
OF cruelty that has been practiced on the
horse. It is inhuman, and the press ought
to cry out against it. 1t is mere thought
less freak, and the gentlemen who have
oyer-checls on their horses do not know
how much they suffer by the1n As soon az
the matter is understood this dlaboical
means of torture will be discarded alto
gether. aud the horse will have a chance to
annnar ri his boSt.h
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
DRESS IN ENGLAND.
The Average Annual Expenditure Of Five
Well-to-Do English Ladies'.

The Average Annual Expenditure OF Five
Wen-to-Do English Ladies'.
Our English cousins probably spend less
for dress than Americans do, although 1t
may be hazardous to assert this as gen
eral rule. No doubt there are Englishmen
who ere lavish in this particular, as there
are rich Americans who are prudent Yet
it will do no harm to observe the habit Of
some well-to-do English people. According
to an article quoted in the Christian at WORT
from an English magazine, the average an
nual expenditure for dress by FIVE English
ladies was:
With a family income of four thousand
dollars year, one hundred and fifty dol
lars; of five thousand dollars a year, two
hundred dollars; of seventy-fve hundred
dollars year. two hundred aud fifty dol
lars; Of ten Thousand dollars year, two
hundred dollars for each of three unmarried
daughters. With such incomes here, some
ladies would spend at least twice or thrice
as much on their wardrobe, and when they
belong to families OF large wealth, their
lavishness in this respect startles English
observers possessing incomes as great, or
even greater.
The daughter OF an Earl recently visiting
New York declared her inability to COM
pete with American ladies in the smartness
of their dress, and marveled at their
grandeur, for they spent thousands OF dol
lars where she had hundreds to lay out On
her wardrobe.
In the matter of the cost OF dress of men
there is also apparently greater economy N
England. The average annual expenditure
Of twenty-eight bachelors consulted were
only one hundred and fifteen dollars, the
highest being two hundred and fifteen dol
lars, and the lowest seventy dollars. Yet
they were all what are conyentionally
known as gentlemen of fair or good in-
comes.
One Of thirty-three years, and an income
Of thirty-vwo hundred dollars, spent two
hundred dollars on his clothes; second,
aged thirty-hye, and six Thousand dollars
income: says his tailor's bill is about one
hundred and seventy-6ve dollars year,
that he "gets new suit Of dress clothes
every three years, and new grsat-ooat
every four;" and q third, aged tnirty-one,
with an income of between fifteen and
twenty thousand dollars, 'never spends
more than one hundred and ninety dollars;
new dress suit every five years.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
ABSURD PLUMBERS.
How Things Sometimes Got Mixed ~
CORRESPONDENTS and Printers.


CORRESPONDENTS and Prjntors'
"You newspaper correspondents make
queer mistakes sometimes" said 2 young
British officer to correspondent OF Ha'peF'
Wesklv, as they sat in front OF the canton
ment at little border outpost among INC
mountains of Southern Afghanistan. "xou
remember that man who was out here the
ether day during this last war, hearing
somebody talk of the wounded being picked
up bv 9 doolie ambulance Gtter), and ne
took it for some kind OF wild beast, and BE-
gan his next letter with q thrilling account
Of the ferocious doolie swooping down upon
the battlefield and carrying of the wound
ed.'"
"well, did nearly as bad myself last
month" reioined /, sin letter to the New
York Times, describing my visit to tho runs
of Amber, near Jeypoor, in western 1nata'
I had meant to put y had previously Written
to the British Resident for an elephant and
on reaching the city gate found the great
brute al ready But by some miscnanoo !
omitted the words for an elephant ana
the sentence ran thus: 1t had previously
written to tho British Resident, ana on
reaching the city gate found the great brute
all ready"
"Not so bsd, though" laughed my com
panion, "as tho way the English papers
mixed up the capers Of stray dog with the
presentation OF testimonial to our neao
master just before left school: DIR. d---
returned thanks for the testimonial. ana
then proceeded to play series OF pranks
which only such mischievous dog could
have imagined. He ran furiously down
the main street. barking and swapping at
every one whom he met, till some frolicsome
boys got hold of him and tied q tin pan to
his tail, with which ceremony the presenta-
ton ended.'"
"Well, l can beat even that" said 1.
"What do you say to this as the result Of
mixing an account Of cutting up pig by
machinery with the presenting Of gold
headed cane to an English professorl His
friends explained the object of their visit
and presented him with handsome gold
headed butcher, who seized him by the tail,
cut his throat dexterously and plunged his
carcass into the boiling water. He then OBJ
served that on such an occasion his feelings
overcame him, and he could but family ex-
press his gratitude, the way in which Sc
huge beast was cut to pisces being truly
admirable As the doctor ended The machine
seized him, and in trice he was chopped
40 and worked into delicious sausages.
His friends will long remember this graft
fying event The best bits may still be had
for tenpence per pound, and all who nave
profited by his lectures must rejoice that
he has been SO handsomely treated"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
A Duke as a Groom Grocer.

The Duke Of Norfolk appears to have be-
come s green-grocer, says London Truth,
for hear that he Is not above selling his
fruit, vegetables and flowers at current
market rates, either wholesale or retail.
Visitors to Arundel Castle gardens may
parchase any thing they fancy, and large
hampers Of produce and huge baskets Of
cut flowers ere dispatched several times q
week to Brighton and Portsmouth. Under
the circumstances it seems decidedly
unfair, while the Duke is driving roaring
trade, that his glass houses should be rated
merely IS pleasure-grounds, whereas pro-
fessed nurserymen have to pay a very
much higher rate. The Duke has quite en-
ough advantage over the. ordinary trades
man without being favored in the matter Of
rQfaQ ~ u
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
Electrical Naylxation.

The navigation of the Thames by electric
power is now an established success. A
small electric launch has been running for
some months, aud the largest electric boat
yet built-sixty-fve and one-half feet
long and ten feet wide-has just been COM
;pleted. A floating station has been put in
operation for charging the storage bat
teries. Other launches and stations are
being designed and constructed, and new
era in river travelling seems to have been
fairly begun.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
Luxurious and Inexpen.ive

A wholesale perfumery house of Detroit
noticed that their stock of perfumes was
disappearing faster than the salesbook indi-
Gated A watch was kept, which resulted
in the arrest of a young man, who confessed
that he had taken the bottles and given
them to his girl The woman acknowledged
having received the perfumery, and in re-
plyto the detectives question as to what
she had done WITH it said that as it cost her
nothing. she bathed in it regularly every
day AS the extracts were valued at TWEEN
ty-1ive cents an ounce, her daily additions
Will 20 on record as among the costiest lux
ur!es IF the times.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
The Queens of An.

OF the independence Of American eirls.
Bill Nye has this to say: "What an Ameri.
can girl wants to'be q Duchess or a lady Of
high degree for, when she can be an Amer.
lean hired girl with ten times as much
power, is more than I can make out. Aside,
from being . sleeping-car conductor with q
naughty nien and nothing to do, I would
rather be an American girl with good:
wages, no board to pay, and my nose worn
high, than to be most any thing know OFF,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
A Much-wounded Soldier.

Sergeant Kendall of the British army
can exhibit forty-eight different wounds re-
ceived in the line Of duty. A bursting shell
inflicted twelve Of the wounds at one time,
and one bullet left three scars.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
Signals Of Railroad Men.

Red signifies danger. Green signifies eau
;tion, go slowly. White signifies safety.
Green and white signifies stop at flag sta
'tions for passengers or freight. One cap
or torpedo on rail means stop inme-
diately. Two caps or torpedoes on rail
means reduced speed Immediately and look
ont for danger signal. &}S
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02
What the footing Means.

The following signals, taken from the
IS Standard Code," are in use on majority
Of American railroads. Explanations: O
means short, quick sound; - means long
sound:
Apply breaks, stop........O
Release brakes, start.....O .
Back ... .....O ~ ~
Highway crossing sign AL, or Q Q -
Approaching stations. blast lasting I'VE sec.
Call for switchmen... go 600
Cattle on track. .....-----
For = r' incl s.. ps -. ............ 5000
Bridge or tunnel warning o o.
Fire alarm. ...... Geo 700
VIII take stdetrack. .......---
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-02-02

sThinking some poor fellow might be
floating about where the brigantine went
down, I called up the captain and all hands,
and the old man sent out . boat to search
The second mate went in the boat, and
when he came back he brought only q bit Of
scorched deck planking that he picked up
adriit where he calculated the brigantine
had been. That was all the trace Of her
that was left, and we never knew her name
or any thing more about her."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-06
a PATHETIC INCIDENT.

HOW tho Tr0nt0n Prepared for Her De.
Structaon ut Samoa.
One Of the most beautiful and pa
thetic incidents in the narrative of
the wreck Of the war-ships at Samoa
was certainly that of the music
on the Trenton. 1t was at mid
night Of the day upon which the
Vandalia struck That vessel lay up
on the reef pounding her bottom
upon the coral rock. Mountainous
masses OF dark water. white-capped
with seething foam, came rolling in
from the open sea and swept the deck
from stem to stern. dashing the spray
high into the rigging, whore three hun
dred men chung TO the ratlines The
bowling OF tho hurricane arose even
above tho roar of the waves and no
other sound met the ears of the SILVER
ing men aloft.sav the crash and creak-
ing of timbers as each succeeding
wave made inroads into the noble ship.
Presently there came across the
waste Of seething water a sound of
music. Could it be possible? Did
not their ears deceive themp Eagerly
the men listened to catch the sound.
Again it came. borne upon the whist
ling wind, the stirring notes of tho
Star Spangied Banner" played by
the band Of the Trenton. as that ship,
with propeller and rudder gone,
drifted bopelessly upon the reef TO
meet what seemed almost certain
death. Loud and clear above the
raging storm, arose the notes, and
surely never sweeter music sounded TO
dying men than did this to the seamen
dashed to the rigging of the Vandalia,
and three hundred men broke into n
cheer. Family came the answer from
the Trenton's men, as grouped in tho
rigging they peered eagerly into the
line of foaming breakers ahead which
marked tn deady reef upon which
they were drifting. It was only when
tho vessel struck that the crash of fall
ing masts and crushing timbers
drowned the sweet strains of the stir
ring anthem, and again all was black
ness. whirting waves aid whistIing
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Critic.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-06
Dude Got the Quarter.

Dude Ito chance acquaintance)-
That shabby-looking fellow is making
right for US. Bet he wants to borrow
money. He, he! I'll get ahead OF
him. Please. sir, can't you lend me a
quarter or a dime to get something to
eatP
Shabby Fellow-Certainly Glands
out quarter). Now. young man, if
You are through begging of this gen.
tleman / would like to speak to him.
He is one of the depositors in my bank.
IN. Y. Weekly.
The Presbyterian Historical So
ciety, of Philadelphia, has the conch
shell used by David and John Brainard
to call the people to their meetings. !"
The society also has m idol one hum
dred and fifty year old, worshipped by
q family of Munsee Indians; and the
doorsill OF the house occupied by DR..
Marcus Whitman, who secured tho
Territory OF Oregon, Washington and
Idaho to tho United States, and was
killed by the Indians. B..
The largest congregation in tho
world, numbering $500 members, is
on the island OF Hawaii. Over 80, 900
Feejians gather regularly for Christian
worship Madagascar, with its Queen
and 200, 600 of her subjects, is ranged
on tho side Of the Cross. In the Friend.
ly Islands there are 1000 Christians,
who contribute $4,000 year TO re-
ligious objects.
In the last six years the member
ship of the Chicago Presbyterian
churches has increased from less than
1000 to nearly $4,000 and OF the Sab
bath-schools from IL, 900 to nearly 49,
900. -..s-.,sssAA..--.-------------.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-06
Jack the clipper.

A London dispatch of the 4th instant
says:
A parcel containing the lower portion
Of u womau'S body cut in halves was
found in the Thames aL Hursly Down
this morning, Another parcel IL which
we're q wonau's Thighs. WIS picked up
Ut BAttersou. both Wrapped in pieces OF
. wUmau's drawers. on which Tic maine
had probably been in the water ten
dayx. 1t il feared that Jack tue Kip
per" has again been at work.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-06
A Ready-Witted Maiden.

Silence. had reigned for some time
that thick, rank silence which is like
the calm before the storm. Finally it
was broken: but his words came cold
and impassioned.
''Maude, " he asked. lido you think
marriage is n failurep"
II don't feel able to express an
opinion on so grave a subject" she
replied. ''but know q good way to
find it out"
This happened at least two months
ago, md they are both ready now to
give an emphatic verdict of mo fail
ure. "-Merchant Traveller.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-06
Special Meeting.

4 special meeting Of tho Board Of
Commissioners was held Wednesday
evening, Juno 9Th. for tho purpose Of
appointing . successor TO Recorder
Aaron Van Week. deceased. Balloting
for candidates for the position was had
a. follows:
First observation-disclosures Hamiil
voted for Geo. H. Moig.; Commissioner
Wilson voted for L. r. Parsons; Com
missioner Rigsby voted for 7. n.
Stone.
Second ballot:-Hamill for Me:gs;
Wilson for Parsons; RiRsby for Stone.
Third ballot HnruiIl for MeiGs;
Wilson for Parsons; Kiesby for Neigs.
Geo. II. Msigs having received q ma-
jority of the votes cast Was declared
duly elscted to tho Office Of County
Recorder.
The official bond of George II Neigs,
a. County Recorder was received. Ap-
proved aud ordered filed and recorded
No further business appearing tn
Bonrd adjourned 10 Monday, July l.
1889.
l.. o. Henderson.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-06

Pittsburs aud Allegheny, which hnvo
= population of 235 .00U who drink the
waters of the Allegheny river, down
Hhich the corpses and debris from
johustowu must flow, unIoss stopp.d
above. are in danger Of an epidemic.
The water is thick with mud. BoIiss
have been found for IL distance of thirty
miles.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-06

Virginia ChroniclS:--In tho first
twelve weeks of Harrison's Admini1tra-
tion $4,000 appointm ent1 hive bron
mado. or 1000 pr week IN
Agrinst 200 per week in the fret
twelve weeks of Mr. CIevelnnd's Al
miAistration. Mr.. Harrison's efficiency
appears to be 6vo times IN grent rs that
Cleveland found every oti;e filed by q
Republican,, while President Harrison
has been exercising his iudu stry upon
the comparatively few Democrats which
we're appointed by his Predecessor.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-06

Having purchased of Brown i Hct
kins their interest in the Undertskl'l
buainess, am now prepared to att'si
to all calls in that line. will also "
tend to the repairing and npholstsrilI
OF Furniture, Gle. Shop on Coniinsreit
street, next door to BrowA u Hoskih
old stand.
6-5 n. F PKTrRseS