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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-02-10

Glass Blowers.
Many attempts have been made to
supplant the glass blowers by ma
ehinery, but up to this time none
mas attained commercial Importance.
Either the cost Of production has been
found to be higher than by the
eime-honored method or the ware pro-
duced was not of quality up to the
demands of the market. This is more
especially the case in the kinds OF bot
ties used to contain effervescent
drinks, which must be capable Of with
standing pressure of several atmos-
pheres without failure. This, in fact
~ the critical point in the automatic
manufacture of bottles, since the diff
aculty has always been to obtain a,
distribution of the glass forming the
walls of the bottle as uniform as in
the handiwork. The attempt has been
made to press the body and bottom
separately and to unite the two by.
using them together, but the bottles
made in this manner were very heavy
md Of poor appearance. The bottle
machine invented by Ashley, in Eng
land, aroused much interest and was
much talked 81, several companies be-.
ing formed To engage il bottle manu-
facture by this but mono Il
survive, has succeeded In
so ug Any 9re,ajt IN On
Ilhl 4 : j 3 ( n : q!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-02-10
Plants for Damp Grounds

People who are unfortunate enough
to live in damp houses, particularly
near undrained land, are apt to think
that there is no help for them save in
removal. They are mistaken. Sue
cessful experiments have shown that
it is quite possible to materially inn
prove the atmosphere in such neigh
borhoods in q very simple mannerby
the planting Of the laurel and the sum
flower. The laurel gives off an album
dance Of ozone. while the soulful
eyed sun1ower is potent in destroy
ing the malarial condition. These
two, II planted on the most restricted
scale ina garden close to the house,
will Be found to speedily increase the
dryness and salubrity Of the atmos-
phere, and rheumat ism, Sc II does not
entirely become : memory 81 the past,
will ID largely alleyis
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-02-10
PLAIN SPOKEN.

Inc ou-NaC;lre0 CRITICISM OK u Well
Meaning Neighbor.
The amount Of plain speaking that
people will bear from one OF whose
good will they are assured is sometimes
q surprise to others In "Recollec.
tions of My Mother" Susan Lesley
says that her mother had the creates:
affection for both David Lee Child and
his wife, the gifted Lydia Maria, but
was often much tried with the amount
OF time, hard labor and money which
Mr.. Child expended on scheme after
scheme, none of which ever sue
ceeded.
C1se afternoon Mrs, Child came in to
spend a quiet afternoon with my
mother, They sat with their sewing
and knitting at the west window,
while sat with one Or two friends i'm
the hall near the open door. There
had been a. long silence, when we
heard my mother say:
"Mrs. Child. can you tell me what is
the last thing that your husband is en-
gagged imp
An amused smile played over Mrs.
Childs face Eyes. Mrs. Lyman: he is
carting stone for the new railroad"
"O-o-h!" said my mother. Another
pause: then: Mrs. Child, how much
do you suppose your husband loses on
every load of stone he carts to the rail-
road?"
Another amused look on the dear
Lydia Maria's face, and she answered
cheerily: well. Mrs, LYMAN. as near
as can compute it, he must lose about
ten cents on every load
"Oh-well--now--M Child" said
my mother, in the bravest and most
cheerful tone, IF your husband has
got hold of any innocent occupation by
which he only loses ten cen is on load,
for heavens sake encourage him in it. -
She had little patience with people
who backed down in emergencies, and
considered it her duty TO stiffen them
up little. She never had to go far to
find an illustration Ito point her moral
and adorn her tale Some good neigh
boris example would instantly come to
mind.
Look over the way at my neighbor
Hunts front yard she would say;
'''see that splendid hydrangea, that ele-
giant smoke bush, that buckthorn
hedge. all in the most perfect order.
and all kept so by her own hands Al
ways she has sickness, sorrow, death;
at every turn something sad and unex-
pected. But who ever dreamed of Mrs.
Hunts abdicating? She couldn't do it.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-02-10
Upple.santly Effective.


A striking and decidedly unpleasant
advertisement lately placed in some Of
the Brooklyn street cars is an excel
lent representation of q mans hand
holding q fve-chambered loaded re-
volver, with the mnzzle trained upon
anyone looking at it. The ends of the
bullets may be seen in the chambers
and the forefnger OF the hand seems to
press nervously on the hair trigger,
No matter where you may sit in the
car the invisible man has the drop on
you and the menacing black barrel
points square between your eyes. You
may laugh at the notion said pas
senger the other day as he moved over
intosthe far cornerof the opposite seat,
.sbut that picture makes me nervous.
I've lived IN the far west among the
mining camps bntt I'm uneasy III the;
time I III la tl,A q s.,
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06

Wearing anything out of place is sign
of bad taste. The other morning fourteen
year-old girl got on public conveyance in
a big city. She wore rose-colored silk
dress with white flowers scattered over 1t.
There was shoulder rufle of embroidered
chiffon and some white ribbon trimming
A big white hat with aaring ribbon loops
was on her head, and she carried pair Of
white gloves.
The dress had had lots Of wear, the chif-
fon was slimpsy and worn, the ribbons on
dress and hat were soiled, so were the
gloves. All this could be seen at glance,
but other things could also be seen-things
that perhaps the girl in the tawdry costume
did not think would be noticed-hair tied
frowsily down the back, skin not over clean
and hands ditto. They held, with the
gloves, a sorry-looking purse that told its
own story.
The simple fact was the girl had little to
spend, and that she was so fond of fnery
that she had put all her money in the dress
and had no other to wear on the street. II
il had been a pink muslin, with clean hat
and belt ribbons, the costume might have
been worn by a rich mans daughter of a
summer morning. But 1t is safe to say
that the rich mans daughter, with plenty
of silk dresses would not have worn sash
a snowy suit, except to some party or place
Of amusement. 1t would have been fresh
and clean, too, and her skin and fnger-nails
4xaIld hava natchad Ii
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06
Uncle Sam Growing Wiser.

From the Chicago Herald.
Chicago's new Postoffice, II built upon the
plans now under consideration, will be the
first Government building constructed accord
ing to modern ideas Of business architecture.
The conservatism-to speak politely-of the
Washington departments is thoroughly exem-
plihed in the methods Of Government archi-
tects. Buildings for public purposes are con-
stracted on the same ponderous, unsanitary
plans that were in favor 100 years ago. Light
and air, the primary requisites in modern
structures, are considered Of no Importance
The idea Of the designer is apparently to
construct a building that from the outside
will look as much as possible like an Egyptian
tomb. The comfort or convenience of its oc-
cupants, or the adaptability of the structure
to the purposes for which 1t ia intended, are
left out of consideration. The new Postof-
fee building will be of the type known as
Chicago construction-light, but strong: plain,
but serviceable. 1t will not be made up of
ponderous and unstabio pillars holdings and
architectural gew-gaws. II will be a business
building for the transaction OF business, and
It In likely to mark nSs sra in Government
architecture.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06

tning. sne had 70 die to git her own way.
but she got H."
"I,oye AFFAIR." asked the man from Po-
fato Creek, who had q romantic streak in
las mental compos.u5n.
Love affair, nothin'. She was marrit 10
her third husband. They hadn't ben mar
rtt mors'n a week. | guess before the old
MI begins twitting her cause she was so
thin. an w0ndrIng why the Lord couldn't
a-seen ut to make her weigh as much a.
his first wife. How much did the angel
weIghr she asked him, kinder sarcastic
like, one day. when they had ben jawin'
q little more than common.
"'Just exactly l55 pounds, says he.
"'Well' says she, I'm going to git TO
that weight II II takes hundred years
'Howsomever, stead OF gettin' any fat
ter, she gifts thinner and thinner right
along, till she ups and dies. Well says
the old man, seems like she didn't git 70
that there weight she started for after all.
1 CESS she weighed nearer hfty-fve than q
hundred and hfty-hve.' But that's all he
knowed about 1t. About two years after
they was boom in real estate, and the old
graveyard turnin' out to be pretty good
town lots, the folks had to move, this here
| woman among the rest. When they come to
| dig her up she was patri1ed."
"Petrifed, l suppose you mean" said the
school teacher,
Anyhow, mean she had turned to rock.
An Just fer curiosity they weighed her,
| Funny thing, too. She come exactly to that
| there 1856 pounds she allies said she'd git
| and they won't never make me believe that
| she didn't know what she was doin all the
/ fiOa -
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06

Opening watch case with knife
or finger nail is needless in our day.
The Keystone Watch Case Company,
of Philadelphia, Pa, furnishes free a
handsome watch case opener which
makes, besides, a pretty charm for
the watch chain. If you can't get one
from your jeweler, send to Philadel-
phia. The Company is the largest of
its kind in the world, and makes all
kinds of cases. Its speciality is the
Boss filed case. Jas. Boss invented
and made the first filed case in 1859,
and many of the cases then made and
worn since are still intact. Later the
Boss patents passed into the hands
of the Keystone Company, which has
the sole right to make these cases. 1t
has also the sole right to use on its
cases the patent Non-pull-out bow or
ring, which prevents loss of the watch
by theft or injury to it by accident.
The Keystone Company does not re-
tail, but all jewellers sell the Boss and
other keystone cases.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06
A HANDY WOMAN.
She Speedily Made Over an Old Dress
Into a New One.

She Speedily Made Over an Old Dress
Into New One.
"No suitable dressv' cried Mrs. B. when
Mrs. A. urged that as an excuse for not
going up to the Blank House to spend Sun
day. Where is that blaok silk you were
wearing this spring."
"Oh thatw cried Mrs. A. with scorn.
Why the bodice IS all shiny. I can wear
it at night, but only then, and besides it
is hopelessly old style"
"If you will allow me S. and give me a
days help / will make that into a gown
you will be proud Of" said her friend
Mrs B. set to work. She draped the
sleeves with oating cream chiffon and COW
cred the bodice with pleated chiffon re-
lieyed with row Of black lace insertion.
The collar and the belt were made of Prus-
sian blue velvet, and an edge Of blue velvet
set on the founce Of the skirt established
the relationship between the skirt and the
waist. It was a great success. When
Mrs. A. foated into dinner at the Blank
House she felt that she was triumph OF
mind over matter, and she experienced all
that exalted calm which, it is said, re-
lieion is powerless to bestow.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06
REMARKABLE TREES.
Some Of the More Striking Curiosities Of
Plant Life.

Some Of the More Striking CuriOsities Of
Plant Life.
On the Canary island grows foun-
tain tree, tree most needed in some
parts of the island It is said that the
leaves constantly distill enough water
to furnish drink to every living creature
in Hero, nature having provided this
remedy for the drought of the island.
Every morning near this part of the is
land cloud or mist arises from the sea,
which the winds force against the steep
cliff on which the tree grows, and it is
from the mist that the tree distills the
water.
China, too, claims her remarkable
tree. This is known as the tallow tree,
so called from the fact of its produc-
ing substance like tallow, and which
serves the same purpose, is of the same
consistence, color and smell On the is
land of Loo Choo grows tree, about the
size of common cherry tree, which
possesses the peculiarity of changing the
color of it's blossoms. At one time the
flower assumes the tint Of the lily, and
again shortly takes the color Of the rose.
In Tibet there is a curious tree known
as the tree of the thousand images. Its
leaves are covered with well defined
characters of the Tibetan alphabet. II
is of great age and the only one of its
kind known there.
The caobab tree is considered one o1
the most wonderful of the vegetable
kingdom. 1t appears that nothing car
kill this tree; hence it reaches an aston
ishing age as we'll as enormous size
The natives make strong cord from
the fibers of the bark; hence the tree
are continually barked, but withou
damage, as they soon put forth a new
bark. 1t appears impervious to fire, anC
even the ak is resisted, as it continue
to grow in length while it is lying Oh
the ground.
In Mexico there is plant known b,
the name of palo de leche. 1t belong
to the family of euphorbia The Indian
throw the leaves into the water, and tn
fish become stupefied and rise to tn
surface and are then caught by the ma
tives. In this case the effect Of the mar
! cotic soon passes off. The milk Of thi
plant thrown upon the fire gives ou
fumes that produce nausea and head
ache. The milk taken internally is
deadly poison. 1t will produce death G
,, insanity, according to the size of th
: dose. There is popular belief anon
! the lower class in Mexico that the il
r sanity of the ex-Empress Carlotta wa
caused by this poison. San Jose Me-
aury
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06

turn good spindles for this purpose. Or
pieces of bamboo or sections Of a natural
wood cane can be used.
The space left over the six center boxes
is divided by a shelf. and the four boxes
on either side this space are 30 grooved
that a long narrow place Of glass can be
slipped In to cover thsan all. This Will
give compartments where mounted insects
and other specimens which must be kept
free from dust may 10 put.
Good-sized acorns glued on top VIII
make finish. The whole cabinet Is oiled or
varnSshed. II some compartments are lined
with dark cloth or velvet they VIII show
of bright specimens well.
When the cabinet Is fastened on the
wall it must either be set on narrow
shelf laid on brackets, or a small bracket
must be put under each tier Of boxes.
Screw eyes fastened on top, at the back,
will hold 1t securely against the wall. 1t
will also look we'll on a mantel or table.
The size, shape and style Of such cabinet
can be changed to suit any boys or girls
taste More hrxes, or fewer, can be used,
and they can DO arranged in any number OF
ways. Some may re- set upright, and the
lids left on for doors.
Figure shows a small cabinet without
either glass or doors. 1t needs only five
boxes One has two shelves. The spindles
are, Of bamboo Such a cabinet would be
useful fo- c;Aer Iidags thAn curiosities. II
would hole bri2-a-brac, small books, OF
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06
-.SiAKLEYsaIGHT."

aaov many miles TO Marleybright?-
The children played In the starry dusk.
Glad country boys In the sweet May night
Where soft winds scattered myrrh and musk
From orchard blossoms pink ana white,
And locustz bending over the road.
..E5ovr many miles 10 Marleybright?'
From far away: Three score and tent
,.Csan I get there by candle light
a boyss odd rhymlng comes egain:
.Yea II y'r legs are long an light,
Rut I'k out fer witches on the road"
We have regret for passing day,
,Sadness may be, at evening time.
p.,t chiidhood's heart Is always gay.
with little reason, less OF rhyme,
oniv that care is far away
AS the blue beyond the bending road.
vyhara hide the years? We cannot ind
The times that knew those happy boys
vet sounds OF play come on the wind.
The iusk-time play. the star-time noise:
laughter Of days long left behind
Comes with the twilight up the road.
How many a mile to Marleybrightl
Yet each one reached his own hearthstone
And rested by the candle light,
Rested ah yes, but not alone,
Each found himself. though swift his flight,
Caught by a witch upon the road!
Agnes E. Mitchell
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06
SHE HAD HER WEIGH.
But She Had to Die to Prove That She
Was in the Right.

But She Had to Die to Prove That She
Was in the Right.
From the Minneapolis Tribune.
when a woman makes her mind up
to anything" said the man with the gin
ger beard to the Indianapolis Journal, 'they
amt no way Of preventin' her from reachin'
the end she aims at"
"Thouten she dies. of course" remarked
the grocer.
"It does look to me-" said the man with
the ginger beard to the rash interrupter,
''like you have the most natural gift OF
tellin' what you don't know every time
you open your mouth Of any man I ever
knowed. Will admit" continued the
man with the ginger beard, as the grocer
assumed humbled expression, that you
are all right IN the grocery business. Fact
is. a man would have to be pretty smooth
to make livin' out Of the kind o. stock
you keep. Now. the time you explained
the hair bein' in the butter because the
butter wasn't strong enough to holC itself
together without it was plum good. How.
somever, 1t looks like rain an can't waste
no more time on you. Now. this here
WOMAN
(which woman?"
"This here woman l was thinkin' Of when
spoke was just like. all the rest of 'em;
when her mind was sot- 1t was sot- Pnrs
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06
ODDS AND ENDS.

The meat of animals which have been bled
TO death keeps the best
Delaware is the lowest State and Colorado
the highest above the sea level.
Some deep sea fish have luminous organs
and light their own way through the dark
ness.
Nearly 1000 900 sacred images are annually
manufactured at Vladimir and Kursk, Russia
There are venomous fishes whose spines in
ftct dangerous wounds. much like the stings
Of snakes.
In a somewhat speculative conclusion Of
recent paper Mr. Preece mentioned the effects
Of an aurora on telephone circuits and stated
may hear on this earth q thunderstorm in the
sun.
Only two strikes we're ever known to occur
in Turkey. One was Of dockyard laborers in
and the other was of cigarette makers In
government factories for the exclusion of
women. The dockmen got their money and
the women were turned out.
Vaccination threatens to become an universal
nanacea in the ingenius hands Of continental
sayants Inoculation against snake bite
IA the latest production in this field brought
forward by Messrs. Phisalix and Bertrand at
recent meeting OF the Academic des
Sciences.
The holders of season tickets at the Milan
Opera House raised a tremendous row be-
cause there was so much Wagner: At the
twentieth performance OF die Walkure'
they prevented the orchestra from playing
drove the musical director from the hall.
threatened to break up the stage and or
garlized resistance amid the most terrible
hubbub. They drove the police from the
theater At last the place was closed.
1t LIS reported that an English officer named
Harrington has discovered in India work
ing telephone between the two temples of
Paul about a mile apart. The system is said
| TO have been in operation at Paul for over
1900 years. Egyptologists have found un-
mistakable evidence Of wire communications
between some Of the temples Of the earlier
Egyptian dynasties. but whether these served
q telegraphic. telephone or other purposes is
| mt afafed.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06
Luck.

Abraham Lincoln, after being a mem
Der of congress, desired to secure clerk
ship in Washington, but he was defeat
ed by Justin Butterfeld. He was disap-
pointed, but had he not been defeated
he would have spent his life in obscur-
ity instead of becoming president Of the
United States.
Oliver Cromwell was once on board a
ship bound for America, but he was
taken back by a constable, and the re-
suit was that he became one of the
greatest men England ever knew.
Ulysses Grant would not have been q
military man had it not been that his
rival for a West Point cadetship had
been found to have six toes on each foot
instead of five.
The great silver mine, the "Silver
King" had been discovered by the
lucky accident of prospector throwing
piece of rock at a lazy mule.-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06
What a Cannon Hall canDo.

From The Century.
A shet weighing 25o pounds from an eight
inch gun Of Fort Valdivia in Valparaiso Har-
Dor struck the cruiser Blanoo BnoalaAa above
the armor belt, passed through the thin steel
plate on the side, went through the captains
cabin. took the pillow rom under his head,
druppeA his head on the mattress with q
thump, but without iuiuring a hair, passed
through the open door into the mossroom,
whsro II struck the neor and then glanced
to the ceiling.
Then II went through q wooden bulkhead
ons-inoh thick into a room 25x4S feet, where
forty men were slespijg In hammocks It
killed six Of them outright. and wounded six
others, thres of whom tisd after which It
passed through a stsel buikhead nva inches
thick and ended its course by striking q bat
terry outside in which It made q dent two
inches deep. 1t was filed with sand Had 1t
released deadly gases no one knows what
damage 1t might have done.
460-pound missile from a ten-inch gun
in the same fort struck the same vessel on it's
edght-inch armor, 1t hit square on a bolt,
The shell did pierce the armor, but burst out
side the vessel. t drove the bolt clear through,
and in its flight the bolt struck an eight-inch
gun completely disabling 1t. Such ia the
power Of the smaller-sized guns.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06

The following is a correct copy Of the
first letter ever recB.ved by the Queen
from her ever-lameSt5d husband
Bonn, June 2S 1887
My Dearest Cousin--I must write you few
lines to present you my sincerest fluctuations
on the great change which has taken place in
your life. Now you are queen of the mightjest
land in Europe; in your hand lies the hap
plhess of millions. May Heaven assist you
and strengthen You with its strength in that
high and difficult task. I hope that your
reign will be long, happy and glorious, and
that your efforts may be rewarded by the
thankfulness and love Of your subjects May
pray you to think likewise sometimes Of
-Four cousins in Bonn, and to continue to them
That kindness you favored them with till now.
BE assured that our minds are always with
you will not be iEdiscreet and abuse your
most most: obedient and faith 'ui servant. ALaERr'
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06
A Living From Ten Acres.

Wenatchee, on the Columbia River,
in the geographical center of the
State of Washington, is destined to
be an important fruit center. 1t
is the outlet to the Big Bend wheat
country, to the Lake Chelan scenic
resorts, to the Okanogan mining dis
trict, and to the Peshastin gold and
lumber camps. Has superb climate,
fine scenery and rich soil. Produces
best favored fruits and all staple
crops. Good openings for industrious
people. For printed mater and other
information, address F. j. Whitney,
st. Paul, MINI.