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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
EXPIRED FROM RAGE.

A NEWSPAPER Man Truthfs1lly Describes
His Experience OIL the Prairie.
Snake stories are in season, and we pro
pose to tell one literally true, says the At"
lanta Jour7sul We were riding over the I'LL
settled prairies OF Kansas with q conapan-
ion, when we came suddenly upon large
prairie rattlesnake. The growth Of grass
all over the prairie was rank and thick. and
fully six or eight inches high, except in the
little flat or depressed sp0ts whese the wa
ter had stood until late in the spring: On
these it was short aud scant It was one of
these partially bars places, perhaps thirty
feet square, that we came upon the snake
We took out our revolver, and were about
to shoot at 1t, but our companion said
ssDon't shoot' We had wasted most OF
CUR loads shooting at prairie-chic]zens, ETC.,
and might need what we had LETT for other
There was not stick large enough for a
riding switch within mile. but there were
limestone rocks here and there on the
prairie, and he said IL we would keep the
snake in the bare place he would ride q
short distance back aud get rock where
he had seen several. We undertook the
task, but the snake was vicious, and bent
on getting out into the high grass. Finding
that he would get out il he had to pass
under our horse, we drew back q
few steps and fired at him. The ball
struck and cut UP the ground few
inches beyond him; but the discharge
seemed to change his entire disposition and
action. He wriggled to small "resin
weed'' growing in the bare spots and coiled
himself tightly around IT, BY this time
our companion had returned with a rock,
and, dismounting, we threw it at the snake.
1t struck the ground q few inches beyond
him, and he never moved.
Approaching cautiously we drew away
the stone with the crooked handle Of an
umbrella and again threw it at the snake.
This time it did not quite reach him, but
struck the ground near him and rolled over
SO as to touch him lightly. Still he never
moved or ratified.
With some fear of danger we quietly
touched him with the end Of the umbrella,
and as he still remained rnotionless and
quiet we cautiously unwound him from his
coil around the weed. He was limp as a rag,
but entirely dead--dead all over; not even
his tell gave any signs of vitality. There
was not bruise about him, and certainly
we had not hurt him with either bali or
rock. We could only conclude that in his
rage or fright when fired at he had bitten
an? thna killed himself
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
THE SEA ANEMohE.
A Queer Little Animal with Many Arms
and Big Appotates.


In structure the sea anemone consists OF
sac divided by vertical partitions into as
many distinct cavities as there are fingers
or tentacles, says the Baltimore Sun. At
birth there are six of these cavities, then
come twelve, next forty eight, and so on.
The mouth of the animal occupies the center
of the crown or head of the anemone and OF
all the waving arms. The body OF the
creature may be described as circular
gelatinous bag. The upper part OF this bag
is turned in so as to form a sac within asac.
The inner sac is the stomach OF the anil
NAL It has an aperture at the bottom,
through which the food can pass into the
outer cavity. The eggs are attached 10 ana
hang on the inner edge of the partition.
When they mature they drop into the main
body cavity and enter the stomach through
the hole in the lower opening. From there
the little ones are passed out through the
mouth, from which orifce they are tenderly
taken by two tentacles, which become Won
derfully elongated for the occasion. These
tentacles take up the young anemones, now
perfect in form and functions, and very
carefully and slowly deposit them on the
rock around the base and close to the
mother enemone.
The young anemones may remain Tor
some time upon the spot where they are
placed, but they have the means OF locomo-
ton. This is effected by a double set OF
muscles, one running around the body and
tue other longitudinally arranged. have
fourteen young anemones, all born in my
aquarium since my return from Bermuda
about fourteen weeks ago. Theirages vary
from three months down to the youngest
born four days ago.
The anenlones are possessed OF q peculiar
means Of otfense and defense. These are
poisoned threads of arrows, embedded in the
outer skin substance, and which are capa-
bic Of being shot outwith considerable force
and inconceivable rapidity. They bury
themselves in whatever object against
which they are projected, and probably con
vey to- the wound some poisonous matter
which renders their prey q helpless Victim
10 the afenones greedy mouth.
The ane1none has a sense OF smell and
also has rudimentary eyes mot OF much use
probably--but the most interesting sense
which it possesses is that OF taste. NOT
withstanding it's righteousness, 1t has its
pronounced likes and dishkes. l feed mine
upon bits of oyster or clam or fresh meat
scraped fine. Every piece dropped in the
water over them is seized by their out
stretched arms and passed hurrledly to
their mouths The daintiest food for them
however, are the small crabs sometimes
found in oyster shells. These the anemones
fairly revel in. A good-sized sea flower
coula easily swallow a whole crab az
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
CAUGHT MAPPING.
4 Good Story Told at the Expense Of Ken
tuckJ's Junior Senator.

4 Good Story Told at the Expense Of Ken
tuck5's Junior Senator.
ssJoen Blackburn, as is we'll known, is not
great stickler for ceremony OF official ETH
quette. The other day, says the New York
Ttlb,t1es Washington correspondent, he lay
stretched on a lounge in one of the rooms at
the capitol, reviewing some committee re-
port about to be submitted to the Senate.
The iir was sultry, there was scarcely eny
breeze stirring, and 'Joe" felt as if he
would never succeed in settling himself
comfortably on that lounge. There was one
consolation, however, il the thought that no
oftice-seeker would be likely to disturb his
rest on such a day. He was just taking
another stretch on the lounge, and was
about to take up again the committee report
which he had temporarily laid aside to bury
his nose in bunch Of mint, when one Of the
pages unceremoniously entered and gave
him card Without rising "Joe'' read the
note on the card peevishly, with:
ooh, the deucel She here again! I told
her last week I couldn't do any thing for
herr
The visitor was woman who had been
twice dismissed from the Department OF
the Interior, and reinstated after the first
dismissal on the recommendation OF Sen
ator Blackburn. He was unwilling, how
ever, to interfere again, as he was con-
fident that she did not deserve it.
"Ican not see her." be said, impatiently.
"Get rid of her any way. Tell her I'm
asleep, or any thing you ike.''
Quickly returning to the woman in the
entry: the page said:
Ex-senator Blackburn told me to tell you
that he was asleep"
"Ah, he says he's asleep, eh?" she ex
claimed. swell, will you be kind enough
to return and ask him when he intends to
wake .up?"
It is the first time, think, that "Joe"
was ever caught mapping.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
RlouszoEmEYkRY.
The Peculiar Rosting-Place Of the Dsa
NJ a Mexican Town.

The Peculiar Resting-P1ace Of the OssS
of q Mexican Town.
"Don't you want to see sometnln8 1sacJ
In the cemetery hne"
It was Mr. Williams, the United states
Consul at Guanajuata, who spoke TO s cor
respondent of the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
We were standing in front of the Hotel de
la Union. and had been discussing the Ma
tional Cemetery at Washington:
sWell, don't care" replied, ana, suit
ing the action to the word, followed MN OUT
in the street and to the place Where the
burros ~ were kept. We soon reacneo
the cemetery, a half mile from the Town. ~
is on the ton of hill, and only approached
On one side. From every other point you
looked down sheer precipices. The GEN.
ctery proper was walled in, and in this
wall. which is ten feet thick, are the vaults
for the collins. From the inside it looks
more like an immense chest, with thou
sand small drawers, than any thing else.
On the head of each drawer was the name
of it's occupant, with occasionally the word
"perpituidad." That means the body is al
lowed to stay in that vault forever. But as
It. costs one hundred dollars to have that
word engraved there. it is looked upon as q
needless extravaganza by tbs average Mex-
lean and he rents it for five years. After
the five years are up the bones are taken
out and dumped in the vault beneath.
The body is never buried in coffin, as in
the United States, except among tbs rich.
The undertaken furnishes the coffin TO carry
the body.to the grave in, and it is there put
into the stone box Where the family Of the
deceased can not afford to hire coffin, they
arc allowed to use one of the city coff3rs,
There are six of these and they are out
nearly all the time.
If the people do not want to pay Tor the
use of a vault they can bury their dead i'll
the vacant space in the center OF the cem-
etery. The body is allowed to stay in tila
ground for awhile and is then dug up.
Underneath the cemetery is g, large Va.,ls.
1000 feet long, IA feet high ana 6 rect wide.
This is the final resting place. Here. lhe
bones are dumped for the last time, ;asad a.
though the cemetery at Guau2jnata is only
% wears old, there are 2o.oo3 cnhlo feet OF
bones there. The vault iii another year
will he full There are twenty-five muu2s
mics in the vault
When we got back among the sMal
| vaults once more noticed 81 cabinet photo.
graph of a young Mexican lady who g7as
killed in 1883 by her lover. It created j
great sensation at the tiIs1e, and 1,hen s:aa
| was buried her parents very kindly put has
; picture on her head plate
AS we were returning we PASSED
:sPanteon Municipal funeral. The cniit2
is carried by two men to the foot OK tue
mountain and there transferred to the back
| of burrO
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
THE PAoNoGRAPh.

II. as they say, the photograph
Can Talk and sing and cry and laugh,
IL, as wonder, takes the cake
And will Q revolution make.
AT home Well hear the sweetest notes
From prima donnas silvery throats;
The finest orchestra will Play
Concerts aud operas all day.
Wen hear the gran pianists pound;
Lectures and speeches will resouud;
The greatest actors will declaim,
And all the preachers known 70 fame.
Well hear loved voices from the tomb
Without a Esprit in the room
In fact, we need no longer roam,
For Well be entertained at home.
Ali agents who have things to hawk
Will leave photograph to talk,
And lovers can the question pop
With this machine without q stop.
Wax figures with this thing inside,
And with machinery to guide
Their life-like motions, will be found
In country pulpits all around.
So every little church unknown
Can have a Talmage Of its own,
With wa1en PATHS in the choir
TIC all the rustic souls inspire.
The Mrs. Caudles now can sleep
And leave photograph TO heap
Coal fires on their husbands, who
C4n't stop the lecture till it's through.
Wish this internal thing let loose
And put to every kind OF use
We shall be careful what we say.
For 1t will give US dead away.
III c. Dodge, IN Detroit Free Press,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
Perpetual Railroad, Pass.

A perpetual railroad pass is pretty rars
thing to have, but man living in Attles.
borough, on the line of the Boston & Proyi,
dence railroad, possesses one of these
passes. In 1886, when the Boston & Proyi
dence was being built, Mr. John G. Dodge
conveyed to it a portion of his land in con.
sidersttion that he and his family should
ride free over the railroad as long as tho
land was used for railroad purposes. q
grandson of Mr.. Dodge lately claimed tha,
he was entitled to the privileges named
under the deed, and that the word family
meant descendants" of the grantor. The
railroad company opposed the demand, but
tho Supreme Court of Massachusetts de-
cided that the railroad must carry free tn.
descendants of Mr.. Dodge for all time.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
Looking After His Fences.

Senator Sherman thinks he is the autho,
OF the phrase "going home to look afte1
his fences" Once upon time, the eve of az
exciting election, he went 10 Ohio, and
while there, thinking his home at Mansfield
might need some repaira, he went there "A
newspaper man cauRhA him and desired,
after the ingenious manner Of his craft, to
Know what the Senator had come to Mans.
feld for. Senator Sherman replied that he
had come to look after his fences THAI
tlckled the newspaper man immensely, ana
tralshtway ne made it a classic in the
American language. IN. 4 +.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
BRuN0's INTELLIGENCE.
fyosy "a Smart Dog Fooled Kills hYato and
Secured q WARM Corner.

Secured WARM Corner.
The anecdote In the New York Ertimssaer,
relating to g knowing dog who could only
DO uuseated from &avosite chair By cries
OF "cats," and at last turned the rnse su&-
cessfully upon his mistress, remtads the
writer Of C. true story told him, few years
ago. by g Baptist deacon in Whitesyilje, n.
f.. which may amuse some Of Jno younger
readers:
Mr.. C-was one Of the early settlers cf
Allegany County, and while clearing up his
land owned two large Newfoundland dogs.
These were not permitted to come into the
house except in the kitchen. In TIE Chin
ney corner was one particular spot which
in cold weather WAS the fayorite DOING;
place of the dogs. AS there was only ROOM
enough for one to lie down at q time, this
place was greatly coveted by both, and
wheA once in, nothing could induce the
favored occupant to vacate until he was
Disposed to do SO. On a cold Gay one OK
the dogs was asleep in this little nook,
when the other came in with his master
from the barn, and Immediately q sharp
battle began fox tbe right o. possession.
The newcomer has]xed bit and worried his
mute, and even tried to draw him out Of lis
snug quarters by main force, but all to nc
purpose. Seeing he was not Likely to sue
coed in that way, new thought seemed tt
strike him. for he suddenly ceased 1ls attach
and darted for the door. Presently he re,
turned with q large bone in his nsouth.
There was no meat on the bone. 1t v'as
,yaather-loeateE and bleachel by exposure,
aud as dry US a]ast years stick Of hickory
wood, bat Bruno crouc'ed down On the floor,
and began gnawing it with great apraren.
satisfaction. This was too much for the cav
tho
tail twitched; his tongue ran around his
jaws; and at last, unable to contain }limsal!
any longer, he made q spring for the bono.
This was just what Bruno seemed to ca:
pcct and had planned for, because he in.
stantly dropped the bone and darted for the
chimney-corner. And when master Jach
saw how he had been befooled ana turned
upon Bruno, no amount Of teasing or syorr1
could induce the latter to leave the waric
corner, but he held the fort successfully
just as long as he chose to remain there.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
The Brosherhood Of Creatures.

Near the city fern in Lewiston, Me-, is 3
curious pet and stranger adoption. a
philosopher finds in it proof OF the brother
hood of all creatures that live. A few weeks
ago the family dog brought in baby mink,
its eyes hardly open-a helpless creature so
inoffensive that the dog would not harm it.
At that time the family cat was i'll the joys
of recent maternity, and her family was
still in darkness. The little girl Of the
house bethought herself to put the mink in
with the kittens, and after few objections
the cat accepted the addition to her family,
and has since carefully tended, nursed and
reared it. The kittens and the mink are all
wide awake now, and it is hard to tell which
is the happiest. The odd-loo|zing little ami
NAL plays as gleefully as the rest, rolling
over the floor, capering, gamboling, jump
ing, and in all respects enjoying life. 1t is
not evident, either, that the cat has any
less regard for it than for any of the
kittens.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
Rights of PASSENGERS.

a. passenger boarded a train Of the So
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway
Company, and before he learned that hi
could get no seat the train was going at q
high rate of speed. On his fair be ng do
1naaded the plaintiff refused to pay IT. unless
seat was provided for him, Offering, nov.
ever, to pay if a seat was provided. The
Supreme Court of Minnesota held lHarden
burg versus the st. Paul, Min oeapolis &
Manitoba Railway Company that the pas
senger had right to refuse to pay the fare.
and that he did not thereby become tres
passer. The Court said that passenger
has a right to a seat, and that {. railroad
having the right to eject from it's train one
not d trespasser must do so at a regular
station
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
1T All Depends.

A man who changes his opinions to our
side Of question is ca growing statesman
who has the courage Of his new convic-
tions.' A man VINO changes from our side
to the other is ga monumental turncoat and
rraul.''
The Grenada sentinel., 1888-12-08
Drink in Belgium.

The liquor question is beginning to
claim public attention in Belgium, es-
pecially in an economic point of view.
A recent Brussels dispatch in the Lon
don 7imcs says: "The question of di-
minishing the consumption of spirits
is being seriously discussed here" 1t
adds: ga newspaper published in D
poor part of Flanders states that the
daily consumption of working -man-
not drunkard-there includes at $50
a. M, a worm Killer at 8 a. m, an
'eye-opener;' at II a. M, whip at
2 p. m, a 'digester;' at 5 p. m, a
soldier and at 1880 p. m, 'finisher. ,
His regular yearly expenditure for
drains, without counting extra liba-
tions on festive occasions, amounts to
219 francs-a rather important item in
a family budget of from 800 to 200
francs a year." 1t is also noteworthy
that Belgium is beer country, where
there is a large consumption of beer,
and that the largely increased con
sumption Of spirits is one of the ON
inous results at present challenging
thoughtful Intention on the part of
Belgian physicians and others. Nd
hOh1t Temperance Adcocdtc.
The Grenada sentinel., 1888-12-08
A Short Temperance Sermon.

An interesting story was brought to
light at the Salem Mass Hospital a
few weeks ago, when man was car
ried there to have an ugly wound on
his face sewed up. Returning from a
meeting one night he found his mother
drinking whisky. He told her that
he. too, would take to the intoxicat-
ing cup if he ever again found her
under the influence of liquor. When
he went to his dinner the next day his
mother was drunk. A few words
passed between them and then the
young man took his membership pa
pers in the total abstinence society,
OF which he was a member from his
pockets and threw them into the fire,
and made abee-line for the nearest
saloon. He drank as much whisky as
he could hold and was soon bowling
drunk. In that condition he pre-
sented himself to his intoxicated moth
er. She was so enraged that she seized
a large earthen wash-bowl and struck
him squarely in the face. splitting the
face open to the bone. 1t is a terri
bic wound, and will disfgure the boy
for life,
The Grenada sentinel., 1888-12-08
TEMPERANCE ITEMS,

HAS the liquor traffic ever built {
church, asylum, or endowed a college!
In Paris, and in many of the pro.
vincial towns of France, out of fifty
shops there are thirty devoted to the
sale of drink, so that one-half of the
population has for its business the
giving of drink to the other half.
A TEMPERANCE society has beer
formed in st. Petersburg. q city which
consumes daily 100000 glasses o.
vodka, 10000 bottles Of wine, l. 500, ,OOC
pints of beer, without mentioning vari-
Gus other forms of alcohol. The new
society was formed by shoe-makers.
has already 1,20O members. and is in
creasing at tho rate of $50 new mem-
bers a week. This movement, if sue
cessful, will mark an era in Russian
history.
ANTHONY ALLAIRE, superintendent
from 1876 TO 1884 on Blackwell's Isl,
and, where the city work-house, th,
penitentiary and other penal institu
tions of New York City are located
said a short time since that 95 per cent.
of the people who find their way int,
the work-house on the island ar
brought there through rum. "Ove
80 per cent Of the inmates of thu
lunatic asylum are there from the same
cause, and out of the whole 10000
on the island 5000 are
there directly or indirectly as result
of the liquor traffic.
The physicians of Jacksonville
Fla, state publicly that those who
drink liquor are less liable to re
cover from yellow fever; and Mayo
Archibald, of the same city, in speak
ing of the ravages of this terribl
scourge, says: "lt strikes persons O.
alcoholic habits fatally. The fever i
of very mild form. The mortality
Is only about fifteen per cent, and TAX
ing out the deaths of men addicted to
the use of alcoholic beverages, the NOR
tality would not exceed five per cont.
Two-thirds of the fatality is due to the
TACT that persons have been accustomed
70 the use of strong drink before they
ire attacked by the fever, and in every
such case the patient invariably dies
and without reaction. 1t isa frequent
'emark on the Jacksonville streets that
yellow fever is the best temperance
ecture the city ever had"
The Grenada sentinel., 1888-12-08
Progress of the Drunkard.

A drunkard only becomes so after
years of tipping and steady drinking,
commencing with an occasional glass
OF wine or beer at dinner or at lunch
or an occasional cocktail at bar with
a friend and for friendship sake -
finding that it does him no injury and,
on the contrary, that he feels an APP
parent benefit, he continues the prac-
tice. accustoming the stomach to its
effect until there is a craving, and in
satisfying that craving the habit be-
comes fixed and gradually the whole
system becomes alcoholized. AT
that period the victim is no longer
free agent, and though he may
conceal the fact from the world
and even from himself and his gen
eral health may not appear to suf-
fer, the end will not be far distant,
either he will be carried off by some
disease that had he been a sober man
his system would have thrown off or
he will live disgracing himself and
family and causing misery and sorrow
to those he is bound by all the laws of
God and man to honor and protect, to
say nothing of the danger that he
constantly runs of dying suddenly cov-
cred with his sins.-M 0 (La.) Morn
ina Star.
The Grenada sentinel., 1888-12-08
Well Answered..

A train from Pittsburgh was ap-
preaching Chicago. On board was a
quiet, well-dressed, copper-colored
young Indian, who seemed to have all
he could do to attend to his own bust.
ness, which he did without molesta-
tion, until ayoung chap came from the
sleeper into the smoking-car and saw
him.
IAN Indian. I guess said the young
man, as he lighted a cigarette. And
then, approaching the son of the
plains, he attracted general attention
by shouting, with strange gestures:
ugh, heap big Injun! Omaha!
Sioux! Pawnee See Great Father!
Have drink fire-waterP Warm In
1un's blood"
The Indian gazed at the young man
moment with an ill concealed ex-
preston of contempt on his face, and
then he said, with good pronunciation:
''You must have been reading dime
novels, sir. l am going back to my
people in Montana spending three
years in the East at school. / advise
you to do the same thing. Where |
live gentlemen do not carry whisky
TASKS in their pockets
The young fire-water drinker did not
wait to finish his smoke. There was
too much mirth and music in the air
just then. -1he Pipe Of Peace.