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The Irish standard., 1888-03-24

EEFE:RRING to William O'Brien's
speech that great organ of English
public opinion, the Pail Mall Gazette
SAYS ssMr. Wan. O'Brien won for HIM
self at one bound position as a Parlia-
mentary deba5er OF the first class.
There has heeu nothing finer this SEES
sion--there have been few things finer
in this i'ar!iament-than the mastery
speech in which the late prisoner ar
raignad his jailer and challenged him
face 10 face in the House to make good
the insinuations in which he had in
dulged when he had his victim under
lock aG,d key. But great as was he ef-
feet produced by the sustained passion
and trenchant eloquence Of the great
lrishman, it was exceeded by the 1m
preston created by Mr.. Balfour's fail
ure to reply..'' z.. 49,.
The Irish standard., 1888-03-24

Mr.. PARNELL's arrears Of rent bill
was rejected on its second reading in
the British House Of Commons last
Wednesday night BY . vote Of 328 to 24s.
The Irish standard., 1888-03-24

PROF. CoGAN's Academy of Indi-
vidual Instruction, at Sank Centre, was
burned to the ground on Wednesday
morning. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
about $4,000. 1t was an excellent in
stitution of learning, one of the best of
its kind in the State.
The Irish standard., 1888-03-24

THE IRISH STANDARD IS the only doAle nt'io
organ in the Northwest.
Copies of THE IRISH STANDARD will be on
sale at the principal news-stands in this city,
and by newsboys.
Advertising ,ates will be made known by up
plying at this Office.
When writing matter for publication IN IHE
IRISH STANDARD he sure and sign your proper
name not necessarily for publication, but as d
guarantee Of good faith.
In every instance correspondents Will please
be rs brief AZ possible.
TO insure publication in the foloWi12 issue
Of TAE IRtsE SrAHDARp contributions shouio
reach this Office at least by wednesday noon.
subscribers will please be careful1n giving US
their perfect address, and thus avoid any com
ngaint through failure to receive their paper.
In changing your place OF residence, nor119 US
Immediately OF the fact. and forward your tul
name, giving lumber and name CT street 70
which you have removed, also your former
address.
All letters addressed TO Manager IRISH
s1AsrAuD, u Third Btreet South, Room rs
will receive immediate attention.
Matter Of an official nature, snch ne Calls 1or
regular or special meetings Of societies, memo
rial resolutions etc, will be charged tor ~ the
line.
The Irish standard., 1888-03-24

THE ENTERTAINMENTS.
The Peoples Theatre was crowded
both afternoon and evening by enthusi-
astic audiences who were DESTROYS
Of hearing the Dramatic Company of
the Immaculate Conception parish in
terpret that sterling Irish drama. For
Honor's Sake" Although this ANA
teur company has presented many &C.
ceptable things in the past, we VEN
ture to say that they never did anything
more artistic like than the rendition
they gave of For Honor's Sake"
Every character was portrayed with
life-like reality. The success which at
tended this amateur company can be
better realized when it was mentioned
that $3.50 were cleared on the two per
formances. Previous to the evening
performance Rev. Gather Kano deliv-5
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13

Since the civil war millionaires (the
word means not those having IA million,
but those reckoning their wealth by mill
ions) have steadily multiplied. Many
men who were content to earn decent
livelihood, who had never dreamed of
aught beyond O modest competence when
Sumter was fred on, now count their
income by hundreds of thousands. To
be millionaire is to be conspicuous or
dinarily, but in. New York there are
millionaires wholly obscure. They arc
not known to be rich outside of their
narrow social circle, and will not be
until their obituary in the daily news
papers shall have mentioned the fact.
There are so many and so excellent op-
portunities here for making money, to
him who has pecuniary perception, that
miliionaires seem to spring up between
showers. You hear of man grown
very wealthy whom you remember q
short time before as dependent ON a. sal.
ary. You are not sure that the acquaint-
ance you avoid, because he habitually
wishes to borrow, may not soon be one
OF the monetary magnates OF Fifth ave-
| nue.-Paul r. Cleveland in The Cosmo-
| politan.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
Mammoth Japnnese Crabs.

The greatest marine curio5ity Of Eno-
shima waters is the giant crab that
trundles along a body as largo as a
turtles, and sweeps cut claws that meas
urc ten feet from tip 10 tip. Formerly
the fishermen threw these creatures back
into the sea when they found their nets
tangled up with them, but of recent
wears they clean the shells and pell them
for foreign museums. The giant crabs
aro said toproinenado the beach at night,
and ono version gives them IlcsPhores-
cent eyes. If imagination caarot sapply
a picture Of those crabs on tho beach, is
is al detailed in ''Allan Csateraain.
Rider IIaggard, in his carefri owning up
to where he found the original CT the re-
nlarkable things in that book, owns to
having reed somewhere about theae hor-
ri5io crabs, and so bor;owc,i iAc1 to put
in The cG1ycn into Which Lis canoe lead
OF heroes emerged afscr their tnder-
ground baptism of firc. rhs3c crabs and
the siz foot cucumber cfe tho few things
in rata-c in japan that are enlarged. =
st. Louis Globe-Demccrat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
Wen. INV dear brethren.

tons. Wen, my dear brethren, I
think s7c are many of us In the Kings
wagons, end we are on the way home
The road is very bad, and we get on
slowly; but after while we will como
winding out of the woods, and through
the brook of death. and up in front of
the old heavenly homestead and our
departed kindred, who have been wait
ing and watching for us, will rush out
through the doors and over the lawn,
crying: The wagons arc coming! the
Kings wagons are comingl" Hark
the bell OF the city hall strikes 12.
Twelve o'clock on earth, and likewise,
it is high noon in heaven.
Docs not the subject of today takf,
tie gloom sCut of the thoughts that
would otherwise be struck through
with Inidnight2 We used to think
that when we died we would have to
go afoot. sagging down III the miro,
and the hounds Of terror might get
after us, and II we got through into
heaven at all, we would come IN torn,
and wounded and bleeding. rcmem-
Der when my teeth chartered and my
knees Knocked together when / heard
anybody talk about death; but I have
come to think that the grave viii be
The softest bed | ever slept in, and the
bofton of my feet viii not BE- wet with
tho passage Of the Jordan. Them
that sleep in Jesus will God bring with
him."
l was reading of Robert Southey,
who said he wished he could die far
away from his friends-like dog,
crawling into a corner and dying un-
observed. These were his words.
Be it ours to die ON a couch surrounded
by loved ones, SO that they with us
may hear the glad, sweet, jubilant an
nouncement: ''The Kings wagons are
coming" Hari! l hear them now.
Are they coming for you or me2
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
An Artists Struggle for Fortune.

Money returns from literature or crt
arc apt to be surprises. George Hitch
cock had just been graduated at Har-
ward when l first knew him He made
up his mind 10 be painter He went
to Paris, studied end practiced under
Gerone and lived meanly enough.
though 1nerrily, on very scant in
come. He sold his pictures at absurdly
low prices and in that way eked opt ein
existence. But one day he was de.
lighted to SEQ a picture that he had
sent to the Paris salon hung on the
line-an honor that means great deal
to an artist unknown to fame. The
picture was called Tulip Culture. y
1suppose it really was good thing,
and yet no better than many q canvas
that he had sold fora few dollars But
this success Of exhibition brought O
customer who paid $4,000, and not
only that, but he was thereby enabled
to sell all he had in his studio at good
prices. Philadelphia Times,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
HI, Banrs Came Down.

'T thought all women Were vain,
but I believe that the men are try
ing to outdo u.s." a pretty Linwood
avenue girl said. ! knew she wanted
to go on and let her. II was at q
party the other night and every wo-
man in the house had lots of fun with
one of the swallow tailed young men
present. He was in the habit Of curl
ing his hair with his sisters iron.
Dancing warmed him up and brought
the perspiration to his forehead. We
first began to see his hair coming
down like woman's bangs, but tina;
hair of his soon began to look like a
dilapidated bunch Of straw. He really
looked frightful, end when he saw
several young men and women smil-
ing at him he grew angry and sudden
ly bolted out of the room. He didn't
dance any more that night. Buffalo
NQprS
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
A Pur Dop in n Fir.

Among the first class passengers on
a steamer bound for New Orleans the
other day was pug dog, which was
travelling alone and for whose trans
portation SIS had been paid The pore
ter had been subsidized to take care of
the dog, quite an easy matter, as puggy
was the most docile of his kind, gen
orally stayed put" and, besides was
favorite with the passengers, whose
society he finally enjoyed without re-
straint on the hurricane deck. On the
last day at sea cry of dismay suddenly
arose from the deck and that dog be-
came the sole object of attention.
There was the pug, with a blue ribbon
around his neck and the tightest of
curls in his tail, on the awning that
stretched to the deck below, his head
pointed seward slowly, but surely,
slipping toward the Gulf of Mexico
He was a goner unless somebody
reached him, for be could not help
himself, and if he moved muscle It
would only accelerate his progress.
There was great scramble on deck,
and then, just as puggy's nose began
to project over the side, a passenger
who had cla1nbered over the rail
caught him firmly by the curl and
dragged him back to safety. The
news gave the porter severe shock
and puggy was banished to the hold,
where he made the rest of the journey
III solitude. Boston Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
Made to Hug.

Did you ever notice how womou
hug themselves in cloaks and shawls2
| first realized that feminine peculiar
ity last evening at fashionable con
cert. The lobby was crowded by the
arriving ladies and gentlemen, the
former mostly in new opera wraps.
noticed that nearly all were hugging
themselves unconsciously but fondly
/ found that / was doing it myself
The wraps were generally drawn for
ward until they were tense and com.
forting around the waist and shoul-
ders, and then the hands of the wearers
were caressingly held on their own
opposite forearms, or were in some
way instinctively foE Edling the owner.
All through the performance inves-
tigated my new discovery. On every
side were ocular evidences of woman's
born desire to belovingly petted. They
were holding their own arms, squeez-
ing themselves with their own elbows,
pressing their hearts with their own
soft biceps, and in all these uncon.
scious indulgences they were demon
strating that woman was made to hug.
-Clara Belle.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
ITEMS OF VARIOUS KINDS.

It's not good plan to take off the
cover of the stove to toast or boil any
thing when there is dish in the oven
Never throw away cold potatoes, as
there are SO many delicious ways in
which they may be warmed over and
made into new dishes
A Chanute Kan.) minister prayed
that 1.-The Lord would not withhold his
blessing from this congregation, even
if some of them were looking round
at some che else.
novelist, it is said, has turned out as
the product of his pen in thirty years
over 100 volumes, mainly fiction. but
embracing some other topics.
The greatest span of cantilever
bridge is that of the Forth bridge,
which will Eo finished in October,
1859. It hes two of 1,710 feet each
Its extreme height will be SCI feet
above high water. the foundations 60
ing ninety-onc feet below high water
The right of rendering q bill of cx-
ccptions TO a judges charge, as to his
definition of the law, at trial be-
tween parties, obtained place III the
English statutes in 1884 This right
was abolished in England in 1875, but
it is still maintained in this country.
A Nebraska man has settled the
question of how prairie dogs obtain
the water they drink. He says they
dig their own wells, each village hav-
ing one with concealed opening He
knows OF one such we'll 200 feet deep,
having O circular staircase leading
down to the water.
The first patent ever issued in
America was given to Samuel Hop
kins, of Philadelphia, in 1790, for an
| Improvement in the manufacture OF
potash.
1t has been found that goose can
bear the weather until the mercury
falls to G. below zero, but s,lccumbs il
| it goes lower. 1t takes q fall of IL de
! grees more to kill wild duck.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
An AlbiuO SOr;rrel.

An albino squirrel, with pink eyes,
attracts much attention and occasions
considerable comment at McClunie's
store on Asylum street. This partic-
uiar squirrel is a beautiful little ami
NAL, and its antics in the cage, in
which it is confined with gray squir-
rel, cause a good deal of nicriiment.
The singular thing connected with the
squirrel is that it was found in the
same nest with four gray squirrels,
and there is no reason to think ether
wise than that the animal is Of the
same family. This morning the white
animal was amusing itself and quite a
street crowd by climbing up the side
Of the cage and turning backward
somersaults ovcra wooden Perch. The
animal is valued at S25. Hartford
Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
lnsnnsiblc to Tain.

a traveller tells the following story
to illustrate the insensibility of Maoris
to pain: My friend" he says. had
given Maori q pair of boots, Gut they
were too short for him. For some
time he endcavored to force them on,
but this was impossible; 60 he seized q
small tomahawk (hatcheD and cut off
his large toe to the length OF his other
toes, and then applied some juice cf
tbc flax plant Phormium tcnax) to
the cut to stop the bleeding and pulled
on the boot, which was not removed
until the toe Lealed. He put on the
other boot after q similar operation, |
have known several instances wllicls
appear to prove that the Maoris are
less sensible to pain than Europeans.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
How Geese Play.

I do not know of anything that
plays SO regular game as geese.
There is no wiser creature than a
goose. See flock in the water play
ing at dive and catch. One goose goes
little in front of the rest and dives
He is gone quite while, during which
time the rest are Watching with every
nerve ready. Up he comes, after
swimming quite distance under
water. Whata yell from every throat
as they 60 for himl 1t is sight for
Harvard crew to watch. The best
oarsmen are now in front, and he will
soon be overhauled Down he goes
then the flock draws together and the
game begins over again.-E p. p. in
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
i MINERAL cuMo~vY
xndestzustihls Uloth aAd AEnAsulal
Which II = Made.

Indestz1stihls CloSh aAd lRAtsslal q
Which II u llAds.
do you see anything remarkable
about this BIT Of clothf" asked . Pitts
burg gentleman, who has quite . col
lection Of curiosities, addressing his
question to a Dispatch reporter.
Cant say that I do"
Throw it in the fire"
The newspaper man obeyed, think
ing the owner regarded it as value
less.
THAT piece of cloth was one of the
most curious things in my collection.
It cost me a neat little sum, too"
'H had known that" began the
reporter, II would not
7sOhl it's all right. Fire won't harm
it, interrupted the gentleman. s'See
! will pick the fabric out with these
tongs and let it cool You will then
see that it is just as strong as ever"
What sort of stuff is ita" asked the
wondering visitor.
"Asbestus. That is fragment Of .
piece of cloth woven in France, I
don't know how long ago. There was
time when it was thought that the
making Of asbestus cloth would be-
come an important industry, but 50
many difficulties were encountered by
those who e1nouiunnta @zith the stud
that very little was ever made, aud such
cloth is now a rare curiosity. YAe
ancients wove this curious mineral
substance into fabrics which weee
used to wrap the bodies Of mummies
''The name is applied to particular
forms of various minerals, especial&y
to certain varieties of hornblende ana
pyroxene. The word is Greek, and
means substance indestructible by
fire. It can be fused, however, but
not readily. The fibrous varieties Of
asbestus are readily picked to pieces
with the fingers and look very much
like flax. There are various coloFs
some specimens being white, some
blue, others gray and brown. There
is variety known as mountain cork,
which is found in thin sheets and so
light that it will float on water. As
bestus is found abundantly in ;lthe
mountains of Italy and Switzerland
and in several states of this country.
1t is chiefly used in the manufacture
OF fire proof roofing, steam packing
and for other purposes where light,
uninhammable, non-conductor is re-
quisite. '-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
Quite q Change.

Twenty five years ago the now Prin-
cess of Wales and future queen of Eng
land was living on the third floor of o
corner house in Copenhagen, and her
father, who no one ever dreamed then
OF being king, was poorer than man y
a burger in the same street. She and
her two sisters, now the czarina of
Russia end Duchess of Cumberland,
occupied the same room, scantily fur
nished, and instead of wardrobe q
curtain drawn across the wall hid the
pegs on which their few dresses hung.
They had never worn silk dress in
their lives. Now Alexandra doubtless
has all the dresses she wants, but it is
more than likely that she looks back
with pleasure upon those years as the
happiest of her life.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13

A correspondent sends US the Hippo
cratic oath, apropos of recent structures
on Dr. Mackenzie's publication:
''* Whatever in connection
with my professional practice, or not
in connection with it, see or hear in
the life of men, which ought not to be
spoken of abroad, / will not divulge,
as reckoning that all such should be
kept secret.
while I continue to keep this path
unviolated, may it Ee granted to me to
enjoy life and the practice OF TIE art
respected by ell men, in all tHesl
But should trespass ard violate
this oath, may the reverse be my lotr'
New York Post.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
Needless Advice.

One of the prisoners ct the county
Jail was SO fortunate the other day as
to be turned out of his cell into the
corridor for brief interval. He man
aged to get up to one OF the high win
dows and steal glimpse at the outer
world. "Ah, there!" he cried out to a
benevolent looking old gentleman he
saw going down Fifth street. Stay
therel" retorted the old gentleman. II
is needless to remark that the joyous
inmate deferred to the o. g.'s advice
not SO much as voluntary act on his
part as because he had to.-St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13

Every dag you sec. ora or Incrc ,ioss
dos" advertisements in the newspapers.
Ii owners didn't love their dos they
wouldn't go to tho cxpcnac OF advertis-
ing FOX them. Must Of these lost dogs
have been sto!eE. Tie tliaf e.ils them
to somebody else. Then Lis "5al" goes
to the rightful cwncr and obia.ag hand
some reward fcr recovering tho animal.
Chicago TINES.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
Tho Cat Hard to Train.

A successful cat trainer says that
next to the goat, which is the most OBJ
stinate animal in the world to insti1 an
idea into, the cat is the most difficult
animal to train. They never take any
interest or pride in their work, Like the
horse or dog, and they have cot par
ticle of affection. Old tabbies who ere
the Pets of The social corner would
PROBABLY obisct to this criticism
Boston True Lac.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
Influence of Eloc.ic., Hcts.

The probable success Or failure of a
candidate is judged by the way the
betting goes, and the newspapers keep
the books. When we find our boys in
the pool room or ut the keno ;nd faro
tables how arc we going TO make il
money on the turning of card and
they are liable to be arrested, but il
they put their money On the counting
of the ballots the law will wink one
cyc and shut the other, and public
opinion, which is in fact the moral
law, will sustain and sanction the actl
Ida Harper in Indianapolis Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
Our Postal Service.

Comparatively few persons who de-
pend upon Uncle Sam for their means
Of communicating with friends out OF
town have any idea of the vast army
Of men and women employed in the
United States mail service There are,
to begin with, $500. postmasters,
presidential and otherwise; 1900 rail
road mail service employees, 7,0O0 let
ter carriers, 100 inspectors, 5000 clerks
in the postoiilccs, GOO clerks in the
postoffice department. This gives you
q total of 1890 employees. Every
postmaster averages two assistants, and
this in round numbers amounts te
116, 400 persons, which number added
to 1900 gives you l94, 500 persons. -
New York Telegram.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13
Makes Its Own Gas.

1t is reported that M. Otto, the in
ventor of the gas engine, has con-
structed a new machine which auto
matically prepares its own gas by
means of the Dowson apparatus. The
new model is of eight horse power,
and only consumes two pounds of coal
per horse power per hour.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13

Little Eva in an Uncle Toms
Cabin" company, now playing in
France. weighs 2l0 pounds, and throws
Legroe through a window into the
back yard.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-13

How differently men and women
indulge themselves in what is called a
resting spcll. II guess I'll sit down
and mend these stockings and rest
awhile says the wife, but her hls-
band throws himself upon the easy
lounge or sits back in his arm chair,
with Hands at rest and feet placed hor-
izont5ny upon another chair The re-
suibis that his whole body gains full
benefit of the half hour he allows him
self frona work, and the wife only re-
ceiycs that indirect help which comes
from change Of occupation A physi-
cian would tell her that taking even
ten minutes rest in horizontal posi-
tion, as change from standing or sit
ting at work, would prove moro bene-
hcial to her than any of her make
shifts at resting. Busy women have
a habit of keeping on their feet just as
long as they can, in spite Of backaches
and warning pains. As they grow
older they see tie folly of permitting
such drafts upon their strength and
learn to take things easier let what
viii happen. They say: Il used to
think must do thus and SO, but I've
grown wiser and learned to slight
things" Tho first years of house
keeping are truly the hardest, for un.
tried and unfamiliar cares arc almost
daily thrust upon the mother and
home maker.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.