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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-27

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County Delegate-T NJ Keefp, Morton.
Division. No. 1.President, j Fl Ryan. M orto1
yice-president, J ID Kennedy, Morton: cor sec'y
T M Keefe, Morton; fin sec. A Fl Keefe Nor
ton; treasurer, P H Kirwin, Beaver Falls: meet
I'd Sunday of each mouth at 2 pm.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-27

County Delegate p Karvick.
Division No. president. a H hiinnehan
vica-pres. JOS Elennessy; rec sec Thos Egan
fin sec. n G O'Halloran; treasurer, Patrick
Egan; ins-sec. T p Kervck: ser-at-arme, D
Hennessy; doorkeapcr. VIM Morarity, Meet
inls. I'd and 4th Sundays Of month. Address
Nv
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MA NIX Alto,

County Dolegate-M j. Cuddy.
Division No. l. President, P. II. Jordan; vice
nresidlent; D. J. Whalan: recording secretary,
Dennis Hayes; financial secretary. James
Henry: treasurer, Thomas Coughlan; insurance
secretary. James Dougherty; marshal, l.. r..
Grady; meet lst Sunday and third Monday of
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-27

HINUkIAE1. PIWE CUUNIY.
County Delegate, Will;a "a! Hurley:
Michael lynch; cor sec, John Hogan; fin sec.
VIM Nixon; treasurer Rev. W. D lynch:
ms sec, Michael Wall: sergeant-atar'ns, Dennis
Brennan; doorkeeper, Patrick Hogan; marshal
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-27

Conntv DeIeoate %, F. McDermOtt, ClOntarf.
division No. President, VIM Duggan: vice
John Donough REQ sec, n D Con-
ioalle: I'm sec VIM McKenna: treasurer. JAS
Kent; ins sec. James O. Donnell; address Oion-
tart Il {sHg4 5000
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-27

BRAINERD. GROW WING COUNTY.
County Delegate, Patrick Murphy.
President. VIM Barron: vice-president, Jas
Cullen; rec Sec Ed Lynch: fin and ms sec, J
F Hurley; treasurer, Con 0Rrien: marsha, d
M Clark: ser. at-arms,. T F Willis; doorkeeper
A Mccarthy; meet lst Wednesday eve at 7s0 and
Sd Sunday at m of each month. at Miller's
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
Royal Dinners in ENGLAND.

The royal dinner parties of England
are the most formal and studied in the
world. To beginners they become a
frightful ordeal, and they rarely at the
end can tell what the meal consisted Of;
to old stagers they are frightful bore.
The novices are expected to arrive early
SO as to be posted by Sir Henry Ponsonby
in court etiquette. The queen usually
receives her guests for afternoon tea in
her own sitting room, and remains a
short time with them chatting on light
subjects; then they are permitted to
wander over the castle or stay in their
rooms till dinner time, which is at 8.
She says few words to each guest as
she enters the dining room, and then
leads the way to the table. 1t always
seems so discourteous for no one to step
up and offer the old lady his arm, but it
would require an equal in rank to do so,
and she enters and leaves the room alone
There is very little conversation at the
table. Each guest is asked one question
by the queen and can make one reply.
The pauses between are dreadful, and
the mechanical parceling out of ques-
tions and answers makes it seem as if
the queen were putting a Bible class
through its catechism. Each one waits
for his turn to come next, and in the
embarrassment the ''answers" are often
of the most stupid kind.-New York
Star
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
SUN, CECIL COUNTY, MD. FRIDAY, JANUAl

officer got to the stone bridge and was
about to cross it, that sentinel shot him
dead.
sThe circumstances would probably
never have excited especial interest in
those piping times, full of the stirring
incidents of vindictive warfare, had it
not been that, after waiting for the dis
gusted royalists to retire, the sentinel
went to look for his game and could not
find it. The body of the British Of
ficer had mysteriously disappeared, and
though an active search was made it
never was found.
"Years after, when the old tavern was
dispensing applejack amid scenes of pas
toral peacefulness, an old continental
soldier who resided in the neighborhood,
and was familiar with the story of the
shooting and the missing body, started
home from the tavern one night, and the
landlord was about shutting up when his
customer came back on the full run, re-
gardless of his we'll earned rheumatism.
He was white with terror. With chat
tering teeth he related how he was tod
ding along home, with his head down
and thinking of nothing in particular,
when he heard a big sigh close by, and,
looking up, he saw right on the end of
the bridge handsome looking British
officer in his red uniform and on big
bay horse. riding about the road slowly,
looking intently on the ground and sigh
ing as though he was looking for some
thing he wanted very much but could
not find.
esp goshr said the old soldier, Il
knowed right away it was that dead
British officer looking for his body, and
came away as quick as could
''Thus, you see, the authenticity of the
Six Roads ghost is regularly established" ;"
j. D. G. in Newark Call
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
Danced Forty Miles.

A young civil engineer who came home
to Buffalo last week after four months
expedition through the Black Hills with
a government surveying party, told the
following story:
zone evening ias5 summer we pitched
camp, and, after supper, the command
ing officer in the party ordered me to
make detour to certain point further
north. The distance by the road I was
told to take was believed to be about four
miles, but to get it exactly was given a
pedometer to carry in my pocket. On
the way came to 9. small mining settle
ment, and dance was going on in the
biggest saloon. AS had plenty of time
on my hands went in and joined in the
dance, and never rested a leg until mid
night. l then proceeded to finish my
detour, got back to camp, and turned in.
In the morning l was asked to report,
and without a thought handed over the
pedometer. The officer looked at it in
amazement, and then exclaimed, Forty
four miles! Where on earth did you &C
last night?'' was perplexed at first my
self, and could not explain my wonderful
record, and it was not until later that /
recalled the dance, but I can't believe
that I danced forty miles in single
evening. Buffalo Courier.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
Peculiar Legal Case in Germany.

Germans are anxiously awaiting the
final verdict in a very peculiar case
which recently came before the German
courts. Two ladies of Wesel, it seems,
made complaint before a magistrate
some time ago that one of their neighbors
was owner Of q rooster whose loud crow
ing disturbed their slumbers every night.
The magistrate decided that the noise
was disorderly and fined the owner of
the rooster "because he did not pre-
vent the animal from growing at
night" An appeal from this decision
was taken to the higher court, but with
out success. Now, it appears, the owner
of the Objectionable rooster has appealed
to the highest tribunal in the country.
He argues that his rooster only exercises
his natural right when he crows, and
that rooster is useful and very neces-
sary animal. "Without ROSTERS" he
explains, "there would be no hens, and
if we had no hens there would be no
eggs. Since, therefore, we cannot do
without hens and eggs. we cannot do
without roosters either" The case, so
far, has been rather expensive for the de-
fendant, but he is of good cheer and
hopes to carry the day by his logical ar
gument.-EXchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
A Cowboy President.

A correspondent of German paper
gives an interesting account of the career
of the late president of the Bulgarian
national assembly, Zackaria Stoyanow.
His parents, who lived at Rustchuk, were
so poor that it was impossible for them
to pay nything for his education, and at
an early age he was hired out as a herd
boy. There are persons still living in
Rustchuk who remember seeing him
trotting merrily along the streets soon
after the break of day, taking his flock
to the pastures on the outskirts of the
town. After a time he got promotion.
His employer and number of other
Bulgarians decided upon establishing a
reading room in Rustchuk, and, as they
wanted some one to keep the books and
papers, and the place generally, in good
order, young Stoyanow was brought in
from the pasture and put in charge.
The sight of printed matter for the
first time in his life was revelation to
him, and he began to feel the influence
of that passion for knowledge which re-
manned with him throughout life. By
dint of hard work, he acquired a knowl-
edge of reading, and in six months had
taught himself to read fairly well.
Following on his mental expansion
came greater ambition. He went g
Bucharest, where he found employment
in a printing establishment. There he
acquired skill as compositor, and there,
too, he made the acquaintance of an
other type setter, who became his life
long friend, and is now known as minis
ter-president of Bulgaria, NJ. Stambulow.
Stoyanow occupied his leisure by study
ing scientific and other subjects; he
also attained considerable knowledge of
French and German.
Some articles he wrote soon after the
war with Russia, concerning Russian pol
icy in Bulgaria, attracted attention to
him as man of genius, and he was
soon after elected deputy. From that
day his career was one of advancement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
Didn't Appreciate 1t.

The Listener was bit amused the other
day by a scene that occurred on Robert
street. A man of gigantic proportions
a dime museum freak out for an airing
the top of whose head was located fully
eight feet above the soles of his feet, was
seen numbering along up the street. From
the opposite direction came another very
tall man, but not nearly SO tall as the
freak. The latter stopped, gravely lifted
his hat to the eight-footer, and made
some passing salutation by word of
mouth. The freak did not seem to relish
this familiarity of the other tall gentle
man, and sullenly growled out word or
two between his teeth. When the other
tall man came along to where the Listen
er was standing he remarked: II stand
six feet one inch in my stockings, and
whenever Inject man who is taller than
am it is my invariable rule to take off
my hat to him in acknowledgment of his
superiority, you know; now that noun
tain of flesh ought to have felt honored,
but he did not; he's the gruffest old
codger that I've ever met. st. Paul
Pioneer Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
He Took It AWAY.

He rang the door bell of house on
Second avenue and then sat down. In a
minute he rose up and rang again. Then
he waited spell and rang for the third
time. Soon thereafter the lady of the
house, betraying dozen proofs of sick
headache, opened the door and de-
manded:
care you trying to pull the house
DOWN."
mo, ma'am," he answered. "Have
you the Lives of PlutarchP"
"No, sir, but if was man I'd have
yours in about minute"
"Eh-ah! see, madam. guess I'd
better 60"
And he took the Olives of Plutarch"
under his arm, and his own in his hand,
and backed down the step and out of the
gate and went off with the air of man
who wished he hadn't.-Detroit Free
Press
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
A Pitiful Story.

A little Lexington girl has found re-
Gently that charity has sweet rewards in
gratitude. At the time of the Johns
town floods she decided to contribute a
dress to the supply of clothing, which
some of the towns people were collect
ing for the sufferers, and in its pocket
placed a note requesting that the little
girl who received the dress would send
a reply. The answer came, and it told
pitiful story. The Johnstown girl said
that she has lost thirty-two relatives in
the flood. OF seven children in her i'm
mediate family four were saved. The
little girl, whose house had been swept
away, expressed sincere gratitude for
the dress.-Boston Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
A Contrast of Character.

Here comes the handsomest and best
dressed man seen in Jacksonville for
many days. A man about 35 years old,
feet 10 inches high, as we'll proper
toned as Apollo, black hair and long,
dropping mustache, black eyes with a
merry twinkle in them; a clear, rosy
complexion that speaks of good digestion
and a quiet conscience; a gentleman Of
gentlemen, courtly and gentle, even the
most quiet of danes learns to look at
him. See him help that feeble old wo-
man into the street car. No son could
be tenderer to mother, and he lifts his
hat to her as the car starts as if she were
duchess. Now he pats a little girl on
the head and gazes at it half lovingly,
half regretfully. A bootblack accosts
him. HE gazes at his shoes, that glis-
ten like mirror, tosses a quarter to the
boy, drops dollar into the cup of the
blind beggar at the corner, and, hum
ming scrap of opera, passes around
the corner. Who is he? Oh, he's pro-
fessional gambler, runs skin game at
Nashville, Tenn, killed a man last year
in knife duel; may kill another this
year. Quien sabe?-JacksonAille Times
Union
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
The Intelligent Horse.

The horse will leave musty hay I'M
touched in his bin, no matter how hun
cry. He will not drink of water objec-
tionable to his questioning shifts or from
bucket which some other odor makes
offensive, however thirsty. His intelli-
gent nostrils will widen, quiver, and
query over the daintiest bit offered by
the fairest of hands. A mare is never
satisfied by either sight or whinny that
her colt is really her own until she has
certified the fact by means of her nose.
Blind horses, as a rule, will gallop wildly
about a pasture without striking the sur
rounding fence. The sense of smell in
forms them of its proximity. Others
will, when loosened from the stable, go
directly to the gate or bars opening to
their accustomed feeding grounds, and,
when desiring to return, after hours of
careless wandering, will distinguish the
one outlet and patiently await its open
ing. The odor of that particular part of
the fence is their guide to it.-Exchange
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
Furnishing the Babbler.

Russia keeps up the informal habits
of Peter the Great, and the conversation
is very gay and general at the court
table, with much of the brilliancy of an
officers mess on a grand scale. In old
times in Russia wherever guest made
distasteful remark trumpet sounded.
The offense repeated, the too talkative
person was led away and had his tongue
cut out, Nero used to have pet tiger
extended beside him on his couch, which,
at sign, sprang at the throat of any in
discreet babbler. In contrast to this life
it is almost painful to mention the clock
work formalities of other courts, and the
mapped out rules for conversation at
Victoria's table ses M absurd. New
York Star,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
He Had q Corn.

A resident of this city had corn on
the middle toe of his left foot, which had
bothered him greatly for many years.
One morning he could bear it no longer
and adopted a unique and sudden method
of getting rid of it.
He obtained a rifle and fastened it
firmly, muzzle downward, on a board set
for the purpose. Then he laid board
down under it and fired it twice. The
bullet entering the board at exactly the
same point each time convinced him that
the rifle was firmly fixed and properly
adjusted, and his next move was to place
his bare foot on the board so that the
corn on his toe came directly over the
bullet hole.
This matter being arranged to his sat
isfaction, he got friend, who was pres
ent during the preliminary operations, to
pull the trigger. The result fully equaled
if it did not exceed his expectations
The bullet went through his toe and car
ried the corn with it, leaving large
ragged hole, which will be quite likely
to give him as much trouble as did the
corn.
He refused to have physician and
says a bullet hole is better than corn
any day.-Concord Monitor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
An Elephant Remembers Friend.

An elephant attached to Womwell's
menagerie was treated in Gloucestershire
by druggist for internal spasm. The
animal recovered and duly departed from
the town. This was in 1870. But ir
1879, when the druggist stood at his shop
door to watch the menagerie again enter
the town, the elephant crossed the street,
advanced to the man of drugs, placed
her trunk in his hand and grunted agree
ably to show her remembrance of past
kindness. At night, in visiting the men
agerie, the elephant drew the druggists
attention to her side, to which a blister
had been applied nine years before. In
1881 the elephant again entered the town.
Recognizing her chemist friend in the
audience she lifted him gently off his
feet by means of her trunk and drew
his attention to one of her forelegs The
keeper explained that the limb had been
lanced by veterinary surgeon, and that
apparently she was comparing notes of
the difference between the gentler blister
of her friend and the procedure of the
surgeon. 1t is not often that services
are so long and gratefully remembered
either by quadrupeds or by 1.-THE paragon
of animals" himself.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
Faster and Faster.

Unrest, hurry, is bad characteristic
of these times. We do everything by tel.
egraph. We live as well as travel by the
lightning express. The late Sir Henry
Holland, a polyglot man, in charming
book of personal recollections covering
sixty years Of the Nineteenth century,
says: "People walk faster in London
streets than they did when 1 first knew
them. And this augmented speed OF
locomotion is carried into every depart
ment of life-politics, art, literature,
commerce and social existence The
charm of tranquil leisure is less and less
sought after.
This, which is true the world over, is
truest of all in our country. Like the
old Mississippi steamboats,, we are built
on the high pressure principle; and, like
them, we are liable to blow up. This
hurry makes business harassing and
wearing. Our merchants die at the top,
in insane retreats. 1t ruins home life.
for that demands repose. The home
should be a breathing spot, place I'M
invaded by fret and sacred to peace. Go
slow. You will get there just the same
and save your health and prolong your
life in the bargain.-St. Louis Republic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
A Mirage on the Plains.

We witnessed the most perfect mirage
we ever saw on the Laramie plains one
evening recently. 1t was about an hour
before sunset, and, looking out of a car
window, we saw beautiful lake mile
away. 1t was in a slight depression among
the hills, and seemed to be about two
miles long by a mile wide. Never hav-
ing noticed lake at that place on the
road, we were considerably astonished
and asked the conductor for an explana-
ton. He was equally astonished, as
were passengers familiar with the road.
AS the train advanced, the lake appeared
to enlarge and rise, but in spite of this
it was difficult to believe the appearance
was simply that optical delusion known
as mirage, and that what appeared to be
a lake was o grassy, level plain. The
apparent lake was as smooth and bright
as a mirror, except at one edge, where it
appeared to be ruf1led by the wind. The
strange sight was viewed with wonder
by hundreds of passengers until it was
out of sight.-Rock Springs Indepen-
dent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
A New Mode of Cnnl,inn.

A patent has just been taken out for
What is claimed to be a new mode of
cooking. The process is remarkable for
its simplicity. A very simple form of
oven is heated by lamp which is placed
beneath it. The floor of the oven is
covered with thin sheet of water, in
which the cooker or steamer is heated so
as to form water joint. By this meth
Cd the inventor clsims that no odor is
permitted to escape, and the flavor of
the food is perfectly retained. In cook
ing such articles as fish, cabbage and
other food which gives off an unpleasant
odor, this process is extremely valuable.
New York Telegram.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
The Fontaines Lumineuses.

The work of dismantling the Paris ex-
hibition has already commenced, and
only portion of the Galerie des Ma
chimes is now accessible to visitors. A
serious effort is to be made to preserve
the colored fountains, the idea of which
the authorities, by permission, borrowed
from the English patentees. The sue
cess of these fontaines lumineuses has
been tremendous. Every night when
they are playing the excited French peo-
pie stand on their chairs and watch the
changing colors with frantic delight.
"C'est rouge" they Shrek to each other,
as the colors appear. "C'est vert; main
tenant c'est mauve." NJ. Menier has
made for his own use miniature fount-
ain Of this kind for table decoration
London Figaro.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
GRANDMA'S EYES.

They wonder why love her so;
They marvel where the magic lies
That knits me to her. they who know
That Gladys has her grandma's eyesl
They say she's but a thoughtleSs tot;
They say 'tis true she never tries
To pleasure me-but try or not
She can't but please with grandma's eyes
They say her sisters are as sweet;
1t may be so, as they surmise,
But who but Gladys comes to greet
Me gayly with her grandma's eyes?
She'd have the nloon3 I'd give the sum-
What wonder that my heart denies
No draft that's made on 1t by one
Who always asks with grandma's eyess
She lights up all this world Of woe,
She silences cen sorrows cries;
She follows me, whereer go,
Forever with her grandma's eTes
All, who that knows what powers proceed
From simple things, in whaS strange guise,
Can doubt little child may Lad
An old man with her grandma's eyesl
With Gladys grow young againi
/, who am gray-so fast time flies
Am young, yet how my heart aches when
She looks at me with grandma's eyesi
My child wife smiles once more on me,
Glad tears within mine own arise,
AS with my grandchild on my knee
/ gaze into her grandma's eyes
Mary Norton Bradford in Montreal Star
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
A Connecticut Girl oIarries Chinaman.

Jang Landsing, a native of China, re-
siding in Cleveland, was married the
other day to Miss Nellie H. Sparks,
daughter of Mrs. G. W. Sparks, of Yer
non, Conn. The ceremony was per-
formed at the residence of the bride by
the Rev. Joseph H. Twitchell, of Hart
ford. The Hon. Yung Wing was
arsong the guests. The groom came to
this country in 1876 to the Chinese gov
ernment school in Hartford. After the
recall of the mission he remained in the
service of the Chinese government as
lieutenant in the navy. He returned to
this country and was graduated from the
Worcester polytechnic institute in 1887.
Since then he has been employed by the
Pratt & Whitney company of Hartford.
He has recently accepted a place with the
Brush electric light company of Cleve-
land. Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-17
The Napoleon of Road Agents.

Black Bart, who is known to fame as
1.-THE lone highwayman of California" :"
has, it is thought, gone to China or Aus
tralia. Over thirty robberies of stages
and express trains are attributed to this
Napoleon Of the stand-and-deliver game
Evidence to convict him was obtained
caught in 1888, he pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to prison fog seven years
He was q good prisoner, read devotional
works and was liked by the authorities
at San Quentin. During the last year his
robberies have been very numerous -
Cincinnati Commercial.