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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-04-25
FLOATING SAND.
The Singular Phenomenon Witnessed ol
tho Connecticut River.

The Singular Phenomenon Witnessed ON
tho Connecticut River.
It is we'll known that a needle can be
placed gently upon the water SO as
to float, the force of capillary attrac-
ton producing surface tension SO as
to prevent it's sinking. This principal
apparently accounts for the following
phenomenon described by Mr.. +. G.
Graham in the American Journal of
Science: He saw sand being removed
from q bar jutting out from an island
in the Connecticut river. The erosion,
carried on from the side of the bar
against which the current Gid not
strike, took place by gentle ripple
waves splashing up against the sand
bar (which was at an angle of about
one hundred and fifty degrees TO the
surface of the water), and upon the re-
firing of each wave a little aoat Of sand
would be on the water. At first these
were about the size Of silver quarter
of dollar, but by the union of num-
Der some floats would be formed Of
about six inches square, These blotches
were so numerous as to be very notice
able in rowing up the river, and could
be traced for half a mile or more below
the bank from which the sand came,
although this was but a, sew yards
long If one of the blotches were dis
turbed by touching or the too violent
action of the waves, it would immedi-
ately separate, the particles at once
falling to the river bottom.
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Interesting if True.

1t is often a matter of curiosity with
the observer of feminine ways to know
why women should wear SO many orna-
ments while on the street, says the New
York Recorder. To see delicate little
woman, whose waist is surrounded by
an enormous belt, from which depend a
number Of small bottles Of glass and
silver, watch charms, bangles and heav-
en- knows what besides, is enough to
create wonder in the mind of the unini-
tiated. The habit is looked upon as q
fad. Probably it is, but an English
writer says it is something more. This
learned Britisher asserts that the Amer
lean girl carries in the little bottles
which bangle from her belt a lot OF qui-
nine pills. When she grows weary from
the exertions Of a shopping tour SHE
takes two pills: if chilly, one pill; when
hungry, which is often the case, down
go two pills: if she gets her feet wet
she swallows an antidote in the shape
of ten pills. This is one OF those things
which may be described as interesting
it true.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-04-25

ct al. Watch for an
nouncement of open
ing of the Sisseton
Reservation, South
Dakota, hy the Gov
eminent, Land
Office located a t
Watertown, S. D,
Ask any Railroad
Agent for informa-
tion and maps, which
will be cheerfully fur
nished, or address
G. M. PRATT, Gen,
Ticket and Pass. Agt.
Minneapolis, MINI.
w. IL. TRUESDALE.
Receiver.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-04-25
INVESTIGATION

Will show in every case why the road
named below is popular among the
travelling public. 1t is operated through
Central lows, Central and Southern
Minnesota, extends from St. Paul and
Minneapolis to Watertown, s. d and
forms direct line from Mankato to
Red Wing, Mimi, on all Of which lines
are located the many prosperous cities
of Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.
Its through train service couples the
Twin Cities of the Northwest with
Chicago, Peoria st. Louis, Kansas
City, Denver, Pueblo, Colorado
Springs, Council Bluffs, Des Moines,
Cedar Rapids, So, &c.
Pullman Buffet Sleepe1s Free Chair
Cars, light and CHEEKY Day Coaches,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-04-25
A Valuable Moth.

A young man camping in the sierras
discovered and captured butterfly OF
an unusual species He sent it to the
Smithsonian Institution at Washington
and received check for fifteen hun
dred dollars, with the request to make
careful search for other moths Of the
same kind. It was an individual OF the
fossil species, supposed to be extinct,
and great was the excitement among
scientists at the discovery that one Of the
race had been recently alive. Although
diligent search has been made by men
paid for the service no other specimen
has been found.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-04-25
Fire Plug signs In England.

On the dead walls in the cities in all
parts of England one sees staring signs,
legible enough, but unintelliggible to the
stranger. III. p. 23'' or 81. P. 81 they
read, and the passer-by who sees them
for the first time wonders why r. 2. is
% at one place and only 8 at another.
3. p. stands for fire plug" or hydrant,
and the figures following the letters
show the distance in feet Of the hydrant
from the letters. The fire plug IS never
more than 80 feet away from the sign.
rs 81 sunk level with the sidewalk
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Irish American Bank
kasota Block Cor. Hennepin and
Fourth Streets.
Paid atp Capital 500, 600, 90

J. S. COughlin. President
J. E. Gould. .Vice-P President
JIG. Scallen. Cashier
William Mcmillan. Assistant Cashier
DIRECTORS.
J. S. Coughlin, j. P. Rea, Martin Ring,
II. @. Clarke. Mathew Walsh, John
E. Gould, M. w. Nash, Richard
Welsh, Frank w. Shaw, j. r. Corrig
VIM. Mcmillan.
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NATIONAL OFFICERS

M F WHERE, ID, Philadelphia, Pa.
NJ sLATTERY, N s, Albany, N Y.
THos DUEDON, N Z, Columbus Ohio.
National Directors-P. ]. O'Connor, chairman
Savannah, Ca; John W. McGree y, Thos; J
O'Brien, Cornelius Horrigan, John E. Tyrrell.
STATE OFFICERS-MlNNESO
STATE DELEaATK-John MCCARTHY, of Still.
water.
STATE sEoRErARY-Geo. M. Giltinan, of st.
Paul.
STATE TREAsuRER-John Bheehy, of Mont
gomery.
STATE BOARD OF D1RECreRs--William De
laney St. Paul; D. F. McDermott. Clontarf
John Flood, Duluth; j. T.. Rowan, Winona; W
j. Murphy, St. Cloud.
President of Insurance Fund, VI. j. Mcdonnell
of Graceville.
insurance. Secretary. John A. O'Shaughnessy,
Of saltwater.
Treasurer of insurance Fund, John Sheehy, OF
Montgomery.
Directors of Insurance Fund, d. F. McDer
mott, Clontarf; P. J. Ryan. st: Cloud; John +
Byrnes Minneapolis; Geo. W. Murphy, Fari-
bault; J. j. Kennedy, St. Paul.
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singular Funeral Ceremonies.

.3s a murdered Hungarian was buried
near Corinth, KY, recently. When
dying i candle was placed in his hand
& and held there BY his brother until the
! last moment. ia the coffin were placed
Us towel soap, comb, needle and
thread. ~ He was dressed ia l 2 new suit
Sof Clothes md q white hat placed on his
head ~ piece st money was thrown
Into the buy ae ground d''t =
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MORTON. REEylLLE nOUNIf

County Delegate-'r NJ Keefe, Morton
ice-president, D Kennedy, Morton: cor sec'y
T M Keefe, Morton; fin sec, 4 Fl Keefe, Nor.
ton treasurer, P FL Kirwin, Beaver Falls: meet
I'd Sunday of each month at D NJ
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BARGAINS N
1T A NOS

Our stock of square pianos tsken in trade for
new uprights accumulates SO rapidly that we
are oh ICED from time to time to sell them out
regardless of cost. In most cases these pianos
are perfect in tone and action, but, being
squares. take up too much room in the small
tenement houses of the city. This would be no
objection in the more commodious country
house. If children have talent they can learn
on square as well as an Upright, and we offer
them for less than the cost of material and
workmanship. Write for circular and price
list. We are also sole agents for
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Peter Brady; rec sec, Michael Cullen; fin sec,
Michael Crowley; treasurer. Patrick Dwyer: ms
sec. Merriman; meet LIST Sunday Of each
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-25
RIDING THE GOAT.

Architectural Mysteries in Former Sc
cret Society Building.
horkmen engaged in tearing down the
buildings on the block condemned for the
new Washington Postoffice have made a
discovery. They have begun to demoish
the building used for many years by the col
ored secret societies. Certain architectural
mysteries can only be explained on the the
DRY that they were used in the initiation
ceremonies. They suggest rites which
must have outdone the performance of the
once famous Sons of Malta. BY far the
most remarkable of all tie wonders of this
sort discovered is q horribly suggestive
brick hole. II Is built like a chi mney into
the ediice itself, reaching from the bottom
of the cellar to the third floor. This brick
hold is feet square inside. One lifts piece
OF floor in the third story and looks down
into it.
Below the flooring about two feet is a
curious lid with a funny-sEaped opening.
Removing this lid one sees u bricked-iu
space four feet square and ten feet deep.
This Is only part VI the hole. At the bot
tom is another lid like the first aud when
that is lifted there is revealed another
brIcked-la space ten Iees III depth. At the
bottom OF that is still another lid like the
other two, and when this is rennved one
can look down yet another ten feet to the
very bottom of the cellar. 1t is very weird
altogether. The entire hole is Father more
than thirty feet in depth 1t forms. as has
been said, portion of the solid structure Of
the building.
Perhaps the most curious thing about it is
the cellar. 1t has an opening fuui feet high
by eighteen inches wide, which is big
enough to admit the passage of man S
body. 1t is possible that victims subjected
to the ordeal of the initiation ceremonial
were lowered into this awful well and per
mtted to find their way out into the cellar
and TO wonder vaiBly into what sort OF
place they had got. There may have been
whole cemetery Of bones down there to
brighten the novice out of his wlts.-Wash-
ington Special to st. Louis Globe Demo-
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LIZZIE LOOKED LOVELY.
But When She Learned What She w
MeaEing She Eainte.i.

But When She Learned What She Was
Wearing She tainted.
A pretty country girl who has come 10
spend the Christmas holidays in New Y ork
among relatives who had made midsum-
mer visit to her fathers farm in the woods
of Maine, brings an interesting story to
town, says the Tribune.
In the country village near the Maine
girls home there exists a good deal of riv-
airy among the daughters of the farmer ass
to who shall be the acknowledged belle OF
the country side.
The rivalry is keen, and two or three OF
the competitors are pretty evenly matched
for first place.
Lizzie Brown, however," so the Maine
girl tells the story to her friends, laid her
plans to Guido them all at the ball on
Thanksgiving eve. a rich old aunt of hers
who lives in New YORK sent her a present
of a handsome gown.
w hen the ball was fairly under way -
zje sailed into The room and quite took our
breaths away with her beauty. She is a
pretty girl. q blonde, of beautiful COM
plexion. and the gown became her wonder
fully. 1t was Of black surah silk, cut W
shape before and With Vatican effect be-
hind, and trimmed with real creamy lace,
and it just look lovely. Lizzie sailed around
the rest OF us green with envy. for none of
us could approach her gown in stylishness or
cut or richness of material.
Later in the evening New York school
teacher arrived. and before she could get
her wraps off was told all about the gown.
She peeped out of the dressing-room door at
Lizzie and as sUon as she saw the gown the
queerest expression came over her face, then
she blushed very much and began to glggle,
to sit down. When she was able to answer
our inquiries she exclaimed:
"'Why. it's a nightgown'
A nightgownp we squealed in chorus
Yes she answered, one of those new
fashioned, elaborate nightgowus that great
swells and actresses wear. Oh, my! That
| should ever have seen one worn at a ballp
when Lizzie hsard the verdict she
tainted. The men nearly died from laugh
ing, and the whole neighborhood will talk
of little else for a month"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-25
TWO LITTLE TOTS.
MargiannR Knew What She Was Doing
With the Rnhu

Margianna Knew What She Was Doing
With the Baby.
The other night as reporter was starting
out he espied two babies of about the ages
of 4 and years, respectively. sitting in a
dark corner of a doorway in New Chambers
street The four-year- mite was in the
which was tied up in white wooden ban
dage, was resting comfortably on the diminu-
tive motherly shoulders She was fast
asleep.
Hello, here. what's this?" inquired the
reporter. Whats the matter with your
baby?"
She's not a baby" answered piping
voice; her name is Julette and shes my
niece"
is she sick, Honey"
"Nn! she amt sick. She's only got the
toothache, and my name amt Honey-its
Margianna."
San, 1 see. Well, Margianna, how long
are you and Juliette going tn sit here ia the
cold and dark?'
IF you dou't stop talking to me you'll
wake her up
~ gu seem to know your business, If you
are baby" and with this the reporter went
on his way About two hours later police
man, ACCOMPANIED by woman, came along
the same block. The officer had dark Ian
tern and the woman was crying. They
peered into every dark doorway. They
finally came upon the objects of their search.
The patient responsible nurse had fallen
asleep, too, and her head was resting against
the brick wall.
Tenderly the officer and the woman gath
cred up the sleeping MargiaEna and Juliette
and bore them away to a bed which was
softer, at least, than a stone doorstep.-N.
Y. Recorder
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SUNG IN COURT.

Pathetic and Sensational Scene at the
Trial of an Alleged Murderer.
Noah Richards, the young colored man on
trial for the murder of Policeman Sherman,
according to a New York special to the En-
quirer, created a sensation in court. Ma
one saw the murder committed, but the
chain of circumstantial evidence is being
drawn tighter around the prisoner, who
told his OWN story in his quaint negro dia-
lect He said musingly, as if trying TO re-
cali all the incidents of the day:
''Some one else done commit dat murder.
When dat man was killed | was sitting in
my room thinking of my dead mother, and |
dun began to think then of song | made
up after she died. 1t went this way.
Then the prisoner closed his eyes, and
seemed for moment lost in thought. Sud-
denly smile crept over his black face, and
in q rich. clear, mellow voice lie began to
sing plaintive negro melody. Louder and
clearer rose the notes of the song, until
they seemed to fill the whole courtroom
with a weird, ghostly melody. The hands
and feet OF the singer began to beat time in
rythmical measure.
The effect upon the spectators was won
derful- The heads that had been craned
forward to catch a glimpse of the alleged
murderer were now bowed, and tears
trickled over scores of checks. The Judge
ana the Jury we're also strongly moved.
Uninterrupted the prisoner continued his
song. His body swayed back ward and for
ward and the tears trickled down from his
closed eyes. lie was singing the song OF
death But the fear of death was all gone
and the prisoner was back again with hi:
old mother. Perhaps he was only acting
perhaps he was trying to gain sympathy
with the jury, but If so it was more sublime
acting than was ever seen on theatrical
Stage.
When the song ceased 1t was several min
ntes before the testimony was resumed
When 1t did resume there were at least
hundred hearts in that courtroom which
beat in sympathy for the poor, uneducated
half-silly colOred man, who, guilty or MOI
guilty, was almost certain to be condemned
by the strong chain of crcumstantial evil
daupa
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CANNIBALISM.

How Polish Shoemaker Was inviting
ly Served Up as Food.
A frfghtful story of murder and eannibal
ism comes via Vienna from Mjechow, a
small town in Russian Poland in the prov
ince OF Kielce.
Three peasants eDticed a shoemaker
named Levanoffsky into a forest under
the pretense of showing him where some
money was concealed. When they had
reached secluded place in the woods they
turned upon the man and beat him 10 death.
He was known to carry considerable none
with him. and to get this was the object Of
the murder. Being anxious to conceal tn
crime they stripped the body and cut 1t to
pieces. Then they gathered quantity 90
wood and heaped 1t about the remoins an
started fire. As soon as the fire was unded
Roadway the murderers left the spot Th r
fire went out without having consumed ale
OF the body.
Later on a workman from the same yicin-
lty was passing near the scene of the MUIR
der and saw piece of han-roasted flesh in
the ashes of what had been fire. He sup
posed that some one had been cooking game.
and had left part of it there. He took the
flesh home, and told some of his luck in
finding it, and invited them TO Join in eat
ing 1t. AS meat was rare luxury thew
readily complied While devouring the h or
riole food some one accused the finder Of
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THE SCAR ON HILLS NECK.
1t Is the Mark of Knife Wound Infiicte,

1t Is the Mark of Knife Wound Inflicted
by Abr,m Miner.
The scar which Governor Hill carries on
his neck is the mark of a wound inflicted in
1867 by Abram MINER.
Governor Hill was then d years old, and
had just entered on the practice of law.
MINER was mOr0se man, and ill-treated
his wife. beautiful woman. Mrs MINER
finally left her husband. The household
property and the house in which Miner
lived belonged to her, but MINER refused
to permit any Of the furniture to be re-
moved
Mrs. Miner brought suit to repIevin the
furniture, and employed Governor Hill as
counsel Governor Hill pushed the case
with vigor and won it. This angered Min
Ter, and he vowed vengeance against the
young lawyer.
Soon after the termination of the suit
MINER was seated in LAWYERS Office whit
Ting stick with pocket-knife. Governor
Hill entered and passed into rear room.
W hen he returned and was passing through
the front ofnce MINER sprang upon him and
made thrust with his knife. The blade
struck Governor Hill in the neck, cutting an
ugly cash and barely missing the juguar
Vein.
Miner was promptly arrested and in
dicied. He had many friends among the
older members of the bar who tried to per-
Suade Governor Hill to drop the case
against Miner. Governor Hill would not
yield and Miner pleaded guilty. He was
sentenced to State Prison, but the influence
of his friends at the bar secured for him
pardon.
One of the lawyers who took sides with
Governor Hill was Seymour Dexter, who
subsequently became County Judge and
resigned three years ago to accept the pres-
dency of the Second National Bank of Ell
mira, + which eX-State Senator Fassett is
Vice-President. Shortly after MINERS par
don his wife brought suit of ej"ctment
against him, and emuloyed Mr.. Dexter as
counsel. Mr.. Dexter won the suit, which
emhittered Miner against him also. For
long time he never met either man on the
street without making offensive remarks.
Mini er made himself such an int lerabIe
nuisance that Governor Hill and Mr. Dex-
ter took steps to make him cease logging
them, and finally succeeded. Nevertheless
he repeatedly made threats to others that
he would one day kill them both. A few
years later he was instantly killed by a rail-
road train in this city.-Elmira special to
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SOLD HIS BODY.
Rich Now and Wants TO Buy Back HI
Post Norton Rights.

Rich Now and Wants Buy Back His
ost-Mortem Rights.
A man who lives in the suberb of Lowell
is seeking to have deed given by him
twenty years ago recovered. The deed con-
veyed his body to surgeon. now practlcng
in Great FAILS, n. H., for the sum of $40
and other considerations, possession to be
taken on his death. Since the deed was
made the giver has made fortune in South
America, and has decided that he would
like Christian burial. The deed provides
that the body should be dissrcIed and the
skeleton articulated and presented to a med
zeal university. The lawyers have decided
that the deed holds good, and that the only
alternative is to buy off the doctor. The
giver of the deed has made big offer, but
it has been refused.-Lowell Special to New
York SIM
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-25
CHRISTMAS MORNING.

Oh, tue many million stockings
Waiting for the dawn of day,
And the many sieepless eyes
watching for the suns first ray.
Oh, the stockings overfiowfng
With the joys Of Christmastide;
Oh. the happy-hearted children.
Some ones light and joy aud pride.
Oh. the little empty stockings
On this merry Christmas morn;
oh, the cherries empty lives,
Aud the little hearts forlorn.
GERTRUDE LIE PAGl
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having stolen the meat. To prove that he
was not thief he invited them to accom-
pany him to the forest. There closer
search uncovered other remains of the muir
dered shoemaker, and Mortified the men
with the evidence of what they had been
eating. 1t was ascertained that Levanoffsky
was missing. and the murderefs were ar
-Ey
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She CarrIed Cold

Mrs. Ida Beck, middle-aged woman,
living at the Continental Hotel on Pacific
street, fell In a fit on Commercial street,
near Montgomery. at 8 80 o'clock last night.
Officer George McMah on picked her up, and
also a package tied in a newspaper, which
fell FROM her hand. The package contained
$40 in bright gold pieces. Mrs. Beck was
taken to the Receiving Hospital, where DR..
OBrien dressed a small scalp wound, caused
by the fall. The woman was somewhat
daZed, and said that she had no money with
her Captain Douglass took charge of the
gold aud detailed an officer to escort Mrs.
Beck TO her home.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-25

box on the doorstep of 631 Golden Gate
avenue, by Special Policeman Pete Broad
field. The forsaken mite OF humanity was
taken to the Founding Hospital on Golden
Gate avenue. near Octayia Their is no
clew to its parentage
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-25
The Governments Wins.

Judge Morrow of the United States Dis
trict Court gave Judgment in full in favor
of the Government In its prosecution of the
bond of $500
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-25

The annual reunion of the snciety of In
dependent Old Friends" will be held on
Tuesday evening next in Irving Hall. on
which occasion an Interesting literary pro-
gramme will be presented and this will be
folio wed by dancing.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-25

SOC FRENCH mixed put in our 25c cream mixed
candies. as we have run short OF 25c candy
IOWUseut's.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-25

BEHTELING has the only reliable methods to
iii defective sight. 427 Kearny street.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-25

The snake costume" has an encireling
string of fur which wraps the gown from
top tn toe.
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Salvation OIL. the great pain eratIcasor has
taken a strong hold upon the people. rs cents.
The components OF Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup are
daily prescribed by the best physicians.
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Pictures Of all the Presidents from
Washington to Harrison
1T ALSO GIVES In BRIEF:

The History of Colonial Politics.
The History OF Revo utionary Politics.
The History Of the Confederation.
The History Of the U. s. government By Con-
crosses.
The History of the o. s BY Administrator
An Analysis Of the Federal Government.
Valuable Statistics on Debts.
valuable Statistics on Revenues.
Valuable Statistics on ExpenditursL
Issues Of all Political Parties
The History of all Political Parties which l,y,
existed in this country.