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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
HuMoRs OF CHINATOWN.
John Believes i'm Correcting His Vito
with BrOomstick.

JOnn believes III correcting E1Ja WHO
with Broomstick.
chinatown as spectacle is disap-
pointing says Mr.. Rus in his Studies
Among the Tenements of New York;
but he found therein some things to
tickle his sense Of humor, and other
things at which he laughed that he
might not weep. One evening, while
going through Mott street.-the Chinese
uuarter--he heard woman shrieking
in cellar. Descending with his COM
panion, q policeman, he discovered a
Chinaman beating his white ''wife''
with broom handle.
'sShe velly bad!'' shouted the China
man, as the two Americans, prejudiced
against wife-beating, caught hold of his
arms, and released the woman,
.'S'pose your wifee bad, you no lickee
her?'' he asked, turning fercely upon
Mr.. Rus.
emo, wouldn't; I'd never think Of
striking a woman" answered the Amer
lean.
The amazed Chinaman eyed him in
silence for a moment, and then con-
ten1ptuously answered:
''Then, guess, she liclzee you
Going into aJoss-house, he discovered
among the Chinese scrsyvls on the walls
the inscription, in English aetters: I'm
God We Trust 1t had been copied
from the trade dollar, and the priest
explained that the inscription was a
delicate compliment to the 'Melican
Joss,'' the almighty dollar.
On his own shores John Chinaman
may be g. thousand years behind the
age, but here he has been SO Influenced
bv the ssMelican JOSS" that he is abreast
of the age in his scleming to make it
pay He turns everything, from
''Joss" down, into cash, Or that which
cash h17vS
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
THE INVENTION or INK
Probably First Obtained from tho Black
Fluid of the Cuttlefish.

Probably First Obtained from the Black
Fluid of the Cuttlefisf.
The ink first used probably was some
natural animal pigment, such as the
black fluid obtained from the various
species of cuttlehsh, says Chambers
Journal, but the limited supply
the use of mechanical mix
ture of water, gum and lampblack, and
the characters were painted, rather
than written, by means Of broad
pointed reed. AS ink Of this simple na-
ture was easily removed from the sur
face Of the parchment by the mere ap-
plication of moisture it was early found
necessary to contrive some means of
forming e. mere durable ink, and for
this purpose the expedient was adopted
of treating the mixture with some sub
stance, such as vinegar, of the nature
of mordant, which would penetrate
the parchment written upon and form
an ink not liable to fade
A chemical dye, consisting of an ipf,-
sion of gals, with sulphate of iron, was
afterward used, as from it's vitreous ma
ture it bit into the medium employed,
but compound vegetable ink contain
ing good deal Of carbon pigment was
subsequently, adopted, and was very
generally employed dow n to the middle
ages. With ink Of this sort the best
and most ancient manuscripts which
have been preserved to us were written,
and the separate leaves. after being al
lowed to dry slowly, were bound TO-
gether in volumes. Pliny and Vitruvi-
us, as well as other writer's, give recipes
for the manufacture of inks
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
i GREAT COUNTRY
st.ries 81 Fertility which Secn to 10
s Almost Incredible.

st.ries 81 Fertility which Seer 90 10
Almost Incredible.
I have heard as big stories as Uncle
sinon's later story right here at home,
writes Bill Arp in Home and Farm It
was in the Judges room one night when
we were all talking about what great
county was Gilmer for apples and Irish
potatoes and cabbages. Judge Under
wood declared that you might take
sprout from any poor, no-account apple
tree down here and stick it in the
ground in Gilmer and it would grow
and bear fine apples. And Gen. Han
sell said he had been to see the famous
apple tree on old man Cantrell's place,
about mile off the Dahlonega road,
and he found it sixty feet high and Sixty
feet broad, and he stood up beside it
and tried to span it with his long arms
and couldn't reach more than half way
round. He looked to Judge Underwood
for a nod of confirmation and got it.
.'That is so-exactly so, said the judge.
ST have seen that treel It came from q
seed that was planted by old Eoonac
tootly, half-breed Indian who came
from North Carolina abont fifty years
ago. Thus fortified, Gen. Hansell con-
tinued his remarks by saying that the
average annual crop OF this tree was
five hundred bushels, and the apples
were what is known as the black apple
they were such a very dark red.
Judge Underwood cleared his throat
and said: "And, general, don't you re-
member that lane--Frazie1's lane, on
Laughing Gal creelx--where there is an
apple tree in every fence corner on both
sides of the lane clear up to the top Of
the hill, and the limbs Of the trees have
got tangled up together in solid mass
and YOU can't see the sun above you as
you drive along?"
''Oh yes, said the general, y remem-
Der it perfectly" "And one fall when
YOU and Trippe and Chastian and
Shackleford and Hanks and Hackett
and John Word and Hooper and ever
so many more Of us struck that land
there were twelve buggies ali in row
going to court. And you and were in
the hindmost buggy and that lane was
ankle-deep in apples and the horses
could hardly get along, and looked
back and the horses and the wheels
had mashed apples until there was
stream of cider running down the hill
that was big enough to turn mill
You remember that, general?"
Perfectly, perfectly" said the gener-
al; but he was weakened little.
''And old man Frazier told me-" said
the Judge, ''that one year he turned
the cider into the watts in his little tan
yard and made very fine leather. Cider
makes very fine tannin, you know. gen.
eral. MY father wore a pair of calf
skin shoes for seven years that were
tanned with cider, and you could turn
them wrong side out as easy as India
rubber"
The Judge had out-Heroded Herod
and a general hilarity succeeded his
last effort. Baron Munchausen and the
"Arabian Nights had a wonderful in
huence over the grand old gentlemen of
the olden time. They were fine story
tellers, and could just make them up
right along.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
JAPANESE ENGLISH.
Tho Unique Complaint of an Outraged
Servant.

The Unique Complaint of an Outraged
Servant.
A japanese boy who works in a San
Francisco clubhouse recently sent the
following picturesque complaint to the
officers: To-day | went to the club to
get my wages. The steward. Mr.. John,
ordered me to leave, with many repeti-
tions of abor,inable paths which a man
Of some honor can't restrain his passion
from revolt on such violent shower Of
curse. Anger was beyond my control,
and involuntarily returned my share
of compliments upon which he
snatched the potato masher and was
brutal enough to give me two severe
blows on my person, and inhicting quite
painful injury Through all this affair
i was never offensive. When / went
there to demand the money to which
was entitled he unjustly enjoined
me to get out. That is an unreasona-
BILE movement and cannot fail to hurt
mans feelings. What Without being
satisfied with that insult made my blood
boil and the veins burst with successive
onslaught Of ignominous swear. My
returning was completely excusable.
for to be Indifferent to such an ignoble
treatment denotes that one Is a
stranger to the sense Of honor; and so
he ought to have relished Il with
;abashed submission Andzwhat again
The tonguethe countenance was not
capable enoagh to wreak his savage
:fury-and then he resorted IS thaA final
step Of violence g. though I VIZ 8 mass
cf clay, insensible Is nee M I.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
MUSIC IN THE RIVER.

In Olden Times This Phenomenon "oula
fave Seen Thought Supernatural.
1t is pretty generally known that IN
the Pascagoula river, near Scranton,
Miss, says the Philadelphia Inquirer,
strange sounds are frequently heard, rs
of a musical instrument played at d:
lance. under water. Boating parti
are often startled at the distinctness
this music. They lilzen it to the SCUM
produced by the vibration of music
glasses or Of harp strings The SOU
rises and falls as if waited by the wiz
and is locally known as the ''mysterio
music The origin of the sound is ge
orally ascribed TO a movement OF sal
at the bottom Of the river, althous
there is no evidence offered that \
sand does move Or any reason given wv
it should move. The explanation doul
less rests upon the fact that such pl
nomenon s,s singing or barking sand
known to exist in several parts OF
world 1t is not likely that wet sa
would produce the sounds mentiont
1t is more probable that fishes ma
these noises, for fish can sing, We
nicely, too. 1t seems rather funny
speak of singing fishes, but many
them do produce vocal sounds. Cros
ers get their name from the noise th
make. Bluefsh protest Indignant :
when they are pulled out of the water
but these are not such sounds as consti
tute the music of the fishes.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
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OF the marvels OF the world. Inc cen
ter of the dial twenty-five feet in
.diameter) will be three hundred and
fifty-one feet above the street. The bell
lis to- weigh between twenty and twenty
Eve thousand pounds and will be sec
'ond in weight to the great Montreal
cathedral bell, which weighs twenty
eight thousand pounds, and it is cal
'culated that its peal will be heard even
to- the most distant part Of the city.
Chimes similar to those Of Westminster
win be used, ringing at the quarter,
half, tlree-qnarters and hopr. The
minute hand. is to be twelve and the
hour hand mine feet In length, while
the ERoman figures In the dial will
measure two feet eight inches 81 length
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
The Chinaman,s Ncse,

Among the sweltering millions of
China the mother carries her infant in
a kind of bag or pannier on her back,
and not, as in other countries, with the
face turned outward. but, as probably
we ought to expect in China, where
everything seems to go and come by the
rule Of contraries, with the face turned
inward The result Of that is that the
baby's nose is pressed against it's
mothers back, whence, ms has been
evolved in the course Of ages, the pc
cunarly dattened or blunted nuse char
ac6ertstic o3 the 3Chinamsn.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
AN ESSAY ON FLIES.


Sorno Of tho Characterlstice OF the Insect
Which Defies Man.
The fly has some advantage over =
man. For instance, he has a pair OF
double compound eyes, and with them
he can see in any direction or in all di-
rections at once without for an instant
turning his head.
These eyes, says the Chicago Herald,
have four Thousand distinct faces, and
all of them have direct communication
with the brain, so that if q man comes
along on one side of him and lump of
sugar on the other, he will be able to
watch both of them and stay for the
sugar so long as it is safe on account of
the man.
When he sees he can get one and
dodge the other, that is exactly what he
does, and he does not have to twist his
neck in two trying to keep track of the
opposite object.
The fly is particular about the air he
breathes. He hasn't very big mouth,
and his lungs are small in proportion to
his body, but he is PARTICULAR what he
puts into them.
Good green tea, such as the best of
the grocers sell for a dollar, stepped
pretty strong and we'll sweetened, will
kill as many flies as drink of it. And
they will drink of it as readily as a
4scoon'' win play craps. It is estimated
that a pound of tea and two pounds of
sugar will rid a room of flies within ten
days-that is, snail room.
Flies are voracious eaters. They do
not care so much what they eat as when
they eat it. They are particular about
regular meals. They do not eat long at
a time nor much at a time, but they eat
often.
Careful observers have stated that a
common house fly will eat forty-two
thousand two hundred square meals in
twelve hours. One female fly will pro-
duce twenty thousand young ones in a
single day, and they will develop so rap
idly as to increase two hundred-fold in
weight in twenty four hours.
Scientists have fever been able to tell
how fly walks on the ceiling; or. rath-
er, they have never been able to agree
about it. All of them have told, but no
two are alike in their explanation. Some
say the ny mas All aaF pump III eacA oA
it's numerous feet, and that he walks up
there by creating a vacuum in his in
step and allowing the pressure Of the
air to sustain him.
Others think he carries a minute bot
tie Of mucilage around with him and
lubricates his hoofs with it, so that he
can stay as long as he wants to on any
surface, no matter what the attraction
of gravity may have to say about it.
Between these two schools of thought
YOU may take your choice.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
A Postal Curiosity.

A curiously addressed letter lately
passed through the post Office at Mad
rid, which was deciphered and correctly
delivered, notwithstanding all Official
ties. The address was perfect rebrls.
At the left hand side was the figure
of a lady: it was clear, therefore, to
which sex the recipient should belong.
Over the lady's head the sun was rising.
hence her name was inferred to be AL
rora. For her surname stood q, hill,
with a castle at it's foot, which gives Us
Monies y Castillo" Next comes tie
town, for which the plan of q city ~ .s
drawn, on which the AlhaTabra was
legible This indicated Granada. but,
in order to leave no doubt possible, a
pomegranate was drawn beside the plan.
To complete the address q number was
indicated in one CT the streets Of the
city plan. The postal authorities
took three days to study this
curiosity, and then triu,nphantly
delivered the letter to ''Senorita Aurora
Monies y Castillo; Azacayas, No. 20
Granada . and, SO far from censuring
the sender. they had the envelope pho
tographed and a copy printed in the
Madrid papers as a proof Of the intelli-
gence of the department..
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
A Duck Story.

Sportsmen are getting in their stories
in good season. The Richmond (Mo.)
Democrat has the following: A hunter
got after gang of didaper ducks in the
lake. These birds are said to be able to
dodge bullet. The hunter shot away
I'll his cartridges without hitting .
duck. When the didapers saw q puff
of smoke from the gun they would dive
before the shot reached them. The
hunter was determined not to be out
done, SO he lit cigar and began to
pu6 as fast as he could. In this way
he kept the ducks under watsr until he
drowned the entire flock.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-20
Short Courtshfps.

Marriages are concluded in ar
original manner among the convicts
on the island of Saghalien. When q
party Of female convicts arrive the men
are given half holiday and taken to q
park, where they meet the newcomers.
A. general inspection of brides then
takes place. In an hour Or so the
guards call time. The men must then
come up to the officer in command and
point ont The women they have selected
IL the women are satisfied the bonds
- tied then and there. on
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-16
STRIKING COOKERS EWCTED.
Furniture OF the Dissatisfied workmen
Thrown Into the Street.

Turniture Of the Dissatisaed workmen
Thrown Into the Street.
ScorTDALE, Pa, April Is. - The
dreaded evictions that have been
threatened here for long time began
Tuesday in a most determined way.
The Ager and McEnerny families a.
Morgan were thrown out of their
houses and their furniture piled in the
road, while great crowd of strikers
silently watched the proceedings The
two men who were evicted have been
conspicuous as taking an active part in
all labor demonstrations. Evictions
were also carried out at Summit and
Adelaide, and the scenes are likely to
be repeated a hundred times, as the
manages of the great Fricke firm say
strikers cannot live in company houses.
The operators say the strikers are
wavering and breaking at number of
fairly showered at the Painter and
other works. This is powerful
weapon in the hands of the operators,
and II looks as ii they are now playing
their last and winning card against the
men.
An Infatuated crowd of foreigns trik
ers attacked the houses OF several men
who had returned TO work at the Trot-
ter plant Windows and doors were
smashed and the inmates were obliged
70 appeal to the deputy sheriff for pro-
lection. The strikers say women led
the mob
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-16

synopsis Of his remarks follows
He sad teat Dopzlszisz sae rGz Ea@ssfza- n
o<s ssel.oa =. al hare = frsc1s usskz ia
psf1- alton zaS raw material "a Sorse oSsrr sec
tlSn - The ec2ztry. H-Zse arose t-e slf-<'
leszce Of eoan srclal rscsEx0eisy est~ee1 tne
states "a tas s0ssA sa1 ia states S1d terri
tories Of TIA ~esI Tue Pro1eetio1 @IA &C
s112----Ga Il s2xp2-s sls Lac ca
troli..g power N Goa neree. 50 .onz as uaa
Hsed u tssLsz< eoLals lzitiss tEsrs csai2 ee -
cea1nercs- B1t Haslons .zd i2digi2aais have
learned tas greater possibilities Of enTieai1g
she.Gssives from tas sonderfui stoseae2se 81
t1ear zstcxl4s fssSxree. WlE111 Tie prese1t
eeata--y ne sasaaes gs.ze 81 sTess Industrial
sxlzy lad crossed the sesters osFaeE Of .ils-
ssuri znd aos TIE merchant the farmer tes
nazsfaeEgrer xsa Eae E.iner joined hasas froG
hansss cltJ ~ beaver and ireH the
Ecesy mountains stu sests2-a 10
teo PAelass eoasx In tns Won
asrfzl ares "a feFtas land sese
fou3d ihe rsoEa aEd the natsria; for The man
t~naaes Of the multiplied ulilioas tAsi are eonar
ins IN ths footsteps Of Ina adssnespg boats
TIE vSFk o. Industrial aid commercial iade-
Denisnce hza airs4dy taken steps IN sdsanee
All In1t psrtioa u The UsI.sd States lying
sest CT ths Mississippi river. 4r. ssllr s--1
vas tae greater hat CT the eonslae1t. ACT
CAY n ms area egt IN its resource Of wealth
ssd capabilities % maintaining popclatioa-
WlshiR tA4s area we're contained tNotalrds
CT the nasaTsl resources Of Tie union II sas
also capable " masntziaing population pro
psrtt0Rs.e 70 It's area No oas soald qacsfi0,
The ability VI the western or the southern
states 10 support larger number CT
people 70 the square NILE thsa nov
i've IN Pennsylvania. VIII iii5 per-
sons 10 the square mile II that
density we're given 20 each OF The soather7
states the so1th would have a population OF
-. coo 90. or $4,000 more people than there
are in the un.red States. Missouri
wcuid have sse.soo Kansas e.zso 80.
Nebraska sec3 30. Lo1lsiAnA <.7l3t4 Tex
IS 100000. Colorado uLsI3Do IL should
Dc remcmb sred that this density Was
BY no means extreme or burdensone even
20 the states OF the least agricultural
possibilities. AL n oil the pgures confirmed
she truth OF the statement which was often
made that the United States IA its area and
material resources was capable OF maiatAip-
iag so oO I'D people.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-16
SETTLERS ASK FOR HELP.
White People In North Dakota Afraid Of
the Indians.

GRAND FORKS. N. D., April l5.-White
settlers in the vicinity of Rolla and St.
John, Rollette county, met Monday
night and sent in petition to the In
dian bureau for fcrt and detail of
soldiers at St John. The settlers set
forth that they have been builicd, their
stock has been run of and a gen.
eral sense of insecurity has been spread
throughout that region by band of
1900 Indians and half-breeds camped
in the Turtle mountains. Nine out of
ten of these Indians are said TO be Brit
ish subjects, but every one OF them is
drawing rations from Uncle Sam. The
settlers have begun arnirg themselves
and declare that if the Indian bureau
doesn't help them they viii so on the
war-path themselves.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-16
ITALY IS ANSWERED
Secretary Blaine Cables the Reply
Of the Government
RuDI,I HEARS CUR ULTIlsIUH
Bss 40 Is Withhsia FresA the Public Dat
OF Respect 10 Dipi0macyis B~hssts-
Believed - De = Clear SKAtsnaess
of Oar Position.

TAsHfSsToS. April l5.-Secretary
Blaiae completed ms reply 10 the last
letter from the Italian government
auis Imperiali for Transmission 10 Mar
quis III Rudini IL IS understood 70 be a
long aud complete answer 10 all of the
questions raised IN the last note from
Italy. being much more volaminous
than any o: the preceding letters The
belief Is that Marquis imperiali, who is
merely a medium Of communication,
has already cabled the letter To his
government As soon as the ssere-
tnry is in receipt of al intina-
ton that the note has reached Rorae,
he win probably make public both
his own remarks and the last letter
from Rudini which has not yet ap-
peared in print. 1t is minated from
seni-ohicial quarters that the analy-
SIS and synopsis OF ccntsnts OF the
last note from Rome that hare been
published .hus far are not correct, and
that the letter itself wiz show less
temperate tone on the part of Italy
than has hitherto been supposed
This, il true, may explain the
furry OF popular excitement in
Rome during the past week. Secretary
Blaine in his note has not withdrawn
in the least from his original attitude
in declaring that the law will take is
course, and cannot be hurried: that
indemnity viii probably be granted
the families of the men killed at
n.l
Is proven that they were Italian
subjects and sentitled thereto, but that
this proof must be undoubted and that
the federal government cannot trespass
upon the prerogatives of the state,
which now controls action in the case.
LONDON, April la-The Standards
Rome correspondent said that he had an
interview Monday with Mr.. Porter, the
United States minister TO Italy.
mir. Porter" says the CORE
spondent, was silent within
the limits Of official etiquette,
but was extremely courteous. He said
that he had not received any orders of
recall and that there was no reason to
believe that he would receive any.
Both governments look forward to q
peaceful settlement of the New Or
leans difficulty. The only action open
20 the Washington government has
been initiated, though Mr.. Blaine has
not yet sent an official note of the
fact"
ROME, April 15.--In the chamber of
deputies Tuesday Sig. Maimuzi gave
notice of his intention to ask the gov
eminent what satisfaction had been
asked for or obtained in the case of
the Italians lynched in New Orleans.
Sig. Luchini also gave notice that he
would call attention to the action taken
by the government in this matter.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-16

Prsessa1pss n Beta Eraaehss Of tAs
state le.lsl>fsrs.

state ieSlsl.fsrs.
MADlsos. Via. april sS-zAe anti
trust people w9a = decided victory IL
the ASST ably. The bill wh.eh forblds
a. kinds Of coz 52aatsoas ana makes .
violation of tie Law punishable by .
fne Of sa.eoo or Imprisonment for
rot more than one year. or
both, was ordered engrossed and
read third tine. During the
discussion Mr.. McCillisrsy de-
elsred. in advocating the oIll, that
glass was costing the people Of Wiseon-
Sin ss9o, 213 moro than Il ought 10 on
account Of the glass trnsi On account
OF the meat combine, he said,
the people Of Wisconsin were
pay ing Slice, 90 per year more
than they ought The lumber trust
WAS taking from the people of the state
g., GO, Geo per year, snd the people were
paying 5000, coo in blood monsy 10 the
trusts The assembly Tuesday night
passed the bill which permits the state
TO loan the state agricultural society
$3.50 for the purchase Of permanent
fair grounds.
In the senate bills We're passed as fol-
lows; To punish fraud in the sale of
wearing apparel and 10 suppress foul
brood among bees; providing for a state
foul brood inspector and appropriating
$500 for tho purpose. The bill provid-
ing for an intermediate prison and ap-
propriating $50. coo for its construction
WAS passea by "A vote Of Is 10 "a