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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
BUYING THEATER TICKETS.
Brokers Who Make Business Supplying
Them to the Patrons.

Them to the Patrons.
'sYou have no idea,'' said q down.
town man to Chicago Tribune repre-
sentative, chow many theater-goers
never go near a boz office to buy
tickets. There was a time when every
man bought his own ticket. But OF late
years press Of business has broken up
the long line which Used to stretch from
the window Of the ticl1et-seller clear
across the street. Now there are men
who furnish tickets to the best paying
theater-goers of the city. ] know one
man who has an office downtown who
sells between three hundred dollars
and five hundred dollars worth Of tick
cts every day, and when there is an
opera season or an extra attraction his
receipts are larger. OF course be has
the sanction Of the leading houses,
which furnish him SO many seats clay.
He knows his customers and they are
people who want the best there is in
the house. He makes selections him
self, and his patrons never complain.
He knows the coming attractions, Of
course, in advance of the average go
err, and notifies his patrons OF the dates
of The same, asking how many tickets
will be wanted, and for what nights.
When he receives answers, if they are
favorable, he selects the seats and
sends the tickets by nlail. The tran
saction is strictly commercial. AT the
end of thirty days he sends his bill tor
tickets furnished and gets his remit
tance promptly. The people who pat
ronize him pay more for their seats
than they would at the box office. but
they are willing to pay extra for the
comfort OF being served. This extra is
the compensation Of the broker. 1t has
become a thriving business with him.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
a Horses Stomach.

Nothing On earth will upset horses
stomach, according to London Truth.
This is not because the horse does not
feel pain, but simply because the horse
has no gall bladder. Has anybody ever
seen horse sick at sea? Has anybody
ever known an emetic to have any effect
on horse? At a bull fight a horse may
be seen eating with its entrails trailing
on the ground. AS for the contention
that a horse is not as sensitive to pain
as man, think that horse is probably
great deal more so. There is no liv-
ing creature not even a hysterical
woman. SO nervously sensitive as .
horse.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
FLOGGlNG IN ENGLAND.
Only the Aristocrario Boys Are Birohed
in the Public Schools.

Only the AristDcratlo Boys Arc Blrched
in the Public Schools.
Flogging, once SO common in Eng
land, and especially in English schools,
is gradually dying out, much to the SAT
isfaction of the small boys, says the
New York Recorder. Since the aboli-
ton of corporal punishment in the army
and navy it is becoming eliminated from
all the educational establishments fire.
cuented by the children of, the middle
and lower classes, as well as those of a
national, municipal and charitable
character.
The aristocracy and upper classes,
however, refuse to take advantage of
the legal emancipation of their sons
from the rod. Their attitude on the
subject is mainly attributable to the
conservative instincts which are in
grained in every Englishman of good
birth, whether whig or tory and which
render him adverse to new forms or
changes of Il non-political character.
1t is due in measure also to a desire
on the part of the lads themselves, who
are, of course, the principal parties con-
cerned, to avoid becoming associated in
any way with the common herd of boys,
even when this association would in
volve the exemption from hogging-
They regard the latter as a privilege
belonging to their caste, would be the
first to rebel against it's abolition, and
pride themselves on the scars left by
the birch-scars which constitute a kind
of retrospective evidence of their gen
tilhommerie.
The present prime minister, Lord
Salisbury, was birched at Elton no less
than seven times, the master who in
flicted the castigation being still alive
at Oxford. On one memorable occasion
the head master at Elton fogged whole
party of thirty candidates for confrma-
ton, the paper with their names on it
being mistaken by him for the list for
punishment which was sent every day
to him. He would listen to no remon-
strances, but went conscientiously
through the whole lot. Dukes and
commoners, boys of fourteen and beard
ed youths of twenty are alike subject
to these birchings, which, according to
schoolboy ethics, involve no dishonor.
Indeed, boys look back upon punish
ment much in the same way as soldier
does on his past years, and, as stated
above, the decorations of the skin are
regarded in the light of glorious wounds.
The boys are just as proud Of them as
the German university student is Of the
scars on his face left by his adversary's
sword
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
A FROG HANDSPRING.
The Average Horse Ruined by the Way
His Hoof is Treated.

The Average HOTS0 ttulneO ny tilo WAY
His Hoof lis Treated.
You often see horse hobbling around
on it's toes and with stiff front legs. It
has always been a surprise to me that
the Humane society did not take up
some ofthese cases, says a horseshoer in
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, investi-
gate them and punish the people at
fault. There is only one way to shoe a
horse, and the men in the business
would, of course, prefer doing it that
way, properly. A great many horse
owners, however, imagine that they
know all about it, and they insist that
the shoe be put on SO as to lift the rear
Of the hoof up high enough to prevent
the frog from touching the ground. We
may argue the case, but that is about
all the good it does. We have to put
the shoe on in accordance with the ideas
of the owner. The fact is that the frog
is the handspring Of the animal.
1T is soft and elastic, and apparently
more easily injured than the harder sub
stance of the hoof, but for all that it is
the one part that should be utilized. If
it wasn't for use it wouldn't be there.
Lift it from the ground and you find
your animal walking on his toes.
Gradually his legs begin TO stiffen, and
finally the three bones In his forelegs
become one solid bone, and there is no
more movement Of them than if the
horse was walking on stills. It is just
about the same as allowing a pair Of
hinges to remain out in the weather
until they become r,1sted solid, except
that with the hinges You can break the
/ rust Off, oil them up and work them.
But with the hores's leg you can never
separate the bones again.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
A Model Representative.

A gentleman spending a few days in
Washington called on his congressman
who is also his townsman. Theconver-
sation turning upon home matters and
home people, the constituent asked if it
was true that Mr.. -. a department
clerk from their county, was going to
marry an heiress. The congressman
said tue engagement had been an
nounced. SIS it a love match:" asked
the constituent. ''or is he going to mar
ry her for money!" Going to marry
her for money. Of course" answered
the congressman, land he makes no Sc
cret of it, either. l heard him speak of
her as his finance right out in a crowd
the other day''
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
DOGS tn xA RFARE.'
Tho Curious Manner IN Which They 49,
@ Educated saNs

Educated. VIII.
Experiments in training dogs to act
in time Of war as scouts, messengers
and sentinels are being carried on with
success in most of the infantry regi-
ments garrisoned in France. The man
ner in which they are educated is curi-
Gus. When dog is to act as messenger
two men arc detached from a post and
walk about {. mile, the animal being led
by the collar. One man remains sta
tionary, while the other returns
to his starting point. On being set
loose the dog Immediately sets in pur-
suit of the latter, and finds his way to
the post with unegring regularity. TO
insure the delivery Of dispatches, a
small bag Of dark material is strapped
on the animals neck. AS sentinel the
dog will scent stranger at a distance
of one hundred yards, and will COM
mence growing, barking or evlncing
disquietude in some other manner In
order to accustom them to scouts duty
the dogs are encouraged to search a
field or thicket in which soldiers
wearing foreign uniform lie in am
the latter they retreat, running to the
soldiers who accompany them, an
nouncing the presence of IA enemy.
Their instinct seldom misleads them,
and they have been found very useful
as a means of communicating with pa
trolls and attachments on outpost duty.
In time of war they are also intended
to search for wounded soldiers and
loiterers, as well as to carry provisions
and ammunition to outposts. An inter-
esting sight, says a correspondent, Is
afforded by the spectacle of these four
footed soldiers at drill, under the COM
mand of sub-lieutenant, and surround
ed by 81 admiring group of vagrant ours
who do not enjoy The distinction Of be-
ing enrolled under the French flag, and
who contemplate their four-legged
brethren with evident envy.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
French VS.. Italian Models.

The Paris models have formed a
trade union, and have begun an sag-
gressive movement. They do not ask
for an increase in wages or reduction
of hours of work, but they desire to
drive out the Italian models. The
Italions are handsomer than the
French and command the cream Of the
business. The French models fortify
their case with the assertion that the
Italian models are really political
spies. Painters, they say, often receive
the visits Of military friends who talk
openly with them, and the model, pre-
tending to be half asleep, reports these
desultory conversations to his or her
government.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
q TERRIBLE FATE.
An Innocent Man in Prison for Four
. S 4

Years.
Armed with pardon signed by the
governor, James Henderson walked
forth from the prison doors OF San
Quentin the other day free man. For
over four years he had worn felon's
garb for crime of which he was in
nocent Henderson appeared at the
office of the property clerk at the Old
city hall in quest of articles and some
money that had been taken from him
at the time Of his arrest.
To San Francisco Chronicle reporter
he said: ssNearly five years ago I LETT
my wife and two small children in Vir-
ginia, New, to come to San Francisco
on a business trip. Upon arrival here
registered at the Russ house. inn
bibed rather freely and during the even
ing got into some trouble with one OF
my friends After the trouble left the
bar-room, my friends taking me as far
as my hotel door. That night my
friend was knocked down, robbed and
beaten nearly to death. The next
morning I was arrested and accused OF
robbery and assault with intent to muir
der. I protested my innocence, but
without avail. I was brought to trial,
convicted and sentenced to five years
hard labor. When I was arrested l
thought of the disgrace that would fall
upon my wife and children, SO gave a
fictitious name and concealed my iden-
tity by saying had no home.
''The rigor and humiliation OF prison
life have told upon me and I am now 3
physical wreck, nearly dead with con-
sumption, which has prevented mo do
idg any labor for the past year. Strange
as 1t may seem month ago the man
who consigned me to felon's cell died
at San Diego, but before his death made
full confession, giving the name Of
his assailant and the details of the rob-
berry, which was committed by his own
brother. This statement was sent to
the governor, who on investigation
granted rue a. pardon.
"When my pardon arrived / was in
the prison hospital. My condition you
can see. MY brother arrived this morn
ing and tonight we start for home.
Since my imprisonment both my chill
dren have died, one of them having
ended it's days in the poorhouse. The
other died from want. My wife waz
forced to sell her home to secure the
necessaries OF life for herself and little
ones"
q AS the clerk called Henderson's name
he received d small purse containing a
few dollars and his bank book for sew
eral hundred The feeble and infirm
man was assisted outside, where he sat
until his brother returned for him, and,
placing him in a hack, drove to the
ferry
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
Zunf Maria ges.

In Zuni land the woman makes the
first advances towards marriage. She
sends to the youth she chooses basket
of meal or peaches, and if he is inclined
towards her he forthwith makes pres
ent of primary consideration, . consist
ing of a pair of moccasins of a whole
deerskin, beautifully dressed and snow
white. That signifies that see is pro-
vided with shoes for Life. The only
sanctifcation of the marriage is the
formal adoption of the young man after
the acceptance of the bundle. He is
then the stepson of the girls father.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
q PET RATT'.LER.
The Strange Attachment Of . Colored
Woman for Snake.

The Strange Attachment Of Colored
Woman for Snake.
Not long since farmer living near
Birdsong, Tenn, killed near his spring
a rattlesnake, says correspondent OF
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1t was
brought to town, stuffed and hung in a
drug store A popularity about it was
that it did not give the usual warning
when approached. After it was killed
this was accounted for by discovering
that it had been wounded some time in
the past scar being plainly visible.
After it had been hanging in the drug
store for some weeks colored woman
went to have prescription filed. and
while waiting noticed the snake. AL
at once she became visibly affected.
over it with great tenderness, while the
tears welled up in her eyes. She made
inquiries in regard to it's history, and
then related the following:
"When I was little girl lived with
my parents Oh the place where Mr..
Parish lives, Upon one occasion went
to the spring, which comes out of the
side of sandstone bluff, after the milk
that we kept in box near by. In lift
lag it out ] spilled some on the ground.
I had occasion to set the bucket down,
where I left it for a few moments.
When l returned I noticed a small
snake, not over a foot long, drinking
the milk. Upon my approach it ran
under a large sandstone rock. The
next day and the next I poured milk
out and concealed myself and watched
it come out. This was repeated for
weeks, until it got quite gentle. The
next spring or summer left milk on
the ground, and it came out. It ap-
peared to know when I was coming and
became so gentle that it would allow
me to handle it. I have played with it
for hours at time, and watched it
grow year after year, until it was as
large as my wrist and longer than my
arm.
upon one occasion, about the time I
usually went down, my father came by
the spring for drink, having his hoe
with him. Ny pet thinking l was near,
came out, but when it saw my father
started back. My father struck at it
with his hoe and nearly severed its tail
from it's body. I met him on his return
and he told me Of the occurrence and
warned me to be careful. I was then a
great big girl and knew that it was a.
rattlesnalke and dangerous, but knew
that it would not harm me. ! was
afraid to tell the family that it was my
pet, for fear they would kill it. I went
to the spring and traced it under the
rock by the blood, but could not see it.
I placed it's milk where It could get it.
For week it did not touch it. One day
/ thought I could detect that it had
drank some. After two or three weeks
it came out and renewed it's friendship.
I nursed and petted it during the entire
fall, until the wound healed. I never
heard it rattle and for a long time did
not know what the rattles were for. I
left the neighborhood four or five years
ago and had almost furgotten the friend
and playmate Of my younger days L
recognize it by the wound on its tail" I
ann sorry did not carry it with me-"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
THE CRAZE OF A CAT.
1t Was Fond Of Being Run Over by the
Horse Cars.

l.
Horse Cars.
The jovial driver was speeding along
one of the dark avenues where the cleo
trio light is subdued considerably by
~foliaged trees, says the Buffalo
Express. Just then a little fox-terrier
took it into his head TO give chase to a
black cat, which made straight for the
street~car, and seemed bent on passing
underneath it.
ssWhat became of that cat?' inquired
one of the passengers, who wondered
whether it was possible FOR q member
Of the feline tribe to get ground to
powder in this way and no sound to be
heard.
ssIt lodged and went from under
again." replied another passenger who
had been watching the movement
Then it was the drivers opportunity
to astonish the audience. He did so
after this fashion: Con my rounds on
the East side there used to be a cat
that would sit out in the middle Of the
track and allow the horses and cars to
pass over her without budging an inch. :"
'sWhat!' exclaimed all incrednlous
Individual, edo you mean to say that
the same cat used to sit regularly in
the street and allow the car to pass over
it without getting hurt?'
t'Fact,'' replied the driver ''The cat
seemed to have a craze for that sort of
thing and wasn't bit afraid Of the
horses Or car"
This, if true, is as striking an evil
dence of the intelligent observation OF
the horse as it would seem to be proof
Of the lunacy of this particular cat.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
DEATH OF A M!SER PRINCE.
Nicolai Jussupoff; His Vast Wealth and
His Besgariy Ways.

NlCGAkAi JuSsupCHs Ills Vase "tAlIH sAuu
His Beggariy Ways.
Prince Nicolai JussupoH, who died re-
Gently in St. Petersburg, was as eccen-
trio and miser1y as any noblenan in
history. He was the last Of a fine fam
lily from the region Of the Don. His
grandfather was an intimate friend of
Voltaire, Diderot and d'Alembert, and
by his passion for art he filed a private
museum will, copies Of the old masters.
Nicolai Jussupoff had greater wealth
than his grandfather and the same taste
for literature and art, but he satisfied
them only at the expense of others, and
in his wanderings through Europe he
confined his visits to art galleries and
c,11.io museums to the free or lalf-price
dNs.
The princes attire was always poor,
even to the extreme Of ragged11ess. One
day at Baden-Baden the Empress Au~
gusta met in the park bent old man
in battered and greasy garments. She
drew fve-dollar gold piece from her
pocket and reached it under his bowed
face. The old man raised his face with
d. Sll1l SlullC Io1O uAlC OAAEISoo w <1k5
abashed to find herself face to face with
Prince Jussupoff.
Despite his parsimony Prince Jussu-
pof was long master Of ceremonies at
ST. Petersburg court. When visited by
the mem bers of the imperial family in
his splendid palace he laid before them
entertainments of classical maggnif-
cence, but the minute the doors closed
behind them he hurried from room to
room extinguishing the lights and adj
monishing everybody in the house that
he was on the verge Of bankruptcy.
The one person whom the eccentric
old man loved was his only child-a
girl of remarkable beauty and mind.
For her sake st. Petersburg society al
ways treated him with indulgence. She
was expected some time ago to marry
Alexander, Of Battenberg, but the czar
disapproved of the union. When she
became the countess of SnmaroAon-
Elston European dailies spoke of her
as the richest heiress on the continent.
The vast estates of her father are hers,
and his title will be borne by her hus-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
The Argentine Republic.

The growth of the Argentine Repub-
lie in the last thirty years has been re-
markable. According to recent sta
tistics the population of the republic is
now 100000, as against 1,135,o00 in
1861. There are now 1000, 600 acres un-
der cultivation, where in 1861 there
were but 400, ZOO; and while in thatyear
there were but eighteen miles Of rail-
road in the country there are now over
5000 miles in operation and 5000 more,
including the great transcontinental
route, in course Of construction. The
public debt has grown pretty vigorous
", too, however. It has increased from
ST., 600, 900 to $613, 100000.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
cuR,os,TiEs OF LIGHT.
A Simple Means of illustrating a Strange
Fact.


Light, which makes everything else
visible, is itself invisible. To roughly
illustrate this make tube by rolling
piece Of stiff brown paper, about eight
inches long, blackened on the inside,
around ruler. Close one end of the
tube. Make two holes about one-third
of an inch in diameter two inches from
the closed end Of the tube, exactly oppo-
site each other, and a third very small
hole directly underneath them. Hold
the tube near gas flame or candle, SO
that the light shines through the two
holes, and look down the tube. If the
holes are accurately cut all will be dark.
Introduce the fine point of a spill Of
white paper through the smaller hole,
in the track of the beam. 1t reflects the
rays and becomes visible.
Ii light were visible. the sky at night,
beyond the shadow caused BY. the earth,
would be one blaze Of light, since the
suns rays are every where traversinfgy5
space. &.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
A Lucky Matchmaker.

King Christian, of Denmark, has been
the Iuckiest of all men in marrying his
daughters. His eldest daughter shares
the throne of the ear of Russia, another
daughter is the wife of the future king
of England, still another has prospects
Of becoming one day queen Of Hanover
and the last one has married wealthy
French duke. Nor has King Christian
been less lucky in his sons. One OF
them has been elected king Of Greece,
and the eldest one, by marrying Scan
dinavian princess, may some day be the
ruler over federation of the scandina-
Wan countries.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-24
An Exploded Theory.

The London Lancet denounces as
false the doctrine that abundant hair is
. sign of bodily or mental strength in
man. It says that despite the Samson
,,recedent the Chinese are mostly bald,
vet they form the most enduring
Of races. The average mad house
furnishes proof that long and thick
hair is not sign Of intellectually.
Che easily wheedled Esau was hairy,
While the mighty Caesar was bald.
Iiafpne-haired men are generally weak
and fanatical, and men with scant hair
|, 70 70 the philosophers and statesmen and I'D
s1oc1d iers of the world. "55 53s4