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The Irish standard., 1892-06-04
SOME SLEEPY MEN.
One Died at the End of 1874 Days, During
Which He Never Awoke.


which He Never Awoke.
In February 1882, Anthony Kram, q
Bavarian, was sent from one of the out
living wards of Buffalo, N. Y, to the
city almshouse Anthony said that he
wss not i'll in any way in particular,
neither was he well. He had the pc
euliar notion that his neck was made
of glass, and for that reason he was
afraid to move his head, fearing that
the result might be disastrous.
/ When the superintendent had listened
to Kran's Ingenious explanation Of his
evident poverty, and also noting that
the man was very meek and humble IN
his demeanor, he entered him on the
books as Anthony Kram; Bavarian,
pious crank; cause due to religious ex-
element; some symptoms of marco
lepsy."
The last entry, which iSthe scientific
name for the so-called sleepy disease -
was evidently correct, the men who
brought him to the al1nshouse having
awakened him from sleep which the
neighbors affirmed had lasted twenty
days without intermission, says the
Philadelphia Press.
He was given bath, a change OF
clothes and furnished with a supper,
which consisted of the regular fare of
the institution. He went to sleep ap-
parently elated over his change of
quarters, but never awole to the appre-
citation of his new-found benefactions.
This was, as already noted, in February,
1882.
From that time until February, 1884,
two years alraost exactly to a day, he
slept the sleep of the just, never rous-
ing in the slightest degree, even when
dosed with milk and soup, which Were
fed him regularly three times a day.
Death, which occurred on the seven
hundred and thirtyfourth day, the ply
sicians said, was due to exhaustion,
superinduced by narcolepsy.
':sleepy'' Harness the Utica (Minn. J
''sleeping wonder" has slept almost
continually since 1877, nearly fourteen
years. at one time, between the begin.
ming of 1880 anil the ending of 1884,
he slept continuously for forty eight
months, never aroy1sing enough to utter
an intelligible word for three years and
eight months. His real name is Her
man Harness He is a German, and at
last accounts was sleeping on an aver
age Of ten months in each year.
The Irish standard., 1892-06-04
LONG LIVED PEOPLE,

A Region Where Centenarians Are Not
Uncommon.
81 observe that when man dies in
this country at the age OF one hundred
years, or thereabouts, the papers elab-
crate on the occurrence in their news
columns as if it were something won
Guadalajara, Mexico, to a St. Louis
Globe-Democrat reporter. 81 know a
score or more Of people in Mexico con-
siderably more than one hundred years
old and who give promise of living
many years yet. There is a limited
area in the state of Tamaulipas whose
climate, water and general condition
seem to-induce longevity. visited the
neighborhood q few months since and
in the same house. The eldest male
was said to be one hundred and thirty
two years old. He is shriveled and
weazened, blind and almost dumb, but
in other respects ali of his vital func-
tions appear to be strong and normal.
There are, perhaps, fifty persons in the
neighborhood whose lives have spanned
century. They are pastoral people
of Spanish and Aztec blood. and for
generations have intermarried con-
trary to all the accepted laws Of con-
sanguinity. Their constitutions are not
particularly robust and none of them
is over feet inches tall They are
cut off from to rest Of the world and
are ignorant as to the great population
of the globe, nor do they seem to have
the slightest conception as to the mode
Of life of other people. They live in
s1e most primitive way, and perhaps it
is this absence of phe tremendous pres
sure of modern civilization that largely
conduces to their marvellous longevity"
The Irish standard., 1892-06-04
LIFE ON a PIRATE SHIP.
How the Buccaneers OF Old Times Wer
Ruled and Regulated.

How the Buccaneers OF Old Times Wers
Ruled and Regulated.
The customs and regulations most
commonly observed on board a bucca
neer are worth noting, says the New
Orleans Times Democrat. Every pirate
captain doubtless has his own set OF
rules, but there were certain traditional
articles that seem to have been general
ly adopted. The captain had state
cabin, a double vote in elections, a
double share of booty. On some direc'
tions it was the captain who decided
what direction to sail in, but this and
other matters Of moment were general.
ly settled by vote of the company, the
captains vote counting two. The officers
had share and half Or a share and a
quarter of the plumber and the sailors
each one share. Booty was divided with
scrupulous care and NARROWING was the
penalty of attempting to fraud the gen
eral company if only the amount Of a
gold piece or dollar Every man had
a full vote in every affair of impor-
lance. Arms were always to be clean
and fit for service, and desertion Of the
ship or quarters in battle was punished
with DEATH On Roberts ship a man
who was crippled in battle received
eight hundred dollars out of the COM
mon Stock and a proportionate sum was
awarded for lesser hurts. Lowther al
lowed one hundred and fifty pounds for
the loss of a limb and other captains in
stituted a sort Of tariff of wounds that
extended to ears, fingers and toes In
chase or battle the captains power was
absolute He who first spied a sail, ii
she proved to be a prize, was entitled to
the best pair of pistols on board her
over and above his dividend. These pis~
tolls were greatly coveted, and pair
would sell for as much as fifty pounds
from one pirate to another. In their
own commonwealth the pirates were
reported to have been severe upon the
point of honor, and among Roberts
crew it was the practice to slit the ears
or nose of any sailor found guilty Of
robbing his fellow. Such feeble interest
as now attaches to what was once the
formidable fame of the pirates is not
even aesthetic; it is merely comic. No
imaginative essayist discusses piracy as
a fine art, but Paul Jones is res11rrected
as the hero of a musical burlesque. Poor
PAUL. And he is almost the only one of
the whole buccaneeling race whose
story discovers a trace of the legendary
ga]lantry of piracy. Paul, whose father
had been head gardener to Lord Selkirk,
plundered the aSell1irk mansion Of its
plate, which he subsequently returned
in parcel to Lady Sellxirk, with a let
ter of polite apology.
The Irish standard., 1892-06-04
Socialism In the Army.

Five years ago one Jacklin, Hum
garian, was sentenced to eight months
imprisonment at Pesth, capital Of
Hungary, for having participated in
revolutionary propaganda. He after
ward managed to be received into the
Imperial army and advanced to the
rank Of sergeant. He has now been
placed under arrest again, under the ac-
cusation of having propagated socialistic
views and papers in the army and to
have written articles for socialistic
papers exposing the bad treatment suf-
fered by soldiers of the Austrian army.
He was quartered at the city of Agram
and will be tried there.
The Irish standard., 1892-06-04
Monkeys Untying Knots.

The monkeys intelligence has never
been able to arrive at point which
enables that animal to achieve the un-
tying of a knot, remarks traveller.
You may tie the monkey with cord,
and unless the beast can break the
string or gnaw it in two he will never
get loose. To unite the knot requires
observation and reasoning power, and
though a monkey may possess both, he
has neither in a sufficient degree to en-
able him to overcome the difficulty.
The Irish standard., 1892-06-04
Birds on women,s comets.

It has been computed that for every
Dard OF the rarer species such as the
humming bird, the orange and scarlet
cock OF the rock, the oriole and the
kin is worn in a woman's
headgear, at least ten have suffered the
death pang; counting IN the young whc
die OF starvation, the wounded which
~ away TO drop down and diesin the
woods 's or among the reeds, and those
which = Ga are mrlutilated and Destroyed ~
the pellets g much - ~ be| unavsi 8
able tor purposes 81 decol,rat ion
The Irish standard., 1892-06-04
TRAVEL IN INDIA.
Railway Accommodations i'll the Great
Empire.

Railway Accommodations in the Great
Empire.
Railway travel il, India may be made
very cheap for although first-class fare
is three cents mile, the second-class is
but cent and half, and third~c]ass
only half cent, says the Youths Com
panion. One has little trouble with his
baggage at the stations. AS soon as
the train stops, says the author Of
''fndi2xa,' he has only to go to the door
of his compartment and call out: ''Ku]i
hai?' which means: cts there q porter
about?" and the question will be an
swe1ed by one Or perhaps half dozen
barefooted natives.
At The time of the decennial pilgrim
ages, thousands of natives take the
train: crowding in with such persist
ency that there is no withstanding the
pressure. Sometimes the railroad Off
Gals stand near the cars, and with
great bamboo rods beat the pill
grins pounding them over the head
and shoulders with all their might, in
order to prevent the dense crowd from
overwhelming the train.
The pilgrims and ordinary natives use
the third-class carriages, but Euro
peans are taking to them very rapidly.
When Bishop William Taylor was MAX
ing his four years evangelistic eur
through India, he succeeded in setting
that economical fashion. It was not
then considered respectable to adopt
such humble means of travel, and he
was asked
"Why do you ride in third-class cars''
r His reply came on the instant.
because there are no fourth-class
cars!''
Since then it has been respectable for
Europeans to travel by any class.
The Irish standard., 1892-06-04
Only q Gulch.

A sightseeing party was once on the
way to Yosemite Among them was 9
Cracker. who had never seen the won
der. When near the valley the caval-
cade halted, as if to go into camp.
The Cracker, pail in hand, took trail
which he was told led to the spring. Il
led, however, to Inspiration Point
Standing on the verge Of the stupen,.
dous precipice the Cracker glanced
across the valley and shouted back
Say, IS the spring over beyond this ye'
rulch? 81
The Irish standard., 1892-06-04
His Only Onense.

"A New Yorker travelling in the wilds
of North Carolina fell in with guide
who proved communicative and inter-
esting There war man killed down
5yonder last week. said the guide,
pointing to the valley below. what
/ for?'' said the traveller. "He war a
rev'noo officer" said the guide. 'sBut
what had he done?" repeated the
traveller. HE war rev'noo officer,
repeated the guide. Il understand, "
said the traveller, ''but what was his
soffense? why, man, = said the guide
with energy, he war . rev'noo officer,
thar two men down IN the valley
tiin with shot nnss Tor the next one
~ tries to "a i I'D #
The Irish standard., 1892-06-04
A Spool Countrv.

In the backwoods villages of Oxford
county, Me-, one sees scarcely any 9TH
er industry but spcolmaking, and
everyone is in some way interested in
the business. The factories have been
eating into the Maine birch forests for
years, but there seems to be enough
left yet to feed them well for years to
come. Hundreds Of thousands Of feet
logs are cut and sawed into spool
timber annually.
The Irish standard., 1892-06-04
Marking on Steel.

The street fakir who sells you a bot
tie containing fluid with which you can
write your name on knife blade never
fails to secure patronage, although the
fluid he sells is SO badly diluted that it
only does it's work indiferently we'll
In order to mark steel tools and other
articles distinctly, it is only necessary
to grease the substance with wax or tai
low and then scratch the name and adj
dress in the wax. When this is done, a
few drops of nitric acid poured on will
speedily eat into the steel and etch the
name quite deeply. If enough acid is
used it is possible to cut right through
The blade.
The Irish standard., 1892-06-04
Drinking While Speaking.

One Of the most peculiar features of
French parli life is the custom
Of drinking while addressing the house.
No sooner does deputy or senator
ascend the rostrm than g glass filed
With his own favorits brew IS placed be-
lore him.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-04-28
iGV\EVES R\N CV4N,
TESTIMONIALS.
SALIsA, KASs., March 9th, 1892

. sALIsa KASs, 1892
Sis After
from all bad effects
remedies received no
[Oopyl L g. aoaeus salin. Hans.
SarN, KASs, March, 1892
Gents-I have il
wonderfully have suffered
but found nothing do
more bottle will permanent relief Yours truly
lCopyI w. ALLEN, Manager The Singer Mfg
& MEDICINE Co, Kansas
had been sufferer from itching piles for Three
troubled bleeding all
until tried Pile
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Genheuen bad been suffering from
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Jan. a. 1894
say your piles Yen
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We have Hundreds of Testimonials Unpu6hishsd.
THE F. & A. MEDICINE CO.,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SALIVA, KANSAS.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-04-28
SCHIELE'S PILE CURE.
IA POSITIVE AND PERM NEINT CURE@
For all kinds of Piles.

There few complaints than the piles and
scarcely that trouble and There
deas emoemalgnan what has been experienced there
which produces the of Distress and
pexng condition Of mental and physical of the human
than that caused by the piles.
They the exCruciatng with which suffer-
The and mental anxiety be realized only by those
who suffer with this destructive complaint
There positive and permanent
SCHIELE'S PILE CURE.
This remedy is superior all other pile remedies viz:
IstThat dipens with the dsagreeabe idea of washing and
cleansing in order a save properly
znd-That being taken internally it appetizer tonic and
relaxant S well a for piles.
1t will speedily cure permanently remove, and economically
pede the worst of piles that the human system heir
The classification of piles BLIND, BLEEDING ITCHING and
LIBERATED PILES
SYMPTOMS.
ITCHING PILES-Moiture ppaon intense itching sting
be after retiring sensation similar those
suffering from the of the involving in
many the private parts.
BLEEDING PIIES-h where blood through the
caused by the pressure of the blood When this does
they called Blind piles
ULCERATED PILES-Is where the itching
scratching be the only relief and by thus irritating
them they finally ulcerate and become very
scH1ELEs PILE CURE rs GUARANTEED CURE
WILL CONVINCE THE HOST sKEPTICAL
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-10-21
Columbus and Yes ucius.

Columbus was comparatively unknown
during his lifetime except in Genoa and
Spain, as also somewhat in Portugal, for
the reason, mainly, that he wrote but
little except letters to his sovereigns,
and that little was not published until
long afterwards. Americas Vespucius,
on the other hand, kept an elaborate
journal of his voyages, and wrote son.
else, readable account OF them after his
return. This account, through the
means above described, found its wsv
into print, and gave his name to the new
continent, while the commanders of the
ships in which he sailed, aud a score of
other navigators who sailed the Western
seas from 1890 to 1894 men of action,
who did much but wrote little-were
forgotten almost as soon as they were
dead. Columbus died IN 1906, six years
before Vespuc;us, and both closed then
eyes believing that the islands they had
discovered we're part OF the East Indies,
and the mainland along which they had
cruised was the coast of China or Japan.
Even Cuba WAS believed to be part of
the continent OF Asia until it WAS circum-
navigated in 1903. 1t Is related that
during the latter part Of Columbuss first
outward voyage a flock Of land. birds
flew over his ships IN "a south westerly
direction, and that the Admiral, weld
! ing relunctantly to his clanorous and
faint. hearted crew, changed his course
to the southwark, aud landed on the ] ST.
and OF Guan4haui, whereas il his orig.
inal due westward course had been cor.
tinued he would have reached the coast
OF North Carolina; the present United
States would have been the heritage Of
| Ferdinand and Isabel la, and New York
would be to-day, like Havana, port OF
Spain. Similarly trivial in its origin,
but inhexible in its results, was the &C.
cident which, without the knowledge OF
Columbus or Vespucius, named the
Western Continent for the Flore1 line
oavigator instead Of the Gcuoese dlscov-
erer.
Just as the name "IudiaO," given un
Willingly by Columbus to the natives OJ
| Guanahaui, where he first landed in
l492, has stood for all the aborlgines o
the New World through the four cen
turies during which it has been kno Su
as separate continent, so the name
America the ignorant but well meant
suggestion OF an obscure inland geo :.
rapher, has stood ever since, as if Il
typify the injustice and treachery which
pursued the great discover through life
and followed him, poo', neglected, an
disappointed to the grave. Harper
MAgaEine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-10-21

"There is a place down South where
one can hear the heart OF man six feet
away beat distinctly aud clearly. Each
systole and diastole is as uumjstaHabIe as
the tick of big maate. clOcH.
The speaker was a Chicago travelling
man and he was addressing half dozen
loungers in a downtown store. SIX
whistles OF incrcduhty from as many
throats.
"It's fact. I'll swear to it. Thou
sands who have been there are witnesses
to it, he asserted,
One by one they soriowfulIy departe /
until the last one, who said mourniully:
John, bi: Of advice. Let your lies
be probable.
"Well, if that don't beat all, " declared
the travelling man to the bartender. 81
might have told EN- caught a forty.
pound bass and they'd have believed 1t,
or affected to do 50. But because tell
em something true they never heard OF
before they make me out Munchausen,
or worse. 1t is down in Mammoth Cave,
Kentucky. Our guide stopped our party
by the shore Of the Echo River and had
us put out our lanterns, that we might
be in darkness which might be felt
Dark, was iti The darkest place in al
the universe. Well, that idiot had lost
his matches, and there wasn't one to b'
had among US all. Scared wasn't tie
word. Three miles under ground. The
guide reassured US by declaring that re
lief must be had in few hours, at most
That didn't reconcile us much. w
stayed there ten mortal hours before I
search party sent out from the hote
reached us. Then it was, as we sat Il
the darkness, we observed the heartbeat
not only our own, but those OF ou
companions. We thought it was due t
the humping that came of our scare
But, bless you, no, it wasn't. For, atte
we we're found and on our way out, W
tried it, and learned that it was possibl
anywhere in the cave, so great is tn
awful silence. Chicago Mail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-10-21
A recent series of letters concerning

A recent series Of letters concerning
the conduct of Scottish soldiers III the
last Bocr- war, published in London
paners. has thrown the Scotch into
state of high Indignation These let
ters charge the Highland regiments
with the most arrant cowardice. One
writer, who was at the Majuba li'l'
lefcat of the British, says that hls
Highlandcrs were the worst towards
hat ever wore uniforms. They acted
Iike-n herd of calves, lie says, throw
irg away their arms and running for
iear life. Some writers demand II
parliamentary inquiry into the con-
duet of the Highlanders. The Scotch
papers say, on the other hand, that
very few Scots have joined these rcgi-
ments for 80 years and that Scotland
declines to be answerable for the cow
ardice of Whitechapel Highlandcr'
and cockncys clad in lions skins. The
old Scotch Highlanders, they claim,
had an untarnished reputation In the
field, although their English success
sors in the Scotch regiments have
dragged their name in disgrace ant
| shuIne.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-10-21
Ha; a Human Voice.

The nina, one Of the Grackle species
of birds found in tropical and sub-tropi-
cal countries domesticated, far excel the
parrots, both in picking up the words
and speech of those by whom they are
surrounded and IN the distnctness with
which they speak the words and SON.
tences learned. The hill nina is a small
bird, shining coal black in color, with =
bright orange stripe about its head,
orange legs and sharp, salmon colored
bill, and can speak and laugh in perfect
imitation of man, joining in most intel
ii li!ently in conversation. London Tit
BiLs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-10-21

Major. General Alfred Pleasonton.
United States Army, lives the life OF
a hermit in the Greason house in Wash
inpton, D. c., declares the New York
Mail and Express. He was born in
Washington, JuLe 7, 1924, and was
graduated from West Point in 1874, in
the same class with General Grant. He
entered the army after the usual Leave OF
absence on November 3, lo45, received
a commission as second lieutenant in the
Second Dragons, with which he was
ever after identified. His record shows
several promotions "for gallant and
meritorious conduct beginning at Palo
Alto. and ending with the last conflict
with Price in Missouri. His record dur
ino the Civil War was uniformly brilliant,
as all readers know, and he was com
missioned as major general for important
achievements, and with the applause OF
the whole Nation. Yet he was retired
with his old regular army rank-maJor
of cavalry. General Pleasonton IS said
to have never sworn profanely in his
life. but in his early service he always
used the name Of his commanding gen.
o.ol 90 an oath-so his "Great Scott u
of Mexican War days has become Ma
tional exclamation. A few years later
he began to swear by historic names, and
bis "Great Cesar's Ghostl' has likewise
taken the public fancy. A few years
! later his brother started the laughable
"blue- glass cure" craze, aud the Genera
WAS terribly annoyed by Its attriou'lol
10 him. "Great Scott, sir," he woult
exolaim. "No, sir, am not the man
No. sir. That is my brother, mllltl'
major general, who lives IN Philadelphia
Great Ce ,ar's ghost, man, what do yoc
take me for1 What do you think am
Great Ce ,ar's ghost, no, sir" He wa
pever married, and though uniiorml.
courteous to ladies, expressed decided
preference for the society of meo' III
only companion for several years wa
Mr. Greason, or, as lie called himself
uo,Id Greason," the lrishman who KEEP
the hotel. Since that persons death th'
General has steadily grown more re
seryed. He treats old comrades WIFI
politeness, but does not return the'
calls or answer their letters. Some year
ago he gave up smoking He nev'
used liquor to any great extent ms can
NOT ride horseback now, and his Sol
Measure is in reading.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-10-21

On PhiIadelphis's polio, force is man
worth $3.50, 900, whose income is about
fifteen thousand dollars yearly, outside
of his $40 week pay. A car driver re-
celves $4,000 from real estate investments
in the Tenth Ward. A letter carrier ap-
pointed by Postmaster Huidekoper, and
still doing duty, is worth $50, 900, and
man who serves newspapers from
door to door has money at interest to the
amount of $50, 900. The head waiter
in Market street eating house is worth
$50 900, and cook in one OF the cty's
hotels owns $50, 900 in bank stock and
S25, 900 in real estate. The sexton OF
one of the poorest churches in the town
has yearly income of $500, derived
from Government bonds.