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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-11-25
Therapeutic value OF Perfumes.

It is now established that flowers
and the perfumes distilled from them
have salutary influence and consti-
stute 9 therapeutic agency Of high
value, and that reside ncein q perfumed
atmosphere forms protection from
pulmonary affections and arrests
phthisis In the town OF La Grasse,
France, where the making. Of perfumes
IS alargel carried on, phthisila e rl l,.
known. ss 8
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-11-25
ELECTRIC LIGHT BUGS.
Giant Beetles That 40 Attracted
to tho Cities.
Mammoth Winged insects That Were
Unknown Previous to the Introduce
tion Of the New Iilu-
minatOr.

Electric bugs have made their ap-
pearance in Pittsburgh and have led
the Dispatch of that city to make q
study of them.
These bugs were in Amer lea when
the country was first discovered and
are very common in European coun-
tries. Before electric lights were
known the bugs were seldom seen and
not often were specimens of them OBJ
tanned AS soon as electric lights APP
peared in d city. SO did the bugs.
The bugs resemble fiies in shape.
They have six legs or claws, glossy
wings, body like a beetle and rather
large eyes. Directly between the eyes
they have what is called a spear. This,
their only weapon of defense, is about
three-eighths of an inch long in a full
grown bug. Their sting is very pain
full, but it is not poisonous. They
never fight unless interfered with.
Electric bugs do more good than
harm. They eat up the smaller in
sects, and it's novel way they have,
too. of catching them. If they had to
fly after insects to catch them they
would never capture any. They lie
upon their backs with their six tiny
claws in the air. Then they move
them slowly to and fro, and thus at
tract the attention of their prey. AS
soon as an insect alights upon one of
the claws it is promptly seized and de
voured.
The bugs make their appearance as
soon as the warm weather sets in. They
are rather small at first, but in less
than month they attain their full
growth
Some of them measure over three
inches i'll length and are nearly an inch
wide. They lay their eggs in the bot
tom of rivers. It is estimated that one
female bug will lay three thousand
eggs iii three months during her life
time. The eggs remain in the mud
during the winter and are Matched by
the first warm wave.
Toward the end of the summer when
insects become scarce the bugs kill
small fishes and eat them. A swarm Of
the bugs will go after small fish and
stab it to death with their spears.
Ihcy then carry the carcass OF Jhe ISL
to the bottom of the river and it lasts
them for food many days.
These bugs can propel themselves
through the water faster than a fish.
Fishes fear them, although they are
never attacked by them when insects
are to be caught. These bugs have
been known to kill some good-sized
fnny specimens.
The first cool wave that comes drives
the bugs to the river, where they re-
main until the frost kills them. When
they die they are eaten by the fishes as
sort of poetical retribution, no doubt.
They are more numerous in the city
now than at any other time. If the
bugs remain away from the water
until daylight they cannot find their
way back to the rivers until night sets
in again. Daylight has the same effect
on them as electric lights, only they fly
high in the air instead Of in circles or
against lamp globes. and consequently
do not die from exhaustion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
'Do you mean to say you murdered
L. IL l. 10,

''Do you mean to say you murdered
captain, mate and all hands"
''Yes, all the crew, but we've got the
captains wife and her sister aboard!
Now, you've got the news, and you sheer
off and go your own wayl Let French
ship pursue us and retake u.s."
We were compelled to widen the dis
lance between US to prevent accident
from the lubberly manner in which the
brig was steered, but we reduced sail so
as to keep abreast of her, and the captain
and his officers descended for consulta-
Ion. l don't know whether they ques-
toned their right to interfere or dis
cussed the best method of recapturing
the brig, but they were not absent over
a quarter of an hour. When they came
on deck, we got the order to load with
solid shot, and in 10 minutes every man
and gun was ready for action. One of
the convicts was aloft with glass and
could plainly note every movement
aboard of us, and our captain, who was
likewise posting us, reported that the
fellows had armed themselves with rifles
and revolvers and were erecting shields
against the bulwarks. A solid shot was
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
Public Spirited Woman.

Mrs. Matilda Gross MacConnell has
given the city of Pittsburg five squares
of ground for public park. She is the
third woman in the city who has given
land for park purposes; thus helping to
remove from Pittsburg the stigma of
being perhaps the only town in the
country devoid of open squares, plazas
or public lawns. Yet these public spir-
tied women cannot vote. -Pittsburg
Letter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29

gether more villainous crowd. The
worst of the lot, however, looked honest
and mild tempered compared to that
fellow they had elected as captain. He
was giant in statue, as dark as Span
lard, and his face was that of a savage
wild beast. We were so near that we
could look into his eyes and catch his
ferocious expression, and 1 think every
man of us realized that he would have
to be killed before the brig could be
taken. The defiant attitude of the con-
victs seemed to put our captain in an
embarrassing position, but after a mo-
ment's thought he called out to the fell
low on the rail:
"You must have captured the brig to
get away from Cayenne. What has be-
come of the crew."
"Dead-every one of them killed and
thrown overboardp shouted the fend in
anSwar-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
New Years In Paris.

In Paris New Years is the principal
holiday of the year, and people of all
classes enter into its celebration with
great enthusiasm. New Years gifts are
universal, and it is said that 10000, 900
francs change hands every year on this
account. The president receives" on
this day, and the people in all walks of
life exchange civilities. The boulevards
are crowded all day, and the festivities
ora nar,iad so~ ;..+<> tho nisLk
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
Washington Motive Power.

The senate, which is becoming breezy
gossip center has also had discussion
about bicycles. When it comes to BIZ
cycles, this is the place to study them
and to use them as object lessons. If the
bicycle craze has a strong footing any
where in America, it is in the Capital City.
Even the street fakirs have taken to the
use of wheels. Yesterday your correspond
ent saw a group of senators and represent
atives on Pennsylvania avenue standing
about a street fakir who had a three
wheeled machine on which he carried his
wares and which served as his platform.
The next thing the Capital City needs is
a system of draft dogs. The smooth
streets of the capital are as well adapted
to the use of draft dogs as they are to the
use of bicycles. The asphalt pavements
of this city are rough on the feet and
limbs of horses. A horse breaks down
quicker here than elsewhere on account
of the pavement. Besides, it is expensive
to keep horse nowadays. For all light
work, such as milk and bread and butter
carts, delivery of packages, small mail
wagons, etc., the draft dog is just as good
as the horse. He will do fully as much
work, lasts longer, costs less to buy and
to keep and does not litter the streets. We
have something to learn in this respect OF
our thrifty friends, the French, Belgians
and Dutch.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-11-18
THE BIGGEST AND BEST SHOW ON EARTH.

THE sEMPITERNAL SPONSORS
OF
The WORLDS GREATEST SENSATIONS!
twenty-five years without faltering.
Twenty-Five years without changing name.
Twenty-Five years under the same manage
ment.
Twenty-tw years in the lead.
Twents-two years without discOunting a
single promise.
Twenty two years without d%efaulting,
Twenty-Five years without failing.
Invent 1.-TWO years without resOrting to
fraud.
TWENTY-FIVE memo abb years Of unwaver-
ing loyalty to every pledge.
Such is its noble record.
Such is its unparalleled career.
Such is its magnificent history.
Such is its wonderful success.
Such is its notable example.
Its promises are staple and as current as
gold.
Its visits are hailed with delight at home
and abroad.
The highest standard of value the world
over
In America it stands pre-eminent and alone.
Il Australia it was the theme of universal
praise,
In Canada it stood on the very pinnacle of
prominence.
In Mexico it astonished all beholders.
AS permanently fixed as the stars.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-11-18
OFFICIAL
Stair OFFICERS.

DfFIClAL DlRECI
STATE OFFICERS.
Governor Murphy J. Foster of st. Mary
Lieut.. Gov ..Chas Parlange of P. Coupee,
Sec. of State. IT. 3 Adams of +. Feliciana
Aud. Pub. Acct's...W. w Heard Of Union
State Treasurer. John Pickett of BOssier.
Atty Gen, NJ. J. Cunningham Nstchitoch's
Supt. Pub. Ed. A. .Lafargue ASoyelles.
q. =. SENATOR'S.
E. D. White..-....... .. ....of Orleans
&: L. 6 bison. ........-...... Orleans.
STATE SENATOR'S.
j. S. Perkins
Jonn D, Shaffer ............ Terrebonne.
JUDGES SUPREME Court.
Chief Justice: F. T. Nichols of Orleans.
Associate ID A. Break, of iberia
C. E. Fenner, of Orleans.
s. d. McEnery, of Ouachita
LIB. Watkins, Red River.
CIRCUIT CoURr OF APPEALS, Fifth Circuit.
R.T. Beanregard. ......Of st. Bernard.
Il. ID. Smith ...... .........O OF st. Mary.
CONGRESSMAN, 3rd. Congressional Dist.
18th. Judicial District.
Judge. P. Caillouet.
Dist. Attorney...........B. F. Winchester
JUSTICE OF H PEACE.
1st Ward. H. Clement. 2nd Ward. Alc6e
Oncal, Bannon T. Bake. Bird Ward. Eva
riste Bernard, 4th Ward, Omer Savoie. 18th
Ward, Arthur A. Boudreaux. 9Th Ward
Sylvestre Martinez, 7th ward JOhn9th
Pittman. 9Th ward Louis Falgout, 9th
ward B. Penouilh, 10th ward Augusta
Cretini.
C~ONSTABLBS.
~ Euo-xo NH.ro-A Hnl .-,rl
Emile Dugas, Alberto Bergeron, 3rd ward,
Edwin BirdsalI, 4th ward Albert savole-
5th ward, MYRTLE Kerne, 9th ward. Viii
liam Prestenback, 9TH ward, Wellington
Hebert, 8th ward c.. W. Elliot, 9th ward
Henry Tenny, 10th ward Taylor Adam.
PARISH OFFICERS.
Representatives: Delaune.
..........A Delamotte.
Coroner.......... DR.. W. +, Harang.
Clerk Of Court. ............C j. Barker.
F.E: Lotto
Treasurer ........A. j. Braud
Assessor. 80. Prosper TOups.
Returning Officer ........T j. johnson.
P0LLCK JURORS.
President, T. D. Keut; F.. U. MOrvant,
II. W, Tabor, Chas. E. Gaude. Ellis Foret,
Emile Ledet, Louis Lerille, Frank Chris
ten, Pierre Breaux. Clerk Police Jury. H.
n. COul6n. Sergeant at arms, E. LUCAS.
James Bollinger. Oyster Inspector.
DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.
Dis. No. l-Chos. Beary, Jos. A. Claudet, |
and j. B. 3. Mire.
Dist. No. 2.-John McCullsb, L, Keeae,
and h. w. Tabor.
Dist. Ne. sc. l4aAarde, NJ. Bergeron, !
Andrew Price, Adolpbe Folse, Orviile Thi-
bodaux.
Dist. No. 4--Livaud is Ledst, Jos. o.
Toups, Leo. Leblanc. |
Dist. No. ST. D. Kent, l.. "A. rrosolair,
s. MOrvant.
Dist. No. 6.-Jos. Thibodaux. A. Theriot,
Wilson Lepine'
Dist. No. &c. 8. Mathews, K. Foret and
II. Ago.
Dist. Nc. SIS. Bourg, Lovingly J Leblanc, |
Anu j. T. Badeaux.
Dist. No. y.-Jos. P. Bourgeois, Paul Le-
ort, and Estival Savoie.
Road AND LRvKE INSPECTORS
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-11-18

What other show has a whole school of Sea
Lions and Alaskan Seals. taught to perform
tents 90 wonderful as to defy description.
They play on banjOs. mandOlins, drums,- GYM
balls and bells; fire OF gun drill like soldiers,
play base ball, walk on tight rope. sing and
are actually endowed with reason, and do
everything but talk!
What other show has y iOck of full-grown
Ostriches:
What other show has FIVE giant Royal East
Idians?
What other show has troupes of Berber, Be-
duOin and Moorish Athletes
What other show has a band Of Cingalese
COnturers, brought direct from the Island of
Ceylon ?
What other show has Maori Chiefs In weird,
wild and wonderful aboriginal performances
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-11-18

'IKECTORs OF THE SCHOOL Be I'd.
K. r. Mcbride president: A. F. Kno-
bloch, superintendent and secretary A.
j. Braud. Numa Elfer Chas. ) Math
ews. Jules OrillI,m, W f. Howell, j. l..
Leblanc, Eni e Toups.
TBIBoDAUx BKIpGk COMM TIE.
W. c Raglan. president; Chas. j. Ral-
ker. s%ecretar! + ank ZcInott, IL. V.
..Nabo.. E. U. Morvanl, Emile l.
Connecticut western news., 1893-06-01

dress does not cover a modest won-an If your costume is coarse and vulgar, you can blame no voice or pen which calls you coarse and vulgar too. If the dress is disgraceful, the wearer is dis graced. Tine woman who dresses inde- cently-never mind who, never mind where, never mind why--is indecent The woman who dresses without shame is shameless" Yes, it is a fact. Vul- garity is vulgarity. Decollete is decollete A loafer is loafer whether he wear fine clothes or whether he wear rags Low ideals, loose morals, boldness and vul- gar manners, whether polished like steel, are still the same, and they will tell in the development of life, both of the indi- vidual and of the nation.
 Let no individual believe that she can be immodest. that she can be vulgar. and not reap the consequences sooner or later. The papers contained the notice of the death recently of an old man at the hands of a younger who had been his friend f 'om boyhood. They both belonged to cultured families-held high place in the community in which they lived. Both were married and had chil- dren depending on them. They met at dinner at the house of the older man and quarreled over some trifling ques- tion. The host, maddened by liquor, boasted that he held letters written to him by the younger mans mother when she was girl. Her son defed him to prove it, at which he produced the let ters yellow with age and commenced reading them aloud. They were pert, familiar and vulgar. The girl who wrote them, though not criminal, was coarse and immodest. This young mans mother was now an old woman, respect ed by friends and children. The son, in- furiated by this insult, drew pistol and shot the old man as he was reading the letter dead at his feet. He was found guilty of nfanslaughter and sent to the penitentiary.
 Recent sad tragedies in this circle of people, the daily record of the divorce court and the hundreds of society rumors that never reach the press, but reach the ears of those who touch the lives of these people, indicate a condition of morals that remind us of the days of ancient empires that preceded their fall and ruin. The description of the scenes enacted in this circle of society find their counter part in the days that preceded the crash of the Roman world and the debauchery of the French court that preceded the revolution and presages for this society, as surely as there is a God in heaven, a day of wrath in which the chaf shall be burned up.
Connecticut western news., 1893-06-01
Migrating Norwegian Rats.

Norwegian lemming rats still observe. all ancestral. custom by migrating south in strict bee line, fighting and gnawing their way through all obstacles. They travel in armies of many hundreds of thousands and have regular vanguards to charge every living impediment. Foxes, and even wolves, might yield to a charge of that kind, for the jealous little rodents make up in numbers and activity what they lack in strength, but their tactics miss their purpose in their application to q still greater matter of cooperation, and hundreds of farmers join in a campaign of extermination as soon as their scouts report the advance of the lemming horde.
 Equipped with untanned boots and double jackets they are ratproof and use iron ringed clubs that knock down whole squads of the squeaking invaders at each blow, but the sight of their dy- ing leaders entirely fails to daunt the pluck of the rear ranks. On they come with 8 blind disregard of the conse- quences, and in the fury of combat cling by scores to the impenetrable boots of their slayers and sometimes to the very clubs, allowing themselves to be swung clear of the ground and down again with crushing effect.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1893-06-01


 with rope round his neck and DOT tion of the calf's tail on his shoulders he was to perform pilgrimages to different Hindoo shrines.
 The members of his family were for bidden to supply him with either shelter or food under a penalty of undergoing a similar communication. The Ahir re- gently returned to his village, but until the purifcation ceremonies are over he must live in temporary grass matched house which has been erected for his res idence. It remains for man of one of the lowest and most degraded caste to purify him. A barber, after shaving the delinquent and pairing the nails of his hands and toes, will make over the hair and nails to the low caste attendant, who will burn them and also set fire to the hut. After this the Ahir, being covered with stable refuse, will take a plunge into the river Sarjoo and come out puri- fled. But still he is not admitted. After this he must give magnificent feast to 50 Brahmins and 100 of his brethren, and he will be readmitted to society.
 If any man will discover for me any ullIeIeuCo petWeeH Ine dlnuOO process and the process upon which MT. McAl- lister descants, I will be under obligation to him. To call such pusillanimous life society is to insult manhood, is to degrade the race, is for man to return from civilization to his savagery. No, the time has come when we should call spade spade. Selfshness is selfshness, meanness is meanness, and vulgarity is vulgarity. Decollete in the social circle is worse than on the stage. The indecent exposure of ones person is crime against society and is punishable by law
 Hear Elizabeth Stuart Phelps on this question. She says with graphic power: "Let us have done with playing about the fire and call a low thing low and out with it. Face the truth. An immodest
Connecticut western news., 1893-06-01
GREAT Rock ISLAND ROUTE.
SUPERB DlNiHG CAR SERVlCE= 1t Win be Worth Your While to
 Make a Note of his.


 There are many reasons why you should go via the Great Rock Island Route. Its Denver Colarado Springs and Pueblo service Is magnificent, and acknowledged bY all travellers to be superior to all other lines Why? Tho equipment of this line Is always to be relied upon, and passengers are assured in advance of the very latest designs of Pullman Seepers. The most luxurious of Chair Cars he Dining Cars you all know are incompara- ble, and, in short, by the Rock Island you get your moneys worth, as well as all the enjoy ment possible in making a journey by rail- The employees of the company are always po- lite, and will do their utmost to make your trip pleasant.
 The Big , is the best of all trains between Chicago, Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. One day out.
 Trains daily between Chicago and Missouri River.
 Trains daily between Chicago, Denver, Col orado Springs and Pueblo.
 If you are going 10 Omaha, Kansas City, Leavenworth, St. Joe, Atchinson. Topeka, or any point in Colorado or to the Pacific Coast. take the peoples choice.
 fe-ReliaBie-EIegan For full particulars as to tickets, |, maps, rates, apply to any coupon ticket office in the United States, Canada or Mexico, or address:
 JNO SEBASTIAN,
 Gen1 Tkt. & Pass. Agt., Chicago, Ill. K. ST. JOHN, Gen1 Manager. Chicago, Ill.
Connecticut western news., 1893-06-01
r. ? BarlQn,
 FNUs VJlINge, T.
Heading RaiIroad System,
 New England Division. PHILADELPHIA, BEADING NEwIENaLAND B. B. co. Poughkeepsie Bridge Route.

Commencing Sunday, February 26, 1898.
 GOING EAST. Leave Canaan 2.41 a. m. (DaiIy Express) for Boston, arrive Hartford 4.35, Boston 20 Leave Canaan $40 .a. m., arrive Hartford 11.50 q. ID.
 Leave Canaan 2.35 D. m., arrive Hartford 500 p. m., from Campbell Hall, Rhinecliff and way points.
 Leave Ganuan I'll p. m ., arrive winsted s15 p. m., from Poughkeepsie, Millerton and New York.
 Leave Canaan Sundays onlyl s.55 p. m. arrive Hartford g p. m.
 GOING WEST. Leave Canaan BPS a. m. for Millerton, New York and Poughkeepsie. Leave Canaan IF. 38 p. m. for Campbell Hall, connecting at Silvernails for Rhinecliff Leave Canaan IA, arrive Millerton 6.20 p. ID. Leave Hartford 10 p.m., (Daily Express) for Philadelphia, Baltim, re and Washington Canaan 11.15 ?. m., arrive Maybrook 1.50 a. m., Philadelphia, 10 a. ID. Leave Hartford 8.45 a. m. Sundays onlyl Oa- naan s.55 p. m., arrive Campbell Hail 6.55 pm.
 CONNECTIONS.
 At Hartford with N Y X N E R R, NY, N H & H R, Hartford X Valley Divisions. At Simsbury and at Pine Meadow with N Y, N H & H R, Northampton Division. At Winsted with N N H H R R, Nauga- tuck Division.
 At Odnhdn Wltn housdtonlc II. h hI mlller- ton and Mt Riga with Harlem Division | o X R R R ; at Boston Corners with Harlem Division N Y 0 & H R k K. and X M + R {; at Poughkeepsie with N Y 0 & H RR R; at RhinecliH with N O & H RE k, by ferry to Rondout with the Ulster X Delaware R R; {; at Maybrook with the Lehigh X Hudson River Ry.; at Campbell Hall with Y O& W By, NY LE& X W R., PIP & B R R and Waikiki Valley R R. M. E. BLAINE, B. F. KEaSER,
 SNt erin endent. Divn Pasa'v apt.
 Hartford, Corn.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-09-30
THE SUBMERGED CONTINENT.
The Most Frlghtful Catastrophe Recorded
in History or Tradition.

Atlantis was a continent supposed
to have existed at a very early period
in the Atlantic Ocean, "over against
the Pillars of Hercules" but which
was subsequently sunk in a cataclysm
of which history gives no record.
Plato is the first who gives an account
of it, and he is said to have obtained his
Information Of some Egyptian priests
with whom he had come in contact.
Plato's account says that Atlantis was
a continent larger than Asia and AZ
RIGA put together, and that at its west
ern extremity were islands which at
forded easy passage to "A large conti-
nent lying still beyond this last
mentioned continent being now sup
posed to be South America. Nine
thousand years before the time of
Plato, according to the tradition, At
lantis was a powerful, thicbly-settled
country which extended its way over
Africa and the major portion of what
is now Europe. "even to as far as the
Tyrrhenian Sea" Further progress
of the invasion Of the Atlautides was
checked by the combined efforts of The
Athenians and the other Greeks. Short
ly after the invaders were driven from
the continents ofEurope and Africa a
great earthquake shook Atlantis from
ENTER to circumference. First she
outlying islands sank; then great
areas OF the mainland. Waves ran
mountain high across hundreds Of
square miles of what had the day be-
fore been fertile fields. Great temples
were "racked and riven,' and the af-
frightened populace climbed upon the
ruins to escape the ~encroachiug wa
tiers, On the second day, after a
night Of terrors which no pen could
describe, the earthquake shocks were
of greatly increased violence, ending
only after the entire continent had
been iugulfed. There is no page eth
er in tradition or history that records
6 more trightful catastrophe, and moth
ing would be of more absorbing inter-
est than a work entirely devoted to
giving an account OF what is known
concerning it.-St. Louis Globe Demo-
CTut.