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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-10-21
FINE SPANISH ONIONS.
Coming to America In Increasing Guam
titles from Valencia.

The large and handsome Spanish
onions, which have been coming to
this country in increa sing quantities
for the lost half dozen years. are now
cheaper than they have ever been
known here According to the Gar
denar's Magazine, these vegetables are
grown mainly near Valencia. III Spain,
and the first shipments this year,
which came by the way Of Engl Ind.
were harvested too early. and were
therefore watery. Being liable to
quick decay, they were hurried upon
the market and sold for low prices.
The first direct importation WAS also
off grade in quality, and this set the
price for the season very low. SO that
in many auction sales the price mas
barely covered the freight and duty.
to say nothing of the commissions and
cost Of packing. The duty Of 40 cents
on bushel of ffty-six pounds. to-
gether with the freight, commission
and cost abroad, brings the actual
value to the importer about so cents
crate laid down, and. therefore, when
prices range from So cents to 81 crate
the trade has been disastrous one.
Together with what has already ar
rived and what is expected, the imports
this year viii amount to 10000 crates,
or about 81, 500 bushels.
Attempts to raise this Spanish onion
in California and other parts Of the
country from seed purchased in Spain
have generally proved unsuccessful, as
the vegetables when grown here do
not differ much from the ordinary do
nestle onion. It seems that a Castil-
ian climate and soil is necessary for
she production of this delightful
product. 81
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-10-21
Mourning Dress in England.

In England the period of mourning
for father-ln-law is twelve months
ten months black. two months half
mourning. Grape is seldom worn, al
though the Grape period was formerly
six months. For parent the period
is the same as above. The longest pc
riodnfor brother is six months-fve
months black, one month half mourn
ing: The Grape period was formerly
three months. It is now almost dis
cardcd. The shortest period is four
months black, no half mourning. The
period of mourning for father-in-law
is often shortened to six months when
i latiyes reside at considerable dis
tance-from each other.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-10-21
BIG MAILS FROM THE WEST.
Members of Congress from Beyond tlse
Mississippi Get the Most Letters.

Members of Congress from Beyond the
Mississippi Get the Most Letters.
1t is interesting to note the striking
differences in amount and degree that
characterize the correspondence of
representatives from different sections
of the country. says the Washington
Star The mail of representatives
from the New England and South At
lantic states is comparatively light,
that of representative from the middle
states is moderate. or from fair to
middling." and that of the western,
northwestern and southwestern states
is exceedingly heavy. In other words,
it seems that the people of the older
states, particularly Of the thirteen
original states. which had their exist
ence before the union was established,
lean but lightly upon the federal gov
eminent and have but few wants to
express in correspondence to their
representatives at Washin gton, while
residents Of the newer states. whose
state governments were erected
simultaneously with their admission
into the union, are apt to look to
Washington for nearly every thing
they want In the old states along the
Atlantic seaboard the people by in
stinct and tradition rely upon them
selves and upon their state govern
ments, while in the later admitted
states, especially those beyond Illinois
to the north, south and west as for ex-
ample Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and
Missouri, the people appear by custom
to be more dependent upon the general
government. Particularly is this the
case in states where conditions of
acute unrest and dissatisfaction pre-
vail from industrial Or financial
causes. There the people have become
habitually clamorous in their demands
upon congressman to procure them
pensions, s,1stenance and situations. to
remedy and redress their wrongs real
or imagined, to tighten their burdens,
to mitigate their woes and to do other
things by legislation and influence at
Washington which can only be done
by the exertion of individual effort and
independence. Again. on the other
hand, the southern people in the main
bother their congressman very little by
writing letters.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-10-21
THE PARlAHS OF INDIA.
A New Era Seems to BE Dawning Fl
These Oppressed People.

These Oppressed People.
The pariahs of India have hitherto
Jared hardly at the hands of the state
no less than a;t those of their fellows.
But a new era seems about to dawn
for them, says the Westminster Ga
zette. Two orders recently published
by the Madras government at least
recognize that they have certain
rights, and abolish some of the unjust
laws which have in the past given the
caste classes an undue privilege. The
first order deals with the land question
and provides that all waste lands
bought in by or forfeited to the gov
eminent are the absolute property of
the government and are thus taken
out of the power of the caste land
holders, who have hitherto insisted on
and been allowed preferential claim.
These lands are to be assigned in small
lots to such pariahs as are able to Gull
tivate them to advantage.
The pariahs are also to receive sites
for pariah villages on the waste lands,
and, if the caste people raise a lawsuit
to get possession of any sites SO as
signed, the government is to be repre-
sented in the suit for the protection Of
the pariahs. Slavery is not merely
abolished theoretically, as it was in
previous enactments; it will now be
hard to introduce it practically. The
government declares that by the ex-
isting law all bonds executed by par
ents mortgaging their chi1dren's labor
for an advance of money are null and
void, and invite the cooperation of
missionaries to report and expose all
cases where the law is evaded.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-10-21
A Queer English Election Custom.

The candidates for bailiff in the
town of Alnwick, North England, just
before the election, ride in procession
to horse pond near the town. dis
mount and struggle through the mud
and water as best they can. They are
accompanied by brass band and all
the population Of the town and neigh
borhood The custom dates from the
time of King John, who visited the
town in 1910. The roads were very bad,
and some of his baggage wagons had
to be left in the mire. On his arrival he
inquired who was responsible for the
condition of the roads, and, learning
that the bailiffs were to blame, ordered
them to be seized and dragged through
the nearest pond.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-10-21
Death Stole His Prize.

The Birmingham Post tells strik-
ing story of the recent death of the
venerable italian poet, Ghislandoni.
To determine how many Italian men
of letters knew English well enough
to translate Tennyson, the Corriere
della Sera of Milan offered pair of
beautiful Japanese vases for the best
rendition of four lines from The
Princess" Ghislandoni, the writer of
verdis ibrettos, won the prize from
seven hundred and nineteen competi-
tors. A fete was prepared in his
honor, but on the very day Of the
award he sank under the excitement
of his long retarded frame, and died,
gazing happily at the vases.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-10-21
Practical Philanthropy.

The queen of Italy, having a desire
to improve the condition Of the sub
merged tenth in the southern king
dom, is setting about the business in a
practical way That is to say, she is
attempting to reform the ragged little
children of the gutter. They are to be
rescued from the streets and taught
some useful trade. .t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-30
Alive With a Broken Neck.
From the Brooklyn Eagle


Carpenter E. J. jerks, who was taken to
st. Marys Hospital about six weeks ago
with a broken neck, Is resting easily and
still progressing toward complete recovery
his head is still stretched upward by a
weight running backward over the head of
the bed; he has to lie still in one position
Beyond the discomfort attending these facts
he is not troubled in any way. In two weeks
more they will rig up a jury mast to sup
port the head, and taking the weight off
will let him get up and walk. All traces Of
paralysis have disappeared. 1t is regarded
as certain by the doctors at st. Mary's that
jerks cervical vertebrate was not complete
ly broken-there was only a partial fracture.
and miletus, or Inflammation of the spinal
cord. was never set up.
jerks case is the fourth of the kind ST
Mary's Hospital has had in six months
Three cases were there on and shortly after
the Fourth of July last. One was the case
of a man who fell from the thirteenth regi-
ment armory; another that of a man who
fell from a load of hay, boys having thrown
fire crackers at the horses which suddenly
ran away; the third case was that of a man
who was struck by heavy beam. In each
case the cervical vertebrae was completely
fractured and miletus followed, death in
each case taking place in two days after the
accident. These deaths are caused directly
by the Inflammation of the spinal cord. 1t
thickens and the whole nervous system is
deranged, causing paralysis, which extends
to the heart and the organs of respiration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-30
Life History of Corais.
From the Edinburg Review.


To Reaumur Is due the improving legend
that coral islands are built by the accumu-
lated efforts Of an Industrious insect Pliny,
ancient belief that little sucker fish could
hold a ship against the impelling violence
OF storm. and apostrophizes the deplorable
vanity Of mankind when confronted with
| the fact that their armored vessels could be
held bound and immovable by a little fish
six inches long! The wonders Of nature do
not really need these imaginary embellish-
ments
The life history Of corals is sufficiently re-
markable in its sober facts. Like other ami
mails, they produce eggs. from which free
swimming young are Matched. But they
have two other methods Of propagation
namely, gemmation and flssiparity. Be-
tween animals and plants in general there
Is no distinction which makes itself more
prominent and obtrusive than the free indi-
vidual life of the one and the fixed colonial
life of the other. BY gemmation, the sue
cessive putting forth of buds, an industrious
vegetable, starting with seed of insignif-
cant size. may build a massive structure,
| sometimes 400 feet In height, the resultant
of individuals almost innumerable, belong
ing to hundreds or thousands of genera
lions. all OF the living members of a single
family, successfully sacrificing their indi-
viduality to promote the common good and
share it.
This procedure in plant life Is illustrated
by an endless diversity Of examples, great
and small. Whatever exceptions there may
be, this, to the ordinary observer is the
customary, the commonplace the distinctive
habit in the vegetable kingdom. Thus 1t
came to pass that men did not believe their
! own eyes when they met with animals be-
having in a wey that seemed to be the
patent right of vegetables. The isolated
sea anemone was well understood, but crea-
lures of precisely similar structure which
took to sprouting out of stems and branches.
had to be incontinently handed over to the
botanist.
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guards garrisoned at Spadan in 1880; after
service as lieutenant he was assigned to the
legation at Washington in 1891 and pro-
NOTED to captain in 1898. The many inven-
brought before the embassy are referred to
him for report.
Lieut.. Won Hummer of the fifteenth royal
hussars has been assigned to duty at the
embassy. He Is not only a great sports
man. but Is a noted horseman. He gained
worldwide reputation as one of the COM
petitors among the 100 German officers in
the long-distance ride from Berlin to
Vienna. He was the seventh to arrive
making the journey on his horse, $50 miles
in eighty-three hours. His horse survived
the strain. The lieutenant has also ridden
some famous steeplechases
Mr.. Karl Won Nostitz Wallwitz attache,
is a son of Oswald Won Nostitz Wallwitz,
former Saxon minister to Berlin. He was
born In Dresden in 1863. and studied at
Lusanne, Leipsic and Strasburg. He was
attache to the Saxon law courts and lieu
tenant in the reserves of the second Saxon
lanciers. He is proprietor Of the Manor Of
Schweikershain. He was married to the
Countess s. Won Bassewitz of Mecklen-
burg. Her death occurred before mis- de-
parture for the United States.
Dir. G. NJ. Hoech, the technical attache
belongs to the department of public works
and was sent to the United States to in
spect improvements in bridges, railroads.
irrigation and other engineering works.
The ChancelIory.
The chancellory of the embassy is where
the accounts are kept, mails dispatched
and all the clerical work is DONE
The chief Of chanceIlory. Mr.. p W.
Buddecke, is a native of Versmold, Prus-
STA, where he was born in 1923 and enter
ed the government service in 1860 In 1868
he became chancellor of the Prussian lega
ton at washington. He was made hofra tn
Imperial counsellor of the COURT in 1880
and chief of chancellory in 1893 He was
honored by special decoration from the
emperor In recognition of twenty-five years
service at Washington. 1t Is said during
that time he was at his desk from 10 a.
till o pm. He married Miss Margaret Il.
Bruehl of Washington in ISL
MIR. Carl Won der Weth. assistant chancei-
Tor, Is native Of Rouneberg Sachsen
AItenberg, born in 1856. Having received
thorough education he entered the Ger
man consular service in $780, and was made
secretary of the consul general at New
York till 1887. when he was transferred to
Washington. He married in 1851 Mathilda
Reinhold of Brooklyn.
The domestic affairs of the ambassador
are under a hans meister and wife, similar
to steward. French cook and assfsts Mt
cook. valet. laundry woman and several
servants.
The ambassador will give some fine en-
tertainments during the season, but the
embassy will not have the presence of a
presiding lady until the young baroness has
Will not be for another year In that time
she Will have finished her studies and will
also be more familiar with her American
surroundings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-30
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
SCHLDI1E IN EEEECT NOV 10 1919


Leave Washington from station corner Of New Jer-
sey srenue and 9 street
Tor Chicago and Northwest vestibuled Limitsd
For Cincinnati, 81. Louis ard iDdisn.po,i. w.
For p,ttsSsSe and Ge1,l.na. sspress eahg ,,.
Tor lexington and Staunton. II 80 am.
Tor Mlachexter and Way Stations Is 80 pm
cs,tt,a n,sy' NsfnTsl Bridge. Ressoke. knoryfIle.
ss1,T Memphis and New Orleans 10 Pm
For Ea fsg,' s:sc son pm ShrG Ssii,.
,1s l S AT week days. Is:as, 500 e8s,
- ninutes, an: xi2oo. Il2.o5. i2:ls I2is q 90.
go $50 800. SIS ss:oo. 1850. nj nj 10 end
$50 ~: 80 am. xi2oo. yi2:os 90 r2:fs q 90
1850. 1880 III 80, ii IS pm.
For Annspolis I:ls and $50 an. 12:ls and an
for Frederick. ui:so ain. has. n:so. p:so
For For s sssS sss MISC an; sad y:ss p
1000 an ns'ss. .'f SIS. R s:s:. .sss. -
For w.,hinstoa Junction and way points 1000
an, n:is pm; Express trains shopping q PIN.
ROYAL Blue I'm LINE seR ~ ~ Iso R AxorHn-
r, ef , P,hIn.seelPs;a New Yort Boston - q
Carl S, g2;oo Dining Oar, 500 $50 pinisg Oh,
$780, i'so pm Sleeping Car. open st sooe
Buffet Parlor Cars % al Day trains.
g.. ror Auantic City. 1000 an. and 100 -
Except Sunday. Daily fsusday suly.
Bssease called for aud checked from Aoteh s.l
flckst Sssss, sls and 1881 p sy- "a q hpst.
~ Gen. Manages. Cen. rs.. a.
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came necessary.
Negotiations resulted in the exchange of
tina old building for the spacious edifice
now occupied on Highland terrace. Massa-
cnusetts avenue. No. 1876. This mansion
was erected by Maj. Thomas B. Furguson
some years ago and has been celebrated in
washington social life. Mrs. Jane Byrd
Fursuson. whose accidental death Is fresh
IN the minds OF Washingtonians. enter
tanned here in great style. Later Mrs
Hearst, the wife Of the millionaire Senator
from California, occupied the mansion
Upon acquiring the building the German
government purchased the lot adjoining
and erected thereon one OF the finest ball
rooms at the national capital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-30

The chief officer in charge of the admins
trative duties Of the embassy is Baron
Clemens August Won Kettier. He was born
in 1853 at Potsdam and belongs to one of
the most ancient Of the Westphalian fam
lilies. In the sixth century his ancestor
Kettler was the King of Couriand, now
part Of the realms of the car. He received
a military education in Westphalia and
Belgium. and entered the army in 1874. He
entered the foreign ONCE and was assigned
to Picking. He applied himself to the study
Of the Mandana dialect. which he mastered.
and was assigned to the German consulate
at Canton. and distinguished himself there
during the serious riots IN September, 1888.
He was thence transferred to Picking as
secretary Of legation After service in
the foreign office he was made charge at
Morocco, and thence first secretary of lega-
ton at Mesigton in 1892. When the legation
was raised. he was elevated to the dignity Of
first secretary Of embassy.
Besides being a man of easy address and
exceptionally good looks. he il a distinguish
French, Spanish. Italian and Chinese. He
Is fond Of horseback riding, and Is very
popular in the diplomatic corps, as well as
social circles. He has his suite of rooms
and servants in the embassy, and is the
only member who resides there.
The entire management Of the embassy is
In his hands. He conducts all correspon-
dence. makes all reports to the ambassador
WIN SlsuS tuefu ING correspondence Is
enormous. amounting to 5000 letters and
papers a year to the foreign office and per-
sons In Germany and the United States, re-
lating to American and German pensions
inquiries concerning parents or persons and
on miscellaneous subjects.
Baron Kettler Is q member Of the imperial
household. filing an honorary office similar
to that Of chamberlain.
Assistants.
In addition to the first secretary are
other officers. Hans Won Flotow, second
secretary, belongs to a Mecklenburg fam
lily. He was born in 1862 at Fslsenhagen,
the family estate in Brandenburg; studied
law at HeideIburg and Berlin. and was a
barrister until 1892. when he was admitted
to the foreign Office at Berlin and thence
transferred to Washington in 1893.
Capt Albrecht Heese is attache in charge
of military and naval affairs. He was born
In Berlin in 1861, and entered the artillery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-30
Wtsht 1 Could.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Wisht | could go back a little while, n be a boy
agin,
A-jerkin o the minners with a little crooked Din:
n hear the frogs a-gruntin' as l git 'ern on the
jump,
N me skeered wusscr'n they was, when they hit
the water plump.
sweet
N feel the sassy daisies a-ticklin' o. my feet
All the while a-noddin n a-smin up at me-
Wisht could go back n be like ulster be.
Wisht could go t'morrow. n find 'em all the same
As they the day lef { make a bigger name !:
" see dear old mother-always skeery-at the gate
Like she ulster wait fer me, whenever 1 late.
Wisht could look in heaven n her thare t'day
N git tender smile o. love, like when / Went
away;
I feel like It 'ud help me to battle here with sin
wisht l could 20 back little WHILE n be boy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-30
RAILROADS.
RICHMOND AND -DANyIIIE RAnROAD.
SAMUEL. SPENCER, y. W. HUDEKOPER Am
kEUBEN FOSTER REC.IVEfs

RICHMOND AND DASyIII.E RAILROAD.
SAM IA SPfNSEIs - W HImEKoPER AND
- Schedule In eject December "a. lsQs
All trains arrive and lesve st Pennsyivania Pas
se yer station, washington. p: c.
mediate stations, and connects at l.ynchburr with
the Norfolk AMI Western railroad westward DAILY
and NJ Manassas for Strasburg. daily, except Sun
day.
l:o1 am, THE GREAT SOUTHERN FAST
MAIl--Daily, operates Pullman Buffet Sieeuarr
New York and Washington over the NEW SHORT
uniting at Dsnyiile with the Pullman secper for
Charleston via Columbia and at Greensboro Win
Sleeper for Augusta, also carries thrcugh pullman
rect connection is made for Birnlngh an Mont
gomery and New Orleans.
4:45 p.m.-Daily for Charlottesville ana inter
mediate stations, and through train for Fronf
io:xs p.mNwAsiinSGT6S ANb soTTHwrsr.
ERN vEsTIBULED LIMITED. composed entirely
runs over the NEW SHORT LINE via Columbia ts
Augusta, Savannah, Jacksonville and TAMPA. Din
ing Car Charlotte TO Savannah. Also operates
Atlanta and Montgomery, New York TO Ashevfile
VIA salisbury, and Washington Memphis via
birmingham Dining Car Danvills 20 Mont
,o TRAINS on WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVE
a aoS leave Washington at e:io an. as pm
amy amy Tor Round I'm. and o:25 pm. except Spn-
turning, arrive Washington s:s0 an, as pm
IRON Round an. asd e;oS an daily. sIeeps
ingt9 9, Ills am 2:55 pm. and e: 80 D. m Manas.
$40 Dnsioa $40 an daily. except Sunday, ami
oiy T,, an daily from Charlottesville.
furnished az Offices. 5ll and 100 Pennsyivanis
Railroad. Washington d G
W. d. GREEN. Gen. Man.
. $50 w. A TURK Gen paa Art
La D BROWN Gen. Agt, Pass- Dept a.
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cHEsAPEAKH AND OHIO RAILWAY.

Schedule In effect November -. 1884
:, Trains leave daily from Union ststios q. ss1
Pl, eth and sts
Through the rrsndest scenery in Amersc. with
the hsndsomest and most complete solid train ser-
vice west from Washington.
zoo Pm. DA1LY-sCfncinnatf and q Louis
speciar-Solid yestibuled. Newly Equipped Hec-
trfc-iighted. Steam heated Train PaiinAs's nnsse
sleeping cars Washington 20 OpcfunAu Indian
spos and St. Louis without change Dining caS
rom Msshinsto9 Arrives Cincinnati. I:S a.;
81: Louis. $50 pm.
1l:1o PM DAuY-The fsmcus #. y. v. Lam
tied solid vestibuled train with dining snd
Pullman sleePers for Cincinnati, teztnftca end
Louisville, without change; arriving at 0Bcnnati
$50 F;m.; Lexington. $40 pm; LousvrlN ESQ
m; Indianapolis. IL 20 p-m-g Chicago, f,oo an,
and 81 Louis, 7:<5 am, connectng il Cnios dspss
for all points.
Norfolk. otly rail line
200 Pm. DArLY-Express for CordsusvfIie
Charlottesville, wsynesboro. Stsunton ana pfpck
pal Virginia points; daily. except Sunday. nor Rich
mond.
Pullman locations snd ticketa at eonpauy's e.
ices. 5ls and l<2l Pennsylvania avenue.
II. W. FrTLER
MO General Passsnger Assat-
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This legation now covers a frontage Of
upward Of hundred feet. In the basement
is the main entrance with the chancellory
on either side. The servants Offices and
kitchens are in the rear. On the main floor
Is the reception room Of the ambassador
and the drawing room OF the baroness his
daughter. The library and dining room
complete the suite. The receiving apart
ments open into the ball room. The ball
room is finished in polished woods, includ-
ing artistic wainscoting. The furnishings
are in gold and red and the lighting by
electric candelabra, chandeliers and brack-
cts When lighted sthe apartment which
Is spacious, is gorgeous in brilliancy and
color.
The floor above is occupied by the living
suites of the ambassador and his daughter
In the rear of the building are stables for
I'm horses.