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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
USED HER TEETH.
A Won12n's Weapon Brought Her Into
Trouble at Court.

A Won,2n's Weapon Brought Her Into
~ Trouble at Court.
A gentleman with two bitten fingers
and a young lady whose ears had been
boxed figured in the double role of
plaintiff and defendant in a queer case
that has just been tried in one of the
Paris law courts, according to CORE
spondent. The former is a married
man with two daughters, and the lat
ter, who is Of very prepossessing ap-
pearance, had entered the family in
the capacity of a governess to the girls.
ALI went on we'll for fortnight, but
the prevailing harmony was disturbed
on the arrival of new cook, whom
the young lady greeted with the utter
ly uncalled-for remark: "You are en-
tering a dirty hole This speech hav-
ing been repeated to the mistress of
the house, it was decided then and
there that the offender should be sum-
marily dismissed. The gentleman
asked her into his study, paid her
fortnight's salary and requested her to
sign receipt. She took the money,
but declined to append her name to
room when he hurried to the door and
detained her.
A hot alteration ensued, varied by
the appearance on the scene of the
wife, who possessed herself Of the
money. The husband then seized the
governess by the arm for the purpose
of evicting her, whereupon she bit two
of his fingers with such violence that,
maddened by the pain, he boxed her
ears. The young lady took action
against him for. assault, claiming dam
ages to the amount Of twenty pounds,
and on his side he brought counter
charge on the strength Of the bitten
fingers. Medical certificates were
handed in by the parties, and even
tually the court pronounced in favor
of the gentleman, condemning the
young lady with cannibal proclivities
to the payment OF a dne of two pounds,
and of damages TO the same amount.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
WARS DESC ALTON.
In Asuncion the Women Outnumber tn
d 4SsS n Men Seven to One. SSst

Men Seven TO One. Ss}4
The old town presents halt orr
entail half medieval appearance7its
few splendid palaces, which belong to
the late dictators and their families
and favorites, sand Wiched among huts
OF mud and cane, with bark roofs and
one window apiece. Palms, bananas,
passion flowers and other tropical
plants and blooms abound but you
meet few people, and those are mostly
women. The grassy streets, according
to a Paraguay correspondent, have q
sad, deserted look, constantly remind
ing one that the sons and husbands
and lovers and brothers persisted on
the battlefelds or died Of starvation in
hiding, or rotted in prison, as thou
sands did who were ignorant even OF
what they were accused, or were tor
tured and murdered by the three ty-
rants who ruled and ruined the coun-
try. Here women do the work that in
other parts of the world is monopol-
lied by the stronger sex-such as
cleaning the streets, loading the ships,
driving the OK carts, cultivating the
fields, carrying on the markets, etc,
and it is said that during the long,
hard war, they mac the best and
brayest soldiers. Naturally. where
men are in the proportion of one to
seven, they are at a higher premium
than elsewhere, and in Paraguay they
are figuratively kept in cottonwood by
their admiring female relatives.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
A SLEEPING BEA uTY.
Tho Love Romance 81 the Pre.e,ant EN-

The Love Romance of the Present EN-
I peror Of Germany. 5S@
hen / was last summer In Dem
mark, Z says the Paris correspondents
Of Truth, 81 went to Primkenau,w where
the dukes Of Aug nburg had their
residence Empress Augusta Victoria
was born and brought up there. The
empress, as child, had known, Was
told bya member Of the little ducal
court, the emperor in childhood. But
going to Cassel, and then to Bonn as a
student, he lost sight Of her. The acc
quaintance was renewed under roman
tic circumstances. When he was
twenty or Whereabouts he was sent in
the, early summer on a tour to Hol-
stein, and extended it to Primkenau.
The young princess was a finely grown
girl and blooming as rose. She some
how heard who was coming and dressed
in her best to receive him. Growing
tired of waiting she got into ham
mock swinging in an arbor, which was
scented with freshly blown lilac.
There she fell asleep.
The wandering prince came by the
arbor, saw the sleeping beauty, and
was conquered. It is said that as he
was gazing on her she was dreaming
that, more fortunate than her mother,
she was being waited to magnificent
throne, and that an imperial crown
had descended on her head. William
did not mean to disturb the sleeping
beauty, but, as usual, he was in uni
form, and the dragging of his sword on
the asphalt of the summer house and
the clanking of his spurs betrayed him.
She awoke, and saw a pair of eyes that
looked love at hers, and then she
rushed away toward the residence.
Presently her governess came to tell
her that the crown, prince of Prussia
was there. Her mother, the duchess
dowager, being ill, it devolved on Au-
gusta Victoria to do the hon ors. She
fastened to welcome the illustrious
visitor. He lost no time in declaring
himself her lover, and they were en-
gagged before he left the house.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
CHOSE The BIGGEST FORTUNE.
"a Russian Prince Who Found No DIM
Guilty Ii Transferring Hls Affections.

n Russian Prince who Found NO DIM
Guilty IN Transferring HIS Affections.
Apropos Of inter ii nal nnarriage
wherein the dot is the first consid-
GRAFTON, the girl herself being merely
a necessary adjunct and her own per-
-sonality quite innnaa terial, the ollo,V-
ing story printed ~ the New York
Tribune as coming from Russia may
well point moral and adorn a tale:
"a very rich western family went
aboard not long ago, accompanied by
two daug hters and 9 friend, whose
plain and perhaps insignificant exte-
rior gave no evidence Of her golden
worth for She had a large fortune in
her own right. Having been left an
orphan the year before at the age of
thirty, and being Of meek and quiet
disposition, she had attached herself
to this particular family, who were old
friends Of her parents, and more
through force of circumstances than
anything else she had accompanied
them abroad, where to the outside
world she enacted the role Of an in
significant friend of the family. The
two other girls, however, had very de-
cided social aspirations, and as they
were very pretty ana had the reputa-
ton of being considerable heiresses
they were surrounded by impecunious
young noblemen. in plenty. At St.
Petersburg they even succeeded in
capturing a young Russian prince,
who, after remaining in undecided al
legianee to them both for several
weeks, finally fixed his affections upon
the older and handsomer Of the two
sisters Thereupon the youngest,
whose fancy had been more or less
captivated by the handsome person
and equally attractive title of the
young Muscovite, but who had wit
enough to see that his attentions were
any thing but disinterested, took occa-
sion to mention in the hearing Of the
young man that their friend, Miss L.,
had a much larger fortune than either
she or her sister could ever hope to
possess, and that it was, moreover, en-
tirely at her own disposal. The prince
heard, but gave no sign for several
days; then his attentions to the oldest
I>SAoGCA grow hOtACCoOAy AOWCA, oAu pun
shy little Miss s. looked up in pleased
surprise as the handsome young man
began to honor her with his notice.
Miss Marplot was just beginning to
wonder whether she ought not to con-
fess her share in the performance to
the parties interested, when one day
at luncheon Miss SIS own maid
brought in letter from her mistress
saying that the latter had been mar
ried that morning to Prince M. at the
American legation, and that under the
circumstances it would be best that
the other legal formalities should be
completed at the Hotel --, where she
had engaged rooms. Of course, as she
was an independent woman Of thirty
there was nothing to be said. .Who
could have fancied she was so sly?''
sighed the would-be mother-in-law OF
a prince.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
SEVERAL KINDS or AZ AMIN ll ri
The Platypus, Of As,straiia. ~ ich I.polDS
Like Birds and Beasts.

The Platypus, Of Anstraila, Which Lookos
Like Birds and Beasts. S8
VI It lis less than century since the.
European hunted the plat pus to his
lair, the first publ shed account Of him
having appeared in the Naturalistss
Miscellany of London in 1899. Itwould5
be interesting to know the effect that
was made upon the first discoverer Of
what Scribner's calls an animated para
dox- than which nature furnishes
nothing more anomalous, in its COM.
bination of ducls-like mandibles and
webbed feet, the latter further
equipped with spurs like the game
fowl and claws like the true burrow--
ing quadrupeds, mole-like eyes and
.otter-like fur, body of mnsquash and
tail of beaver. One who was addicted
to his cups might recognize in the
creature merely the Pigment OF an al
coholized brain. and an artist regard
him as the prototype Of one of those
uncanny monsters which sprawl upon
the floor Of st. Anthony's cave in Ten
iers' bizarre pictures of the temptation
of that holy character. Our earliest
and, in fact, almost our sole accounts
OF the platypus are confined to bald
and literal descriptions OF his appear
ance and habitat. from which we learn
that he is. confined to Tasmania and
the southern districts of Australia; and
although his race has been thought to
embrace two or three species, 1t is now
generally agreed to consist Of only one.
You may repair many times to the
favorite haunt of the platypus before
YOU see him, and to discover the re-
treat to which he modestly retires on
observing your presence is task inn
possible, except by accident, to any
other than a black fellow. To these
cunning hunters, however, there are
no secrets of beast or bird; their UNI.
erring instinct tells them when the
platypus, diving near the edge OF the
stream, is in quest of food, or when he
is seeking the submerged entrance to
his burrow; and they will advise you
either where to point your gun in ex-
pectation of the animals temperance,
or where to dig in the bank in con-
fidence of striking the grass-lined nest
wherein he dwells and rears his re-
markable family.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
"REMINISCENCES or NAPOLEON.
The Great Man Was Furious Over til
Marriage Of His Brother.

Marriage Of His Brother.
Inever saw Bonaparte in such wrath
as when he learned that his brother
Lucien had married at Senlis the
widow of Jonberthon, a Paris broker.
He ordered me, says writer in Cen
fury, to send for the notary and tell
him to bring his register. When the
notary arrived took him to- st. Cloud
at nine in the morning. Here is word
for word the dialogue between the
first consul and the notary: ''Was it
you, sir, who registered my brothers
marriage?'' eyes, citizen first consul. !"
"Were you unaware, then, that he was
my brother?'' ''No, citizen first con-
sul.'' 'tDid you not know that my con
sent was necessary to the validity of
the act?'' 81 do not think SO. Your
brother has long been of age, he has
filed high posts, he has been q minis
tel and ambassadors, he has no father,
he is free to marry But he has a
mo; he is ofage and a widower." ..But
4 am a sovereign, and as such nay con-
sent was necessary" 'Yon are SOW
ereign only for ten years, and your
family is not bound to YOU y ttShow me
the marriage register?'' ssHere it is. .
The first consul read it, and in shut
ting the book was very near tearing
the page. II shall annul it." THAT
will be difficult, for it. is carefully
drawn up ''Be off with you." The
notary retired without having for q
moment lost his composure. n
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
EccENTRlclTlEs OF GENIUS.

Queer Doings and Ideas of Some of the
Worlds Greatest Men and Women.
We often hear people offering objec-
tions to certain Of their acquaintance
because they are queer Eccentric
ity, however, is oftener allied to genius
than not, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Among the musicians there have been
found some Of the most whimsical Of
n1en.
Haydn could not compose satisfac-
torily to himself without first having
put on his best suit of clothes and pow
dered his hair. Nor could he get his
ideas in form until he had placed upon
his finger diamond ring presented to
him by Frederick H. Another com
poser, Sacchini by name, declared that
he never had any moments of inspira-
ton excepting when his two pet cats
were sitting upon his shoulders. In
other lines than music we find that
Tycho de Brahe, the celebrated astron-
omer of the sixteenth century, dropped
to the ground whenever he caught sight
of a hare or a fox. Ladislaus, king Of
Poland, took to fight as soon as he saw
an apple. Henry Ill, king of Eng
land, could not bear to be in room
where there was cat, even though he
might not see it. Erasmus, of Rotter-
dam, one of the most enlightened men
Of she period, was thrown into fever
at the sight of a fish. Bacon, the great
English chancellor, tainted while gazr
ing at an eclipse of the moon. John
IL, grand duke Of Moscow, fell into a.
swoon at the sight of a woman-surely
the strangest popularity ever noticed
in man.
Chevalier de Guise was similarly
affected by the sight of rose, even
without smelling it's fragrance. Maria
de Medici, the wife of Louis XII, fond
as she was of flowers, generally speak
ing, could not disguise her repugnance
to roses, even painted ones.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
A Fragment Of tho Moon.

"a II
A remarkably fine specimen of mete-
ORIG iron (which, according to Prof.
Tshermels views, is simply q piece of
ore projected through volcanic agency
from the face of the moon) has been
sent from Rockingham county, S. c.,
to the State museum at Columbia. It's
greatest length is not above twelve
inches, and its thickness through the
thickest part is about two inches In
general shape it is fat though some-
what concaved on one side and con-
vexed on the other, as il broken from
the outer surface Of rounded and
larger mass. tits entirely coated with
q thick crust Of darl-brown rust and
weighs twenty-five and three-fourth tbs
pounds .s :Ss
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
4 Chinese AM thetic.

a curious anmsthstic used in China
has recently been made known. II IS
obtained by placing = frog il g jar Of
sflour and iirrit ting II by oddiny
Under these scircums stances it exudesa
liquid which forms 81 paste with the
iiou This paste, when dissolved in
water, has well marked ansBsthetic
proper rites ffter the finger has been
ii the Iiq1iid for = few in
sutes &c can be u e tho bond without
sany rain being fe1 81 ss
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
TYPICAL AMERICAN STUDENTS.

Two Unidealized Statues ON Exhibition Ia
Boston-The Dimensions of Each
Two interesting statues, the result
of much hard work, were put on ex-
hibition in Boston recently. One was
that5of a young man and the other that
of q girl. They were designed to
represent the American college stu
dent, not the ideal American student
of either sex, but the actual, typical
student, the measurements used hav-
ing been the average, or mean, of de-
velopment Of students from various
parts Of the country. The statues are
described by the Rochester Post and
Express as representing fairly well
built young persons, symmetrically de-
veloped, and without serious physical
defects The figures have an easy
pose, standing firmly and gracefully.
The faces, which were modelled after
composite photographs made from the
students from whom the measurements
were taken, are handsome and thought
full, with a marked air of refinement.
The face Of the young man is the hand
somer Of the two, but that of the
young. woman is nearest the classic
standard. In the formers figure there
are some marked departures from the
standard. The hands and knees are
large, while the wrists are small. The
height of the male is FIVE feet eight
inches and of the female five feet three
inches. The male represents weight
OF one hundred and thirtyeight and
one-half pounds and the female one
hundred and fifteen pounds. Each
figure represents measurements taken
from fort two leading parts Of the
body and these show the average de-
velopment Of each sex at the age Of
twenty-one years. It is worthy ofnote.
that the typical American student has
. better physical development than
that Of the British or German, as is
shown By comparison with measure
ments made recently in. those coun-
tries .s 3,s 8:9 ss.5 53ss
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
An Ancient 81 m

Signing with the cross was first
practickd BY Christians to distinguish
themselves from the pagans. IN an
Gent times kings and mobiles used the
sign OF the cross, whether they could
write or not, as 9 symbol that the per-
son mn king II pledged himself, BY his
Christ fafitf11, & e, the truth of Tho
ma 10 which he a1i3xed it
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
WOODEN MONEY IN ENGLAND.
Sticks Used Before the Bank Of
England Was Established.

England Was Established.
Wooden money, in the shape of ex-
chequer tallies, was, prior to the es-
tablishment of the Bank of England
in 1894, current in the country named.
Tallies was the name given to the
notched sticks formerly in use in Eng
land for keeping the accounts in the
exchequer. They are described by
It'd Bits as square rods Of hazel or will
low, inscribed on one side with notches
indicating the sum for which the tally
was an acknowledgement, and on two
other sides with the same sum in
Roman characters. When the trans
action was completed. the tally record
ing it was split lengthwise, SO that
each section conta led half Of each
notch and one of The written sides.
One-half, called the tally or check, was
given to the person for whose service
it was intended; the other half, called
the counter tally, was retained in the
exchequer until its, corresponding tally
should be brought in by the person
who had last given value for it. It
thus became a current token repre-
senting cash. After tn e establishment
of the Bank of England government
payments were made through its
agency. The use OF tallies in the ex-
chequer was abo1is by statute %,
George III. The old tallies were, by
acts 4 and s, William ", ordered to
be destroyed, and it was the burning
Of them that caused the confagration
by which the old houses Of parliament
were demolished.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
Calumet, Mich.
Special to the Irish Standard.

l q
Special to the Irish Standard.
At 9 regular meeting Of Division No.
2, a, @. 81, Houghton county, held at
Calumet, the following officers for the
ensuing year were elected: President,
James Kelly; vice president, P. D. Sulli-
van; recording secretary, Jerry Downing;
financial secret.ry, g. o Neill; treasurer,
John r Ryan; serR arms, WIN.
.Dell. Insurance secretary win Be elected
stnext meeting Onr division hes 10
members - good standing and To- grow
ing steadily. Our annual picnic viii be
|held July ~ .rrHlEl IRnsH SrAsDARD has
many. ls.lhscribers here md they were al
yell ased NTH your iague q Int Sat
llIr1ay. HAxus = D D
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
WHEN THE MOON IS FULL.


Did YOU ever see 'tfuu moon?" asks
a writer in the ST. Louis Republic.
know what your answer will be with
out waiting for it. 1t is this: eyes,
once every month since have been
old enough to pay attention to such
phenomena" Yet take the position
that you are badly mistaken, and that
in all probability you have never in
your life beheld the full face OF our
'ssilvery sister world" BY way Of solu-
ton let us see what it takes to consti-
tute q full moon in the exact sense OF
the term. A full moon occurs only
when our obsequious attendant is ono
hundred and eighty degrees of longi-
tude from the sun, Old Sol and tho
earth being in the ecliptic- But the
moons orbit is inclined to the ecliptio
at an angle of five degrees eight min
utes forty-seven seconds, and is there
fore never on the ecliptic except when
1T it's nodes" or crossings.
This being the case, what we call
the circular disk of the moon Gull
moon) lacks considerable of being an
exact circle, being what astrono-
mers term ''in state of globosity,"
and is never perfect disk except
when ga full moon happens exactly
as the time when Luna is crossing the
cell ptic. at which time she must neces-
sarily be centrally eclipted. One Of our
best present day astronomers, in cons
GLIDING an article Of much merit on
the same subject, says: owe therefore
conclude that real full moon, one
having perfect circle, has rarely, if
ever, been SEEM"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24

SGaG0 6uOulu De SoPdfhtoA AtOn ottaVo e1AS
faction and ACKNOWLEDGMENT obliterate
forever all the hopes Of the founders o.
our republic and the great Inheritance o.
their children. ia
"It might stand. But who, from be
meath the weight of modification and
shame that would Cypress him, could
look up to behold it? Whose eyeballe
would not be scared by such SPECTACLE
For my part, should l live to such &
time, I shall avert nay eyes from it Tor
ever.
In his eperoration Webster spoke Of the
duties Of citizenship and said: I'VE have
INDUCED in gratifying recollectione Of
the past, in the prosperity and pleasures
Of the present, and in the high hopes Of
the future. But let us remember that
we have duties and obligations to per
torn, correspondent to the blessings
which we enjoy. Let us remember the
trust, the sacred trust, attached to the
rich inheritance which we have received
from our fathers. Let US feel our per.
sonsh responsibility, to the full extent Of
our power and influence, for the preser.
walton of the principles of civil and re.
]igious liberty. And let us remember
that it is only religion, and morals, and
knowledge that can make men respect.
able and happy under any form Of gov
eminent. Let us hold fast the great
truth, that communities are responsible
as we'll as individuals; that no govern
ment is respectable which is not just;
that without unspotted purity of public
faith, without sacred public principle,
fidelity and honor, no mere forms Of gov
eminent, no machinery Of laws, can give
dignity to political society. In our day
and generation let us seek to improve
the moral sentiment, so that we may
look, not for degraded, but for an ele-
waited and improved future. And when
we and our children have been consigned
to the house appointed for ell living, may
love Of country and pride OF country
glow with equal fevor among those to
whom our names and our blood shall
have descended; and then when honored
and decrepit age shall lean against the
base Of this monument, and troops OF in
genuous youth shall be gathered around
it, and when the one shall speak to the
other Of its objects, the purposes Of it's
construction, and the great and glorious
events with which it 10 connected, there
shall rise from every youthful breast the
ejaculation: a. 5s.,
Thank God, II also am an Amerii-
CAM SIS !.