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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-11-04
ONE GLANCE or RoGuIsH EYES.
Long List Of Catastrophes Due to tho
smile Of q Pretty Octoroon.

Long List Of Catastrophes Due to the
smile Of Pretty Octoroon.
She was piquant little octoroon,
with a pretty faee and stylish attire,
saws the New York Sun. AS she started
from the curb at busy junction near
the Brooklyn city hall she gave pert
glance at a well-dressed colored man
who happened to halt beside her, and
he turned to cross the street, too. The
girl reached the opposite curb just as
the man reached the middle of the
street, and as she turned to walk on
she gave another roguish glance and a
toss of her head and hurried out of
sight. The mans attention was at
tracted to the girl and he did
not notice a swiftly approaching
trolley car until it nearly ran him
down; then he made wild leap that
would have done credit to circus
clown and landed on the curb on his
hands and knees. A heavy two-horse
team was coming in the other direc-
ton; the drivers attention was at
tracted from his horses to the antiqpf
the man, and one of them slipped And
went down on it's knees. A few yards
behind the team was trolley road
switch, and, the switchman's attention
being diverted to the stumbling team,
he neglected to turn the switch and
allowed car that should have turned
off there to run several yards on the
wrong track. Another car, following,
ran over the switch, others behind it
were halted. and al least four cars in
all had to back to allow the first car to
take the switch. Then, as the second
car of the string started to back
rather suddenly, it barely escaped col
lision with a car running into the
switch from the branch, and. narrow
est shavesof all, came within a hands
breadth of running down an elderly
man who was crossing the street, and
who became confused by the shouting
and the irregular movements of the
cars And all this the havoc of WON
nn:S ewes
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-11-04
CHANGING PlAN.STS.

An Interesting Incidental Performance Mt
New York Variety Show.
las interesting as anything I've
seen i'm this town." said a recent visitor
to New York Sun reporter, twas
change of pianists that ! saw in
variety theater. There was man on
the stage singing a song and the
pianist was playing the accompani-
ment happened to see the pianist
glancing to the left once and looked
in the direction myself and saw COM
ing down the side aisle a man that l
judged must be the relief pianist and
SO he was. imagined that he would
sit down for moment and wait; but,
dear me, / was very slow.
'sHe was approaching the piano at
the bass end of the keyboard. When
he had almost reached the corner Of
the piano the man who was playing
began gently sliding off the seat to
the right, still playing. By this time
the relief was abreast of the bass keys,
end these the first player, who was
still sliding steadily to the right, now
relinquished TO him, and then the new
conner, still standing, but also moving
steadily to the right, struck in in per-
feet time end tune.
There was brief time, a second or
two, when both men were playing
the retiring pianist the treble and the
oncoming player the bass-and for q
fraction of second they were both
standing. But now the new player is
fairly opposite the center Of the key
board; he settles into the seat, and now
it is his hand that strikes the treble,
and now the whole piano resounds to
his resolute touch.
SIN fact, there never was minute
when the piano had anything to say
about it; there never was a minute
when the men were not completely
masters OF. the situation. There never
was an instant from the time the re-
lief approached until he was firmly
settled In his seat when both men
were not continuously in motion; but
the change was made without jar or
. slur in the music and without the
5ofnission.of : note. !"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-11-04
BLOWING $50 MILES AN HOUR.
A Gentle Zephyr Which Recently Caressed
tho Top of Mount Washington.

A Gentle Zephyr Which Recently Caressed
tho Top Of Mount Washington.
Describing a recent gale on Mount
Washington, Among the Clouds, print
ed at it's summit, says that the summit
was enveloped in clouds, and those
who came up by train were not only
glad to reach the hotel, but to escape
from the fury of the winds, which swept
over the railroad track near the Lizzie
Bourne monument. The car was almost
lifted from the track by the wind, but
there was no serious difficulty in the
way of making the ascent. After the
arrival of the train Conductor Horne
concluded that it was not safe to at
tempt to make the usual downward
trip at two o'clock, and the passengers
and the trainmen remainedat the sum-
nit. All the afternoon the wind con-
tinued to increase. and far a greater
part of the time it must have exceeded
a velocity of one hundred miles an
hour, while the rain came down in tor
rents. What occurred early on Thurs
day was only q. prelude to what fol-
lowed. Toward night the storm began
to slacken it's great force, and early in
the evening it shifted into the north
west. 1t, however, seemed to have a
new hold, and from ten o'clock in the
evening it gradually Increased until it
became little short of a hurricane soon
after midnight. At half-past two Fri
day morning it reached its height, and
from that time till long after daylight
it kept up pretty steady velocity.
Just how high it went is not known,
but Judging from other severe gales,
when the wind was known to have
reached velocity of one hundred and
thirty-tive miles an hour, this must have
gone up to the vicinity of one hundred
and fifty miles. Every building on the
summit felt the severity of the gale,
and the top of chimney of the Sum-
nit house was blown over, doing, how
ever, little damage, but for short
time making considerable noise, as the
loosened bricks went sliding down the
roof to the rocks in the rear Of the ho-
tel OF course some of the inmates of
the hotel felt as though they had been
treated to something unusual. The
hotel is securely bolted. and even a We
locity of one hundred and eighty-six
miles in winter month several years
ago made no impression upon it.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-11-04
,nE rERSPEcToGRAPh.
4 German Invention by Which smau
Drawings Are Enlarged. KAN


Drawings Arc Enlarged.
The oft felt wish of many of our art.
istic readers, to be able to enlarge
original drawings without much
trouble, has hitherto remained ungrati-
fed, but now, says the Season, they
will certainly rejoice to hear of a
clever little invention by which many
technical difficulties may be overcome.
The leading feature Is an elastic band.
on which a small bead is threaded. AS
this bead fits so tight that it can only
be moved when the elastic is stretched
to the utmost, we may consider it to be
firm wherever fixed. One end OF the
elastic is secured between two metal
plates forming a sort of button, and
the other runs into the movable center
of an ordinary pencil case, which turns
to prevent the twisting of the elastic
when in use. The button, the small
original and the sheet for the copy are
fastened with drawing pins On the
drawing board. the two former to the
upper left part. Then the pencil is
taken in the hand and guided to follow
the movements of the bead over the
outlines of the original. Curious as
the work seems at first, the hand soon
becomes accustomed to the involuntary
motion and begins to feel as if it we're
drawing with the bead itself rather
than with the pencil, while the effect
is both useful and interesting. ;,
The directions and instrument are
equally easy, the actual length q the
elastic having nothing to do with the
proportions; the position OF the bead
alone determines the size Of the copy.
Say, for instance, the original meas
ures eight and one-half inches high,
and we wish the copy to be twenty
two, all we have to do is to place the
pencil at twenty-five inches, and the
head at eight and one-half. When
thus arranged it is impossible to OBJ
tain other positions, whatever the
relative position Of original, copy Or
paper may be. The above described in
strument can, however, only be used
for large designs, as the bead embraces
too much space to allow OF very hno
lines, so for photographs, miniatures,
small engravings, etc, someVshat
finer apparatus is preferable. BY it's aid
the finest as well as the thickest Lines
can be produced. In place of the bead
we have strip Of metal, with point
as fine as needle, capable OF tracing
the smallest curves of features; this 10
fixed between two parallel elastic
bands, whose ends are fastened with
spring to two metal discs, ending III
the pencil case and the motive power
of the need(e, otherwise the rules arc
the same as for the single thread ap-
paratus. The new perspectograph In =
patented German invention.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-11-04
necutlons hal China.

At Canton the average number OF
executions is about three hundred per
year, but in 1856 fifty thousand rebels
were beheaded. Females are some
times strangled and the worst crimi-
mails are nailed upon cross. Some
times the sentence directs that the
criminal, while living, shall be cut
into q number Of pieces, which number
never exceeds thirty-six. The heads
man formerly received four dollars .
head, but the supply and competition
has reduced the wage to fifty cents
apiece. Most Of the criminals who arc
beheaded are wsteT pirates o. land
bandits
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-11-04
A Little Queen'., Bright 1de..

The queen regent of the Netherlands
recently presented to her daughter,
the little Queen Wilhelmina, a number
of wooden figures clad in the uniforms
used in the army OF the Netherlands.
The future ruler, it is hoped by her
mother, will be able to recognize the
grades Of the real soldiers by studyin
the wooden figures. Her majesty, it II
said, asked her mother to add figures
of women to her gift, as 1.-The men
would be lonely without them"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-11-04
The Ruler OF the Navy.

The title admiral is modification OF
. Latin word, signifying commander.
In the sense of . naval commander it
vss introduced into Europe by the We
netians in the fourteenth century.
The English lord high admiral has the
government of the navy. The admiral
C the feet is the next highest officer:
The vice admiral and the rear admiral
fbllow. The admiral's flag is displayed
1t-the main top-gallantrmast head, the
Vice sdmiral's at the fore-top gallant-
mast head, and the rear aelmiral's q
tie unixzen-t 81 ak.S liant rmast heaG
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-11-04
Lady 1iayoress' Chain.

The lady mayoress Of York is the
only mayoress in England who wears
an official chain. At the beginning Of
the seventeenth century chain was
presented TO the then lady mayoress,
ind has been handed down ever since.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-11-04
The Most Explosive compound.

The most unstable compound known
to chemistry, and, therefore, the most
explosive substance 80 far discovered
is chloride of nitrogen, which probably
consists Of three parts Of chloride
united with one Of nitrogen. It's terri
bly, explosive character, which has ~
far prevented its accurate ana1ysls ~
due to the fact that IL is 9 com biuatiOq
1sof one OF the most active with o.
The most inert elements FL a.
The evening world., 1893-07-11
WrNLN,e HIaHIa

II was "woman's day yesterday. not
at the Fair. but in the police courts.
Frances Feeney. said TO be the pretiies,
girl In the Ninth Ward. the young
daughter OF respectable parents. and
Mary Corbett, sixteen years old, were
captured in an alleged thieves den IN
Hoboken. RhodA Richter. of Buffalo. "a
pleasing young woman OF tweniy-three."
was arrested on a charge OF grand lar
ceny. Minnie schelder. promising
tweive-year Bostonian. confessed 20
several burslaries. A policemans wife
got herself arrested for assault on her
husband on Thirty-fourth street Mrs.
whyte was held for horsewhipplns the
strong man. Miss Edith Hastings was
convicted OF stealing an opal and dia-
mond ring. Mrs. Or. Kate Lawrence
was held In the Fffty-seventh Street
Court on q charge OF malpractice. and
at Jefferson Market the fair May and
Sadie" were brought UP for skirt dan
cling In the streets. and discharged with
. reprimand.
Who says that the fair sex does mo-.
| enjoy all the privileges to which our
gentle sisters are entitled What's the
matter with "woman's rights" In the
metropolis?
The evening world., 1893-07-11
-Hr TNUTH WILL OCr,

The request for an order TO have the
minutes OF the Grand Jury OF Kings
County mad. public was presented to
Judge Moore yesterday and was set
DOWN for argument to-day. The object
OF the request 10 TO deer people from
giving testimony before the present
Grand Jury by showing them that their
evidence is not, as 1t is supposed 10 be-
confidential.
But why Is the appllca ton made On
Mayor Boody's behalf alone, and not on
behalf Of the presented Aldermen az
well' Is II for the purpose OF conaninr
the published minutes to what refers
directly to Mayor Boody ani to conceal
the evidence OF collusion and fraud in
the passage OF the railroad franchise
resolutions by the cold thirteen?'
Mayor Boody was presented. and but
for the Dlstrlct-Attorney would have
been indicted by the June Grand Jury
because he signed the franchise resolu-
tions. knowing them to be fraudulent
and collusive, Is the new trick an at
tempt to show by the minutes that
Mayor Boody was presented because he
put his signature TO certain resolutions
The evening world., 1893-07-11
NOW ALL ENJOY The MUSIC.
Wage Earners Appreciate Even
ing Concerts at East River Park.
Asoiher Victory Added to The
Evening Worlds" Long List.

Dear Sir. I .ish TO say . fe- se-is q rersri TO
the Csfts eiveo in East River PArE Vas abe
10 attend IN. eone--t last evening" after M sork.
tta,ks to The Evening" Word. ana an saie 'h:
teops Ofth . sgtborhood appreciate jour good
.ork dop- ~ hsvins then ehsossd from TIE after
pcon to the eveuIaE.
IL eau b. easily seen tina, the concerts greatly
epjoJed BY the great erosds vtich attend IL Is
also oe>disss to say that = fbe vsnin " ORD y
is aud viii Aisays cont be. the ehsnp,on OF
the people. Your res specially. L. ID.
The evening world., 1893-07-11
WHY TIE GAY CITY rlgrsLg..

While order has been restored in
Paris there In stili an unquiet feeling
consequent on the approach Of the an.
niversary Of tho fall OF the Bastile
one hundred and four years ago next
Friday. and on the fact that one year
ago to-day Ravachol, the Anarchist
leader. was executed. 1t is feared that
on one OF these occasions the disaffected
element in the city may try to make
trouble. especially as the 18th Is q gen
eral holiday.
The orderly people dread the use OF
petroleum more than anything else.
They remember the destruction that was
drawn upon the city by the fires Of the
Commune twenty-five years ago. and
they trcmble at the thought Of . re-
newal OF those scenes. But they do not
reflect how different are the conditions
now from what they were then. The
people are changed. Then the Com
munists held possession OF Paris, and
could do as they pleased when Mac
Mahon was ready to enter the city.
There was no Government. Now the
people have grown accustomed to the
Republic. are satisfied with II and are
prepared 10 stan1 Dy Ns lnstltutlOns,
however much they may be opposed to
those who hold power for IN. time.
II would be impossible for a mob now
TO destroy the courts and the public
buildings as they then destroyed the
Tuiler.es and the Hotel de Vile.
Tne wor I elements Of a great city
are always ready to take advantage OF
heated condition OF public sentiment 10
crsa, rioting, disorder and lawlessness
for their own purposes The draft
| troubles in this city were In the end
used by the thieves OF New York to
plunAer houses end rob individuals. The
/ thieves OF Paris may In like manner
seek to build up an irsurrectioI on ths
found ltlon OF the recent disorders. But
they will not succeed. Even II ther,
should te rio'!ng In the streets to-day OF
On next Friday. II will be speedily sup
pressed, and will not reach dangerous
proportions.
Let us hope that the demonstration,
Will pass OF without disturbance. on
Of the best guarantees OF safety Is to b.
founa IN the position OF the students
who began the lat. row. and are nov
aEains, the mob ald on he side OF lav
and order
The evening world., 1893-07-11
The Tounoster., Nsp Time.

Children who are allowed, or rather
encouraged. to take a nap In the day
time during the warm weather Will not
only sleep just as we'll at night. but they
will sleep much better because OF It..
Children who have been accustomed to
it, when for some special reason 1t Is
necessary to miss 1t. became overtired.
their nerves are overtaxed. and II Is
sometimes quite q trial Of patience to get
them quieted for the night.
The little ones need plenty OF sleep.
and. II well. will not sleep any more than
Is good for them. Therefore. I say. let
them sleep all that they will or can. and
II your boy will take a nap during the
day until he is five or six years Of age
he will not be any the worse for It..
Rather, in my way of thinking, he will
be a great deal better for 1t. and SO will
the mother. that is, IL he is as active and
noisy as the average wee laddies. SO
don't try to break up" his nap time.
On the contrary. encourage him to keep
1t up just as long as he will do SO.
The evening world., 1893-07-11
A CABLE ROADS DIFFICULTY.

The Broadway cable - 80 great an i'm
provement over the old horse cars that
Il ought to have no obstructions thrown
In the way OF its complete success. 1t
is yet in Its infancy. and the people. to
whom It Ia q convenience and a COM
fort should make reasonable allowance
for any momentary shortcomings that
require time and experience TO correct.
The great dificulty In starting a
cable line II the want OF capable men
to manage the grip 1t requires a quick
eye, q strong arm and q level head. At
such work q man must never get ex-
cited nor lose his cooiness and presence
Of mind. Neither his looks nor his
thoughts should be for an instant OF
his task. Out Of a hundred applicants 1t
10 fortunate II ten are fitted for the
position.
II 10 believed by the Broadway Com
pany that the grip In use is an excellent
one. II Ii owned by no person. and Is
manufactured by the Company. those
parts of patented grips that are used
being paid for. With an automatic ad-
dition now being applied. Il is claimed
that II will be as perfect a grip as Is
in existence. But . grin cannot be
worked automatically alone. I; requires
just as much care. attention and ca
pacity on the part Of the sripman. and
It takes time to get an entire force Of
trained and expert men.
II has been the policy OF the managers
OF the road to put the cable cars on by
degrees In order to secure capable men.
and as the road 10 q public advantage
and a great improvement to broadway.
It 10 hoped they may succeed.
The evening world., 1893-07-11
Hhers Economy 10 Wealth.

Economy is going to be the order Of
the day In China, apparently. for the
Empress Of that enlightened country
has celebrated her sixtieth birthday by
issuing manifesto enjoining a general
restraint Of extravaSance. Her Majesty
has even prohibited the customary gifts
OF silks and presents by the Ministers.
I wonder what the Chinese ladies think
about this counsel Of perfection, and
whether they will make up their minds to
do without any OF those rich loose robes
wherein they may be supposed to re-
plenish their immense wardrobes yearly.
The best of a Chinese wardrobe Is that
1t is accumuiative.F Fashion In the Orient
only Affects color, and that but slightly;
cut IL q law as immutable as that of the
Medes and Persians. The periodical
clearness which the variations Of the
The evening world., 1893-07-11
O,fors of FioWers.

1t Is a remarkable fact that, although
there are nearly or quite 10000 Towering
plants known, the relative number hav
ing odor Is wonderfully small, not more
than 10 per cent, in fact. In connection
with this 1t is noteworthy that, because
one species Of flower is endowed with
sweet odor. It does not necessarily fol-
low that all, or nearly all, or even a fair
proportion OF the other species Of the
same family will be as favorably en-
dowed. An illustration Of this is found
In the mignonette. There are some nifty
species Of this genus known. and OF them
all but one has any fragrance. nor Is 1t
certain that the most insignifcant-look-
Ing flower has the greatest fragrance, or
the most gorgeously colored likely to be
without odor. thus seemingly disprovins
the theory that color and fragrance are
given flowers for the purpose Of attract
ing insects to assist in cross fertiliza-
ton,
The evening world., 1893-07-11
Care Of fhe Ctothes.Line.

Clothes-lines should be carefully taken
down as soon as the clothes are dry. In
doing this do not drag them on the
ground or pull them over the dusty
walks or porches, for they are liable to
be damp and will catch any particles
OF dirt that they come in contact with.
This necessitates a thorough cleaning
when they must be used again. or the
risk OF making spots on the clothes. Tie
the line up in a close bale and put II
in a bag kept expressly for this purpose.
Some people leave the lines out from
week to week, and. as a consequence,
have to clean them and take the chances
Of having streaks and soils on the clean
clothes, or. worse than this, find them
parted in some weak spot and the wash
spattered and dragging in the mud. The
few minutes work necessary to take
down and put away all lines IL time well
spent.
The evening world., 1893-07-11
Ssresfbrfsr IN q Room.

great many things have a very good
scent. but which. when placed in a room,
rather overpower one. Some people they
AFFECT seriously. The most delightful
plant Of all. perhaps. for a room is the
common sweetbrier. At this season.
says The Field. when It's little budding
leaves are 50 fragrant in the open air.
where we have many hundreds OF It, Il
Is also delightful In a London room, cut
and placed In water. Sweetbrier should
be much more generously planted than
It !r. 1t produces seeds freely: indeed.
- gathered in Autumn and sown in any
handy pot. It will produce myriads Of
plants fit for planting in hedgerows on
banks and in any place where we like
to enjoy Its delicate fragrance in Spring.