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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-02
CLAIMS VS.. CHICKENS.
How the Chicago Man Got Even with the
New York Drummer.

New YORK Drummer.
.'spealzing of restaurants, 81 said the
New York drummer with the Grecian
eyebrows, II had friend in New York
who made mint of money in Chicago
before anybody dropped to his little
trick" quotes the Detroit Free Press
ssHe had trick, eh?" asked one Of
the smokers
'Why, yes; you might call it a trick,
suppose. He built up such local
reputation for green turtle soup that
his place was fairly besieged night and
day. He supplied as high as three
thousand people day with turtle soup.
1t was an eastern man who finally gave
him away"
'What was there to give away?"
ooh, nothing much, only he had been
making that soup out Of CLANS and
curry. When man Numbered in who
had actually seen a green turtle with
his own eyes and knew what the taste
of the soup was like the cheat was dis
covered and his business was busted"
eyes I heard of that case" said the
Chicago beef-extract man, who had
been an attentive listener. ''The soup
man changed his business. believer"
''He did,
''And lost every dollar he had inside
of a year,
II never heard that he did,
''But he did. Itwas a friend of mine
who put him on to the spec that dished
him."
''What spec?"
''Shipping prairie chickens to the
New York market. He had twenty
hunters out for three months and was
all ready to ship eighteen carloads of
birds when Chicago man put the New
Workers on.''
|'On to what?''
ION to the fact that every blamed
bird in those eighteen cars was burned
old crow. He shouldn't have done it,
for the New Workers would never have
known the difference, and it would
have given us fine show to clean out
our crows; but he was just that soft
hearted
'Gentlemen," said the man with the
Grecian eyebrows, after long period
of silence, II am not feeling particu
larly we'll this morning and will go back
into the drawing-room car and try and
get nap!'
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-02
e. 4 HORSES EV 'I u + n C j.
It Was OF Great Moment In q
Tennessee Murder Case. Z.
The Animals Proverbial sagacity Was
Proved I'm q Startling Manner-A
Pantomimic Description of
the Tragedy.

The horse has been known to act In
the capacity of a detective. Thus, in
Shelby county, Tenn. shocking MUIR
der was committed and the trial of the
murderer came off in district which
was divided from one of another juris-
diction by the highway on which the
deed was committed. The body was
found few yards from the road, from
which it had evidently been dragged,
and the doubt arose as to which civil
district the murder hid been committed
in, which gave rise to the reliability
that the murderer would escape convic-
ton.
Several months passed away before
the trial was commenced, when one of
the witnesses, mounted on the horse of
the deceased. and accompanied by a
large number of persons, was riding
toward the courthouse. When the
horse reached the vicinity of the scene
of the murder he began to show symp-
toms of alarm, which conduct greatly
surprised all who witnessed it, for the
other horses of the company betrayed
no indications of fear. AS the party
proceeded onward the agitation of the
horse increased, and when he reached
point in the road opposite where the
body was found his excitement was so
great that lie became unmanageable
altogether. The gentlemen present
came to halt and looked on in per-
feet establishment. His flesh quivered,
his nostrils dilated, and his eyes glanc-
ing into the woods near by he stood
snorting and neighing, a picture of the
widest excitement.
One of the gentlemen present, sus-
pecting the cause of the horses agita-
ton, suggested that he should have a
loose rein, which, being granted, the
noble animal rushed into the thicket,
and, coming to a certain tree. COM
menced paving at it's roots Then
making his way farther into the forest
he circled round and returned to the
same spot, where he stood trembling
with agitation and paving until he
was violently forced away, and when
ever afterward he passed that same
spot his conduct was invariably the
same.
No blood had ever been seen upon
the road and no appearance OF any I'M
usual struggle had ever been discov-
cred. If the murder took place in the
highway the horse would have known
nothing of the tree in the neighboring
thicket; if it was committed where the
body was found then the court had no
jurisdicti ton and the murderer would
60 scot free.
Upon this trial the testimony of the
dumb animal against the prisoner
proved most startling. His sagacity
was proverbial in the neighborhood
where he belonged, and his attachment
to his master was such that he fol-
lowed him round like dog. In I'M
mistakable pantomime he enacted the
cornmittal of the murder, pictured the
decoy into the wood, the assailants de-
mand for gold and the death struggle
under the tree, and thus the doom of
tho prisoner was sealed.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-02
QUEEN VICTORIA GETS TIPS.
They Are Called Perquisites, But She Gets
Them Just the Same.

They Are Called Perquisftes, But She Gets
Them just the Same.
Queen Victoria gets more tips than
any other functionary in Great Britain,
and, what is more, she insists on get
ting them. OF course, they are not
called tips. They are called perquisites;
but it is all the same. An ex-attache,
writing in the New York Tribune, says
that among the most curious of them
is her right to every whale or sturgeon
captured on the coast of the United
Kingdom and brought to land. Both
of these perquisites date back to the
days of the Norman kings, and it APP
pears that in the case of the whale the
ereign and his consort, the queen TAX
inc the head in order that her ward
robe might be replenished with the
whalebone needed for the stiffening OF
her royal garments Another of the
queens baksheesh is certain number
of magnificent Cashmere shawls, which
are dispatched to her every year from
the kingdom of Cashmere. They vary
in value, as rule, from three hundred
to twelve hundred dollars apiece, and
the queen is accustomed to present one
of them as wedding present to every
young girl Of the aristocracy or in
whose future she is in any way inter
ested. Every tailor holding patent
of ''Purveyor to Her Majesty" if he
conforms to ancient tradition and
usage, should present her with a silver
needle each year. Another class of
royal purveyors is called upon to pre-
sent annually to her tablecloth, while
from other sources again she is entitled
to an annual contribution of such
varied tips as white doves, white hares,
currycombs, fre-tongs, scarlet hosiery,
nightcaps, knives, lances and cross
bows. Moreover, at the coronation, the
lord of the manor of Addington must
present to the sovereign "dish of pot
tage" composed of almond milk,
Drawn of capons, sugar and Spices
chickens parboiled and chopped" At
the same ceremony the lord of the
manor of Hayden is obliged by virtue
of his tenure from the crown to present
the monarch with towel, the lord OF
the manor of Workshop giving the SOW
ereign ''right-handed glove" These
are only few Of the various baksheesh
to which Queen Victoria is entitled by
tradition and usage.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-02
PURCHASED y., ANCESTORS.
HOW q Wealthy French Widow
Acquired a Coveted Title.
The Lady Pays for the Right to Wear the
&,o,oa If a Family Whose Members
Never Died Comfortably
in Bed.

Tho lady was widow and rich
,orr r;ch-as the French novelist says,
r;obissime. writes Walter Besant. The
gentleman was widower, past sixty,
Extremely, even ridiculously, poor, and
the last of most noble and historical
house. History is full of the achieve
oents of his people. Froissart men
tions their exploits in every other page;
they were always taking this side or
the other for the king and against the
king. When they took side they
meant it; out they marched, they and
theirs, in full armor. Whichever side
they took. it always ended in their be-
ing captured and decapitated for high
treason or else killed in battle From
father to son, from generation to gen.
Grafton. for long centuries, none Of
them ever went out of the world from
an inglorious feather bed; it was al
ways from the grassy field of honor or
from a scaffold. a gray beard was un-
known in that house, nor had any of
them ever experienced the tender emo
tons of grandfather.
The lady, besides being widow and
richissime, was of ignoble origin and
her late husband had made his money
in trade Reflection upon this point
made her unhappy. She was so rich
that she thought she also ought to be
noble, just to correspond. It is a COM
mon confusion of thought. She de-
sired above all things to connect her
riches with an ancient name, and she
made proposal to the nobleman.
marry me-" she said. 'Give me the
right to use your name. In return I
will give as handsome an annuity as
you can possibly desire. You shall
have the means of living as you
please. and of obtaining all that you
can desire. l will not ask you to live
in my house. You shall live where You
please. l will only ask that, for ap-
pearance sake, you will take your place
at my dinners, and that you will show
UP as the lord of the house at my re-
ceptions'
Twas arranged in this sense. The
lady took and furnished for herself a
great hotel. She had the rooms deco
rated in honor of this and that illus
trious ancestor. The arms of the house
were everywhere. The portraits, busts
and statues of the house were in all the
rooms; the pictures represented scenes
and episodes in the history of the
house. The servants wore the ancient
livery, the well-known livery of the
house. The hotel became museum of
the house, and at dinners and on re-
ception nights the duke himself was
always present, grave, dignitied and
stately, with the look of one who had
stepped out Of a picture frame five
hundred years old and had put on the
clothes of the nineteenth century, but
not it's manners. When madame the
duchess was not at home he lived in
his own chambers at the club after his
own fashion. An excellent bargain,
was it not? and one that seems perfect
ly fair to both parties.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-02
TlNTiNG NATURES BUDS.
White Blossoms Artificially Colored in q
Few Hours.

White Blossoms Artthcfally ColOred In q
Few Hours.
It seems only fitting that such a
purely fanciful art as that Of tinting
or coloring natural flowers should
originate among our French ighbors,
whose ingenuity is SO well known. The
"Revue Horticole'' tells us few of the
secrets Of the production of color in
flowers and fruit, and we mention
them here for the benefit of any who
may wish to try such curious expert
ment for themselves. It is said that to
color flowers through the stalks it is
necessary to put five grammes Zone
gramme fifteen grains) of any coloring
matter into vessel which will hold
about ten gra,n1nes, to bruise the tip
of the cut stalk with a light tap with a
hammer, and then to put the stalk into
the vase for a greater or shorter time,
according to the depth of coloring re-
quired. Two hours after this contact
with the tinting of the flower is accom-
plished. On taking the blossom from
the vase it is advisable to cut off the
bruised part of the stalk and soak the
flower for an hour or two in a vase of
clear water.
To tint white dubious plants, fill a
vase with fifty grammes of clear water
and fifty grammes of coloring matter,
stir the mixture up we'll, then, after
slicing the bulb with a penknife in one
or two places and cutting off the tips of
the roots, leave it sleeping in the tine
ture until the flowers begin to color.
Then replace it in the pot, covering it
with a little moist earth, and the
flowers will finish coloring there.
Fruits as well as flowers can be artifi-
cally colored, and sometimes this is done
for the purpose Of adulterat1on, as, for
instance, when plums are too green they
are coated with acetate of copper and
sulphate of copper.
When too pale, lemons are tinted up
with citronine and ''naphthol yellow"
the green spots being initiated with
diamond green" Strawberries are
colored by sprinkling them with 'sulfo-
fuchsine'' or .srhodamine. Peaches re-
ceive beautiful coloring from a mix
ture Of ''rhodamine" and 'citronine, .
applied with brush, using zinc stem
Gil plate pierced with holes. In mel
ons tube is introduced through
which "atropeoline" and ''orange ago. -
with little essence of melon, is put
into the center. Very pretty varieties
of apples and pears are contrived by
using little aniline dye. These de-
vices may make bad fruit salable, but
are not examples to be copied, unless
for the sake of making curious ex-
neriment
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-02
The Tallest OF the Races.

According to an investi CATION con-
Quoted under the auspices Of the Inter-
national Society of Anthropologists Of
London, which has just concluded an.
inquiry respecting the average height.
Of the various races and nationaHties,
English and American citizens average:
taller than any other representatives
of the human family. The English
professional classes, who head the LIST
as the tallest of adult males, attain the,
average of feet Ola inches. Next on
the list come the males of all classes
in the United States, and q minute
fraction behind them come the English
Of all classes. In other European conn;
tries the average for the male adult i 81
but S feet insches; the Austrians, tfle ~
Portuguese and the Spaniards sfal "a
somewhat below the general Euxo1ea 4
average. ,ss
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-02
Cures sleep-Walking.

An old colored NANNY" noted for
her originality in methods Of nursing,
declares that she cured whole family
Of sleep walking by placing q strip Of
oilcloth each side Of the bed the feet
touching the cold floor awakening the
sleeper. Wet carpet on the floor is a
not unknown remedy, and Q bathtub
OF water where the wandering sleeper
would descend into it on leaving the
bed is the rather heroic treatment
sometimes resorted to-: The old mann
smy's method deserves q trial, and
.yonld seem to be- both effective and
not too severe. sa
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-02
Ready to Accommodate.

An exchange tells story connected
with a strike on the North British rail-
way, during which much difficulty was
experienced in finding engineers to
keep the necessary trains running. One
of the substitutes, a young fellow, ran
some distance past a station, and then,
putting back, ran as much too far the
other way. He was preparing to make
q third attempt, when the station
agent sheuted, to the great amusement
Of the passengers: .'Never mind, Tam
mas; stay where you are! Well shift
the station .is5
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-02
CROSSING THE STREET.
A study Of Both sexes Picking Their Wy,
Mt q Busy Corner.

at Busy Corner. ss.sS
Did you ever watch women cross the
street? There is the sweet young thing
who picks her way even though the
stones be swept bright and clean. She
always possesses small feet and wears
pretty shoes and smart gowns and has
an appealing look in her eye when She
starts over. The policemen always help
her, though they know she needs no
help and she knows they know it. But
that makes no difference at ALL The
men always stop on the curbing to see.
if she reaches her destination all right.
Then, says the Chicago Times there
is the business young woman. who
plunges into the fray in awful absent
mindedness. Sometimes she picks. up
her dress skirt, but she usually forgets
all about it, and her shoes are not new,
anyhow. The policemen know they
ought to help her, but she is always
across before they get to her, and she
gives them fearful shocks because they
know she is doomed to be run down
some day and they only hope it will be
on the next fellows crossing. 1t all
comes of her having her mind occupied.
A woman with an occupied mind is
bound to upset things.
And finally there is the poor little
timid woman who is deathly afraid of
truck horses and is shabbily dressed
and liable to heart disease. She gets
across anyhow, no one knows just how,
because the first two varieties take up
all the attention.
And having watched the woman for
some time, have you ever turned your
attention to the men? If you have you
must have realized what a calculating
animal man is.
He never runs across-that is, if he is
a city man.
He doesn't get frustrated and excited
and he accomplishes it by calculation.
A quick glance up and down the
street and he knows just how long the
cable car will be in coming up-ditto in
coming down, how soon the express
wagon and the coupe will take to reach
his crossing, and SO he picks his way
calmly over, almost saunters, in fact,
and, perhaps, rescues one or two hys-
terical women en- route.
We can all do it in the same way if
we will force our nervous systems under
certain control.
Men, too, believe that no driver will
run them down if he can help it.
Women, per contra, feel convinced
that the aim in life of every grip
man. and ''jehu'' is to crush them it
thew can.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-02
Wet and Dry Places.

The wettest place in this country Is
Neah bay, in Washington, over one
hundred and twenty-th inches Of
rain fall there every year. The dryest
place in the United States at any point
where regular observations are taken
Is Fort Garland, Col. Less than six
inches Of rain fall there during the
year. There are, however, localities IN
Arizona. Nevada and Utah where rain
has never been known to fall
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-02
She Failed.

A Bowdoinham woman who is always
ready to do a kind act had a hard expe-
rience the other day. She was in a car
bound for Augusta in which was an in
sane woman on her way to the hospital.
After watching for some time the keep
er's attempts to quiet the unfortunate,
the Bowdoinhanl lady, whom the Bath
(Me.) Enterprise calls Auntie S., asked
permission to try her hand at it. This
being granted she sat down by the
patient, who showed her appreciation
of the move by gazing steadily at the
friendly face of her entertainer But
suddenly, with cat-like agility, She
made grab for auntie's bonnet and in
another second was dancing in the
aisle, with not only this headgear but
also wig that had come off with it,
shouting with insane glee: Give got
her scalp! I've got her scalp" The
keeper finally succeeded in rescuing
auntie's property, not much the worse
for it's adventure, but her confidence in
her ability to soothe a maniac had re-
ceived a severe shock.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-02
MEAT FOR THE woRKINGMEN
Makes Muscle, Preserves Energy, and VAL
liable for Preserving the Tissne.

Makes Muscle, Preserves Energy, and VAL
liable for Preserving the Tissue.
prominent Englishman who was
discussing the food value of meat to
workingmen lately, says the St. Louis
Globe Democrat, said: "Despite what
our vegetarian friends say, meat is
essential to the workingman. 1t makes
muscle and preserves the energy. The
Irishman of his own country is too
poor to buy much meat, and it is notori"
Gus that he cannot do as much work as
he does in other countries where he is
enabled to live better. The trades
union commissioner of England has on
record the statement of a manufacturer
who has factories in Manchester, Eng
land, and Cork, Ireland, to the effect
that, although he paid wages 30 per
cent. lower in Cork than in his English
factory, the cost to him is exactly the
same. This he attributes wholly to the
difference in diet. Several manufac-
turers in this country have observed a.
marked increase in the labor capacity
of young Irishmen after a few weeks
stay in this country, where meat is
served three times day at the board
lighthouses, whereas in his own country
the Irish laborer is in luck to get meat
once day. This is an economic ques-
ton in which there is food for serious
thought for men employing labor on a
large scale, who think to save money
by cutting down wages. 1t has been
demonstrated that shortening the
hours of labor increases the average Of
work done, and by paying wages at
which men can afford to eat plenty Of
meat the manufacturer will Il believe, be
the ultimate beneficiary. Especially is
this true of concerns like iron foundries
and rolling mills, where the work is of
an extremely arduous character, de-
manding constant renewal Of the
wasted tissues
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-17
BRIEF JoTTINGs.

The Masonic Token for May has been
issued form the press of Stephen Berry.
Judge Strout's Office in the county side
of the City building has been newly
painted, papered and furnished.
The new sign on the First Parish is
very handsome.
Members and friends of the 18th Me.
Regiment please remember that the
ladies of the Auxiliary will hold a fair
and entertainment at Bosworth Post
Hall today. Dinner and supper served.
The meeting to estab lish an Invalids'
Home. called for the Y.M.C.A. rooms
at ) p. m. yesterday was adjourned to
Saturday next at O'Clock without tran
saotiug any business.
There will be a meeting of the Fresh
Air Society at the Y.M.C.A. rooms at
so a. m. today.
Yesterday was warmer in the morning,
hut the chilly W ind sprang up again in
the afternoon.
Harry Phillips has been appointed
acting third assistant keeper at the Cape
Elizabeth light, in place of sAlbert H.
Willard, resigned.
Confirmation services will besheld next
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, in the
First Lutheran chach.
a, meeting of the committee on public
instruction will be held at the alder
mems room next Saturday evening. at
7.So O'Clock, to consider thesquestion of
purchasing 100 rifles for the Portland
High School Cadets.
The Gum berland Ministerial Club met
yesterday at the Free street church.
The ladies Of the Second Parish church
viii serve in the vestry this evening an
oid-fashioned supper, consisting Of the
4reai good things" from to O'Clock.
The walters will be dressed in costumes
Of ye ancient time, and after the supper
there will be held a real church socia BILE.
to which the parish is cordially invited.
Owing to the engagements of many of
the membe the Firemen's Mopu-
ment Association did not hold any meet
ing last evening. but adjourned to date
to be determ ined later.
Mr.. John W. Deering of 257 Vaughan
street. has withdrawn his petition for
leave to erect stable at No. 5 Monroe
street, there having been circumstances.