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The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
SHE GOT GOOD MONEY.
How Neat Trick Was Turned ON a Street
Car Conductor.

Car Conductor.
A woman gave conductor on a.
Ravenswood electric car 81 quarter and
received in change two silver dimes.
Here, here!" said the passenger,
''this coin has been filled and I'd like
to have a good one"
"That's good money" retorted the
nickel snatcher, with look that
showed he had expected just such an
outcome. Il took it for good stuff, and
you'll have to do the same"
The woman dropped the defective
piece of money into her purse, says the
Chicago Tribune, muttering something
inaudible, but allowinga look to spread
over her countenance that indicated
trouble ahead for that conductor. And
there was. When he got off and ran
ahead TO see that the Milwaukee track
was clear, his victim removed her big
wooden fascinator, pulled off her i'm
mense cloak, turned it inside out, made
a muff of it, and changed her seat to
the other end of the car.
Fare said the conductor, opening
the door with q bang. He had failed to
see through the tranS1Ormatlon ana
took the passenger with her cloak on
her lap as a sure enough newcomer. By
this time the passengers had all taken
in the situation. Every eye was on the
little woman as she fshed out the
Identical silver dime which she had
been forced to take.
Cant take that, madam. Company
requires me to turn in good money"
80, but you told me only moment
ego that it was good money and now I
want you to make it good or I'll under
take to get you a long lay off. I'll take
the names of any two Of these men who
have seen you give that to me as good
money and then within five minutes re-
fuse it as bad. Come, now, give me q
good coin and do it quick"
The woma got a good dime.
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
is MAN LoPsiDED2
The Subject Discussed from Variety OF
Interesting Standpotnts.


Interesting standpoints.
Man at best is an ungainly animal.
His head is an irregular spheroid, his
eyes are not alike or of equal efficiency;
one shoulder is higher than its neigh
Dor, one hand and one foot is larger
than its corresponding organ. Despite
the fact that the shape, size and color
of the ear differs more widely in indi-
viduals than any other organ of the
human body, says the Albany Times
Union, they are probably more alike
on the: same head than any other of the
twin organs. If one ear is delicate in
shade, the other will be the same; if
one looks like dried fig or q conch
shell, the other is likewise So With
the eyes, however, matters are differ
ent. One eye is nearly always more
while in many cases people, while ap-
parently looking with both eyes, only
use one, and makers of firearms, in
making guns to order, carefully allow
for the right or left sightedness cf the
sportsman for whom they cater. Broad
ly speaking, women are more often
left sighted than men, and, when they.
do happen to be right sighted they are
SO In less degree than the sterner sex.
The reason why the left shoulder Is
frequently further from mother earth
than the right lies in the fact that
while writing most men rest the left
elbow on the table, while in the case Of
porters loads are carried on the right
shoulder. With an able-bodied man
there is very little difference in the
length of the limbs, but the hands and
feet are usually widely different in the
matter of size. The right hand is the
bigger, while, curiously enough. the
left foot covers the greater amount OF
ground.
Ladies have a certain unreasoning
sense of satisfaction when they say that
they wear fves in gloves, because, if
this is fact, then the human hand
has grown smaller within the last twen-
ty or thirty years, which state of affairs,
however, may be questioned when the
glovemaAers tell their story. Gloves
are all marked half a size smaller than
they really ought to be, which is the
fatal result Of the habit in which the
ladies indulge Of almost bly, ask
ing for gloves size smaller than they
| can comfortably wear. The left leg is
better developed than the other male car
! rier ON account of the fact that we stand
habitually on the left foot, and mount a
| bicycle or horse and kick a man while
balancing on the left leg. Most men
jump chiefly off the left leg. Lateral
curvature of the spine occurs more fire.
qucntly to the left than to the right, in
dicating that the body in sitting Is
thrown more to the left than 10 right.
This leads to the remark that nothing
is more injurious, for the young es-
pecially, than to sit for any length OF
time in one position.
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
GIBRALTAR AND IT'S DEFENSE.
Possibilities In the Event Of Attack By .
Hostile Eoroc.

Possibilities In the Event OF Attack ~
Hostile Force.
Experiments at shoeburyness have
shown that an Armstrong shell can be
be thrown 9,178 yards-about five and
one-third nailes-says writer in Tenn
pie Bar. It is therefore absolutely clear
that if all the feet were temporarily
absent, either on some special mission
or depressed by a storm, hostile IRON
clads taking up q position within four
miles of the eastward of Europa point
might with impunity send shot and
shell into the outlying parts OF the
fortress and cause much destruction OF
life and property. On the other hand,
the governor of the fortress would not
be idle, and the experiences of the late
civil war in America have abundantly
proved that the cannon in fortresses,
if they strike ship of war with their
projectiies, even at long range, may do
considerable mischief; while, on the
other hand, many shot and shell may
strike fort and only do trifing dam
age. It is practically impossible to
throw shot or shell over the high part
of the rock, near Spain, and the can
non ensconced in the unique rock gall
leries, with their royal artillery gun
detachments, would be absolutely safe.
Even if the neutral ground between
Gibraltar and Spain were occupied by
hostile foe, comparatively little dam
age would be the result. During the
writer's stay at Gibraltar it was con-
sidered desirable to try the experiment
Of firing upward from the plain on the
Spanish side into the galleries, dunn
mics being placed to represent the nee
essary gun detachments. A regiment
several hundred strong was according
ly placed in position and supplied with
ball cartridges. The range, however,
was unknown, and the fire being di-
rected upward, it was fully an hour be-
fore any of the dummies were hit, after
the expenditure of much ammunition.
In actual warfare, of course, the Brit
ish rifle sharpshooters must have picked
ont their foes by firing downward from
the galleries. Bomb-proof barracks
and hospitals are potent factors against
the horrors of bombardment, and there
is little doubt that there is ample room
at Gibraltar for some amendment on
this head.
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
PRODUCTION or BLUE ROSES.

Only to He Reached by . Process OF 0On-i
tlnuous Variation and Selection.
A well-known naturalist recently
wrote: I'VE may have yellow rQse,I
but it is pretty well agreed that if wei
ever see blue one it will be by q proof
ess of continuous variation and sele%i
ton" BY this, says Youths Cdno1
papion, it is meant that if a blue r0se
is ever produced from red variety, for
instance, the change will not be sud-
den one, leap from one color to tho1
other, but the result OF gradual pro-
erosion through series Of steps lehdA
ing regularly from red to blue.
In fact, it has been found that both4
plants and animals exhibit tendency
toward definite succession Of colorss|
and certain colors have been regarded!
as representing higher stages OF evoiu-
ton than others. The change toward
these higher colors are usually cons
tinuous, and require a series OF var1a-
tions, while, on the other hand, instances
of sudden reversion to slower" colora
are not common.
Red is regarded as higher color, in
this sense, than yellow. The yellow
primrose sometimes varies to red, buo
the change is never sudden Or discontfn-
,1ous because it is change in the DE-
rection of progression. But from red'
to yellow the change sometimes occurs
by a jump, SO to speak, because II ia
going backward. The same thing!
seems to apply in the case Of BIRDS
Red and green species of birds may'
vary to yellow, but the utmost efforts
of breeders to produce red canariea'
from yellow ones have only resulted In:
an orange hue.
Although there is no relation appar-;
emit between the two phenomena, yea'
it is interesting, in connection witha
this subject, TO recall the fact that
among the stars certain colors appear
to characterize different stages Of;
change. or evolution. Red stars, &C.
cording to the testimony of the spec
troscope, differ widely in their consti-i.
tuition from white or yellow ones, and
it has been thought that varying color
may give clew to progressive changes
In the heavenly bodies. Sirius, for In
stance, is said to have changed from
red to white, and some have Suspected
that Arcturus is fading from red toward
yellow. +;
Thus science, as it clears up ona
mystery, reveals another awaiting its
turn to be solved. But ii all knowl~
edge could ever be attained, would 81
continue to be sought as eagerly as be-,
fore?
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
A FAMOUS GOLDFISH.
An Emblem In the Massachusetts State
house for Over q Century.

An END Diem In the MASSACHUSETTS SC8E0~
house for Over Century.
The famous Goldfish which hangs from
the base of the dome in the Massachu-
sets statehouse, and inside the old
room in which the representatives used
to meet, will be absent from the cham
Der in the new extension which they
are soon to occupy. Just why this en-
blem, which has always attracted the
notice of visitors and sometimes moved
them to ridicule, should be ignored in
the transfer of movables from one room
to the other is not explained, and, &C.
cording to the New York Post, it is
even said that the Goldfish is doomed to
figure in museum, presumably his
torical. The following account of it's
origin is given: I'm 1865 Charles w.
Palfrey, editor of the Salem Register,
and a member Of the house for several
years, undertook 10 gather all the facts
that could be learned about the placing
of the figure in the chamber. After
extensive research he found much con-
corning the fish which, luckily, had
been preserved. 1t was by Mr.. Pal
frey's efforts that the actual facts were
got from the records Of the great and
general court, and while many links
are missing, the chain is nearly COM
plete. On Wednesday, March II, 1884,
John Rowe, a member from Boston,
moved permission to hang the Goldfish
in the house as memorial to the i'm
portance of the cedfshery to the well
fare of the state. The motion pre-
vailed, and shortly after the emblem
was placed in position, and there it has
remained undistur5ed through all the
vicissitudes of the years which have in
tervened. Once it was painted, but it
has never been taken down from the
iron rod by which it is held in position.
Mr.. Rowe, who presented the figure to
the commonwealth, was a well-known
citizen of Boston and conspicuous
patriot, being associated with Samuel
Adams, James Otis, John Hancock and
other leaders of the period. He was in
terested in commerce and was an ex-
tensive property owner along the water
front, Rowe's wharf and contiguous
territory being among his possessions.
He died on February II, 1884,"
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
KEEPING OLD AGE At BAY.
Vegetarian Argument with Illustrations
Which Appeal TO All.

YOH9G8f100 AT&0O0QC Win AANOs6~sAOAAs
Which Appeal TO All.
A few years ago an Italian bacteriol-
ogist proclaimed that he had discovered
the germ of old age" The idea was
secuted by all scientific men, but there
may be something in it after all. At
any rate, says Modern Medicine, there
seems to be good ground for believing
that germs, if not specific germ, are
at least one of the most important in
6uences which bring on old age. 1t
has long been known that the ptomains
or toxic substances produced by MI
crobes are capable of setting up various
degenerative processes. Degenerative
changes in the joints, the liver, the
kidneys and other organs, have been
directly traced to this cause. The
writer has for some time held the opin-
ion that the degenerative changes Incl
dent to advancing age are due to the
same cause; namely, the toxins alb
sorbed from the alimentary canal.
These toxins are constantly present in
greater or less quantity, according to
the oxtent to which, Preventative and
putrefactiye processes prevail in the
stomach and intestines. These proc
esses depend first, upon the integrity
of the digestive process, in the indi-
vidual, and, secondly, upon the char
acter of the substances introduced into
the alimentary canal as food.
These considerations suggest at once
the thought while all human beings
must necessarily be constantly subject
to the influence of toxic substances
generated in their own alimentary
canal, and consequently must grow old
generative process OF old age, these
processes may be greatly accelerated
by subsisting upon a diet which favors
the production of toxic substances in
the ali1nentary canal.
If this theory is correct we should ex-
pect to find the greatest longevity
among those animals and those men
who subsist on the simplest and purest
diet, other conditions being equal. 1t
would be impossible to find q sharper
contrast than that which exists in this
respect between carnivorous and vege-
tartan animals Contrast, for example,
the dog which grows old, becomes rheu-
matte and infrm in eight or ten years,
with the donkey, who lives q useful life
to forty or fifty years, and the elephant,
which is still active and useful at one
hundred years. The same is true among
men. The greatest number of persons
who now live above one hundred years
of age are to be found among Russian
peasants, who rarely taste meat. These
people have been practical vegetarians
for so many centuries-perhaps from
the earliest ages--that anatomists have
noted distinct difference in the length
Of their alimentary canals as compared
with those Of the desh-eating Germans,
whose ancestors were cannibals. Rheu-
matism in it's protean forms is one Of
the most constant and distressing dis
orders of old age, The relation be-
tween English roast beef and the govt
and rheumatism, which prevail so ex~
tensively among Englishmen. was clear
ly pointed out by that distinguished
physician and essayist, J. Miner
Fothergill. The above considerations,
If not considered absolutely conclusive,
are worthy Of thought.
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
WEARING QUEUES IN CHINA.
IT. Is Merely the Prevailing Style, and Ii
Not Demanded by Law.

It, Is Merely the Prevailing Style, and Ii
Not Demanded by Law.
sit is to the Tartars who conquered
! China several centuries ago that we are
indebted for this much discussed
queue" said Wing Lock, a prominent
Cinnamon, to writer for the Pittsburgh
about the laws of China relating to the
! wearing of queues; how a China1nan
cannot return to his country without
his queue, and all that, Well, it is all
bosh. The wearing of queue is no
more required by law than your gentle
! men wearing whiskers. 1t is custom
and style, and Chinaman realizes
some truth in the saying that you
might as we'll be out of the earth as out
or style A Chinaman retains his queue
simply because if he should ever return
to his native land he would not care to
20 about among his friends and make
himself conspicuous by such radical
departure from the style OF SO many
millions of people. Strange, too,
that the Chinaman should hold to his
queue with such tenacity when it was
originally imposed upon him as mark
of subsection When the Tartars came
over and set ruler on our throne they
decreed that every Chinaman should
wear queue such as they did. OF
course, this was at first CALLING to them,
for they could not see or touch their
plated hair without being reminded of
their conquest. But time heals all
wounds, and it was not long before
the Cinnamon began to cherish the
marks of subsection as Il good fashion
OR style This was also true about the
style of dress the Cinnamon now wear.
It is in the queue that a Chinaman
wears his badge Of mourning. When
Chinaman's father or mother dies there
are sent to him, as to all the members Of
the family, colored carriers These are
not carriers as we understand, but sort
of ribbons, white green or blue, which
are plated with the hair. White, green
and blue are the colors of mourning,
while the ribbon that is ordinarily
plated in the queue is black. These
blue and green carriers are worn in the
hair for one year after the death of Q
parent"
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
Canvasback = Fraud

Geese and ducks are more favored by
the Germans than the Americans
not one in a hundred has ever eaten
canvasback duck, 1t is q cherished
American tradition that It is the great
est of all table delicacies. Well, it's q
fraud. To get the boasted favor Of
the "wild celery" on which it feeds it
must be cooked half-raw and is gener-
ally as tough as boiled owl. With the
exception of the little ''blue-winged
teal" no duck that swims can surpass
well-fed, wen-cooked puddle, such as
you can buy in our market for ten
cents a pound: Canvasback is now fifty
cents a pound.
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
Ruled Entirely By Women.

A pleasing account of government
entirely under feminine rule comes from
the little Indian ocean island Of
Minicoy, situated midway between
the Maldive and Laccadive groups.
The woman is the head both OF the gov
ernment and of the home, and when
she marries her husband takes her
name and hands over all his earnings
throughout his married life. Silk
gowns are the universal wear, the upper
classes DOMINIC red silk and earrings,
while the lower ten appear IN dark
striped silk Of coarser quality. 81
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
WAY THE MONUMENT is THERE.
The Story of Mas. Dads ana His Brave
Companions.

Companions.
Many visitors to West Point have
| wondered what was represented by q
handsome monument of Italian marble, y,
inscribed ''Dade and His Command"
The story is not told, or only casually
referred to, in the popular histories,
and the shaft tells nothing OF the gal
liant deeds Of those whom it commence,
rates. 1t is f1uted column Of artistic
design, surmounted by an eagle, from
! whose beak descends Il wreath which
gracefully entwines it. The base is
square, the slabs bearing the names
and inscription being separated by
miniature cannon, over which nurner-
GUS stars are placed at appropriate in
tervals. The names OF the officers svl1o*
fell with Dade are inscribed on thsi
slabs. But no hint is given Of what
they did, or when and where they fell.
The thrilling episode is worth re-
calling, says the Eufalo Commercial:
especially as it occurred just fifty nine,
years ago, or, to be precise, on the 2stIl':
of December, 1885, Maj. Dade and a
detachulent,of one hu ndred and seven
teen United States troops were witl1in
few days march OF Fort King, Flor
ida, when they were surprised and r,as~
sacred bv over one thousand Seminolsf
Indians. The men were rejoicing att
having almost reached the end Of ~ .
long and tedious march, and were look,
ing forward to celebrating the Newt
Year with their comrades at F'ort
King. They were suddenly attacked!
by the savages in overwhelming num-
bers and slaughtered without mercy.
Three only survived TO tell the story
An exploration of the battlefield, made
in the following February, by order CT
Gen. Gaines, showed that the detach.
ment had fought to the last extremity,
and that each man had died at his post,
The scene presented to the exploring
part was an awful one They buried
the bodies of eight officers and ninety
eight men, and a small six FOUNDER cam
non belonging to the command, which
was lett by the Indians, was placed
vertically at the head Of the common
grave, where it remained for many
years.
The forgotten tragedy is COM,
memorated by the graceful shaft On the
banks of the Hudson, inscribed simply
to 'sDade and His Command" It was
erected in 1s45.
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
THE FIRST POLICE SIGNAL,
Crude Device Tried In Yonkers to Aid
in Apprehending Hoodlums.

Crude Device Tried In Yonkers to Aid
in Apprehending Hoodlums.
Thirty-fve years ago Capt. Mangan,
chief of the police force at Yonkers, for
his own convenience rugged up an cleo
elaborate and comprehensive system of
police signals and communication be-
tween station-houses at present in use.
Although the perfection of the veteran
captains suggestion has yielded a great
manufacturing firm a fortune, not q
dollar of it ever came into the hands of
the real inventor, says the ST. Louis
Dispatch.
In the early days of the war a rough
gang of men and boys frequently took
possession of the Hudson River railroad
depot and committed lawless acts. The
police station was located in the town,
quite distance from the depot, and
before messenger could summon as
sistance the law-breakers would have
disappeared. Capt. Mangan thought
the matter over and induced the depot
agent and telegraph operator to run a
wire from the station to the police Of
ice. At the police end q bell and g
dial were arranged. The latter had
painted on its face two or three short
messages, such as "send an officer"
trouble here; send fun FORCE" etc.
The Indicator on the dial was made to
move by series Of short jerks, caused
by key taps, to the desired point on the
dial. A practical electrician saw this
crude apparatus at work one day. Six
months later patents were taken out
on the apparatus now in use all over
the country, which consists Of box
with q dial face upon which are indi-'
Gated number Of routine questions
and answers and the letters Of the al
phabet, by which any message may be
spelled out, a crank being used at one!
end, the indicator showing at the other.
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
Why They Separated.

The late Lord Oxford was one OF the
most ar:stocratic ornaments of thsI
British peerage and the following ac1
count of his separation from Lady Orr
ford, as told by Truth, is accordingly
interesting: Both explained to ne
the reason. It was all about a sugar
basin. Shortly after their marriage.
according to Lord Oxford, her ladyship
came down to breakfast without hav..
ing washed her hands and took soznei
Jumps Of sugar out of the bowl withl
her fingers, on which he requested her
in future either to wash her hands or to
use the sugar-tongs. According to Lady
Oxford his lordship objected to her taxi!
ing SO many Jumps of sugar for herr
tea"
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
Romans and Carth.xinians.

At the battle Of Thrasymene between
the Romans and Carthaginians there
were sixty-f1ve thousand men engaged
The Romans were taken by surprise
and defeated with great slaughter.
The total number of men killed on both
sides was seventeen thousand, or about
twenty -seven per cent. Of the number
engaged in the conflict. s.S
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
SAINT Trudon.

Saint Trudon, a Christian village onl
the banks OF the Congo, colonized BY,
negroes educated by missionaries, is the
product OF postage stamps. Over forty
million used stamps were collected inl
Brussels, from the sales Of which tho
money needed was obtained. The Con-
70 state gave the land
The Irish standard., 1895-01-19
interesting statistics.

States with the greatest tonnage OH
al descriptions are: New York, s4ss,
1885 gross tons; Michigan,
sachusetts, 566,ss1; Maine .e6sst
Ohio, 327 $50; Cali 81 Rean.Is
sylvauia. aoe. e15; larylant 5 III,