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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
BABIES OF THE WORLD.
ton of the Boys and Girls
Born Every Year.

1t has been computed that about
36,O00,OOO babies are born into the
world each year, says Woman's Life.
The rate of production is, therefore,
about 10 per minute, or more than one
for every beat of the clock
>With the one-a-second calculation
every reader is familiar, but it is not
everyone who stops to calculate what
this means when it comes to years
supply. 1t will, therefore, probably
sttirtle good many persons to find, on
the authority of well-lnown statisti-
clan, that could the infants of year
be ranged in a line in cradles, the era
dies would extend around the world.
The same writer looks at the matter
in more picturesque light. He inn
agines the babies being carried past
given point in their mothers arms, one
by one, and the procession being kept
up night and day until the last hour
in the twelfth month had passed by.
A sufficiently liberal rate is allowed,
but even in going past at the rate of
20 a minute, 1000 an hour during the
entire year, the reviewer at his post
would have seen only the sixth part of
the infantile host.
In other words, the babe that had to
be carried when the tramp began
would be able to walk when but mere
fraction of its comrades had reached
the reviewers post, and when the years
supply of babies was drawing to a
close there would be a rear guard, not
of infants, but of romping six-year-
old BOYS aud pirlS
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
SNOW SLIDE IN ROCKIES,
When Railway Men of All Stations
Risk Their Lives to Open
the Roads.

There has never been better time
TO round out ones experience of life
in the Rocky mountains than during
the past winter. After having seen
the grandeur and beauty of the noun
tains in summer storms and sunshine
many times, it was my good fortune to
get into the midst Of drifts and "sides"
IN the heart of the mountains of Colo
RADIO, to see the worst of it, and slip
through the great snow trap west of
Leadville on one of the few trains that
succeeded in getting over the range,
says writer in Harper's Weekly.
There is all the difference in the
world between drift and "slide." A
rotary snow plow will merrily bore
its way through almost any drift, but
"slide" brings down a mass of rocks
and trees with it, and these must be re-
moved with AK, pick and shovel With
the thermometer at 90 degrees below
zero, 300 men-engineers firemen, Sec
ton men and common laborers-
worked for five days, sometimes as
mach as 36 hours without sleep, all
cheerfully riskng their lives in the
simple performance Of duty-a COM
monplace courage, but all the more
genuine for tlrat-and finally, after
losing four or five of their number,
cleared the track for five bockaded
trains. These passed through in the
midst of a bowling blizzard. and, after
various mishaps. the cast-bound trains
reached the eastern slope of the noun
tains. Then came two feet of snow.
blizzard after blizzard, and the block
ade was once more established.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
woMAN's FIGHT WITH WOLVES
pennsylvania SchOOl-Teacher Has a
Thrilling Experience in
Storm.

Miss Maggie Hart, young school
teacher at 1iobble, eight miles west of
Hazleton, Pa, had most remarkable
experience during the recent storm. On
Tuesday the few children who had
braved the elements were either taken
home by their parents or friends, leav-
ing Miss Hart alone in the building. The
storm increased In intensity, and by
night it had reached such proportions
that the teacher considered it safer to
remain for the night.
During the night Miss Hart was start
led by the growing of wolves at the
schoolhouse door. They saw comfort
within, and seemed to be goaded by the
blasts of wind Which swept through the
forest surrounding the school. In their
efforts to secure shelter they gained the
window sill and broke pane of glass.
1t was then that the plucky school
marm's nerve asserted itself. Securing
her rifle, which she carried, a dead
wolf fell across the sill. A pack of
hungry animals quickly tore the car
cass to pieces, then made another at
tack on the sclloolhouse. Again and
again the rifle rang out and the mad
dedcd animals were forced to retreat.
The next morning the bones of two an
imals were found near the window and
1t is certain that many of the others
were wounded.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
HAT WAS PASSED.
To buy sailors Christmas Din.
ner Movement Squelched
by Dewey.

An American dentist in Manila, in
happy or unhappy moment, conceived
theidca OF providing by public subscrip-
ton grand Christmas dinner for the
United States soldiers garrisoning the
city, in the same manner as paupers
at home are RECALLED with all the good
things of this life on that day. says the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The idea took beyond all expecta-
tons, for when the hat went round the
money flowed in SO freely that in a
couple of days over So, 900 was collected.
The soul of the movement waxed en-
thusiastic. And so did the whole Amer
lean community.
Consul Widman, in a thoughtless mo-
ment, also allowed himself to be caught
by the fever. Committees and subcom-
mittees were then appointed, and prep
arutions began to be made in right
for the grand spread.
But the American would-be patriots
counted without their host, who, in the
person of Admiral Dewey, issued gen
eral order quashing the whole thing
and ordering the refunding of the
money to the subscribers. Admiral
Dewey very sensibly says that the ac-
ccptance of a public subscription dim
ncr is incompatible with the dignity of
an American sailor, and thatthe United
States government may we'll be trusted
to look after his comfort. The Ameri-
can dentist is sad. Consul NVildman is
sadder, and the saddest of all were the
troopers and blue iackets.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
NOT ABANDONING ELECTRICITY
Navy Department Finds 1t Not Ex-
pcdient, However, to Extend
I:s Use on Our Wnrships

Assistant Secretary Allen, to whom
the subject Of the extension of the use
OF electricity aboard ship has been re-
ferred by Secretary Long, has decided
that pending the completion of the
kearsarge and kentucky and the test
of the electrical devices on them, it
would not be wise to provide for fur
Their extensions in the use of electricity
rs motive power for deck winches and
boat cranes. The decision, Mr.. Allen
says, does not involve the abandonment
of the use OF electricity in any sense;
on the contrary, the United States hav-
ing been foremost of all naval powers
in the application of that means of
transmitting power, intends to main
tain its position. a study of the plans
for three battleships. Alabama, ILL
nois and Wisconsin, made it apparent,
however, that if electricity was to be
used for the cranes and winches. it
would involve the enlargement of the
dynamo plant aboard ship at the cost
of over 500 tons of coal room, because
that much space must be taken from
the bunkers.
Tho decision affects only the deck
winches and boat cranes.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
ELECTRICITY IN MINING.
Cripple Creek Leads the World in the
Application of the
Science.

Mr.. NJ. A. Oudtn, of Schenectady, N.
Y, an authority on electrical applica-
ton in mining, is visiting Cripple
Creek and other Colorado camps. He
says:
Cripple Creek is the best-equipped
camp in the world. 1t is far ahead of
the camps of South Africa in the mat
ter of electricity. The Mercur, Utah,
district is waking up, as are other Col
orado camps; but at present Cripple
Creek leads the world.
I'VE are just entering on the cleo
trical mining age. Great things may be
expected. Electricity will reduce the
cost of mining to more uniform scale.
The perfected electrical drill, operated
by dynamo, and easily conveyed by
two miners to any part of the mine,
will do the work. An insulated wire
will furnish power from the surface.
1t will bore into the rock like the den.
lists drill into your hollow tooth. An
electric hoist will lift the ore to the
surface. An electrical fuse will also OBJ
crate to save life in firing off blasts.
Colorado has the water and the fuel.
by electricity the states output will
be doubled and redoubled."
Cripple Creeks electrical power is
generated by the Colorado Electrical
Power company whose plant started up
last summer. Two electric roads are
proposed from Colorado Springs to the
camp
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
BETTER KLoND1KE SHIPS.
The Dangerous Old Hulks Will Not
BE Allowed to Go to
Alaska,

= The dangerous practice of sending
any old hulk to sea which will hold q
couple of masts is about to be stopped
by the inspector hulls and boilers in
San Francisco. The other day they re-
ceived word from Washington that
hereafter owners of all vessels of over
700 tons must have their huus examined
by the inspectors. The captains and
chief mates must also be examined az
to their qualifications to navigate.
This provision is made by an act Of
congress. 1t was given out by the in
spectors that such restrictions are the
result of the rush to get to the Klon-
dixie, with the result that any old ship
was given dose of putty and paint and
sent on her way. In this manner about
six vessels have been totally destroyed
and about 200 lives lost within the mast
few years.
The cutting of prices by rival trans
portation companies set the managers
to saving money, and while some good
sailing vessels were lying idle, rotten
ones were secured because the charter
price was less than that of the better
ships.
Then, good navigating officers de-
mand good pay. The charterers and
owners in many cases saw chance to
save money by hiring cheap men, who
in many respects were incompetent to
navigate the treachcrous waters that
surround the coast line of Alaska. To
poor navigation can be attributed as
much loss of life as from rotten vessels.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18

veritable dream of beauty. Take, for
instance, the model shown in the pic
ture-surely nothing could be daintier
for toddling miss than such gown.
AS you will see, it is fashioned in a very
simple manner, with a yoke bodice
from which the skirt falls in fine gath
ers. The yoke is made of alternate
strips of Naenciennes lace insertion
and tucls Of the lawn, and finished at
the neck with a tiny frill of the lace.
The sleeves are the ordinary full ones
drawn in at the wrist and completed
with narrow lace edging.
Another pretty and appropriate
frock for the wee woman is made of fine
China silk, white in color and patterned
all over with tiny rosebuds. The waist
portion is fashioned similar to the one
l have described, while the skirt is
trimmed with rutlle of lace headed by
three rows of lace insertion, varying in
width from one to three inches. More
useful and equally pretty are the little
dresses made of delicately tinted lawns
and soft cambrics and trimmed in
the most delightful manner by very
narrow tucks and ruffles, headed by inc
Misunderstanding done in pretty shades
of wash silk.
In the wardrobe of the young woman
who has reached the mature age Of
eight or ten years party gown holds a
most important place. In buying such
a gown it has always been a somewhat
difficult matter to decide upon some
thing smart and yet quite suitable for
the occasion. but good Dame Fashion
has al last come to the rescue of the
doubling mammas in the most admir-
able manner. and DEGREES that these
jeune file dresses, as the French mod
ste delights to call them, shalLbe made
of the very finest white net. After ALL
nothing is prettier or more suitablefor
the young girls-or for the one not
quite SO young, for that matter-than
perfectly fresh white gown. am
aware that an all-white gown savors of
much extravaganza, but many of the
white materials now in vogue, particu-
larlv the net speak Of add great dura-
bility other many other good qualities,
and should recommend themselves to
the woman of an economical turn of
mind as well as her more needless SIS
ter. In appearance, too. it is dainty and
fresh-looking and shows to very par
ticular advantage when made up over
yellow, the trimming taking the form
Of little ruches of the ne, edged on
either side with yellow baby ribbon.
Another favorite material for party
dresses is pongee silk and one saw
but yesterday made of this ideal ma
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18

terial Is we'll worth description. The
color was bright geranium red. The
skirt was quite plain and full, after
the housemaid type, the bodice sim
pie baby one, made with Il deep yoke
OF white lace, and the neck finished
with narrow fril! OF chiffon; the
sleeves were full, ending at the elbow
with an plated frll of the
same, while at the waist was a broad
scarf of the same scarlet chiffon tied
i'll big soft bow at the back. with long
flowing ends. Scarlet silk stockings
and slippers accompanied this swell
eral good effect
Some jaunty little spring coats for
the small mans and woman's wear
have put in an appearance during the
past week, and are the smartest-Iook-
ing things yet seen. They are made of
both rough and smoothfaced CLOTH and
are as finely tailored throughout as
they could possibly be even if intend
ed for the grown-up, They are cut to
reach just TO the knee and are almost
tight-ttting. and come in three love-
ly shades, dark red. deep blue and the
new shade Of gray. Some have triple
capes. which reach to the shoulder.
similar to those now worn, and are
trimmed with row upon row of narrow
silk braid. Others have sharply
pointed hood at the back lined with
silk, matching in color the braid used
in the trimming. which in coats of this
1uffar init <o1,
form of somewhat snowy pattern.
running down either side of the front
and on the upper part of the sleeve.
In decidedly sharp contrast to these
little coats have so meagerly described
are the new cloth redingotes for girls
whose ages range from eight to twelve
years. They are severely plain. but
perfect In fit and finish. and are an
exact counterpart of what their elders
will wear later on.
Most mothers find 1t most difficult
matter to properly and becomingly
dress girl who has arrived at the
sweet-sixteen period of her life.
She does not wish her gowns
to err on the side of too much
youthfulness. neither does she en-
Joy seeing her tricked out in gar
ments only suitable to one twice her
age. think. however. the happy medi-
UNI has been struck in the gown given
in the picture. Surely nothing could
be more sweetly girlish than such
frock, the only indication of dressiness
being found in the transparent lace
yoke and sleeves. while just the one
needed touch Of color is found in the
pale blue tone Of the chiffon sash.
KATE GARDNER
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
PLANT OF A MILLIONAIRE.
Not Much Fun in Life for a Man Who
Has Acquired Enormous
Wealth.

"What is the smallest income on
which a man may live in New York?
was the question asked of noted
banker whose income cannot be less
than 100000 year WELL" he re-
piled, "my household expenses alone
amount to $4,000 year, and do not
see how I possibly could live on less
than that" Then, says the Philadel-
phia Ledger, reminiscent smile began
TO cross his countenance, and, heaving
little sigh, he said:' "But the hap
piest time of my life was when my wife
and | and two children lived here on
$1,000 year. After all, happiness
doesn't depend on the amount. of
mans income.
II was quite intimate with William
II. Vanderbilt when he was considered
the richest man in the country. l met
him one day in Fifth avenue and said
to him that he ought to be the hap
piest man in the world. Il am not the
great millionaire replied. My health
is shattered and all the money possess
cannot restore it. I cannot even drive
one of my fine horses. 1t is painful for
ME to sit down. My only possible ex-
ercise is for me to walk down the ave-
nue.. l receive threatening letters
daily, and my nerves are so unstrung
that l am constantly afraid that some
assassin will waylay me. l. am over
run with people who want to get nv
money. | am the most wrctched man
in New York, and I tell you that after
person has accumulated enough to
secure him against overty and crafty
his reasonable wants every dollar in
ADDITION is burden and weighs him
down."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
GUARDING THE TRANSPORTS,
derful Sapphire Seas of the
West Inlies.

In the afternoon the great fleet
steamed southwest until Tampa light
sank in the distance, says Gov. Roose-
welt, in Scribner's.
For the next six days we sailed
steadily southwark and westward
through the wonderful sapphire seas of
the West Indies. The thirty-odd trans
ports moved in long, parallel lines,
while ahead and behind and on their
TANKS the gray .huls of the warships
surged through the blue waters. We
had every variety of craft to guard us,
from the mighty battleship and swift
cruiser to the converted yachts and the
frail, venomous looking torpedo boats.
The warships watched with ceaseless
vigilance by day and by night. When
a sail of any kind appeared, instantly
one OF our guardians steamed toward
it. Ordinarily, the torpedo boats werei
towed. Once a, strange ship steamed
up too close, and instantly the nearest
torpedo boat was slipped like grey
hound from the leash and sped across
the water toward it; but the stranger
proved harmless, and the swift, deli
cate. death-fraught craft returned
again.
1T was very pleasant, sailing south
ward through the tropic seas toward
the unknown. We knew not whittier
we were bound, nor what we were to,
do; but we believed that the nearing
FUTURE held for us many chances of
death and hardship, of honor and re-
nown. If we failed, we would share the
fate of all who fail; but we were sure
that we would win, that we should
score the first great triumph in
mighty world movement,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
DIAMONDS STILL POPULAR.
Now Than Ever Before, hut They
Continue In Demand.

THE diamond may be exhausted in
time and as an attraction it may grow
less fashionable" explained leading
jeweler to Washington Star reporter,
"bIt there is no indication of either of
these propositions being verified at the
present time. Indeed, diamonds are
to-day plentier than they ever were,
and consequently cheaper; but instead
of taking background they are still at
the front of the jewelry business. 1t is
wonderful how many are cut and sold,
and how the demand for them grows.
They bear the same position to-day
they did 500 years ago as an ornament.
Other stones have their reign for years
or seasons, but the diamond has never
for moment been dethroned. The
three forms of cutting diamonds which
prevailed hundreds of years ago-the
brilliant, the rose, and the table-still
prevail without any change, and there
Is as much mystery and ignorance
about them as ever. for even at this day
and time scientists and biologists are
not agreed as to their origin, though
the majority opinion is that they are
OF vegetable origin. The carat in d.
almonds, though four diamond grains,
weighs but little over 3A grains troy.
The value of diamond is increased
with the square of the weight in car
ats. two-carat stone is four times
the value of a one-carat stone, and
three-carat nine. times the value of
one-carat stone. This arrangement
goes on without limit, and if it is re-
membered good idea of the value of
stone can be had by its weight. 1t is
weight in the first place and size in the
next. The same calculation hardly APP
plies to anything else that is known of
that is where weight and size are fac
tors"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
BOY WONDER IN MATHEMATICS
Eleven-Year-Old Lad Who Solves
Hard Problems In TriR-
OnOmetry.

Attention has been directed recently
TO little 11-yearold boy named Alex
ander Bowley. who lives in the quaint
old town of Hanfield, in Sussex. Eng
land.
The cause of young Bowley's sudden
fame among men of learning, particu-
larry those interested in higher mathe-
MATES, is his remarkable talent for
trigonometry-indeed. in this particu-
lar he is one of the most precocious
youngsters of the nineteenth century
In all other respects young Bowley is |
simply rollicking, mischievous Eng
lish boy, full of health and spirits, and
rather inclined to be cheeky.
He is practically self-taught, as he
has never been to school. And, al
though his father was able to help him
at first, the boy has become father to
the man, and long ago passed the
paternal mathematician. He has KEYS
to Todhunter's works on trigonome-
try, but not to any other of his text
books.
Before he was put to mathematics
he was forever puzzling his head over
word squares, double acrostcs, ETC.,
and at the age of eight he was found
solving sentences in cipher. So he was
given little Euclid. He is making fair
Roadway in other studies.
AS an instance of his knowledge of
trigonometry he was recently given
26 igonometrical transformations,
out OF which he quickly solved IS, while
out of seven of the more difficult ex-
amples of functions of two angles
from Todhunter's large work he solved
six
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18

1852. He lived in Massachusetts until
1856, when he arrived in Cannon Falls,
Mimi, where he resided until his death,
respected by all who knew him for his
sterling principles. a faithful friend, a
good, upright Christian. and always
faithful to holy religion, his familiar face
and form will ever be missed by many OF
his true friends His good and faithful
wife survives him, besides four children
Mrs. D. ]. Mcdonald, OF Minneapolis,
Mrs. John Riley. OF Rosemount, Mrs.
Florian Carnal, OF Douglas, and VIM T.
Ryan, Of Cannon Falls. His wife has lost
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
NO ENNu1 AT GUAM.
There Will Be Plenty of Games and
Books to Interest Our Marines
While There.

Officers and members of the marine
corps probably will not be troubled
greatly with ennui at their far-away
post in the middle of the Pacific. The
novelty of life at the isolated little gov
eminent station will keep them con-
tented forseveral months. There will be
many things to see and hear 10 guard
against discomfort and WEAKNESS of
spirit the government will have care
for the amusement of it's servants prac-
tically cut off, as they will be, from
communication with home and coun-
try. Of course there will be swim
ming and boating, but the sports
which the men enjoyed at home they
will also enjoy at the island of Guam.
For outdoor sports the government
will see that there is supply of balls
and bats, footballs and tennis racquets
and balls. During the long days when
the weather outside is inclement and.
there are no drills the men will be able
to play checkers, chess, cards and 9TH
er indoor games. Col. Percival C. Pope
has secured great supply of such out
fits, says the Boston Transcript.
There will be men who do not care
for sports and games. For such as
these there will be well-st ocked Ii
brary. The government has provided
large stock of books. In addition,
there are many thousand volumes of
books and periodicals given privately.
Some time ago Col. Pope made re-
quest through the papers for dona-
tons of books and light reading mat
ter. The response was immediate, and
SO generous that COL Pope now re-
quests that no more be sent to the
navy yard, as it will be impossible to
take them to Guam. From Boston and
vicinity came over 1000 volumes and
periodicals, and New York sent al
most n manvmore
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-18
AMERICAN RoYs FOR JAPAN.
Native Over In This Country to Sc.
cure Youths for Education
In Business.

8. Odagakl, representing the Mitsui
Bussan Kaisha and other interests of
the Mitsui family in Japan, is in Seat
tie, Wash, for the purpose of securing
a number of bright American boys to
be sent to Japan and China and edu-
Gated in oriental business methods,
with view Of extending trade with
the United States. The Mitsui family,
it is said, is the richest in Japan, and
its various interests are capitalized at
over $50, OOO,O 900. !