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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Instructions as to What Is Neces.
sary to Secure Establish-
meMt of a Route.

Washington, April 5.-Superintend-
ent A. w. Mahen, of the free delivery
bureau of the post Office department,
has issued a circular of instructions
governing rural free delivery through
out the country. 1t directs that petit
TONERS for such service be heads Of
families, who shall show the relative
population along the route, character
of the roads, principal avocations Of
the people and distances each one
now has to travel to receive mail. A
map of the routes proposed is re-
quired. The petition must be in
dorsed by either senator or repre-
sentative in congress. Each route
must be over 20 miles long, serving at
least 100 families, and those desiring
the delivery hereafter must be pre-
pared to put up suitable boxes. These
boxes will be entitled to the protec-
ton of the United States statutes.
Rural carriers are not required to de-
liver ordinary mail to houses stand
ing back from the main road. They
may carry other business than
United States mail. Patrons are re-
quired to cooperate by keeping the
roads up to the standard in all
weather. The maximum pay for car
riers now is $500 per annum for full
route of approximately 25 miles. Car
riers are to carry supply of stamps,
stamped envelopes and postal cards
and must cancel stamps on all letters
collected.
Washington, April CAN innova-
,ion looking to the comfort of letter
carriers throughout the country dur
ing the heat of summer probably will
he introduced this year by official per-
mission to them to divest their coats
on their rounds when felt to be nec-
cssary. 1t is expected that the post
master general in the near future
will issue an order formally granting
authority to postmasters for this pur-
pose and modifying the requirements
so as to allow the carriers to wear q
suitable gray blouse. with turn-down
COLLAR and n b1,ol- f;a
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
VIII De Rededicated.

Springfield, ILL.,, April s.-The board
of commissioners of the national Lin
coin monument have decided. upon
Thursday, October IS, this year, as
the date for the rededication of the
monument, which has been rebuilt at
a cost of 100000. It is proposed to
make the event one long to be re-
membered in this city and state.
President Mckinley will deliver the
principal address of the day. Gov.
Yates has been authorized by the
commissioners to invite the president.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Gave Funston Hi. Tin.

New York, April s.-A special to the
World from Lake City, Fla, says: j.
d. Taylor, Il prominent citizen of this
city, has received a letter from his
son, Lieut.. James ID. Taylor, Jr., of
the Twenty-fourth United States in
fantry, which shows that the young
man, with kindness and cigars, won
over seven Filipinos and secured the
information which enabled Gen. Funs-
ton to capture Aguinaldo. In Il mod
est matter-of-fact way the lieutenant
tells his father about his clever ex-
plot and of Gen. Funston's acknowl-
edgment of his services.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Printers Taboo Strikes.

Chicago, April 9.-Word was re-
ceived from Indianapolis, Ind, Mon
day night that the referendum vote
of the subordinate unions of the In
ternational Typographical union had
resulted in the adoption of the arbi-
tration agreement between the unions
and the National Publishers associa-
ton, by which strikes, lockouts or
boycotts in the great daily papers of
this country will be avoided in the fu-
ture. In all 16.O74 votes were cast, of
which 1854 were for the proposition
and but $3.50 against.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
For Good Ronds,

Chicago, April 1O.-The National
Good Roads association will run a
train over the Illinois Central railway
system, leaving this city early next
week. Aside from Pullman slccpcrs
the train will have full equipment
of modern road machinery. Good
roads conventions will be held, and
pieces of sample roads constructed
Mt New Orleans, Natchcz, Vicksburg,
Oxford, Grccnville, Grenada, Jackson,
Miss, and jackson. Tenn.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Gen. Clay shoot. to XIII.

Richmond, Ky, April CA pitched
battle, in which the participants were
Gen. Cassius M. Clay, the old lion of
White Hall, on one side, and sheriff's
posse, headed by Deputy Sheriff Il. w.
Colyer, on the other, took place Friday
morning at White Hall, the home of
Gen. Clay, eight miles north of this
city. The officers were attempting to
seize some household goods belonging
to Mrs. Mary Il. Clay, the generals
daughter, which the general refused to
surrender.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Oyster CanaDea.

Begin the dinner with these little ap-
petizcrs; serve on very small plates
placed at each cover. Cut six thin slices
of white bread into rounds about tho
size of silver dollar, dip in melted but
ter and brown slightly in the oven.
Cut ten selected oysters in small pieces,
rejecting the hard muscle, and. mix
with two tablespoonful of horseradfsh,
one tablespoonful each of chopped
green cucumber pickle and capers and
season with pepper and salt. When
toast is cold spread with mixture, cover
with mayonnaise fuse lemon Juice in
stead of vinegar in maleing) and serve
cold.-Ladics' World, New York
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Elected to Conrress.

Bangor, Me-, April 9.-The special
election in the Fourth Maine congress
sional district Monday to choose q
successor to Hon. Charles A. Bou-
telle, resigned, resulted in victory
for ex-Gov. Llewelyn Powers, of Houl-
ton, the republican candidate, by q
majority estimated at slightly more
than 1000 over Thomas White, demo-
crat. In September Mr.. Boutelle's
majority in the district was more
than 10000.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Plot to Kill Loubet.

London, April "a dispatch to the
Evening News from Paris says that
the French detectives were privately
informed of projected attempt to
assassinate President Loubet during
bis coming trip. Extraordinary pre-
buttons have been taken everywhere,
and the usual police protection has
been doubled. Outsiders have been
excluded from the railroad stations.
Ten thousand soldiers have been de-
tailed to maintain order during the
French presidents stay ut Nice,
where stringent orders have been is
sued to vigorously suppress the
slightest hostile demonstration.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
New Russian Coal Field.

In tho immediate neighborhood of
the city of Tchwartschovsk, in the eau
casus, coal field extending over more
than 80 miles has recently been discov-
cred. The coal is said to be of first.
class quality and syndicate, with
Prince Cantacuzene at the head, has al
ready acquired the right of exploita-
ton. The place where the veins occur
Is only 20 miles from the Black sea
and railway as we'll as water commune
cation can easily be rendered available.
1t is reported that work will soon b
started.-N. Y. Times.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
big Elevator burned.

st. Louis, April s.-sparks from n
switch engine Sunday set fire to the
big elevator on the river front at the
foot Of Biddlc street owned by the ST..
Louis Elevator & Storage company,
and within less than two hours the
building was reduced to ashes, entail
ing loss of nearly $65O,o0O. II. G..
Haarstick, president of the company,
said the building and the contents,
which consisted of about 100000 BUSH
els Of wheat and corn, were fully in
c,rnf
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Mother ana Daughter Droyvncd

Milwaukee, April s.-Mrs. Michael
Hart, of the town of Lake, and her
scven-ycar-old daughter Mary were
the Kinnikinnic avenue bridge in this
city at an early hour Sunday morn
ing. They were driving along and
when they ncarcd the bridge the
horse became frightened and plunged
over the cmbankmcnt. Mr.. Hart was
rescued
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13

New York, April 6.-The steamship
Rhein, which arrived here Friday
from Bremen, broke the record as a
passenger carrier. Besides her crew,
which numbered over 400, she had
2,5O2 passengers. Of the latter but
SO came in the cabin. The highest
number of passengers of the third
class which had previously arrived at
this port on single steamship was
1900.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
GINS Combine.

Grand Rapids, Mich, April 0.-Thc
new gas combine, organized under
the laws of New Jersey as the Amer
lean Light and Traction, includes at
present four OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Gas
of Milwaukee, $4,0oo,Co0 capital;
Grand Rapids Gas Light, 100000;
St. Joseph, Mo-, Gas, 100000, and
the Madison (Wis.) Gas and Electric,
100000.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
wants NEGRO Criminals Danished.

Macon, Ga, April 9.-Bishop Henry
NJ. Turner, of the African Methodist
church, who has been conducting
services among the negro churches
here for the past two days, openly adj
vocates the Punishment of negro
criminals. He thinks the United
States government should send all
negro criminals to Africa. He de-
plores the fact that this country has
no steamship lines to Africa. He
thinks southern ports in the United
States would profit a great deal by
the commerce that would thus be
built up.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Wnn n Rough Rider.

San Francisco, April 10.-A soldier
who shot and killed himself Mt the
Cliff house has been identified rs Paul
Warren, who was one of the members
of troop G, Of the Roosevelt rough
riders. Warren was n native of Quin-
cy, ILL.,, a son of the late William War
rem, chief justice of New Mexico. War;
rem served in the Philippines with the
Eleventh cavalry and was honorably
discharged n few days ago.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13

Phoenix, Ariz., April 10.-Deputy
Sheriff w. A. Alexander was shot and
mortally wounded at Yuma as he was
being taken from the courtroom to
Jail after receiving sentence of life i'm
prisonment for the murder of Mrs. j.
the shot.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Flood Scare Over.

Boston, April 9.-The flood scare
all over New England, due to rising
waters under the influence of nearly
five days of rain, has died out, for
reports indicate that change for the
better will come soon. The losses will
be heavy, no doubt, but nothing to be
compared with some Of the fresheta
of recent springs.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Merriynac DIown I'm.

Santiago de Cuba, April s.-Fifteen
hundred pounds of dynamite were
used by the authorities of the port
Saturday afternoon in blowing up the
forward superstructure of the sunken
United States collier Merrimac,
which has long impeded the entrance
to the harbor. The explosion was
plainly heard in the city, five miles
o1uov
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Indemnity Figures.

Picking. April 9.-According to ex-
pert opinion China would be able to
pay from e2o,ooo,ooo to e3o,ooo,oOo
without Gripping her financial re-
sources, while the amounts which the
powers at present demand aggregate
from ee0,0OO,OOO to G1OO,00O,O00.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Mnuv Iud,ctncn,. Iny,,,I

Chicago, April 1o.-According to
decision handed down by the federal
circuit court of appeals the local
United States district attorneys Of
flee has been prosecuting prisoners
on invalid indictments the last Is
Venr~
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Rebellion break. Out.

Picking, April 9.-The rumors which
have been current during the past
few days of the outbreak of a rebel
lion, headed by Gen. Tung-Fu-Sian
Former commander of the northern
army in the provinces of Mongolia
and shen-Si, have been absolutely au-
fhenticated
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
A Suspicious Incident.
Result of QuarreIs

Milwaukee, April 10.-Edward E.
Moore, aged Sc, member of the Iron
brigade, shot his wife, about ten
years his junior, and then committed
suicide. The couple had been mar
ried about two years and had had fire.
ouent quarrels.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Dropped Dead.
.ea Wis AnriI

Milwaukee, Wis, April 10.-Henry
Claymier, formerly chief of the Mil
waukee fire department., dropped dead
of heart failure in Turkish bath es-
tablishment. Mr.. Claymier was state
factory INSPECTOR in 1885.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Will Curtail Army Strength.

Washington, April s.-The army
will not be recruited to the maximum
strength of 100000 men. The presi-
dent is determined, after careful in
vestigation, that an army of $4,000
men will be sufficient to meet all
present needs, and that will be the
limit.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13

Berlin, April 10.-Dictrich Wciland,
the assailant Of Emperor William, at
Bremen, who is now in an insane
asylum, has suffered several epilcptic
attacks. In one of these he almost
killed the counsel retained for his de-
Tense.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Lifetime In Pri.o,-

Columbus, O., April 1o.-Jesse Way,
one of the most notorious counter
letters Of the country, died in the
penitentiary here from old age. He
was SO years old and had served near
~ half . century Of his life behind
prison bars.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Cut the Price.

Saginaw, Mich, April 1O.-The Ma
tional Salt company, of this city, which
controls about three-fourths of the
Michigan salt output, has cut the price
80 cents barrel in order to meet COM
petition from outside companies, who
have been reducing their price in order
to sell their product
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Pneumonia in the Klondike.

Seattle, Wash, April 1O.-Dawson
passengers of the City of Seattle say
that pneumonia is prevalent in tho
Klondikc. Col. j. G. McCook, United
States consul for the Klondike, was
very i'll April 2. and had practically no
chance Of recovery.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13

Washington, April 1o.-secretary
of the Treasury Gage Tuesday re-
ceived an offer of $1,0oo,OOo short
term bonds from New York. The
price was higher than he was willing
to pay, and he therefore rejected the
infer
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Aaka French AID.

Tripoli, Sunday, April 7.-Advices
from Benghazi state that the sultan
of Wadai, finding himself helpless
against the rebellion now in progress,
has invoked the assistance of the
French, which has been promised
him.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
New Gold Find.

Tekoa, Wash, April 1o.-There is in
tense excitement over the discovery
of rich placer diggings on Santa
creek, about rs miles east of here in
Idaho. Many have left here to stake
claims.
The Conservative, 1901-06-27

know something of the causes of certain
disorders, which, though powerful and
ubiquitous, are nevertheless within hu-
man control. Among these diseases,
the most prominent are those popularity
known as contagious, or infections
scientifically called zymotic. Modern
science has demonstrated the possibility
OF escape from these terrors by proper
attention to the conditions under which
they are spread. We hold in our own
hands the power both of increasing and
decreasing the chances of early death land
and nowhere is the power of man over
the forces of nature better exemplified
than in the lessened mortality which
follows even moderate attention to the
laws of health. There is an ideal to
which the American people ought to as
pire; and the first step towards it, is i'm
provement Of the health of the present
generation. If this object were kept as
steadily in view as it is in the cultiva-
tion of the domestic animals, the bene-
fetal results would be apparent in our
children and in our grandchildren. A
slight development for the better in each
generation would imply progress, yield
ing most important results in an in
definite time results which, if suddenly
manifested, would appear miraculous.
Preventable Deaths.
The number of deaths in the United
States last year is not yet obtainable,
but the total number of recorded deaths
in 1890, according to the census of that
year, was 875,521. Of this number, at
least 100000 were unnecessary and pre-
ventable," if our existing knowledge Of
disease and it's causes had been properly
applied. Moreover, not only could the
lives of these persons have been saved,
but, in addition, vast amount of non
fatal sickness could have been avoided
by reasonable attention to hygienic laws.
These figures of mortality and facts con-
cerning preventable illness are sufficient
to arouse the most lethargic of us into &C
tivity in the observance of hygienic laws.
But, if the nation at large is to partici-
pate in the work of health-reform, it is
necessary that education in sanitary
science should have place in the train
ing of the young as well as in the prac-
tice of adults. While anxious to avoid
being tedious, I would urge that if there
is one consideration which more than
another should be kept in view, it is that
every good citizen ought to consider it a
duty which he owes to himself and to
the community to acquire all possible
information concerning the art of living
healthy, and, having obtained the knowl-
edge, he ought to put it in practice. 1t
is only through individual effort that
anything like national interest in health
The Conservative, 1901-06-27
Che Conservative.

edge known as hygiene teaches us that,
with an inherited constitution of
healthy kind, we ought to take every
means Of securing it's welfare; and when,
upon the other hand, defective frame
has fallen to our lot, health-science tells
us how we make the best of it. Even to
the individual who has been handi-
capped in the struggle for existence by
physical infirmity and inherited disease,
hygiene is found to convey the cheering
assurance that it is possible to prolong
life and obtain part at least of the hap
piness which the possession of health
alone can bestow. In illustration Of
this assertion, may cite the case of
person born with tendency to pthisis,
popularity known as consumption. Sta
tistics prove beyond doubt that if his
life be passed under the guidance Of
health laws-if he be properly clothed,
provided with suitable diet, compelled
to live in a pure atmosphere, and to
avoid excess of nervous strain-he may
reach the age of thirty-five without the
disease to which he is specially liable at
tacking him, and once past that age, he
may reasonably hope to become in due
course an old man. Another example,
is the case of one who inherits special
susceptibility in the direction of some
mental disorder. Mysterious as such
tendency is, it can be shown that by
proper attention to the education of the
child, by curbing the passions, and con-
trolling the emotions, aided by care in
the choice of food, as well as in the
selection of desirable physical surround
ings, prolongation of life may be in
sured, and so may freedom from one of
the most terrible Affections which at
tacks the human race.
Hygiene Successful.
The knowledge which we now possess
concerning hygiene constitutes tri-
umph of modern science; it demon
strates that in the war against disease,
man finds untold benefit in observing
the laws which experience and investi-
cation have deduced for the regulation
of his life. It is ignorance or neglect of
these laws which sends thousands of
men and women to an early grave, de-
stroying, of course, hopes and oppor-
tunities which may at one time have
contained the promise of high excellence
in many departments of human activity.
The one great truth, which health re-
formers are never tired Of proclaiming,
because they know it is true, is that the
majority of the diseases which afflict
humanity are, in reality, of preventa-
BILE character. Until this truth has been
thoroughly accepted, not only by indi-
viduals, but also by nations, no real
progress in sanitary science can be at
tanned, or even expected. To realize
The Conservative, 1901-06-27
Heredity.

In addition to the outward sources of
health disturbance, there are other and
more subtle causes which complicate the
problem of health. Each individual
inherits from his ancestors a certain
physical constitution. This constitu-
ton, although liable to modification,
nevertheless determines to a great ex-
tent the physical life of the person pos
sessing it. Each individual, therefore,
must be viewed as drawing his chances
of good health, or of it's absence, from a
double source-from the constitution
which he has inherited and from the
surroundings which make up the life he
lives and pursues.
Aim of Sanitary Science.
It is the aim and object of modern
sanitary science to deal as clearly and
definitely as possible with the sources
both of health and of disease. Hygiene,
the science of health, devotes attention
to the surroundings amid which our
lives are passed; it seeks to provide us
with the necessary conditions of life in
the most desirable form. Its object is to
urge us to breathe pure air, to consume
suitable food, to work, but not to worry,
to take reasonable recreation, and to
husband our resources, so as to prolong
The Conservative, 1901-06-27
HEALTH AND HOW TO PRESERVE 1T.

HEALTH AND HOW TO PRESERVE 1T.
written for THE CONSERVATIVE by Law
renee Irwell)
A scientific view Of life regards it as
being composed of series Of actions,
which are now fairly defined in their
nature. These actions, known to physi-
ologists as functions, are discharged by
special organs and health may there
fore be defined as "the perfect discharge
of all functions through which life is
maintained" harmonious working
of the organs constituting the body.
Life, being highly complex series of
actions, naturally involves complicated
conditions for their due performance.
m-health means, of course, that the
equilibrium existing between the various
actions of the body is upset, and this
equilibrium is subject, as is all compli
Gated machinery, to many and varied
causes of disturbance. Man, in COM
mon with the lower animals, is de-
pendent upon his surroundings for the
necessities Of life, and these surround
ings, while ministering to his wants,
may, in certain circumstances, become
sources Of disease. The water we drink
is as much necessity of life as the air
we breathe, but it is liable to cause seri-
GUS disorders when the supply is OBJ
tanned from improper sources. Again,
numerous diseases to which man is sub
ject are traceable to over-indulgence in
special articles of diet, or to an INSULT
cient quantity of certain necessary foods.
1t is not an exaggeration to say that
most persons in good circumstances eat
too much meat, and do not drink suffi-
cient water.