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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
Killing With Electricity,

The French people. scientists a.
well as owners of slaughter houses
and consumers of beef, mutton and
pork, have become interested IN expert,
hents for the more humane killing OF
Enthusiastically for food products
not only to save the creatures from
unnecessary pain. but to better the con,
dition Of meats which go to the CON
sumer.
DR.. 8. Leduc, who has been conduct
ing the experiments at the abattcir in
Nantes. has killed by electricity a
great number Of animals-oxen, bulls,
COWS. horses. hogs, sheep, calves and
dogs-using a current of ITO volts,
with an intensity of from 40 to 80
milliamperes. The current was inter-
rupted 100 times per second, passing
each time during one-thousandth of q
second. The result was satisfactory,
but no detailed report has been made,
because tho experiments are to be
followed up at the abattoir at Rogens
burg and also in Germany.
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the WINDS OF DESTINY
Fate in Letter Carried AWAY bv
Breeze,
BY MARTHA M'cULLooH.WlL
LlAMS.

Winds Of destiny there are-they
may be hurricane strong-they may
be no more than the idlest ruffling
zephyrs. Yet strong OF gentle, they
do their allotted task
Milicent was as wilful as any wind
could be. She was elected to write
letters up in the tree house, though
knowing we'll it was meant only for
the children. There were five Of
them-four boys and a girl more tom.
boyish than her brothers or any Of
her three cousins. NIilicent's name.
sake. and, after a sort, copy, she pre-
sumed, bit upon her position. Mill.
cent, the elder, felt really noble in not
hating her replica. Until the little
girl came she had been the only
young woman in the Nmily, by conse.
quence the special delight of her two
tall. handsome brothers.
Family love was very strong with
all the Ashtons. Roger and Rex,
twins, 1t appeared, simply could not
: live apart. The mansion house was
Rogers-eldest by half an hour-but
there was room and to spare in 1t
for Rex and his household, no less
Milicent. Mrs. Roger and Mrs. Rex
indeed had We'd with their husbands
in spelling her. It spoke volumes
all round that though she had come
to twenty-five, single, and more than
ever creature of caprice, her wom-
enkind SO adored her they inspected
possible suitors with the incest care.
Notwithstanding they played IA
vorites. Witness the letter under
Milicent's left hand. 1t was to En-
Sayre, who came near being her con-
science keeper. After an inconse-
quent beginning she had come to the
/ nub of things. thus: please, MN,
can't you. won't you, find me a
sweetheart with a real name-say
Smith, or Jones, or even Murphy?
Otherwise-but hear tho fatal truth.
Susan has pitched upon Warner
Bugg, esquire, for my future his
band. Anne is as hot for one John
Stubbs. say plague on both names
| because the names are all I can
| find fault with
warner Is paladin, plus million
or SO, John n man-the sort dogs and
children take to without knowing a
reason. Incidentally, also, he has
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
MEDICINE OF THE LONG AGO
Ancient Papyrus Shows that the Ar
Of Healing Has for Centuries
Been We'll Recognized.

The most ancient medical work now
existing is the Ebers papyrus, secured
in 1873 by Prof. George Ebers from a
native Of Luxor. in Upper Egypt. It
is generally assumed that it was writ
ten about 1850 B. c., but refers in
some sections to methods and medi.
cines prescribed as far back as 300
B. c., b,612 years ago. Among the 108
sections or chapters of this papyrus.
chapter 103 begins:
"Beginning Of the book about the
uxedu in all the members OF person.
such as was found in writing under
the feet of the god Anubis. in the city
of Letopolis; 1t was brought to his
majesty. Usaphais. king Of Upper and
Lower Egypt" Usaphais Is said to
have been the fifth king Of the first
dynasty, reigning about 300 B. c.. and
1t is hard to say how long previous
to this finding the sage had lived who
first compiled the chapter or used the
cures recorded.
Page ~ contains three dental pre-
scriptions against the throbbing OF
the bennut blisters in the teeth" and
Ito strengthen the flesh" (gums). and
is supposed to refer to the small alb
scesses known as gumboils.
The first, poultice, consisted Of
equal parts of "sept-grains" dough,
honey and oil: the second, mass to
be chewed, equal parts Of fennel seed,
dough. anest plant. honey, incense
and water; and a third, also to be
chewed, has no less than eleven parts
of dam plant" anest plant. incense.
ama-a plant, man plant, saffron, aloe
wood, annex plant. cyperus. onion and
water"
Another chapter contains eleven
dental recipes, some to be ohewed.
others to be rubbed on the teeth or
applied as paste. and on another
page among remedies for various skin
diseases there are three prescrip.
lions for diseases of the teeth, but
there are no special references to any
branch Of dental surgery.-"Nobility
Of Trades-The Dentist" Charles
Winslow Hall. in National Magazine
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Professional lnstlnct.

Some Of the newspaper correspond.
ants have to work without pause at
conventions, grinding out interminable
strings of copy for transmission by
telegraph. On such occasions 1t ID
not uncommon for four or five who
hre friendly to each other to form
combinations and exchange reports.
The simplest way to do this is to have
each writer make carbon copies Of his
days work. Five weary correspond.
Pnts were occupying one room in
Michigan avenue, and four of them
had keeled out on beds, while
the fifth continued to pound his
mill. What are you writings"
asked one of them, after a while. "A
letter to my wife" "Give US carbons,"
yelled the four in chorus.-The Ar.
yonaut.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
Early AeropIanes.

Not so very long ago deliver
among literary antiquities turned up a
notebook Of Leonardo da Vinci's in
which appeared sketches OF aero
planes. and now comes an amusing
Frenchman with citations to provo
that Dante must have flown. They arc
genuine citations. You can find them
for yourself in the seventeenth canto
Of the Inferno, where Dante and Vir-
gil go riding on the back Of an i'm
mense beast, which is obviously poetic
license meaning an aeroplane. Says
Virgil to Dante: Thou hast need to
show strength and audacity;" then to
the alleged beast, Describe a wide
circle In descending" Says Dante:
1.-THE beast continued to descend,
slowly. slowly. turning as he went
down. was aware of motion
only because of the wind that whis.
tied around me and over my head.
ventured to look down a
moment. but was chilled with ter.
Or. @. e. D.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
,wallowed hook, line and slnker. She

pwallOWed nook, line ana einker She
braced herself for long pull. game
ight-suddenly the line SACKED
there came swimming to the surface
the ugliest big swapping turtle she
had ever seen. Rex, all agog, struck
at 1t with his paddle-Milicent cried
warning. but too late. Before she
knew 1t the canoe was upset-she and
the lad f1oundering In water, sun.
warmed and slow-moving, but twenty
feet deep. She did not fear the water
since she swan well.
THE swapping turtle was her
terror-it was still on the surface
swimming hither and yon. though
It had bitten itself free OF the tackle.
1t was huge and evidently fighting
mad-she had heard weird tales
from the black people of such
creatures. fully angered, dragging
one to the depths. holding one there
to drown and later feasting like
ghouls.
Terror stricken, she made toward
the bank. Suddenly she found
herself caught by a snag, sub
merged trunk, brought down by the
spring floods. Rex was going from
her. with short quick strokes-she
had hidden him to do 1t, knowing her.
self the stronger swimmer.
Faint with fear, her call to him
was little more than whisper. But
even while she uttered 1t another
canoe shot toward her from the shade
on the other shore. The rover was
tall and goodly. stripped to his shirt
and trousers, and evidently a master
Of watercraft. Almost before she
knew it Milicent had been drawn
Into his canoe. Without speaking, he
snatched up a rifle and sent bullet
into the swapping turtles head. As
the bulk of 1t vanished he turned to
Milicent, saying with a long breath:
II doubt If you were really in danger,
but that is the most satisfactory
shot l ever fired"
Milicent sat up very suddenly and
very straight. In the bottom of the
canoe lay letter sheet-her own
| letter, wjnd-borne to this man of all
mem
Frank Register saw her flush Grim.
son, thereby he knew she had seen.
For a minute he was silent, rowing
hard toward the Ashton shore-the
! millpond set bounds betwixt Ashton
+, land and that of the Delanys. which
would some day be his own. Sud.
denly he dropped his paddle to reach
for Milicent's hands, and holding
them close in his own. said tenderly:
There was fate in 1t. Milly; read
your letter unwittingly when 1t
dropped out Of heaven. Otherwise,
should lack courage-those others
can give you so much more"
Courage? For what?" Milicent
interrupted.
He smiled at her and put an
audacious arm about her dripping
shoulders, as he said: "Oh. just to
tell you that rather than see you a
stubbs or a Bugg. I'm willing to
sacrifice myself and make you q
! Register"
And Mllicent. the wilful. only
! blushed and murnured. nesting to
him: "You were always 80 kind"
Copyright. 1912. by Associated Literary
| PresS)
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
Banana Flour.

Banana flour, especially prepared as
, tonic food is making it's appearance
IN Paris under the name of bananeine.
It is to be remarked that within a
recent period this fruit was but lit
tie used in France. and even now its
consumption is limited. However,
measures are being taken to increase
the importation, and it is said that
70 vessels were recently fitted up for
bringing the fruit to Europe. Banana
flour has much more extended use
in England than on the continent, but
efforts are now made to introduce It
in France. owing to it's great nutri-
tious value. The bananezne is a
preparation 60 per cent. of banana
flour. this being put through a steriliz.
Ing process ct the proper heat.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
BROUGHT TO Time
One Way to Help Man in His
Wooing.
BY JEANNE o. LoIzEAux.

Orpha did not lift her eyes from
her embroidery, but she was all ears
to Mrs. Healy's chatter. That lady
rocked, did complicated Irish crochet
and gossiped, each performance per-
feet of it's kind, and a refutation of
the adage that only one thing at a
time can be done we'll!
OrphS's sister had left her to enter
tain her guest for an hour on the wide,
vine-covered veranda, with it's rugs,
tea table, easy chairs and other para.
phernalia Of summer idleness, and the
girl found her duty best performed
by system of listening. The young
matron had discussed fashion, the
lake society, the latest novel, and
finally launched into running com.
mentary on love affairs. Safe herself
in the haven of happy marriage,
she considered herself a Judge OF
storms on life's sea, and wise unto
the matrimonial salvation Of all who
would accept her advice.
Mrs. Healy swung pretty tan
pump below her narrow skirt, and
audibly considered the case Of Rose
Danison and George Saint.
They've been engaged forever, and
nobody knows why they don't marry
and be out of their misery! l say II
is her fault that he doesn't insist or
her choosin gthe day. She makes him
too content as he is. A man has tc
be brought to time occasionally. He
gets too complacent, too sure of 6
girl, and needs to be walked up. She
ought to make him Jealous, or ge
abroad year, or even break the en-
gagement! Instead, she waits ter
years and acquires patient look ant
great sweetness of character, ant
some day, being only an average man
he will prefer mere pink cheeks
bright eyes and impatience! Dom
you think so?"
Orpha lifted her dark head, and he
calm eyes rested a moment on thu
plump little matron, glad that he
secret was safely hidden in her owl
heart, and that people could not thu
discuss her and Stanley Long. Fo
The first time she was glad that sh'
and Stan were not engaged, though
she was as she had been all summer
miserable because he neither declared
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
PACIN0TTl NO PUSHER
ITALIAN INVENTED A DYNAMO
WITH RING IMMATURE.
gut He Let the Discovery eIumbet
and Seven Years Later Il Was DE-
veIopsd by Gramme, the Hue
Ting Belgian.

At q moment when an admtring
world echoes with the achievements of
one Italian electrical inventor, there
passes from the earth in deepest OBJ.
security another Italian to whom the
arts and sciences are also under obi.
cation, and the contrast is dramatic,
the Scientific American remarkh. In.
ctdentally, 1t may be noted that the
country Of Volta by some curious proc
ess Of heredity or continuance always
holds her own in the industry to which
Volta gave birth, but only the student
knows that alongside the cleaning
name Of Marconi may also be set those
Of Paoinotti and Ferraris.
As far back as 1864 the gentle Ital-
ian physician Pacinotti introduced tim.
idly to public notice small electro
magnetic machine. with toothed ring
armature. which, he pointed out with
prophetic instinct. was available both
as motor and as generator. And
then nothing happened! But when
the celebrated Gramme dynamo with
Its ring armature arrested universal
attention. seven years later. the unob,
trusive professor dug up his treatise
and his machine and showed beyond q
doubt he was entitled to the credit Of
the discovery, although he lacked the
essential driving power to turn it into
a device useful to mankind.
There perhaps lies the lesson of his
career. We need physical discoveries
and reverse those who seek the truth
for Its own sake. But mankind with
keen instinct saves It's warmest ao-
claim for those who also make discov-
cries of some avail in adding to the
length Of life. its Joy. its possibilities
and it's conveniences.
Had not the hustling Belgian.
Gramme. come along with his famous
dynamo and sanguine French hackers.
Pacinotti would have let his model
slumber forever in museums and cab
lnets, just where many things the
world Is waiting for linger now. The
fact that Y. Pacinotti 80 little realized
what he had done and what his really
great inventive ability meant, is
shown by the curious fact that the
work and the studies Of his later years
were devoted to vine culture. If
he did anything significant there the
records of our time fail to show it.
but meanwhile the glorious torrent
Of electrical invention has swept ON
so fast and so far to many people
even this bold recognition of the ami.
able doctors genius may seem a bit
superfluous.
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his love nor went away. Mrs. Healy,
being stranger, of course knew
nothing about Stanley, and the girl
hoped her natural reserve had kept
1t from her own world.
Don't you think so?" persisted the
older woman.
Orpha rose In her deliberate way,
folding her embroidery, and stood, tall
and slender In the dying light of after.
noon. Unnoticed by them Steve. the
young man Of the house, had sprawled
along to the rose-wreathed railing, and
was listening Quizzically to the girls
answer.
"I- hardly think l do" said Orpha.
Il don't see how a girl with any self.
respect could purposely make the man
-she-cares for-jealous, or send him
away when she doesn't mean it, or
pretend to leave just to see If he will
follow. It doesn't seem sincere, some.
how. II man does not care enough
to say so, that's one thing. But he
might have a real reason, and she
might trust him. If she doesn't trust
him, she COUNT love him, anyway,
could she? Perhaps, Rose and George
don't tell everybody all their secrets7
Perhaps she is patient because She
understands? 1t might be like that,
you know She suddenly saw her
nephew, only five years her Junior, and
blushed deeply. Wise with his twenty
years, he regarded the girl with IA,
vor.
Good for you, auntie! You've got
sense! A fellow would hate to be
brought to time like that, If he had
any self-respect and"
If he knew what was being done to
him, which he never Does" finished
Mrs. Healy, with her ripple of laugh
"You are two solemn, sentimental chill
dren, and know nothing whatever
about love. Just you wait, Steve; and
as for you, Orpha-",
Steve's mother came along Just
then, taking of her gloves and drop
ping into the first chair, regarding
first her son and then her sister with
favor.
"As FOR Orpha," she said, "she is q
dear, and I'm glad she's here for hel
vacation, and since she is, want her
to go out to the lake and see the
sunset. She loves 1t, and she looks
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
"No," She Said Quietly.

many times, yet always manfully
brave, he succeeded in carving out
a future for himself as he had
dreamed. n
Weeks went by, then months, and
still Anne had no word from him.
She had answered his. last letter
promptly assuring him Of no objeo'
ton in case he still cared to read
parts Of her letter to a stranger.
Months added to months made q
year of silence. Then Anne went
away with her mother to the noun.
tains. A few days after she left
home her father telegraphed her
that Tom Marshall had appeared and
wanted to see her.
Don't tell where we are" she an.
swered, and settled down to enjoy
the courtship Of standtield Meyers,
who had followed her to the noun.
tains and who offered balm for her
wounded pride.
One evening as she swayed with
young Meyers to the music in the
ballroom Of the hotel she saw Tom
Marshall standing in the entrance,
his eyes fixed on her. She nodded
pleasantly, much as she would have
done to any casual acquaintance.
The music stopped when she was
near a door across the room. She
hurried into the darkness, and plead.
ing headache to her partner, went
directly down the long veranda,
through a French window and so
gained the elevator without encoun.
tering Marshall. A nights rest, she
reflected, would At her for the ordeal
of meeting his wife. Her fathers
lester that day stated that Marshall
had with him a beautiful young
woman whom he had heard called
Mrs. Marshall.
Anne was conscious Of the gossip
over the bridge tables and embroid.
cry frames as she started out for a
tramp with Meyers the next morning.
The engagement of the two would be
announced at the beginning of the
season in town, the marriage to take
place the following spring. so one
declared. Anne was glad that such a
story was abroad. Marshall would be
sure to hear it and so realize how
little she really cared for him. Later.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
Moth Larvae Poisonous.

The human skin is pierced by hairs
Of larvae OF the precessionary moth
caterpillars that sometimes swarm
over Europe in great numbers, and
painful swelling, itching and great ir'
ritation result. A Belgian investiga.
tor, c. Pittiez, has found that the eff.
fects are not merely mechanical. but
are due to chemical poisoning. On
soaking the hairs in either they lost
their irritant properties, but the un'
pleasant symptoms were caused by
the substance dissolved out. This
substance, Of which OPS per cent
was extracted, has the chemical and
physiological properties of canthari'
din, the poisonous principle of can
tharides.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
ANNE AvERTED ACRIME
BY Marrying the Only Man She
Loved.
Hy A. MARIA CRAWFORD.

His weekly letter, due on Thursday
morning. was not at her plate when
she came down to breakfast. She ran
through her mail hurriedly, an un
pleasant suspicion chilling her heart.
What does Tom write7 Is it time
TOR one of those-those roundups he
told us about when he was here1"
4 don't know, mother. There's
no letter from him this morning"
THE poor boy must be i'll. I'll
have your father telegraph at once"
Il would rather you wouldn't do
ehat-not just yet. The mail may be
late"
Late, 1t is a strange thing that
It has never been late before, in three
or four years. I think of Tom Mar
shall as one of my own children. His
mother was my best friend, and she
would appreciate my interest IL she
we're alive today"
mot when you have q marriage
able daughter" said Anne smiling.
In the privacy of her own room, an
hour later. she read again his last
letter.
IF you don't object, Anne" It ran,
Il would like to read bits of your
letter dated the twentieth to q little
girl out here. She is a pretty little
thing and often helps me pass away
time. Your letters are gems, fragrant
with my old life. and l would like
her to hear part of the one I men
toned"
Anne looked up over her desk
where his picture had hung ever since
she came home from school. He had
been student in the great university
near her own college. When he was
graduated he had gone west to q
ranch owned by his father. He was
determined to make good In the
world as a man.
II want to be a mans man, Anne
he had told her, mot a weakling.
don't want to stay in the east and
be pushed by dads friends and have
to frequent pink teas and dinner
parties. am going to get away
from the people who know me sc
that I will be forced to stand or fall
on my own resources"
Z He had found the west, robbed Of
Its glamour of romance and adven
ture. to be the very place to test
his strength and ability. Discouraged
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
Valuable Document Stolen,

In the Spanish capital the polico
have arrested q Frenchman named
Castor, on q charge Of stealing price
less historic documents in Paris. He
attempted to sell three documents,
which wer seized by the police. They
were the secret treaty between Louis
XIV. Of France and Philip Nv. of Spain.
signed In 1863; the marriage contract
Of Maria Theresa and Louis XIV, when
the latter declared. 1.-THE Pyrenees no
longer exist" and q parchment Of the
Emperor Charles v. The Paris
police had given notice of tho loss Of
these documents.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
Mother Was Puzzled.

A man from his office. downtown,
called his wife by telephone the 9th
er morning and during the conversa-
ton asked what the baby was doing.
"She is crying her eyes out" re-
piled the mother.
What about?"
Il don't know whether It Is be-
cause she has eaten too many straw.
berries or because she wants MORE -
replied the discouraged mothsr.-Indi-
annapolis News.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
Economy q La Mode,

Economy q La Mode.
There's an economical girl for You"
"As to how?"
Eats scent lunch every day"
Eyes; she's trying to save $50 TO
buy q willow plume" @ -
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-24
SoporlHc.

she-What was it the choir jusi
sang?
He-From the appearance of thu
congregation, think 1t must haW
been some kind Of Q lullaby.-Laugh
ter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-07-24
s visiting relatives in town.

is visiting relatives in town.
Mrs. Winnie Cole and daughter
Vera of st. Johnsbury visited Mrs
Henry Hancock last week.
Miss Dorothy Schofield of Hyde
Park is visiting her cousin, Miss
Christie Hatch.
Miss Christine Currier spent the
latter part of last week with friends
at Cabot.
Miss Grace Bartlett has been con-
fined to the house by illness.
The weekly prayer meeting at the
Methodist church has been changed
from Thursday to Wednesday even
ing.
Mrs. Estabrooks of Mortified and
Mrs. George Cummins of West Bols-
ton, Mass, are guests of Mrs. Harvey
Dole.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. v. B. Dow spent
last Friday with relatives at Lyn-
don
Mr.. and Mrs. Grin Jamison and
children of St. Johnsbury spent Sun
day at Henry Hancock's.
Miss Grace Hoyt and friend Miss
Hirtle, of Lowell, Mass, are spend
ing two weeks at A. B. Hoyt's.
Mrs. Silas Bovee was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pope at Hard
wick over Sunday.
Mrs. George Weeks and children
spent a part of last week visiting rel
atiVes at Hardwick.