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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
REAL SECRET OF BADNESS
Under Certain Conditions, the Man
Whose Hair Has Gone May az
Well Abandon Hope.

The actual condition of the scalp
and of the hair has very much less to
do with the health of the latter than
is popularity supposed. The bulbs OF
the roots of the hair go down COM
pletely through the skin and into the
fatty layer which lies between it and
the skull. and the thing that to the en-
pert eye is really significant of the
prospect as to progress or cure in a
particular case of badness is not the
condition. or color, or cleanliness OF
the scalp, but the thickness or thinness
Of this fatty layer which underlies it.
So long as this is present and the
scalp is freely movable over the skull,
there is hope of restoring reasonable
growth of hair; but when this fat has
been absorbed and the shiny scalp
sticks as closely to the skull as the
cover on a baseball. the outlook is
practically hopeless. This, of course.
shows at once the futility of most Of
the local applications to and manipula.
tions of the scalp. from which it sui.
fers untold torments in those who are
or imagine themselves to be becoming
bald.-Dr. Woods Hutchinson In Com
mon Diseases.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
MADE UP OF LITTLE THINGS
Small Events Count for Much More In
Life Than Those We Consider
Of Importance.

We love little things, we hate little
things, we fear little things; our lives
are knit up with little things from the
time we are born to the day we die.
Big things draw us up to Heaven or
crush us down to hell. Little things
live beside us on the earth, eat and
sleep with us, laugh and grumble with
us, catch the early train with us, or
make us miss it, irritate and appeaso
us-never leave us alone for a min.
ute.
That is why they are SO much more
important than the big things-the
things that only come once in a way,
at long intervals, and even then are
nearly always the result of hundred
and one little things combined.
To be crushed by large misadven.
ture is natural, but to fall a victim to
a series of petty misfortunes is hu.
initiating. There are many who would
prefer to break their necks once and
for all by falling off mountain, than
to bruise their whole bodies and dis.
locate their tempers by the daily
stumbling over a mole-hill. It is the
little things that count-the satisfac.
ton of climbing Mount Olympus is a
poor sort of attainment If the scores
and scores of pleasant details which
wait upon success be absent.-From
the Atlantic.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
WHITE SERVANTS GOOD WORK
Old Much Toward Building Up the
South In the Days Before the
Revolution.

Socially the white servant was an
important factor in helping to build up
landed aristocracy in the south, be.
cause he made possible the cultivation
OF extensive areas of land, declares a
writer in Harper's Magazine. But in
the course of few years he became
q free citizen and owner of small
estate. Thus was developed yeoman
class, much needed democratic ele-
ment in the southern colonies, while
at the same time settlers were secured
for the black lands, where they were
needed to protect the frontier. Never.
theless, they did not form distinct
class after becoming freedmen. Some
We're doubtless the progenitors of the
poor white trash" of the south, but it
is likely that environment rather than
birth was the main factor in producing
this class. While comparatively few
rose to prominence; yet there are some
notable examples to the contrary. Two
signers of the Declaration of indie.
pendence, George Taylor and Mathew
Thornton; Charles Thompson, the sec.
rotary of the continental congress, and
General Sullivan of revolutionary war
fame, had all been white servants. It
is certain also that many became sue.
cessful planters, and perhaps the ma.
jority respectable and desirable citi.
zens.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
FIiaht Of Fjies.

That the fly is peripatetic and
what the politicians call a good mixer
Is well known. The linear extent of
his peregrinations is. however, still a
matter of dispute. And as he certainly
carries with him and distributes infec.
ton, whenever there is any to be had.
the more or less exact determination
Of his maximum range is of great prac-
teal importance. At one time he was
thought to be very much of a home.
body" never wandering more than a
few hundred or thousand feet from
his birthplace. Then observations
made in England and elsewhere threw
doubt upon this conclusion, and it was
finally proved that he may travel at
least mile from home.
Now comes along Prof. C. F. Hodge
with 600 per cent. extension of the
record, and the opinion that flies ARE
able to travel much farther than is
commonly supposed. New York Eve.
ming Post.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
keep,no Hou.e Plant. He,,thv.

NSVPtUS V1Ouoe TldnIV t1e0lSuys
No one who has not seen q really
we'll care for and healthy collection
of house plants can imagine the charm
and beauty they can lend to the room
In which they live. Unhealthy plants
are depressing. and unless one is will.
ing to give the window garden a rea-
sonable amount of care it is better to
dispense with it altogether. The house
plants will cheerfully repay any in.
telligent attention, though they resent
meddling. The real gardener, the one
who has the true love of flowers at
heart, knows when to leave we'll
enough alone. Do not disturb the roots
at all during the winter unless they
are attacked by insects. for most
plants are resting and cannot then
put out new shoots. This is particu.
larly true of such plants as palms. rub
Der plants and ferns, which had best
be shifted and fed with fertilizers only
in the summer. Soft wooded plants,
like geraniums, are not easily injured
by transplanting; but even so If they
need extra feeding on account of large
growth, 1t is much better given In
liquid form.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
Cora Belle's Team.

Cora Bellies team would bring q
smile to the soberest face alive. Sheba
is a tall, lanky old mare. Once she
was bay in color, but the years have
added gray hair until now she is
roam. Being SO long-legged she strides
along at an amazing pace which her
mate, Balaam, little donkey. finds it
hard to keep up with. Balaam, like
Sheba. is full Of years. Once his
glossy brown coat was the pride of
some Mexican's heart, but time has
added to his color also, and now he
Is blue. His eyes are sunken and dim,
his ears no longer stand up in true
donkey style, but droop dejectedly. He
has to trot his best to keep up with
Sheba's slowest stride. About every
three miles he balks, but little Cora
Belle doesn't call it baking, she says
BALKAN has stopped to rest, and they
sit and wait till he is ready to trot
along again. That is the kind of lay.
out which drew up before our door
that evening-The Atlantic.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
TO QUALIFY AS "BEsT MAN"
Man Who Has Risen From the Ranks
to High Position Describes Re.
quisItes One Must Possess.

What constitutes the best man" In
any line of commercial activity? was
a question put to the New York agent
Of steel corporation who came up
from puddler in his company's plant.
The requisites to make such man, in
his opinion. are:
"Amenable to discipline and able to
take criticism in good form.
able to apply fairness and consid.
Grafton to those who through force Of
circumstances are placed under him.
"Must not hesitate to criticise when
criticism is needed. and for the sole
benefit Of his company.
Performs such work as comes to
him with the best at his command.
Does not pay too serious attention
to the clock and is willing to work Q
few minutes overtime without protest,
Takes the assignment of new and
difficult work to him with good grace.
always ready to profit by his asso.
Citations with his fellow workers."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
.CO0NS MAKE PLAYFUL PETS
Maine Man Has Two Which He Has
Tanned and Trained, and They
Act Like Kittens.

Wild racooons that are found in the
Maine woods are like children in
great many ways. They can be
trained to do things. though they
are born under different influences.
Adolph Gilblair of Skowhegan, Me-,
has two pet coons which he has
trained and cares for daily He got
these coons from farmer about four
months ago. and they are now as play
full as kittens and will frolic with each
other. rolling over and over like two
little dogs, and they do not show any
savage or wild disposition. They are
let out into the dooryard and will run
about. and when tired will stretch
out on the doorstep in the sun.
They are very keen to danger and
II dog approaches they will climb to
the top of an apple tree. They are
kept in yard of their own in night
time and they have large hollow log
that they can 60 into. They curl up
together like two kittens and sleep.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
WAS FIRST AMERICAN BANK
Boston Institution That Issued $500,
Geo in Scrip in f714 Is Accorded
That Honor.

The first bank in America, located
on State street, Boston. loaned money
on real estate, personal property and
lmperishable merchandise, though it
had not the privilege of issuing
money, then prerogative of the Bay
State colony. After few years Bos.
toms first branc.. discontinued busi-
ness and was started in 1714, ten
years after the first newspaper was
printed in Boston. The new bank car
ried on business and issued 100000 in
scrip on the basis now sought by GER
tain financial promoters and leaders. It
was scrip and nothing but scrip, and
consequently the bank was short-lived.
In 1912 land bank was founded by
several hundred subscribers who gath
cred in Boston as the bankers are
meeting today and who attempted to
relieve the scarcity of specie by is.
suing scrip based on real estate hold
ngs. A specie bank was also founded
about the same time. but both insti-
buttons found it as impossible to com.
pete with tho "bills of credit" issued
~ nearly every colony as it would be
:oday to rival the government in mint
ng money. All this paper money rap.
dly deprecated in value, owing to the
constant and heavy expenditure for
military movements of offense and de-
tense against the Canadian French
and their Indian allies.
In 1882. during the revolution, the
Bank OF North America of Philadel-
2hia received charter from congress,
Ind its operations in the Bay State in.
,pired the establishment of the Bank
If Massachusetts in March, 1884, an
institution which is still in operation
Is the First National bank of Boston.
National Magazine.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
LOYALTY.

For those who are not merely loyal.
but also enlightened, loyalty, never.
losing the definiteness and concrete
ness Of its devotion to some near and
directly fascinating cause. sees itself
to be in actual spiritual unity with
the common cause of all the loyal.
whoever they are. The great cause
for all the loyal is in reality the
cause of the spread and the further.
ance Of the cause of the universal 10y
atty Of all mankind; cause which
nobody can serve except by choosing
his own nearer and more immediate
appreciated cause.-the private cause
which is directly his own-his family,
his community, his friendship, his call
ing. and the calling of those who serve
with him. Yet such personal serv.
Ee-your special life cause, your task.
your vocation-is your way Of further.
ing the ends Of universal humanity.
Josiah Royce. Loyalty and In,
sight.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
WEAVING THE TURKISH RUG
monotonous and Painful Task ut
Which Women and Girls
Are Employed.

Carpet weaving is the chief mechan.
lcal industry Of this region and is a
recognized business of at least three
Of the seven cities-Smyrna, Thyatira
and Philadelphia. Imagine a large.
bare room; in front of US is great
frame, perhaps 20 feet in width; in
front OF the frame are seated half q
dozen women and girls. whose deft fin
gers fly like lightning as they break
off two or three inches of wool from
lunches of different colors that hang
over their heads.
With incredible activity they knot
this little piece Of yarn to one of the
threads of the web, choosing with mar.
velous exactness the right shade to
match the pattern that is before them.
So rapidly do their fingers move that
one can scarcely follow them. as with
all the skill and exact precision of a
practiced piano-player they break of
and tie the little piece of yarn, reach
for another of different color, break
1t off and knot it, keeping up this ex-
acting task for hours at a time, until
one aches in sympathy with the tired
hands that are flying in and out In
front of the great frame.
After little of the wool has been
knotted to the web it is combed out
and cut even with the large shears
and then pounded down with a pecu-
liar shaped hammer; and yet the most
that a skillful woman can weave in a
long days work is only about ten
inches of carpet two feet wide
Christian Herald
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
AIDS VICTIMS OF INSANITY
NtratIon Of Oxygen Of Much Value,
II Not an Absolute Cure.

A new and extraordinary use for
oxygen has been found by DR.. Tou.
louise, chief physician of the Villejuif
insane asylum. He finds it a most
valuable aid in the treatment of mad.
ness.
Doctor Toulouse makes certain that
the oxygen in the steel cylinders in
which he receives 1t is pure and free
from nitrogen; then he fills small
glass TASKS with it. A rubber bulb
enables him to regulate the pressure
in the TASKS, and a rubber tube con.
meets these with q fine hypodermio
needle. Through this ESQ cubic cent.
meters Of oxygen are injected under
the skin.
A physician who has watched the
operation and its effects upon patients,
reporting his observations for La Ma.
ture. says the results are remarkable
among patients in . condition Of acute
mental confusion. who are always
greatly improved and often cured en-.
ttrely by few injections. The excited
and victims of insomnia become calm
and lucid.
In cases Of acute mania, dementia,
epileptic fits and certain cases Of mel
ancholia good results have been oh.
tanned. The oxygen treatment IL now
being tried upon other forms q IN.
sanity.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
Rude Shock.

Americans travelling abroad soor
hnd out that the language they speab
is not looked upon always as genuine
English, either by the naughty Eng
hshman or the natives of the con
tinent of Europe. One already aware
of this view, who thought he was
hardened to it, got the rudest shocl
of all last summer.
In a Paris book store window hi
saw several little red books.
"How to Learn German" was the
title of one of them. Another wa,
called How to Learn Spanish" anoth
or "How to Learn Italian" and SO on
The American was looking at then
with an uninterested air when his ex
preston suddenly changed to one O.:
utter amazement. Casting his eye
on still another of the little red book
he read on it's cover:
"How to Learn American!"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
BABY LANGUAGE MADE STUDY
Declaration by Expert Will Make Him
Unpopular With the Fond
Mother.

Baby language is the latest study.
The child first uses its voice, says an
expert. to express hunger, temper and
feelings of pleasure. Noises alone
suffice for such expression. Then the
baby utilities its voice as a plaything,
and afterward as a recognized mode
of expression.
thrilling Of lips takes place only at
teething time. Gradually there is less
variety of sounds, as the child learns
definite associations with definite
sounds. Some little people can hum
tunes perfectly, yet are too young to
pronounce the accompanying words.
On the other hand, they are often
credited with words they never say.
Mum" is an instructive sound, not an
Intentional call. Doubtless fond moth.
ers will protest, but a wise professor
laid it down that the child of any ma
tionality when in need cries Mum"
The mother comes. After a time the
infant associates Mum" with the ar
rival of mother and the cessation Of
distress. Then it expresses the word
intelligently, but not before this as
ISOLATION has occurred.
Definite words, 1t was explained, are
comprehended between the twelfth
and fifteenth months. Often one word
forms the entire vocabulary for a
long time. Comprehension of words
takes place earlier than the power to
speak.
There was a great difference be-
tween boys and girls. The former
were slower than the latter.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
Rlaht to Accent Reward,


The right Of public officer to &C.
cept a reward was involved in the
case of Hartley VS.. Inhabitants of
Granville. before the supreme judicial
court of Massachusetts,, in which the
court ruled that while ordinary peace
officers cannot collect additional com.
pensation for services rendered in per.
Torrance Of their regular duties, yet a
contract made to pay an officer for
services rendered outside and not in.
consistent with his duties is valid.
The court holds that constable who
ferreted out offenders, relying on re.
ward offered by the town, may recover.
because detective duties are not with.
In the scope of a constable's official
obligation.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
Author,s Queer Costume,

One of Robert Louis Stevenson's
contemporaries describes the author:
His hair was smooth and parted in
the middle and fell below the collar Of
his coat; he wore black flannel shirt,
with curious knitted tie twisted in q
knot; had Wellington boots, rather
tight, dark trousers. pea jacket and a
white sombrero hat. But the most as.
founding item of all his costume was
lady's sealskin cape which he wore
about his shoulders, fastened at the
neck by a fancy brooch, which also
held together bunch of half dozen
daffodils. l think these final touches
to his toilet must have been added by
loving hands without his knowledge or
consent"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
sayina Came True.

The discovery that Scottish bank.
notes have actually been forged with.
in the walls of Peterhead convict
prison recalls an amusing incident.
Unlike the notes of the Bank Of
England (Which are destroyed as soon
as they find their way back to the
bank, notes on Scottish banks are put
in circulation again and again. The
result Is that some of these notes get
very dirty, the one.pound notes get
ting particularly grubby and worn
in the course Of their travels.
An English barrister who was once
given a sheaf of these notes in pay
ment of large amount, regarded
them with horror for few seconds,
holding them delicately between his
thumb and finger.
"Now," he said, holding them at
arms length, now I understand the
meaning of that saying about "filthy
lucer.'"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
Lesson for Humanity.


A vanished frog dies, not because
bodily poisons accumulate in it's skin,
but because of overheating. When the
80 degrees Centigrade, DR.. Vittorio
Puntoni Of the University of Bologna
reports that the frog must use its pores
to radiate the extra heat. The Lancet,
discussing his findings, remarks that
disease germs were discovered to
make short work of the vanished ba.
trachians, already weakened by swell.
tering. The conclusions of Doctor
Puntoni have practical interest in
their relation to the deleterious effects
of moist, warm climates and the use
Of improper clothing, which act BY
disturbing the cutaneous function.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
aEsT TEA ON MOUNTAIN TOP
Long Cultivated by Priests Of Rudd.
hist Temple In the Western Part
Of the Country.

The best tea in all China, and, there.
fore, in all the world. grows on top
OF small mountain In Western SEE.
chuan, called Ming Shan, and is cult
waited by the priests of the Buddhist
temple on its summit, according to the
Youths Companion. Tradition says
that q Chinese pilgrim brought tho
seeds from India centuries ago. There
are only few pounds in each crop
and these have always gone as tribute
to Picking for the use Of the imperial
household. Who will get the precious
tea now? Will 1t be reserved for tho
family Of the president of the repub.
lie, or will 1t be scattered among those
who are willing to pay a big price for
such luxury?
There is saying in China, that to
make a perfect cup Of tea you must
take leaves from Ming Shan, and wa
ter from the Yangtze. No one sup
posed the actual turbid river water to
be meant. but no one could explain the
proverb until De Rosthorn, who wrote
an interesting treatise on Chinese tea
solved the problem, or thought he did.
De Rosthorn was once crossing the
Yangtze near its mouth. at Chen
kiang, when he saw some men in
boat. dipping water into buckets. He
inquired why they did that, and was
told that at the bottom of the bay
there was spring. remembered since
the time when the present river-bed
was dry land, and that this spring
water was highly esteemed in cookery.
Here, then, he concluded, he found
that special water Of the Yangtze
which, with Ming Shan leaves. made
the best cup Of tea In the world.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
In the Nursery.

1t does not mean that woman can
not take charge of her own children's
bringing-up simply because she puts
them in a nursery. She can take
charge of them as we'll in a nursery as
out of one. If they are in charge Of
governess. however. she should be
a woman who can be thoroughly trust
ed. In these days Of mothers help
ers the young woman who fills that po-
sition would have the supervision Of
the nursery in house where she was
employed, and she should be chosen
with the greatest care. For the whole
value of the nursery idea is that the
children who are brought up in a
nursery lead quieter, more untram-
meled life than they do when they
live out of the nursery.-Exchange.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-12-27
DEADLY SNAKES IN AUSTRALIA
Many Species Are There, Vet Fatal
tiles From That Source Are by
No Mean Common.

Snakes hereabouts?" Glanced to
inquire.
Thousands" said the sawyer.
Deadly?
"They tell me, and l believe It," he
replied, weighing his words, that the
death-adder and tiger-snake kill in
half an hour. I'm told" he drawled
on. IN harmony with the droning wealth.
er, that dog won't last no more
than twenty minutes. The death ad.
der, now, he's slow, stupid beast, and
won't move along. The tiger.snake
comes at you; but the death-adder,
he's slow. stupid beast-lies still
and bites when you tread on him.
There's the black snake, too. and the
brown snake-they're deadly; and q
few others, like the tree snake, and
maybe some more. reckon the car.
pet-snake is the only snake we got in
this country that can't do too much
damage"
Mortality high?"
What say? Oh! Well, I'll tell you,
II you 60 hunting for snakes you're
likely to be kept real busy: but IL you
mind your own business, and give the
snakes a chance to mind their own
business, and II you look out for them
slow. stupid death-adders, you're likely
to be let off. heard tell Of q kiddie
being bit once. He put his hand in q
rabbit-hole."
did the child die?"
"Ah, we'll, no; he took an anecdote."
1t had been mild abrasion; for
these snakes-the black snake and IT,
ger snake and death ad der in particu-
lar-are more virulently poisonous
than the rattlesnake or cobra. Yet
death from snake-bite is by no means
common in Acknowledgements Dun
can in Harper's.