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The Irish standard., 1913-10-11
HoNoRED HIS s : CANARY BIRD
Resident Of Atlantic City, surlss Dad
Pet In style Accorded
human Beings.

An Atlantic City resident recently
buried Q pet canary in q style seldom
accorded either bird or beast. The lit.
tie body was placed In q silk lined
metallic coffin. Then Q burial service
was read over the bird, setting forth
how the songster had brought happi.
ness and good cheer into the home OF
the owner through the influence Of his
silvery notes. There were tears shed
at the funeral and at the little grave.
A complacent sort Of IN attendant at
the obsequies was the family cat, who
listened to the solemn words and
watched the little bundle Of feathers
as he ruminatively stroked his Wits.
kers. He had been the death Of the
canary and would have had It eaten
after his first spring brought It down
to the floor had not the owner inter.
vened.
A Cincinnati woman not long, ago
buried her pet poll parrot with unique
honors. She had had the bird, who
was a great talker, speak into q
graphophone. and although to visitors
the result was nothing but a lot of
squawkings the owner insisted that It
was q faithful reproduction Of the at,
fectionate words uttered now and then
by the parrot. At the funeral Of the
bird the woman had this record put in
the graphophone and turned out to sew.
eral listeners called in to take part in
the obsequies. Then the: record was
placed alongside the birds body and
buried with It, for the owner declared
she could never bear to hear her pets
voice again II she could not see the
bird In the flesh.
F In PhHedelphia some time ago q boy
who had a pet squirrel prevailed upon
his father. to bury the entire cage Of
the squirrel, running wheel and all,
when the little animal was put Ia the
ground.
The Irish standard., 1913-10-11
Base Bail story.

Here II little story told recently
by Christy Mathewson and it may cast
q side light on some instde baseball
that will be interesting to tho fans:
lone of the most serious things that
can happen in game Of ball." said
the mighty twirler, IL for the pitcher
to double cross his catcher. It was
not SO very long ago that did this to
Chief Meyers. In fact, I have been
guilty of that breach Of baseball
etiquette ON several occasions, but al.
ways unwitttngly. Now here's the
reason for my lapses: Meyers 10 nat.
urally dark and when he becomes tan,
ned his skin 10 unusually 90. When
he puts his hand against his glove to
give the signal for the kind Of pitch
ho wants. 1t 10 hard to tell whether
he has ono or two fingers extended.
One finger might be the signal for q
curve and two for fast one. After
giving signal the catcher, naturally,
Is looking for what he oalled and
II the twirlsr throws something else.
the backstop might easily be injured.
This Is the first time in my long career
that the color of q catcher's hand
played such an important part IN base.
ball games. Every fan knows that the
face OF backstop's glove becomes q
dark brown, and when, in addition, the
catcher's hand 10 tanned to an unusual
degree, it 10 some job for tho pitcher
to tell the difference between ono and
two fingers.-Leslies.
The Irish standard., 1913-10-11
"MINuTE MEN' ARE SCARCE
Wireless Tsleoraphy 10 Praetlesd
Very ExtsnsIvely by British
Flag Waneers.

How many readers Of Answers
knows what q minute man" isl
He is an army signaler who 10 50
skilled at his work that, with the ordi
nary signaling nag, he can send" tho
,seventy-two letters. signs and figures
which the Morse code contains in six
ty seconds. As some of the letters
have to be expressed by four move
'ments Of the flag. you can guess that
he has to be pretty smart. AS mat
ter Of fact, he has 70 jerk his flag ia
and fro at an average rate Of 1--WE
times q second. 5..ass...
There is q tremendous amount Of
competition for the distinction" said
a minute man to q London Answers
representative the other day, "but II
Is distinction 30 hard to obtain that
minute men are very scarce.
THE regiment which has more thar
one or two Of them In it's body Of sig
nalers 10 lucky indeed.
"As matter Of fact" he went on
though people know so little about
them, signalers are Of the greatest i'm
portance to an army In times of war
Telegraph wires are rarely avail
able and field telegraphs are much toe
clumsy for use when q large stretch
of country has to BIO covered by mo
bile forces. .stsg-
I'm war the signaler has a hot time
He has to choose rising ground for hia
work. He cannot take advantage Of
cover as other troops can. The fash
of his hello or the waving of his nag
makes a fine target and the enemy
know that it is good policy to shoot
eignalers. ssfa
zone signaler I know who was at
tached to a mounted infantry corps
had three hello glasses broken by bull
lets while he was sending messages
In South Africa.
another man had his flag shot from
his hand on two different occasions.
"But in times Of peace the signalel
is rather to be envied. It is true be
gets no extra pay. The war office doe.
not think much Of him, and his only
cash reward is Z bonus for passing
his annual examination.
But as rule. unless regiment II
very much reduced, he is not called
upon to perform any fatigue duty. I'm
til a few years ego, at any rate, he
only carried . .cape on route marches
instead Of the heavy kit Of the ordt
nary private. Then, too in many regt
ments. the signalers have room tt
themselves. and only those who have
lived in big barracks know what q
comfort that is.
When q regiment is on the march
the colonel goes lirat. Then comes
the pioneers. then the signalers, ther
the band, followed by the rest, ant
soldiers think a lot OF little points o.
precedence like that" ~
- StSyp
The Irish standard., 1913-10-11
HIS JOURNEY PERIL0US.
HOW EXPRESS RIDER CARRIED
NEWS OF INDIAN UPRISING.
Messengers Trip In What 10 Nov,
state Of Washington, Was Ono Of
the Most Spectacular and
Venturesome Kind.

Probably the most spectacular and
perilous Journey that was ever made
by an express rider in the inland en-.
pire is recorded in the official reports
of Gov. Isaac !. Stevens. The gov
ernor and q small party Of twenty.four
were near Fort Benton, Mont. in the
autumn of 1855 after a summer Of
hard work negotiating treaties with
Indian tribes between the Cascade
mountains and the Montana plains.
Said Stevens biographer:
THE great tribes Of the upper Col.
umbia country-the Cayuses, Yakimas,'
Walla Walla, Umatillas, Palouses and
all the Oregon bands down to the Dali
les the very ones who had signed the
treaties at the Walla Walla council and
protested such friendship, had all brok-
On out in open war. They had swept the
upper country clean Of whites, killing
all the settlers and miners found,
there, and murdered Agent Bolon un.
der circumstances of peculiar atrocity.
Major Haller, sent into the Yakima
country with 100 regulars and bowit.
Ger, had been defeated and forced to
retreat by Kamiaken's warriors with
the loss of q third of his force and his
cannon"
This startling news the governor
must know and w. H. Pearson was
chosen to ride to Fort Benton. The
trust was not misplaced.
Pearson rode out of the Dalles fresh
and we'll mounted, and riding all day
and night reached Billy McKay's ranch
on the Umatilla by daylight. The
place was deserted. Lassoing fresh
mount he saw a band of hostiles rae
ing down the hills toward the valley,
and as he sprang into the saddle they
gave fierce yells and cries Of kill
the white mani"
They pursued him for many miles,
but he slowly drew away and at night
fall turned off the trail at right angles.
rode for several miles and then took
a course parallel with the regular
route.
Riding In this strategic manner.
resting few hours in secluded covert
and seeking unusual fords, Pearson
reached Lapwai and after days rest
pushed on over the Bitter Root noun
tains. A binding snowstorm beset
him; a tree fell and crushed his Neg
Perez companion and the trail was
buried under several feet of new fallen
snow
Unable to travel further on horse.
back Pearson improvised snowshoes,
cutting the frames with his knife and
weaving the webs with strands from
his. rawhide lariat and packing hia
blankets and q little dried meat upon
his back he struggled over the snow
buried heights, and after four days
of this desperate travel descended into
the Bitter Root valley near Fort Owen
where rest, a fresh mount and friendly
greetings awaited him. Three days
later he rode into Stevens camp on
the Teton so faint and exhausted that
Stevens men lifted him out of the sad.
die.
The Irish standard., 1913-10-11
Old Irish Proverbs.

The ancient kings, Bretons and FL
leas OF the Milesian Irish. says the
Catholic Standard and Times" were
men of great intelligence and wisdom
and the sayings Of "Allamq1 foehla,"
Fethil the wise. Moran and Cormac
MacArt, were SO many terse lessons Of
human wisdom. but it may be infor-
nation to the majority Of the Irish
public Of the present day to state that
many Of our proverbs in present use
are merely paraphrases of the old
Milesian sayings. Annexed we give q
list OF genuine Irish proverbs. from
Hardman's Irish Monstrelsy. witch
show the similarity between them and
modern English proverbs:
A blind man is no Judge Of colors.
When the cat is out the mice will :
dance.
Even fool has luck. e..
Fierceness is often hidden Under
beauty. " ....
There is often anger in a laugh.
A good dress often hides a deceiver.
Fame is more lasting than life.
A foolish word is folly.
Mild to the meek. s.
Cat after kind.
Hope consoles the prosecuted.
The satisfied forget the hungry.
Hurry without waste. .ns
Drunkenness is the brother Of rob.
berry. 49,,
1t is difficult to tame the proud.
1dleness is the desire of fool.
Look before you leap.
The end Of a feast IL better than
the beginning Of quarrel. @
A wren in the hand in better than a
crane out Of It. .1s
He who is out, his supper cools.
The memory Of an Old child ID long.
Everything is revealed by time.
A cat can look at king. Z!
Learning is the desire OF the wise.
Character is better than wealth.
Without treasure, without frlsnds.
A hungry man 10 angry.
No man IL wise at all times. RI,
Every dear article 10 womaa's desire.
Wisdom exceeds strength. e
Wine is sweet, to ply for Il better.
The Irish standard., 1913-10-11
Aeropiane Shaped Like. BIRD r.

Aeropiane shaped Like Bird.
An artificial bird built by French
inventor, which has recently been sub.
3ected to practical tests, apparently
solves what has been one Of the hard.
est problems in connection with heavi.
er-than-air flying machines. that of in
herent stability. This device is I
small model Of an aeroplane, with body
and wings shaped exactly like those of
p bird, and, from reports OF the tests,
1t represents the biggest step forward
since the Wright brothers first Invent
ed tho acceptance. THIS model ls the
result OF years Of Investigation Of the
mechanics Of bird flight, and, In par.
ttcular. Of the shape o. tho body ana
wings Of soaring birds, Tie object be.
ing to develop type OF 4eroplane that
would automatically right itself and
maintain it's balance In varying air cur
rents without the use Of stabilising de.
vices Of any kind and without the No.
cessfty Of any attention from the air.
man. Il the fuii.sised machines work
out a. successfully as this. model, II
means that one: Of the greatest dan
gers in aviation has been practically
eliminated. with an aeroplane Of this
type the airman would be free to de.
vote all his attention to steering and
running his machine. as there would
be no necessity for warping the wings
pr changing the position ofthe ailerons
to maintain his balance, as at present,
Popular Mechanics Magazine:
The Irish standard., 1913-10-11
NEW PAMPHLET
ISSUED ON MINIMUM
WAGE QUESTION
scENTRAL VERElN Publishes
TWO BROCHURES az
DR.. RYAN.

Two very interesting pamphlets ON
minimum wage legislation. by Rev.
John A. Ryan of st. Paul seminary
have Just been issued by the central
bureau Of the Central verein az addi-
tons to the already long list Of pop.
ular publications on the social cues.
ton. Both of these pamphlets are GER
tainly most timely. "of pending meas
ures ofeconomic refo1n." declares John
Bates Clark in the September Issue of
the Atlantic Monthly, ''few appeal 80
strongly to public feeling as docs the
minimum wage act. ana perhaps none
has a better right to appeal to u"
Coming from the pom Of Dr.. Ryan,
who is acknowledged to be one Of the
leading exponents Of this measure in
this country and whose works On "A
Living Wage and ''Tho Church and
Interest Taking have received wide
attention. they should be Of special In
terest to the reading public. More
over, the subject naturally should ap-
peal to every voter. It would b nsed-
less to remark.that each OF these treat.
Uses is a clear and lucid exposition Of
the legal minimum wage" idea. from
the sympathetic view point OF. 4 CARTS.
tian reformer.
The Irish standard., 1913-10-11
In Bohemia.

Il fear shall have to let you 90 and
employ q brunette model" said the
artist.
II hoped" responded tho model,
that was giving satisfaction"
you are. But you are q blonde.
and / am all out Of yellow paint. -
louisville Courier
The Irish standard., 1913-10-11
7ThE REAL FRA DIAvOL0
pEsEKrfp BY MEN, BETRAYED
:. I 81 ~ ne PHYSICIAN.
Memoirs o. Gen. Hugo Tell story Of
! Campaign Against tho erisand
Who Fought for Bourbens
Against Napoleon.

0000teS k10S0B memoirs ceak the
story OF his campaign against Fra Di.
evolo, alias Michael Pexza. the Italian
prdsand who fought for the Bourbona
against Napoleon. The general trans
forms his adversary into . kind OF
hero and puts his personal prowess in
such y dramatic light that his son, the
post Victor Hugo, found it necessary
10 add little or nothing to the account
10 raise It to the level OF an epic.
However. u, jacques Rambaud pub
.lishes Ii the Revue Do Paris some new
documents which reduce this campaign
to more prosaio proportions. These
> documents are the very, letters written
ny Commandment Hugo. the future gen.
.eral, to Caesar Berthier, his command,
pfl1n.ohfeE, - well ~ the formal report
Of Ais operations drawn up at Naples
pn November 4, 1908.
.! Ii his uemoirs Hugo from the outset
Affects Z wonderful confidence; his
letters prove that he was nightly
perpiexsd how to deal with an enemy
with whom the whole population was
tn sympathy, and he frankly confesses
that In the work Of conquest he looks
Fs&hef to bribery and treachery than
b torce OF arms. -
8. His memoirs describe a real battle,
Tie aght at Bojano, in which his sol.
disrs are represented rs making 80
prisoners, after killing or drowning
hundreds OF briEands. His letters are
nore modest and speak only Of . skir-
mish IN which several brisands were
killed and only six wsfe taken prison
/: ers. Thers fs, too, In these letters
nothing about the shot In his right leg
which he afterward mentions in his
memoirs; on the contrary, he seems to
have moved about with remarkable
agility. -
- This does not mean that the cam
paign against the famous 'brigand was
. not decidedly streaaous. but the mill.
tary operations would have been Bin.
eularly sfruitless and Fra Diavolo
would have continued to range the
country for many years had he not
h1en deserted by his mon and in his
Doaitary condition recognized by vii;
lage doctor. who won his confidence
and betrayed him.
Hugo assures us in his memoirs that
he interceded with King Joseph to
grant Fra D1avolo / pardon. There n
no evidence Of this and it is not very
likely. How could he have had the
eace TO claim that this captured bri.
gand should be treated as a prisoner
Of war when from his own showing he
was-a man more celebrated for crimes
] Il than foE deeds Of military daring. more
accustomed to take. q hight than to
stand his ground and flghtf He com.
pared him, indeed, with Mandrin and
I, Cartouche. That means that the hang.
man'r rope was too. good for him.
The Irish standard., 1913-10-11
How Like 4 Womanl

How Like Z. Womanl
Dhe-Do you love me As much WAan
you are absent from me?
He (fervently)-I love you more,
darling. /, 4
shs-oh. why can't I DO With yoa
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-22

of the heart have contracted having driven the blood
with tremendous force into the arteries the aurices
sucking back the blood by tremendous pull through
the veins. The blood passages narrow and the
force exered must be great to keep the current flow
ing swiftly without moments pause or delay
1t is easier to keep channel filled when it is
upon the level than when the force needs to be ex-
erted up and down. Water will flow almost of itself
slight grade, but great power is needed to bring
up, when he is sitting with his upon the floor
the heart has to drag a considerable portion of
the blood up the whole length of the legs. When
mans feet another chair considerable strain
upon the heart is relieved, and when his feet are on
the table, the position requiring reclining posture
the level of the heart and consequently the sense of
relief is still greater.
Lying down is still helpful for then not only
is the strain of sucking the blood from the lower
extremes removed, but there is less force required
10 pump the blood upward from the heart This is
one of many reasons why the horizontal attitude is
the form used in sleep. for the diminished breathing
during sleep would not give enough oxygen to the
blood If all its other activities remained the same.
In this age of rush and strain not single oppor-
tuniry TO add to the of rest should be over
-oo:i5l Never, when resting during the evening" sit
in STRAIGHTFORWARD chair unless necessary: lie down
these is feasible a footstool. Tired girls going
to their rooms after a long days work, weary
mothers darning stockings after the children are in
bed, should do what they have to do in way which
is as near to lying down they make convenient
Tor their work and give their heart chance.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-22
in the PerfeCt Woman SCptors and PAINTERS OVERLOOK

The woman who attempts to accentuate her hins /
squeezing her waist until the lungs are pushed ont
place equally guilty with her sister. And the res
of all this wrong treatment of the body is nvariab
i'll health. Then all form and beauty disappear
AS the young is developing and for vo,.
after, some form of slight exercise is needed IN n
the body. But just here you must keep always in Won
memory the fact that every part of the BODY mr,.
have a chance at the exertion. Leave all deveIono
alone; help nature and she will build for you Danci
is good for the girl bending and twisting stretcb.
the arms and deep breathing, all help.
A scrawny neck be developed into a crri
one by deep breathing and loose corsets This retbs
sends blood into the vessels of the neck which ca
food there and fills out the lean spots normal br
can be attained by keeping the shoulders hack ana
carrying the head erect. This stretches the muscles
which contract and expand the arteries of the bst and
also supply nourishment for the parts Don't run IN .
called flesh foods" Food for the flesh should be talon
into the stomach where it is prepared for the different
portions and organs of the body.
Don't worry about your weight or height A v,o,.,
be ravshingly beautiful whether she measure,
five feet or five feet seven. 1t all depends upon how t
flesh and bones in harmony The Venus Of Mill
beautiful in her way but any other woman HAVING
the relative proportions would be just as beautnI
perhaps more so to our present tastes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-22
Could MAN Once
CHANGE His COLOR?

from something scaled and tailed and drab
as dead mans hand" as Langdon Smith
wrote in his remarkable poem, Evolution,
he could also have evolved into being with
the color-changing power of the chameleon
If a wild beast pursued him through the
fronded palms of some prehistoric iunro
man might have possessed the ability 10
leap into the midst of a Towering bush and
turn as white as the flowers Themselves
therefore hiding himself in safety, Just as
the chameleon can change colors to match
a twig or flower or anything he chances to
be on, and just as some fishes possess the
power to do to-day.
In the days when man went unclothed
along with the beasts of the plains and jun.
giles, he certainly needed more defense from
danger than the mere rocks and sticks
could afford, and so, if this theory is right
nature gave him cunning. With the advance
of civilization man learned to make weapons
and so protect himself and the changing Of
color for hiding was not needed Not being
needed or used it was soon lost. just as to.
day we lose the use of any of our faculties
il they are not used.
Perhaps the blush of the maiden of to-day
is all there is left of the days when the
prehistoric maid, chased by prehistoric man
seeking a mate, leaped into a bower Of erin.
son flowers and turned a rosy red from tip
to toe, thereby secreting herself after the
manner of a chameleon
At any rate, DR.. Hirsch's idea is novel
one and poets may find something new to
write about in the suggestion of the pre-,
historic maiden who ''bluShed all over and
hid in bower of roses.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-22

The pea vine is another cool form of vegetation w
into the garden during the heat of the day anu
pass the hand through the foliage of the vines tna
asonished to note the difference in the feel Of the pea
vines from any other form of vegetable matter in INC
garden.
The people in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas and even
in Missouri and Illinois, where the Summer sun DUTIES
them with its rays and the hot south winds often
wither vegetation, and humanity and live stock suls'
greatly, the fact that certain forms of vegetation a'
cooler than others has been of wonderful beneht |"
mankind al,
1t has been learned by actual experience that aIat
planted on the south and southwest of the MONIES
from six to fifteen degrees of those hot Sgi
days There is cool breath from the alfalfa neu
the time. The difference in temperature from the SUI Nv
to the north side of large field of alfalfa is shown
actual tests.
Alfalfa is being planted to the south OF huhuI
OF homes and many practical farmers planting @
and other crops that easily affected by the ihe
heat the north of their alfalfa fields to provide p
lection against the hot winds
SunhoWers reduce temperature, and known ~ -
rest the malaria that prevails in some localities
dreds of homes in Missouri and Arkansas as wen d.
Texas, provided with a southern or southwest
patch of sunfowers near the home. 1t is said 10 "O
wonders in that respect. 31
In countries where the natives live in tropIai
climates and have to endure the heat they have ea
the trees that produce the coolest shade. lar
1t is said the maple and buckeye trees are CoO''
tnan any other shade trees grown in this country! "a
IL VIII pay persons who exposed to the lnv5 -
summer heat to study such matters carefully. Nan
mas many gifts for us if we bur know how to ma '4'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-22

THAT man might have once possessed
the power to instantly change the
= color of his skin, after the manner OF
a chameleon, is a possibility, according to
Dr. J. Hrsch, of New York, who believes
the habit we have to-day of turning cold
through fear may be all that is left of
trait we possessed away back in the dim
ages when man went about wild and I'M
clothed
When we turn cold through fear we also
turn pale. 1t may be, says Dr. Hirsch that
when we become suddenly frightened we in
voluntarily send more liberal supply of
blood to the brain to enable us to think and
act more quickly and therefore the supply
is lessened on the surface This makes us
both pale and cold as the blood of course,
is our warmth.
"A person is said to be cold when the
amount of blood circulating in the skin is
less than normal" declares DR.. Hirsch, land
the surface, therefore, is lowered in temper
ature. Certain emotions such as anxiety and
fear cause a contraction of the tiny blood
vessels in the skin, forcing the blood away,
and this may be a survival of some remote
age when man was in the habit of escaping
from his enemies by voluntarily changing
his color by means of altering lessening or
increasing the circulation of blood in his
skin, as the chameleon does at the present
day."
Whether man ever possessed this power
is an interesting question. Evolution works
wonders and if man could have evolved