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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Hamlet,

At the first performance of Hamlet
upon any stage the applause was very
slight, and with it had been mingled
a few Kisses. There was no call for
the author from applauders or hissers,
and Burbage was in terrible fury.
Hunting up the crestfallen author OF
the play, he reared:
Shakespeare, this Hamlet of youra
is rotten! There isn't an epigran
from one end to the other, and 40 So
ciety play can hope to succeed with
out EN-. Queen Elizabeth is asleep In
her box, and Sir Walter Raleigh has
just Kicked hound into the street to
relieve his feelings! You've got to in.
sert a couple Of dozen of of glittering
epigrams into it by tomorrow's re.
hearsal or I'll turn it into a musical
comedy by introducing ballet and
making the grave diggers Yiddish
comedians!"
Next morning the trembling author
handed in sheaf of Picturesque sen,
fences that embraced the following:
"Brevity is the soul of wit"
conscience doth make towards ol
US ALL"
"Frailty, thy name is woman"
"Tis true, tits pity, and pity tits 'tis
true"
Evidently they added the touch that
playgoers wanted, for Hamlet is run
ming still.-Pulitzer's Magazine.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Stopped His TALKING,

Ii Hung Chang tells us in his
"reminiscences that when he visited
Russia he was much impressed by
the precautions that were taken
against the assassination of members
of the imperial family. He says, Il
do not think l would like to exchange
positions with the car. even to have
the fine czarina as wife and my choice
of the rarest tea" The fine old China
man had at least the gallantry to put
the wife before the tea, but one
would like to know his actual esti.
mate Of the relative values. But Ii
Hung Chang himself was not wholly
a stranger to the assassin. He con.
tinues: "Once in Tientsin a low fel.
low came into my courtyard and told
the banner captain that he intended
taking my life. He had long piece
of wire, and said he was going to
hang me to my own gateposts. I had
to have his head cut of before he
would stop talking" Happy China,
where it is possible to cut of a mans
head in order to stop him from talk.
ing. And yet we say that the Chi
nese are lacking in civilization.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Competition Defined.

In deciding that retail oil dealer
In Iowa may recover damages from the
Standard Oil company for going into
the retail trade In competition with
the plaintiff with malicious intent to
drive him out Of business because he
quit buying his supply from the de-
PENDANT and got 1t elsewhere, the su-
preme court of Iowa says in Dunshee
vs.. the Standard Oil company:
men have the right to engage in
lawful competition, and though the
competition may have the effect Of
driving another out of business, II the
competition is lawful no action arises
though injury resulted from the COM
petition. Where there Is lawful COM
petition for gain, for supremacy in
business, for the legitimate control Of
business, even though the purpose and
effect of the competition is to drive
from business competitors, yet If the
competition is lawful and carried on
in a lawful way no action will lie.
There is difference between lawful
competition and simulated competition
carried on with the sole purpose and
intent not of profit and gain, but Of
maliciously injuring others engaged in
that particular business
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Famous Riddle,

The following ingenious riddle Is
attributed to DR.. Samuel Wilberforce,
who during his life was bishop OF
Oxford, and afterwards of Winches
ter, England. 1t is known as the
Bishop of OXford's riddle:
an a trunk with two lids, two
caps, two musical Instruments; q
number of articles a carpenter could
not dispense with: two lofty trees,
two good fish and number of shell.
fish; fine stag and a number of ami
mails OF less noble breed: two playful
animals: a number of weathercocks:
two established measures; two imple
ments of war; whips without handles;
the steps of a hotel; result of a vote
in the house of commons; fine flow.
ers and fruit; two scholars; two
places of worship; ten Spanish gran.
dees to wait on you; way out OF
difficulty; poor bed; a desert place:
probable remark of Nebuchadnezzer
when eating grass.
The answer to this puzzle is the hui
man body. Here are the various parts
indicated: Knee-caps. (ear) drums
nails, palms, soles and muscles
hobart and hairs (hares), calves,
veins (vanes). feet, arms, lashes,
inn)steps. eyes and nose (ayes and
noes), tulips 1.-TWO lips) and apples,
pupils, temples. tendons. cheek. pal.
ate (pallet), waist (waste), eyebrows
Il browse).
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
erldearooms Do tho weeplno,

An Australian traveller, who has 70
turned from trip round the Torres
Straits archipelago, found it was the
correct thing for the bridegrooma
among the Christianized natives OF
Badu, Mulgrave island. to weep at tho
altar.
"An indispensable condition for q
wedding" Mr.. Walker states, lis that
the bridegroom must cry when the
knot is tied. The tears flow copiously
quite q shower of them.
1T is extraordinary how the natives
can produce tears just whenever they
are wanted. The bride does not weep
She is full Of mirth. 1t is her day out!
Everybody grips her by the hand and
says nice things. while her tear-stain,
ed partner stands apart, a picture Of
abject misery
The natives of Badu, who earn their
living by fishing for pearls. though
nominally Christian are still miners
ed in superstition. Mr.. Walker found
them burying with their dead large
quantities Of food and drink, SO that
the spirits shall not be hungry In the
next world.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
William e,aks,s Home.

William Blake's Lambeth house 10
now In danger Of demolition, and it is
hoped that an effort will be made to
preserve the place az q museum. The
district has altered considerably since
the time when the poet-painter made
Lambeth his home. Hercules Build.
ings." writes Gilchrist in his life OF
Blake, was then a street of modest,
irregular.sized houses. from one to
three stories high. with forecourts o,
little gardens in front in the suburban
style. Blake's was. on the
right-hand side as you go from the
bridge to the palace. It had a wains.
coted parlor. pleasant, low windows.
and q narrow strip Of real garden be-
hind, wherein grew q flne vine. i,
Open garden ground. interspersed with
few lines Of clean, new.built houses,
lay about and near, and at the back
Blake looked out towards Lambeth
palace and the Thames."-Londop
Chronicle.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Natural Gas Wasted.

Were It possible to transport natur-
Il gas - coal, petroleum or other
fuels now in use are transported, it
would be the leading fuel of the
world and it's value would probably
exceed that Of any other commodity.
AZ It is. enormous quantities are
wasted annually. quantities too great
sven to be estimated. The utilization
Of waste gas from the oil wells in diff
ferent parts Of the United States has
been an important means Of con-
serving this fuel, and the increasing
number of plants erected and being
erected for the extraction of gasoline
from this 'casing-head gas" was one
Of the most important features Of
the natural gas industry in the year
1919.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Lost In New York.

Canon Hannay. author of General
John Regan." was observed with his
dignity much ruffied as he stood in
the middle Of Broadway half way be.
tween streets. trying to hail a tram"
as he would q London bus. The good
minister had evidently forgotten that
American traffic keeps to the right
rather than to the left. He soon real.
lied his error and started around the
end Of the car Just in time to see
1t glide away in that tantalizing man.
ner common to all cars in the metrop.
oils of the Empire state. AS a mat.
ter Of fact he didn't need the car any.
way. for he was on his way to the
Hudson theater a bit over three blocks
distant. but there was no kind friend
near enough to advise him. It was not
serious. however. for the canon is a
firm believer in the wisdom Of expe
rience.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Water Ha. F,tne.. for Life

No other compounds have the quail.
ties Of fitness, as regards living crea.
lures, that water and carbonic acid
have. And, similarly, the oceans
which were formed automatically in
the cosmic process have in certain re.
spects maximal fitness in relation to
life. Even our own blood, which is
such an effective internal medium.
seems to owe not little of its virtue
to Father Neptune. Living means
traf1cking with the environment; tc
do this effectively organisms must
be complex and yet coherent, plastic
and yet durable; and they were able
to gain these qualities because of the
fundamental properties of the primary
constituents of the inanimate envir
onment.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Umbrellas for ..con..r

IA this country. says a writer in the
December Wide World, the policeman
generally has to take his chances with
regard to the weather. He is pretty
we'll looked after as regards wet and
cold. but when It comes to hot wealth.
er he has to be content with lighter
uniform. and, perhaps, white cap or
helmet; in some places he does not
even get that. In Calcutta, however,
the thoughtful authorities take great
care Of their policemen-the native
ones, at all events. Not only is the
Indian "cop" provided with q cool
white suit, but he has a sunshade to
protect his complexion from the daz-
cling rays Of the Indian sun as we'll.
Nobody seems to see anything incon.
gruous in the idea, yet IL a policeman
appeared on Broadway with a sun.
shade over his head a crowd would
quickly assemble to gaze on the novel
sight.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
How to Tell a Navajo.

A woman travelling in the south
west learned from an aged Indian
squaw how to tell whether a blanke,
or rug was Of genuine Navajo weave
Several young Indians were having Q
sharp discussion over blanket as ia
whether 1t had been woven in New
Mexico among the Pueblos or by the
Navajos. When the squaw came
along the felt Of the edge carefully
and said contemptuously, Pueblo" II
was noticed that the edge had a loose
frazzled effect. In the genuine article
the edge is even cut and firm as s
board, the Indian woman explained
while the inferior Mexican weaver
have an insecure and soft binding
The test is said to be infallible.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
nrideoroom on q streteher.

In fulfilment of a promise to q dy.
ing mother to care for her invalid son,
Miss Mary Lander was married at
Northampton, England. recently to
Mr.. James Williams, an invalid who
had to be taken to st. Katharine'a
church in a motor ambulance and car
ried into 1t on stretcher. They were
engaged to be married when some
years ago the bridegroom was stricken
down with rheumatic fever contracted
while sleeping in tent during mis-
sion work for the Church Army, Of
which he was then an officer. He has
since been bedridden, but Miss Ian
der remained true to him, and when
his mother was on her death-bed she
promised her that she would take care
Of her son as long as he lived.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Mloht Have Heard IT,

A shakespearean company was act
ing Macbeth" It had reached the
thrilling point where Macbeth goes OIL
to murder the king. On arriving be.
hind the scenes the villain of the
piece looked about for the blood in
which to dip his hands. Not finding
1t, he summoned the stage manager,
who had forgotten to prepare 1t. What
was to be done? The time had come
for him to reappear on the stage. Sud.
denly. with admirable presence of
mind, he smote the managers nose
with all his force, and dipping his
hands in the copious stream which
flowed out. he dashed on the stage, fol.
lowed by roar from the smitten one,
Just in time with the words: II have
done the deed. Did ye not hear Q
noiseY
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
PatroImen Too Noisv.

To numerous illustrations that the
lot Of the policeman Is a most un
happy one, the Woman's club of NAL
den. Mass, now adds another, and IL
is Of an unusual nature. In petition
to the chief of police, whose name is
Foley. the members of this club urge
that the policemen of their city be re
Quired to wear rubber soled shoes, al
leging that as conditions are at pres
ent, these minions of the law make SC
much noise in walking the streets be
tween midnight and sunrise that the
petitioners cannot sleep. Further.
more, 1t is alleged, that the noise is SO
loud that 1t warns burglars and other
nocturnal miscreants, and gives them
ample opportunity to get away.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Women Secretaries.

That women cannot keep secrets IL
q fallacy and one striking proof is in
the fact that Lloyd-George employs
two women secretaries, one of whom
has a staff of typists under her.
Premier Asquith also employs q
woman secretary in addition to the
men on his staff. Percy Ellington, the
government whip, has a woman secro-
tary. &
The government has not placed wo.
men on certain lists but everyone
knows that those high in government
would not employ women without
good reason. For one thing, they can
keep secret.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Whoopins Cough Caused by Germ.

Whooping Cough Caused by Germ.
That whooping cough is caused by
the bacillus pertussis, discovered by
Drs. Bordet and Gengou, has now at
last been proved beyond a doubt.
Masses of minute bacilli infest the
epithelial cells lining the windpipe,
and tubes that lead to the lungs.
Their action is chiefly mechanical;
they interfere with the normal move.
ments of the ella by sticking them to-
gether; in this way the germs furnish
a continual irritation, which results
in the symptoms peculiar to the dis
ease" Drs. Mallory and Horner now
announce the results of experiments
upon puppies They infected these
animals by injecting the sputum of
whooping cough patients into their
noses and threats. Six weeks later
the lesion characteristic of the disease
was found in their windpipes. Normal
puppies that associated with them
caught the disease.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Largest Novel.

The largest novel in the werld has
Just been finished by a Japanese
writer, Kiong TIE Bakin. It was be.
gun in 1852, and the author found q
publisher willing to publish the novel
In volumes as the writer finished
them, the last volume being turned
over to the publisher this year.
There are LOG volumes, each con-
tanning 1000 pages. and each page
has about 80 lines, each containing
an average Of ten words, so that the
work consists of LOG volumes, 100000
pages. 3,180,000 lines, and 3s,100,000
words, and it weighs about 100
pounds. So far it has not been sug.
gested that this work should be
translated and published in England,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
VERY LITTLE HAND LABOR:
At Least 90 Per Gent. Of Factory Werid
OF the World 10 Now Done
by Machinery.

Year by year more and more Of the,
work Of the world is taken up by ma
chinery. In bulletin recently issued
by the government it is estimated that
100000 factory workers in the Unit
ed States turn out a product equal TO-
the hand labor Of 45,000,000 men.
This means that in the factories 90
per cent. of the work is done by ma
chinery. A very large part of this ma
chinery is driven by steam power.
which means largely coal power, and
both the getting and burning of this
coal involves terrible waste. In
the United States alone the production
of coal now reaches nearly 500,000,000
tons, and in the whole world far above
1,000,000,000 tons. And it is estimated
that this means the actual mining Of
half again as much coal. One-third IL
lost or left in the mines in such shape
that 1t cannot be used.
Then of this net production-the
two-thirds neutrality-suspicious. 80 per
cent. is lost In the burning. At least
this Is true of the coal used in engines.
Even the finest quadruple-expansio
engines, with all modern devices of gu.
perheated steam and the like to aug.
ment their capacity, do not utilize
more than IA per cent. of the energy
stored in the coal, while the average
steam engine of commercial use does
not get more than six or seven per
cent. In other words, it is only about
three per cent. of the chained-up sun.
light in the ground that eventually be.
comes available for human needs.
And, further than this, the mere
hauling and handling and storage and
distribution of this coal costs the
United States alone probably a full
S1,000,O00.000. The coal traffic is, in.
deed, the chief item of railway trans.
portation. From all this it is sum.
GENTLY clear why the problem of uti.
lizing coal energy has so deeply en-.
gagged the minds of inventors and en-.
gineers, and why ever relatively
small gain would mean so much to the
human race.-Collier's Weekly.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
Her ONLY Concern.

Sir David Baird of Newbyth, who
is seriously i'll, belongs to we'll known
Scottish military family. The first
baronet. another Sir David, was a ia.
nous Anglo-Indian soldier, who early
in his career had an unpleasant expe-
rience of being thrown into the Black
Hole of Calcutta during the Mutiny.
Like a number of other eminent sol.
diers he was not blessed with too
sweet temper, and when his old
mother was told that the prisoners in
the Black Hole were tied together, her
only comment was: Heaven help the
poor man that's tied to our Davie!"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
One Step Nearer the End.

During the staging of series OF
Shakespeare's plays In one week al
Standardization not only were the
performers tired out, but the heavy
shifting and many changes had also
wearied the scene-shifters and proper
ty-men. One night just after strong
death scene, when Mr.. F. R. Benson
as one of the English kings had drawn
his last stage breath, one of the stage
hands was heard to observe in a grow.
ling undertone to one of his fellows:
well, Bill, thank God there's another
bloody king dead"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
PROPER COURSE IN READING
Systematic Selection, With a Purpose.
10 About the Only Way to A.
tain Results.
A book, an apple. and blazing IRE.
What more can the heart of man de-
aire90

A book, an apple, and a blazing fire.
What more can the heart Of man de-
sire?" /
Pretty near solid comfort isn't itf
Especially If the fire burns without
smoking. the apple is ripe and juicy:
and the book Is of the right kind. For
the book is the most important part
OF the combination.
In planning your reading for the
long winter months. it is good thing
to have some definite idea in mind
some particular line along which you
would like to add to your store of in
formation. It may be history. biogra-
ply, science or farming. It may be-
that you would like to know more
about animals, or bug or birds. II
you take pains to plan your course Of
reading carefully, you may in few
months spare time accomplish a great
deal.
Suppose for example, that you are
principally interested in birds. There
are enough books, magazines and 9th.
er literature devoted to these pretty,
feathered friends so that it will be
easy to find material for the whole
winters work on this one subject.
OF course you should make notes as
you go along. In this way you can
save for future reference any scraps
of information that you may CLEAN
from the sources at your command,
and you will find, in short time, that
you have accumulated a vast fund
of definite knowledge on the subject.
For convenience you may divide
your notebook into several sections.
under such headings as follows:
1. Glasses of birds. 2. Their nests
and nesting-places. 8. Their habits
and food. 4. Description and classifi-
cation of common birds. s. Birds
that are rare or extinct. 6. Miscel-
laneous notes and anecdotes.
Any subject may be divided in a
similar style. By following some
such methods one is enabled to put
knowledge into definite shape, which
helps one to remember and make use
of vastly more than when it is left
a mere tumble Of odds and ends.
One need not-in fact should not
confine reading to only the one CEN
trail subject. Good literature of any
kind should be mixed in for the sake
of variety. Every boy and girl should
acquaint themselves with the great
writer's Of prose and poetry, both of
our own and Of former times. The
boy and girl in the country have no
better time for this purpose than the
stormy days and long evenings of win.
ter.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
The Glass In EnulIsh.

The editor at the Wisconsin expert
ment station. desiring a complete ref
erence library Of the resources Of the
state, sent circular letter to the hor-
ticultural, dairying and other agricul.
tural organizations Of Wisconsin ask.
Ing for copies Of their "last reports"
Most OF them came all right. but ono.
organization wrote: "Our last report,
we hope, is not yet published. but We!
take pleasure in sending under sepa-
rata cover q cory Of our latest report :
American Money for italy.
During the calendar year 1912 one
Of the banks of Naples received N
small remittances from emigrants DOM
lciled in foSeign countries $11, $40. ss5:
Of this sum $9,S24120 came from tha
United States. It is estimated that ~
normal year the total remittance
by emigrants to their relatives -
friends in Italy amount to about S70G
100000 n IA
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-03
sehoolteacher Has Iona LIfe,

sehoolteacher Has Long Life.
Boston's Oldest schoolteacher, John
Kneeland, is now ninety-two and Zone
is glad to hear) still in good health
reading his newspaper every morning
and taking his daily walk when the
sun shines. He began to teach be
fore the Civil war, and didn't quit un
til 1904. He has kept diary for 81
years without skipping day. pres
ident Wilson has certainly done some
things WELL" he said to Sunday Wis
itor. "He picked out my birthday
for the wedding of his daughter, and
the birthday of my granddaughter
Marjorie, for Thanksgiving"