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The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
Eyac,,cre. Fisheries in Kerr.

A Kerry cores pondentof United Ire land writes: Dinglc, on the extreme western coast of Kerry, is now the center of very active operations in the mackerel fishery industry. Large takes of rnacllerel have been taken off the coast, anl the recent trade whic h has sprung up in the t1ring of mack erel during the autumn season for the American laar;leS ha3 brought employ ment and money to the doors of the the Kerry peasant and shopkeeper. Dingle is, ia fact, a hive Of industry at the present moment, owing to the eur ing and packing of Elacilercl for the American market. Every man, woman and child is employed, and thousands of eases are disDatcAel weekly to Liv- erpool and Glasgow for conveyance to American ports. The nacilercl arc found of the coast ia great shoals, and a fleet of boats is er@agcd in capturing them, landing the 1sh il Dinglc, where they are cured aGl prepared.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
A G,TTc7 WINTER.
All the Portents Of Nature Indicate Pro-
 IssoGe;i C.,id.

All the EOrIcDES CI AEtl1SsAtS
 I.yDge;i C..id.
 From the news columns of our rural contcrnporaries.s says the New York Mail and Express, we have gathered certain signs and portcnts which presage the coming of q cruel and bitter winter. The homespun w=ather prophet, comb ing the haysee'I from his beard and eyebrows, has e, .2nined the prognosti- cations of Dam Nature. and, studying the hints of Mother Earth, has arrived at the concius on that now is the time to lay in cosl, for already tie bushy whiakers of winter are heavily frosted and the br. lth of the north wind gives promise O weary months of chill and snow.
 The animal kingdom is already ar rayed again2t the coming cold. Throughout New Engianl the sqUir rels have an unusually heavy cover of fur, and tho coats of the cattle and horses arc thick and rough. Inc fox pelts are unusually fine anl the mink and wea@al have Gonred extra heavy winter ul5ters. In the Adirondacls 
 unusually well wrapped ID in the GOV 1 criDgs which an allwise Providence has provided.
 Around tho farm also signs are not wanting The corn husl1s are much | thicker than usual. and instead of be- ! ing a light lemon hue are Of a deep or i ange tint, a wcll-establi5hed sign of the approach Of Q cold winter The | goose bone tells the same story, for the spots are larger and whitcr than usual, and the hogs melt runs jagged in stead of smooth. Nor is tiis all. The i partridge and wcodcock arc haunting the farms and the grain fields, and the wild ducks arc flying in Ushaped in stead of V-shapcd fioclls toward the south The squirrels and chipmunlls are unusually busy laying up extra , supplies of winter fodder, and the ground hogs have almost disappeared i Already the green frogs are changing their slzIns and seeking thc bottom oi wells and springs for thelr winter i quarters. and the snakes have sought 1 their nests under the roots of the trees.
 Of course many of these signs may be unreliable. Chipmunks arc apt tc be progressively busy at this season and frogs and snakes are not alway: to be depended on. But the goose drone cen generally be accepted as . truthful index to the weather, and tAC hogs ''mcl5' l. looked upon in r1ra communities as not to be gainsaid Our advlcc, then, is to get. out youl winter clothes and to i'll the coal bins Polish up the rnnners of the sleigh ana heap up tho woodpilc. T'iX the saw buck and file the caw. See that th( stove pipes are clear of soot. Then pu your trust in Providence and youl money in the savings bank. and pre- pare to enjoy the hundred and one de lights of sti II. cold winter.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
A eREkI FEAR EuMTER.
Fise Hundred of the Animals Slain b;
 Gen. Wade Eamotoa.

Five Hundred of the Animals Slain b;
 Gen. Wade Ham2toa.
 Mir. Theodore Roosevelt. in his evil derness Hunter. speaks of Gen. NaGs Hampton. of South Carolina, as tae man who, with horse and hound hai been the mightiest hunter America la: ever seen" His special game has been bear and deer. but ke ka5 also had tie fortune to kill soTnc sixteen cougars the panther Of the ca1t, tic laouHtain lion of the west, and tho lion a.l.; puma of South America Of bl1c.1 beers, ac- cording to Mir Roorevelt. he has prob ably killed more than any other man living in the United Statc5. Thirty or forty of these he has killed Tith the knife.
 His plan was. when he found that the dogs had the bear at bay, to walk up close and cheer them o-. They would instantly seize the bear in a body. and he would then rlsI in and stab it behind tho shoulder, reaching over so as to inGict thc wound on the opposite side from th2t where hc 3tood
 He escaped scathlcs3 from al tllese encounters save one, in which hc was rather severely torn in the forearm. Many other hunters have u5c1 the knife, but perhaps none SO frequently.
 Gen. Hampton always hunted with large packs of hounds, inaaagcd some times by himself and sometimes by his negro hunters. He occasionally took out forty dogs at . time. He found that all his dogs together could not kill big. lat bear, bat they occasion ally killed three-ycar-olI5, CT lean and poor bears.
 During the eourse of his life he has himself killed. or been in at the death of, five hundred bears, Of which at least two-thirds have fallen by his own hands Tn tic years jast before the war he had on one occasion. in Alissis- sippi, killed sixty-eight bears in five months. Once he killed four bears in day; at another time three, and ire quently two.
 Thc two largest bears he himself killed weighed respectively foar hun dred and eight and four hundred and ten pounds. Most Of his hunting for bears was donc in northern Mississippi, where he had plantation.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
GIRLS HAVE A NEW FAD.
They Look for Young Men with Rings or
 Their Fingers.

They Look for Young Men with Rings on
 Their Fingers.
 Young men have been wondering what it all could mean. For tho last few weeks whenever a young man met young lady of his acquaintance she would closely examine his fingers, and, finding ring there, would turn it around two or three times and be sat isfied.
 When asked for an explanation the young lady would of course evadc the subject and laugh most swcctly at what she would inHoccntly call joke. But the secret is out and it has come to the ears of the young men. Now the fun will be all on the other side.
 It is a new craze. this turning of rings on the fingers of young men by their lady friends. Where it came from no one knows; why the girls have all taken it up they of course will not explain themselves. They think it just too lovely, that's all.
 There is a firm down town which employs a large number of young men and women, and much time is wasted there during the day by the practice of this craze. Recently one of the employers discovered what it all meant, and HOW there IS q slGn posted conspicuously in the room which reads; ''Any cInploye caught practicing the rinr-turning business will be immedi- ately discharged" I asked q member of the firm W hat it was all about, says writer in the New York Herald.
 "Why, its the craziest thing you ever heard of, he said. ''Thc idea is this: If a young lady meets a young man with 9 ring on his finger she is to turn the ring two CT three times. Then with another man the same thing, and so on, until she has turned rings to the extent of about twenty four times. Then the next thing to do is to look for a marrIed person, male or female, wearing a marriage ring. This ring she is to turn twice, and the next man she shakes hands with will be her husband.
 "Crazy, isn't it?" said the dignified employer with laugh But that s;gn there has put stop to it in this place. The time we have lost through it would amount to days"
 asked one of the young ladies if all this was true. After some hesitation she admitted, with many blushes, that was.
 ''Of course you girls only do it for a jolze?" said I.
 70, no, replied she, very seriously, Eve all believe in it. Why, l know Ot young lady myself who married the very man sie shook hands with after turning the marriage ring. It comes rue every time.'
 ''Iow about yOurself?'
 "Well, I'm waiting patiently for the young man whom I shook hands with 70 ask me-" And she bounded away with laugh to join her friends.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
The Seller Sold.

A good story is told about transac- ton in pigeons in which 8 crafty dealer overreached himself. A Philadelphia
 man went to dealer to purchase a dozen homing pigeons, and was both surprised and delighted at the eX- tremcly low price asked for the birds. The bargain was finally concluded, and the pigeons delivered. Two weeks later the gentleman happened to be passing, when the dealer stopped him and asked how the birds were getting on. T don't know" replied the gen tleman. T have not yet heard from my friend" "Your friend?" Yes; 1 bought them for man in San Fran cisco" The dealers jaw fell in dismay, and then, with rueful laugh, he ad- mitted that he had sold the birds so cheaply because he knew that on be- ing released they would immediately return to their old home. But from San Francisco! It was clear ease of tine bitcr being bit.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
Thotacrana.as , E-aIa.

"At way station the other day" said traveller, Il saw an amateur photographer photograph the train. I dare say this has been done Q million times before, but 1 had never happened
 to see it. When the photographer was through. he waved bis hand as he might have done 10 . single sitter to let him know that ke could get up and stretch his legs. h this case the en- gineer was practically the sitter, and when the photographer waved his hand he opened the throttle and snal1ed the train ont Of taat big open air studio almost before the photog- rapher had had tine to turn around. ''
The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
Couldn't Marry on SEQ, ,?oo a Year.

No" remarked tho young man with a touch of cadness in his voice, it nay be that some day happiness will be mine, but ct present it is beyond TIC. There is girl whom I love dearly. She would have ne if I only asked her, but I dare not. I really cannot marry and live on aG,000 . year" His two friends to whom he spoke looked ct him in wonder. For a moment they were spccclllca5-con- sternation end pity Gcpicted oa their youthful conferences. But present. ly speech returned to them exactly at tic same time. and they fairly howlcd in their excitement: You cannot mar ry on e0,G05 8 year? Why not?7 Why not?" echoed the youth with the sad voice. which grew otill sad5cr. Why. simply because I haven't the GG,000. :" And tic mystery was explained.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
Cnred I,Y i.n.n.- lloisnncd.

The latest instance of crime bring ing it's own punishment comes, on the authority of Dr. Leonard Guthrie, from Italy. An Italian woman had q hus- band and the husband had the dropsy. But the droI)sy did not work quickly enough The woman put toad into her husbands wine to poison him. But the poison which the toad's skin secretes has an active pricciple-phry nin-which much resembles digitaEs, which is the best possible remedy for dropsy pending on ne irt disease. Sc, instead of killing her husband, sLe re- stored him to health.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
ONLY THE REFLECTION.
Horrible Thought Produced by the Focus
 of Window Pane.

Horrible Thought Produced by the Focus
 of a Window Pane.
 They sat on the sofa. They had just come to a mutual understanding, and he had measured her finger for the en- gagement ring, and they were in the first throes of tender reminiscence.
 Do you remember" he said, in a trembling voice-''you do not remem- ber.when you first saw me?"
 Yes, l do.
 Did any thrill or throb tell your heart this happy moment would come? No, that could not be expected"
 ''Yes, something did seem to whis- per that we might become man and wife"
 My darlingy" he said, and he kissed her fondly
 Yes, remember saw you from the window, leaving the house, and thought how awful it would be to mar ry a bandy-legged man; but it was only the glass in the window that was uneven and made you look so."
The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
On.. oe-conrt cc.1:c,oents Par.

The American Lawyer, 9 lcGal jour- nal published in New York City, tells of . lawyer of t&at city v'ho sccrred a fee oi .5163, ,GGo; Of another who was paid C99 for his service on . ccle- hrated caac: while other fees ere ron- tioRcd running iron &@5,333 to &109,000 won by lawyers, ret by conducting. but by avoiding, litigation. h fact, it is apparent that -crc -c2cy i1 ll1.1c---',c nowadays hy l2v.ycr5 vio settle cases out of court than by those vino put their clients to t:le --lrenae Of l-tiga- tiNn
The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
A New Toilet ArticIe.

A massage stone" is coming into rge in England that is made of un- azcd china and provided with q sort ,i doraal lump for holding in the hand lrd has the rubbing surface Slightly ,ndulated, not to say ridged. The stone s white and even when uaed on recent washed skin it soon becomes dark innd. shor-iiag that 1t seIucezcs a good tsl of material from the pc es.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
4 ChiEe=c T.a Ec@ead.

There ;s . c.--,c-l,~,,c Chinese legend concerning the tea plant. According to the story. there oCce lived a very pious hermit who passed the greater part of his time in prayer ard vigils. lie was, however. unable to !:ccp awake as long as he wished, and often found his eyes closing while he was in the very midst of his devot:ons. This naturally an noyed him, and one day in a it of wrath against this weakness of the flesh, which he seemed unable to over come, lie cut of tie offending cyclids and cast them upon the ground. But his action had been observed by god, who immediately caused Q tea ahrub to spring up from the spot where the eye lids had fallen. It is in reference to this, according to tic lcSc2d, that the leaves of the tea plant arc shaped like eyclids, friEged with lashes. and pos sess the power of garding off sleep.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-01-10
THE N!LO.gEE EETE?.
A Ouecr IDstruslent Used During the An
 nuaI Overflow of f,,c Nile.

nuaI Overflow of t,.c Nile.
 Du1.ng the time of t,,lo periodical in- undatioa of the valley of the Nile q queer recording instrument, known as the ..nilomcter," i5 hourly and daily consulted by g sluggish Egyptian off ccr. who, to judge from hia motions and actions. cures but very little if the river EecDs it5 bed CT cvcrlloT75 the whole northern half of the African continent. Int, as it iG the only labor hc is forced to perform. and os his bread anl clceSo raUally depend upon proper execution of tAo duties aGSi.gcc-l, the record i9 taken E-i5l 3crGp1lols accu- racy. This queer and ancient "ther- aonctcr of the -5u9'' Ct dates back to Gt5 4. D. is 1ituaool at tho end of the island of Rhoda. Ii is simply a1 in rnenso upright octaGo2al pillar stand ing in a wctl-ii,lc chamber, surrounded on four sides with strong walls pro- vided with arched openings which al low tac rising waters free access to the nilometer. The recording pillar is covered throughout it's length and on all of it's eight sides vi6h cubit5 and digits nicely divided, paintc1 with great precision, much resembling sec tions of gigantic checl,er-board. There is q huge staircase leading from above down to tLe bottom of the cis- torn, in which the riioaetcr stands. the wcll-yvorl atepa at1csting to the immense number of times the instru- ment has beep co2sll3cd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07
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A REAL CASE OF SNAKES.
An Attack of Genuine Delirium Tremens
at the Police Station.

An Attack of Genuine Delirium Tremens
at the Police Station.
Pat Reagan is a middle aged Irishman.
Pat is a pretty good sort of a fellow ex-
cept that he likes his "'skey," and in
consequence he had a we'll developed
case of delirium tremens Saturday and
yesterday. He wandered into the police
station early yesterday morning and re-
quested the jailer to help him take off
his clothes and shake the snakes out of
them. He was given a bed among the
other prisoners and left to his solitude
and his reptiles.
He had been stopping at the Ohio
house, and the first thing noticed wrong
about him was on Saturday night. He
was sitting in the hotel Office when he
suddenly grasped his left sleeve with his
right hand and said in tone of quiet
conviction: "rll keep you from biting
me, anyhow"
got poker and sat on a chair prepared
for his weary watch of defense.
He would look over his shoulder with
a satisfied leer and suddenly make des-
perate swipe at some imaginary reptile
that wasn't there and then strike at the
other side He didn't seem to be afraid
/ of the snakes but he wasn't going to have
them bite him. he said.
| The boys finally got him a smaller
poker and with that he kept the wigglers
off until he wandered and got to the po-
lice station.
| He is better this morning and the
snakes have gone, but he is weak.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07
NAT GOODWIN PLAYS CRAPS
He Loses $I.14O in Very short Time at
Cincinnati

He Loses $1.14O in a Very short Time at
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, o., Jan Mat Goodwin.
the comedian, could not find a faro game
yesterday and took a turn at craps in
O'Brien's Vine street resort. He quit
81 ,14O loser. Nat played against the
house, and, while not swindled, the per-
centage ate him up
The dice table was arranged as usual
with two rows of five numbers each, and
Goodwin had the privilege of betting on
either row, with equal chances with the
house But the number seven is omitted
from the board, and when seven is thrown
the house wins This gives the house
twenty one chances to the players fifteen
"a good thing, nit" remarked Mr.
Goodwin, after he had thought it over to-
day.
112 and ia West Sth. Peerless Steam
Laundry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07
BASEMENT
FOR
REMNANTS.
Mavzxz7zy
NORTH TOPEKA.

Items of Interest from the North Side of
the River.
o. o. Jacobs spent Sunday with friends
in Rossville.
Dave Runnell is up from Ration, N. NJ,
for few days.
A. ]. Kane has returned from a weeks
visit to his sister at Waterville
Miss Effie Mccartney, of Valley Falls,
spent Sunday with the family of ]. F.
Wilson.
w. c. Sly has removed his store to the
building recently vacated by A j.
Proudfit.
Mrs. s T. Cromwell, of Menoken, is
spending few days with her son, J. C.
Cromwell.
10 per cent off on Banquet cook and
Oak heating stoves for Christmas pres :
ents. J. H. FOUGHT
Harry Root. of the Atchison Cham
pion, is spending a few days with his
brother, Frank A. Root.
Yesterday was communion day at the
Baptist church, and five persons were
added to the membership.
Communion services were held at the
Presbyterian church yesterday and eight
new members were added to the
church rolls.
The Sunday school board of the Kan
sas avenue II. E. church will meet to-
night for the purpose of electing officers
for the ensuing year.
Mr.. and Mrs. George KIussman who
came down to attend the funeral of Mr.
KIussman's mother, have returned to
their home in Manhattan.
John Wilson, eldest son of ]. P. vii.
son, has gone to Texarkana, Tex, to take
position as book-keeper for the South
western Lumber company.
Rev. George Brown arrived from Be-
| lott today and will assist Rev. N. B
Hutchinson in series of revival meet
ings. He will preach every evening thi
week at the Baptist church.
/ Gaoi .....l- H.. h. sho Pa.a-1...
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07
CLOAKS.

Cloakmakers' strike in
November makes low prices
for the people in January.
You can expect low prices
in all lines Chinchillas,
New York's leader today
Prince Alberts in Kersey
and Beaver Cloths-Plush
Saques $40 and over. Chill
dren's Cloaks for half their
actual value. We are Sure
Of the Cloak trade If low
prices, choice styles and ex-
cellent cloths, cut any fig
ure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07
SENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Col. Gordon Wouldn't Allow the Small
Boys to Desecratc the Sabbath.
Saturday night Col. J. G. Gordon called
a crowd of small boys, each and every
one of whom is an active candidate for
page, up to his desk and gave them some
advice.
He said: "Boys, I don't want you to
come back here tomorrow. Now. don't
come back here; 1 don't want you around
and won't let you in if you do. Boys,
you had better go to Sunday school one
day in the week; a blamed sight better
than be loafing around here. Now, re-
member, don't want to see any of you
tomorrow"
The boys all answered in a chorus,
"Yes. SIR and proceeded to put in the
remaining hours until bed time.
Col. Gordon thought it was bad enough
to have crowd of men loafing around
putting up jobs on Sunday without
teaching the boys their tricks.
While he was giving the boys orders
to go to Sunday school he might have
| ordered the men to go to church. i
would not have been amiss.
John r. Clarke
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07
AGAINST THE WATER co.
The Council Will Take Up the Fight at
the Next Meeting

The Council Will Take Up the Fight at
the Next Meeting
The city council will probably take up
the water works case at its meeting this
evening and an attempt will be made to
secure the forfeiture of the franchise of
the water company without depending
upon the case now pending in the dis
trict court
Councilman Bradford is working on
the matter aud he thinks some means
can be found to reach the water COM
pany. but he has not decided just what
course he will pursue.
Something must be DONE" said he to
a JOURNAL reporter, land done soon. l
intend to investigate the matter and will
embody the result of my Investigations
in 8 resolution which will be introduced
at the next meeting of the council
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07
FURS.

Astrachan Muffs, $500,
down from $500.
Belly Lynx Boa and Muf,
$3.50, down from $25.
Back Lynx Boa and Muff,
$3.50, down from SIS.
Furs by the yard all
marked down.
Krimmer Muff, Krimmer
Scarf, $500, each down from
$500.
Beaver Muff and Beaver
Scarf, $3.50 each, down from
$3.50.
Black Martin Muff, $500,
down from $40.
Mink Muff, $500, down
from $40.
Monkey Muff, $500, down
from S..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07
Great Senni-AnnuaI CIear5
DRESS GOODS Annex

54-inch all wool and silk
and wool, 69c. down from
$1.OO.
4O-inch all wool fancy
Mixtures, SOC, down from
IS cents.
46-inch all wool Henri
ettas, so cents, down from
IS cents.
46-inch all wool Serges,
so cents, down from %
cents.
54-inch part wool Mix
lures, 20 cents, down from
80 cents.
38-inch all wool Crepons,
evening shades, 50 cents,
down from Is cents.
36-inch half wool Irredes-
cents, Is cents, down from
I25 cents.
38-inch all wool Henri
ettas and Serges, 80 cents.
down from 80 cents.
Cassimeres, imported suit
patterns for men, s..
down from $500.
Christmas prices on Jap
anese Ware cut half in
two.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07

Eiderdown Cloaking, 80
cents, down from. 50 cents.
All wool Red Twill, Is
cents, down from 20 cents.
All wool Red and Blue
Twill, 20 cents, down from
80 cents.
All wool Red and Blue
Twill, 25 cents, down from
IS cents.
All wool Red and Blue
Twill, 80 cents, down from
so cents.
All wool Fancy Skirtings,
.43 cents, down from SO
cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07

Word comes from all quarters that the
neatest and most satisfactory dye for col
oring the beard brown or black is
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07

Read the "W ants" Many OF them are
as interesting as news items. See if it
is not so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07
BASEMENT FOR REMNANTS.
&C., Lttt,e Giant Pills

Are the most complete pill on the mar
ket, besides being the cheapest. as one
pill is a dose, and forty doses in each
bottle. Every pill guaranteed to give
satisfaction by W. r. kennady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07
New brooms sweep clean.
Try Jones for coal


o anu n TO IN AOMuUM
is where John r. Clarke will take you
next Wednesday evening at Washburn
college.