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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

The colleges and schools are closed or
closing, and what is known as the va
cation is supposed to prevail, but when
the regular school stops the summer
Nhool begins. The summer schools are
widespread and popular. All sorts Of
things are taught in them to all sorts Of
people, but their most numerous and
important patrons are teachers and peo-
pie who haven't much time for self-im-
provement in the regular school year.
About one hundred summer schools will
hold sessions in this country this sum-
mer. They are scattered all over the
land.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

ment or picking up archaeological
relics, and deciphering Punic inscrip-
tons, self-taught, and jealous in re-
search.
The Andalusian daughter-in-law
faded, and died of ennui, disarpoint-
ment, and chagrin, leaving little
Dolores.
The old man rose from the bench
and began to walk about his narrow
domain. He tossed his arms above his
head and uttered imprecations, wild,
wrathful and impotent, against those
who had reduced him to this sorry
plight To reveal his hoard to all
eyes or to lose i'll Terrible, incredi-
BILE alternativel All, why had he dis
trusted the crisp bank note, easily
folded and securef in the lining Of
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

Now that It is all over, 1t may not be
deemed impolite to demonstrate, In a
spirit Of perfect kindness, against the
prayers Of our recent delightful guests,
that we all might be made better men
and women, says Boston exchange. It
was we'll meant, but 1t did not take note
Of the difficulty of arriving at utter per-
lection on this mundane sphere.
That's all,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

A writer in Paris says with startling
frankness, II cannot conceive why any
one should get married; divorce over
here has made the matrimonial tie so
lax" And we thought that sort OF
thing was confined to Chicago!
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

A heroic woman In Pennsylvania saw
a little girl drowning in deserted
quarry, and in lieu Of rope "yanked"
oil her (the heroic woman's) teagown,
flung out one end of 1t to the perishing
child, and saved her 0he child from
a watery grave. OF what use would a
bloomer woman have been in such a
case?
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

Prince Ferdinand Of Bulgaria, is APP
parently striving to win eminence as
the meanest scion Of royalty on earth.
The contract is a difficult one, but It
must be admitted that Ferdinand seems
to have success within his grasp.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

The Goulds seem determined to
crowd the Vanderbilts and Astors pc
social leaders. One of the nephews or
the late lamented Jay has been sued
for breach Of promise.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

A gentleman who declares that he is
D "cosmic theist" has tackled Rev.
John Snyder for a heated discussion,
which may last all year, and yet some
st. Loulsans are talking Of paying railJ
road fare to Dallas, Texas, to see Cor
bett and Fitzimmons scrap.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

A lady writer on a Chicago paper
winds up a terrific screed against
boomers by saying that If they have
come to stay she wants to die. This
writer probably has the orthodox Chi
cago feet.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

So 1t is agreed all around that from
this time on it is Chicauqua River in
stead of Skunk River. All right! The
Skunk by any other name will smell
% sweet.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

The Bostonians literally welcomed
the Christian Endeavor delegates with
open arms to hospitable graves" by
throwing open the cemeteries for lunch
ing places.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

Novels are growing shorter" says a
Chicago paper. Now, If they won't
shrink up longer every reader will be
delighted.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

The voters of Great Neck, N. Y, have
Petitioned to have the name of their
town changed. They wonder how they
have stood 1t so long.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

Ladies who wash dishes by hand will
be glad to know there is a machine for
doing 1t now. Speak to your husbands
about 1t.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

Now we will keep quiet about the i'm
morality Of bicycles. Two Chicago
ministers are to make tour of England
on them.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

With the horseless carriage RsGr at
hand 1t is not too much to hope fos' the
advent Of the dogless sausage.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

Let seafaring men bewareI The Ger,
pent-seeing fluid is abroad.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
Long European Telephone Lines.

While we have for some time past in
this country been talking easily over
telephone lines 1000 miles long, ELL
rope is still in the earlier stages of such
work. London has for some time been
connected with Paris, a distance of 80
miles, and Paris with Brussels, dis
lance of 1913 miles, but, SO far as known,
nobody has talked through to Brussels
from London via Paris, although this
kind of reaching onward is the first
thing an American telephonist thinks
Of International jealousies stand i'll
the way good deal, and it is said that
there is little hope for the present of
uniting telephonicaly the cities of
Paris, Berlin, ST. Petersburg and other
important centers. The Germans are
progressive in this respect, however,
and have just put up four silicon
bronze telephone wires between Ber-
lin and Vienna, distance of 400 miles.
There is longer line-49e miles-be-
tween Berlin and Konigsberg, and the
German administration expects to build
6S2-mile line from Bodenbach to Tri-
este, while it has also been experiment.
ing between Berlin and Trieste, dis
lance longer than any, namely, 72t
miles.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
Japanese Officers.

A war correspondent, writing after
familiar association with Japan's lead
ing soldiers, says: "The Japanese of
fcers are mixture of the French Off
GERS and the German sous officers.
They live right among their men, sleep
near them, eat the same food in sight
of all, expose themselves to all kinds of
danger and hardship. No wonder the
soldiers have the greatest confidence in
them! found every Japanese general
met to be brave, generous, kind, po-
lite, ready to give his life for his men
and for his flag. When the detailed
history of the life of some of these men
is written it will undoubtedly call forth
the admiration Of the world -
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
TERRAPlN CATCHING.
Taken Most AhundantIy iu Cold Weather
Because of Their One Unvarying Habit.

Taken Most Abundantly iu Cold Weather
Because Of Their One Unvarying Habit.
No successful method of catching ter
rapin in large numbers has yet been de-
vised. A kind Of set net is sometimes
used, but with no remarkable success.
The general statement holds that ter
rapin are caught singly. At no season
Of the year do the fishermen, who
make a side issue of terrapin, know ex-
actly where to look for them. All their
movements are ai1nless, and their. only
habit which can be depended on is that
Of burying themselves in the mud at
the bottom of the water during the
continuance Of cold weather In a
vague and general way this enables the
catcher to locate them. says David
Bruce Fitzgerald in Lippincotts Maya
zine. Accordingly, it is during the
cold months that terrapin are taken
most abundantly. Selecting some part
of the bay where the water is shallow
and which has muddy bottom, the
catcher, in his boat, moves slowly
across and across it, continually
th,usting his long pole into the mud.
w
alternating diamond back he scizcs his
prey with a pair Of oyster tongs, or
some similar appliance, and lifts him
gently into the boat. He rarely finds
very many in a day, and he does not
need to find many in order to make
good wages. On occasions, few and
years between, lucky fisherman will
discover some particular favored spot
where the mud is full Of terrapin en-
joying their winters sleep. This is al
most equal to finding small gold
mine. In the winter of 1893 poor ne
gro fisherman CHANGED upon such q
nest of diamond backs near Tangier is
land; he took out twelve hundred dol
lars worth in four hours, and then
gave up only because he was ex-
hausted
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
SOME FOREIGN FADS.
Queer Practices That May Before Long
BE Imported.

Queer Practices That May Before Long
BE Imported.
Several new fads are reported from
France, one Of which is stilt-walking
for the elite Such an amusement must
necessarily be practiced only in the
country, however, says the New York
Tribune, as even the eccentric grandes
danes of France would hardly care to
be seen walking on stills in the Bots de
Boulogne.
At a house party up the Hudson a
short time ago half a, dozen pairs Of
stills were provided for the amusement
of the guests and the attempts to mas
ter the avkward-looking affairs caused
much 1nerrirnent. One young lady who
had practiced the art in her childhood
evoked much admiration as she strobe
off with her attendant swain with
perfect ease.
Another report from the French cap
ital is to the effect that the abbreviated
costume which the Parisienne calls her
bicycle dress has been found so COM
Portable that several women who love
to hunt and fish wear it habitually OH
IlelT country eStdteS III tAe udV I1ue.
They rejoice in the sharp contrast of
slken, lace-bedecked tea gowns and
the s1nartest of dinner froclxs in the
evening. Bicycles seem to have sue
ceedcd in introducing in few months
what dress reformers have been vainly
trying to inaugurate for years, i. e., a
sensible outdoor costume for women.
Even in America it is now considered
the proper thing to wear very short
tailor-1nade skirt with Knickerbockers
and leather leggings for country
tramps or sports-although to the cred
it Of American women, be it said, that
extremes are considered vulgar. Our
really smart" women wear costumes
that are invariably ladylil1e.
Another new transatlantic idea,
which, this time is English, is to have
dwarf trees as ornaments for dinner
ables, the florist having initiated sue
cessfully the Japanese method of pro-
ducing liliputian specimens of cherry,
apple and other Towering fruit trees.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
GAR NEEDS SPIES.
Louis Philippe's Experience Illustrates the
Value of Secret Police.

Louis Philippe's Experience Illustrates the
Value of Secret Police.
The alleged determination Of the en-
peror of Russia to abolish forthwith
the secret police is sure to end IN
smoke, and it would be most tatuous
and absurd proceeding in the existing
condition of the country, says the Lon
don Truth. When Louis XVIII. was
dying, Comte d'Artois Charles Ky
and Due d'Orleans (Louis Philippe)
sat in the next room discussing the
functions of the police in "a we'll
ordered state. Comte d'Artois de-
clared that the kings police should be
as numerous as his guards, while Due
d'Orleans maintained that a virtuous
monarch, having confidence in sub
jects, could entirely dispense with a Sc
cret police. Louis Philippe acted on
this principle when he came to the
throne for about two years, the result
being that he had four instructions to
quell, his life was several times at
tempted, and he very narrowly escaped
being the victim Of legitimate con-
spiracy, which had been formed to kid
nap him on the grounds at Neuily, and
carry him out of France. Louis
Philippe having discovered that his
virtues and good intentions would not
protect him changed his tactics and
during the last fifteen years of his
reign his police spies were even more
numerous than his guards.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
a BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
Millions Upon Millions of Snow W hite
Birds.


In ''Traus-Siberian Savages" the a,1-
thor gives the description of beauti-
full and unique phenomenon which he
witnessed off the shore of Sakhalin is.
land. The bright blue water was so
clear that for long distance from the
shore he could see the bottom, and
even the fishes, shoals of which were
moving gently hither and thither.
Above the swimming fish was a
strange phenomenon; the surface of the
water was like dazzling snow. This;
brilliant white surface, which extended.
over an area of nearly square mile,
was not sea-foam, for with the excep-
ton Of the ocean swell, the water was.
placid as lake.
My friend, seeing my delight, mo-
toned me to hand him one of the rifles.
He took no aim, but simply fred.
Instantly the air was full of skim
ming snowfakes, scintillating in the.
bright sunshine against the deep blue
sky right across the horizon, while the
surface of the water ceased to be white,
and became uniform in it's blueness.
This is the most beautiful sight this
latitude has to offer, and most FORUM
ate was in getting it. just at that
season millions upon millions OF exqui-t
sitely white birds migrate to that spot
They are whittier than the whitest oil
gulls, and their plumage is much more
brilliant, SO as to be quite dazzling I'M
the sunshine. What these birds are lI
had no opportunity OF determining
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
SENSES OF THE BLIND.
The Singular Acuteness OF One Who Is
SiRhtless.


Sightless.
Throughout my. whole life, says a
blind person in the Argosy, my blind
ness has had this remarkable feature in
it: I always have before my eyes bril-
liant light, so that the whole air around
me seems, as it were, incandescent. I
appear to be walking in light In this
light can call nip at will all sorts Of
beautiful colors, which l see mingled
with the radiance and forming part of
it. Thus my blindness has always
been for me in certain way bright
ness
AS / grew older there came to me
other abnormal peculiarities, which
have been 1nercifully sent as compen-
sations. I can always tell when others
are looking at me, and can generally
tell whether they are looking at me in
kindness Or the reverse. Ny sense Of
hearing is extremely sensitive, and
through it / can read character in the
tones of the voices Of men and women
around ne.
I can also discern character accurate
ly in the touch Of the hand. I have
certain instincts for which have no
exact name, which sometimes make me
foresee future events. MY senses Of
touch and smell are excessively del
icate.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
FAMOUS CAT FANCiERS.
Celebrities OF All Ages aud Nationalitie

Celebrities OF All Ages and Nationalities
VINO Have Made Pets of Them.
Looking backward we find that pussy
has been the pet and favorite of some of
the most famous personages in history.
Mohammed rather chose to cut off the
sleeves Of his robe than to disturb cat
lying upon them, and his followers, who
have no more obligatory term for the
Christian than dog, admit it into their
mosques. Dante and Petrarch each had
a fondness for them, and the great
Richelieu had a pet cat, while Cardinal
Wolsey placed his favorite tabby near
him on chair whilst exercising his ju-
dicial functions. Sir Isaac Newton had
q pet cat and Kitten says Gertrude B.
Rolfe in North American Review. Mon
taigne, too, was not 700 witty or too
cynical but the frolics of a cat would
a1nuse him, and La Belle Stuart, a
famous beauty III the reign of Charles
H., satirized by Pope in the line we'll
known:
Die and endow college or cat"
left annuities to several of her friends
on condition of their caring for and
maintaining her cats Among contem-
porary celebrities Ellen Terry loves
to disport herself with her cats. Both
Renan and Taine possessed an ex-
travagant fondness for cats, and Fran
co.'s Choppee, who, since the death of
Victor Hugo, has been generally classed
as the leading poet of contemporary
France, also shares this hobby in a
marked degree. Cats surround his desk
and nibble at his pen while he writes,
and his friends can recite a dozen
poems which he has composed in honor
of these pets.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
PROF. FALB ON 1905.
His Announcement OF the Critical Days
for the Coming Year.

for the Coming Year.
Prof Rudolph Falb, of Leipzig, the
discoverer of the critical days." in Civ
ing their mum Der, order and dates for
the coming year in the columns of the
Deutsche kaiser-kalender for 1895,
states that observations begun in 1868
convinced him that the influence of the
attraction Of the moon and sun upon
the waters of the sea had similar eff
feet upon the ocean of the earth's at
mosphere, as we'll as upon the liquid
and volatile masses contained in the
interior of our globe. He discovered,
says the Baltimore Sun, that great ats
mospheric disturbances, shocks Of
earthquake and explosions in mines
were surprisingly often coincident with
the days upon which the most extern
sive tides and other oceanic comrno-
tions were caused by the influence of
either moon or sun, or both. These
periods Prof. Falb distinguishes by the
name of ''critical days." because they
mark, on the one side, periodical turn
ing points in the equilibrium of the
neptunic, plutonic and atmospheric
masses above mentioned, and on the
other side afford the measure and
means for computing the degree and
effect Of lunar aud solar forces upon
our planet.
The individual consultations effect
ing each for itself an increase of these
forces are: First. the perigree, that is
the time when moon and earth are near
est to one another; second, the moons
equatorial position; third the peri
helion, when our globe is nearest the
sun; fourth, the suns equatorial posi-
ton; fifth, the syzygies, or new moon
and full moon; sixth, the lunar or solar
eclipses.
The coming year will be especially
notable for the fact Of it's three most
critical days being accompanied by
eclipses. In mentioning the dates in
the different orders and grades of indi-
vidual effectiveness, Prof. Fa]b takes
care to state that the results of the
strongest attractions often precede their
"critical days." as theoretically COM
puted, by one or two days. while those
of lesser import may be from two to
three days later than periodically fixed.
The latter may also be the case at the
time of critical days of the first order
whenever long continuing and extern
sive atmospheric pressure or eastern
winds prevailed previous to these dates.
The following are the ''critical days"
for 1895:
OF the first order: September 10,
March II. August 20, February o, Octo-
Der IS, April 9, July % and January II.
Of the second order: May 8, Novem~
Der 16, March 20, April rs, December 81,
October IL, February "a, June %, Sep
TENDER and November 2.
Of the third order: May "a, Decem-
Der 2, December is, June Z, August S,
January Is and July 7.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
POISONING COYOTES.
Methods of Using Strychntne on Wild An.
finals I'm the West.


A bill lately introduced in the Col
orado legislature provides for the pur-
chase of strychnine by county commits
sioners for the destruction of wolves
and coyotes, which are becoming quite
desperate all over the state and are
multiplying in spite Of bounty laws,
says the Denver Field and Farm. One
way to put out poison is to take fresh
dead cow or horse, remove the hide, cut
the animal open, cash the outside with
knife and put strychnine in the in
cision and on the entrails. The crys-
tails of strychnine will soon dissolve
and penetrate the flesh. Carcasses thus
prepared are often frozen before the
wolves find them. But the wolves eat
of the frozen blood from the thorax
and die within an hour after eating.
The action Of the poison in warm
weather is much quicker. Occasion
ally poison is unsuccessfu1ly used, but
the hunter is almost sure Of some
pelts, and is sometimes richly reward
ed. From fifty to seventy-fve wolves
have been killed in one night from the
poisoning of one carcass. This was in
Middle Park, where the wolves are very
plentiful.
1t takes two bottles Of strychnine to
poison one dead cow or horse, and from
one-fourth to one-third of a bottle for a
sheep; small animals Or birds require
less proportionate amount. All the
carnivorous animals may be destroyed
by strychnine. The larger ones may
be poisoned by putting a few crystals
in small balls Of butter or lard When
the animal is frozen so that it will not
aborb poison scatter the balls round
about. Small animals can be killed by
poisoning scraps of meat, or small birds,
mice or fishes. The red fox can be
easily poisoned where it could not he
trapped. Stryrhnine must be handled
with great care. It should be used
moderately in small bats and placed
where dogs and cats are not likely to
find it.
Poisoned animals may be kept FOR
months, if necessary, and If promptly
removed when thawed the skins will
be good. hole bored in a log or
block OF wood and filled with lard
mixed with strychnine is very effect1al
when weather is not freezing. The
animals Lick it out SO slowly that they
die before they get away. The ap~
proved method used here in Colorado is
to place small quantities Of crystal]ized
strychnine in druggists capsules and
insert one of these in a bait Of meat
about the size Of a hens egg. Hang up
Calls head Or some fresh meat in a
tree Or on fence SO high that wolves
cannot reach 1t. Then scatter the bait
around the spot every few feet. The
fresh meat in the tree attracts the ami
mails, and they readily pick up the bait
on the ground. A drachm bottle of
strychnine costs thirty-dve cents and
contains forty or fifty doses of poison.
The capsule method is recommended as
best Of ALL