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STUCK IN TIE AIR.
An Arrow That Failed tn Perform Its
Customary Duty.

An Arrow That rallied to- Perform Its
Customary Duty.
An American traveller witnessed the
performance of civilian Tell" at a
small German theater lie was told by
the manager that the stage effects
were extremely fine and that the scene
where Tells splendid craftsmanship
was exhibited would astonish him. The
American declares that he certainly
was astonished. AS appeared from
the outcome the apple on the boys
head and Tells crcssbow were con-
nected by an invisible wire. along
which the arrow was to speed, Of
course, with perfect accuracy. At the
proper cue the arrow did speed half
way toward the apple, and there stuck,
to all appearance, in mid-air. In vain
did the doughty Tell shake his bow to
joggle the arrow to it's mark. The son
of Tell, meanwhile. looked very fright
ened, while the apple firmly fixed Oh
his youthful Uranium was bobbing
about The audience was laughing,
and the laugh grew into a roar when
one of Gessler's guards took in the stu
alton, and, coming forward from his
position at the side of young Tell.
calmly gave the recalcitrant arrow a
smart rap with his spear, when it sped
on it's way and buried itself in the
apple on the boys he:td.
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a PATRIOTIC PIGEON.
After Four Years Captivity IN . Foreign
Land It Flew Home.

4. 3
Many instances are on record OF
tenacity of memory on the part OF car
rier pigeons, who are said never to for
get their first cote None of these in
stances are more remarkable, probably,
than that recorded of one of the birds
employed to carry messages into Paris
during the siege These birds, do1ni-
ciled in Paris. were taken out by bal
looms. and after being laden with It'd
ings from without were liberated and
made their way back to their homes.
One day pigeon from one OF these
balloons was captured by German
soldier of the besieging army. lie
gave it to his officer. who presented it
in turn to his commander, Prince Fred
erick Charles. The prince sent.it as a
gift to his mother in Germany, who hap
pened to be somewhat of pigeon fan
cier
The princess, delighted with the gift,
placed the captive in great dove cote,
where it was surrounded with every
luxury that the most exacting bird
could ask for, but whence it could not
escape.
Here the French pigeon lived, appar-
emily happy enough, for four long
years But it did not forget it's father
land
One day door OF the great dove cote
was left carelessly open. The French
pigeon flew out. 1t was never seen
again by it's German hosts, but ten days
later it was beating its wings against
the doors of it's old cote in the Boule
ward de Clichy, Paris. 1t was recog-
nized by it's old keeper, and received
the welcome due to patriot returned
from long captivity.
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states that steamer, supposed to be the
Oswald OF Whitby, from the names pick
ed up on boards, was totally wrecked
three miles north of Port Logan, Wig
tonshire. All hands have been lost.
The vessel was broken in two, and q
quantity of wreckage had been washed
ashore. The Oswald left Derry, on
December 5th, for Cardiff.
DOWN.
The woman Cecilia Devlin who was
wounded some weeks ago, in Ballymacar-
rett, by 8 shot discharged by the man
Conroy (who then put an end to his own
existence), was able to leave the Royal
Hospital, Belfast, on December 24th,
having quite recovered from the effects
of her wounds. I. ri
DUBLIN.
Qn the night Of December 18th, the
sin Fire Brigade was summoned to.
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History Of tbe Potato.

When America was discovered the
potato was cultivated in all the tenn
perate parts of South America, but not
in Mexico. Heron ymus Carbon, a
Spanish priest, is believed to have in
troduced the plant iuto Europe. From
Spain it went into Italy, and thence to
Belgium. Some years later it was in
PRODUCED into Virginia, and specimens
were brought to Ireland about 1890.
For nearly a hundred years it was Gull
tivated very little in Great Britain. In
1868 the Royal society urged its Guilt
Walton, but it is only within the last
century and half that it has been q
common vegetable there. But the
sweet potato was brought into Eng
land in 1868, and was called the com
mon potato as early as 1897, when the
white potato was first described in an
English book.
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ELECTRICITY AND WOOL.
The Peculiar Affinity Known to Exist Be-
tween Them.

The Peculiar Affinity Known to Exist Be-
tween Them.
Wool, after it is shorn and cleansed
preparatory to the carding and spin
ming processes, is capable of being
highly charged with electricity, and the
phenomena resulting from this char
ac..eristic are familiar to all carders.
Oftentimes the. influence Of this agent
is so active as to interfere mate
rally with the working of the
wool. Wool that is thoroughly wet, or
that is well fabricated, either arti-
fcially or with it's own natural
grease, shows no effects from the
presence of electricity, and it may be
accepted as well-established fact that
in all grades Of wool the susceptibility
to the influence Of electricity increases
in the ratio of dryness or absence of
lubricating material in the fiber, or, in
other words, to its freedom from the
moistening effect of oil or water. SUI
fcient moisture, properly applied, will
not only prevent all the ill-effects OF
electricity in wool, but will destroy
every evidence of it's existence in both
the picker and card rooms. BY making
the feed light in bulk, speeding the
feed roll and doffers faster or quick
feed and quick delivery, and reducing
the speed of the main cylinders, tum-
blers, fancies and the vibratory mo-
tions of the condenser, all of which re-
suits in diminishing the friction, the
electrical effects are also done away
with, either entirely or to such an ex-
tent that no injury results It is in
warm, damp atmosphere that the work
of the cardroom is always at it's best,
If the stock is liable to electrical eff
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EARLY DAYS IN AFRICA.
Game Was Large and Plentiful at the
III. Cane or Good / ops.

Game Was Large; and Plentiful at the
Cape OF Good i ope.
When the early Dutch settlers landed
at the Cape in 1852, and under their
first governor, stout John Van RE
beck, took possession Of the soil,
they found the country one vast and
teeming natural preserve of great
game Down to the very shores of the
Atlantic and Indian ocean, says the
Fortnightly Review, there wandered
a countless multitude of the noblcst
and rarest species with which prodi-
gal nature ever blessed the earth. The
elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo roamed
everywhere; the hippopotanus bathed
his unwicldly form in every stream and
river; the lion, leopard and cheetah
pursued their prey unchecked; the
Gland, koodoo, gnu, harta beest and
number Of other fine antelopes grazed
in astonishing plenty.
The mountain re bras paced the sierras
of the Cape peninsula and every other
range of the colony in strong troops;
the quagga NOW, alas! eztinct}
thronged the karroo plains. In every
upland, in deep and lonely lzloof and
over boundless plain. there wandered,
free and undisturbed as they had wan
dercd through countless ages of the
past, an unexampled array of wild ami
mails.
The early Dutch settlers scarcely
knew what to do with this profusion
of game, The Glands and lsoodoos
broke into their gardens and vine
yards. the elephants and rhinoccroses
made hay with their crops; the lions
besieged them in their fort and ccgged
Gov. Van EiebeeA in his garden.
There is pathetic, yet lnliorous,
entry in the old records Of the Cape
commanders, bearing date the ed Of
January. 1863. This night" says the
chronicle, lit appeared as if the lions
would take the fort by storm
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SUMMONS.

GTATE OF MINNESOTA. Hennapin County
- District Court, Fourth Judicial District.
Victoria Ripel. plaintiff, against Felix Ril ell,
defendant.
The State Of Minnesota to the above named
defendant:
You, Felix Ripel, are hereby summoned
and required to answer the complaint Of the
plaintiff i'll the above entitled action, which
complaint has been filed in the Office Of the
Clerk OF said District Court. at the City
of Minneapolis County Of Hennepin, and
State OF Minnesota, and to serve copy of your
answer to the said complaint on the subscriber
ut his nffice, in the City of Minneapolis,
in the said County of Hennepin, within thirty
days after. SERVICE Of this summons upon
you, exclusive OF the day Of such service; and
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this action
will apply to the Court for the relief demanded
In said complaint together with plaintiffs costs
and disbursements herein.
Dated January 18th, A. D. 1895.
A. L. BRIcE,
Plaintiffs Attorney,
Minneapolis. MINI.
No. Loan and Trust Bldg. Residence 313 Sth
street south
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Language In Sealing Wax.

The language in sealing wax is much
practiced in Paris, now that sealing let
tiers is the fashion again, An epistle
conveying a proposal of marriage must
be sealed with white wax, while &C
cepted lovers may use ruby color. Jeal-
ousy is expressed by yellow wax, blue
implies constancy, and brown melan-
choly; green suggests hope, and paler
shade of green conveys reproof. A let
ter of coincidence should bear violet
seal in reply to the black wax intimat-
ing death, and the ordinary scarlet hue
is still used for business. Invitations to
dinner display chocolate seals, gushing
young ladies fasten their condolences
with pink, and gray is the general tint
for letters to ordinary acquaintance
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AN ORNATE REPTILE.
"A Sea Serpent That Made a Name for
Itself.

The horned sea serpent, otherwise
1.-THE Pearl island monster" excited
more curiosity among scientific men
than any other marine snake of mod
ern years. It was seen late in 1883,
says the St. Louis Republic, by Capt
Seymour and others Of the officers and
crew of the New England boat Hope
On, while they were lying off the Pearl
islands forty Or fifty miles from Pana-
MAJ, watching for whales. Capt. Sey-
mour describes the creature as being
forty or fifty feet in length, with avery
large and fine horse-like head, having
two twisted, unicorn-shaped horns pro-
truding from near the ears. Besides
being provided with name, ears and
horns, this Pearl island monster also
had legs, four in mum Der, much resem-
bling large, dattened, double-jointed
flippers. His skin was of dull bronze
hue, profusely speckled with large
black spots and tail which all hands
agree in saying was forled or split for
at least ten feet back from the point.
1t was seen on two different days, and
if whales had not been sighted at about
the same time an effort would have
been made to capture it. The accounts
of Capt Seymour and those of his men
agree in every essential particular,
even to the approximate size of tine
huge creatures great lidless eyes. It
is important to note in this connec-
ton that the officers and men of the
pa oifin mail Staamar,, which niv th4
same waters have frequently seen the
reptile, but never so closely as did
those aboard the Hope On.
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KINDNESS.

Speak but word of Kindness
70 sorrow stricken heart,
And ympathy, with tender voice
Bids half the pain depart.
One little word OF Kindness,
Oh! who can tell it's worth,
When misery's pail has Swallowed
4 creatures path on Earth?
Just as CLEAN of sunshine
Across the frozen earth,
Awakes the sleeping flowers
And calls them forth in birth;
80 may q word of Kindness
Wake depths in the human heart
ynsounted depths, perchaace that lay
Congealed by sorrows smart.
One little word OF Kindness
MAJ prove beacon bright
For some poor pilgrim, storm-tossed
On some bleak, dismal height,
Oh. could we know the value
OF every spoken word,
THROUGHOUT the laud from East to West
Huh kind ones would be heard.
k. DOLORES.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

GTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of aenne
- pin-Probate Court
In the matter of the estate of William
Cain, deceased.
On reading and fling the final account of
Catherine F. Corcoran, executrix of the estate
of said deceased, and her petition praying for
the allowance of said account and for decree
assigning the residue Of tsd estate to the
1t is ordered, That said petition be heard at q
special term of said Court to be held at the
Court House in the City of Minneapolis In said
County. on Monday, the 18th day of February
1895, at 10 clock in the forenoon; and that no
t tas by publishing this order once ice
in each week for three successive weeks prior
to said day of hearing, In The Irish Standard, q
newspaper printed and published in said
County.
- JOHN 81. STEELE,
BY the Court: Judge of Probate.
VIM. KENNY,
Attorney for e tate, y b s55$
400 Temple Court, Minneapolis MINI,
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AN EARLY TEXAN INDUSTRY.

Cattlenen Who Laid the Founda ton Of
Their Fortunes by Shooting Mavericks.
The foundation of the fortunes Of
many of the great Texas cattlemen
was laid in the years Immediately fol-
the Lone Star state. -
During the four years in which the
drafts for the confederate army prac-
tically depopulated the country of its
able-bodied men. the cattle on the
ranges, running unherded and I'M
branded, increased enormously in num-
bers. Bearing no brand Of ownership
these cattle, which at the close of the
war had become practically wild, were
subject to be taken by any man who
could sustain his attempt by force of
arms against other claims of owner
ship
There was good commercial de-
mand for hides, and these were the
times when so many got their start in
life by riding, pistol in hand, up to the
cattle wherever found unherded, shoot
ing them down, and taking their skins.
The adult cattle then running at large
were too wild to be disposed of in any
other way, and so the Undertaking in
dustry fourished; but when, in time,
through the catching and branding Of
calves. herds had been collected on
ranges, the shooting Of mavericks fell
into disrepute and come under the ban
of "rustling.' Those men who, through
the practice, had become well-to-do
cattle owners, now were foremost in
it, through the instrument
tally of the courts and, more effectual-
ly, by informal hangings
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VIM. n. DoNAHUE,
Attorney for Executor.
PROBATE NOrICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Henns-
In the matter of proving the alleged lust viii
and testament of William Audus, deceased.
Whereas Mary Audus, of the County of
Hennepin and state OF Minnesota has deliv-
cred to the Probate Court of the County OF Hen
nepin, an tnstrume nt in writing, purporting to
be the last will and testament of William Audus,
late of said county and state, deceased,
and filed Herewith her petition to said Probate
Court praying that the said instrument may be
proved and admitted to Probate, anu that let
tiers testamentary be granted thereon to said
petitioner.
It is ordered, That said petition be heard and
the proofs of said alleged will be taken ct q
special term Of this Court to be held at the
Court House, in the city Of Minneapolis, in said
County, on Monday, the 18th day Of February,
1895 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, when all per-
sons interested may appear for or contest the
probate Of IT, and that notice of such hearing be
given to all persons Interested, o publishing
this order once in each week for three succes-!
sive weeks prior to said day Of hearing, The
Irish Standard, newspaper printed and pub
fish ed In said County. ss IF
Dated al Minneapolis, this 22asd day 81 Janu-
airy. 1896. # - a ssy3 sS.
BY the Court: OHN H. STEEL. j. .sEs s
s 81 s$Gs . Judge OF Probate. ssS
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Knew His Business.

At the session of the school for nom
commissioned officers of one of the COM
panies stationed at Fort Wayne, the
following question was asked of Ser
geant - ----: What is strategy? Give
me an instance of it. After studying
for moment or two, the sergeant gave
the reply: when in battle, and you
are out Of ammunition and don't want
the enemy to know it, it is good strategy
to keep right on firing. IN
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THE LAST sH1LL1Na,s SPENT.

The following poem appeared in the Dublin
University Magazine back In l847 It tells, it
tsto be feared. an ''o'er true tale'' of the de-
cline Of the Poplin industry:l
"I'm | 9TH to wake ye, Art, my dear!
But the steps of the stranger are drawing near:
Up the rickety stair they come.
Making, think. for our wretched ROOM
Rise, Art, rise! the la shilling's spent
Art it's me sheriff-the rent-tbe rentl
See, daylight has lit on the windowsill-
Art, is it you to be slumberng still?
Ye know that at last we must quit or pay
Though We don't expect the distress to-day?
Rise, Art rise! the at shilling 's'spent-
ART it's the sherif-the rent-the rent!
Eat the door!--oh month, to make up WHAT'S
The landlord he knows, Art, your word Is
# he saw how we strive, he'd put Of the sale
Twas the will of God that the trade should fail!
Rise. Art rise! the last shilling's spent
Art, it's the sherf-the rent-the rent!
SIN days gone by, it was Ireland pride
tn he decked In the web that our looms sup
Those were the times, AT, when ye took me
home,
And told me that love would make business
come.
Rise Art. rise! the last shilling's spent
Arr it's the sheriff-the rent-the rent!
s:It,s hunger Art, that has made ye weak
WHAT can think Of your fast TO break?
Here Art, here is my wtdding-ring-
The dodgers will lend On the blessed thing!
Rise. Art Rise! the last shilliugs spent
ART IT'S the sheriff-the rent-the rent!
.sGnd forgive me! my heart is torn
70 drag ye from bed this bitter morn:
The bed that tn cir coming TO seize and sell
Where I've nursed and prayed by ye, SICK ana
well!
Rise, Art, rise! the last shilltng's spent
Art. it's the sherlff--tue rent-the rent!
How silent he sleeps! not stir or breath!
Poor furnishing husband you're worked to
death!
At the shuttle before and after the sun
And f. morsel of meal when the day is done!
Rise Art, rise! the last shilling's spent
Art, 1. IS the sheriff-the rent--the rent
Dead!-Oh, my God! it is over at last
The wearisome struggle is past-is past
Ths heavens be praised! 'tisn't you need fear
TITS your widow that's desolate husband dear
Rise Art, rise, to the happy skies,
Where the tears are wiped from the poor mans
eTesv'
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Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage.
PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Henne-
- pin.-Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Patrick n
Barrett, deceased.
Letters parliamentary on the estate of Patrick
Il. Barrett. deceased. late of the County of Hen.
nepin and State of Minnesota being granted to
Michael e. Grady.
It is ordered, That six months be and the
s.me is hereby allowed from and after the date
of this order, in which all persons having claims
or demands against the said deceased are re-
quired to file the same in the Probate Court OF
said County, for examination and allowance, or
be forever barred.
1t is further ordered. That the first Monday in
August, 1895, at 10 o'clock a. m alta general
ter u Of said Probate Court, to be held at the
Court House in the City of minneapolis, in said
county, be aud the same hereby is appointed
as the time and place when and where the said
Probate Court will examine and adjust said
claims and demands.
Aud it is further ordered, That notice of such
hearing be given to all creditors and persons
interested in said estate by forthwith publish
ing this order once in each week for three sue
cessive weeks in The Irish Standard, news
paper printed and published in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 10th day of Jam
uary, 1896
BY the Court: JOHN III. STEELE,
Judge of Probate.
VIM. q. DoNAHUE,
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
SALE.

Default having been made in the condi,
tions of a certain mortgage made and dated
on the 18th day of January, A. D., 1891, by
his wife, mortgagors, to B. Vaughan, mort
gagee, and duly fled for record in the Office
of the Register Of Deeds Il in a. and for the
on the sSth day. Of jan A. b. ISL, a.
nine oelock p m and duly re ees II +
land lying ana T the eoan
ty Of Hennepin and state of MINES .,ta. te
wit: Lot numbered nine !9) in block NUN
bered three q, of McMillan's Addition to
now on file and Of record in the office of the
Register of Deeds in and for said county OF
Hennepin
day Of OCTOBER. A. b, 1854. duly sold to The
St Anthony Falls Bank BY said B Vaughan
aud on the 10th day Of October; 1921, said 3
said st. Anthony Falls Bank a written as
signment of said mortgage, which assign
ment was on the 3rd day of November, A,
record in the Office of the Register Of Deeds
in and for said county Of Hennepin. anG
duly recorded in Book AT of Mortgages OF
No action has been instituted at law to re-
cover the amount secured by said mortgage
or any part thereof.
There is now due on said note which sale
mortgage was given to secure. and there Is
claimed to be due thereon at the date o.
this notice the sum of eleven hundred anG
seventy and 40-1OO d,llars, (&1.l7O 40) which
includes eleven hui dred dollars (s1. 400
principal. and seventy and 4O-1G0 dollar.
($7O4O) interest.
And whereas, it was stipulated In sail
mortgage, that in case Of default In the
payment of the principal or interest or OF
any part thereof when due. said mOrtgagee
or his assigns might fOreclose said mort
gage
And whereas, default has been made in
the payment of the principal note and In
terest thereon.
Now. therefore. Notice is hereby given
that by reason of said default, and by viz.
tue of power of sale in said mortgage CON.
tanned. and pursuant to the statute in suck
case made and provided. the said mortgage
will be foreclosed, and the premises therein
descr. bed will be sold at public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash, to pay sale
debt, interest, and fifty do lars ($50.O0) attor~
ney's fees stipulated in said mortgage In
case of foreclosure thereof, and the costs
and disbursements of this action allowed by
law; which sale will be made by the sheriff
of the county of Hennepin and state Of Min"
nesota at the front door of the Court House
in the city of Minneapolis, county of Hen.
nepin and state of Minnesota, on Tuesday
the 5th day OF February, A D.. 1895, at ter
o'clock in the forenoon Of said day. subject
to redemption at any time within one year
from the day of sale as provided by law.
Dated December 14th, "A. ID 1894.
ST. ANTHONY FALLS BANK.
Assignee of Mortgage.
HOWELL w. Young,
A ttOrney for ASSIGNEE of Mortgagee.
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Light .Refreshment for One Year.

Some idea may be gathered Of the
immense business transactions Of Lon
don refreshment caterers when it is
stated that the provisions consumed
last year at refreshment places carried
on by one firm amounted to: Tea, 53.-
600 pounds; fresh beef, $4,000 pounds;
sugar, 328,Oo0 pounds; jam, 100 tons;
potatoes, 900 tons; milk, 1000 gallons,
eggs, 1,4O0, 200; pepper, 2 tons; mustard.
a tons; vinegar. Q. 400 gallons.
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KILDARE.

We regret to announce that Mr.. Rich
ard Newcomer, of Turf Lodge, Curragh,
the owner and breeder of Crotanstown,
who SD recently defeated large field of
horses at Manchester, England, is
seriously ill., Mr. Newcomer is one of
the Oldest and most respected residents
in the County Kildare. DR.. Thunder, of
Newbridge, is in attendance and doing
all that medical aid can TO ensure his
patient g recovery,