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The Irish standard., 1897-05-29
PROBATE NOTICE.

State of Minnesota, County of Hennepin.-
Probate Court
Mahoney, deceased.
Vnreading and fling the petition Of Mich
ael Mahoney representing that Hilda Ma.
honey has lately died interstate, 9 resident and
inha6itant OF the County of Hennepin and
State Of Minnesota, leaving goods chattels
und estate within this County, =. and praying
granted: ....-.#T :. : 80. 80, i -.
It is ordered, that said petition be heard at
ceaft House In tho utty Of Minaespoiis. In
said County, or, Monday, the 5th day of July,
1897, at IL o'clock In the forenoon; and tTat
notice of su :h;hoRring be,gtvenI TO all persons
Interested, by publishing this order ut least
once In each week for three successive weeks
prior to said day Of he caring, in the Irish
in said Go .Inty:':! =: :, :.
Dated at Minneapolis this 18th day Of May,
1877. 49,: =.
BY the Courts. $50 F. @. HARVEY: =
49, Judge Of ,PrObate:
The Irish standard., 1897-05-29
PROBATE NOTICE.

State Of Minnesota County of Hennepin.-
pfeo the G nsstsr of th estate of Fre,. B.
On +. aiding and fling the account of Annie II
Bailey, administratrix with the will annexed
Of the estate of said deceased and her rPsig-
nation as such administratrix and her peti.
ton praying for the allowance of said account
and for the appointment Of some suitable
person in her place and stead
special term Of said Court to be held at the
Court House in the City OF Minneapolis in
1897 at 10 o'clock In the forenoon;. and tn It
notice Of such hearing be given AL persons
each week for three successive weeks prior
to said day of hearing, in The Irish Stan
dard a newspaper printed and published In
Dated At Minneapolis this 18th day of May,
1897.
By the Court: F. HARVEY.
Judge of Probate
STEELE 4 MEGAARDHN,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
no Phoenix Building.
The Irish standard., 1897-05-29
LEG DIRECTION
PARTIAL LIST OF Z, RELIABLE AT.
TORNEYs OF MINNEAPOLIS.
~. WITH LOCATION OF
3 III :. OFFICES. -...


Abel, Ace r., 301-2 Bank Of Com. Bldg.
Ankeny, A. T., 502 Globe Bldg.
Atwater, J. B.. 300 Kasota Bldg.
Blocker, Geo. NJ, .3s1 Boston Block.
Bradish, j. H., 81 Guaranty Loan Bldg.
Brice, A. L., Z Loan & Trust Bldg.
Brooks & Hendrix, 600 Guar. Loan. Bid.
Byrnes, 7. E., 500 Kaaota. Bldg.
Corriston, F. T., 301 Kaso:a Bldg.
Davenport & Than, 314 Bank Of Com.
Bldg.
Darelius, A. b., 925 N. Ys<Life Bldg.
Deutsch, Henry. s26 Guaranty Loan.
Donahue. w. H, %, Wash. .av s..
Forth, Geo. E., 4O2 Globe Bldg.
Gallagher, Chris A., 401 Guar Loan Bldg.
Clarity, T. A.. e22 NJ Y.*Life Bldg.
Gjertsen e. Rand, 711-713 New York
Life building. y
Harrison & Noyes. 40s Globe Bldg.
Hertig, Wendell, 307 Globe Bldg.
Hobbs, F. E., 255 Temple Court.
Jayne & Helliwell, 321r Phoenix Bldg.
Jelley, C. S., 1903 Globe Bldg.
Lane & Nantz, Oneida Block.
Lawrence, Jas. w., 242 Boston Block.
I.eary, w. c., 203 Sykes Block.
Lynch, E. R., Sheriff's Office.
Megaarden, Phil T., I'll Phoenix Bldg.
Munro, Weed, N. Y. Life Bldg.
Mahoney, Stephen, 302 Guar. Loan Bldg.
MCGEE, J. F., 3O6-307-30S Globe Bldg.
McHale, John j.. 301-302 Bank of Com.
Bldg.
Nickel, J. H., 635 Lumber Exchange.
Nye, Frank NJ, Guaranty Loan.
Pilgram, w. H. H., 515 Temple Court.
Pond, Charles NJ, no N. Y. Life Bldg.
Rea & Healy, Temple Court.
Smith, Geo r., 519 Bank Of Com. Bldg.
Smith, A. D., sos Globe Bldg.
Steele, John H., no Phoenix Bldg.
Stetler, L. E., 307 Globe Bldg.
Stocker, H. D., 2O5 Century Bldg.
FRESHMAN, Louis, 500 Kasota Bldg.
Van Fossen & Frost, 839 Guaranty Loan.
WEIGH, Hayne, Hubachek and Conlin,
Bank of Commerce Building.
Young, H. W., 402 Globe bldg.
The Irish standard., 1897-05-29

Vice President, Mrs. NJ Cronshaw.
Recording Secretary, Miss X. E. May
Financial Secretary, Miss Bridget Fo,
ley. .......-.. -.
Insurance Secretary, Miss Kate Eryn
Treasurer, Mrs: n. Manifold.
Meets on second and nd fourth Thursdays
at st. Michaers School Hall. 49,.
SALTWATER, WASHINGTON CO.,
County President, Thps. ]. Dunn.
President, NJ. W. Murray.
Vice President, d: J: Hooley.
Recording Secretary F. c. Williams
Financial Secretary, Thos. Curley, 49,
Treasurer, j. W. cl|Saary.
insurance Secretary, W. II. Welsh. "
Meet every Monday9 PIG evening at A. O.
H. hall, in Grand bpsHfaf House building.
Daughters Of Efin44Gounty President,
Mrs. James Forcia.
President, Miss Ii: e. Grady.
vice President, Mrs. Thos. Curley.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Jas. Forcia.
Financial Secretary. Miss A. e. Reilly.
insurance Secretary. Miss u. Foley. .
TREASURER, Mrs NJ. Donalds.
Meet second and fourth Friday even
ings Of month at Opera hall.
MORRIS. STEVENS COUNTY ;.
Comfy President, VIM. Riordan.
President, J. A. Welsh. S.
Vice President, Dennis Hennessy. -
Recording Secretary. Geo. Howley.
Financial Secretary, 7. A. Callaghan
IL Treasurer. Timothy Murphy. -.5s
| Ned mt sumo sof month st In
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
Lord Leighton.

Although an Englishman, Leighton
was brought up abroad, and this is no
doubt sufficient reason why his works
seem to stand apart from those OF his
contemporaries of the English school.
Born at Scarborough on the 3D. OF De-
cember, 1880, the son of doctor, he
was taken abroad at very early age
on account of his mothers delicate
health. In 1910 the Leightons went to
Rome, where he learned drawing regu-
larly under Signor Nell. They then
moved to Dresden and Berlin, where he
attended classes at the academy In
1843 he was sent to school at Frank
fort and in the winter of the following
year accompanied his family to Florence.
1t was here that his future career was
finally settled. His father consulted Hi
ram Powers, the celebrated American
sculptor, who. in answer to the ques-
ton, "Shall make him an artist?'' re-
piled, "Sir, you have no choice i'll the
matter; nature has done it for you. -
Cosmo Monkhouse in Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
Bos.on's Confusing Streets.

The yarn that the down town streets
in Boston were formerly cow paths, and
that unless one be careful in keeping
bearings he is liable to walk in circles,
although apparently walking straight
ahead, must be true, because it has been
verified. 1t is to the effect that stran-
ger, having asked policeman to direct
him to certain place several blocks
distant, followed the directions until he
became bewildered. Seeing a policeman,
he asked again to be directed on his
way. Confused again by not finding
the place, he appealed again to a police
man. Look here" the policeman re-
marked emphatically, eff you ask me
that question again I'll run you in.
See?'' A stranger, who inserted that
story into a description of his expert
ences in the town recently, was con-
fused when a reputable gentleman of SO
years interrupted by saying that his ex-
perience in 1885 was similar, except
that the person he asked was not po-
liceman. Any yarn that holds good for
half a century ought to be believed
New York Times
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
One Way of Catching Fiddler Grabs.

There are various ways OF catching
fiddler crabs. One way Of catching the
black OF mud fiddler, the one that bores
into meadow banks along salt creeks, is
with two boards so placed as to form a
deep sided letter V. The fisherman seeks
a spot where there is IL little strip OF
sand at low water, between the base OF
the mud bank and the waters edge.
The crabs come out Of their holes and go
down to the edge of the water, often in
great numbers The fisherman comes
over the meadow with his boards, which
he sets up on edge as quietly as he can
ON the sand, with the opening OF the V
toward the water. Then he alarms the
crabs, and they come scurrying up the
little beach in multitudes, bound for
their holes. As they come they carry
their big claw aloft, somewhat as the
soldier carries his gun. 1t is from this
habit that the fiddler crab gets the name
of soldier crab, by which it il also
known. Those crabs that are opposite
the opening in the V hustle with the
rest of the line, but when they strike
the board sides they arc thrown more
and more together, until they converge
in a mass at the point The fisherman,
sitting outside, takes them out by the
handful. New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
An Ipterruption.

Colonel Gordon, commandment at Fort
Myer, was relating string of reminis-
cences of his western campaigns to IA
group of friends short time ago and
was telling his hearers how ON one oc-
casion, in 1874, the civil authorities of
Salt Lake City had arrested number
of his troopers for violation of the mu-
nicipal ordinances.
"These men, " said the colonel, "were
usually certified as deserters from the
army, for we had no knowledge of their
fate until one day found a number of
them working on changing i'll the
streets. The matter was laid before the
war department, and we We're author
lied to take the men. A demand was
made on the city authorities for their
surrender, and the demand was CURLY
refused. We were determined to carry
our point, however, and squad was
detailed TO take them out.
Here the colonel lit cigar and blew
out two or three puffs of smoke before
resuming
"When l broke the Salt Lake City
Jail, he continued, but before he could
tell the rest Tom Murrey interrupted
him.
ION what side Of the Jail were you.
colonel" he asked in sober earnestness.
For few minutes there was such an
uproar of merriment that the colonel
! had difficulty in recovering the thread
of his story. -Washington Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
Lord Craven and Ben Jonson.

Lord Craven once invited Ben Jonson
to dine at his house. AT the appointed
time Ben trudged off in his usual poor
clothes, patched all over, and knocked at
his lordship's door. The astonished por-
ter was rather dubious, and before he
conducted the stranger i'll sent to in
form Lord Craven that shabby clod-
hopper, who called himself Ben JON
son, desired to see him. His lordship
flew to the door to welcome the poet,
but started back in surprise when he
saw such an odd figure. You Ben
Jonson!" said he "You Ben JOnson,
indeed! Shouldn { care for your clothes,
but your face-goodness! You couldn't
say DO to a goose " "Bo!" said Ben.
His lordship burst into hearty laugh,
and, satisfied by the joke Of the personal
identity Of his famous guest, conducted
him in.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
Bonfres.

The Worcester Gazette tells story
of lawyer who ran across an old stat
ute providing that any one who lights a
bonfire within ten rods of brilding
shall be liable to fine Of $50. Then it
occurred to him that he would have to
burn some rubbish in cleaning up his
grounds. He told a brother lawyer, who
also expected to burn some leaves. They
worried for several hours, until the ex-
plorer into the lore of justice looked up
the word bonfire in the dictionary. Its
definition is "a large fire built in the
open air as an expression of public JOY
and exultation or for amusement. So
all doubt as to their rights fed from the
minds Of the lawyers.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
Bicycles In Vienna.

How far government should 20 in car.
ing for the safety of the individual is
nice question, about which there is
much difference of opinion. A striking
example of 'paternalism" is presented
by the regulations which govern bicycle
riding in Vienna, as set forth by q cor
respondent Of the New York Homo
Journal
In Vienna all bicycle riders before
obtaining permission to ride on the pub.
Ito streets must pass an official exami-
nation. They are required to ride be-
tween boards laid on the floor without
touching the sides or edges of the boards
At the word of command they must be
able to dismount either right, left or
backward. Until the rider passes this
strict examination satisfactorily IL
cense to ride on the public highway is
refused.
That is all very well in its way. Fol-
a government to take such parental care
of its people is regarded by many as evil
dence of high state of civilization, but
the fact is that, so far as New York is
concerned, the most serious accidents,
those causing loss Of life, have nearly
all befallen experienced riders 1t is the
experts who are killed-those who take
great risks.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
Peasant Life In Ireland.

Professor A. c. Haddon, in lecture
on Peasant Life and Industries Of Ire
land" said that lacemaking continued
to be practiced in some parts Of Ireland,
and, when trained, the Irish women
were very expert in all kinds Of needle
work. The work of the men consisted
chiefly Of agriculture, turf cutting, fish
ing and kelp burning. There was very
little good soil in the west, and in some
places, as in the Arran islands, the soil
had actually to be made by bringing up
sand and seaweed from the shore and
strewing them OH the bare rocks. The
great extent of bog land enabled the
people on the mainland to get plenty Of
fuel. Fishing in Ireland was essentially
mems work, and there was an album
dance of fish off the coast. Speaking
generally, the population of the west
coast of Ireland did not produce good
fishermen.
With regard to the means of trans
port, on which the commercial prosper
ity of country depended, he remarked
that until comparatively recently there
were no true roads in many parts OF the
west Of Ireland and consequently no
wheeled vehicles. One of the blessings
wrested from the awful famine period
was the building of roads, and during
later famines the same wise policy had
been continued. 1t was to be hoped that
the light railways of the present day or
other means Of conveyance, such as au-
to cars, would give yet greater impetus
to nascent local industries and thus
materially assist toward improving the
condition of our charming fellow coun-
trymen in Ireland. Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
DON'T LEAN OUT OF PLUMB.

Did you ever observe i'm your rambles about
The political scenes of the day
How often reformers engendor doubt
by their overpunctilious way2
Their censorship always reminds me Of those
Who beneath my inspection have come,
Attempting to strike magnificent pose,
Have o'erdone ii TO lean out of plumb
They lean too Far hack. and. In fact, become
bent
Most foolish the posture they take
And instead of expressing their upright intent
They lead you TO fear they may break.
They w:sh yOu TO feel that they're honest and
wise
And not at all croC Reu or dumb.
Yet there they will stand with their eyes 20
the skies
And unconsciouslS lean out Of plumb.
In trade or religion, n politics. too.
IL our rectitudo We would disclose,
Stand modcstly forth to the popular view
And don't try TO strut or TO pose.
For ofttimes our eagtrness may be too great
AT least 1t has happened to some
And our efforts to tower in matters Of state
Dwarf all chance as we lean out of plumb
Harry o. Dowd in Now York sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
Lord Leighton Painter of the Beautiful

1t may perhaps be stated as the dis
tinction of Lord Frederick Leighton
among his peers that he has worshiped
beauty, and especially the beauty of
form, more exclusively than they. There
is little or nothing of the mystic to Gre
ate beautiful images. Often beauty is
their sole motive Sometimes they clothe
a beautiful idea, sometimes they pre-
sent a fine dramatic scene, but in all
cases the treatment is essentially @sthet-
ic, whether the subject be the face of a
woman or some tremendous theme like
Hercules Wrestling With Death" or
"Rizpah Defending the Dead Bodies OF
Her Children No violence is suffi-
cient to make his draperies fall in un-
graceful folds. No passion will disturb
his features to Disagreement. With the
pathos of deformity his art has no con-
Germ, and it has little liberation even
for strength without refinement. Cos
mo Monkhouse in Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
When Navigation Might Cease.

"Many fishes and other marine AMI
mails reproduce in the most wonderful
manner, (" said a fisherman. - hundred
thousand eggs from single fish is COM
mon enough, and it may be that practi-
cally all hatch out. But they are subject
to many vicissitudes. Many die, many
are eaten by other fishes, perhaps by
their kind; some are caught by men
comparatively few reach maturity IL
all the fishes born should survive ana
they should continue to reproduce i'll the
same ratio, it wouldn't be so very long
before tho ocean would be so clogged
with fish that navigation would be I'M
nossihle. New York sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
ORIGIN OF lCEBERGS.
A New South Wales Scientist Advances q
Theory of Their Formation.

In paper read before the Royal So
ciety of New South Wales Mr.. II. G.
Russell dealt with the origin and release
Of icebergs. AS is known, the number
of icebergs met with between the cape
of Good Hope and Australia differs
greatly, being much more numerous in
some years than in others There has,
for example, within the past few years
been very large accession of enormous
icebergs, and it has been suggested as
an explanation of this that unusually
heavy falls of snow may account for it
by accelerating the motion of the ice.
Mr.. Russell, however, assures us that
the circumstances forbid the acceptance
of this view, because the motion of the
glacier depends mainly on the declivity
down which it is descending, and that
does not alter. The piling up OF snow
could not in one year cause such a
marked increase in the rate Of flow az
would be necessary to account for the
enormous increase in the number of ice
bergs which appear from time to time.
1t is obvious that there must be force
sufficient to break off the icebergs which
are slowly forming on the shore and to
do it at irregular periods separated by
many years, and in Mr.. Russell's opin-
ion the true cause is found in the volca-
noes Of the antarctic continent
When these burst forth in eruption,
and by that act shake the foreshores,
the icebergs are broken off from the gla-
ciers. This view is to some extent con-
firmed by the report Of the United
States photographic office on the float
ing ice seen during 1892 and 1898 in the
south Atlantic east of Cape Horn. In
that report it is stated that the icebergs
were Of such size that they could not
have been formed ON small, low lying
islands, but only on large continent,
where glaciers Of great height could
form. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
DUCKS DROWN AN EAGLE.
Alleged Exploit Attributed TO Crow Duck,
on the Potomac.

on the Potomac.
II writer for The American Field il
to be believed, the crow duck is most
extraordinary bird on the Potomac riv.
er, cutting up such capers as to make
even naturalist gasp.
-Four years ago." he writes, "while
shooting ducks with Mr.. Waller, l no.
ticed flock Of 5000 or 1000 crow
ducks. After half an hour / noticed an
eagle going toward the flock. When he
arrived at the proper distance, he made
a dart, but the ducks, as if by magic,
went under water like a flash and
sent up volume as if a big mine
had been exploded. This was done time
and time again, and finally the volume
OF water thrown up was so great that
the eagle was nearly drowned. An old
QUICKER once told me that he once wit
messed the same scene and that the eagle
was drowned. This is sight seldom
seen, which may occur but once in a
ducking life of 80 years. ("
This crow duck is also known as the
American coot, mad hen, blue peter
and Fulica americana by various hunt
ers and alongshore people. Up north
these ducks may be seen in creeks and
marshy, reed grown rivers, but south in
Florida they resort in enormous num-
bers to the lakes where bonnets or yell
low lilies abound, associating there
with lesser scaup ducks They are shy
birds, being much prosecuted usually,
but in localities where shooting is pro-
hibited, near the Titusville ella. rail-
road pier, for instance, they are as tame
as sparrows, understanding that there
they are safe.
The nearest anybody ever came to the
drowning eagle story was Frank M.
Chapman in his Birds Of Eastern North
America, when he says: "When alarm
ed, they patter over the water, using
their feet as much as their wings. The
sound produced is characteristic one.
He does not say whether the water flies
or not, but one could imagine that a
crow duck just as it turned up to dive
could give its scalloped webbed feet a
kick up behind, like vicious mule, and
SO saturating the eagle that it would be
drowned. Eagles often catch living fish
out Of the water, and, Of course, get
more or less wet in doing so, but per-
haps the Potomac river eagles are Of q
different species than those known tc
bird books
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
A FLOOD REMlNlsceNce.
How Young English Engineer Saved
Lowell From Destruction.


The city of Lowell was saved from
destruction il, 1862 by the foresight of
one young man. About 1885 Lowell
antiquarian AIMED Uriah A. Boyden
devoted much attention TO investigating
a tradition of a great food in the Merri-
mac in 1885 AID found an old man who
remembered tliat his father marked the
height Of the water by driving a spike
in an apple tre. Mr.. Boyden persevered
in his search until he found the tree in
Tyngsboro several miles above Lowell.
It's trunk was hollow, and entering it
from below he discovered the spike, its
head wholly concealed by the bark, at
considerable distance above the ground.
1t showed that in 1856 the water had
risen to u point 1919 feet higher than
the top of the dam at the mouth Of the
canal, which furnished the Lowell wa
ter power in 1886.
The engineer in charge Of this power
was James b. Francis, a young English
man, who urged the directors of the
corporation to provide against the recur-
renee Of such rise Of water. His argu-
ments prevailed, and ne was allowed to
construct two immense wing walls of
masonry, diverging from the canal lock
and inclosing the entire tountry between
the canal and the river. Over the water
way he hung an immensely strong gate,
weighing 20 tons, which was suspended
by wrought iron chain. A sledge and
cold chisel were placed in the care OF
the Waterman for use when needed. The
work was finished i'll 1850, and for two
years was laughed at as FRANCIS
folly"
On the morning CT April %, 1852, the
waters rose so high that the city of
! Lowell was threatened with destruction,
and the young engineer was sent for.
He rode TO the dam without saddle
and hurriedly cut the chain, releasing
( the great gate His work stood bravely,
and the Boston Advertiser, five days
later, said that if it had not been con-
structed every vestige Of the old guard
! gates would have been carried away and
mighty and uncontrollabler river would
] have swept through the heart Of Low
ell, destroying everything i'll its course. >"
A service Of plate was presented to MIR.
| Francis, and during the remainder OF
his life, which ended only recently, he
was one of Lowell's most honored cltl-
zens. For more than 40 years he was
agent Of the corporation controlling the
water power. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-25
Labouchere's Mistake.

Henry Labouchere tells OF an awk-
ward mistake he made about De Perslg-
nv. Napoleon right hand man and the
''maker of the second empire. " His APP
pearance was plebeian, and when the
London editor saw him at an evening
reception he took him for waiter ana
asked for cup Of tea. DE Persigny
good humoredly went for il, F" says MIR.
Iabouchere, "and 1 was knocked into
a heap at seeing his grand Gordon OF the
Legion of Honor, but kept down my
confusion and got into a rafting chat
with him. ~