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The Irish standard., 1897-08-28
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Hen.
napin-District Court, Fourth JudCiN

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Hem
nepin-District Court. Fourth judicial
District.
In the matter of the assignment OF the
Crystal Laundry Company. insolvents.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, assignee in the above matter, will
apply to said court at the special term
thereof to be held at the court house in
the city Of Minneapolis, on Saturday. the
18th day OF September 1897, at the opening
bf the court, as soon thereafter as
counsel can be heard for an order thereof
discharging him from all further duties.
liabilities and responsibilities connected
with said trust. and also discharging tho
sureties upon the bond given by said as
e,gnee from all liabilities thereon.
Dated August 12, 1897.
J. REED LEWIS,
Assignee.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28
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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
SPARROWS KILLED SKUNK.
Flock of Three Hundred Attacked 1t and
Tore 1t to Shreds.

Tore 1t to shreds.
Mr.. F. Abel Of Freeport, N. Y, sent
the following communication, interest
ing to all lovers Of natural history, to
the Brooklyn Eagle recently:
"While hunting in the northern part
of Long Island a few days ago [ saw
one of the most peculiar fights that I
ever had the luck to witness. l was aft
er rabbits and was walking along near a
rail fence when my attention was sud-
denly attracted by an immense swarm
of sparTows which were flying from one
side of the fence to the other, tWittering
with all their might. They were some
what above me, SO, running up nearer,
tried to find the cause of the trouble.
It showed itself in the shape Of large
skunk, which was darting from one side
of the fence to the other, the sparrows
following, picking at him savagely when
they got the chance
"They did not seem to mind my pres
ence at all, and this lodging and attack
ing was kept up for about five minutes,
when suddenly the skunk crossed to my
side Of the fence and started across a
big lot with the evident intention of
getting to a thick wood that lay on the
other side. He had made perhaps half
way when the entire flock Of sparrows,
! numbering at least 800, pounced on
him. The skunk fought well, but to nc
purpose, for in less than minute he
was torn to shreds.'
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
Entertainment For convicts.

Wagons driven by convicts came into
Weldon, N. G., recently from the state
farms without guard except convict
on horseback. 1t is fact thag these
convicts walk around in conv CT garb
and converse with whatsoever they
please One went into the telegraph
office at Tillery and laid down upon the
operators table, and when ordered out
he refused to go until the operator
threatened to get or did get his gun. 1t
is also said that citizens go to the Hall
fax farm to fox hunt with the supervis-
or, who keeps pack of hounds. They
sometimes go to the farm with their
teams, put them up at the expense of
the state ana hunt at night. Recently a
gentleman of this town says he went to
the farm near 10 clock in the day, and
the supervisor, who keeps pack of
hounds, was just returning from fox
hunt. News and Observer.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
WEALTH ON TIE YUKON.
Large Estimates Made by william Ogilvic,
q Canadian Government Surveyor.

Large fLSCIul8beH MdUe ny w
q Canadian Government Surveyor.
A correspondent of The Globe recent
~ telegraphed to that paper an extend
ed interview with William Ogilvie, sur
veyor of the department of the interior,
who left Ottawa for the Yukon country
on June 10, 1895.
Mr.. Ogilvie reports that there are 100
claims ON Bonanza creek capable of
yielding from $780,, 900 to $500, 600,
and 80 claims on Ell Dorado creek that
will no doubt yield an average of ST.,
600, 900 each. These two creeks, he says
form but a small percentage of the rich
placers already discovered, The other
streams in the vicinity, though not
quite so rich, will rate very high, COM
pared with anything ever found in
Alaska before.
The gold bearing area extends up the
Yukon from the American boundary at
least 400 miles and is in some places
100 miles wide Over all this area good
indications have been found, and it is
safe to assert, that the greatest wealth,
if not the richest individual deposit, is
yet to be discovered
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21

There is probably plenty of corn in
all the Kansas cornfelds this year if the
farmers only knew where to look for it.
A farmer recently turned his hogs into
the corntield because there were no ears
on the stalks and he thought the hogs
might be able to live i'll the field. To
his great surprise he noted i'll few
days chat his swine We're getting sleek
and fat. Determined to solve the mys-
terry, he watched the drove and noticed
them roofing around the roots of the
hills of corn and grubbing out good ears,
on which they were fattening. He at
tributes this strange phenomenon to the
drought, which has caused the corn to
ear out so short that in many fields the
ears form underground like peanuts or
potatoes - Sedgwick (Kan.) Panta-
graph.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
Would Not Part with His Dog.

A family from Arkansas, bound fer
east Tennessee, passed through Louis
vile recently in a covered wagon drawn
by two horses that excited the pity Of
all who saw them, for they were mere
skin and bones. Under the fore axle, at
the very heels of the poor beasts, walked
a hound in no better condition, for
every rib in his frame was plainly visi-
ble A citizen offered the head of the
outfit dollar for the dog, but he re-
piled, stranger, we are in mighty
hard luck, but Watch has stood by me
and mine in all our tribulations, and
while your offer is tempting one
haven't the heart to go back on my faith
full four footed friend. - The citizen
tossed him the dollar, and dog and wag.
on moved out of town together.
rodsburg (Ky.) Democrat.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
FREAK IN MEDICAL SCIENCE,
Hassett's Peculiar Physical Condition De-
fies All the Serious Precedents.

Hassett's Peculiar Physical Condition De-
ffes All the Serious Precedents.
Michael L. Hassett, who claims to be
the only person living afflicted with at
tetosis who is in possession of his facul-
ties, was a ledger at a Chicago police sta
tion recently. Hassett was born in New
York city in 1858. When years old,
he had scarlet fever, and while conva-
lesoing he fell down stairs. That sort Of
paralysis known to medical science as
attetosis resulted. When Hassett was 10
years old, his parents took him before
DR.. w. A. Hammond, former surgeon
general of the United States army, who
diagnosed his case His was the first
case known to medical science, it was
declared, where a person afflicted with
attetosis was not an imbecile.
Hassett's whole right side is para
lyzed, and as result of eight operations
his arm is off at the shoulder. He has a
fair education, and, although burdened
with a disease that there is no cure for
but the grave, he seems to take good
deal of pleasure out Of life.
Hassett gains a living by going from
city to city exhibiting himself before
medical students. He was at Rush Med
ical college recently, and his case excit-
ed great interest, The most remarkable
thing about Hassett's case is that he ha
never had an epileptic fit.-Chicago
Times Herald.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
A Winter Night.

Pile on the logs! The bright flames start
And up the roaring chimney race.
How grateful should we be, sweetheart,
For just this little fireplace!
/ said today that was poor,
And poor in some things may be,
But there's ashelter-and who needs more
And your bright eyes to shine for mel
Draw near and sum our blessings, sweet.
While we are housed and clothed and fed
The bleak winds hound from street tc
street
Souls that share not hfe's daily bread.
While We safe harbored from the storm,
Have all our happy hearts desire,
Ihere many weak and wounded form
Bends Ger hearth without fire.
Thank God for home, and if knock
Sound at the door this icy night,
Oh, let us hasten to unlock
-, And bring brother to the light
1t was for this Gods gifts were lent
To light the way for those that roam.
It was for this that Christ was sent
10 shelter those that had no home.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
STORY OF PROF SHIELDS.
Qualities That Mate IT'S Glasses UneA-
peetedly ropalAr WITH some Stnasnts.

Qualities That Mate IT'S Glasses UneA,
pectedly Popular with Some Stulvats.
Professor Charles ". Shields 81
Princeton. who has rocently been per-
mitted by the New Brunswick presby-
terry TO withdraw in peace from the
Presbyterian church, is an eminently
kind hearted old gentleman. Except on
his own particular subject, the harmony
of science and revealed religion, he has
never been distinguished for severe or
cruel reasoning. His gentleneSS and
mildness toward those who study under
him have been well appreciated by I'M
dergraduates.
An anecdote of Professor Shields is
told by Princeton graduate of 90
years standing which shows that tho
professor S carelessnesS of worldly stand
ards is not new thing.
in my time" said this graduate,
''the faculty passed rule that all the
grades or marks of the members of 8
given course must average so in the
scale of 100. This was because the
grades in snap courses averaged up
around 90, while in mathematical
courses, where the work was harder
and the students usually more earnest,
the average grade was so or there
about With the average grade fixed at
so it was hoped that the inequality IN
the difficulty of courses would be COM
pensated for.
"The first set of marks turned in to
the registrar by Professor Shields after
the rule was passed had an average of
90. It was sent back to him to be put
in conformity to the new rule. With
much reluctance he consented to alter
them When Professor Shields sent the
marks back, the registrar discovered
that the doctor had secured the desired
average by dividing the requisite reduc-
ton of grade among eight or ten stu
dents instead of distributing it over the
entire class. The eight or ten victims,
the registrar further discovered had
been picked out by selecting every tenth
name on the class list. was one of
them. My original mark had been 100,
and had earned it. l came out of the
good DOCTORS averaging process with
&c. New York Sun.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
Butted by q Bull.

A Pasadena (Cal.) electric car and a
bull had a meeting at the outskirts OF
Los Angeles recently. 1t was on the
last trip in from Pasadena to Los An
geles that Motorman Nay saw the bull
some distance ahead of the car. Nay
rang the gong and blew the electric
whistle to brighten the animal away,
but without success. The bull spied the
approaching headlight, and taking it
for a challenge wheeled around and
started toward the rapidly approaching
car Nay tried to stop, but it was toe
late, for the bull butted his head into
the light and smashed the glass and
split the front of the car before he roll
ed over with broken neck
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
NAVAL plceoN service


ryafr...s msrsaas Usr.tt ~~ 'ff ""t
al, ttasaisa ttaesn e. tef"f
prefcNsaF Marion Z ta. Na'Hi 'tAA
envy recently mhmltte3 Ga ths fs'''}
az the navy i yesrl of an 'n'l-> '','o
made by him 81 tho military ans l.''a'o
homins pigeon system " h,,Hlai' "n0
ntb.r Inropenn countries HolsiHm -
,bs recognized center ~ the hamiNS
n,c,.on. saws Professor Marion, aud u y
"a he found there in tha highest stage 81
perfection. Pigeon races constitute eho
national snort of the lelsianS aaa are
encouraged by the distribution Of Prizes
by the king and by subsidies ! heso
races stimulate the pigeon iahetetS -
the extent Of obtaining almost lhereoihle
results, such rs flights Of the elras ltoi,
ireland, Spain. southern Franco ana
even Italy to Belgium, over distances on
many hundreds Of miles and attaining
the phenomenal speed Of l, 200 meters
per minute for short distances
Professor Marion says that he secured
n nnmber Of birds from several o1 the
famous lofts for the naval pigeon service
in America as we'll as diplomas show
ING their work. These birds have been
distributed among the various naval
lofts for the purpose OF improving tne
strain
Professor Marion believes that many
of the first class lighthouses, haval STA
tions and lightships should be proVloeu
with cots. The Germans, he says have
an excellent pigeon service III connection
with their lighthouse system. lie thinks
| that the various states might be asked
to operate some of these new stations
which in time of war are expected tc
render inestimable service. The Whole
Atlantic coast would thus be connected
and constant communication had at amy
time with fleet patrolling the coast.
The principal military loft OF Belgl
um, he says, contains about 100 BIRDS
two thirds of which are under constant
training. the whole system being under
control of the engineers OF the army
At sea, in case of urgent necessity, ne
believes that the birds might be flown
even during fog, as the fog is ottel
low, and the birds, rising above 1t, may
be able to reach their destination EX
periments of flying the birds at n1ght
especially during moonlight, have beer
successful.
The report says that in most of thu
continental messenger pigeon systems
the messages are inserted in quill
which is fastened to one Of the feather
of the bird. In Great Britain the mes
sages are attached to the leg by wrap
ping the paper around it and securing
it with an elastic band.
The question of color seems not to b.
considered paramount in Belgium hom
ing pigeons. The pigeons are bred TO
flying and not for color. Any bird tina
works we'll is kept and bred from, be it
color what it may. Professor Marion
says that the greatest desiderata in
homing pigeon are the strength of VIM
and the breadth of the flight feathers
of which there should be ten, withou
which the bird is useless for messenge
work. New York Sun.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
Hunters Penpered Her Hat.

Word was recently received from
Shoholo, Pike county, Pa, regarding
the narrow escape from death by shoot
ing of Miss Lavigne, who, while travel
ing along the road, was shot twice by
hunters named Bigley and, Broffet, who
in the brush mistook the feathers on the
girls hat for a partridge Sixteen shot
struck the young lady, but only a few
badly spent pellets penetrated her cor
sets, the most of the shot sticking fast
in the tough garment. -Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
SAMPLE CORPSE.
Scheme of an Ohio Undertaken For Ad-
vertising Embalming.

VSFIESlnE GA1UGAAllLSs
An Ohio undertaken named Pearce
doesn't allow sentiment to interfere
with business He can't see why the
shoemaker adjoining his establishment
should advertise his skill by displaying
his samples, or the tailor across the
street hang his latest sartorial confec
ton in his front window, while the en-
balmer's good work has to find lodg
ment beneath six feet Of earth almost as
soon as it has been accomplished.
Mark Twain, when he was shown the
mummy of Pharaoh who lived in the
time of Moses, shrugged his shoulders
with contemptuous Indifference and re-
marked to the curator of the museum:
Haven't you got corpse that is a
little fresher?'
All Mark has to dc is to visit the fu-
neral direction establishment OF Mr..
Pearce at Ardmore. There he will prob
ably find something more to his fastidi
Gus fancy in the shape of a sample of
embalming, kept on view by Mr.. Pearce
for inspection by his customers. The
"subiect" has now done service for a
period of three years, and the proprietor
confidently expects that it will last as
long as he remains in business.
The body in question has been in the
very warmest workroom of his estab-
lishment all this while, and the leather
like flesh of the corpse is totally free
from odor or putrefaction. Some say
the hair on body will grow after
death. This probably originated in the
mind of dramatist or novelist, who
wanted to sensationalize his readers to
sell his books, for there lies Mr.. Pearce's
dead man, with his very last hair cut
the same as it was two or three years
ego Then some say that the hair will
fall out, but you couldn't pull the hair
ont of that body with tweezers. Each
hair seems to be particularly riveted in
to the hardening leather and bone.
Even the fuzzy, lighter hairs OF all
other parts of the body remain the same
az they were at death.
Forinaldeheyde, a product OF wood
alcohol. and a comparatively recent
-,roduct, is the fluid with which the
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
The Chrvsanthemum,

Flower of November and emblem of truth,
Blossom of age in the beauty of youth,
Last of the glorles of summer times glow,
Waiting to welcome the witherful snow,
Blooming when gardens are faded and scar,
Frightening the gloom of the vanishing year.
Incarnate echo of joys that have fed,
Telling OF life In the realm of the dead,
Gently unfolding message of light,
Tingling with gladness the shadows of night
Herald of winter, yet coming to bring
Hope of uuperlshlng life and of spring.
. Clifford Howard al Washington Post
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21

body was embaImed, and Mr.. Pearce
says that there is now fluid, with 9TH
er elements added, that is far better
than the $40 ounces, or little over one
gallon-$3 worth-of the formaldeheyds
used for the dessication of the body i'll
question. New York Herald.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21

College men are numerous in the
Klondike Not long ago two Dartmouth
men, two from Yale, several from Berke-
ley, one from Stanford university, two
from Kenyon, one from Harvard and
one from Iowa university left st.
Michael's for the interior. 1t is their
intention to organize a Klondike Col
3ege Allnni association.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
Cowbov Band ON His Farm.

G. G. Gillett, the cattle king of Dick
inson county, Kan, has the only cow
boy band ON earth. On his big ranch
near Woodbine he employs 20 cowboys,
and they have been furnished by Mr..
Gillett with complete set of fine in
struments. Young folks come from miles
around to dance and enjoy band con-
certs. Topeka State Journal
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21

Frogs and toads have remarkably y
acute hearing The slightest noise i'll
the vicinity of a pond will at once at
tract the attention of the frogs and putt
them on their guard.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21

Tne canadian department. of agricul.
ture estimates the population of the Do
minion to be 8, 1875, 438, a gain of rather
less than 100000 since the census Of
1891 In 1890 there were two states Of
the Union that exceeded Canada in pop
ulation-New York, with 5,997,85 I'M
habitants, and Pennsylvania, with
5,258,014
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-21
A Cricket Discourse.

There are sensational preachers in
England as we'll as in America At
Canterbury, England, last summer.
when everybody was wild with excite
ment over the forthcoming cricket
games, the pastor of the nonconformisG
church took advantage OF the popular
interest by announcing a discourse OH
"The Cricket Week Of the Soul. New
York Tribune
The news & observer., 1897-01-24

withdrawn, being unable to pay their
dues-or some other excuse-leaving us
with an enrolment of 243 at the close of
the year. This number should be ma
terially increased, and with the facilities
now in hand and the many privileges
offered Raleigh should have at least 500
members and contributors.
s"rhe financial part of the Association is
like the hind end of bee, occasionally it
stings, and yet we are in better condition
on the whole than we have been for some
time, and / trust that when the year
1897 shall close your Raleigh Associa-
ton will have all bills paid and all sub
scriptions paid up to date, which is very
necessary thing"
In closing his report, Mr.. Oyerton ac-
knowledges his Indebtedness in his work
to the kindly aid and sympathy of the
people of Raleigh, the assistance OF the
newspapers and especially the Ladies'
Auxiliary. Speaking of the latter organ
ization, he says: Had it not been for
their kindly sympathy in the work, our
social life would be minus an attraction,
and the Association would probably De
without any bathing facilities.
Accompanying this report is also the
report of the Treasurer, which shows re-
ceipts for the year to have been ST ,5t6.3f;
expenditures S1,576.34. The unpaid bills
of the Association amount to S430.23; un-
paid subscriptions to $4,000.
Mr.. Overton makes no mention in his
report of the great amount of personal
work which he and others have done.
This would bear testimony to sympathy,
advice and help given to young men in
their battle against the world, the flesh
and the devil, but not until the great
record hood in heaven shall be opened
can it be told just how much has thus
been accomplished for the young men of
our city.
The news & observer., 1897-01-24
WAKE COUNTY POPULISTS.
Indignantly Repudiate Those of the Par
ty who Voted for Pritchard.

There are not two stronger Populists
IN Wake county that Joseph j. and A.
G. Penny, of Panther Branch township.
They were earnest and active Alliance
men, and when the Popufist party was
organized they became its leading mem
bers in their section of Wake county, and
their influence was felt all over the East-
ern and Southern part of the county.
They have attended all primaries and
conventions, and been most useful in ITS
labors and in organization. They were
both I'M Raleigh yesterday, and were
very indignant at the betrayed or the
cause of silver by Harry Skinner and
his eighteen gold-bug Populists who v0t-
ed for silver. "The time has come" said
Joe Penny, "for an silver men TO act
and vote together. The Populist party is
still better than the Democratic party be
cause it drives out such traitors as Skin
ner and his followers. We win not fell
lowship them. Pftchard is just like
John Sherman and the rest of the Repub-
licans. see the Republican, papers
praise Sherman and PrStchard~ together.
That is enough for me to know about
Pritchard, after reading hts speeches for
silver and against silver and straddhng.
Harry Skinner wall be druInmed out of
the Popufist party, and all4of his kind
will have to go with him 10 the Republi-
can party. We are done with them for
ever" sA a4
Mr.. f. G.. Penny endorsed every word
OF this, and added that PopuEsts had
been cooperating with silver Republicans
to get silver. but when they find that it
means the election of gold men 10 the Sen
ate and too much negro rule, they will
quit it. .iSilver men, who are honest sill
yer men ought to bury their differences,
and present united front to the ReQub-
kcans and negroes" said Mr.. Penny.
These two Populists express the opin-
ION of every Wake county Populist seen
in RaAeigh this week.