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The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
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The Pioneers Clcmency to . Condemned
Mexican Prisoner of War.

The Pioneers Clcmency to . Condemned
Mexican Prisoner of War.
Just before the capture of San Luis
Obispo the men under Fremont had
been subjectedto great exposure and to
privation and hardships of all kinds, and
their hatred Of the Mexicans had reached
its height. In fact, it was pretty clearly
understood that if any Of the enemy was
unfortunate enough to fall into their
hands they would spend but little time
OF sentiment in disposing Of him. q
On Dec. Is, two days after the taking
Of the town, the pickets captured Don
Jose de Jesu Pico, who was called Totci.
He was tried by court martial on the
charge of breaking his parole, was found
guilty and was sentenced to be shot.
The fact that Pico was leader rendered
him still more IN object Of hatred and
distrust, and on every side were heard
murmurs Of approval when twas decid-
ed that he should pay the penalty of his
treachery with his lifo.
The execution was ordered for half
past 10 o'clock in the morning, and at 10
o'clock the whole battalion was ordered
to parade on the plaza, where the execu-
ton was to take place. The prisoner
was confined In q room in the Mission.
Fremont, with two or three of his Of
fcers, was present, awaiting the coming
of the prisoners family to take their last
farewell of the beloved husband and
father. The prisoner, with bowed head,
was seated on one side, and opposite
stood Fremont with folded arms and
face unmoved from its usual stern de-
meanor. ~
The officers in grim silence were
grouped about when the wife, with her
eight or nine young children, entered
dressed in the deepest mourning. The
wife wa q beautiful woman of stately
bearing, and the children of delicate and
refined appearance. No word was ut
tered to break the silence, which had
grown oppressive. Then the children
fell upon their knees, and with fearful
eyes and outstretched hands mutely
begged for the life SO dear to them.
Among tho officers present was that
stern soldier, Capt. Richard Owens, who
had never feared a living foe, but whose
| OJSo WCA0 GuCA u411141co WILL UedTb it
the pathetic sight before him. Sudden
ly, for he could no longer control him.
self, he uttered the one word, "Colonel!'
Fremont's face relaxed its determined
expression, and he exclaimed, eyes,
Dick, I know we had rather meet q thou
sand Of them in the field tomorrow than
take this one life" Turning to the pris.
oner he said UVo11 ara ~pordone1, vo,:
are free"
The prisoner fell upon his knees at
Fremont's feet and pressed the hem of
his cloak to his lips, exclaiming brokenly
in Spanish: "My life was forfeit. You
have given it back, and h~enceforth it
shall be devoted to YOU" Instantly
Pico ordered that his horse be saddled,
and from that day on there was no more
devoted follower of Fremont through
danger of every kind than the man
whose life he had given back to him.
San Francisco Examiner.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
Explodinp for Water.

The practice of American oil well
sinkers of firing the torpedo to start a
dry or increase the flow of a sluggish
well has been taken advantage of in Eng
land successfully in the case of water.
At the Herne Bay Water works q well
bored into the chalk $40 feet deep from
the surface yielded little or no water,
and upon tho advice of Messrs. John
Taylor & Sons two charges Of roburite
were tired-the first consisting of TWEEN
ty-seven pounds of the explosive placed
at the bottom of the bore hole, and the
second of twenty-five pounds at fifty feet
above the former. The second shot had
the desired result, and produced a vol
IN of water estimated at $1,000 gallons
a day, which rose to the top of the we'll.
New Orleans Picayune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
A Thousand Gu,noas tho Fec,

The largest fee ever paid to a Scotch
advocate was that of 1000 guineas sent
to tho lord advocate with his brief in
the recent action with reference to the
Murthly estates. Five hundred guineas
"a the fee at first sent, but this was
not enough to induce his lordship to
leave his duties in parliament Some
time ago the lord advocate received a
fee of 800 guineas in a court of SESSIONS
case-till then the highest fee known in
Scotland. 1t is curious that both fees
should have been supplied by American
millionaires, Mr.. Kennedy and Mr. Ross
Winans, and it is equally curious that
both of them lost their actions in the
court.-London Truth.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
The Sense of Smell.

Smell is the most acute by far Of the
five human senses. Take an ounce of
musk-most powerful of scents-and
leave it where the atmosphere is still,
open on u table, for u year. At the end
of that time, having for full twelve
months rendered odorous the whole air
in its neighborhood. the most delicate
scales cannot detect that it has lost a
particle in weight. Yet the smell has
been infinitely distributed, microscopic
portions of the musk floating off and ex-
citing impressions upon the nerve pae
pillm under the delicate lining of the
nasal passages; for this is what smell
means The sense has grown almost ru-
dimentary in human beings through
want of necessity for its use under civil
lied conditions, but it is highly probable
that the cav men had it quite as well
developed as the sharpest nosed beasts.
New York Telegram.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
Reading and CROSSING the Lers.

Men often cross their legs at public
meetings because they go there to listen
or to be entertained. They are not the
factors in the performance, and they
naturally place themselves in the most
comfortable position known-namely,
leaning we'll back in their chairs and
crossing their legs. A man almost in
variably crosses his legs when he readsa
newspaper, but is more apt to lie down
when he reads a book. He reads the
paper, of course, to inform himself, but
at the same time the perusal of its con
tents is recreation to him, and his body
again seeks its position of relaxation.
When a man is readings newspaper and
waiting for his breakfast his legs are al
ways crossed, but a soon as the break
fast is ready he puts the paper aside,
straightens out his legs under the table,
and turns his whole mind on the duties
of the day.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
The Tariff Question

Has been the theme of political dis
cussion for the last fifty years, and
every campaign, "protection." free
trade 'f;.ir trade,' 'infant indus.
t%ries,' ''lBritisl Gold" "home' mar
kcts," Golden clu',," tariff tax"
are dinncd into II ears Ivy the wind
mills of the respective PARTIES, till
the average voter Knows nothing ut
all about the matter, and simply votes
the ticket his father did. The tariff
on wool. salt. sugsr, silks. coffee,
clothing and many other articles
may bc too high OF may he too low, but
one thing the public is agreed, and
that is, that considering the luxurious
Accommodations, fast time, and splendid
road he'd of s'Tlie Burlington" and
the further fact that it is the hest
and most direct line to all principal
towns and cities i'll ten great states,
its passenger ''t;tritf" rates are SO
reasonable as to satisfy everybody.
For time tables, tickets, rates, and
any information, call on any ticket
scent of "The Burlington" or COT.
Meeting lines, or address w. j. C.
Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent, G. b. & N
II n CT 10,nl Mimi
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
Caste In Southern India.

The caste system is terribly strict.
The Pulleahs and C~aanekars (the latter
the lowest of ally are wretched creatures,
the former only being privileged to wear
a garment reaching to their knees and a
fllet on their heads, also to employ bar
beers. The Caanekars arc never allowed
to come neal the town, and even in the
villages, when they com to buy rice,
Col. Drury has seen them deposit the
price twenty PAGES in front Of the shop
and retire to a certain distance; then the
shopkeeper would come out, put down
the rice, take up the money and with
draw, when the poor slave would take
possession of his purchase. Twenty
yards is the prescribed distance that
must always be maintained between a
low caste person and one of a higher.
But when a Brahmin comes along the
road the people scatter on both sides to
make way for the purer being.-Spec-
tatOr
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
An Everlasting Chimney.

To build a chimney that will draw
forever and not fill up with SCOT you
must build 1t large enough, sixteen
inches square; use good brick and clay
instead of lime up to the comb; plaster
1t inside with clay mixed with salt; for
chimney tops use the very best of brick,
wet them and lay them in cement NOR
tar. The chimney should not be built
tight to beams and rafters; there is
where the cracks in your chimneys
come, and where most of the fires origi-
nate, as the chimney sometimes gets red
hot. A chimney built from the cellar
up is better and less dangerous than one
hung on the wall. Do not get your stove
pipe hole too close to the ceiling, but
about eighteen inches from it.-New
York Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
The Musical Sense in Animals,

- IS
The higher animals can also enjoy
themselves, as my house cat shows, when
she ome at tho playing of the piano to
sit by tue player, and sometimes jumps
into her lap or on the key board of the
instrument. know of dog, too, in a
family in Berlin, which comes in in IKE
manner when there is music, often from
distant rooms, opening the door with his
paw. knew of another dog, usually
thoroughly domestic, which occasionally
played the vagabond for love of music.
Whenever the scmi-annual mass was
celebrated in the city he could not be
kept at the house. AS soon as the so
called BergEnappen, who were accus-
toned to play ut this time in the streets,
appeared he would run away and follow
them from morning till evening.
Evidently neither cats nor dogs, nor
other animals that listen to human
music, were constituted for the appre-
citation of it, for it is not of the slightest
use to them in the struggle for existence.
Moreover, they and their organs of hear
ing were much older than man and his
music. Their power of approaching
music is therefore IN uncontemplated
side faculty of q hearing apparatus
which has become on other grounds
what we find it to be. So it is, l believe,
with man. He has not acquired his
musical hearing as such, but has re-
ceived n highly developed organ of hear
ing by a process of selection, because it
was necessary to him in the selective
process, and this organ Of hearing hap.
pens also to be adapted to listening to
music.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plain6eld, ILL.,,
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled On her lungs; She
was treated for a month by her family
physician, but grew worse. Hetold her
b was a HOPELESS VICTIM OF CONSUME
TON and that no medicine could cure
her. Her druggist suggested DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption: sRe
bought q bottle, and to her delight
found herself benefited from first dose.
She continued its use and after taking
ten bottles, found herself sound and
well, now does her own homework and
is as well as she ever was.-Free trial
bottles of this Great Discovery at J. j.
Freeman's Drug Store, large bottles soc.
and 100.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
Say "Thank YOU"

Isuppose when you do a friend a good
turn, and he isso busy enjoying its bene-
fits that he goes off in a hurry and for
gets to say THANK you" you are likely
to say to yourself, "In next try my hand
on somebodyat least who can get breath
enough before he eats his cherries to
look back or the orchard" Ingratitude
is the great trial of parents with children
and of God with man. I'd rather a man
would hurl "Thanks awfully" at me
than to keep dumb. Even conventional
and slang thanks are better than utter
discourtesy and blank ingratitude.-
Lewiston Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
Chean Literature.

Some idea of the quality Of what is
known as penny dreadful" literature in
England may be obtained from the state
ment that a lady, the wife Of a well
known physician, had occasion to COM
plain several times that her cook neg
lected her duty. Finally this negligence
became SO gross that the mistress was
compelled to haul her over the Goals.
What was her amazement to be calmly
informed by the young woman that she
was so much occupied with the novel she
was writing for q weekly paper that she
had no time to attend to her duties in
the Htcheni-Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
The Polite Frencl,man,

When Gen. Moreau was in the United
States he was once the victim of rather
droll misunderstanding. He was pres
ent at a concert where q piece was sung
by the choir with the refrain:
"To-morrow, tomorrow"
Having a very imperfect knowledge
of English he fancied it to be a cantata
given in his honor, and thought he dis
tinguished the words:
"To Moreau, to Moreau."
Each time the refrain was repeated he
rose to his feet and gracefully bowed
On all sides, to the great establishment
of the audience, who did not know what
to make of it.-Le Figaro.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
A Wonder Worker.

MI. Frank Huffman, a young man Of
Burlington, Ohio, states that he has
been under the care of two prominent
phyEicians, and used their treatment
until he was not able to get around.
They pronounced his case to be Con-
sumption and incurable. He was per-
suaded to try Dr.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
and at that time was not able to walk
across the street without resting. BE
found, before he had used half Of q dol
lar bottle, that he was much better: he
continued to use it and is to-day enioy-
ing good health. II you have any Throat,
Lung or Chest Trouble try it. We
guarantee satisfaction. Trial bottle
fres ct j. ]. Freeman's Drug store.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
New York "Grocerexses..

The groceresses of New York, to coin
a feminine term, number 800. Nearly
all are widows. Mrs. Catherine Egbert,
of No. CAT Washington street, the wife
of a skilled mechanic, preferring to be
independent, conducts a retail grocery
business by herself, and is proud and
happy in the success she is making of it.
More sweet things are done by this
pretty, gray eyed, raven haired mer-
chant than the world will ever know.
Her ledger is black with bills that she
has no expectation of collecting, but that
does not harden her in the least, and no
woman or child is ever denied the credit
askedat her counter.-New York World,
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
Oddities.

an a recent lecture a professor of Ian
guages, in commenting on the difficult
ties foreigners had to overcome before
they could master language, made
mention of the following pathological
oddities: The letter C changes lover
into clover; d makes a crow a crowd: X
makes eyed keyed; g changes son into
song; transforms a pear into n pearl;
8 changes n hoe into a shoe; t makes
bough bought; and W makes omen
women.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
Boarding House STYLE.

"Why the deuce don't we have break
fast?" said the new boarder impatiently.
"We're waiting for it to get cold" said
Oldstager. eve never have warm break
fasts here."-Harper's Bazaar.
Greeley's Bane.
1t is said that a friend once found
Horace Greeley at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing, at the close of a long, hard days
work, with a heap Of applications for
autographs before him, which he intend
ed to answer.
"This time you need for Sleep" urged
his friend. "Why do you reply to them?"
"They send mo return stamps" he an
swered piteously, in his shriu voice; II
cannot steal three cents!"-Youth's Com.
panion,
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
A New Jananese Order.

A new order has just been instituted
by the mikado of Japan to commemo-
rate the 2,555th anniversary of the coro-
nation Of Jimmu Tenno, the semi-myth-
ical first sovereign of Japan. This order
is to be called the order of the Golden
Falcon, and is for military merit only.
Divided into seven classes, the insignia
for the first four are to be of gold, and
for the three others of silver. A straight
two edged sword with q jewelcd hilt
forms the axis of the design, and pcrched
on the hilt thereof is a falcon with ex.
tended wings.-Cor. Chicago News.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
The Price of His Handwriting.

One of the wittiest and most popular
of American writers tells of his citation
in the budding days of his authorship
when he saw his name in a long list Of
Autographs of distinguished men for
sale" displayed in a shop window. En-
tering with an air of indifference, he
asked, "How do you sell Blanks auto
graphsy" naming himself.
1.-TWO for three cents. sir" was the
prompt reply.
II left the shop" he says, "a sadder
and wiser man. If they had said "a cent
apiece Icould have borne it. But two
for three like a rotten bananal From
that hour l adjured popular applause"
Youths Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18

A well known travelling agent for a
Philadelphia carriage paper has carried
off the honors for eating in this city. At
q recent meal for himself he consumed
two whole chickens. fried Maryland
style, five pounds; one extra porterhouse
steak, ten ears Of corn, one dozen toma-
toes sliced with onions, one quart stewed
potatoes and one dozen corn cakes. He
was the only nan who partook of the
meal, and he did not fall into ashes when
he fnished.-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
AUTOMATIC SEWING mAcB1NEs

Prices reduced Every family no,o can
have the best Automatic Sewing Ma
chine in the market at reduced price.
For particulars send for our new Illus
trated Circular with samples of stitch
ing. Our Illustrated Circular shows
every pat of the Machine perfectly, and
is worth sending for even if You hare a
Machine. Kruse & Murphy Mfg. Co..
ass and 457 West 26th St., n. Y. City.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
SHAKEN OUT OF GEAR,

by malarial disease, the human machinery
cannot half perform its office. Digestion, &C.
erection. evacuation are disordcrcd, the blood be-
CHASTITY, sleep disturbed and appetite capricions.
Terrible is this disease, fell its consequences
There ie, however, a known antidote Tor this
it. In mnlarious regions of our South and West,
in South America, Guatemala and on the Isthmus
Of Panama az well as in transmarine countries
where the scourge exists, this inimitable prevcu-
tive and remedy, Hostcttcr's Stomach Bitters. has,
during the last thirty-fve years, been constantly
widening the urea of liz usefulness, and dem
dyspepsia, constipation, kidney trouble, rhen,
matism and debility are all remedied by 1t.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
Descendants of Great Men.

It is a singular fact that great men
seldom leave direct descendants. Ma
poleon, Wellington, Washington, all
prove this rule. Shakespeare left only
two daughters. whose children died
without issue. Probably the nearest
relative to the great poet now living is
n Thomas Hart, a resident of Aus
tralia, who is said to be tho eighth in
descent from Shakcspeare's sister Joan.
Walter SCOTS line ended with the Sec
ond OF third generation.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
Where She Should BE.

Mrs. De Fashion-What! Did your
i@nghter marry for love?
Mrs. Oldtime-Indeed she did. Would
.'nu like to see her?
We'll, yes, unless she is exhibiting
herself at some dime museum."-Good
News.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
A Charitable People

A man who had been swindled out Of
$4,000 good money while trying to buy
$1,000 worth of counterfeit arrived in Mil
waukee in a penniless condition, and the
people so felt for him that they raised a
purse of $12 to help him get home in first
class shape.-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
A Little Rusty on Oxides.

Professor Flogg-1 called, MI. Grub,
to inquire about your son James. l
haven't seen him at the academy lately.
| hope you have not decided to keep him
out of school.
Farmer Grubb-Well, l dunno. I've
set Jimmie to blasting out stumps for
awhile till he gets his bearings again.
l guess we can save him, but he was
purity badly out O plumb. Came homo
t'other night and commenced to talk to
me about iron OK hides.-Chicago Times.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
Printing Office For Sale.

A frst.class seven column news.
paper outfit, h%and-press, good as new,
for sale at a bargain. Cost over $500
and will be sold for $500 cash, de-
livered on board the cars at Dickin-
son. Address Ca" PRESS Office,
Dickinson, n. d..
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
A Study in Philnlnpx

Sumway-It is strange how one word
brings up another in the mind.
Mrs. Sumway-So it is.
Sumway-Now the word %"sardines"
always suggests to me the word "com-
pact"
Mrs. Sumway-l wonder why.
SUBWAY Because they compact
come packed very compactly too.-West
Shore.
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
The Northwestern Asriculturist Free.

Tic NOfthWtSCtfN AyTIcuItUF1SC FFC".
TO all new subscribers who will
pay for the PRESS nne year in advance,
or all old subscribers who will pay mp
arrears and pay II year in advance,
we will give u copy OF the Northwest
ern Agricmlturist for one year. The
price of the Agricnlturlst alone is
one dollar. Sample copies at this
The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18

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