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Caring for Furniture.

With care, furniture may be kept
looking nice for years, but without
this care it soon becomes dingy and
shabby. A thorough cleansing,
once q month, at least, should be
given to upholstered furniture that
is in everyday use. Articles covered
with plush or any goods with a pile
may be brushed with a bristle brush,
but for hair-cloth a light switch
works best, wiping off the surface
afterward with damp cloth. Wipe
the woodwork with a damp cloth,
and if there are any dents in it, it is
said the applications of several
thicknesses of wet blotting paper held
in place till dry by warm tliatiron
will remove the dent, unless a very
deep one, when several applications
may be necessary, When the wood
work is dry, rub with warm linsee oil
and polish with ch amois skin. White
spots may be rem owed by alcohol
simply pressed on the spot by cloth
that is not linty, and not rubbed, as
rubbing will take off the varnish. A
flannel cloth moistened with kerosene
is good to rub the furniture with, and
the disagreeable odor Of the oil soor
disappear.-Ex. ~.
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NORTH DAKOTA.

During last year at Fargo there were
1928 transfers of real estate and 1,7O1
mortgages place on record.
Charles Kops, a local musician of Grand
Forks, is composing piece entitled the LA
Grippe" march. Mr.. Kops promises it
will be principally composed ofminors.
John Larson, o laborer, fell thirty feet
over railroad embankment at Bismarck and
received injuries from which he may not re-
cover.
The Educational association of North Da-
kota in session assembled resolved to send a
delegation to the meeting of the National
Educational association at st. Paul in July
next.
The magnificent new Hotel Gordon at
Grand Forks was opened with grand ball
and banquet. Over 800 couples were pres
ent and the affair was the event of the sea-
son.
Large numbers of Minnesota people are
set ttling in the Cheyenne river country and
it is thought that at the close of next year
there will not be an acre Of vacant land in
that section of the country.
The North Dakota state board of phar-
macy was in session at Grand Forks. Presi-
dent Houssemon, of Grafton, Secretary
Firsbee, of Bismarck, and c. e. Maxley,
Fargo, being present. Thirty y-one candi-
dates for registration were examined.
A usury bill has been introduced in the
Legislature of North Dakota which provides
that both interest and principal shall be
forfeited where greater rate of interest
than per cent. is charged, no matter IL
what form the overcharge may be
State Senator d. S. Dodds of Nelson coun
ty, N D., woke up and found in his New
Y ears stocking on appointment as supervis
or of the census for the new state. The en-
tire congressional delegation from that
state indorsed him. The position is worth
81 900, and the work will require at least q
year.
There is considerable excl tenn ent in certain
circles over the fact that good lawyers holt
that the bill appropriating $4,000 for th'
establishment OF an agricultural college a
Fargo is a law, notwithstanding the veto o
the governor. The constitution gives th'
governor three days in which to return hi
veto during the session and fifteen days afte
the adjournment Thegovernor mistook th'
holiday recess for an adjournment and voted
the bill fourteen days after it's passage. Al
the days of the holiday recess are days of tn
session his vote is claimed to be void and tn
| Haggett bill is claimed to be a law. This i
good news for the people of Fargo, and thu
final decision is awaited with much interest
4 There will be some effort to effect an I'D
iournment of the legislature before the en'
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of the session on the ground of economy, but
1t will hardly succeed. The question of the
hour continues to be the Inevitable deficiency
and how to meet it. The constitution says
The state may to meet casual deficits or fail
uTe in the revenue r in the case of extraor
debts shall never in the aggIe ate, exceed the
sum of 100000. 1t also says-That such
debt shall be authorized by law for purposes
to be definitely mentioned and every such
law shall provide for levying an annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest annually and
the principal within thirty years,
Oliver Dalrymple publishes letter address.
ed to the Legislature, asking that the school
land bill be ammended 80 as to pay the tr es-
passers for their impro vements. He is one
himself. He tells the farmer members that
the matter involves millions of dollars and
thousands of their constituents, and hopes
in justice to our brother farmers they will
endeavor to so amend the present bill as to
follow the precedents and law of Mimi esota
and pay farmers for their improvements ON
school lands by charging the enhanced value
to purchasers. Mr.. DaIrymple will find the
constitution prohibits the very thing he asks
the Legislature to do. The point he raises
was fought out in the constitutional conven-
ton and the school section m en- defeated at
every turn. 1t is claimed they have had all
the benefits they are entitled to.
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WISCONSIN,

Oconomowoc expended $780, 900 in new
buildings during last year.
Charles Anderson was crushed to death
under a rolling log at Rib Lake.
Herman Fredericks, who killed Bertha
Erdman, near Wausau, recently, will recover.
John HoobIer has been returned to Ncills-
vile from Mercer County, Pa., to answer
to a charge of arson.
Wardner Idaho, which h as been destroyed
by fire is named for James Wardner, Mil
waukee boy.
Walter Eager insane, escaped from the
Racine County asylum and has not been re-
captured.
Josie Ellis, in Jail at Waukesha, took ad-
She was recaptured.
A fine horse, valued at 5000, belonging to
the Janesville fire department, fell dead while
responding to nm alarm of fire.
Robert Reardon, oil Racine, IA years ofage,
was adudged insane. He is the youngest
person IN that county everpronouncedc crazy.
Napoleon Crocker, the old man recently
sentenced for life for killing his son,in-law
near Mosnee, has been granted q pension.
J. C. Blinker went o Jail for three months
at Whitewater for the larceny of number o
turkeys.
1t is believed that the disastrous fire at
Cashton, Monroe County, recently, was the
work of an incendiary.
| Sheriff Page, of Clark county, has return
edi from Mercer county, Pa, with John
Hoobler, who was accused OF arson.
Mary Peerenboom, II years old, wat
knocked down at Appleton by team, re
ceiving fracture of the shoulder. Godfrey
the driver, was arrested.
Handler, who shot and killed Soloon-keepel
Sarvis and wounded two police officers al
Merrill, pleaded guilty and is now in stat
prison TOR life.
I Senator Sawyer to a Chicago reporter
THE only thing am interested in, said he
"is in having the tax removed from tobacco
and that will doubtless be done inwhatevel
| TARIFF bin is passed"
Albert Spaulding, arrested at Ashland fol
failing to pay board bill, showed that h
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The Suicidal Mania.

That Californian who shot his head
off by tying handkerchief from the
toes of his foot to the triggers ofa
double-barreled shotgun and the fir.
ing both barrels at once, certainly
adopted an ingenious method of get
ting out of the world. Here is a
pointer for those who are anxious to
gain notoriety by jumping from
bridges or going through Niagara'a
rapids in barrels. They can rid the
world of their presence more expedi.
tiously, and at the same time leave
behind a reputation for nerve and
daring, by using this method of self.
destruction. There are fashions in
suicide, just as in everything else, and
it is not improbable that the Califor.
MIA device may supplant, to consi.
derable extent, the rope, the pistol,
the explosive oil can, and even that
popular agent of death known aa
Rough on Rats.
The alarming increase in the mum.
Der of suicides is one of the strangest
phases of modern times. Those who
have been constant readers of the
daily press for the last few months
cannot have failed to notice that
the mania for suicide appears to be
spreading like an epidemic. Reports
commonly close with the words "No
cause is known" and wherever a rea-
son is assigned it usually appears so
trivial that a man of sound intellect
can only wonder how any sane being
could have found in it a motive for
taking his own life.
Generally it will be found that the
suicide is a man who is puffed up
with too great ideas of his own inn.
pOrtance. He persuades himself that
the world neglects to pay proper
tribute to his genius and worth, and.
to get even, he removes himself to
the bourne from which no traveller
returns. Poor fool! He forgets that
suicide is a cowardly way of &C.
knowledging his insignificance: for.
gets that his act will cause a one
days sensation and he will be little
missed thereafter, and he loses sight
OF the fact that even when the great.
est men die the busy, bustling world
moves on as before, and their names
soon sink into oblivion. There would
be fewer suicides if men were taught
to realize their own insignifcance,
and made to understand how thor.
oughly Indifferent the world is to the
affairs of individuals.
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DueIing Stories.

A Georgia Judge, celebrated as a
duelist, who had a leg lost and who
was known to be a dead-shot challeng-
ed a Colonel somebody, humor-
Gus character and man of great
attainments. Friends tried to pre-
vent the meeting, but to no effect.
The parties met on the grounds,
when the Colonel was asked if he was
ready. "No," he replied.-"What
are you waiting for, them" inquired
the Judges second.-"Why, sir,
said the Colonel, Il have sent my
boy into the woods to hunt a bee
gum to put my leg in, for l don't in
tend to give the Judge any advantage
over me. You see he has wooden
leg."-The party laughed and the
fight was broken up.
Curran, the celebrated Irish barris-
ter, was to fight duel with a man
much larger than himself, but his
opponent objected on the ground
that, being the largest, he stood in
the most danger OF being hit. But
Curran said that it should make
no difference. They could chalk off a
space on his adversary's body the
exact size of his own form, and he
would promise to shoot within the
lines, and any shot outside of that
line shouldn't count. The proposal
was not accepted, but the duel was q
harmless one.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

1t is said that Gov Larrabee of Iowa will
pay no attention to the petition for the par
don of Muncrath, who was convicted of par
ticipation in the conspiracy which resulted
in the murder of Rev. DR.. Haddock at Sioux
City.
Several Delaware capitalists have organi-
zed a company with $1,25O,OOO capital, all
paid in, to build an industrial city at Pied,
mont Ala. with Preston Lea OF Wilmington
Del, president. Two hundred thousand
dollars worth of town lots were sold within
an hour from the beginning the sale.
J. Vailed was appointed receiver of the
Taylor's Falls, Mimi, land Office. He is 6
prominent Swedish Republican of that sec
ton. He has never held any other Office ex-
cept town clerk. c. F. johnson will be ap
pointed collector of customs at Duluth. J.
| George Wright agent at Rosebud and Will
lam Nc Cusick, agent at Ssseton Indian agen
cies in South Dakota, appointments made
last summer, have been confirmed by th'
! senate,
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ASUALTIES.

\ telegram received from the Victor Goa
mines. near Trinidad, Col, says that q cave
in occurred at that mine, and that five mer
were buried underneath the rock and earth
Physicians left Trinidad Immediately upo1
receipt OF the news, but it is feared that the
miners will he dead before they can be res
cued.
Two freight trains on the Chicago ( North
western railway collidel at Lawn Hill Iowa
entirely demoliShing he engines. Il lot of ears
ana killing good number OF steers and
hogs the east bound freight being the fast
stock tram. Both trains were going at the
late OF twenty-five mites IN hour, their aver
age speed being about ten miles No one
was very seriously inuIed.
The Northern Pacific train that left Ia.
coma on Sunday January, 18th forSt. Paul
and when about three miles west of Hot
Springs station struck a broken rail- and the
engine and five ears were thrown from the
track and overturned. The five cars con-
sisted Of the baggage, express and mail
ears and the two forward passenger coaches.
No one was reported injured. A wreckng
train wus at once sent ont, as was also Il re-
liet train. consisting OF .our roachrs, to bring
the passengers back to Taroma.
The 500 girls and men employed by the
John Morris Stationery and Printing Com
Pany at Chicago, got a terrific scare A boil
er IN III" basement exploded, smashing the
big plate glass windows throughout the
building ami otherwise working the struc-
ture, Pede>tmans in III" street We're thrown
rom rom ''eiF leet oy fhe GREAT Shorh, and the
nelsn nUoEIVo! vas Sno"eTed with hlts or NY,
als e.aSs. ASH 9% miracle no PeFsonrecelyed
serious injury, though dozen or more were
painfully bruised and cut,
At New York the Thrope Avenue Pre- shy.
terian church, which was in course OF erec-
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JUDGE KELLY DEAD.
The Father of the House of Repre-
sentatives dies at Washington.

sentatiVes dies at Washington.
| WASHINGTON, Special-Judge William D.
Kelley of Pennsylvania died here this even
lug At his bedside were Mrs. Kelley; his
daughter, Mrs. F. o. Horstman; his sons
| William D. Kelley, Jr., and A. B. Kelley
Dr: Stanton, his attending physician; and
J. ID. Weirick, his private secretary. HIS
| death was painless, and to the watchers at
ms bedside he seemed to have fallen into
peaceful sleep. He was unconscious at the
last, as he had been at intervals during the
last TWO days. His remains will be buried
at Laurel Hill cemetery, Philadelphia.
Inc immediate cause of Judge KeIley's
death was intestinal catarrh, brought on by
cold contracted during Christmas week
FOR some years, however, he had been
almost constant sufferer from cancerous
growth in the side of his face, which was
removed about six years ago by a surgical
operation. The relief thus obtained was
only temporary, and since that time it has
developed so rapidly during the past year
That 1t must have soon conquered him had
he not earlier fallen victim to the ca
tarrhal affection: He was nearly seventy
six years old, and during the latter years of
his life his general health has not been
oNNNJ 81 'AoC AS easily Iel1 N1CIlm 10 the
weakening influences of disease. The
funeral services here will take place in the
hall OF the house of representatives Satur-
day.
William D. Kelley was born in Phila-
delphia April II, 1914. His grandfather,
John Kelley, served as an officer in the
ReVo luhonary war. Having lost his father
at an early age he learned the printers
trade, and later served an apprenticeship
to leweler in Boston. In 184O'he returned
to Philadelphia and began the study of
law, and year later was admitted to the
bar, and while practicing his profession de-
voted much time to literary pursuits He
was elected attorney general of Pennsyl
Vanla III 1845, and in 1916 was judge of the
court of common pleas of Philadelphia.
IN 1850 he was delegate to the National
convention and in the same year
was elected to congress, where he has served
house, and chairman Of Lc, "a tne @ nlo3t
important, nOtaO1y the cOmmlttee on ways
and means. He served in the lower house
longer than any other member, and tor THIS
reason was often called the "Father OF the
House" He has for many years been
known as Pig Iron Kelley" He was at
one time free trader, but later became all
ardent protectiOnist, and wrote several
works in opposition to the free trade
theory. Among his works are: Reasons
for Abandoning the Theory of Free Trade
and Adopting the Principles of Protection
to American Industry" Letters on Indus
trial and Financial Questions" and ''The
New South"
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died fifteen minutes &ter. The sentiment is
that the shooting vas justiiahle.
The people in and about Horton, u small
| town near Waverly, Iowa, are much alarmed
over the disappearance of Mrs. Emma Pear
| son, the wife of prominent young farmer
A few days ago while her husband was in
town she left home AnOte was found which
stated she had gone to Waterloo to visit rel
atlVes. The family became alarmed at her
| long absence, and after going to Waterloo it
was found she had not been there A dill
| gent search was at once commenced, but so
lar OF no avail A strange woman was seen
IN the southern part of the state driving u
horse which answered the description of the
one she lett home with She is thought to be
insane and the family are overcome with
grief.
While walking along the street in Chi
cago with John Baines, James Prem
d"rgast suddenly turned and ran a long
knife into Baines' heart. The assailant cool
ly withdrew the weapon, and, tossingit aside
said: There, | guess that went through
HIM. Baines expired on the sidewalk before
the eyes of half n dozen horror-stricken peo-
pie while Prandergast, for the time being
escaped, but was captured in the vicinity
soon after by the police. The two men have
been rivals for three years for the favor of a
certain woman. Both were the sons of hon,
were o. the hoodlum order.
Hookstown, Beaver county, Pa. was
thrown into the widest excitement by the ap-
pearance of gang of regulators in that lit
tie village. They called at the residence of
Johnston Calhoun. one of the Oldest and
wealthiest and best known residents in Beaver
county, and demanded he make amends for
his alleged brutalities to his wife They call
ed upon him to come out on the street He
hrSt reused, but was finally induced to make
ms appearance. The regulators then seized
him and placing him on rail and bounced
him around the town for nearly half an hour
and only quit when their strength gave out.
By this time he was badly hurt and terribly
frightened. Upon his promising to treat his
wife better in the future, he was allowed to
60 home Calhoun is over sixty wears ofage
and his wife is young and quite handsome,
and he has been insanely and unjustly jealous
of her
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Twins, Triplets and Quadru-
DletS.

Twins do not happen more than
800 times a year in population OF
1000, 900, and seldom hit the same
family twice. Triplets are rare
enough to be curiosities. 1t is esti
mated that not one woman in 1OO,-
900 has given birth to three children
at one time, and, although there is
on record in the old medical works
the case ola German peasant woman
who had twelve children at four
births-three each time-and Mich
igan woman who is given the credit
OF having produced dozen children
at five births inside of seven years
quadruplets once, triplets once, twins
twice and a lone youngster on the
last occasion. Such instances of te-
cundity are rarer than new planets,
and the lady entitled to the cake for
having had four children at a birth
is not to be found once in a crowd of
800, 900 married women. The wom-
an who has given birth to five chill
dren at once is alone among 2,OO0,-
900 OF her kind,-St. Louis Republic,
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BEYOND CONTROL.
Failure Of the Second Attempt to
Open the Burning Mines.

BUTTE, Mont, Special Telegram,
The second attempt to open the Anaconda
and St. Lawrence mines has proved abort
i've. This morning the men penetrated
about fifty feet into the 4OO-foot level, but
were unable to remain long on account of
heat and foul air. They were there long
enough, however, to see the fire had burned
up to the 3OO-foot level at least, and
how much further is not known.
The bulkheads were replaced at 10 o'clock
this morning and the mine againleft to its
fate. This proves conclusively that the
effort to subdue the fire in these mines by
injecting steam into them is an utter fail
ure. The steam vaporizes with the heat
with which it is subjected before it can
reach the fire, and the released oxygen sim
ply adds fuel to the flames. Nothing re-
mains now but to food the mines. The
water is now up to the 8OO-foot level of the
Anaconda, having risen 200 feet in the six
weeks since last closed. No estimate can
be formed of the extent of the damage by
the fire, but it is hardly possible that seri-
Gus caves will soon make themselves ap-
parent.
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WASHINGTON, Special Telegram
The Washington papers print story about
Darwin 8. Hall and a number of other
Western congressman being worked" by a
confidence man for $5 or $40. In Mr.. Hall s
case the man represented himself as resi-
dent of Helena, Scott county, and that he
had just received patent for an invention,
but did not have money enough to tele-
graph home the news and secure remit
tance. He secured $5 from Mr.. Hall, and,
when the latter was relating the circum-
stance to his friend at the house, he found
that he was, with the others, the victim of a
confidence game which has been industri-
ously worked for several days past.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Rev. /. j. Chase, Lieutenant Governor of
Indiana, is holding lorth in Sioux Falls with
a series of revival meetings in the interest OF
the Christian congregation.
Gen. T. {. Gordon, who was pro minent
on'ederate soldier, died Of heart disease, on
his ranch near Gainesville, Tex, where he had
hVed alone for number OF years.
Ex President Cleveland has VIZ itten a let
ter in which he denies having taken Il hand
in the Ohio senatorship contest on behalf of
any one, and that he has not been asked to
do so
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Na4,onalizat,on of Land.

LONDON, special.-Mr. Gladstone, at a rem
dinner given to the Hawarden tenants,
spoke on the subject of farming interests,
and touched the subject of the nationali-
cation of land He said that if it
could be proved that the system was a
benefit to the whole community, the
change might be made and the landlord
would be entitled to fair compensation; but
he thought it would not be favorable
change for the farmers. He could not APP
prove il, because he failed to see how the
state could be good and capable landlord.
He believed the present system properly
worked TO be the best,
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ALFONSO DYING.
The Youthful King Of Spain in a Dy-
ing Condition.

The Youthful King Of Spain in a Dy-
ing Condition.
MADRID, Specialize illness of theintant
king has assumed a most alarming phase.
During the night he had convulsions and a
high fever. Hei is extremely weak. Hisroyal
physicians have little if any hope
of his recovery. This morning it seemed
as though he was dead, but he subsequently
rallied. Senior sagasta, the prime minister,
has been sommoned to the palace, where
he is awaiting the end. At midnight
his condition was regarded as hopeless.
The bishops throughout the country
are ordered to offer prayers for his recov-
cry. The latest bulletin records slight in
crease of fever. Queen Christina has tele-
graphed to the emperor of Austria that Al
fonso is much worse.
Alfonso Kill, king of Spain, is the
| posthumos son of Altouso XII. He was
born May 16, 1886, and is therefore three
years eight months and twenty three days
old. He was proclaimed king on the day
of his birth, with his mother as queen
| regent.
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EPITOME OF NEWS.
4 Choice Collection of the
Latest News Greatly
Condensed.
WASHINGTON,

The senate committee on public buildings
has decided to recommend a bin for the pur-
chase of two squares of ground at Washing
ton upon which to erect Il suitable building
for the United States supreme court.