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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
Asleep on Niacaru's Brink.

A story Of a man snatched from the
brink of the gorge is related by James
le Blood and John Thomas.
Monday night while walking up the
long, narrow, winding roadway from
the Maid of the Mist landing to the top
of the gorge on the Canadian side, their
dog became uneasy when they neared
the top and began to bark loudly. The
men made Il search along the high bank,
and to their surprise found a young man
lying on the very edge of the bank, with
his head hanging over. He was in a
stupor or sleep, and his hat had fallen
over the cliff, and any move on the part
of the man would have hurled him over.
The men resolved to grab the man sud
denly. and pull him back out of danger
beforas,, e could awake. This they did.
He wa iound to be Charles H. Moffat
of Buffalo, a wealthy young man who
had been on an extended spree.-Niaga-
ra Falls Cor. Rochester Union.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
.Sl,roglyccrin In Runaway.

w. w. Walters. the venturesome
young man who travels over the gas belt
shooting gas wells with nitroglycerin.
had frightful experience in Muncie
Thursday, and several people had close
calls for their lives. Walters travels in
spring wagon, in which he transports
the deadly explosive lie was approach
ing a gas we'll on Henry Martins prop
erty, and a large crowd had assembled to
see Miss Rose Martin drop the "go
devil, (which she did. The horses pulling
the dangerous stuff got frightened and
started to run off. Walters staid with
them and pulled his revolver to shoot
them if they could not be stopped any
other way. Fortunately the neck yoke
on the tongue came loose. letting the
tongue down, and stopped the team. The
wagon was loaded with 100 quarts of tie
explosive at the time. and the result Of
an explosion would have made catas-
trophe..-Cor. Indianapolis Journal.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
LIABILITY of chicago Hotel Mcu.

Travellers may be interested in the
news to the effect that Theodore Bendit,
q New York drummer has recovered a
Judgment of $40 against the Palmer
House of Chicago for coat and over
coat which were stolen from his room.
Mr.. Bendit brought his suit as a test
case for the benefit of commercial trav-
elers who have to stay in Chicago.
1t has been we'll settled principle of
law in most of the states for long time
that hotel keepers were liable for the loss
or theft Of a guests wearing apparel.
provided the guest himself was not at
fault or guilty of negligence which led
to the loss or theft. Indeed, in New
York state this principle has been so
broad that the legislature has seen fit to
restrict it, presumably on account of the
heavy damages several times recovered
against hotel keepers prior to 1889.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
DAVE otGunpow,l.r Numberel.

1t begins to look as if the days of gum
powder as charge for the guns in the
British navy were numbered. Recent
experiments just concluded at the gov
ernment proofbutts, Woolwich. appear
to prove the decided superiority of cor
dite. A 6 inch quick firing gun was
loaded with 90 pounds 10 ounces of the
ordinary black gunpowder and yielded
velocity of 1880 feet per second, with a
pressure strain on the gun of Is tons per
square inch. The same gun was charged
with IA pounds 3 ounces of cordite and
gave velocity Of 2,274 feet per second
and a pressure of 1879 tons. More i'm
portant still. after $50 rounds had been
fred there were no signs of erosion.
The new substance is manufactured at
the government powder mills. Waltham
Abbey. and contains 58per cent Of nitro
glyceEin. 81 Of guncotton and 5 of min
eral jsgily. The velocity OF the shot along
the bcao Of the 6 inch gun was calculated
to tk5 millionth Of second from the
first tnoment of being set in motion.
Minute as this may appear, Lieutenant
II. Watlin, r. A., has invented an in
struinent which, it is said, will measure
fractions of time to the nine -billionth
part of a second.-Chicago Tribune.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
End of DE NInunnssnut.

De Maupassant was very thoroughly
discussed at the time he was taken in
sane, and now that he is dead at the age
of 43 there is nothing to add save that
the operation of a great natural law is
completed. He was master of con-
densation III literary style. His short,
terse sentences are matchlcss. but most
of his stories are earthly and doubly per-
nicious by reason of the mastery skill.
with which1hey are told. No man could
portray such frightful dramas of pas
sion without entering into the emotions
expressed. His own soul caught every
reflection, and the strain was too much
for him. "a prc,naturely wornout nerv-
Gus system" was the cause of his death.
His career was only for 12 years, but
ne leaves behind Il mass of brilliant filth
!hn: will do Alarm for many decades
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
,>vn Gold Mines but Lack Money.

Prospecting for gold has received a
great impetus through recent events
which have thrown so many men out of
employment. Not only have silver min.
ers and smelter men gone to prospecting,
but mechanics and laborers who have
had mining experience in former years
now find their knowledge of minerals of
utility in the change of occupation forced
upon them by the closing down of mills
and factories Whatever else may be
the result of the additional labor devoted
to gold prospecting, it is sure to be the
means of the discovery of valuable gold
leads and the enrichment of individual
CrospeCtors.
Asan evidence that old fields supposed
TO have been thoroughly explored are
yet capable of further development.
there We're yesterday shown samples of
ore and assay of some taken from Boul-
der county in the old Jimtown district
which showed fine free gold on 90 differ.
ent specimens and gavea average assay
from average samples of over $50 per
ton. The owners of this property are
poor men without means necessary to
get out their ore and have applied to
Labor Commissioner Brentlinger of this
state in the hope that he might know
some one willing to buy an interest and
advance money enough to enable them
to get their first carload of ore on the
market.-Colorado Sun.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
A Texans perplcxity.

"See here" said Mr. Jefferson T. Short
Of Carrizo, Tex, as lie dived into his
pocket and brought up 100 neatly en-
graved visiting cards done up in a pack
age. "What'll do with these things
when | get home? If l offered one to a
man, kc'dshoot me. But l find up here if
twant TO SEQ the eighty-fourth assistant
secretary TO tho twenty third assistant
secretary of the secretary I've got to give
one of the pasteboards to colored gem
tleman who wears better clothes than I
do and kick around for an hour in the
hall outside before | can get inside.
Judging by the time it takes will be
able to make not more than four calls a
week.
"Whatll do with these! l know the
printer won't take them back. because
have been to see him. can't give them
to anybody, because they cost too much
money. If | put 'em i'll my trunk, my
wife will raise trouble over my extrava-
gance, and couldn't explain to her in
40 weeks. / this is what you call Il
democratic government, I'd like to see
q return to liberalism. used to think
that these fellows in the departments,
being hired by the public ard getting
their wages from the public. could be
reached by the public" W Washington
Post
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
Ocean.
Third Term Talk.

The most astounding report which is
brought here, and Mr.. Benedict was al-
thority for it, is the suggestion contained
in the aattering remarks made by many
of the Office seekers 20 the president. A
large proportion of them, certainly more
than one-half, say to him that they expect
to have the privilege of voting for him
again in 1896. Some of them try to ex-
plain why by asserting that party lines
will be so changed, and he will have built
up so strong personal following, and it
will be so necessary to be sure that his
policy will be carried out, that the coun-
try will simply demand that he serve
another term. Some of those who are
not oficeholders suggest this to him. He
never makes any reply to these sugges-
tions, and what he thinks of them no one
knows.-New York Cor. Philadelphia
Press.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
Experience with Lightning.

Ernst Tobel, whose little girl Lizzie
was killed by lightning recently, is re-
covering, and to reporter told how he
felt when the bolt struck him: eve
were hurrying along the road and watch
ing the clouds that We're coming up rap
idly. 1t hadn't begun to rain. although
few drops had fallen. All of sudden
there was a terrible glare of light in my
eyes, which blinded me so l could not
SEQ anything. The crash of thunder
must have been very loud, though can
hardly remember hearing it. AT the
same time that saw the light l felt as
though something had hit me terrible
blow on the back of my legs. The shock
was hard one, and went over on my
face. 1t seemed as if my legs had been
knocked right out from uAder me.
must have been unconscious for time.
When came to myself, saw the others
on the ground, all except Mr.. Meyer.
81 tried to get up, but somehow
couldn't stand on my legs. fell down
again and managed to crawl over to
where my little girl was lying. Mr..
Meyer ran for help, and l lay on the
ground there until the ambulance came,
when was lifted in and taken home. I
felt no pain then and haven't since, Co.
cept a kind of numb pricking in my legs
as If they were asleep. 1t makes me
very nervous and restless, but l do not
suffer. have no control over my legs
below the knee, but the doctors think
they will bring me round all right. l
think my legs are not as stiff as they
We're. They have been rubbed good
deal, and the doctor has put something
on them, and guess will be all right
again soon."-Brooklyn Eagle
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
The Baseball Season,

The remarkable interest in baseball
this year is causing universal comment.
In spite of the fact that the financial
condition of the country is in deplor-
able state, the attendance at the ball
games increases rather than dilninishes.
It may be that our weary merchants,
politicians, doctors, lawyers, schoolboys
and clerks rush to the games to get
away from business, mental or school
worry. AS a money broker said yester-
day, the only places where cash seems
plentiful are at the ball games and the
dry goods stores. Most of the clubs in
the major and minor leagues will make
money this year, and the chances are
that there will be no changes in the cir
cult next season. So it looks as if the
12 club league had come to stay for an
other year at least.-New York Tribune
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
Highest all in Leavenng Powe-Laest u S. Govt Report
R3H!A!:,!!! e! Bski1g Bs%dsg1
ABSOLUTELY PURE
pccuniary Prospect. Of the Chicago Fair.

Pccuniary Prospects Of the Chicago Fair.
If the Columbian company will dis
charge its bonded Indebtedness and re-
fund to the government the amount Of
its donation. it will do marvelously
well. Every effort of the directory ought
to be eXerted in that direction. Operat-
ing expenses are far in excess of reason.
Struggle has been made and successfully
to Il certain extent in the direction of re-
duced expenditure on current account,
but the field is still full of possibilities.
The bankers estimate of a 33 per cent
return to Chicago and the shareholders,
Chicago being on footing with all
shareholders. is optimistic. The esti-
mate takes no account of the fact that
it is the purpose of tue Columbian En-
position company to continue expendi-
ture after the closing of the fair. The
Columbian guard have been assured
that large numbers of them will remain
for Il year or more. The whole depart
ment of construction, reduced III num-
Der, but still an expensive outfit, will be
continued. AS the exposition is now
managed. there will not be IL penny of
return for any shareholder 1t is idle to
make other predictlon.-Chicago Times.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
Tan Shoes.

The tan leather shoe is abroad in the
land, and no self respecting man, wom-
an or child is without pair or two.
They are worn with that charming lack
of discrimination that is one of our ma
tionsl characteristics in matters of DRESS
Their proper use is with neglige or so
called "outing" costume, but they are to
be seen on men wearing frock coats and
silk hats, and not long ago saw chap
one evening on the street in dress clothes,
dinner coat, etc., of most correct style,
terminating at one end in straw hat
and at the other in pair Of russell shoes.
I really cannot see how we ever existed
without this most comfortable and use
ful.shoe. Only few years ago and the
tan leather shoe was unknown. Thus
speedily does luxury become neces-
sity.-Harper's Bazaar.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
Com1nntiou In the Car.

"On trip to Washington few days
ago." said Colonel w. F. Cody, 81 had
for companion Sousa, the band leader.
Wehad berths opposite each other. Early
one morning as we approached the cap
ital I got morning paper, and aft",
rustling it q few minutes l said to Sousa:
-''That's the greatest order Cleveland
has just issued
"'what's thats" came from the oppo-
site berth.
"Why, he's ordered all the Office seek
ers rounded up at the depot and sent
home
..You should have seen the consterna.
tion. From almost every berth on the
car head came out from between the
curtains, md with one accord nearly
every man shouted:
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12

That story of gold mining on En-
chanted Ponds township is not by any
means the first that has been heard about
gold finds III the Moose river valley. As
long ago as 1850 a man named Berry
claimed to have found gold III a ledge in
that region III sGch quantities that he
chopped out pieces with his AK, which
he sold TO Augusta jewelers." To he
sure critical persons may say this state
mcnt is only that he sold the aX to the
Augusta man, not pieces of gold; but
why not gold i'll Enchanted township as
wellas in Byron, where there is no doubt
about it: 1t has long been asserted that
there is gold enough in the sands of
Moosehead lake to pay good wages to
those who will wash them for it.-Lewis-
ton Journal
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
Mink Muller Decuraied.

The sultan Of Turkey has conferred
the Order of the Medjidich on Professor
Max Muller. This is merited tribute
to the vast oriental learning and the
deep interest taken by Professor Max
Muller in the various eastern religions,
and in Mohammedanism in particular
The present sultan, who is somewhat
mild and melancholy oriental of con-
servative tendencies. has little in com
mon with that section of the official
class in Constantinople who have been
educated abroad and have adopted athe-
istic and revolutionary sentiments and
ideas. He is devotedly attached to the
Mussulman faith.-London Chronicle.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
A Great Saving.

The duplex and quadruplex systems of
telegraphy begun by Mr.. Edison in 1869
and finished after six years of work
have saved in America alone the enor-
nous sum of $15, 100000. By the duplex
system two currents of different degrees
IF strength were sent over the same
wire in the same direction, thus doubling
its efficiency, while the quadruplex ar
rangement became possible when it was
discovered that these two currents could
be sent in opposite directions at the same
time, thus enabling one wire to transmit
four simultaneous messages. Not salts
fed with this, Mr.. Edison is confident of
attaining sextuplex and octuplex sys-
tems.-Baltimore Times
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
Trains Racing Through the Pine Wood.

Trains Eactnc Through the Pine Woods.
Passengers to Atlantic City on the 4
O'Clock trains of the Reading and Penn
sylvania railroads have enjoyed many a
race this summer between the two rivals.
The Reading has the shorter line across
New Jersey. but the '.Pennsy" has the
advantage OF Il much quicker ferry trip,
and SO the two roads stand pretty much
on an equality. The tracks come to-
gether near Winslow junction and from
that point run side by side for almost the
entire 30 miles to Atlantic City. Both
trains are due at Atlantic City at 5:l5
and 90 rushing across the Jersey pines
at a rate that delights the passengers
hearts. The engineers, it is said, have
been quietly given the tip that it is not
absolutely necessary to wait until 5:l5
before reaching the Atlantic City station,
and SO it has come to pass after some
particularly lively races that the trains
have landed their passengers in the city
by the sea three, four and even FIVE
minutes ahead of Philadelphia
Record,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
Raised the Gould Assessment.

The death of Jay Gould seems to have
opened the eyes of the New York tax
gatherers. The assessment OH his per-
sonal estate has been raised from $780,
600 to $40 100000. While Mr.. Gould was
alive he could "swear off" his taxable
estate, after the manner of rich New
Workers, but necessary post mortem dis
closures of his wealth have made further
swearing off impracticable.- Bangor
Commercial.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12

Hammocks are more luxurious than
ever before. In their latest form they
include a canopy for keeping off the sun
and net for protection against flies.
mosquitoes and gnats.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12

Acurious and very objectionablecrank
is one who has developed in Brnling-
ham, England. He goes about with a
long steel hat pin and stabs all fashion
ably dressed ladies whom he encounters.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12

The French government the other day
seized factory which turned out imita-
ton coffee berries berries which were
composed of 80 parts chicory and 70 parts
-four.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12

Electric motors are the vehicle of the
near future. One in Elmira has just
carried a heavily laden excursion train
Of 16 passenger cars to Eldridge park, Q
distance of several miles.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12

1t is not true that the new Columbian
bell at Troy is cracked and must be re-.
cast. 1t is being polished within an
inch of its life" and will soon be started
on its trip to Chicago.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
A Genuine Kuovnothine.

"Well, see congress has met"
ssShe has?"
.'Yes."
"What's congress?'
..Don't you know
ss.Ain't askin youl''
..Why, you know about the money
stringency?"
s.An what's 'stringencyY"
1.-THE devil!'
s.Hit isy'
s.My friend, there was war in this
country at one time"
t'Whereaboutsp Atlanta Constitu-
6on.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12

Two sisters will make their appear
ance in London next year. One is s feet
high, with hands 80 inches in length, and
the other is not feet high and weighss,
pounds.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12

a closely economical person can re-
duce the expense to Il considerably lower
figure than this. While the man or wom-
an who can afford total outlay of 500
need give no more attention to economy
than is given at home. 1t is great fair,
and everybody ought to see it.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12

Assymposiu,n recently consulted by a
magazine upon the question as to wheth-
er Shakespeare or Bacon wrote Shake
speare's plays has decided that neither is
entitled to the credit, but that the plays
were written by q syndicate.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-12
Cost OF Seeing tl,c Grcnt Fair.

The attendance at the Worlds fair
now exceeds 100000 day, and it is
likely to increase rather than fall off
now that the conditions are known to be
so favorable. There has been popular
impression that trip to the fair must
involve great expense. In fact it ap-
pears to be quite as cheap as any other
outing. The following table has been
compiled to show the actual cost of u
journey from New York to Chicago and
return, With a six DAYS stay:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-01
Fall Flowing.

Whether soil intended for spring crops
will be sufficiently benefited by fall
blowing to pay for so doing will depend
entirely on the character of the soil. No
rule can be laid down that will apply i'll
all cases, nor as to whether deep or shall
low blowing will be best adapted to the
soil of different fields. In these par
ticulars each farmer must determine for
himself, and from his observation on the
effect of deep or shallow blowing on
soils similar to his own. Stiff clay soils
will he benefited by late fall blowing
from the freezing and thawing of the ex
posed rough surfaces, which will put
them into better condition to be well
pulverized 10y the spring cultivation. A
sandy soil is not likely to be benefited by
much blowing or by deep cultivation,
and no soil of any description should be
plowed deeply, either in the fall or
spring, if the result is the turning up to
the surface of portions of a poor subsolI
to be cultivated. Level lands will gen
orally be benefited by fall blowing as an
aid in changing the inert plant food they
may contain into soluble forms, and by
covering up and Incorporating stubble
and vegetable refuse in the soil.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-01
Thanksgiving a Patriotic Festival.


AS patriotic festival Thanksgiving
does much to foster love Of country
and feeling of pride in the goodly land
which is our national heritage. From
sea to sea, through all our borders, we
are Christian people, and we expect to
receive the crowding immigrants from
foreign shores and make them Chris
tian too.
In the home happy scenes are the
rule. Grandparents survey with proud
complacency the features Of the babies.
Only grandparent fully appreciates
the rare endowments and wonderful
beauty Of the second generation. Chill
dren on their part find it difficult to be-
lieve that the grandparents who spoil
them could ever have said emo" with
the readiness and ease with which that
monosyllable is uttered by father and
mother Around the table and by the
hearth "reminiscences are in order, and
the quickly responsive laughter crowns
the innocent jest.-Christian at Work.