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EIectricity on enc ERIC CanaL.

ALBANY, N. Y, March 14.-Permis.
sion 70 use electricity as a motive power
on the Erie canal has been granted the
Cataract General Electric company of
Niagara Falls. Superintendent Hun
q OF the state department OF public
works has issued a 50-year permit.
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western League Delegates.

MILwAUKEE, March 14.-Delegates to
the spring meeting of the Western league
have begun arriving. A number Of
minor question VIII be first disposed OF,
when the schedule matter will be taken
up. 1t Is almost certain the champion
ship season wall open Oh April 27, a
majority of rhe delegates fayoring that
dale.
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premises. He demanded the key to the
barn which Mitchell refused telling
Fisher that he could have the team when
be paid him for 4 year and 3 halfs feed
for them. This led to an alteration 10
which Fisher ordered Mitchell of the
premises and also fired q revolver either
designedly or accidentally in the direc-
tion OF Mitchell. The latter started up
town and Fisher remained master OF the
premises. Later In the afternoon Fisher
took the team. his VIE and children and
drove them out or town, certain parties
being placed within the house, as il is
to retain possession of the prem.
ises during the night. Fisher returned
to towr this morning and was arrested
complaint or Mitchell for shooting
with intent 70 kill. Marshal Davis, ID.
McNary and other eye witnesses to the
event were put upon the stand In
court andgave evidence to the fact SUBJ
stantially as above. The court held that
such free or careless use OF firearms was
not jnstifab,e and bound the defendant
over to the grand jury In the sum of $50.
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Old stakes or

INDEPEHDENcE, La. March l4.--Sec.
Rotary Farwsll of the Independence
Driving club announces that the old
stakes which closed March / have been
declared on and new ones opened, 10
close May 4. 4
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Bank aud opera House Burn.a.

WHITEHALL, Wis March fired.
rickson & Reitzels' large hardware
store and opera house and j. O. Melby's
bank, together forming the finest brick
block In town, was burned during the
morning. Loss. $40, 900; insurance. SO. 900.
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Coffee Dropped,

NEW York, March 1.-THE news
that The Brazilian var is at an end
caused i drop OF 20 points in the price
of coffee. The sales amounted to about
5000 bags.
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Have for sale two residence lots on
which I can give very low prices, either
Tor cash q on easy payments. If taken at
once. CHAs. b. KENNEDY.
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Statesmen wanted. Free prepaid out.
tit One of our agents has earned over
$4,000 Ia five years. p. O. Box 1871,
New York.
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Choice perfumes direct from Paris and
Grasse ID France, Mt the Palace Drug
store. Walden q ODER.
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Wanted at DUBUQUE For Murder.

DUBuQUE. Ia. slarch 1A-Kent, alias.
Vanness. charged with the murder Of
Two policemen last April, has been ar
rested lii Omaha.
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Prescriptions carefully compounded at
the Palace Drng store.
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Hrnuner a.nn,

On farms 1T lowest rates, by North
western Loan and Banking Co. No
waiting. We make papers and pay over
money at once.
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Muneerv Take Notice.

At the annual town meeting OF Sum.
init township, held March g, 1894, the
following resolution was adopted: ssTbat
hunting shall be- prohibited 10 said
town. Persons t~respassing against this
resolution will be- prosecuted according
70 law. Dated DC Summit, s. ID, March
Il, 1894. @. J. LoMMEN,
Town Clerk.
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rms LORDS MUsr co.

House OF Commons Adopts I.abonchere's
Amendment to Abolish 1t.
LONDON, March 14.-In the house of
commons, Mr.. Henry Labouchere's
amendment to abolish the house of lords
was passed BY q vote of LII to 145, in
spite of the opposition of the govern
rlent.
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r.eeai Time rabIe.


Leeal 1rAme Tahae.
Chicago. Milwaukee d o. Pail Railway, whirh
took effect, sunday. Nov. 2G4 lGBS:
zRArMe como HAST.
Passenger, No. 4, departs f0.1H .. m.
Freight, No. D6, departs B;oe d. m.
Freaahk, No. "a, departs d s8S ri m.
TRAlM1 a0gsem wMexs
Passenger, NO.A, Departs esD0p. n
Freight, No, "a, Departs 7:00a. H.
TRAINS FM0sD xMM HAST.
Passenger, No. 9, arrives 9tAAp '. M,
Freight No. n. arrives 4s50A. ~.
Freight, No. 20, arrives 6sh3 !.
RnArMs RRoA TEE wnsT.
PassengeR4N No. 4, arrives lOslO Q. "a.
FresRhL No. ~, arrives bsO0 ". m
Ali The above trains carry passengers; but
frelghta only when passengers ass provided with
tickets
PaaaAnQer kraine going aaet make connection
at EpAn for al points south, and passenger train
xosnZ west, ~ W0cnsocket for ell points north.
MADISON q nRfaToL LINZ.
Passenger going north. departs 1890 Q. m.
PASSENGER from north arrives. D 30 ~. m.
yNo. LARKIN. Local Agent.
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White back glimn1ers furnished
and put on she wall for IS cents
per roll. gifts, double roll, fnrn-
ished and put on the Taal for no and AS
cents. BLAKE q ScHHAM.
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House tor rent. CHAs B. KEsNEDY
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AZ the Palace Drug store.
Walden & ODEE.
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WHEN YOU ARE our SHOPPING.

ook at what invites inspection-our stock OF ) pring Dress Goods q
succession of surprises, an aggregation of ali the novelties Of The
season. There's magic in the stuff at our figures. Our cotton dress
stufs are peerless. So is every fabric we have in stock-each admire
bic in itself, and doubly so because it can't be duplicated in Madison
at our figures. Light street stufs, marvellously varied in the most
delicate shades and tnts, novel and beautiful combinations, striking
effects in every variety Of spring goods. All are here. and all the
ladies' OF Madison are here for them.
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CHAs. B. KESNEDY, Pre-.
The free press., 1894-01-18
Sudden Lapses of Memory.

A smart young cavalry officer was
recently exercising his regiment upon
the drill ground when the familiar
words of command suddenly slipped
from his mind, and the strenuous eff
fort made to recall them was utterly
futile. In order to cover his embar-
rassment he was compelled to retire
from command under the plea of ill
ness. The fugitive sentence came to
him when he reached his rooms. A
still more singular case is that of
well-known and esteemed merchant,
whose memory so treacherously failed
him one morning after leaving home
that he was totally unable to locate his
Offices and was actually compelled TO
Inquire rs to their whereabouts.
Another interesting example is that of
q popular novelist who had nearly fin
ished an important work upon which
he was engaged when sudden failure
of memory deprived him of his plot
and necessitated the laying aside of
the book for more than a week, Then
an association of ideas recalled the
missing plot, the novel was brought to
a successful issue and enjoyed wide
circulation. Il New York World.
The free press., 1894-01-18
Farming Under Glass.

Many years ago popular lecturer,
in alluding to the increase in popula-
ton, took occasion to refer to the
number that would probably inhabit
this country a thousand years hence,
if the same rate of increase was kept
ND. Some one of the audience asked
how such multitude could be fed,
and he replied, "We know not what
discoveries may be made to render
the esrth more fertile, or to increase
its productive power, but long before
that time enough of the sands of Cape
Cod and New Jersey may have been
converted into glass to place a roof
over all the land devoted to growing
crops, and beneath its shelter the far
mer, in climate of perpetual summer,
may grow his crops in continuous
succession, and with the waters of the
deep springs and the lakes under his
control nay be free from dangers of
food and draught as well as from
frosts and SHOWS. - American Guilt
yator.
The free press., 1894-01-18

In 1894 Joshua Pine settled on a
farm near Walton, N. Y, and planted
a fine orchard. Although it was nearly
ninety-nine years ago when the trees
were first planted they do not show
much signs of their great age, and a
number of the trees are yet vigorous,
giving promise of years of life and
fruitage The largest measures 117a
inches H. circumference, the next larg-
est l05 inches, and another 102 inches,
all Of which are bearing good crop
of fruit this year, A Philadelphia Rec
ord
The free press., 1894-01-18
How Is It2

). - sweet. in lowly ways, In every lowly
land, .so5 and o,oen q
brother's hand
W. =. -,itb one who. when the clouds are
dar est round your brow,
cry: "Tho sun is shining STILL and
shows it with you nowY
u, al the world unless it be a home for
one another,
nv better It's for you and me to shake
hands like brother!
q, save us-since he saves at last and
teach us where and how
I,ay to one who needs that word' "How Is
twith you now?" :, c.. ,,.,, ~
.ota Constitution.
The free press., 1894-01-18
On CrusOe's Island.

1t is not generally known that Juan
Fernandez--the island on which Alex
ander Selkirk, the Robinson Crusoe OF
romance, lived for 80 many years--is
at the present time inhabited. Two
valleys, winding down from different
directions, join short distance from
the shore, and here now stands little
village of small huts scattered round
long low one-storied building with
veranda running its full length. In
this house lives the man who rents the
island from the Chilian government.
and the village is made up OF a few
German and Chilian families.
The tiny town is called San Juan
Besutista, and the crater-like arm OF
the sea on which it il situated, and
where Alexander Selkirk first landed,
is now called Cumberland Bay. The
island is rented for about g200 a year.
The rent is paid partly in dried fish.
Catching and drying the many varie'
ties of fish and raising cattle and vege-
table sold to passing vessels constitute
the sole employment of the islanders.
The cattle need no care and the yege-
tables almost grow wild. Turnips and
radishes, first sown here by Selkirk
himself, now grow rank and wild IN
the valleys like weeds. There is also
race of wild dogs, which completely
overrun the island, depending for ex-
istence mainly upon seals. They are
the descendants of the breed of dogs
left by the Spaniards.
At the back of the little town, in
the first high cliff, is row OF caves OF
remarkable appearance hewn into the
sandstone. An unused path leads to
them, and a short climb brings one to
their dark mouths. About forty years
ago the Chilian government thought
that good way to get rid of its worst
criminals would be to transport them
| to the island of Juan Fernandez.
Here, under the direction of the Chill
ian soldiers, these poor wretches were
made to dig caves to live in. In 1884
they were taken back again, however,
and the caves have since been crumb-
ling away.
The narrow ridge where Selkirk
watched is now called "Ihe Saddle, "
because at either end of it big rocky
hummock rises like "A pommel. On
one of these is now large tablet with
inscriptions commemorating Alexan-
der Selkirk's long and lonely stay on
the island. 1t was placed there IN
1858 by the officers of the British ship
Topaz. A small excursion steamer
now runs from Valparaiso to Juan Fer
nandez Island. The round trip is
made in six days, and three OF these
may be spent ON the island in fishing
and visiting those lonely and beauti-
full spots, which, nearly 200 years ago,
we're the haunts of Robinson Crusoe'
Il Melbourne Argus.
The free press., 1894-01-18

loved chlld was on the point OF De1ng
snatched from him by death he sank
down by the bedside and prayed that
her life might be spared.
Minutes that seemed like days
passed by-hours that seemed like
eternity. Then to the anxious watch
ers came returning signs of conscious
ness. The doctor bade them hope,
and with a great bound their hearts
were freed from an agonizing load.
For some days Elsie was very weak
and could not be removed from her
bedroom. There now her father and
now Mary sat by her side. Then she
was well enough to be dressed and
taken into another room, and here it
was that, seated one afternoon at tea,
Rae said he must return home in the
morning.
The word "home" caught Elsie's
ear, and she said
"Why do you have different home
to mammals, father? Other little
boys and girls fathers and mothers
live in the same home. Why don't
you and mamma 2"
Neither could answer The teHrs
welled up into their eyes and emotion
checked utterances. They had been
brought very near together in a COM
mon sorrow, and the love of the old
days-strengthened and purified by
suffering-had reasserted itself.
No word was spoken between them,
however-no answer was given to Ell
sizes question. But fortnight later,
when Rae sent word that he should be
coming to see his beloved Elsie on the
Sunday morning, and that he intend
ed to leave the train at little wayside
station u couple of miles from the
town, Mary seemed to guess his wish,
and went through the fields to meet
him.
Over the meadows came the distant
sound of train, and Mary knew that
in q few minutes James Rae would be
with them. Elsie was the first to
catch sight OF his tall figure. She ran
toward him with cry of delight, and
Mary rose and followed her.
A quiet smile lighted up Rae's face
as he said;
81 thought I should find you here
Mary
81 thought you would expect U.S.,
she returned.
'CLet us sit down for minute or
two as in the old days-till Elsie has
completed her bouquet" he said.
When little Elsie returned with her
hands as full as they would hold, she
found both father and mother with wet,
though beaming eyes. They had taken
up the thread of love, where it had
been broken off at that spot years be-
fore, and had resolved, in accordance
with Elsie's wish, to have henceforth
but one home.
1t is only few weeks ago since they
were married at tn parish church,
when all the town turned out to see
the happy ending of the cold Maids
Romance. - The Milton.
The free press., 1894-01-18
LED BY A CHILD.

yot MANY years ago there lived in a
.m.ll town in Yorkshire an old maid
-ho was known throughout the dis
.,;.t as the cheese cake maker. Her
name was Mary Greatrex, and no one
IN that land of cakes could fashion a
.boese.cake like her. Wherefore she
VAC famous for that delicious comfit,
and people from far and near came to
her for supply whenever they were
10 have company.
Many were the carriages that stopped
Il Mary's door to leave orders and to
arry away dainty little baskets OF her
| rheAe-cakes. 1t was universally con-
ss,ed that no one in the neighborhood
could touch her in this particular line,
even though they proceeded according
b her method. Some went SO far as
10 affirm that there was something in
HE shape of Mary's hand that ac-
counted for her mastery, and they
would attempt to explain in support Of
their theory what beautiful hand she
hl-how long and taper the fingers,
hT fine the skin, and so forth.
lmight likewise have been added
bias her hand so was the build of
sbody generally. In short, Mary
iatrex was n decidedly comely
rman, tall as women go, straight and
din, with regular oval face, blue
Fs and kindly, well-shaped mouth.
1.-THE time of our story her hair was
lmost white, although she was barely
V years Of age, But trouble makes
more gray hairs than age.
Mary'S troubles had been the death
Otall her relatives one after the other,
leaving her at last without single
blood relation, SO far as she knew, in
Tie vide world. One of her friends,
mold maid like herself, used to say
nemust have relatives somewhere, if
'Ae could but find them.
Bat they did not make their appear
'Aee, and so Mary Greatrex ceased to
nope for them, but prayed instead
mat she might be given some object
% love and to be comfort to her in
ha old age.
should prefer it to be GIRL"
zoe explained to an old friend, "be-
cause then could teach her to make
'afese cakes, and that would be some
Jung to her. / used to think James
A~ wanted me chiefly because I was
sO0d hand at cheese cakes"
"Aat became of him?" queried the
other.
don't know. He went down
3aiA somewhere"
When she was once more alone busv
'1 her knitting, Mary recalled the
-sWhen James Rae pleaded for her
-aa and she had replied that she
sla not marry drunkard.
4sr friends talk about Rae had
S'ed up her recollectious, and in
3aeep he appeared again before
= She thought she was married to
anu That he was harsh and cruel
wi 30 that when she woke and
-4u was but a dream she was
even though in her dream she
TIE delighted mother of a beau
NJ baby girl.
gong to open her shop door
neard wailing outside as of a
:" babe, and found one there
,pped up in an old shawl.
asas comely little thing of about
~ VI nine months old apparently.
n was not scrap of anything to
A'e whence it came, or to whom it
~'ased' except the word "Elsie" on
\ !, Of its garments.
"! 'honght the little creature was
present from heaven, and though
made dilligent inquiry to discover,
possible, who were its parents she
own her.
Ay-hve years later-a b1g,
Is.,. ! .sushy.bearded man, whom Mary
I,..s' sa she had seen pass the shop on
~ Occasions, went in ana asked
sple VI cheese cakes. These
The free press., 1894-01-18
What Love Is.

Love is folly--Love is hate
Let us dwell with Love:
He's a churl of low estate
He's God above!
Piping robin-moaning dove
Loved because his name is Lovel
If he hath garden spot
Dwelling in the light:
If he hath q savage cot,
Covered by the night;-
We must love in praise or blame,
Since sweet Loves his name--hissname!
f. L. STANTON in Atlanta Constitution.
The free press., 1894-01-18
HUMOROUS.

"Time will tell' on thirty days
note.
The cat is nautical animal. She
loves yawl.
No man can worry about how he
looks and keep his bank account grow
ing.
If YOU want to learn just where
man stands follow him into crowded
street car.
The man who beats bass drum
should never be encouraged to Try 70
beat the record.
Mistress you're the biggest fool
ever knew?" Maid-"You forget
yourself, ma'am!'
Nuwed -"My wife is the dearest
little woman on earth" Olbach:-
elbow much does she cost you?"
The barber is always champion.
customer the cup remains with him.
Nuboarder-sDidn't I hear some
one saving wood this morn1ng?" Old
man-"No; that was the landlady cut
the steak"
sophronia (musingly)-'1 wonder
if it is my money he's after?" Aman-
da-'You innocent goose! What else
can it be?"
The stars upon the stage are like
The stars within the armament,
For some of them are ''nxed," you know,
While others haven't got cent.
Johnny.-"Paw, why did the Arabs
fold their tents and steal away?"
Papa-"They were some other fei-
lows tents"
Actor-''Now, after seeing me IN
the part do you believe Hamlet was
mad?" Critic-"T think he would be
if he were alive"
Teacher-"Do you understand the
phrase rapid enunciation?'" Boy
''Yes'm. It's the way folks say their
prayers on cold nights"
At the restaurant t.-Custome (exas>
perated)-'I have been waiting for an
hourr" Waiter (smiling) = elbow
quickly time flies"
1t was the old bachelor who said
he never read the women's corner in
his paper, although he was something
of women scorner himself.
sPoor Jackl do believe he loves
the ground l walk on" Miss Snapp
-scHow romantic it would be If he
should fall in love with you now."
He-"She is a general favorite
among the men. / take it." She
"What makes you think SOP" He
"The women all seem to hate her"
'It is surprising" said the break
fast philosopher, "how many new in
dustries there are nowadays" "Yes,
said his friend, "even the lamb
chops"
The sermon had Just been started,
And not wishing to be rude
He asked In a whisper, softly,
'Is this pie occupewedT
1t is a common thing for women to
say that the men are all alike. But
when two men happen to fall in love
with the same woman difference very
soon exists between them.
"What first led them to think OF
educating her for an opera singer
She has no voice" Friend: '1t was
the great variety of faces she could
make when she tried to sing"
Arrows: "Hullo, old chapl Con-
gratulations. / hear that you have
married lady with an independent
fortune" Borrows: "No; i married
a fortune with an independent lady"
'rNo, don't know much about the
poetry of motion" said the literary
editor, "but, " tossing the verses into
the waste basket, 81 can give you an
illustration of the motion of poe
try" -
Mrs. Parvenue-'I want one OF
those globes" Clerk-"Here is one,
madam, that is used in all of our
schools" Mrs. Parvenue-ssWeI, II
/ you wills haye.za few more islands
! painted on those empty spaces III
take il.
The free press., 1894-01-18
Russia's Big Army.

The Russian army today numbers
so, SOL officers and 7S7, 1872 soldiers
total in time of peace, S17, 933 COM
batants. The effective strength in
time of war would be 3,420, TAG, with
out counting the territorial army,
the Cossacks and the National Defence
or militia, which would make it IN
round numbers 5000, 900.
The free press., 1894-01-18

pended here, a squirrel cage there,
and fine dog lay where he could keep
one eye on the master all the while.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-01-20
what Austin saws.

The GRAPHIC received a call from &c.
Austin Thursday, to whom a considerable
space was devoted in the GRAPHIC last
week. Mr. Austin stated that the article
reproduced from the Tacoma Ledger Is
in the main point pure fiction: that
while it may be near the truth in some
1mmaterial respects, the statement that
he has another wife in Tacoma and has
abandoned her is made out of whole cloth.
He states thai there Mrs. Elma Lands
there, a grass widow. but no Mrs. Elma
Austin. He says that she occupied rooms
In the building in which his company
had their office and did their portrait
business. but that the nearest she came
to being connected with him was through
receiving the attentions of ons of the
employees Of his company. Mr.. Austin
intimated that she was rather ely" He
says she had expensive jewellery, but does
not believe she has lost any Of it. He
stated that he has a divorce case now
pending in Spokane and asserts that the
Tacoma Ledger article is largely the
work of his wife's attorneys and G. L.,
Mckay. There were other reasons, he
said, but declined to state them. He said
that he had instructed an attorney at
Tacoma to commence libel suit against
the Ledger.