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The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
A SCENE IN THE cH1TRAL WAR.
Polling q Night Attack by Firing
Shells Giving . Brilliant. Light.

Polling q Night Attack by Firing
Shells Giving . Brilliant. Light.
A wounded Pathan, who was cap
tured after the fight north of the
Panjkora bridge, has given our politi-
enemy's action on that occasion.
Every movement of our men was
watched by the enemy from the hill
tops. They saw the efforts to con-
struct the bridge and reconnoitered as
closely as they dared the intreenched
camp of the Guides infantry. Then
the brilliant idea struck their chiefs
Of launching the heavy logs up stream
to wreck the bridge. =
He says: 1--WE saw the floating
roadway break up and its pieces
swept away in the floating waters.
Our watchmen sigralled the news
from hill to hill, and tle clans gath
cred for the fray, for we believed that
the soldiers, separated from their fell
lows, were delivered into our hands.
Then II mullahs came and preached
to us the righteousness of our cause,
and showed. that Allah was mindful
of his children by placing 1000 rifles
and much ammunition within their
hands to grasp.
"Now, we sorely desired those guns,
and the words of our mullahs excited
us greatly. We saw the men from
the river bank marching toward us,
and we believed victory to be certain.
But when they saw US they went
back slowly, and we coulG get
close to them, for some of their guns
were always firing among us, and
many were stricken and fell. When
| the men had reached their camp and
| the sahibs L the river began
firing upon us, too, we vent back to
the hills for shelter. Then our mullahs
and chiefs talked together and decid-
ed that we should creep upon our enc
mics in the night and fill on them
when the night was darkest. And
every man went willingly for the
guns we sorely needed.
"There were 1900 hillmen who set
forth that night to crawl up to the SOL
diers' camp. We lay for hours in the
wet fields, with the rain falling
steadily, waiting for our chiefs to give
signal for the great rush. Word came
round from chief to chief to be ready,
and every man c%rouched, grasping his
weapon, to run forward. But Mt that
very moment a devils gun doomed
forth, and 10! instead Of bullets and
balls coming out, there burst over US
a mighty light, SO great that we
thought the night had suddenly be-
come day. And we cried aloud to
Allah to abate bis wrath against us,
and when the great light faded we ali
hurried away, and even our muIlahs
had no word to say"
The explanation is that, in order to
guard against any such nocturnal at
tempt to rush the position, a star shell
had been fred from the British camp.
When the shell bursts it shows a
brilliant magnesium light, wildly il
Eliminating the surrounding country
Correspondence Of the IeLdon Times.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Handy With a, Zen

San Francisco, June 19.-James Has
kins died in August. 1894, leaving a
will bequeathing his estate to his
widow, Elizabeth H lskins. No oppo-
sition being made, the will was duly
admitted to probate last September
when the Attorneys for Charles L.
Fair produced a second will Of James
G. Fair, dated Sept. "a, 1894, three
days later than the stolen will. They
stated that the millionaire had exc
cuted this will in the presence Of Mrs.
Nellie Cravens and Mrs. Elizabeth
Haskins. It. is now stated that Mrs.
Haskins was skilled in penmanship
to a remarkable degree. and it ia
charged that she forged the second
Fair will and also that Of her husband.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Foreign.

A local uprising in the province OF
Corrientes, Argentine, is reported.
The British steamer Halifax has ar
rived at Queenstown, with her ma
chinery disabled. '
Comte Paul Chandron de Brialles
head Of a we'll known champagne firm
is dead at Epernay, France.
Freiherr Won Bergen, the German
minister to Guatemala, has been gazet
ted German minister to the republics
of Central America.
An official dispatch from the island
of Formosa announces that the Jap
anese imperial guard occupied Taipet
Flu on Friday, June Z.
The merchants of Havana have sub
scribed the sum of 100000 to organize
and sustain two companies Of cavalry
volunteers.
Sig. Ferrari, who was recently elect
ed a member of the Italian chamber
of deputies, defeated the Socialist can
didate in his district and who wat
shot by unknown men, Is dead.
Papers at Odessa say that the stu
pidity Of the ports is exhausting the
patience of the powers and will result
in the enforcement Of the Berlin
treaty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone have board.
ed a steamer which sails tomorrow fol
Hamburg and thence goes to Ktel in
order to enable it's passengers to wit.
ness the opening of the Baltic and
North sea canal
The London Mascot repeats the re
port which has been denied by the
friends of the lady concerned that
Miss Frances E. Willard, president OF
the w. G. T. u, is to be married in
the autumn to an Englishman OF
wealth and position.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22

- l
Ledtke, a German, who next fred two
shots at a little brother Of the girl who
was with her. Ledtke then shot him
self through the head and died in
stantly. Jealousy was what led to
the crime.
Russell Smith aged q, Of a promi-
nent family at Kokomo, Ind. after q
quarrel with his attianced, Miss Dora
Chapman went to the woods with a
shotgun saying he was going to kill
squirrels. His body has been found
seven miles west of town with nearly
all the head blown off. A letter found
in his pocket revealed suicidal in
tent.
A fishing party consisting of a MI.
Thompson and another man, their
wives and three children, camped on
White river. five miles below st.
Charles, Ark. were attacked by
toughs, their tent torn in two, n
woman and child killed, a man and
boy seriously wounded. John Kemp,
n of the toughs was killed by MI.
Thompson.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Concerninr Kt.,inr.

The reason kissing is so pleasant,
says IN osculatory expert of scientific
tendencies, is because the teeth, jaw
bones and lips are full of nerves. and
when the lips of. persons meet an
electric current is generated.-Yonkers
Gazette.
Yes, and it is SO COMPOUNDED cheap.
You don't have to have a dynamo ma.
chine, o a battery in the house, nor
q call box, nor q button to touch to
ring up the central Office, and there Is
no patent on it, and the poorest per-
son in the world can enjoy the electric
current better than the millionaire,
and it never gets out of order. If Edi-
o had invented kissing it would
cost 500 a year, like the telephone,
and then extra kissing would be
charged up extra, and If you didn't
pay for it they would take out your
kissaphone and disconnect you from
the central office.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Tstirrinx the cream.

One Of the most important items in
the making of a good quality Of but
ter is in the proper and uniform ripen-
ing OF the cream. On the average
farm the cream for several milkings
must be put together in order to make
a sufficient quantity to churp together.
1t is important that all of the cream
be ripened uniformly If all Of the but
ter is taken off the cream, hence no
fresh cream should be added to what
Is already ripening for twelve hours
before churning. Every time fresh
cream Is added the whole should be
stirred thoroughly together. A long
wooden paddle that will reach to the
bottom of the vessel should be used,
and the stirring should be given with
a rather upward, lifting motion that
will bring the bottom cream to the top
rather than a stirring motion that will
start the cream in a circular motion
around the vessel. The idea is to mix
the old and new thoroughly together.
This must be done every time fresh
cream Is added. A thorough mixing
of the cream secures a uniform ripen-
ing, and In churning all of the butter
comes at once, SO that none is lost in
the buttermilk, as is often the case
when no particular care Is taken on
this point. Cream should be thor
oughly ripened, but should not be al
lowed to become Our. Slightly acid
Is the right condition. and the .nore
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
SWIMMER.

An Old Man Drowned While Exhib-
fling His PrOwess in the Water.
New Richmond, Wis.,, June 15.-Mar-
tin Cuff, who resides on the northeast
corner Of section 8, town Of Erin Prai-
RE, an old settler upward Of so years
of age, was drowned yesterday after
noon in Willow river, below Jewett's
mills, near the house of Henry Mona
han. The river at that pointais very
deep, and a raft is used to cross on.
There was a man on the raft, who did
not want Cuff to get or as it might
sink, as he was a very heavy man. He
claimed to he the best swimmer in the
country. and plunged into the water,
and after swimming about for several
minutes called to the man on the raft
to see him swim on his back. He then
turned over in the water and went
down, and did not appear on the sur
face again. His body was recovered
in about two hours in fourteen feet Of
water.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
General.

An electric road from st. Joseph,
Mo-, to st. George will be built.
The people Of Grant county, Ok, are
starving.
About 1900 workmen in Pittsburg
are idle as a result of the strike OF
about 1000 boilermakers.
Corbett, Fitzsimmons and Sullivan
appear in a sparring exhibition in New
York.
The Bank of Commerce Of Indianap-
oils has suspended. Depositors will
ultimately be paid in fully, it Is said.
The Westinghouse Machine company
voted to increase its bonded indebted
ness $35O,OOO to pay for the new
works at Brinton, Pa.
Mrs. George Boozer was bitten by a
mad cat at Rockford, Ill. Her hand
and arm have swollen terribly, and
death will probably result.
Several eastern people r contribut-
ing to religious causes the money that
their income taxes would have amount
cd to.
Two Bird and Coleman furnaces at
Cornwall. Ia, the largest in the lie
banon valley, after being idle for two
years will resume operations.
Mrs. Lena Bridenbaugh of Gibraltar
Ia, is starving herself to death. She
has not eaten anything for seven
weeks.
An application was made before
Vice Chancellor Emery in Newark, N.
j., for the appointment of a receiver
for the American Tillage company.
Gold is said to have been found in
paying quantities at the bottom of the
ocean near the western end of San
Clements island, Cal.
Mrs. w. Kreutz, living near Water
loo, Ind. has lost her power of speech
although in other respects in good
health. Her case is puZzling the doc
tors.
John Hopkins a young millionaire,
died at Philadelphia, from over-exer-
ton in riding a bicycle. He was a
cousin of the founder of the Johns
Hopkins university.
Nine carloads of Columbus Rcpubli-
cans, headed by the Fourteenth Regi-
ment band and the Buckeye club, paid
their respects at Springfield, Ohio, to
Gen. Bushnell, nominee for governor.
The British ship Falls of Dee, bound
to San Francisco from Newcastle-on-
the Tyne, is out 1856 days, and consid-
cradle apprehension exists among local
underwriters for her safety,
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE.
Was Built by Oliver Evans, Who
Ciuldn,t Lny Up Money.

Was Built by Oliver Evans, Who
Ctuldn't Lny Up Money.
The real inventor of the locomotive
never realized n cent from his inven-
ton.
His name was Oliver Evans. He
was born in Delaware in TAG, and
spent all his life %perfecting inventions
which were destined to bring him
nothing but more poverty. He was
the original inventor of the high
pressure engine used in locomotives,
the only kind that could be employed
to advantage in this form of trans
portation, but realized nothing for his
idea.
His application of the notion to both
land and water power vas somewhat
novel.
In.1S04 the municipality of Philadel-
phia called for bids for the dredging
of the river and the cleaning Of the
docks. Evans put in a bid lower than
any of his competitors, and, when it
was accepted, determined to build a
steamboat to do the work.
He fitted out a scow with n steam
engine, building both the engine and
~ oSo" Ia AllS OWA WOIhbllOp.
When the boat was ready to be
launched Evans determined to give
the people Of Philadelphia IN object
lesson in mechanics, SO he put the
boat on wheels, fitted up a push wheel
behind, set his engine to work and
propelled the boat through the streets
to the river in the midst of nm open
mouthed throng, not a few of whom
had a dim idea that he ought to be ar-
rested for witchcraft.
When the boat reached the bank of
the river the wheels and axles were
taken of, the craft was launched,
fitted out with other wheels and made
to do the work Of dredging the harbor.
So far as the invention of mechani-
cal devices went Evans had a splendid
genius, but when dollars and cents
came up for consideration he was a
mere child, and wen allowed himself
to be cheated out of the money that
was due him for cleaning the Phila-
delphia harbor with his new-fangled
steamboats,. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22

He was an unkempt looking fellow,
and he stopped at the suburban resi-
dence and asked for employment. 1t
was spring, and the lady Of the house
was herself experimenting the trans
planting of the plants. The door of
the greenhouse was open.
"Are you a gardener?" asked the
woman.
"Ain't had much experience"
Can you plant these bushes?"
I'D hate to risk spoilin' 'em, ma'am."
'Then what can you doy
swell, ma'am, IL you'll give me one
Of your husbands CIGARS" he replied,
meditatively. Ill sit In the greenhouse
an smoe out the insects that's eatin'
up the leaves O. them rosebushes."-
Harpsris Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
PlTH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN
A CONDENSED FORM.
The Latest and Most Important
News Of the World, Called From
the Telegraph Reports Of the
Press Associations.
Washingt0n.


William Il. Castle has heen appoint
ed Hawaiian minister to the United
States.
Mr.. Olney was formally installed
into the office Of secretary Of state.
The oath of office was administered
by Chief Justice Fuller.
The Honduras government has paid
to the United States about $4,000 in
gold in settlement of the claim Of Mrs.
Renton for the murder Of her husband.
The United States may he compelled
to pay al indemnity to Spain for al-
lowing Americans to assist the Cuban
Insurgents. The ~ ia analogous to
that of the Alabama.
The Japanese legation at Washing
ton has received a %cablegram from the
foreign Office stating that Viscount
Mutsu, minister Of foreign affairs. has
been granted a leave Of absence on
account Of i'll health.
BY next fall, If oil goes well, the
new battery of pneumatic guns Mt
Fort Winfield Scott. OH the Presidio
reservation, intended for the protec-
ton of San Francisco will be turned
over to the war department.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Mention.

fefSOnUt nxent10Ns
Debs has refused to be considered a
presidential candidate.
John Boyd. a veteran railroad man
of Iowa, died at Creston, aged sixty
two years.
Whitelaw Reid has returned from
his European tour. He brought back
a full beard.
Samuel Gompers, the labor leader,
left Little Rock for Nashville, but is
still in a delicate condition.
Du Maurier commands additional re-
spect and admiration by refusing to
make an American lecture tour.
Gen. o. o. Howard has been elected
president Of the Congregational Home
Missionary society and Gen. Joseph
Hawley a vice president.
Lord Rosebery, who is a collector Of
odd kinds Of relics, recently invested
In some slave chains and a man-trap
Of old slavery days.
James Paige of Minneapolis, profess
scr of law in the law school of the
University of Minnesota, and Miss
Mabeth Hurd were married at New
buryport, Mass.
Prof. E. F.. Barnard, the famous as
trOnOmer Of Lick observatory, has pre-
sented his resignation. Prof. Barnard
will accept a similar position at the
University of Chicago.
Lieut.. George G. Backus of the First
cavalry is dying at Dallas, Tex. He
was found unconscious in the woods
with an empty tin cup beside him.
He was recently given indefinite sick
leave.
DR.. Theophilus A. Willie died at
Bloomington, Ind, after a long illness,
at the age Of eighty-five. He was one
of the oldest and best known educa-
tors Of the state and had been con-
nected with the University of Indiana
for the past half century.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22

fully this condition is secured the
easier will be the churning, the more
thoroughly the butter will all he taken
out of the cream and the better the
quality of the butter. The manage
ment of the cream is the essential
item in the making of good butter and
1t should be skinned off while the
milk is sweet, kept ut an even temper
allure while ripening and ripened as
uniformly as possible and then churn-
ed as soon as slightly acid.-N. j. S. in
Prairie Farmer.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Sheep Feeding Exper,ment.

Sheep Feeding Experiment..
A. NJ. Cree, one of our most expert
enced sheepmen. has just returned
from st Paul where he spent the win
Business; $3.50 per ton on eco tons of
feed is IL nice little turn in itself, and
If you want to put 1t into sheep, why
Of course it shows up just as well
there.
Mr.. Cree sold ut all the way from
$500 to $4.95, but it will be seen from
his figures that he put an average of
S2.15 worth of feed into each animal,
and he says they stood him SLIGO here,
so any one n figure out that the big
prices show very little margin when
all expenses are figured up.-Yellow-
stone Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Jurx secured.

Butte, Neb., June 19.-The work of
securing the jury in the case of the al
legged lynchers of Barrett Scott, de-
faulting treasurer Of Holt county, was
completed this morning. Attorneys
for the defense then moved that the
prisoners be discharged for the reason
taae y a MAJ c a,,eau .ot os he a Prasea IN n
second time. Court took a recess to
consider the molten.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Boiler

New Orleans, June 19.-The boiler in
a cotton press exploded to-day. in
stantly killing G. B. Penrose, a promi-
nent citizen, and injuring the follow
ing people: Albert s. Frankenburg,
believed fatal; Preston Keahey. will
not recover; Henry Schneider, George
Hynod, Join Schultz, John Schoo.
meyer, Willie Ellis, George Lynn, John
Lynn, Henry Heller, NJ. HI. Turner, s.
johnson, Laura Jones.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22

Washington, June ia second de-
cree has been received from Rome con
corning the obligation of Catholics to
remain out of the knights of Pythias
organization. 1t states that there ap-
pears to be no further reason why the
decree Of last December should not be
made public in all dioceses, and all
archbishops and bishops are accord
ingly directed to promulgate the de-
cree without further delay.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Came DOWN by Barrelful..

=, Kansas City, June ia rain storm
assuming almost the proportions of
waterspout commenced here today.
Nearly four inches of water fell here
within eight hours, which is the heav-
lest fall recorded in this vicinity for
fifteen years. During the storm two
inches Of rain fell in twenty-eight
minutes, the greatest fall in like length
of time ever known. Streets and Gel
lars are flooded.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Fer Over F,fty Years

AN OLD AND WELL RIED REMRDY.-Mrs,
over Gtty years BY m@,lSionss Of II mothers Tor Tor their
cAildfen while teethtng. with perfect success
It eoothes the child. softens the gums, allsys al
6iaIfhna. il pleasant to the taste. sod BY
Druggists in every part OF the World. Twenty
I'VE cents Q bottl0. Its value is ir calculable. Be
sure q ask for Mrs.. Winslo us sooshing Syrup.
and take no other kind.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Remove the shoes often.

SNS~-
r. Boylston Hall says in Colman's
Rural World there comes up another
and fully as important a point in the
matter Of keeping the feet Of the colts
and mature animals true balanced, In
proper proportion and in proper angle
to the limbs they support, SO that the
articulation shall be as near smooth
and frictionless as possible, and that
is, allow the shoes to remain
on the feet longer than three weeks,
when they should be removed, reset,
or new ones put on, as the case may
require. The importance of this is
obvious. The feet in a healthy state
of growth, grow about three-eighths Of
an inch each month, and they grow ir-
regularly; therefore, to keep the ami
NAL plumb on his pins" advantage
must be taken of the Irregularities Of
growth by observing the rule pointed
out, as to duration of time the shoes
should remain on the feet, without
removal.
Some people have a prejudice
against removing the shoes SO often,
and it is only a prejudice. When the
shoes are removed as often as direct
ed, it is but a few moments job to do
what a trifle there Is to be done to the
foot with the rasp only. 1t ID but a
shaving off here and there, and the
foot is balanced and in proper angle
again, and will be easily kept 50 with
just this little bit of care; and does
anyone owning a horse begrudge the
little time and expense required to
keep him in fills Ierfect condition of
balance, and therefore in comfort? /
hope not, for owners, let me tell you,
you'll be the winner ''by a large ma.
jority" in the capacity Of your animal
to perform its duties, and in the re-
sultant saving of money by not having
! your animal "ofr." with q necessary
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
No Potato scnb on Muck.

At the in stitute held in Elyria, says
the Ohio Farmer, Mr.. Mills. who is a
large potato grower, said he had oh.
served that potatoes grown on muck
were not affected by scab. Mr.. w.
HI. Todd said that he had observed
the same thing on his Cousins farm
Is. H. Todd. This fact is not so i'm
portant as 1t would have been had it
been known a few years ago, as we
can now prevent the scab by soaking
the seed for an hour in q solution of
corrosive sublimate, two ounces to
thirteen gallons of water.
1t may be useful. however, to those
having mel: !aLLs, as they oan follow
Mr.. Mills plan Of planting on the
muck for a seed crop. If this seed Is
planted on upland which has grown
no potatoes for a year OF two, the crop
wilt be nearly free from the scab, and
the trouble Of treating for scab will be
saved. Those who have muck lands
might find it profitable to grow pota-
toes specially for seed to sell to those
who plant on upland. Potatoes grown
on muck are usually not equal in quail
ity to those grown on upland, but so far
as I am able to learn are just as good
for seed. OF course it will be neces.
sary to renew the stock each year, as
enough scab would develop Oh the up
land potatoes the first season to bring
scabby potatoes the second year.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Customs Of Polish Women.

In Poland, princesses and peasants
around the throat several rows
Of huge coral beads which are sup
posed to be lucky-the bigger the
beads the greater the luck-and the
merchants of the ''~Zwierjenetz" Jew
ish quarter of the town, at Cracow,
realize small fortunes from the sale of
these coral necklaces. for the Pole of
the lower classes will almost sooner
go without food or without her be-
loved "vcdki" (brandy) than forego
this cherished ornament. The 'grande-
dame" is so 10th to separate from her
lucky beads that, when donning even
ing dress with its paraphernalia- of
pearls and diamonds, she carries them
In her pocket o in the inside of her
corsage. While on the subject Of
Poland l may add that the orthodox
Jewesses there, with whom the coun-
try literally swarms, are easily dis
tinguished, apart from any physical
mark Of race, by the silken wigs which
they are forced to adopt on the NOR
row Of their wedding day. Their re-
ligion exacts that on the wedding
night the tresses should fall under the
bites Of a pair of silver scissors, and
the massacre is so complete that,
shorn close to the scalp, they conceal
the skull under a hideous construc-
ton of coarse silken strands, highly
ornamented in most cases with bands
of black velvet sewn with small pearls
and turquoises.-Correspondent in New
York Tribune.