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The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30

This Horse Plays the Harmoniun.
in his eyes, he begins again, and rights
the wrong. Sometimes the British
mind refuses to believe that a horse,
even of the Alpha breed, actually
"does sums;" n suspects some hid.
den trick by which the trainer causes
his horse to make certain signs that
look like the result of thought. But,
whether or not his trainer employs
these artistic means, the result Ia
certainly most striking, and If trick
there he, it is concealed In a most mar
vellOus way.
Alpha also plays the harmonium, and
his rendering of "God Save the Queen"
OH an enormous key board is a start
ling performance, and more correct
than in many other cases. The clever
creature also selects letters from the
alphabet, tells the time, plays a game
of nap and fires q gun, for which lat
ter feat. strange to say, he shows q tSe'
cided prediction. The performance
ends with a g%rotesque transformation
Of the beautiful horse into n nurse In
skirts, white apron, tartan shawl and
generous poke bonnet. Little Beta. q
fat two-year-old pony, who,is only just
being trained for m artistic career, Is
caused to sit on its. launches in a per-
ambulator, and the nurse. Alpha.
wheels him across the stage.-New
York Herald
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
Shield the Dull ChiIdren

There is usually one Of a family Of
children who is slower to learn than
the others. just as some develop phys
ically less rapidly than others; and It
Is for those slow ones that l plead.
These children are often allowed, by
the negligence or ill-judgment Of pa
rents, to lie made the butts Of jests on
the part Of other members Of the fam
lily. This is wrong. Many times these
slower children are sensitive to re-
marks on the subject, and are not only
made quite miserable and unhappy by
it. but their mental development and
growth are retarded by the discourage
ment. and a fear of asking questions
that follows. Lives are embittered by
the cruel jests of brothers and sisters
far often than careless people imagine,
and what is n natural popularity Of a.
certain child's constitution is spoken
Of as IL 1t were a fault or crime, to be
ashamed Of or hidden. The seeming
dull boy Of a family Is often the one
who makes the family name illustri-
Cus.-GOod Housekeeping,
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
A Domestic counter.,sn.

"
"Nhat is the matter?" asked n Of
Mr.. Vivvles' boon companions; you
haven't taken the pledge, have you?"
mo. But I'm not looking on the wine
when it is red in the cup, just the
same" reformed, have you?" yep.
You've heard of n woman's marrying
a man with the idea of getting him to
stop drinking. 1t doesn't always work;
but it did in my case. My wife is a
stupendously clever woman" made
you. promise. did she?' "She didn't
have to. When l started down town
tonight she said, I've lost my latch
key, dear, but 1t won't make any diff
ference. You ring the bell and I'll let
you in l said All right Only she
said, wed better agree on some pass
word, SO that when you ring l can
look out of the window and make
sure it isn't a burglar of course
said l; what will the password be?'
4 have it, she answered; 1T mustn't
be too simple. You just say lire
.pressible reprehensibility" and then I
will come down and let you in Cen
tlemen, II I can't say irrepressible rep
rehensibility when I get home I don't
get in, and, moreover, l assume the
chances of being taken for a house
breaker. I've simply got to be care
full" And he went over and resolutely
seated himself next to the ice water
~tank.-Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
T THIRTY A

Milwaukee Man Thought TO Have
Been Murdered Turns Up In Iowa.
Milwaukee. Nov. '28.-Henry w. Rod
dis. who. thirty years ago. disappeared
from here with a large sum of money
belonging to his uncle, and who was
supposed by his wife and children to
have been murdered In the South, has
just been located in Cherokee, Iowa,
where he is living with a Milwaukee
woman with whom he eloped. He has
eight children in the Cherokee family.
ROddis was well connected in Iowa,
where he has accumulated considera-
BILE money and was secretary of an
insurance company. Since he was dis.
covered he has fed. and is believed to
be in Murray county, MINI.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30

Ya-a.s. they're COMM hoae Thanksgivin',
An the gobbler's gtttin' fat,
An the Hubbard squash's q rlpenAn'
Fer the plea m sich az that.
80 We'll send the double Vaughn
Tew the depc fer all hands. /.
An we'll bring 'em home Thanksgivin'
As longs the old nest stands.
The robins in the naples ,
Hatched thar little brood this spring.
An before the leaves got yal.cr ,
They were bis enough tew sing.
Blu they left us in October :,
Fer tew sing In other lands. z
But the springln bring 'em hOmswards !
As longs the old nest stands. &
All, (thar's other nests as lonesome il
In the winter time Of life, ' i
Whar the little brood Is scattered Il.
In the great worlds noisy strife, =:
An I s'pose the busy singers ~
An the workers fold thar hands ~
As they dream NV glad holnecomin' y
As longs the cd nest stands. +
Human nests Nv boards and shingles, :
Batten doors an Collins low. A.
Clabberds warped an weatherbeaten. Il
Homely harths WHARF homefires glow, 81
An the ole folks, gray m stoOpin' =
Reachln' out with lovin' hands =.
In all airth the truest welcome, i
As longs the old nest stands. -.
Lemme tell yc when It. cr.mbles .lS
Or the roof-tree falls weth age,
Then 'byosh In all yure readin'
Yew will turn the saddest page,
Fer thar's somethin' fame nor money
No success ror power commands, e
It's the love ye get fer nothin' y
As longs the old nest stands. y
What's that. mother, got a letter
''TheyM be down 9 Wednesday noon."
Say, we better mir tic chambers,
'Ccuse We can't begin few soon,
Fix the cradle fer the baby,
Darn these tears an tremblin' hands,
AOttar's singin', I'm a whistiin',
An right here the Old nest stands.
"A. J. Worden in st. Louis Globe demo
crat.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
DYNAMITE WORKS WELL.
Cn11ans Carry Conformation In
Snaniah RnnLa

Cuhans Carry CONFORMATION Into
Spanish Ranks.
Key West. Fla. Nov. 2S.-Advices
from Havana are to the effect that the
recent successes Of the insurgents
have been due to a %judicious use of
dynamite. Large numbers of Spanish
soldiers have been killed in every en-
gagement. Great terror already w
lists among the Spanish troops, and >Sk
government is endeavoring to sup
press the news in order that the new
arrivals from the peninsula may not
be panic stricken in advance.
Spanish official reports give the gov
ernment losses in the field and h0spl-
tails from the commencement of hos
tilities to date at $4,000 men. 1t ia re-
ported in Havana that Presite,nt
Cleveland of the United States, Caro-
of Colombia and Gutierrez of San
Salvador will be decorated by the
queen regent as the executives Of Mex
leo and San Domingo in token of
Spain's gratitude for their neutrality
In the Cuban question.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
STABBED IN THE BACK.
A Cold Bl0oded Murder Committed
by an Italian at Bessemer.

A Cold Blooded Murder Committed
by an Italian at Bessemer.
Ressemer, Mich. Nov. %. Matt
Pelander. IN influential Finlander,
while OH his way home about midnight
last night, was approached from be-
hind and stabbed In the abdomen by
".Black joe" an Italian. whose name
is George Rorge. 1t ia not known that
any difficulty existed; it seems to I've a
cold blooded murder, without cause or
provocation. Borge was intoxicated
and it was showing. The posse that
Immediately organized had no diff
Guilty in following his track to an Ital-
ian house at the Anvil mine. The fol-
lowing inmates were placed under ar
rest: Anton Bellette. Joe Torment,
Anton Keats. The feeling against
Black Joe by the Finlanders is at
fever heat. Hundreds Of Fins swear
vengeance and the officers fear the
prisoner is in danger of being lynched.
F'elander leaves Il wife and large fam
lily. If the Fins attack the Jail all the
Italians of the locality will rally to
Black Joe's assistance and there will
he q very serious time aud Il probable
decrease in the number of able bodied
miners.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
EVIDENCE NOT CONCLUSIVE.
Supreme Court Passes ON the Day
tom Caae

Supreme Court Passes ON the Day
ton Case.
st. Paul, Nov. 2S.-Justice Canty, Of
the supreme court, returned six de-
cisions today, in one of which the
order of the lower court is reversed.
modified in one and affirmed as to
the others. The most important local
case decided is that of Frank A. luce,
as administrator of the estate of Ly-
man G. Dayton ct al, appellants. VS..
James G. Reed ct al, respondents. In
this case the order of the lower court,
denying the motion of the plaintiff for
Il e trial is modified. This Is an
action involving an immense amount
of property located in st. Paul and
elsewhere in the state, which, during
his lifetime. was owned by Lyman q.
Dayton, after whom Dayton avenue
In st. Paul. was named. 1t has been
dragging In the courts for nearly ten
years, anil vas brought by Lyman G.
Dayton to have it declared by the
court that May I. Dayton held all Of
said real estate in trust for him. Since
his death, which occurred after the
trial, the action has been continued
by the executor.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
THE FORTY
Centenary Of the Famous Frencl
Academy Established by Riche
lieu.

AS@$0
lieu.
The Institute of France celebrated
Its centenary from the 23d to the 28th
Of October last. Richelieu established
the Academic Franchise in 1896. but
the French institute, which included
that academy and three others-those
Of physical science, moral and politl-
cal science and the fine arts-dates
from the Sd. Brumaire Of the year Nv.
During the first empire the Academy
Of Moral and Political Science was
suppressed, but a new academy Of
scholarship and archaeology was GRE
ated under the title of academic d.
Inscriptions ct Belles-Lettres. After
ward, in 1892, the suppressed academy
was revived, so now there are five in
the institute. At present the French
academy has forty members, the Acad-
envy of Sciences sixty-eight, the Acad-
emies of Fine Arts and Of Moral and
Political Science forty each. Each
academy has also a number Of MEM
breS librcs. The French academy con-
sists entirely of French writer's, and
elects no foreign members; but the
other four academies elect from six
to ten foreign members apiece, and
from fcrty-eight to a hundred CORE
spondents. To be chosen a foreign
member of the French institute is
reckoned the highest honor that can
be conferred on a nan Of learning by
his brethren in France. 1t Is q dis
tinction that was conferred, as will We
remembered, on the late Richard NJ.
Hunt.
AL foreign and corresponding men,
bers of the institute were invited to
its celebration. The exercises included
various receptions and meetings on the
23d, oath and 25th, a banquet on the
evening Of the Oath, a representation
at the Theater Francois on the after
noon of the 25th, and a visit on that
day to the Due d'Aumale at Chantilly.
OF the foreign members Of the acade-
mics of Political Science, Inscriptions
and Physical Science. the seniors are
respectively MI. Gladstone, Prof. Max
Muller and Lord Kelvin, and the
senior foreign member Of the Academy
of Fine Arts is Verdi. Such names as
these give one an idea what an ex-
traordinary gathering Of wise men the
institute centenary witnessed.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
HER HANKsGIvIN

Let us give thaLksA
I do. Because
Amerlcanus sum.
Also, because good health
And wealth lave
Kissed me-, I
Sing a song
OF Thanks.
I give great thank
Because dear Jack continued
Hountiful In flowers n
Favors Of that ilk; likewise
Because thds same sweet youth
Is not yet rich enough
TO marry me, which
Means more flowers and more favors from
,he other men. For these
And many other thing.
Too numerous to
Mention. l
Give thanks.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
for stock.

Potatoes car hardly be expected to
rise above u comparatively low figure
this winter, because Of the very good
crop in this and other countries. This
will lead to their use as stock food
upon many farms where they are
grown. While they answer u good
purpose when fed to cattle and even
horses, profit is derived from
their use as hog food. In this conncc-
ton 1t is a fact worth knowing that
they should. in all cases, be boiled.
which process renders their starch
more easily digestcd that would other
wise be largely lost by escaping as
sanitation In the animal economy. De-
fore boiling, it will save fuel and time
to have them pulped. 1t is also we'll to
add a quantity of pens or barley to
the mass, which will not be lost, and
will add a very desirable flavor. And
II n has a supply Of pumpkins. a
few cut up among potatoes before
boiling will still improve the flavor and
quality Of the food. AS they cooR
quickly, they need not be pulpcd, but
simply cut In chunks.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
Care Of valuable Calve..


The following notes on "How Jersey
Calves are Grown ut Prospect Hill
Farm" are contributed to the Breed
ers' Gazette:
When three days old the calf is
taken from it's dam and placed in a
small box stall by itself. We begin
feeding it by giving it six quarts Of
Its mothers milk a day-three quarts
In the morning and three quarts in the
afternoon. Hay is occasionally kept
before the calf and 1t will generally
eat some before it is q week old. This
treatment is continued until the calf
Is a month old. at which time the
quantity of milk Is increased to ten
quarts a day, dividing 1t equally be-,
tween night and morning, six quarts
Of the ten consisting of the mothers
whole milk, the other four of SKINNED
milk. 1t Is at this time that we begin
giving the calf with each feeding q
pint of steamed oil cake (pressed lin
seed neal. The oil cake before being
steamed would probably be about one-
tenth Of a pint. The quantity of whole
milk is gradually decreased and the
propOrtiOnate amount Of skinned milk
Increased until at the end Of three
months the calf Is getting ten quarts
Of the latter daily. After this age the
quantity Of steamed oil cake In the
skinned milk can be gradually in
creased to as much as a calf can eat
without producing diarrhea, say from
two to four quarts daily. Ground oats
and corn meal, mixed In the proportion
Of two-thirds of the former to one
third of the latter, by measure, are
fed as soon as they can be eaten,
which Is generally at the age Of one
month. A handful Of this dry mix
ture is given to the calf twice a day.
Any of the grain left over from one
day to the next should be removed
from the feeding box.
The calf can do without milk when
six months old, but we generally feed
skinned milk as long as we have it
to spare, sometimes until the animal
Is q year old or even two years old.
II the calf is six months old and is not
being fed any milk, we give it then
twice a day, besides oil cake, q mix
corn meal, fed in the proportion above
mentioned. What hay it will eat up
clean is also given it. This amount Of
feed is continued until the calf is a
year old or quite we'll grown. The
amount Of feed is then increased, and
In the winter corn silage is fed at the
rate Of ten quarts a day. When a Jer-
sey animal Is a year old, 1t runs out in
the pasture both night and day, in the
summer time, and is not fed any grain
during that time.
Providing the weather is right, say
mild spring and fall, or when the sun
Is not too hot in the summer time, a
calf six months old may be allowed to
run out to pasture. However, If the
heat is intense, it is better to keep the
calf in the barn, because the hot sun
shine IL liable to produce diarrhoea,
and the flies will annoy it greatly.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
Experiment With Seed.

The seed largely influences the yield.
An Ohio farmer planted two kinds Of
potatoes on soil of the same character,
and gave the several potatoes (only q
few being used for experiment. the
same treatment. From one lot he pro-
cured fifteen pounds Of tubers of in
ferior quality, and from the other he
secured forty-five pounds. or three
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
Farm Notea.


A good farmer Is necessarily a better
man than a poor farmer, for a man
cannot be a really good farmer with.
out possessing the majority of the car
dinal virtues.
On many farms the weather wears
out more tools than use, and wastes
more food than all the stock ON the
place. Protect your tools, your crops
and your stock.
1t may be possible to keep sheep
very chcaply through the winter, but
1t is not policy to do SO. A flock win
tered through the cold weather on
straw will show a pretty poor fleece.
Good feed fed to good stock will in
rea many fold, but in no circum-
stance can food fed to poor stock
bring any profit. Consider it wholly
wasted. bus thus some mel manage
oil their lives.
There Is no doubt If there was some
sort of a farm study in the country
schools and even Il flower bed agri-
culture practiced in the school house
yards, that there would he q great
gain made in the direction Of q better
love for farm life.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
Dressing Poultry fer M.rket.

Dressing Poultry fer Market.
Poultry should be kept without food
for tw~enty-four hours. Full crops in
jure the appearance and are liable to
sour, and when this does occur lower
prices must be expected than choice
stock will bring. Never kill poultry
by wringing the neck. To dress chick
ems, kill by bleeding in the mouth or
opening the veins in the neck. Hang
by the feet until properly bled. Leave
head and feet on, and do not remove
intestines OF crop. Scalded chickens
sell best to home trade, and dry-picked
best to shippers, so that either manner
of dressing will do ii properly done.
For scalding chickens, the water
should be as near the boiling point as
possible without boiling. Pick the legs
dry before scalding. Hold by the head
and legs and immense and lift up and
down three times. II the head is i'm
mersed 1t turns the color of the comb
and gives the eye a shrunken appear
ance which leads buyers to think the
fowl has been sick. The feathers and
pin feathers should then be removed
Immediately. very clearly and without
breaking the skin; then plump" by
dipping ten seconds In water quite or
nearly boiling hot, and then Dut i'm
mediately into boiling water. Hang in
q cool place until the animal heat Is
entirely out. To 1ry-pick chickens
properly, the work should be done
while the chickens are bleeding. Do
net wait and let the bodies get cold.
Dry-picking Is much easter done
while the bodies are warm. Be care.
al and do not break and tear the skin.
II dressing turkeys, observe the same
instructions as given for preparing
chickens. but always dry-pick. Dressed
turkeys. when dry-picked, always sell
best and command better prices than
Scalded ones.-Farm and Home.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
" Safer AWAY

Miller, s. D.. Nov. 2S.-Shcriff Struif
has been making Il hard effort to To-
cate James Thompson and Lettie tial-
lagller. his niece, charged with incest.
They left the southwest part of the
county a week ago, as the neighbors
were talking rope. tar. feathers. etc,
and they are supposed to have gone to
Missouri. Thompson was a promi-
nent candidate for office last year, IL
about thirty-fivc years old. while his
niece was eighteen and an orphan.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
Ropy MIX or Cream.

In a recently published translation Of
the celebrated work On Dairy Bac-
tericiogy" by DR.. e. von F~reudenreich,
there is a description of some Of the
organism which are known to produce
ropiness in milk. Prof. ~Freudenreich
mentions no less than twelve species
Of bacteria which are known to pro-
duce Shiny milk. These organisms
have been found in milk which had
become Shiny. But as to their origin,
of only three can it be said with GER
tainty how they came into the milk
and whence they came. One was
found in water, one In an inflamed I'D
der and the other on the leaves Of but
terworth (%Pingnicmla ~vulgaris). AS to
the source of the other varieties known
to psychologists, nothing is said, and
little is known. Freudenreich himself,
speaking of this disease of milk, SO
far as he has studied it in Switzerland,
writes: "%Stringiness is but rarely to
be referred to disease Of the udder, be-
ing almost always a fault due to in
lection during and after milking"
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
FATE AND THE GOBBLER.

A stately barnyard wobbler
Is the fattened turkey gobbler
In early November.
For the coming Of Thanksgiving.
When Ills kind must cease thlr living,
He doesn't remember.
OF good things he has O surfeit.
But his head must pay the forfeit,
In later November.
And the body that he cherished.
With stuflng rich elnbellished.
VIII carver dismember.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
RRPoRrs.
Latest Quotations From Grain ana
Live Stock Markets.

Live stock M0fke1A.
Milwaukee. Nov. 28.-Flour dull and
nominal. Wheat steady and quiet;
No. 2 spring, 81 3-Sc; No. L Northern,
So 1-2c; May. 81 1-8c. Corn steady;
No. 3. DC. Oats stcadier; No. 2 white,
10 1-4c; No. 3 white. IL 1-2a19c. Barley
nominal; No. 2, &c; sample, 26a36c.
Rye quiet and steady; No. 1, 81 1-2c.
Provisions very quiet.
Minneapolis. Nov. 28.-Wheat - No
vember closed at 523-4c; December
opened at 53c and closed at 80 7-Sc;
May opened at 50 1-2c and closed at
So 1-4c. On track--No. 1 hard, 81 Use;
No. l Northern, 80 3-8c: No. 2 North.
ern. 80 77-Sc.
st. Paul. Nov. 2S.-Hogs-Market ia
late; yards will clear strong ut yester.
days prices. ranging from 1925 ia
$40. Cattle steady and active: good
demand for fat cattle. bulls and heavy
feeders; Gamers are dull; all desirable
STUFF sold before noon.
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30
Swiss Cattle.

Aside from the occasional importa-
ton by curious amateurs, the Swiss
cattle have never gained a fcothold in
our country, and vet they bear q high
reputation in many parts of Europe.
In France, especially, they are much
esteemed, and at the agricultural
school of Grignon their performances
at the pail are said to compare well
with those of, the common short-horns,
which were considered the best milk
ers In the establishment. An accurate
observer says they are robust, hardy
animals, usually of a dun color or dun
and white, with medium heads, hang
ing dewlaps, rather coarse shoulders
and broad hips and quarters, with well
developed udders. Removed from their
native mountains they manifested lit
tie impatience at the change, and al
though kept In stables and soiled they
seemed to thrive and carried a good
coat of flesh; when dry, ths.are said
to fatten readily. In Switzerland they
are wintered In the valleys, on the
coarsest food, and as soon as the snow
melts from the southern slopes Of the
mountains are driven to the pastures,
which. a. the season advances. are
~ =" La 81. L+aETFF IGN
The Dickinson press., 1895-11-30

DecHAEeW ~ NHHbb NS1cNHfUBOA.
Madison, Wis.,, Nov. 26.-In the Ash
land land case to-day Miss Richard
son. a doughter Of Gen. Richardson,
testified that she went to Iron River
with her father and there met War
rel r. McCord. She stated that he
told her that he had selected a claim
for her and that he would have to
charge her Is per cent Of its value for
making the choice. Miss Richardson
said McCord told her he would pay her
$1,000 for the claim when she obtained
title.