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The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
An Electrical Stumbling Block.

An EAeCtkAC0A BLOCK.
Americans cannot ordinarily he ac-
cused of allowing sentiment to oh
struct business, but when au idea OF
that sort does occur to them they are
apt to go to considerable length to
maintain it. The fact that Ohio is the
second state on record to adopt cleo
trical executions has directed attention
to the strong objection that exists on
the part of electrical firms to allow
their machines to be used for the pur-
pose of killing human beings. They
argue that such use casts discredit
upon the apparatus so used, and they
are in the business to build it up and
not pull it down. While this contention
appears sentimental, there is admit
teddy good rcason for it. The use Of
any particular make of a%lternator for
the purpose of executing the death
penalty would be no recommendation
for the machine, especially in the pub
lie mind, and it is not surprising that
the various manufacturers object to
that association Of their machines.
When clectrocution became law in the
State of New York the authorities
were compelled to resort to strategy in
order to secure an a%lternator. After
trying all the manufacturers of such
machines without success, they finally
obtained n by ordering it through an
obscure supply house in Texas. The
machine was shipped to the Texas con-
Germ and then reshipped to Auburn,
N. Y, where it vas Used in launching
condemned criminals into eternity. 1t
is said that the Ohio authorities will
have to adopt similar mean in order
to complete their electrocuting plant.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
He Ha. Quit Smoking.

81 VS.
you can tell it," nta::lp-'d the man
with the paper. I've been thrurrl. it
myself twice. liz made vi his mind
cigars We're hurting him and consulted
a doctor; doctor told him he as right
and ought to quit; decided he'd take
the Doctors advice, and then pretty
nearly smoked himself into the grave
for a few days getting ready to swear
off: swore off, and had to quit work the
first day at noon oil account Of Ills
nGves: second dlv. swore at his wife
fer the first time 81 lc. they were mar.
ried. and licked n Of the children for
speaking above q whisper when he
was in the room; third day.
you may be right" interrupted the
man with the pipe, land then again
you may not. Yours is a pretty good
story; but I'm not Mt all sure that It's
the same one l was going to tell. The
of the story. and "a only thinking OF
Brown made an eightGen.rarat fool of
himself"
"Of course. I'm coming to that"
said the man with the paper. "Well
say that he kept it up for three Or four
days and then broke over after prom
Using himself that he would smoke
only n cigar and"
but he didn't"
ooh, well; maybe he stick it out A
week or even a fortnight and then
II knew you had another story In
mind" broke in the man with the pipe
~disgustedly. HE didn't break over at
all. He's still sticking to his swear
eli. Didn't l tell you I was sorry for
him: do you suppose I'D have any &C.
casion to be sorry fer him If lie was
smoking again: OF curse not. It's
only because he's blamed fool enough
to stay quit that he excites any SYM
pathy."
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
MARKET
Latest Quotations From Grain an
Live Stock Centers.

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live stock Centers.
Chicago, Oct. 15.-Wheat - October,
69 1-2c; December, 20 Lac; January,
Il 3-8c; May, 743-4c. Corn-October,
- 5-sc; December. 255-8c; May,
70 1-2c. Oats-October, IL Lac; Decem.
Der, 1890; May, 21c. Pork-October,
1928: December, $7.27 IL; January,
$50; May, $3.50. Lard-October,
$4.45; December. SAT- IL; January,
$4.61 1-2; May, $3.50. Ribs-December.
1887 ~; January, S4.O7 IL; May,
$$4.33O.
Chicago, Oct. 15.-Hcgs-Market ac.
tive; light, $3.2Oa3.65; mixed. * .2Oa
3.60; rough, So. 10a3.25 Cattle-Market
slow and barely steady; beeves. SD .4Oa
b: COWS and heifers. $1.4Oa3.9O; Texas
steers, $2.7Oa3.2O; Westerns, $3a4.1 10;
stockers and feeders, 50. 7Oa3.9O.
Minneapolis, Oct. 15.-Wheat-Octo
Der opened and closed at 60 1-2c; De.
cember opened at G7 lac and closed al
&c; May opened at Tic and closed al
Tic. On track-No. 1 hard, 6G 3-4c; No
l Northern, 651-2c; No. 2 Northern
G3 1-oc.
Milwaukee, Oct. 15.-Flour firm and
higher. Wheat steady; No. 2 spring
81 1-2c; No. / Northern, 20 Lee; Decem
Der, 691-2c. Corn higher; No. 3, 24c.
Oats higher; No. 2 white, Zoe; No. !:
white, IL 1-4a19 1-2c. Barley dull; No
2, 35c; sample, 25a35c. Rye higher;
No. l, 35c. Provisions higher; pork;
$3.50; lard, $3.50.
South st. Paul. Oct. 15.-Hogs active
to 1Oc higher; heavy selling at 81. 75a
3.O5; light, $3.15a3.35. Cattle about
steady. but slow; bulk of receipts
Westerns, but a good many native cat
tie on the market; good demand; prices
ruling about stady; sales at 81. 5Oa
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
BULLET MADE A HA1LsToNp.
1t Wa Fire Into Space and Came
Down Eucaaed in Ice

1t Was Fire Into Space and Came
Down Encased in Ice.
Col. Clark r. Westcott of London,
England, who has been spending a
couple of months in Chicago and the
West, in the interest of a syndicate
which owns considerable mining prop
erty in this country, is responsible for
the following account of a singular
natural phenomenon. His story Is as
follows:
"One hot day, a couple Of weeks
since, l was riding along a mountain
road In Colorado. on my way to n
mine in which I am interested. when I
noticed, high above me, soaring in a
majestic circle, an eagle. I had q 1880
Winchester slung roe my back, and
1t was but the work of q moment to
unsling the gun and fire at the bird,
which appeared to be directly above
me. The shot vas a clear miss, and,
not caring to waste any more cart
ridges, I was about to ride on, when I
was startled to hear what I took to be
the dull chung of a stone thrown by
an unseen hand, which fell into a little
gully partly filled with leaves, within
twenty feet Of me.
II looked carefully about me in all
directions, but could see no sign Of a
human being, and then dismounted
and, scraping back the leaves, was as
tonished to find a piece Of ice q large
as n goose-egg, and about the same
shape. Upon close examination, I was
further astonished to discover my rife
ball firmly imbedded in the center. I
have s%peculated a great deal over this
phenomenon since that time, and the
only solution I can e is that the ball,
in passing through the cloud, gathered
the moisture and held it by its whirl-
ing motion, SO that 1t vas frozen at a
higher altitude, and fell to the earth,
as I have described.-Chicago Chroni-
Gle.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
NEWS so.Lnn nowr.
Items Of General Interest Placed d
K~- VeAna

,, Items Of General laterest Placed In
. Few Lines.
Prince Luigi Of Savoy, duke of
Abruzzi, aud nephew of King Humbert
Of Italy, in in Chicago.
The first irrigation fair in the history
Of the West is in full swing at North
Platte, Neb.. with many thousand In
attendance.
To-day's statement of the condition
OF. the treasury shows: Available
cash balance. $237, 1924 S3; gold re.
serve, 1924 334.5 sos.
Charles q. Lasley has established q
new century record at Toledo. Ohio,
by riding 1O2 miles III Z hours fiat over
a country dirt road.
The president has appointed Charles
=. Steele postmaster Mt Minersville,
Pa. vice John TO0le, removed because
of default in accounts.
The Morgan Lumber cOmpany's big
steam mill at Glenn's Falls. n. Y.
was compelled to shut down this morn
ing owing to a scarcity of logs.
Wood & Pember's novelty works and
the Farmer manufacturing plant ut
Granville, n. Y. have been destroyed
by fire. LOSS. $4,000; insurance, SIS.
600.
The National Association of Demo
cratic clubs to-day issued an appeal to
all club members to do all within their
power to bring out q full Democratic
vote on election day.
The Russian minister of railroads,
Prince Hilkoff. the first public man to
make the trip from st. Petersburg ia
this country yer the new Siberian
railroad, is in Chicago.
Several hundred delegates to the
convention of the National Board of
Steam Navigation assembled Mt the
Southern hotel in st. Louis this morn.
ing for a two-days' session.
The rebellion is general throughout
the Island of Madagascar. Some of
the French settlers have been killed
on the open roads and Antalaha, near
Diego Saurez, has been wiped out, all
the whites being killed.
Ojamaie, formerly grand vizier OF
Egypt, has been confined in prison fol
two years past on the charge of con.
spring in favor of Muley Mohammed
has been found dead in his cell with
his clothing stained with blood. 1t is
supposed that he was a~ssassinatel.
After a ball game yesterday after
noon between the high school teams OF
Salinas and Pacific Grove. Colo, the
Grove team started to drive home
late last night. The wagon was upse,
in the darkness. Frank Oyer wal
killed. Three others were seriously
injured,
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
Electric Bottle Flller,

The latest novelty in electric ma
chimes is a bottle-fller. The operator
places a range of bottles communicat.
ing by pipes with the liquid to be bot
tied, and provided with electrically
controlled valves. The flow Of the
liquid is established and shut off auto
matically, the machine being set in
operation by the pressure of a button.
The operations of opening and closing
the valves are accomplished by two
sets Of electro-magnets, the two circuits
of which are easily under the control
Of the operator. When the bottles are
filed the flow is instantly cut off, and
they are replaced by empty bottles
and corked by an attendant. The ma
chine Is In increasing use by beer-bot-
tlers, ink and medicine manufacturers.
1t is claimed to be more rapid than the
old siphon filler, 1t causes no waste,
and It fills every bottle to exactly the
same height, without any attention
from the operator.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17


NMen ehtirely cured from the ailments from
Mhich ! was suffering. ny the use OF Dr. Will
the name did not at first strikemy fancy, on
November =; purchased a box: In II week
! was 'stonlsiica L" Know that ! felt better
man ! haI Tor SIN months past, and before
! had nsru half II box was sure TINT ! had
found Il cure for my ailments. The ringing
II my ears began TO lessen in volume and
hnally left me. That was the first effect /
experienced aside from All increased nppe-
tltc: The pain from the rheumatism grad
mally: left me, so that within one week from
the time took my first pill ! was able To
sit up i'll bed. On January LIST. ! was able
TO go out and walk around Il little. The
minitati"ns OF my heart entirely ceased.
On February ., was so thoroughly cured.
that | accepted q position as night watch
man i'll the Forest Lawn Cemetery. remains
ing out OF doors from 6P. NJ. until q \. NJ.
| have gained i'll weight from l44 pounds
which | weighed in November last, to l72
"The rheumatism has entirely left me,
except. when ! have too much walking to
do during the night, nly right ankle pains
me little, 1t only when | do too much
walking: lAow feel like II well man and
am soM! for forty years yet. l am fifty
years old and have resided in Florence nine
years, having come to Omaha in 1881. 1
$500 Wv Nv. MI w INV lS'pIC
in this village all of whom are taking :hen
and experiencing the same beneficial effects
which ! have received. l used nine boxes
Of the pills"
MIR. II. w. Cowan, keeper of a general
store at Florence was also seen by the re-
porter. MIR. Cowan is also an old soldier,
try, Company {, and the latter company N
of the First Minnesota Cavalry. Mr.. Cowan
stated that he contracted chronic diarrhGa
while lie WIS in the army and has never
Until within the past few months, received
any relief. He stated that he had taken
tw" boxes of the wonderful Pink Pills and
was now almost thoroughly cured, so much
lie was also paralyzed in the left side of his
face, the mouth being drawn up at the left
corner, and he was entirely unable to move
the muscles Of his forehead or to close his
leit eye. lie states that he believes it is
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES.


Military and Naval Forces Mobil.
Used Near Constantinople.
New York. Oct. ia dispatch to
the Herald from London says: The
Daily Graphic will to-day publish a
dispatch from Sebastopol, saying that
Russia is continuing her preparations
for an emergency. The local military
and naval forces of Sebastopol, Odes-
81 and Batoum have been modified.
Gen. Bobeickoff, chief Of the war Office
staff, recently arrived at S%ebastopol
and has held important conferences
with the local commanders. He has
inspected the garrison and arsenal and
has picked out a company of subma-
rine engineers who have been ordered
to hold themselves in readiness to inn
mediately embark upon a gunboat.
This gunboat is already loaded with
mines, shells and torpedoes. The in
terror garrison in Poland, Taurida and
the Caucasus have received orders to
be in readiness at a moments notice
to board special trains for ports on the
Euxine.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17

i Told Him to Take His Old Part.
EerxhlD.
friend, you told me that you had IN
opportunity to go into business, and
that hereafter you would be a woman
of affairs and would leave the house,
hold to Others"
'That was what l thought them" she
eXplained; but l did not know to what
depths of deception a IA would de-
scend in order to entrap a woman. A
rich old uncle of mine. who has always
claimed to be interested in my welfare.
offered Inc a partnership in his bust
ness"
"A partnership" cried the dearest
friend. ooh. how lovely! Of course,
you took it,"
'Of course I didn'tw returned the
new girl, holly. II fully intended to,
but l trapped the designing old wretch
in time. He had put up a job on me.
to make me the laughing-stock of our
club, and, in fact, of all women, every
where"
impossible How could he"
Easily, if l had been half as unso-
phisticated rs most wOmen are 1t all
came out when l asked him how the
firm name would read. He said his
plan vas to make me Il silent partner,
temporarily"
you? A silent partner?"
Il suppose he thought l would put
up with such an insult as that just to
get into business" continued the new
girl; "but l never would have dared to
look any of our clubwomen in the face
again IL l had consented to such n hui
initiating arrangement. Why, it looked
for all the world like an attempt to
bribe me to keep still. l told him to
take his old partnership and throw 1t
In the lake, rs no self-respecting new
woman would consent for a minute to
have anything to do with a business
that she wasn't prepared to talk
about"
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
Electric Fan. in war.sh,p..

A revolution in the methods of ven.
tilating warships is imminent, and be-
fore long the ludicrous and objectiona-
BILE cowl will become as obsolete as the
spritsail yard. The use of electricity
enables a complete system Of venti,a-
ton to be carried out which was never
before possible. Formerly each fan
had to be provided with it's own steam
engine, and, to say nothing Of the cir
cumstance that the machines took up
a good deal of space, there were dozens
of situations quite suitable for n fan
alone, but most unfit for a steam
g!Ie. An electrically driven lori2e nial
fan, with its motor, can now b. intro
duced into the thickness of a deck with
its beams, If need be, and, in point Of
fact, such fans can now be used to OK
cel]ent purpose in any place on hoard
shir where they are deemed desirable.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
WELL RUNS AWAY.
Running North Dakota Farms With
Great Layers of Sand and Water,

Running North Dakota Farms With
Great Layers Of sand and Water.
A petition was presented to the Cass
county commissioners requesting Off
cial assistance in securing control Of
the famous Buttke artesian we'll, in
the western part tf Cass county. The
we'll has never been under control
since 1t was bored, and shoots up a
six-inch stream of water and sand that
has ruined the farm. Tho sand nov
covers about fifty acres Of land, vary
ing in depth from a few inches to nine
feet. A lake haspbeen formed over the
rest Of the farm and the roadway is
three feet under water. All the farm
buildings have been removed, and the
sand has begun to spread over adjoin-
ing farms. The petition recites that
the owncr has expended all his money
trying to control the water, and ho
and his neighbors beg that something
be done quickly. A committee was ap-
pointed to investigate.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
office with that assurance for which all

office with that assurance for which all
his class IN noted.
"Excuse me, SIR" he said. II called
to ask you if"
Eyes, yes, of course" interrupted the
business man, getting up and extend
ing his hand. I'm glad to see you,
DOCTOR"
II beg your pardon, sir; you"
"Oh, l know all about it," again In
terrupted the merchant. "Your profess
sional air is a sufficient introduction.
A man who has been an invalid as
long as I have gets to know physicians
by sight"
The agent tried again to suggest that
there seemed to be some mistake, but
he was unsuccessful.
mo explanation is necessary" as
serted the merchant. "Dr. Smith has
been our family physician for q long
time, aud I have every confidence in
him, but he thought l ought to see a
specialist. and l asked him to send one
around. I'm glad you came"
But. my dear sir"
II am inclined to look upon the
bright side of things myself, and I
think DIR. Smith rather e~XasEerates the
seriousness Of my trouble. l refuse to
believe, you know, that l haven't over
six months tn live. However, If you
agree with him l suppose Ill have to
he convinced. do you want to sound
my lungs first?"
II don't think YOU
ooh, we'll, it's iIHmaterial to me. My
left lung is practically all gone, any
way, and perhaps you'd better begin
with the heart. That has always been
weak, though. yer since l was a boy,
and i don't think it Is much weaker
now than it was 4 month ago. It
ought to be good for another year. OF
course you must remember In dag.
nosing my case that consumption runs
in the family and that my constitution
has been more or less undermined by
yellow fever. L"
He realized that it was unnecessary
The Agent Was Already on the
Stairs.
to continue the recital. for the agent
was already on the stairs. He had &C.
complished his purpose.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
This WINS Another story.

The man who was sitting in the cor
ner of the library of the club reading q
magazine. attracted the attention Of a
thoughtful man who was smoking q
pipe, and lie took the pipe from his
mouth long enough to remark:
81 feel awful sorry for Brown"
whats the matter with him?"
asked the man who had been trying to
read a newspaper.
"Oh, he's such an awful FOOL" re-
turned the maj with the pipe.
That's no reason for feeling sorry
for him." said the man with the paper.
''There are lots Of those, but most Of
them don't know it, and think they're
smarter than all creation"
but Brown can't get away from the
fact" explained the mar with the pipe,
land he's smart enough so he ought to
G what n fool he's made of himself.
You Sc. he undertook to stop smoking
q month or two ago."
The man with the paper felt in his
pocket for q cigar, lit it, and gravely
shook his head.
'That was a fool thing to do" he
said, 'but then, lots Of ,nen do it."
"Not the way Brown did," corrected
the man with the pipe. Let me tell
you"
.nh 7 Enov tho Stor, bottor th0n
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17

II Want to Keep Away From H."
anatomy, he consented to explain what
had happened.
"You see, I've always been a believer
in gallantry," he said, land l make 1t
a point to chip in whenever l see
beauty in distress"
every creditable," commented M of
the listeners.
Don't you believe 1t for a minute"
returned the young man who had tried
to be gallant. IF there's one thing
that q wise nan will steer clear of it's
anything in this rescue line, and from
this time on I'm going to be wise"
"Whom did you try to rescue!' asked
one Of the crowd.
"How in thunder should I know?"
retorted the a who was in need of
repairs. do you suppose l could see
anything after I got that? Judging
merely by the feeling, I tried to walk
away with a steam roller In active OPP
eratiOn.'
He was getting somewhat excited
and angry, so no one ventured any as
sertion for fear he might shut up tight
and refuse to tell the story.
WELL" he said at last, "you see. 1t
was just this way: I saw a big, husky
looking brute talking disrespectfully
to a mighty pretty girl, and it nat
urally riled me. She kept telling him
to leave her alone, but he kept poster
twice he caught her by the arm and
anything like that sort of makes a
man mad, you know. 1t looked like an
easy game to go against, too, for he
was drunk; so l decided to take q hand
in"
"But he wasn't SO drunk as you
thought" suggested the man who
thought he could tell the whole story
in advance.
"He was worse than I thought"
"Then maybe he was one of those
| fellows who fight best when they are
drunk"
"He couldn't fight a little bit, and I
had him licked to a standstill inside Of
three minutes"
'Then where did you get that eye?"
was the rather pointed question fred
at him.
"Just as I had him finished" he an
swered, "the girl called me a slob-
sided dude, and cut in with o right
handler that blinded me. Then she in
formed me that II Jim wasn't drunk
he could lick six Of me, and before !
could recover from my astonishment
she landed on my chin. That little
girl that I was trying to protect from
insult and violence at the hands of q
big bully did me up in a little less than
half of one round, and then went over
and took his arm and led him away"
He adjusted the tandage over his
eye again and limped away with the
remark:
whenever you hear of a cas- that
for gallantry and courage you let me
know. l want to keep away from It,
Chicago Evening Post.
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
ODD r OF E
DAY LIFE.
Sue tossed her head scornfully.

sue tossed e ne0O SCOfnrully.
perhaps they think" she said, "that
because I haven't been emancipatcd
very long they can impose upon me;
but they'll find they're sadly mistaken.
IL there is one thing that I think l
know, it is my rights, and II there is
n thing upon which l pride myself,
1t is the fact that no a that was
ever born can bamboozle me The
idea OF Offering to recognize my COM
plete emancipation from the thralldom
of skirts and household affairs and Mt
tile same time endcavoring to deprive
me Of Il of my inalienablc rights as a
citizen and Il woman"
AS she paused for breath, her dear
est friend, who was not quite 50 new,
and. consequently, had to have things
explained to her occasionally, managed
to ask her what the trouble was.
"Only yesterday" said the dearest
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
Former Mlune.otan HonorcI.

Milwaukee, Oct. 11.-Rev. d. c. John
of Atlanta, Ga, has been appointed by
Bishop Walden (Methodist) presiding
elder of the Milwaukee district. DIR.
John was chaplain of a Pennsylvania
regiment during a portion of the war.
He was for nine years president of
the Minnesota normal school at Man.
kato and later president of Hamline
university, near st. Paul. Since his
return to the ministry he has had sew
eral charges in Wisconsin aud is now
president of Clark university, Atlanta,
though he has retained his member
ship in the Wisconsin conference. He
is the author of a number of religious
poems and Sunday school hymns and
Of a college text book on 1.-THE Essen
tials of Logic"
The Dickinson press., 1896-10-17
The Deceitful Boy

"Sir," faltered the office boy, II
would like to be excused to go to the
ball game"
The member of the firm grew pale
with rage.
mo" he Numbered. "You can't fool
me. You'd pretend you'd 60 to the ball
game and then not do q thing but steal
away and read poetry to your grand
mother. Detroit Tribune.