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Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
A SHOOK.

How many volts can the human body
stand without instant death is a question
that is stil keeping men of science who
have made electricity a life study guessing.
To witness a man undergo a shock of $500
volts without any serious injury to himself
is, indeed, a novelty. Such a thing occurred
in the laboratory Of DR.. Kolle, at No. 1853
Prospect avenue, Brooklyn, last week, and
those present thought they would pick up
A corpse from the feor.
The doctor at present Is experimenting
with X rays, and, employs two twenty kilo-
wat Edison dynamos, which are in charge
Of Ira Partelow, an electrical engineer re-
siding at No. $40 Fourteenth street. Brook
Ign. MIR. Partelow is an expert In his bust
ness While adjusting the spark coil, which
Is supposed to stand a 1000 voltage. to the
lamp the doctor was using, Partelow acct
dentally placed his elest hand on a c~ast-iron
frame which is fastened around the working
table, thereby making a short ground cir
cult. He was lifted ion his feet about the
length of himself and fell insensible to the
floor. He remained unconscious for several
minutes, and whenf he came to he appar-
emily suffered no intuty.
When asked TO 9decscribe the sensations
he experienced Partelow said:
at is an experience that very few people
would care to go through. III / thought II
would benefit scienceo any ! stand ready to
go before any bcdy Df electrical experts and
take the same number of volts to satisfy
them that the alterations are SO rapid that
IL seems to have noopower 10 cause muscular
contraction"
DIR. Kolle laughed band remarked: That
man almost eats electricity. He thinks
nothing Of standinga a. shock of 1000 volts,
and will play within the fluid as you and I
would at a m loof checkers. You will
understand that a man with hard muscles
who is IN good bodily health. might. when
arising in the morning be able to stand a
shock of $500 volts. After working a few
hours his muscles become fabby and his
body gets into a state Of persplration. In
that condition half the voltage he may have
stood in the morning would kill at night.
Mr.. Partelow is a study, and we may find
the secret through him later en-"
ELECTRICITY IN DENTISTRY.
Within the last twelve months there has
been a remarkable turning to electricity on
the part of the dentists of this country.
Probably one of the most important ele-
ments in this movement was the introduce
ton Of a method Of obtunding or anaesthe-
tizing sensitive dentine, by an electrical
process. This process. which is termed
cataphoresis, consists of a driving in OF tho
anaesthetlc drug to be administered by
means OF an electric current, has opened the
way 10 a real painless dentistry" A piece
OF cotton, saturated with cocaine or other
anaesthetic, is placed in a tooth which II
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
PROPOSAL OF THE FUTURE. /

Munsey's Magazine.
When she proposed my heart beat fast;
My bushes came. with eyes downcast
/ listened while she told her love.
While earth below and heaven above
Had seemed to meet at last, at last!
She begged me not her hope to blast,
Ana showed the wealth she had amassed
Was for us twain more than enough,
When she proposed.
/ could not turn from love so vast,
When I was as am angel classed,
And caught and kissed and called hes
"dove;' i.
So while I thrilled with JOY thereof. ~
A trembling Eyes" from my lips passed, -
When she proposed.
Washington Irving's History Of New
York; was published under the name of
"Diedrieh KnickerbockeT." For years many
persons supposed that this was the real
name Of the author, and even now this mis-
take is occasionally made by persons In il-
curing for the book.
Promptness is a commendable virtue.
That's why we offer you One Minute Cough
Cure. 1t is prompt In relief and prompt
In cuTing. That is what II IL made for.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11
THE DAIRY
POINTS FOR DAIRYMEN.

Old cream produces butter quicker
than fresh.
Fresh air and strict cleanliness are
indispensable.
Using a poor quality of salt often
causes notified butter.
Brine sailing is mor uniform than
dry.
Do not waste feed IN cows that will
not make good ~eturns.
To keep up the low of milk, always
milk clean.
A large yield may be rich, and a
small yield very poor.
Donot prolong the churning or work
ing of the butter.
The ripening of the cream should be
done with reasonable rapidity.
The most restless cows in the herd
are usually the least profitable.
Make granular butter, and wash it
while in the grain.
Swimming the milk at the right time,
often prevents rancid butter.
Stirring the cream frequently will
make more butter.
The quality of the salt has much to
do with the finish of prime butter.
Usually, it is a safe plan to increase
the food as long as the milk increases
Rich food is needed for rich milk,
and rich milk makes the most cream
and butter.
Sometimes butter is worked until
what was a fair article is turned to
grease.
Give the milk every facility to free
itself from the ANIMAL heat by contact
with the air.-Farmars' Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11

dertook to determine the d~igestibility
of cheese of different ages and stages
of curing. By the aid of pepsin from
the pigs stomach, which, strange as 1t
may seem, is the nearest to the human
stomach, they found that green cheese
required three hours and a half to only
about half digest, while cheese one
year old took only 20 minutes to fully
digest. The English people always eat
after a hearty dinner a little bread and
old cheese as an aid to digestion, while
the English workman considers his
pound of cheese more than equal to the
same amount of meat. -Hoard's Dairy
man.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11
CHEESE AS FOOD AND AN AID
TO DIGESTION.

A well known medical authority say
In a recent work that cheese should be
eaten at least n a day. 1T is the
most valuable animal food obtainable, "
he says, land from two to three times
as nutritious as the same money value
of ordinary meat"
To this we would add that well-cured
cheese should be eaten in all instances.
The taste of 30 many people to eat
green, uncured cheese is very detri
mental to digestion. Professors Arnold
and E~ngleman, of New York, once I'm
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11
RYE AS A CROP.

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
Perhaps no other grain possesses
more desirable qualities of usefulness
for the farmer than the sometimes
abused rye While it is not a difficult
matter to find men who would not
have a grain of rye on their farms, it
is capable if rightly handled of serving
as good a purpose as any other which
q farmer a raise.
Rye should be sown as early after
harvest as possible. 1t is not particu
lsrly partial to any n kind of soil
although light, rather than heavy land
is best for it. 1t makes good and rapid
growth and can be pastured quite late
in the fall, in fact until winter sets in.
AS soon as the snow is off the ground
in spring it "a be again pastured 1t
grows rapidly and will keep ahead of
stock unless too many herd per acre
are turned into it. 1t is an ideal place
in which to keep hogs of any age, the
rye field. Nothing affords such abund-
Rnce of pasture in the Eastern or Mid
die States. 1t quickly RECEIVERS after
close cropping and requires but little
moisture to keep it growing. As it heads
out considerably earlier than other
grain it may be cut for hay if desired
and the land then put in potatoes, beans
or corn. Or the pasturing may be con
tinued while the grain ripens. Hogs
will run in a rye field all summer, re
quiring nc other food and be fat enough
to kill in the fall, although usually a
desirable. l have known a drove Of
twenty hogs being kept all summer in
an orchard suited to rye, with no other
food, and sold to the butcher without
aday's extra feed. The rye thus treated
self seeds and comes up again green
and thick as a mat in the fall.
By some rye is allowed to mature its
seed and the crop threshed, but the
writer prefers to cut while green and
make into hay, or turn under for ma.
nure rather than to have the rye
s%pringing up in other crops. So the
seed is bought from year to year.
To those who have never tried it /
would say SOW a field of rye this year.
Sow it early and do not be afraid to
pasture it late, It will come on nicely
in the spring, eff ording pasturage long
before the grass is big enough to turf
into. Keep it fed down as long as pos
E0le, but when it begins to pint keep
out the stock if you want it for hay or
to perfect the grain for threshing. In
cutting for hay cut before it begins to
turn yellow at the roots, so that it will
be green and nice when cured. If il
can be used for hogs let them remain
In it all summer and you will find il
the easiest way of fRttening them you
ever tried. Nothing makes spring pigs
grow equal to it, although a little
ground feed may be fed to advantage
at any time, and milk the same.
w. @. lockwood.
Genesee Co Mich.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11
The Sheriffs of N. c.

Are cordially requested, when bringing prison,
ers, or visiting our city, to remember the old
reliable $l.C0-a day Hotel Harrison House. All
the delicacies of the season served in hOme-like
style. For reference, any Mason, Odd Fellow,
Republican. POpulist or Democrat who has ever
stopped here once will, 1 know, kindly recon-
mend it to their frieLds.
Thanking the above organizations for their
watchful care and generous bestowal of patron
az e, and begging the continuance of the same. !
am, Gratefully,
1920 Mrs E. NJ. HARRISON. Prop'r.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11

Genes9e Co Mich.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11

All things considered, the silo to day
eff 5rs a man the best chance for getting
the most money out of the feeding
value in his corn fodder, where a large
amount of stock is kept. Still, men
who can get their fodder under cover
early in the season, before much in
jured by exposure, and who cut it fine,
are getting very satisfactory results.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11

1t costs q great deal Of money to TN"
q paper like The Progressive Farmer.
# yOW O1Ue anything, send the money
today. Don't UGt NntA tomorrow.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
ABOUT THE NEW BONDS.

Bids for the new S1oo, 900, 900 bonds
will be received up to February S.
The bonds are to be payed for by
their buyers at the treasury In Wash
lngton or at any of the sub treasures
in New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore Cincinnati, Chicago, St.
Louis or New Orleans.
The bonds are to be of any size
that bidders want, from $50 up, but
each must be some multiple of $50.
Any person can subscribe for as much
of the loan as he wants, from $50 to
SIoo, 900, 900.
The buyer must pay one-fifth of the
purchase money when his bid is &C
cepted and another fifth of 1t every
ten days after that till all is paid. Or
he can pay it all at once if he chooses.
Precisely similar bonds to these are
now worth about NJ, or II per cent
premium. AS they have twenty nine
years to run the man who buys them
now at III will get trifle more than
three per cent. on his actual invest
ment.
Zach bidder must say in his bid
how many bonds he wants and OF
what Observation-Disclosures $50
each or SIoo or $500 or $1,000 or
$40, ,ooo-and how much he is willing
TO pay for them. He must also say
whether he wants coupon or register
ed bonds. A coupon bond is one
having little interest slips attached,
so that in order 10 collect each
quarters interest the holder has only
to cut off that quarters coupon and
deposit it in any bank as so much
money. Registered bonds have no
coupons, and their principle and inter
est are payable only TO the order OF
the person in whose name they are
registered.
The bonds will bear interest on
their face value at the rate offour per
cent. a year, payable quarterly. They
will be dated February ], 1895, tor
convenience, but all coupons up TO
February oil this year will be cut OIL
before delivery. AS part of the next
quarters interest will have accrued
before the bidder gets his bonds and
will come to him at the end of the
quarter, he must pay the amount OF
the accrued interest when be pays for
his bonds. For example, if he gets
$500 bond on the fifteenth of Febru-
ary he viii get dollar interest on 1t
on the first of May but fifteen days
of that quarter will have elapsed be
fore he buys the bond, and so he must
pay the treasury the unearned sixteen
and two-tbird cents in addition to the
purchase price.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16

Notwithstanding the very
low priCes-the rule is still
In force to pay Railroad
fare-on very moderate pur-
chaseS.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
She Wanted a New" Man.

A Zurich (Swtzerland) daily con-
tains the following advertisement: "a
young and pretty lady, graduate OF
the academy, able to support hus-
band, desires to make the acquaint-
ance of man Qotal abstainer) not
under 20 years of age. He must love
children, have thorough knowledge
of housekeeping and be of modest,
gentle disposition; some means desira-
bic. Serious offers, accompanied by
photograph and testimonials as to
character, to be sent to M. s., Hot
tingen." And, what is sadder still
from a masculine standpoint, the ad-
vertiser received stacks of answers
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
Never Spent a Cent for Matches

They say there is a man who re
sides near Maben, Miss, who prides
himself on his economy, and the other
day, when discussing his favorite topic
he remarked that he had saved several
dollars in matches. "Why," he said,
"when l came to Mississippi, nearly
40 years ago, l brought my fire with
me, and l have kept the same fire
ever since, never allowing it to die
out, and during all this time have
never spent cent for matches. y
Starkville (Miss.) Times
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
It's Astonishing

how DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription acts
upon nervous women. It's marvellous
remedy for nervous and general debility,
Chorea, or St. Ntus's Dance, Insomnia, or
Inability to sleep, spasms, convulsions, or
" fits" and every like disorder.
Even in cases Of insanity resulting from
functional arrangements the persistent use
of the Prescription will, by restoring the
natural functions, generally effect cure.
For women suffering from any chronic
" female complaint" or weakness for
women who are run-do~n or overworked
at the change from girlhood to womanhood;
and, later, at the critical "change of life "
lit is medicine that safely and certainly
builds up, strengthens, regulates, and cutes.
Send for free pamphlet or remit 10 cents
(stamps) for large Book (I6S pages) OH
Woman's Diseases and how to cure them
with home treatment. Address Worlds
Dispeusary Medical Association, Buffalo,
N V
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
No Mileage For Prisoners.

A decision handed down by
Judge Bennett, OF Wilkes Barre, in
the case Of Constable ]. +. Boyle,
of Hazleton, against Luzerne county,
on the act of 1895, regulating the
fees of Constables. Judge Bennett
holds that the Constables must make
returns five times year and are not
entitled to any mileage for bringing a
prisoner to Jail, nor for any car fare
expended for him. The fee for serv-
ing subpoenas is fixed at fifty cents,
no matter if one or a dozen are served
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
WOMEN ARR
GREAT SUFFERERS
They do not get Enough Outdoor Exercise The
Bicycle Will do Them More Good
Than Medicine.
The Experience of Two Women who had Led an Indoor
Life and the Outcome.

From the Standard. rrnion, brooklyn, NJ 7.
Few women have had more miserable ex.
istence and lived to tell the tale than Mrs
Anna L. Smith, of 81 Pulaski Avenue
Brooklyn. With all the comforts that money
affords, with all the happiness that many
loving friends con give, the joy of Mrs
Smiths life was blasted for years by the ter
rible ravages of sickness. Mrs. Smiths o1,
perience is unique because her suffering wa,
not caused by one disease only But by many
until it seemed as though she was a living
sacrifice. Doctors were employed, money wa,
spent-the wide world was searched for
remedies that would give her the Joy Of good
health. Despite all efforts the clouds Of life
grew darker until it looked indeed rs II
death was lowering near. IL was in this hour
of distress that she heard Of the now famous
remedy--Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, and by their virtues was restored to
good health and happiness. The story is
most interesting as told to a reporter: q
AZ was an invalid for years, suffering first
with one complaint and then with another.
My case was truly that of q complication OF
diseases, due to an accident which | received
some years ago. The thing which caused me
the most discomfort and made me offensive to
my family was the worse case of indigestion
imaginable. made Gll around me miserable
by my suferings, and was most miserable my,
self. l had the best physician we could find,
and occasionally his prescriptions relieved
me temporarily. But the pains and misery
would all soon return again. / became des.
perate, and started in to try remedies of which
read. Among them were the Pink Pills
Their appearance captivated me instantly, for
am great believer in the beautiful, took
the pills and followed out the directions to the
letter, and before many days began TO feel
like a different woman. For six weeks took
the pills regularly, and / can truthfully add
after that l was as well as any one in the
family. The change for the better in my con-
dition has caused my relatives and friends to
take the pills. We buy them all from the drug
store of John Duryea, at the corner OF De-
Kalb and Sumner Avenue.
81 assure you it was impossible for me to
oversee my household for three years. Now
| visit my kitchen every day, do my own
marketing and shopping in u word, look after
everything connected with my home and
family.
'Oh, yes, I still keep taking the pills. |
take one daily after dinner. Prevention, you
1S md OH 7
verify believe one half of the women who are
suffering from the ills which our sex are heir
TO would be up and well if they could be in
duced to give the Pink Pills fair trial |
certainly recommend them heartily and feel
grateful to the physician who put them on the
market"
Mrs. Smith is woman Of some means and
standing in the community and, therefore.
her testimony will be accepted without qucs.
ton by all thoughtful people.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
Intended to Catch Your Eye.

Don't skip this paragraph because
it is small. 1t is worth reading for it
tells about The Pineola Balsam, a
certain remedy for cough, tickling In
the throat and the stopped up feeling
in the upper part OF the chest. A
simple cough may turn into something
serious if let alone. 1t Ceases to vex
you and to keep you awake o'nights
when you have allayed the inhamma,
tion in your throat with Ely's Pineola
Balsam. The druggists sell it fol
twenty-five cents.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
FALL OF TOP ROCK,
At the Logan colliery centraIia Last Week.

THREE MEN BADLY BURNED.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
FLORIDA.
fnUNIUA,
Personally Conducted Tours via Penn
sylvania Railroad.

1t would be hard to find any condi-
ton of human ailment that a Winter
visit to Florida would fail to improve,
while those who enjoy good health
cannot realize, without experience,
what true enjoyment there is in life
passed under the golden skies Of the
" Land of Flowers"
In order to give the public an ap-
portunity to visit Florida at very
reasonable cost, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has arranged for
series Of tours to Jacksonville. Since
the system of personaliy-conducted
tours inaugurated By that company
has been in effect, none but words of
commentator have been received.
Its unexcelled train service, expert.
enced Tourist Agents and Chaperons,
and above all, its moderate charges,
leave nothing to be desired.
The tours to Jacksonville, allowing
two weeks stay in Florida, will leave
New York and Philadelphia on Janu-
| any 20, rSui uaiy q, II, 49, anu zSi
and March 3, 1896. The rate, in
Guiding transportation, meals en-
route, and Pullman berth on specia
train, is'$5o.oo from New York, anc
$4,000 from Philadelphia proportion
ate rates from other points.
! For further information apply tc
Ticket Agents, or address Touris
Agent, 1896 Broadway, New York, o
Room All, Broad Street Station
Philadelphia, to whom application
for space should also be made.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16

If we could trace Dyspepsia to its
source, it would lead back to our
kitchens. In fact, the secret of good
health is good cooking. If well cook
ed, foods arc partially digested if
poorly cooked, they are less digestible
than in their raw state. If you are a
victim of faulty cooking that is, if
you suffer from Dyspepsia, the ration
al cure must be looked for in an
artihcally digested food, and food
which will at the same time aid the
digestion of other foods Such a pre-
paration virtually rests the tired di-
gestive organs, thereby restoring them
to their natural strength.
The Digestive Cordial, as prepared
by the Shakers of Mount Lebanon, is
just such preparation, and single
10 cent bottle will convince you OF its
value. If your druggist doesn't keeI
it, he will be glad to get it through
his wholesale house.
Laxol is the best medicine for child
ren. Doctors recommend it in plac
of Castor Oil.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16
The Bourse Opened.

The Philadelphia Bourse, the first
general exchange to be erected in the
country, was dedicated last week
The building, which is eight stories
high, runs through from Fourth street
to Fifth street, and between Chestnut
street and Market street. Grourd
was broken for the erection of tie
building on October 10th, 1893, and
structure complete has cost about
So, 100000. 1t is already occupied
by several trade organizations. The
Commercial Exchange, and the
Drivers and Importers Exchange
moved into the building on Thursday
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16

The Logan colliery at Centralia
was the scsne of an accident last
week, that came near crushing out the
life of Mine Boss Thomas Fern, and
laborers, John Hoffer and Anthony
Brezitus, all residents of Centralia.
The accident occurred in the follow
ing manner: They had just fired a
shot in the gangway and we're engag
ed in setting right some timber that
had been loosened by the shot. 1t
was near the face Of the gangway and
the props held some very bad rock.
This fell while they were engaged in
fixing the break and they were caught
in it.
Fern, is a married man and has a
family. His injuries were slight, be-
ing principally about the neck.
Hoffer is a single man. His shoul-
der and head was badly cut and his
leg injured.
Brezitus, Polander, was injured
seriously about the hips, and his back
was also hurt. He was the only one
of the three, however, who was taken
to the Miners Hospital.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16

The,following is unique advertise
ment Wanted TO trade a
hoss for a mule or a mule for a hoss I;
don't make no difference which the
idee is this have got mule and a
boss and want two of kind.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16

mittee in reporting free coinage bill
as a substitute for the House bond
bill.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-16

1t has been decided to admit
women to the Allegheny County Bar
Association, but it remains to be seen
whether the judges will allow them
the last word.