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The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07
Horses,

MY Ny horse; n are nr sttabllea every night
the first Of June. Some Of the colts
may put In a few more nights in the
pasture, but it is not profitable to let
them lie out in the cold. as it retards
growth, takes off flesh and makes tbs.
hair look rough; and as the horses
must be Kept fat and look well. the
best way to help it along is to stable
them when the weather is cool.
Give them a good supply Of bedding.
plenty Of clover hay, and two quarts
each of ground feed consisting Of two
parts OATS and one part corn by meas
ure. IN the morning they are curried
and given the same sized rations, and
IL not wanted~for anything they are
turned out during the day unless the
heather is very bad or the ground is
soft enough that they will 'injure 1t by
trumping. II used they dire given a
noon feed Of grain and hay; they are
watered twice q day IL turned out,
and three times IL used.
I think 1t looks pretty tough to see
the old horse, mans faithful friend
and the one that makes him the most
money, turned out after husking to
shift for himself during the winter,
and then see his owner of an evening
roasting his shins by the fire and later
crawl between the Blankets thlnkin:
how goodahe Is trying to he, and oil the
while the old horse is out in the cold.
Some want the horse to rough 1t,
4 ifreeze the grain out Of them. Better
sey - freeze the money from the own
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07
SAVED BY A "LIFE-CHAIN."

Most Thrilling Rescu OF RECORD
Made by Connecticut Lad
There is a newly made hero down in
the little post village of Sandy Hook,
Conn.,, says the New York World. He
is Stephen Kcane, a bright lad Of tif-
teen years. Stephen has been Il valor-
boy all his life, but it was not until
last Monday that he became a real
hero.
He and a party of his classmates
from st. Michael's paroch;al school. at
Sandy l ook. on that day went skating
on Mantle mill pond. In the party
was 44.chael Heating, a boy Of twelve
years. Michael, venturing where the
ice was thin, broke through and fell
into the water. Stephen Keane cried:
"Form a 'lifc-chain,' boys, and We'll
save little Mike casy!!'
Lying fiat, face downward. or the
ice, he directed one of the boys to lie
down as he had and hold tightly INTO
his ankles. The ankles of this one
were in turn grasped by another lad.
and so OH until a "life-chain' of six
brave boys was formed.
Keane wrigsled his way carefully
Out Ol lne tIln ice. before NM was
poor Heating struggling for life. Once
he went down. and still the first link
If the ~"life-chain" was crawling slowly
on the ice far away. Down he went /;
second time.
"IIold tight, boys!!" cried Keanc.
Just as the drowning boy was disap-
pearing for the last time Keane sa.zed
his coat.
Crack! went the ice and the first two
liuks Of the "life-chain' were also III
the icy water.
Finally all the boys were dragged
out. the worse only for a wetting.
When the crowd gathered about
young Keane and showered praises Oh
him for his forethougnt and pluck, hi
only said:
read in a newspaper how to d.
that trick, and l thought I'd try it,"
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07
He ygas Used to It.

Grandpa-Don't get scared, Willie;
The tiger is about to be fed-that's
what makes him jump and roa So"
Willie (easily)-Oh, I ain't afraid Of
him, grandpa. Papa's the same. way
when his meals amt ready.
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07
Very sound Advice.

Mr.. +. W. Proctor concludes an arti-
Gle in the Poultry Monthly with the
follow ing words of wisdom:
when the long evenings are ushered
in and the fancier is perforce driven
by the wintry blasts to seek the Chin
ney corner, then is his time to bring
out his file of back numbers. Pr0ba-
bly, nine-tenths of their contents has
been forgotten, If ever more than
hastily scanned when received. The
present competition necessitates not
only a degree of general intelligence,
but also special application to its intel
lectual phase. The most successful
fanciers l know are opponents of this
rule. One must read, re-read aud think
deeply in order to become properly con-
versant with the subject. My advice
to the beginner who had the alterna-
tive of good stock to start his career
with, or ample and reliable sources of
information, would be to accept the
latter ii restricted to one. The best OF
stock will inevitably depreciate in IN.
skillful hands. In selecting sources Of
information 40 not overlook the class
Of papers for which a fair price Is de-
manded, as the natural offset of the
pains and expense required to make
them of real value. No amount Of
cheap trash can find any comparison
with the better class Of papers. 1t Is
in looking e the back files Of such
papers. while the sliftless sort remain
stacked away in the attic corners that
am inspired with these suggest ons.'
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07
THE NEWS RESUME,
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

\ comprehensive Review Of the
/. Important Happenings Of the
Past Week Culled From the Tel.
egraph Reports - The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad THAT
Have Attracted Attcntiop.
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07
Has Cause to Tre,Able

Paris. March 3.-Jean Tremble has
been sentenced to death at Douai after
a trial lasting several days for MUIR
deri.g aud cutting to pieces a man
named Farbos. whom he had induced
to join him In a fraudulent trade in
Argentine c0pner coin.
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07

surrounding the water pan, and may
be made Of tin, zinc or thin strips Of
wood. The spaces should be large
enough to admit the head. but no
more.
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07

get into, not only rendering the water
unfit for drinking. but also wetting
themselves, causing a cold, indigest-
ion and often death. This is especially
true when the chicks are raised by
hand. When the hen cares for the
brood. all such losses are attributed
to the hawks or the family cat.
Drinking vessels that will serve the
purpose may be easily made by the aid
Of oyster cans and a small mount OF
ingenuity. Cut away one side and
hammer down the edges, so there will
he no sharp tin to injure the tender
skin Of the chick, as shown in Figure
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07
Yellow Fever Fatalities.

New York. March 4. = Private Ne.
ports to the Herald's correspondent In
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, indicate that the
total number Of deaths from yellow
fevor daily 10 sixty.
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07
nr,nkinr water for Fowl.

Small chickens, Us we'll as large,
should be supplied with drinking wa
ter but they should not he allowed to
get into 1t, which they surely Will II
they can. An open vessel they will
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07

1. Upon this place a board cover. Fig.
2, having a piece along II edge to
prevent the chicks from getting their
heads under it. Drive three or four
nails through the cover to keep 1t in
place, and it is complete, as in Figure
5. 1t is easily cleaned and handled,
and the chicks cannot get into 1t.
Another drinking pan Is shown IN
Figure 4. 1t consists of a little q
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07
Peop,. Talked About.

Havana advices aver the Cubans
| will retaliate on the Spaniards for
| their slaughter Of suspects by using
dynamite.
The steamship Buenos Ayres arrived
at Havana from Spain, bringing as
achievements the Wadras and Reira
battalions of infantry.
The Paris newspapers express the
| belief that the coming debate on the
proposed income tax will determine
the fate Of the government and the
outlook is not very bright for n. Bour-
geois and his fellow ministers.
Presbyterian vigor in invective has
not degenerated in Scotland. A Glas-
Cow minister, who opposed total aD-
! stinencc, was described lately in the
! pulpit as "a white-chokered blasphe-
| mer engaged in raising a sign-post to
hell"
Golf is played under difficulties Mt
Buluwayo. as the natives have taken q
fancy to the balls, and lie In wait Tor
them in the bush near by. They pierce
a hole through the balls and string
! them with the beads of their neck
laces.
The steamer Kantzler, from Ham,
burg 10 Delagoa bay, which grounded
in the Suez canal at Ismailia, has been
| floated. Her grounding had practically
blocked the passage of the canal ana
nearly fifty steamers were detained
by the accident.
The recent action Of the French gov
eminent in opening the French univer-
sites and high schools to American
students is regarded by public educa-
tors in this country as q matter OF
great interest to all American institu-
tons Of learning and to those inter-
ested in higher education.
Russia, whose calendar is twelve
days behind ours, proposes to change
to the Gregorian calendar after the
beginning Of the new century. The
authorities have not yet decided
whether to jump over the thirteen
days at once or by emitting the first
twelve leap years Of the century. 1t
would then require forty-eight years
to bring about the change.
Prince Scipione Borghese, having
married n rich wife last year, Is about
to buy back for 100000 francs the
Palazzo Borghese in Rome, which his
father was obliged to sell a few years
ago In consequence of the failure Of
his speculations in Roman real estate.
The palace is now the headquarters of
the Grand Orient of Italian Free Ma
! sons, whose lease Of it expires in 1890.
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07
D,ssins for Meer.eh..n.

Digging for Meerscha1m.
Meerchaum is extracted in much the
same way as coal. Near Eski-Shehir.
an important station on the Anatolian
railway, where rich deposits Of meer-
schaum r found, pits from Is to 120
feet deep are dug, and as soon 10 the
vein is struck horizontal galleries,
hamtash (rough block), and Il soft
enough to be easily cut with q knife.
1t IL white, with q yellow.sh tint, and
is covered with q red, clayey col. The
manipulation required before It d
ready for export - long and sostay.
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07

Winter Shipping Coop.
ilation. With plenty of chaff In the
bottom to keep the feet warm, birds
ought to be very comfortable In such
quarters. even In very cold weather.
Orange Judd Farmer.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-05-14
M,KIniey Marching ON.

The Republicans Of Indiana and
Michigan, in State convention as
sembled. Thursday practically assured
the nomination Of Mckinley for Presi-
dent by the National Republican Con-
vention. Each gathering endorsed him
unanimously and enthusiastically, and
the bulk Of the votes of these two
States will be cast for Mckinley when
tho roll is called at st. Louis.
Political manipulation is frequently
potent in defeating party favorite,
but in this year of grace 1t looks as IL
the voters had taken the affair in their
own hands and were determined to
have their own choice, regardless OF
the wishes of tho bosses. Quay and
Platt are left almost alone In their
opposition to Mckinley, as Reed g sup
port viii consist Of tut little more than
the loyal delegates from his own State,
while Allison's delegates in Iowa have
already announced Mckinley as their
second choice. platt has deprived
himself of any opportunity of getting
under Mckinley cover when the deuge
comes, but Quay has shrcwdly held his
tongue, and is in position to swing
over to tho Mckinley lines with his
Pennsylvania delegates whenever the
propitious moment arrives.
With Mckinley rs the candidate
there is small chance of the Republi.
can convention making a positive and
unequivocal declaration for honest
money. lie iS too strongly tinctured
with the free silver coinage heresy,
and too closely allied with the crazy
advocates of the white metal to permit
such a declaration. His candidacy ID
acceptable 10 those who most wildly
insist upon the financial wisdom oi
forcing So cents worth of silver upon
the country as 100-cent dollar
The Republican party, therefore, il
likely to entor upon the national cam
paign with Mckinley aa it's standard,
bearer, and platform that will be
misleading and evasive upon the most
vital issue before the country. In
such an event, there will surely be
every prospect that with SOUND
money candidate upon sound money
platform, the Democratic party vii
achieve deserved success
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-05-14
The Republican Revolt.

Tho Republican State Convention
at Dover, Tuesday, was marked by a
revolt Of tho delegates who pinned
their party allegiance to Anthony EIig-
gins, and refused to follow the leader
ship of the corrupt dictator who is now
the acknowledged head and front of tho
Republican party of Delaware, Though
willing to wear the collar Of Higgins,
they declined to submit to the rule Of
Addicks.
While the Independence Of these
Higgins Republicans in refusing TO
bow to the purchased power OF the Bos-
ton gas magnate is to be commended,
il must be admitted that from tacti
cal point of view they made mistake
in not following the advice OF shrewd
and cautious John pilling, given at
the session of the boilers convention.
Mr.. Pilling urged that they go home
and receive tho advice and instruction
of their Republican constituents before
taking any decisive action. But tho
desire to send to st, Louis delegation
that might be seated by reason of it's
favor for Mckinley was too strong to be
resisted. and tho assemblage finished
its brief programme to the end.
1t must be frankly admitted that the
reasons giyon by the boilers for their
action amount to nothing. Numerically
they comprise less than one.third Of
the entire representation in the State
convention, ana their plea for adnis-
sion is not likely to find much favor
oven with partisan and preiudiced
Mckinley committee on credentials at
the Republican National Convention.
The rump delegates who 60 to st. Louis
will have no assurance save Mr.. Hast
ings' declaration in the gathering that
chose them. 81 make the prediction, "
he said, tand mark we'll the predic.
tion, that William Mckinley will be,
nominated by the national convention
and the delegates from this convention
will be seated. But Mr.. Hastings,
it will be further noted, did not per-
nit himself to be chosen as one of
these contesting delegates elected by
his rump convention.
But aside from what effect the bolt
at Dover may have upon the national
convention, all good citizens will re.
ioice at this open rebellion in the ranks
Of the Republican party against the
rule of Addicks. 1t is corrupt rule,
dependent for its maintenance upon the
purchase of the suifrages Of mon. 1t is
rule that bodies no good to tho State,
and reflects no credit upon the people.
Any measures that will result in its
defeat will be welcomed by all who
have the welfare of our State at heart.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-05-14
Afraid 70 Meet thn Is.ns.

Both Republican State conventions
at Dover, Tuesday--the regular body
and the gathering of the boilers were
afraid to make clear cut declaration
in favor of sound money. Each de-
clared against the free coinage Of silver
under existing conditions, but each
held out the silvered bait of free coin
age by virtue Of an international
agreement upon a system of bimetal-
lism. All the country knows what
arrant nonsense this is, and it is TO the
credit of The silver fanatics that even
they refuse to be longer deceived by
such a wavering bow of promise. They
would rather encounter straightuut
declaration against free silver coinage
and in favor of the single gold standard,
than this ridiculous balderdash about
an international agreement as to BIZ
metallism.
Tho duty of the Delaware Democrats
is now plain. Let them. when they
assemble in State convention, make n
positive and unequivocal declaration
for an honest national currency based
upon the single gold standard. Then
the victory at the next election that
now seems so promising will be abso.
lutely assured.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-05-14

The Cuimination Of Political nebauohsry.
The result Of the Republican party's
primary contest in this city, on Satur.
day, is the elimination of all the cor
rnption that has pervaded Delaware
politics, particularly Republican poll
tics, for the past thirty years Mr..
Higgins and his managers have differed
from Addicks in their political methods
only in that Higgins begged and hor.
rowed the money used in corrupting
suffrage under the pretext that it was
to be used for the good OF the party
and the advancement Of its princi-l
ples. He has been doing this thing
for quarter OF a century, and upon
hisielection to the Senate, in 1889, re-
warded tho man who raised the last
Thousand dollars Of tho corruption fund
that made his election possible, by be-
slowing an important consulship upon
him. Addicks is no worse in principle
than Higgins, but he has been brutal.y
frank about his purposes has openly
declared that he wanted the Senator
ship in return for his services, and has
spent his own money. In fact, he has
simply done individually what the
leaders Of the Republican party have
been doing collectively for years and
years.
But the fact that AddiclSs has done
only what other Republicans have
done before him, makes the business
tho more disgusting and degrading,
1t is time for the people, the honest,
decent people Of the State, to get to-
gether aud cry halt. The debauch-
cry OF elections and open purchase Of
suffrage in Delaware should bo stopped.
And ono way TO stop II will be TO de-
feat the Republican party Of Delaware
at the next election. Under the leader
ship of Addicks, Republican victory
would but increase the evil, which has
already grown to enormous proportions.
The same public sentiment that accom-
plished lis defeat would compel the
enactment, by the next Legislature, Of
measures that would mako political cor
ruption as it has prevailed in this
State for years, well nigh impossible
thereafter
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-05-14
ID pnnger ID \ pendlnrl.


In referring to the hugaboo held up
by the opponents of a non partisan
Constitutional Convention, the Lewes
Pilot says:
Those who are opposed to an equal
division of tho delegates to the Consti-
tutional Convention are very fond of
presenting to the easily frightened the
terrors of a deadlock and the inIpossi-
bility OF an agreement on the amend
meuta that may be submitted to the
Constitution, 1t is a reflection on the
honesty of the people of Delaware that
they cannot rise above party and up to
tho occasion by their chosen delegates.
1t may, however, be but the reflection
from the minds of a few political wire
pullers who cannot meet the occasion
and who, therefore, want to measure
other peoples liberality by their con-
tracted standard, 1t will be safe in tho
selection Of the delegates to keep in
mind those who have SO little con-
iidence in the people and necessarily
less confidence and disposition in them.
selves TO do the right to allow them to
remain on the outside of the conven-
tlon. Such men would but fument
discord and thwart what they now are
secretly opposing, Constitution
amended in accordance with the public
demand
This is good suggestion, and we
have no doubt that the people will pay
due heed TO it If they get the oppor-
tunity. There is no doubt that the
people will select the very best men for
the Constitutional Convention if their
efforts arc not thwartcd by designing
politicians.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-05-14
strIctnres on renher.An,.-


The history of popular delusions
elbows that the errors Of one age often
reappear long after they are aupposed
to be dead and buried. An instance is
found in the present agitation for the
free coinage of silver worth fifty cents
into coins which will Is legal tender
for one dollar. The arguments used in
support Of this preposterous scheme
are exactly the same as those which
were advanced more than one hundred
years ago in favor Of government
issues of legal-tender paper currgncv.
Now, as then, the cheap money ad.
vocates claim that the goyerument,s 8
stamp can fix or create value, and that
a law compelling the acceptance Of an
inferior kind of money in payment of
debts will keep it at par with money
OF a superior quality.
Structures On Tender Acts." first
published in Philadelphia in 1850 ana
republished as the latest number of
Sound Currency, is a clear and forcible
refutation of the evils Of iiatism ana
similar financial fallacies. Its author,
Pelatiah Webster, was one of the
famous pampheteers o! the American
Revolution. This pamphlet il written
in his best vein. In its exposure of
the evils and dangers of legal tondcr
legislation and deprecated currency
this treatise of the last century is AZ
valuable now as when it was written,
and It's protest against government
tampering with tho measure Of value
makes it an effective argument for tho
maintenance Of the goId standard.
Copies can he obtained by sendipp
hye cents to the Reform Club, NJ
William street, New Yorl, CITY.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-05-14
nlcKiulcy,s Ml.tnl,on silsuc,.

Tho Philadelphia Ledger is not u
Mckinley organ, by any means; on
the contrary, IL 6eems decidedly op.
posed 10 his nomination, However, it
recognizes tho fact that his success is
extremely probable, and desires him to
define'hia position upon the currehcy
question. 1t says;
Patriotic considerations should lead
BIN to mako frank avowa, for the
credit OF the country will be shaken IL
the belief should get abroad that tho
Republicans are even likely To nomi.
nate for President oliver advocate or
a trimmer, bound to tho silver men by
ante nomination pledges. The nomi-
nation of any man Mt St Louis who Ia
not known to the country as an un-
compromising supporter of a sound
currency, based upon gold, will not
have an unobstructed road to tho
White House; for ip such an event
the Democrats at Chicago would put a
sound money man on a sound money
platform and exchange few small
Southern States for the electoral votes
OF New York, Massachusetts, New
Jersey and Connecticut, all OF which
may be counted as surely Republican
II the convention at st. Louif should
not declare unequivocally for sound
money, not merely In its platform, but
in its candidate. The money question
has been iuggled with for twenty five
years, much as tho slavery question
was evaded and compromised until the
war brought 1t TO an issue. 1t is time
to settle the money question, peace.
fully, by the ballot, and this can only
be done by having candidates, as we'll
as conventions. declare unequivocally
for or against the only safe standard Of
value.
But patriotic considerations do not
affect Mckinley. 1t is merely ques.
tion Of expcdiency with him. lie will
attempt to stand with ono foot on a
silver pedestal and the other on gold
STOOL lie courts the votes OF the
friends Of sound money and of the ad.
vocates of free silver coinage, while
his personal convictions strongly in.
cline to the latter. But between the
two extremes he will probably fall to
defeat in the end.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-05-14
DRESS GOODS

May, queen OF the year, en-
phasizes the dress needs of tho
season. And matchless stocks
are ready for your choosing !
Think of it-no other store in
the whole world offers equal
selection. Visit London, vi
emma, Paris, stop at New York
as you start or end the trip,
and you've seen with much
worry, expense and loss of
time, what you may comfort
ably enjoy at Wanamaker's.
So much for the stock in its
entirety-twenty-one sections
of the store devoted to it.
And to this busiest spot
come all holders of large lots
ofworthy goods. Where prices
are right we buy-no matter
how big the offering.
Black Serge, a5c a yard
that would be an extra value
at 37Ac. The color the weav-
ing, the weight-all right.
Black Crepon. We have
sold thousands of yards Of
these grades at 81 and SI.a5.
And these are less because a
trade incident made them so.
Likely enough you'll see the
very next lot of them at the
old full fair price
46-inch Crepon, 5Oc instead of sl.25.
42-inch Crepon, 371Gc instead of 81.
And in colored dress stufs-
Covert Cloth-for travelling
dresses, bicycle suits, tailor
made suits. Here is a bunch
of the choicest-all imported
all at less than their fair
worth
Whipcord Melange Coverts, 81.
Fine Twilled Coverts, 81.
Whipcord Two-toned Coverts, s1.25.
Close-twill soft-flnish Coverts, S1.5O.
Each in the favorite color
mixtures.
JOHN WANAMAKER.