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\ sERvIcEABLE MARKER.
A Handy Farmer Can Easily Con.
- atrQCt One

A Handy Farmer Can Easily Con.
struct One.
I have used many different markers
Of various patterns, but none have
given Inc more satisfaction than the
M here described and illustrated
which is n of my own invention
While I would not advise its use in
breaking colts, l have drawn straight
rows with 1t, and with a skittish horse
by using one hand to guide the horse
and the other to steady the marker
Take two pieces (b) l inch thick, /:
inches wide and 10 feet long; to these
fasten 4 cross-pieces (cl. 9 inches wide
and 80 inches long. = feet ) inches and
6 feet 8 inches from the center toward
each emu. Then fasten two parked
poles (a) over the two center cross
pieces, giving the frame the desired
slant, allowing the poles to project 8
feet back of the frame and fasten to
another barked pole (e) Is feet long,
running parallel with the frame; at
the same time give the two psles the
proper shape for shafts. Brace the
handle pole (e) with two-inch strips I'D
fastened to the lower end Of the cross.
pieces (c) and to the tops Of the end
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-14
A BALD-HEADED FRESHMAN.
One Of Pennsylvania's Football
Players Wears a Wig.

One of Pennsylvnnin's Football
Players Wears a Wig.
The University Of Pennsylvania has
frequently been scored upon the age Of
some of the athletes who have attend
ed there in the past, but they have
never been charged with having bald
headed freshmen. Nevertheless, this
is a fact, although the students them
selves do not know 1t. When the fresh
man foot ball team was practicing re-
Gently against the varsity, the appall-
ing fact was discovered. The blg left
guard of the freshmen, running at a
varsity player, tackled him and threw
him. The freshman fell beneath, and
the crowd Of interference fell upon
him. All that could be seer Of him,
however, was a perfectly bald head,
extending from beneath the mass.
The players didn't know what to make
of it. and stood by gazing. forgetting
to release the imprisoned man. When
the crowd has disentangled itself the
big freshman hurriedly found the wig
with which he had concealed his de.
formity, aud shortly after disappeared
from the fleld.-Philadelphia Tele-
graph,
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Uses to Which His Photographic Dis.
covery May Well BE Put.
The discovery by Prof. Rontgen that
certain rays Of the solar spectrum in
visible to the eye will penetrate solids,
has been made public recently. We
are also told that the learned scientist
has applied his discoveries to photog-
raphy, and has succeeded in making
satisfactory negatives of the bones Of
a living mans hand.
An apparatus which will perform
this feat fills a long-felt want. 1t will
now be possible to settle definitely
whether the heads Of certain persons
r absolutely void, as might be main
tanned by inauctive argument, or pos
sess a cerebral nucleus or rudimentary
brain pith. Among other practical
problems within the scope Of the new
photography is the chronological stat
us of the breakfast egg the true con-
dition Of the early watermelon and
the determination of that worldwide
uncertainty: Did the baby really
swallow the safety-pin?
Pocket cameras may enable enter
prising reporters to discover the true
inside Of a deal, and there would he
no help for legislators with Doodle in
their clothes.
Actresses who pad will have to leave
the stage and there is hope that by
this beneticent invention. even an En-.
glishman will be able to get at the in
ner mysteries If a joke.-Buffalo
Times.
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NEAR TO AN ELECTION.
Vild Scenes In the Kentucky Legis.
Ifnnn

Wild Scenes in the Kentucky LeEis.
lature.
Frankfort, KY, March 1Q.--The SEN
atorial contest resulted in T. stampede
On u ballot and a panic IN the other
and bordered on a riot In both. The
friends of Senator Blackburn thought
he was elected at the end of the first
ballot, and began celebrating. Before
the confusion. subsidized, word was sent
everywhere that Blackburn was elect
ed. 1t was a mistake that twas easily
made during such a stampede, but 1t
is the general opinion that 1t required
q great effort to prevent the election of
Secretary Corlisle on the next ballot.
The Republican leaders in the house
became confused If not demoralized
early in the morning when they per-
mitted the postponement of the Dun
lap-Kaufmann contest instead of car
rying out the decree of last nights
caucus. to GUST Kaufman the first
thing and get Dunlap in before the
senate could retaliate previous to the
joint ballot.
The key to the contest was the pair
between W~eissinger, a hard money
Democrat, and Chambers, Republican.
When it became evident that, unless
this pair was broken. Blackburn would
be elected, Welssinger, from his sick
bed in the hotel, released Chambers il
the latter would vote for Carlisle. This
act defeated Blackburn, as the STAN
pede had reached its climax. The
sound money Democrats had gone over
to Blackburn, while the Republicans
were rushing to, Carlisle. The vote of
Chambers for Carlisle did more than
all gavels, presiding officers and SER
geants-at-arms for order. There was
a panic when Mr.. Lyons. Republican
Of Newport, said he would vote for
Blackburn If the Republicans went to
Carlisle
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Casualties.

A distinct earthquake shock was felt
at Caldwell, Kan. No damage was
done.
The loss by fire III Long Island City
last night is estimated ut 100000. Tie
principal loss is on the bagging fac
tory Of Peter Young.
The Highland candy factory, a large
6ve-story structure at Cincinnati, was
burned, entailing a loss of $4,000; the
insurance is $4,000.
The G%cnessee, an immense apart
ment building at Utica, N. Y, burned.
Mrs. David Hughes vas killed by fall
ing from a fire escape, and Mrs. John
Wood is missing.
G. Natter, an old cigarmaker of Mar
ion, Ind, was in Xenia, Ohio, on a
visit and took his two children to 2
matinee. During the play he fell from
his seat, dying in a few moments Of
heart disease.
Miss Pauline Clarke and Miss Mary
Greeves, both of Westmoreland City,
Pa, and Richard Garland Of onaf.on
were rem down by a freight train ard
all we're instantly killed. The party
was returning from an entertainment.
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There Was Nobody Therc

wan NVOOoy IneEc,
same dayy"
1T was a cruel Jest Of Nellic's."
yet b menat no harm"
Nevertheless, I should like to pay
her back in her own coin"
"Yes; how can we manage ity'
LOOK. Molly! Here is Capt. Ours
ton coming up the drive. We VIII pre-.
tend thatkNeilie and l are engaged"
Delightful"
The captain entered and exchanged
greetings.
'Have you heard the news, Capt.
Durston?" said Molly.
what news?"
"Nellie has accepted an offer Of mar
rage"
Eyes, 1 am delighted to say I am
quite aware of It,"
Molly and Mr.. Beaumont exchanged
glances.
"Why, who told your"
"Ha! ha! Who in the world should
tell me but your cousin herself?"
"Nellie? Impossib,ew
"Not at all. I have just authorized
the announcement in the county news
paper"
"The deuce you have" exclaimed
MI. Beaumont.
And why not sir?"
Because 1t is utterly false, SIR"
"Sh-h! What is the matter?" cried
Nellie, running into the room. "Surely
you two gentlemen are not going to
quarrel here!"
Capt. Durston states on your au-
thority, Miss Nellie, that you are en-
gagged to be married."
1T is perfectly true. I believe l
am"
Molly threw herself into an easy
chair and began to sob and show signs
Of becoming h%ysterical. Nellie and
Durston stood looking bewildered,
while Beaumont regarded Nellie with
q glance Of mingled surprise and con-
tempt.
II thought" said Beaumont, "this
farce was at an end, Miss Nellie"
Farce! What do you mean"
Suddenly q smile broke over her face
and she burst into a peal Of laughter.
AS soon as she was capable of speech
she explained that she was privately
before, and that he had actually come
that afternoon to announce the fact.
She also enlightened her future hus-
band as to the cause of all the con-
fusion.
TEsa nyr~. o~ly laughed, everybody
congratulated everybody, and every
body was in the end supremely happy.
But three of the company insisted
that Nellie was a wicked, meddlesome.
mischievous little thing, and that she
would have to be kept well in hand
when she became Mrs. Durston.-Tit-
Bits.
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From FOREIGN shores.

A dispatch from Guines, province CT
Havana. says that the insurscnt lead
ers, Maceo and Castillo. are wounded.
The London Chronicle says that it is
virtually certain that President K-n-
ger Of the Transvaal will con to
England.
a London dispatch to the Berlin Lo-
kalauzeiger says that at Russin's re
quest the Porte intends to expel from.
Asia Minor all English and American
missionaries.
france is going to spend $2OO.OM
for a fitting representation at the cor
onation of the car on May IL. TIL
head Of the extraordinary mission wi
be Gen. de Boisdeffre, chief Of the ge..
eral stan Of the French army.
The London Telegraph says that it
understands that Emperor Williams
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miscellaneous.


The Ohio house has passed the bill
making Lincoln's birthday q legal hol-
iday.
A New York florist, for the sole
right to the famous carnation known
as the "Murella," has paid its discov-
erer $4,000.
The question of bonding Dickinson
county. Mich, for $32,WN for a court
house, was carried by 1000 majority.
Iron Mountain Is the county seat.
Holders Of the first mortgage
bonds Of the Pittsburg & Western rail.
road have taken the initial steps in q
movement to protect their interests In
view Of a re%ceivership.
The Florence Crittenden Rescue mis-
sion was started in Butte, Mont, to-
day by G. N. Crittenden and his asso-
ciates. About $1,000 was subscribed
at once, of which Crittenden gave $500.
Farmers Of Concord. Mich, have
adopted resolutions making the salar-
les Of county officers proportionate
with the price Of farm products. This
will call for a general reduction.
Agents Of the Cuban revolutionists,
working from st. Louis as a common
center, are sending from the vicinity
from forty to fifty men q week to join
the forces of Gomez on the island.
J%Ourneymen stone masOns Of St.
Louis have demanded an increase in
wages from 10 to so cents per hour.
The bosses are disposed to grant the
advance.
Judge Cox of the Washington dis
fYi0f C1nrnrnn o01,,sf Onno3nfos1 MncSro
Cowen and Murray receivers for the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad for that
jurisdiction.
A meeting OF officials Of the Balti-
more y Ohio and representatives of
the syndicate took place ut the offices
of the Mercantile Trust company. in
New York. Extreme reticence was OBJ
served by all concerned as to the re-
suit Of the conference.
The Republican county convention at
Springfield, ILL.,, adopted resolutions
indorsing Shelby NJ. Cullom for presi-
dent Of the United States. David NJ.
Iittler, who presided at the conven-
ton, announced that he was authorized
to say that Senator Cullom was q can
didate for president.
Brig. Gen. Cozzens, Of the Salvation
Army in Cincinnati, says: 1.-THE story
that all the brigadiers in the Salvation
army In this country are English Is
not true. On the contrary. with the
possible exception of Brig. Gen. Evans
Of New York, all the brigadiers in the
army in America are n%aturalized citi-
zens of the United States"
Judge G. B. Kilgore of Oklahoma
Territory, has issued an i~mportant.or
der authorizing Reviewer Scott to is
! sue certificates of Indebtedness, paya.
BILE in six months in gold, to the
amount Of $11.tNN per mile, against
the Denison & Northern railroad. to lie
used in laying off Indebtedness and
the construction Of the road.
Miss Gertrude Middleton became W.
| olently insane and was taken to the
Athens Ohio asylum Immediately.
She went there in December, and has
since been. writing poems for Eastern
magazines. Failing to secure recogni.
ton or remittances she soon became
penniless. and brooding over her troub-
les unsettled her mind.
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-14
Home.Mndc Mnrker.

pieces. Brace the shafts crosswise
from the handle to the shaft poles two
feet in front Of the frame; also by q
heavy wire extending from the top Of
the end crosspieces to the shafts, two
feet from the front end. A singletree
~ Is secured to the X. Bore holes In
the middle of each long frame strip,
and every six inches each way,
through which, by the use Of bolts, the
marking legs IL, 81 or 4 feet long, are
fastened any desired distance apart,
car being taken to have the draft as
evenly divided Is possible by having
the legs the same distance from the
center on each side. Let the end leg
trace the last mark made, and the
rows will be Of a uniform width. In
turning, hook the elbows under the
pole, using the hands to guide the
horse around.-H. A. Ran in Orange
Judd Farmer.
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HIS FINGER FULL OF SNAKES.
A Georgia Negro Who Has Queer At
t0cks of LunacY.

A Georgia Negro Who Has Queer At
tacks of Lunacy.
win Gates was locked up ut police
headquarters on a charge Of lunacy.
He is a f%requenter Of the priron en-
that charge, always being released
after a short Incarceration. Several
times he has been tried for lunacy. but
always escapes being sellt to the asy-
lum.
Will has snakes III his finger ends,
according to his Imagination. He de-
voted several hours time yesterday in
pulling the reptiles from the middle
finger Of his left hand a.:d he d la. ed
that plenty more Of them were inside.
The result Of his work is a swolen
hand, necessitating the attention of a
doctor last night. He picked a hole in
his finger and irritated it 80 that the
member Is swollen to double its or
binary size. The negro is ip excruci-
ating pain on account OF. his spell and
he spent the most Of last night in pray.
ing for mercy and cold water.
Gates Is a genuine negro Of the old
type. He halls from near Granville,
and is a celebrity in local lunacy CIR
cles. He has probably run the gaunt-
lct Va TIC AunulAC Ce1lS ulOIS uiu any
man of his age In the city, and he is
proud OF the record, he says. He main-
tains that some 'niggers' accuse him
Of being crazy "kase de'y don't hike
me- he says. His greatest trouble is
In extracting imaginary snakes from
his hand, and it is his work of that
kind that usually causes his arrest fol
lunacy.--Atlanta Constitution.
Uncle Remus' Financial Problem.
One Of the features of the countr,
fair or circus in the South Is the large
number of ''snack stands" always
found on the grounds and presided
over by negroes, who are thus able to
make small sums. In the North these
"snack stands" would be called re-
freshment stands but the negro no
menclature still obtains III the South.
An old Uncle Remus dispensing corn
pone and ginger bread from behind
n of these stands on circus day in a
small; country town. Sauntering along
the street banked on either side by
these snacks, l saluted this particular
negro with a "Good morning, Uncle;
how are you getting along to-dayy'
"Mornin', white folks; mornin'. Use
Jess dom tOlable, jess tolable." What
is the trouble, uncle-business bady'
"Not 'zacly, not 'zacly, but dey is con-
ditions, Y see, when I hyad dat de
calcus was comm to town Mandy an
me lowed as how we ought to have a
snack, but we didn't hab no money to
buy de stuff. But de grocer lowed as
how he could let US had de stuff, and
den pay fur 1t after we done sold out.
So hyar's u stand. We wus ketchin'
up fust-class till desc fool-niggars
round hyah begin to cut prices jess
de same. Now, it's dis way. IL l
don't sell all de stuff Use got to go to
de gaud house, an If l do sell all my
stuff at desc cut prices, hab enough
money to pay de grocer, an Ill hab to
go to de quad house anyhow. Use jess
doin' tOlable. white folks; jess doin'
tolable. columbus (Ga.) Dispatch.
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Sowing Glover Seed.

Having had much experience, as
well as success, in the matter of SOW
Ing clover seed, l am frequently asked
o give my plan Of doing it. Many
farmers believe that all depends on
p time the seed is sown. This Is a
mistake, as all. depends on the condi-
ton OF the soil. Until recent wears
farmers In Southwestern Ohio sowed
most Of their seed very cariy-gener-
ally in February. There is nothin:
gained by early sowing, but much is
lost, as our farmers have learned to
their sorrow. They are more than ever
convinced of this fact since two ear
ago, when nearly all of the early
sown clover was killed by a late cold
spell. ! have practlced both early and
tate sowing for many years, and shall
SOW no. more before March 10. prefer
ring from that date up to the 25th. II
during this period the conditions are
right ! low; 1t not, it Ia sown later.
The condition that 1 require is that
the ground be slightly frozen, Just
enough to cause the surface to become
srenghs0r honeyc0mbed. Seed sown on
such 4 surface will naturally find the
lowest places, win fall to the. bottom
sce NJ cell-ltke crevIces, and whenSa
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-14
Washington Talk.


a dispatch to the commissioner OF
Indian affairs announces the death ut
Shawnee, Oklt., of Paul F. Faison, one
OF the five inspectors of the bureau.
The controller Of the currency Is
sued a call upon national banks Tor a
statement OF their condition ut the
close Of business on Friday, Feb. ~,
1896.
The house committee on invalid pen
slons decided to report favoraby the
I'LL passed by the senate granting to
the widow of the eX-Secrctary .Gresn'
am n pension of 500 per month.
Commissioner of Pensions Lochren
has informed Mrs. Belva a. Lockwood
that her appeal from the action OF the
pension office in requiring her to re-
fund So in a certain claim has been al.
lowed and the money will be returned
to her.
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-14
Evil D0inxs.

During a quarrel at Cheviot, O., a
suburb Of Cincinnati, Harry Matlock
shot and killed Mrs. Anna Strong, wife
Of the proprietor Of the Cheviot hotel.
Mrs. George P. Harris, stamp clerk
in the p~ostotfice at Memphis, Tenn,
has been arrested on a charge of EN-
bezzling about $4,000.
DIR. P. Rhoades has been placed on
trial at Owenboro, KY on the charge
Of numbering "a Mr. Robinson, a
MIS-. Robinson.
The st. Louis c%oroner's jury has re-
turned a verdict Of justitiable homicide
IL the case of the dentist. DR.. A. Dill,
who shot and killed DR.. ]. ]. Seaman,
bis assistant.
The jury in the Van Tassel case ut
New Hampton, Iowa, brought in a
verdict Of guilty and fixed his punish
ment at hard labor in the p~enitentiary
for life.
The jury in the case Of the state
against w. N. Lane of Lexington, Ky.
indicted for killing H. e. Rodenbaugh
aud his son. have disagreed and have
been discharged after being out three
days.
Jokotho Uchida, q japanese student
ut Cornell college, Mount Vernon, To-,
a ward Of the Methodist church, and
well known as a lecturer, committed
suicide this morning while in a de-
spondent mood, by cutting his throat.
Maj. r. r. Conover Of Perry, o. T.,
Of the foremost G. A. II. men in
Oklahoma, was sandbagged and
rubbed Of q large sum of money. He
was found unconscious in his room.
The schooner Nellie Woodbury. from
Havti for New York with a cargo Of
logwood is shore near Long Beach,
l.. 1. Six men, comprising her crew,
were landed safely.
David Petty, who killed James Chan
dler in Muskogee, 1. r., last summer,
has been arrested in Montague county.
Tex. Petty also killed Deputy Marshal
Thurlow, who attempted to arrest him
ut Duncan, l. T.. for the crime.
Melville Kennedy. colored. was
lynched by a mob at Windsor, S. c.,
for alleged assault on a young woman.
Lieut. Col. Edwin b. Dow Of the lieu.
tenant-general's staff, military order
knights of the Golden Eagle at Bos-
ten, has confessed the enlightenment
of about $500 from the Martin Il
Brother company, rubber web manu-
facturers of Chelsea, whose confidential
bcokkeeper he was. The money. ha
says, he expended in advancing him
self in the order.
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Garden plow ana Tracer.

A prize has been awarded to William
Il. Adams by the Practical Farmer for
the sketch accompanying this.
For the garden pillow (see Fig. II take
a piece of 2x2h inch beam. 4 feet long;
attach to beam the iron foot of an old
Avery single stock. or make one.a and q
pair of small handles. Get a wheel 2
feet in diameter IAN old wheel barrow
wheel or the wheel in the pulley of q
we'll pulley is good and with iron fork
secure to the end of the plow beam
and to the. axle Of the wheel. Get your
blacksmith to make you an assert
ment Of small shovels, sweeps and a
hoe, the latter a simple piece of fiat
steel two inches wide, as long as de-
sired and sharp on one side (the land
side of a turning pillow is good.) When
attached to the pillow 1t runs almost
fat and can be run under weeds and
very close to plants; kills weeds and
loosens the surface Of the soil. Watch
your little boys and girls that they do
not pillow the garden too much with 1t,
For the tracer (see Fig. q take q
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programme T6f the year doeB not Id:
clnde a visit to Cowes, which indi-
Gates that he does not intend to take
part in the regatta this year.
From an official document which
has been laid before the Ottawa parli-
alncnt it is evident that the Canadian
authorities are resisting the pressure
from the United States government
FOR a revision Of the Behring e reg.
ulatiOns.
The grand jury Of Kay county, Okla,
besides returning indictments against
county commissioners, have nov In.
dicted Dan B. Lawhead, register Of
deeds, and Virgil H. Brown, probate
judge, charging them with malfeas+
ance In Office and drunkenness.
-Four masked men broke into q house,
the property of Jonn P. Jones, a farm.
er living seventeen miles west Of Per.
~, Okla. last night, and while one
OF them ravished his young wife the
others ransacked the house, securing
$5UO and many va4uables. )
The jury in the case Of Aid. John
May. the Kansas City politician charged
with elec,ion frauds, reporled Il dis.
agreement, after being out seventy.two
III urs, and was discharged. The vote
stood seven for conviction and five for
acquittal.
Calais, the man who started to
wheel his wife around the world in q
wheelbarrOW last summer, has re-
turned to France with the story that
they We're attacked by wolves III q for
est in Crotia. and his wife was &c bad
ly hurt that she died soon after at BEL
grade. He is ready to start again,
however.
The list Of artists upon whom decor.
atlOLs have been conferred by the
French government during the past
year has been made public by the min
istre des beaux arts. The list vas an
unusually short one there being only
four names upon it. The only Anleri-
al mentioned was William II. Howe,
the cattle painter of New York, upon
whom was conferred the decoration Of
officer d'Academie. .
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ch~.p ut the rric.

II paid a dollar and a half for this
seat" said the angry plebian in the
front row. land didn't come here
merely to listen to your chatter"
"AIy deah fellaw,"' suavely responded
Chollie from the box. ''tlieah aw per.
sons who have gone to the expense Of
Thousands and still were unable to get
within hearing distance Of any Of ouah
set. You have q bawsain.'-Indian-
spolls Journal
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-14

piece Of Gx6-inch beam. 6 inches long,
and round; put iron rod In the center
for axle. Bore holes in the cylinder as
close us possible and make pegs to
fasten in the holes. Make SIEVE. al sets
of different sizes to be used for max
ing large or small, deep or shallow
holes. Use fork handle attached to
the axle of the cylinder. 1t is the best
tracer and dibber I ever saw. Spaces
rapid and exact for planting seeds or
setting out cabbage. onion, potato, to.
mato and other plants.