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The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06

-o-AIylng glass That l
len a holding a proof
cid it up to the sun and
focused on a piece of pa
on praying, and just as l
said, Lord, deliver me- the paper
lighted, and l soon had a raging fire
and a hot fish breakfast.
"You may smile as much as you
please, boys, but I knew I was saved
by praying.
But that's not all. l was awak-
ened from my after-breakfast nap by
the sound Of an approaching train. 1t
proved to be an express, with the engine
and one passenger car, and seemed to
be running at slow speed. Imagine
my feelings when I saw it come to a
dead stop right in front of where l was.
But that is nothing to the way I felt
when four stalwart men. armed with
Winchesters. alighted and came
straight toward me. They pointed
their guns straight at me and told me
to hold up NJ ha.ds. | was almost in
a.daze. but mana.ri to obey. Then
The leader came UP TO me and placing
nis hand on my shoulders, said: You
are my prisoner. Come abos I'd the
train, and make no resistance under
pain Of DEATH
II knew that there was som. mis-
take, but saw that the occasion wa
not M for parley, SO I meekl.J sub
United. and in an hour we w.,re II
Peoria. I guess you all know wher'
that is. II you don't you ought 10
They make the very worst XII I'd o
'booze' there. Lord. but the thou;iht o
Peoria .tanglefoot' sets me dizzy.
sBntsto return to my story. o. tn
wayYtosPeoria l learned that l was un
defa 4uaEdsof a sheriff's posse and tina
thesSl4arge against me was murder.
asAssyounE girl had been murdered b
atr1mp the previous night, and he ha
gono,in the direction that I was found
ThAstraina came to a sudden stop a mil
from town. The engineer nc
mob a little wav ahead.
" appal
W
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
Bull New. From T.com..

Tacoma, Feb.27.-The price of wheat
in the Tacoma market has advanced
S cents, making an advance of Is
cents in two days. At the close of
business yesterday No. l club was
quoted Mt IS cents, and No. 1 blue
stem Mt 90 cents. or about IL cents
above Chicago quotations.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
Didn't Give 1t Time.

Colonel Bluegrass-"Have you any
criticism to make ON our whisky,
sah?"
Stranger-"It seems to me 1t lacks
age"
Colonel Bluegrass-"You must re-
member this is Kaintucky, sah."
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
breaking the Nova,

He (gloomily)-1 am to speak 10 your
father this afternoon.
She-He will be gracious to you,
dear; I am sure he will.
He-Fathers are mighty uncertain. l
have an idea. You are much better
acquainted with him than l am. You
see him first AMI break the news of the
engagement. 1t might save him q
shock. am sure it would save me
one.-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
What Mother Says.

she-It seems almost impossible that
you should love me.
He-That's what mother says. How
nicely you and she will get along If
O always agree like that.-Harlem
Life.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
Two YieWa.

"Plunks is all torn up about that
burglary"
Eyes; and Mrs. Plunks is tickled to
death because now everybody knows
that she had seven dozen silver spoons
to be stolen"
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
Yhe. Way with relations.

She-Have you many poor relations7
He-None that | know.
She--Many rich ones?
He-None that know me.-Tit-Bit
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
A More Serious Case.

Mrs. Watts-Isn't it a good deal Of
annoyance to get your meals at such ir-
regular hours? Hungry ~Higgins-Ths
irregular hours amt so bad as the ir.
regular days.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
Good Medicine.

well, nurse, is the patient taking
that tablespoonful of brandy that I or
dered him this morning."
Rather, doctor. He's twenty ahead"
Fun.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
Why They Object.

why do your parents object to MI.
Longstop?"
Edith-"Mamma objects to his short
comings and papa to his long stay
ings."-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
A Stationary Tourist.

"Quaintly talks like a man that has
travelled all over every country on
earth"
Never was out of the state in his
life. but he has the finest private col
lection of guide books in existence"
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
4 x:.OO.Ot,O Blaxe,

Canton, Ohio. March .. - The inn
mense plant of the Middle Branch of
the Portland and Diamond Cement
company. located ten miles north of
here. was burned. 1t was valued at
$2OO,UD0; partly insured.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
s.-x.. the Same purno.e.

In days of old the knights, though bold
To battle went in armor clad.
To-day they might go out to fight
Attired in their button fad.
Cincinnati Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
skxrockct In HI. Eye

Ashland. Wis, Feb. 2S.-The damage
case of Seeger against the city Of
Ashland al decided in West Superior,
the jury giving Seeger $3.50 damages.
The verdict is for injury to his eye
caused by being struck by a ~skyrocket.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
Took Him at His Word.

Auctioneer-And now, ladies and
gentlemen, what bid do I hear for this
massive gold-mounted Carrara marble
Einel tower movement mantler'-
worth at ~ -.r ,
SO? :
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
A Quality Of Frankness.

"There's one thing I like about the
Camel" observed the Tiger to the
Lion at feeding time.
What is that?" asked the king of
beasts.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
Essentials for a Husband.

There are six necessities, you know,
for a happy marriage"
What are thee"
First, a good husband"
"And the others?"
THE other five are money."-La Ca
:icaturc.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06

Bell-"My cousin tells me he never
made love to a girl in his life"
Nell-"No. Widows are his spe-
clalty."
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
The United Kin.dou
beat the unicorn all about the

h United Kingdom.
The lion and the unicorn fought for the
crown,
The lion beat the unicorn all about the
town,
And yet in spite of all that the unicorn
assisted
The lion when he had to get his royal
tail UNFINISHED.
Detroit Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
A Perverted Compliment,
"She tells the truths"

There's one thing 1 must say in
Mrs. Chatterby's favor" said one wo-
man.
"She tells the truth"
YES" was the reply, in q tone Of
tiredness, 'and she's constantly at 1t.
I never saw such a horrld gossip
Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
PITH Of THE NEWS.
EVENTS IF THE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.

. General nesvne Of the Most In.
porta1t News Of the Week, From
all Parts Of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged In Con.
venient Forn for Rapid Per.
usal BY Busy People.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
THE JOKBBgS CORNER.
WIT. HuMoR AND SATIRE ORIG
INAL AND 9ELEcTEp.
He Didn't Give the Whisky Time to
Get In Its Deadly Work-Wldows His
specislty-A Spellblnder-Hls Invari-
able Practice.
, r f I sit down in

HEN I sit down in
the silence
OF my little.
lonely room,
Then put
away the fam
cles
That crowd round
me in the
gloom;
call my
shadow = chill
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06

And 1 clasp them to my breast.
And I give them motl.cr-ktsses,
And / sing them songs Of rest.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06

A Disturber squelched.
'''''hat did you stop, that clock
Jane?"
=. the plaguey TIL
= every morn
- Sleep
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06

-Maud! You did-you most certainly
did greatly encourage me! You told
me you were. worth 5000, 900 in your
own name.-Tid-Bi Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06

Two wee things, with eyes like pansies,
Wet with mornings dewy kiss:
How l strain them to my bosom
Whence all day their forms I miss!
And l touch their yellow ringlets.
AS a miser counts his gold;
/ am looking over treasures
With a value all untold.
l am sad at twilight,
With my babies on my breast,
With my little shadow-children.
Safe In mothers arms al rest.
You may call it idle fancy
OF a weak and wearied brain.
But tonight my arms will fold them
To my mother-heart again.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
His Speciality.

HE always comes out flat-footed."
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

a copy of the photograph of the alleged
dead .'Hillmon.' 1t was the lost son,
Walters. When this CHASTITY photo
graph was shown to the aged mother
she exclaimed, 20 God, it is my son."
and tainted.
More than twenty witnesses from
Fort Madison identified the photo
graph. The Odd Fellows lodge, of
which Walters was a member. con-
WINGED of his murder, paid his life
insurance. A monument has been
erected to the memory of this victim
of assassins-
All of the relatives of Hillmon. in
Guiding his brothers and sisters, swear
that the body is not that of Hillmon.
At the last trial all of the jurymen
except one were on the side of the in
surance companies. although they are
corporations and the supposed plaintiff
is widow. Sympathy for widow
and hatred of corporations have kept a
case in court Il years that. had both
parties been citizens. would have been
decided on the first trial.
In view of the facts here stated. the
action of the state superintendent of
insurance in debarring the companies
interested from doing business in Kan
sas on account of their contesting this
Hillmon claim. is perhaps naturally
considered by them as both arbitrary
and unjust
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
ANTI-DoCKAGE LAW VOID.

Judge Alden Holds That the Kansas Legis-
lative Act Interferes with Private Con-
tracts.
KANSAS CITY, Kan, May 11.-Judge
Alden, of the district court of this
county. rendered decision yesterday
in which he held that the new Kansas
anti-dockage law was invalid and un-
constitutional. The question of the
constitutionality of the law was raised
in the case of Abram E. Beggs. chief
hog buyer for the Armour Packing Co.,
who was arrested on the charge of vio-
lating the new anti-dockage law by
purchasing hogs of G. w. Marley, of
Oswego. Kan, subject to the dockage
rule in force in Chicago and St Louis
Judge Alden's decision holding the
law unconstitutional was based on
the declaration that it interfered with
the right of private contracts. He said
in substance that the act called the
Kansas anti-dockage law was not in
any sense a police regulation. 1t was
not designed to prohibit the sale of
barred sows or stays, but its intent
was to prevent the owners of hogs
from making contracts for the DISPOSE
ton of their own property, in which
the public had no interest.
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Humorous PencIlings.

"The dearest spot on earth is home,
sings the poet. and, as matter of
fact, many Of us find it is the most eX-
pensive.
The tendency of the times is illus
trated by the fact that the bicycle ad-
vertisements are crowding the camera
advertisements out of the magazines
and newspapers.
When woman has 4 pretty hand
and wrist and new pair of gloves,
she doesn't object SO strenuously to
standing up in a street car and cling
ing to strap as she might otherwise.
1t always gives young woman a
queer feeling when she meets an old
man who tells her that her grand
mother, dead and gone for 30 years,
was once engaged to him.
Some people are born poor, some
achieve poverty, and others have to
support their poor relations.
When a man has run a mile to see a
fire, in his secret heart he always feels
a little disappointed if the firemen
put it out before the damage has
reached $50.
business man can always tell when
his office boy has an unusually good
lunch, because he isn't particular to
go behind the roll-top desk to eat it,
Somerville Journal
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GEORGIA RACE WAR.
Negroes Mob the Store of Man Who Had
Killed One of Their Number.

Negroes Mob the Store of a Man Who Had
Killed One of Their Number.
WAYCRoss, Ga. May IA race war
at'Demar, little town near here, re-
suited in bloodshed yesterday. c. A..
Demory, a storekeeper, refused to wait
on William Simmons, negro politi-
clan of some repute. Simmons at
tempted to brain him with scale
weight, whereupon Demory shot and
killed him. About four o'clock the
store was attacked by mob of ne
groes, who kept volleys of bullets
pouring through the thin sides of the
building until eight o'clock at night.
They seriously wounded Demory, Will
liam Hensell, James Boyd and two
brothers named Williamson. The
sheriff and a posse from Valdesta
drove the mob away and placed a
guard about the wounded men for the
night. A number of the negroes were
shot, but none were killed, SO far as
can be learned
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
THE HoRsELEss CARRIAGE
1t IL az Yet a Somewhat Imperfect
Mechanism. E.l

1t II a. Yet somewhat Inper1ect
Mechanism.
The opinion ut the present time of
those best fitted to judge of the future
of the motor carriage is as follows:
Steam will probably be used and it will
be generated by means of liquid fuel.
1t will be necessary to invent suitable
air-condensers to obviate the clouds Of
steam. and to provide means of dispos-
ing &C the smoke and cinders. This
opinion is based upon the soundness of
our knowledge of the properties Of
steam and upon it's steadiness of action
under definite conditions. 1t is not be-
lieved by the chief authorities that the
practical motor carriage can be mafle
very light; and it is not thought, for
instance. that light motor can be made
which would be a serviceable attach
ment for an ordinary bicycle to assist
the rider to mount hills or even to take
part in the propulsion over level, smooth
roads. Such motors undoubtedly can be
made, but they are not fitted for every
day use. In the first days of the popli-
larity Of the bicycle hundreds of in
genious inventions were made for in
creasing the range of the machine. The
tendency was to make all the parts as
light as possible. Longer experience has
shown that complicated mechanism
does not stand the wear and tear of
daily use. The modern machine has
been shorn of many so-caued improve
rnents. and it's weight has begun to in
crease. for it has been found that ma
chimes weighing less than 20 pounds are
not serviceable on common roads. The
motor carriage of the future will prob
nbly initiate the bicycle in its rubber
tires and ball bearings; it will have a
very respectable weight, and it will re-
Guire a smooth road.-Prof. John Trow,
bridge. S. D.. in Chautauquan.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
CRUEL IN THE PARLOR.


1t Was Served Only Under Vigorous Pro-
tests.
The old-time hospitality of the south
included certain established customs,
the Importance of which was felt by
all, from the master to the youngest
servant on the place. How sacred these
observances were may be judged from
the difficulty which Mr.. John Howard
Payne. the author of Home. Sweet
Home once had in obtaining hum
BILE bowl of Cruel instead of the more
elegant refreshments usually offered to
visitors. He was living at little
tavern in a southern town, and went
with woe-begone face to friends house
one morning.
Miss Mary" he pathetically in
quired, do you know what Cruel is?'
Indeed. l do. Why, what is the
matter?"
"Oh, those horrid biscuit at the
tavern seem compounded of saleratus,
lard and half-baked -four. Could you
have me dish of Cruel prepared"
Certainly can," she answered, and
fastened to the kitchen to lay the case
before Aunt Minda, the family cook.
''Lor, Miss Mary exclaimed the
ebony priestess of pots and pans, yer
know yer nav not gwine ter like that!
l never knowed Cruel carried inter her
parlor ter company. Yer got no pride,
chile"
But, Aunt Minda-"
go long in ter the house an give yer
frien' fruit cake an pineapple cheese,
Miss Mary"
s.R,t Amt Mind
Don keer. chile! Cruel ain ter be
carried inter the parlor, nohow."
But Mr.. Payne has dyspepsia, Aunt
Minda. He's sick, and doesn't want
anything but your Cruel"
This appeal conquered the old ne
gress, who prided herself as much on
nursing as on cooking, and the Cruel
was prepared.
But Rob. the house-boy, had yet to
be reckoned with. He was as fiustered
as Aunt Minda by such compromise
of dignity. He would have proudly
and promptly presented cake and wine,
but Cruel, in his opinion, would be-
smirch the family escutcheon forever.
He entered into a long argument,
which ended in his sulkily carrying
the tray of Cruel to the visitor. His
wounded feelings were notified. how
ever when he saw the steaming bever-
age quaffed like nectar.
Rob- said Mr.. Payne, lis there any
more Cruel where that came from?'
''Lor, yes, Mr.. Payne. There is
bushels
well, bring me another bowl, them
said the visitor. gratefully, slipping a
dollar into the boys hand.-Youth's
COMPANION.
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VICTORIA AND THE SENTRY.
Her ThouShtfulness for Man Whose
Mother Was Dying.

Her Thoughtfulness for Man Whose
Mother Was Dying.
The mother of one of the sentries at
Windsor castle was seriously Him
deed in dying condition-yet the son
was required by his superior officer to
be on duty as usual. Her majesty
knew of the woman's illness, as indeed
she knows about everything relating
to the family life of her servants; moth
ing is too trivial for her notice AS
suming that. permission would of
course have been given to the young
sentry to go to his mothers dying bed.
the queen issued no special order to
that effect herself In the afternoon,
when returning from her usual after
luncheon drive, she noticed that the
sentry was in his usual place at the
castle entrance.
Instantly her majesty ordered her
carriage to be stopped and, leaning
out to where the young fellow stood,
she said with terrible emphasis:
What, you here?' The sentry. my
informant relates, not understanding
the drift of the royal inquiry, was
ready to drop with fright and possibly
expected to be sent to the Tower
straightaway. Needless to say, he
was too alarmed to speak. Soon, how
ever, he learned that the queens in
dignation was not against him, but
against those who had kept him at his
post when a beloved mother was dying.
Her majesty told him to hasten home
without delay and afterward caused
special inquiries to be made as to
whether he was in time to see his
mother alive. which happily was the
case.-Woman at Home.
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AN EXPENSIVE JOINTIST.

Death OF John Schroeder, Whom Sedgwick
County Expended $4,000 in Prosecut-
ing.
WICHITA. Kan. May 11.-John Schroe-
der, of Goddard. probably the most
persistent violator of the prohibitory
liquor law in Kansas, died here yester-
day. Tiger Rill' Campbell, who,
while assistant encouragement, was
on Schroeder's trail for months, says
Schroeder has cost Sedgwick county in
court costs over $4,000 He was one
of the oldest settlers in the county,
and was once wealthy, but lost in
liquor litigation.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


A FIERCE battle occurred between
the Greeks and Turks at Avail, be-
tween Velestino and Pharsalos, on the
5th, in which the Turks were defeated,
both sides suffering heavy loss. The
Greek princes received an ovation from
the army when the fighting was over.
1t was reported at London that Russia
had begun to take action in the direc-
ton of mediation, but the difficulty
was that Greece would not accept the
Russian terms.
A BERLIN dispatc of the nth said
that the king of Greece had formally
asked for the mediation of the emperor
of Russia in the war between Greece
and Turkey.
A LETTER has been published from
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, to the sec
rotary of the Tariff Reform league at
Newark, N. j., in which the senator
states that he favors a permanent
tariff commission and hopes an amend
ment of that nature will be incor-
porated in the Dingley bill now before
the senate.
INFORMATION reached Key West, Fla.
from Cuba that Gomez will soon be in
Havana province, when a hard blow
was expected to be struck by the in
surgent forces. The commander-in-
chief had passed into Matanzas prov
ince and was marching toward the
capital.
A CORRESPONDENT at ConStantinople
learns from a circular addressed by
the Sheikh-ul-Islam to the imans that
sacred edict is being prepared for a
holy war.
HENRY A. ROBINSON, of Michigan,
the statistician of the agricultural de-
partment at Washington, has rendered
his resignation and Mr.. John Hyde. of
Nebraska, has been appointed to sue
coed him.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has intimated
to the directors of the Nashville eX-
position that he will accept no invita-
tions taking him from Washington
until after the disposal of the tariff
bill.
A DISPATCH of the 9th said that
Greece had made a written application
to the powers, through their represent
atives at Athens, with a view of OBJ
tanning mediation.
THE president has nominated Frank
D. Healey to be register of the land
office at Woodward, Ok.
CHAIRMAN DINGLEY is reported to
have said that if the tariff bill pro-
duced any surplus revenue it could be
used to redeem the greenbacks.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

AT the Tennessee Centennial expo
sition grounds the other day Prof.
Arthur Barnard. physical instructor of
the Young Mems Christian association
of Nashville, went up in an airship con-
structed by himself. The ship moved off
in perfect order and passed out of sight
in a few minutes. Prof. Barnard prom
ised to sail against the wind after aris-
ing into the air, and he did so. The
airship is 46 feet long and 90 feet in di
ameter, with a bicycle contrivance at
tached. Mr.. Barnard says that he has
perfected a machine which will fly I'M
der ordinary conditions.
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PLAYS AT SUICIDE.
The Novel Way a Woman Has of Raising
Funds.


OAKLAND, Cal, May !1.-There is a
young woman coming back to this city
who has made her way around the
United States by frequent attempts at
suicide. She has record of trying to
destroy herself ten times, but on each
occasion she has beer. saved in the
nick of time. She is known as Mrs.
Laura Price, formerly a daring circus
rider. Sheriff White has just eomplet-
ed the task of securing the history of
the young woman and he has been re-
quested to forward his report to New
Orleans, where Mrs. Price is now in
confinement because she attempted to
take her life. She is young and of
pleasing appearance, claiming to be
deserted wife and eX-circus rider. She
is said to make her way from town to
town securing contributions and play.
ing at suicide.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

S. s. BEMAN's design for the ''silver
palace at the Transmississippi exhi-
bition at Omaha, Neb., has been &C
copied. This design proposes a build
ing 400 feet square, with ornamental
towers. Over the whole $780, 900 square
feet of exterior there will be plating
of rolled silver, contributed by the
miners of the west. Everybody who
contributes silver for use on this build
ing will get it back when the show is
done, as the structure will be burned
then, and the precious metal distrib
uted to it's original possessOrs.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-05-14

BROADWAY tUbacconist, who has
occupied the same stano in New York
for more than 20 years, advances the
opinion, as based on his experience,
that the number of feminine cigarette
smokers is rapidly increasing. Hesays
the establishment which marked wom-
ems rare visits decade or two ago has
given way to efforts to encourage the
trade, shown in the frequent calls,
many in an hour, now made for cigar
cites by members of the gentler sex.
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VESSELS IN COLLISION.

Dutch Steamer and Norwegian Bark Come
Together-Many Drowned.
HAMBURG. May IA dispatch from
the island of Heligoland announces
that the Dutch steamer Firdene, from
Cagliari, island of Sardiere, for Stock
holm, has been in collision with the
Norwegian bark Roedvar. Both YES
sells are supposed to have foundered.
1t is reported that Is men of the two
crews have been saved and that the
drowned is largely in excess of that
number