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is not horizontal. but vertical, and it does not receive it's motion from the ex- crtions of it's inmates, but from some outside source, such as water or elec- tric motor.
 A prison of this sort is composed of three principal parts, the building, con- sisting of four walls and a roof, in which it is contained, the cage and its entrances, and the central revolving cylinder of cells. Every part of this cyl inder is made of the best iron obt- ;n- able, and the whole is mounted on hall bearings In such way tat it may be revolved at the will of the official in charge. So accurately is the cylinder balanced and so we'll are the bearings adjusted that it is quite easy to move it by means of hand crank and rack, though in actual practice, as above stated, the power of motor, either wa ter or electric, is generally used.
 In shape each cell is exactly like a hollow wedge, whereof the big end is formed by a segment of the cylinders outside circular shell. while the smaller end touches the cylinders core, The roof, floor and sides of each cell are made of chilled boiler iron. so hard that the finest tempered chisel or the keen est file made would hardly make an inn pression upon it. None of these cells has door, though each has an opening
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they have right to retain possession of their native country in spite of treaties
 made without their consent, consigning them to the tender mercies of Euro peans; and for a full quarter of a cen tury they have succeeded in proving themselves entirely capable of enforcing that right. The farce of Dutch posses sion of the territory began in 1872, when
 Great Britain, with characteristic shrewdness, succeeded in palming off Sumatra on the Hollanders iii exchange for certain rather visionary rights claimed by the Dutch in Ashanti and on the Gold Coast of Africa. John Bull didn't charge the Dutch very much for Sumatra; but if the latter nation had paid John few hundreds of millions to retain his precious East Indian pos session they would have been consid- erably in pocket, and many thousands of their citizens might now be alive. instead of occupying neglected graves dn the deadly fever jungles of Sumatra.
 The Dutch fondly imagined, when John Bull so generously gave them these happy hunting grounds, that all they had to do was to step ashore and take possession. That was 25 years ago, and they are still stepping ashore and staying there for the most part. The fever fiend has no terrors for the na- tives, but proceeds to exterminate the troops sent from Holland with a Herci- less hand. It is a fact that in one cam paign recently. TO out of 100 of the Dutch settlers were killed by the cli- mate before they could engage in battle These 25 years of warfare have cost the Dutch. excluding the untold cost in human lives, heavy deficit in their. colonial budget every year. the hLspiliation of having to abandon all hope of expanding their colonial pos
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gram will make all t'Iis clearer than whole column of description.
 Outside the cylinder of cells, but en- tirely disconnected with it, is the wire cage and this looks almost exactly like a gigantic stationary squirrel cage wheel set on end. It is made of thick steel bars, chilled to 6 hardness fully equal to that of the cylinder, but sep arated from the cylinder and cells just enough to be out of reach even should prisoner get possession of tools for cutting his way out Connecting with it are the cage-like entrance galleries, one for each tier, each containing a doubue set of doors. When the prison CTS are to be taken out for exercise, or to enter upon their duties in the shops, | they must pass out singly, the cage be- ing revolved just far enough as each leaves his cell to bring the opening of the next cell into line with the entrance cage, and they must enter in similar fashion. When the last prisoner has gone in, the doors of the entrance cage are locked by one movement of the hand; a second movement fastens the cage in place, so that it cannot be moved.
 The building inclosing such prison need be no more than mere shell of brick and stone, and the prisoners may be watched in their cells at all times from galleries orfbalconies on the inside of the shells walls.
 While this form of jail may not be adapted to great penal establishments, it possesses undoubted advantages for jails in which only few prisoners are to be confined.
 The Japanese exhibit will be of great interest also, since it will depict the ad- vance in prison methods since the revo- lution of 1867 in the Empire of the
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REVOLUTIONS IN WARFARE.
A Long Time Coming and Yet Ar
 rived.


 About TO years ago Baron de Jom- ini, one of the ablest military critics and historians of his time, yield ed to the popular impressions awak- ened by the appearance of new military weapons, and predicted a revolution in warfare" A good many prophets like him have followed in his footsteps with their dire predictions, and every new weapon or machine by which men might be killed and property destroyed, including airships to drop explosives, subaquatic boats to blow up vessels, and armored monsters to destroy coast cities, have been heralded as the agents destined to revolutionize warfare"
 s'The inventions of the last 20 years" says the baron, "seem to threaten great revolution in army organization, armament and tactics. Strategy alone will remain unaltered, with it's prin- ciples the same as under the Scipios and Caesars, Frederick and Napoleon, since they are independent of the nature of the arms and the organization of troops
 "The means of destruction are ap- preaching perfection with frightful rapidity. The Congreve rockets, the effect and direction of which it is said the Austrians can now regulate; the shrapnel howitzers, esahich throw a stream of canister as far as the range of bullet; the Perkins steam guns, which vomit forth as many balls as bat talion, will multiply the chances of de- struction, as though the hecatombs of Eylan. Boridono, Leipsic and Waterloo were not sufficient to decimate the Eu- ropean races.
 If governments do not combine in aI congress to prescribe these inventions osf sdesttrai ;;o1s there will De no course left but to make the half of an army consist of cavalry with euirasses in or der to capture with great rapidity these machines, and the infantry, even, will be obliged to resume it's armor of the middle ages, without which battalion will be destroyed before engaging the enemy. Military Gazette, Chicago.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WAR.
Longest and Strangest Conflict of
 the Present Century
The Achinese savages of the East En- dies Bid Continuous Defiance to Little HoIIand--Many Bloody
 and Disastrous Battles.
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Not long ago the following cable item was flashed all over the world: "A dispatch from Achin, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, says that in fight at Segli yesterday Ill Achinese were killed. The Dutch lost one man killed and had 28 wounded" That was all, and very few who read the few lines understood what the Dutch were fight ing about or who these belligerent Achinese, their opponents, are.
 As matter of fact, the war of which this battle was an incident is one of the most remarkable struggles ever carried on in any part of the world. It is the longest war of the century, for the fighting has been carried on practically without a break for no less than 25 years. It has cost Holland her best blood, and in money has necessitated an expenditure of 70,000,00O gulden a year-nearly $1O,00o,0oo and from present appearances it bids fair to drag along indefinitely, for the Achinese sim ply snap their fingers at their would be conquerors, and leave the climate to kill those their weapons leave un- touched.
 The Achinese occupy the northern and most mountainous end of the island of Ssmatra. They are a dark-slzinned. tall and hardy race, who consider that
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have an opportunity to get rich at the expense of the government. It is ri- diculous to suppose that the war could have continued for 25 years, beating all the war records of the century, had the Dutch been determined to bring it to close. As a matter of fact, the stay at-homes do not want it to end. 1t is far too useful to them.
 If successes are gained they will not be followed up. The military com handlers will be instructed to leave the rest to the admirais of the fleets which are blockading the island, and the lat ter will continue their asinine course of keeping from the Achinese the supplies which they get along very well without. The best thing for the Dutch to do would be to give up the stupid fight and leave the Achinese alone; but this they will never do as long as there are obnoxious men to be gotten rid of at home and contractors with government pulls to fatten at the expense of the Holland soldiers.
 So, in all probability, the war in Su- matra will outlast the century, and the cable will go on recnrding from time to time a victory for the Dutch forces or a fresh raid of the daring and apparent ly inyincible Achinese.
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however, are as nothing compared with punishments that were often inflicted upon criminals in feudal days, such as burning at the stake, crucifxiou, inn palement, etc.
 The Japanese prisons are 1t present whose portrait accompanies this article.
 Americans may well feel proud that the initial impulse which has led to the present approach to perfection in Jap anese prisons came from this country. When prison reform was undertaken in the Island Empire, a delegate was sent to this country and he remained year,
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sessions in the West Indies. and loss of prestige that has made their name laughing stock in the east.
 The Dutch have tried many expedi- ents to subjugate the Achinese, but neither diplomacy or bullets have been of the slightest effect. When it was ads mitted by the slow-going Mynheers, after score of years of unsuccessful warfare that the troops of the Nether- lands were of little use in campaigns against the islanders. they tried to starve them into submission by estab- fishing a blockade. But the hardy mountaineers paid little heed to the stoppage of their supplies of tobacco, opium and spirits. They had played a waiting game too long to be disturbed
 by trifies. They merely retired to the jungle, whither they knew well the Dutehmen would not dare to follow, and left the climate to do the rest. In the far east, it may be noted, the eli mate does not often disappoint those who rely on it as an engine of warfare.
 In Holland many excuses have been made for the length of the campaign. A Hollander, who is quite unprejudiced, said, recently: .'The whole fact of the matter is that the Achinese war is kept going for political purposes. In the first place, it provides means where by obnoxious members of the military force can be quietly eliminated. If a military man is indiscreet enough to offend the party in power in the Meth erlands, he is shipped off to Achin, where, if he escapes death at the hands of the natives he is sure to be carried eff hy the climate. Another way in which the long war is found useful, at least to those who stay at home, is that a constant stream of supplies is neces- sary for carrying it on, and many thus
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Womanhood.

The health and we'll being of mankind depend upon the physical health and per lection of womanhood. Among the diseases which most impair the female constitution struation, falling of the womb, chloxosiss scanty or too profuse menstruati0n. These diseases can be cured. pr. Stmmonn equaw Vino Wine is a delightful remedy cotics, purely tegetableF and produces no unpleasant after-resultsS It is unequalle6 ns uterine tonic and curative agent for alk female diseases, as it is Impossible for weak exist when it is faithfully and persistently used. Constipation is another bane of woman's life which can be cured by uatnf pr. n. A. Simmons Liver Modtcinot
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Matter of Coincidence.

'sIs it proper to address an alderman as Honorable
 "It isn't question of propriety, but of conscience. Ifyou have no scruples against lying you may use tirss word in such a connection. Chicago Lost.
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FailinU off fine Womb.

The cases of uterine displacement arc very numerous and constitute a prolific cause of intense and wide spread suffering. sensations, pain or weakness in the back, sometimes sense of goneness at the pit of the stomach. It may result from too ire. quent childbearing, wearing garments that lifting, standing on the feet too long, and general debility.
 We would strongly urge the use of Dr. Simmons Squaw Vine Wine which will purify and vita1ize the blood, give tone and strength to the muscles of the uterus, so that it will be kept in place. To facilitate quick and complete recovery, we recom- mend as an injection our Mexican Female results,
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Star Flux Comb1nes All 0ood ouaia

All the desirable qualities you want in tobacco are found in Star plug to apecial degree. It's constant use produces no evil
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Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me many doctors bill-S F. Hardy. Hopkins Place, Baltimore. Md. Dec , s6a'
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To Cure Cold in one Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if 1t fails to cure. 25c.
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fhe exhibition, will sufficiently indi- a{ It will be observed from the draw 7 that the prisoners were all hud-
 ogether on the floor under blank
 night, and that the most barbar-
 tor tires were sometimes resorted
 The tortures shown in this picture.
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We often wonder why so many people tell the same story so many times. Wash ington Democrat.
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When man is always prepared to. prove everything he says, 1t may be because kis statements need Washington Democrat.
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Those boy s toy tool chests are not good for any purpose whatever. Washington Dem ocrat.
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Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price 75c.
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MMM36 MsaL

WaIhaIla, s. O., writes; | have used Dr. M. A. Sim. mons Liver III e d i ctne more than 20 years. for Tor- pid Liver and Dizziness. I take e dose every two weeks and feel all right. I know is is far Superior to |"zeilin's Regulator" in my case.
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kind. Before the revolution, however, Japan's prisons were naturally built on
 barbarian lines, as the accompanying facsimile of native drawings depicting prison life in the old days, to be shown
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Chrysanthemums. At the present time
 the prison system of Japan is second to none in the world, and the buildings and appliances of the great penal insti- tuition at Hakkaido are models of their
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It is doubtful honor to be fondled by curs.-Ram's Horn.
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for going in and oSIt This opcning, however, cannot be med for thisspsr
 pose, exceptingwh he it is exactly ops posite corresp6 bud SIT op6nfne in tho
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Vacation for Fire Horses.

A novel idea in vacations has been adopted in Boston. The firemen there are allowed annual vacations, and the commissioners have decided to send every horse owned by the departrn~at out to country pasture ov a circus every year .aph fsza,xs,si' q
 Around cor .ssh the vos obliged, . . Co what said, t~ etaken. no ssss|z lsss
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H0od,c Ds11c do not cause pain 0 AAOoa AAiS gripe. All druggists 1c
SOUTH CAROLINA LADIES
OON IfEs lMsl.GMaAs..nz,<

Inman, s. O., says: Ihavd used Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver M 0 dioine for years, with the best of re- suits for Sieeplessness. Nervousness, Indigos. tion and Swollen Feot. It cured Miss s. Hammett of Q complication of dis cases; she saysit saved her life. l think it far exceio s.Zeilin'sn and the "Black Drauohtr me(iicine
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-09-16
MANY MUST srAnvE.
Returning Miners From KlOndike
Sound a. Warming Note.

Returning Miners From KIOndike
sound a Warning Note.
Seattle, WASH, Sept. 1.-THE steam
ship Cleveland, eleven days from St.
Michaeps, arrived in the straits and
was boarded by representatives of the
Associated Press who were in waiting
on the tug Sea Lion. She brings six
ty-fve passengers and about 100000
In gold dust. Thirty-eight Of the pas
sengers are from the gold fields and
twcnty-seven are carpenters returning
from St. Michaels. The story of the
fabulous wealth Of the Klondike, Be-
nanza, Eldorado and other mines trib-
utary to the Yukon Is reiterated by
the returning miners, but the warning
which has already been given to stay
away from the gold fields this winter
is emphasized by every one on board.
They say that hundreds of people
must go hungry this winter, and that
many will certainly starve to death, as
the food supply in the country is far
below that which will be required to
keep alive those already in Dawson
City.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-09-16
MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
Third Brigade Ordered to HazlctOI
to Qucll Lavvlessness.

Third Brigade Ordered to Hazleton
to Qucll La,vlcssness.
Harrisburg, Sept. 12.-Gov. Hastings
has ordered out the Third brigade, Of
which Gen. Goblin is commander, and
instructed Gen. Schall to hold the
First brigade in readiness. The
troops will mobilize at Hazelton and
are expected to be on the scene in a
few hours. Capt. A. r. Paxton, U. S.
a., attached to the national guard,
has gone to Hazelton by direction of
the governor Supt. Creighton, of the
Middle division Of the Pennsylvania
railroad, was called into consultation
at the executive mansion and has ar
ranged for the speedy transportation
of the soldiers.
The governor received copy Of res
olutions adopted at a mass meeting ut
Hazelton urging the sheriff of Luzerne
county to at once ask the executive
for protection to life and property.
The resolutions are signed by Alvin
Markle and other prominent citizens
of HaZelton.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-09-16
A FEDERATION OF UNIONS.
How English LaborinE Men Pro.
pose to Defeat Capital.

How English LaborinE Men Pro-
pose. to Defeat Capital.
Birmingham, Eng, Sept. -. - The
trades union congress passed a resolu-
ton instructing parliamentary COM
mittees to collect and distribute spe-
cial fund to assist the striking cngi-
neers. Later the congress suspended
standing orders" in order to discuss
a resolution on National Federation"
introduced by the national plate glass
jewellers union. 1t read:
This congress is of the opinion that
nothing short Of national federation Of
ali trades will relieve the workers in
their present unsatisfactory condition
and instructs the parliamentary COM
mittee to issue circular, based on
this national system of federation,
with view to enlist the cooperation
of all organized workers throughout
Great Britain
The resolution was adopted with en-
thusiasm on the urgings Of one speak
er, who claimed that if single union
was not strong enough to defeat
capital, the time had come to form a
national federation of unions.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-09-16
THE MINERS CONVENTION.
A Substitute Resolution Under Con-
alteration.

A Substitute Resolution Under Con-
alteration.
Columbus, Sept. II. The National
Miners convention adjourned until to-
day, when a settlement Of the strike
will be definitely determined. At the
time of adjournment substitute res
olution, which the miners officials
confidently believe will be adopted,
was under discussion. Two previous
resolutions providing for an accept
ance of the Pittsburg operators prop
Ositions were defeated because the
Illinois, Indiana and West Virginia
miners did not think their interests
We're sufficiently protected. The sub
stitute resolution, it is claimed by the
officials, gives the miners of these
states all the protection they could
reasonably ask, since it provides for a
continuation of the strike wherever
the operators refuse to grant the ad-
vance to their miners. However, the
officials are finding it extremely diff
ficult to convince the delegates op-
posed to the settlement that they are
in the wrong.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-09-16
BLOOD ON THE KNIFE.
Experts in the Luetgert Trial So
Testify.


Chicago, Sept. 12.-There was con-
siderable progress in the Luetgert trial
yesterday, particularly during the at
ternoon session. The day was devoted
to the hearing Of expert testimony. 1t
was shown that the matter collected
in the crevices Of the pocket knife
given by the alleged murderer to his
former sweetheart, Mrs. Feldt. on the
evening of his arrest, consisted Of
blood and particles of muscle tissue.
One fact the state continuously at
tempted to establish. namely, that the
particles of bone, flesh and organic
matter taken from the vat and con-
Meeting sluice, had at one time been
portions Of a human body, but though
their experts readily assented to the
proposition that the stuff resembled
the flesh and bone of the human ami
NAL, they have refused to deny upon
cross-eXamination that they bore an
equal resemblance to the flesh and
bone of any other warm blooded ami
NAL who eats similar food.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-09-16
THE MARKETS,


Live Stock Centcrs.
Chicago, Sept. II. = Wheat - No. 2
red. 81; No. red, 95@97c; No. 2 spring
93@96c; No. hard winter, Csc; No. 5
hard winter, 93@95c. Corn - No. 2,
81 1-4@31 1-2c; No. 8, 80 1-4c. Oats
No. 2. zoe; No. 8, 10000.
Chicago, Sept. II. - Hogs - Light,
S4.1O@4.4O; mixed, $39O@4.35; heavy,
$3.75@4.30; rough, $3.75@4.05. Cattle
Reeves, $3.S0@5.40; cows and heifers
$1.9O@4.4O; Texas steers, $2.75@3.S5;
Westerns. $3.35@4.35; stockers and
feeders, S32O@4.4O. Sheep-Natives,
$2.50@l4.75; Westerns, $3@3.S5; lambs,
$3.75@5.SO.
Milwaukee, Sept. -. - Flour firm.
Wheat firm; No Northern, $1.O1 IL:
No. 9 spring, 81 3-Sc. Corn firm; No.
3, Bic. Oats higher: No. ? white, 22@
23c. Rye steady; No. /, SIC. Barley.
firm; No. 2, acc; sample. 2S@45c. Pro-
visions lower: pork, $s.45; lard. $4.7O.
Minneapolis, Sept. 12-Cash Wheat
September opened at 81 Lee and
closed at So Ice; December opened at
81 5-Sc and closed ut SO 3-4c; May
opened at 81 1-2c and closed at 81 $50.
On track-No. 1 hard. 80 1-2c; No.
Northern, 9S Ice; No. 2 Northern,
SO lie
Sioux City. Iowa, Sept. 12.-Hogs-
$3.SO@4. Cattle-Canners. $1.5O: heif-
ers. $2.75@3.25; calves, $40; bulls,
$3.2o@3.3O; yearlings, $3.5O@4; calves,
$465; stockers, $50; feeders, 81.
South st. Paul, Sept. -. = Hogs -
$3.4O@39O. Cattle - Steers, 81. so:
stockers. $3@3.7O; calves, $4.l5M4. so:
heifers, $3.50; bulls, $2.7O; cows, $2.25
@2.65.
ST. Paul, Sept -. - Wheat - No. 1
Northern. $1.O3Gl1.O5; No. 2 Northern.
97c@$1.O2. These prices are for old
wheat, Few being about SC per blu less.
Corn-No. yellow, 28@29c; No. 3, 27@
CSC. Oats-No. white, 2O@21c; No.
3, IS 1-2@19 1-2c. Barley and Rye
Sample barley, 24@25 SAC; No. 2 rye,
47@4Sc; No. 3 rye, 45@46c. Seeds-No.
/ flax, $1@1.01; timothy, $1.25@1.5 so;
clover, $3.GO74.5O
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-09-16
Electric Cars Collide.

San Francisco, Sept. 12.-Seven per-
sons We're injured in Il collision of
electric cars on Mission street \ car
Of the Bryant street line. returning
from Ingleside. had reached the top
Of College hill. when the fuse or con-
nection which carries the electricity to
the motors from overhead wires sud
denly burned out. leaving nothing with
which to control the car except the
brakes, and they We're Of little use.
The lights went out and the passen-
gers were panic-stricken. The car
continued its flight until at Mission
and Seventeenth streets it ran into q
car ahead of it. The passengers in the
car that was ran into escaped with a
rough shaking up. Both cars We're
damaged,