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The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
Teacher and Pupil.

attention is a lesson to be learned,
and quite as much q matter of training
as any other lesson" GA dull boys
mind is a wise mans problem" '"The
teacher makes the taught do the work,
and occupies himself in showing them
how to do it," "The beginning of
teaching consists in rousing some intel
ligent appreciation of what is already
known by rote, or daily seen by eyes
that see not, and daily done without
understanding and despised because not
understood" ''No one ever yet in all
the worlds wrested a truth worth hay
ing from an unloving aud unloved own
er." "The transmission of life from
the living, through the living to the
living, is the highest definition of edu-
cation" "The limits are narrow in
deed within which the whip is master"
"Genius is an infinite capacity for work
growing out of an infinite power of
love-" "Half of the bad work of the
world arises from want of hope, not
from want of vigor." "The beginning
of all true power lies in getting closer
and closer by living observation to that
which has to be known" "Glory to
the strong; on the reverse side OF the
shield is oppression to the weak
Theory and Practice of teaching, the
Rev. E. ThWing.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
Personal News Notes,

W.. F. Kentizing, one of the most celebrated
CRIMINAL lawyers in New York, died on Mon
day.
Dr.. Emma l. Call has the honor of being
the first woman admitted to membership in
the Massachusetts Medical society.
Rev. DR.. Thomas unites more people in
matrimony than any two ministers in Chicago,
and it is a,factt that no two who were ever united
by him have been divorced.
Francis w. Bird, ''the sage of Walpole,'
will celebrate his seventy-ffth birthday with
q few personal friends at the Revere house in
Boston next Wednesday afternoon.
Intelligence received from Dover, Del, indi-
cate that Dick Harrington, the notorious Della
ware republican of unsavory safe burglary
notoriety Mt Washington in connection with
the district ring trials, is in o critical condition,
having been stricken with paralysis, and is
said to be dying.
Rev. Newman Hall, now the guest of John
Wanamaker at Philadelphia, specially depre-
Gates the CHARACTERISTICS of the American news
paper, viz. that they take delight III putting
irreyerent and heartless heads over news para.
graphs, and that they fill up columns with &C
counts of awful crimes and of the wickedness
of man,
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
General News Items.

The Christie oil well in Butler county, Pa, q
gusher, is producing 5000 barrels a day.
And now ex-Gov. Moses of South Carolina
o. A. Westfall, member Of the New York
produce exchange, and interested principally
in oats suspended yesterday.
The Hampton Paper company, of Land
Vile, Miss, has filed q petition in insolvency.
Liabilities, $3S, 0oO; assets, $4,000.
A cutlery company at Canton, Ohio, en-
ploying one hundred hands, was closed by the
sheriff upon judgments aggregating $4,000.
Rev. w. A. Lightbourne, of the NJ. Z. church
at Easton, Ind, has been forced to resign his
pastorate by an indignant congregation be-
cause he attended a circus.
st. Augustine, Fla, Will celebrate March q,
1885, the anniversary of the landing of Ponce
de Leonin 1872, and commemorate the found
ing of that city by Msnendez in 1865.
j. Siever & Co., clothing, have assigned. Lii
abilities, $4,000; assets, nominally $50, GOO.
James G. Baaile 4 Sons, carpets and groceries,
have also assigned. Liabilities, S75,WN; assets,
nominally So 900. Both are Montreal firms.
Maj. William c. Spencer, surgeon. now on
duty at Fort Smelling, MIMI, is relieved from
duty in the department of Dakota and ordered
to report in person to tho commanding general
of the department OF the east Mai. Charles
E. Goddard, surgeon, i. relieved from duty at
Cavalry Depot, Jefferson Barracks, No, and
ordered to report in person tina commanding
general OF the department of Dakota.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
Mrs. Robert e. Lee to General
Scott

Macon Telegraph and Messenger
The following letter from Mrs. Lee is
now published for the first time. Mrs.
Lee was we'll informed as to her great
husbands views, and would not have
sent General Scott such a letter had
there been suoh a scene as Gen. Town
send describes in his recently published
anecdotes:
ARLINGTON, Va. May 5, 1861. MY
DEAR GENERAL.-Hearing that you de-
sired to see an account Of my husbands
reception in Richmond, I have sent it
to you. No honors can reconcile us to
this fratricidal war, which we would
have laid down our lives freely tc avert.
Nor can it ever terminate now till every
heart in the whole south ceases to beat
or they obtain the justice they demand.
Whatever may happen, I feel that I
may expect from your kindness all the
protection you can in honor afford.
More I would not ask nor expect. Moth
ing cal ever make me forget your kind
appreciation of Mr.. Lee. If you knew
all you would not speak so hardly of
him. Were it not that I would not add
M feather to his load Of care, nothing
would induce me to abandon my home.
Oh! that you could command peace to
our distracted country!
Yours in sadness and sorrow,
NJ. G. LEE.
To Lieutenant General Scott,
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after her brother had gone out,"I be-
lieve our Harry is in love with Saidee

after her brother had gone out,"I be-
lieve our Harry is in love with Saidee
Lynn"
"I'm sure I don't blame him. said
Mrs. Hartw1ck. "She is a little Jewell"
Aunt Leah never knew where the
Young Hyson tea came from, nor the
sponge-cake, nor the white grape, nor
all the little Injuries which had cheered
her of late, nor did she suspect nv
thing, until one day Harry Hartwick
came to her and formally asked her for
her niece's hand in marriage.
"Well, I never!" said Aunt Leah.
"But how did you ever become so
we'll acquainted with him, Saidee?"
questioned Belle, half pleased, half
jealous.
Because I cleaned house for his
mother" said Saidee, laughing.
And then, under solemn seal of Sc
crecy, she told Belle all; and Belle de-
clared that it was too romantic for any
thing, never pausing to think that real
life is as full of romance as o summer
meadow with buttercups, and that for
tune comes to those only who go brave
ly out to seek fortune.-Helen Forest
Graves in Woman's Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
Life in Arkansas.

A man from the outside world of +.
alities describes the life of Arkansas as
follows: Long days of doing nothing
beget little energy. Little food is need
ed, and less new clothing. In the fall
and winter the crops are gathered and
turned over to the merchant, who holds
a mortgage. To sum up the labor Of
years: I was on the place recently and
found an old double log house, so near
ly rotted down that it is propped up all
around; the windows were without
glass, the door frames without doors,
the children could pass out between the
logs in any direction, the lady and friend
We're sitting in the gallery" a space
between the two cabins, o. split chairs,
contentedly clipping" snuff, while the
lord and master, in dirty, begrimed
clothes, sat under a tree doing nothing,
but looking happy as the day is long.
Fences rotted down, and lean pigs with
"pokes" on them. two sorry looking
horses trying to pick a living from short
grass, and little children, half a dozen
OF more, with but a single garment on,
We're listlessly playing i'm the shade.
the lands, originally poor. with but two
or three inches of soil on the prairies,
We're worn out and abandoned.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
What Part of a Car is Safest?

-Four men half hidden in the smoke
of o smoking box of a sleeping-car on
the Hudson River railroad spent an
hour discussing which part of q car was
safest to ride in. They finally agreed to
leave it to the conductor.
"Middle of middle car, right hand
side" said that parsonage when asked.
The rapidity with which he spoke and
the mechanical way in which he made
the reply led one of the men to halt him
as he was passing on and ask him to ex.
plain himself.
"Why," said he, Everybody asks me
that question, and I am so used to
answering it that I've got it
down to the fewest words
possible. I shouldn't wonder if O
were to ask me that when [ am asleep
II L wouldn't answer it without waking
up. The middle car Of a train is the
safest because it is the furthest re-
moved from a collision either in front
OF behind. Even if the engine plunged
into an open draw-bridge it might pot
take more than a car or two with it.
Couplings would be likely to break, yuo
know. Always sit in the middle of a
car, because when cars telescope they
are apt not to telescope many feet.
AS you can't tell which end will tele-
scope and as both ends may telescope,
take to the middle. Whatever car you
go in sit on the right hand side of the
the car, which is to say, the side furth-
est from the other track, because it
sometimes happens hat freight projects
too far beyond a flat cal and rips the
windows out of passing trains"
"Do railroad men observe all these
precautions when they ride%
"They take no precautions at all.
Those that I have mentioned are sensi-
BILE, but you can't always sit where you
like, and there are plenty of people I'M
lucky enough to be killed wherever they
sit. Railroad men never consider the
possibility of accidents. They could
not be railroad men if they did."-New
York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
Casualties of the Week.


Mrs. VIM. Grace was killed at Joliet by light
ming.
The town Of GAINESVILLE, Ga, on the Central
railroad, was laid waste by fire.
The steam saw mill of A. G. Wilson of Viii
mington, N. G., was burned Loss, SIS, 5000;
insurance., $4,000.
The Snow paper mill at Wachusett, Mass.
owned by Croker, Burbank Il Co., was dam
aged $4,000 by fire recently. Insurance S2O,
The Chenonka Valley Touring mills OF
George Moor & Co., and the paper mills of
Cary, Nash Ogden, at Point Dickenson, a sub
urb of Bingimpton, N. Y, were destroyed by
fire recently. Loss, $5O,CU.
David Austin, chairman of the board of CON-
missioncrs of Missoula county, was accident
ally shot and killed while out hunting in Mis-
sonla. He was found u short distance from
the house with a bullet hold through the top
of his head. He was an old timer in Montana.
A carriage containing William A. Pryor,
aged forty-eight years, Katie Darling, aged
six, and Robert Jones, aged seven years, was
struck by a train on the Philadelphia, Whining
ton & Baltimore railroad at Milbank, near
Elkton. Md, all three being instantly killed.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25

DR.. G. G. Graham of Louisville, KY,
vas one hundred years old on the 18th,
and attended a dinner given him by
100 Of his fellow citizens. The Courier
Journal said of him recently: "The
fine constitution he inherited from his
parents was never abused by dissipation
Or excuses Of any kind, and hence he is
among us to-day not borne down by the
weight of a hundred years. Having
been successful as a hunter, as an ar
tisan, as a soldier, as q physician, as a
landlord, as an author, as o scientist,
and as public spirited and progressive
citizen, he has much to be proud of.
On the Oath of October, will be cele-
brated in England and other countries
the end of the one hundredth year of
the philanthropist Sir Moses Monte
fore, who wa knighted by Queen Vic
toria. The day will be celebrated with
genuine enthusiasm by both Jews and
Christians. Sir Joseph has seven times
visited the Holy Land at his W ex-
pense and distributed succor, instituted
sanitary improvements and built hospit-
ais and schools largely from his own
pocket; has successfully faced Nicholas
of Russia, the Kedive of Egypt, the
Sovereign of Turkey and the Emperor
of Morocco in behalf of the rights of
race and creed; has checked persecu-
tons at Damascus and conferred I'M
numbered benefits upon the Hebrew
race.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25

Sir Edmund Currie, q noted London
physician has sought to improve the
occasion of the panic at q possible visi
tation of cholera by pointing out that
If that plague should come to London
with say $4,000 cases and 10 per cent.
of them fatal, the universal terror would
be appalling. Yet he officially declares
that there are now in London annually
$4,000 cases of scarlet fever, with
more than $500 deaths. This annual
scourge, which, is in some respects
worse than cholera, is perfectly within
control of sanitary science aud could lie
stamped out if science would properly
apply its knowledge of the disease. But
rs scarlet fever arises from an unclean-
ly condition, which also invites a
scourge of cholera, it seems likely that
the latter plague will have it's w way
when it reaches London and will be
abundantly able to beat the record of
the scarlet fever.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
Ohio and West Virginia Elections.

In Ohio Republican congressman have
been elected in the First, Second, Eighth,
Ninth, Tenth (Hurds district, Twelfth,
Fourteenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth and
Twentieth districts; total, 10. Demo-
cratic congressman have. been elected in tile
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Thir-
toenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and
Twenty-frst districts; total, 10. The Eleventh
district is in doubt.
The total unofficial returns from Hamilton
county show the following pluralitles, state
and congre .siopall tickets: Robinson (rep)
Of the supreme court, 2,5557; Butterworth irep.),
First congressional district, ,526; Brown (rep.J,
Second congressional district, 2,Sy7. The
greenback state ticket averaged %, and tho
prohibition vote averaged 81.
Reports indicate that the Prohibition vote in
the state will not be more than 5000. The
republican majority in the state wi Ii probably
be from l0,WW to u, COO.
In West Virginia, the Republican state com.
mittee concede the election of the Democratic
ticket by3 600 to s. Co ms jority. The returns re-
ceived are very meager and unsatisfactory, but
the indications are that tho Democrats
have o majority Of from 10000 to IL, 600.
Advices from Charleston, Kanawah county,
place Maxwell's majority at l ,lUl The entire
Republican county ticket is elected by MAORI
ties ranging from 600 to 1000. Six out of nine
voting places in Tyler county gave Maxwell
256 majority. The other three to be heard
from will increase to $50.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
The Field of Gettysburg.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
The land on which the battle of Gettys-
burg was fought is to be purchased and
a driveway opened along the line of bat
tie, from Devils Den, at the foot of
Round top, through the wheat field to
the peach orchard, to afford an oppor-
tunity for monuments to be erected to
mark the positions of troops. Veter-
ans Of the various military organi-
cations that took part in the battle are
invited to assemble at gettysburg on the
evening of September 30, to aid in lay
ing out the avenue, to indicate the posi-
tons occupied by their respective COM
mands. October / and 2 will be devo-
ted to that work: followed by a general
review of the field. The matter will be
under the direction Of Col. Batchelder,
government historian of the battle, and
superintendent Of tablets and legends.
The Pennsylvania railway has issued
tickets ut excursion rates from all prin-
elpal termini, good until October 81.
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$21vA0813Y.

Riches we wish to got,
Yet remain spendthrifts still;
We would have health, and yet
Still use our bodies i'll;
Baf1ers of our OWL prayers, from youth to
lifo's last scenes.
We would have inward peace,
Yet would not look within;
We would have misery cease.
Yet will not cease from sin;
We want all pleasant end, but will use no harsh
means.
We do not what we ought,
What we ought not we do,
And lean upon the thought
Ii chance will bring us through;
But our own acts, for good or ill, arc mightier
powers.
But neXt We would reverse
The scheme ourselves have spun,
And what We made to curse
We now would lean upon,
And feign kind gods, who perfect what man
vainly tries.
Matthew Arnold
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
Crimes and Criminals.

The grand jury in session at Lincoln, Mob,
returned five or six indictments against EXPO
lice Judge Cobb. They are for cmbozz!ement
and forgery.
AL attempt was made at Monroe, Ga, by o
negro named Chambers, aged sixteen, to out
rage Miss Edith Baynor. He was pursued,
caught and given POO lashes with o buggy
trace. He died shortly afterward.
A hitherto mysterious individual, known as
the NAKED Man" who has been frightening
women and children by suddenly presenting
himself before them in lonely places, was cap
tnred near Waterbury, Conn, and turned out
to be one of the %neiShhors. He don't give any
sensible reason for his foolishness.
Four masked msn broke into the residence
of Nicholas Hclfrick, Eear 81. Eonifacc, Pa,
and forced him to give up sl,7ur in gold and
currency. Tic robbers arc believed to bo the
same gang which leceAtly entered Farmer
Gates house and compelled him to dlsgorse
5000. Several persons suspected will be ar-
rested.
Last night Indiansl living near Cello, Or, set
are to a large caunery, where salmon were
caught and packed. The builling was totally
destroyed. The loss lis $4,000. aud insurance
$6,CUU. Between the whites and Indians bad
feeling had long existed, anu excitement pre-
walls over tho incendla ism Fears of a very
serious disturbance ore enieltalaed.
At Fulton, Mo, 2 negro outraged the ten
year-old daughter of Mr.. Bennot Three
negroes were found armed with knifes. They
at first refused to surrender, but were finally
induced to 10 SO, and were placed in a house
under guard at Guthrie, a small station.
EARLY in the morning a mounted posse made
its appearance and opened fire on the prison
ers through the windows. killing one of them,
and the other two will probably be lynched.
Louis Robertson and John Hamilton, living
at Eaufaulia, Ala, had a quarrel about Rob
ertson's wife. Hamilton boarded with Rob-
ertson, The latter claimed Hamilton had been
intimate with his wife. They agreed to fight a
duel with hunting knives, Mrs. Robertson TO be
the wife of the victor. The woman stood by
and encouraged tho men to fight to the death,
saying that they hated each other so they could
not live in Alabame together. Robertson had
an "Arkansas %toothpick," loaded at tho back
with quicksilver, but was cut so badly by his
antagonist that he ran a few steps from the
ring and died at his feet Hamilton was taken
to Jail, where he died soon after from the loss
of blood
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25

The paper manufactures are quick to
seize the excuse of the embargo on the
Importation of foreign rags to increase
the price of their wares. The makers
of writing paper have already agreed to
2 cents Il pound more, and the manufac-
turers of other grades are likely to fol-
low suit. One effect of the embargo on
foreign rags will be to stimulate the
collection os native rags. Prices have
ruled so low of late years that many a
housewife in the country who used to
stow away the accommodating rags against
the call of the roaming tin peddler has
taken to burning such rubbish. There
is no good reason why the cost of max
ing paper should be largely increased
by the shutting out of foreign rags, but
that is by no means the same thing as
saying that prices will not be marked
up.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25

The commissioner of the general land
office has submitted to Secretary Tel.
Ter his report for the last fiscal year.
Again he recommends thatthe pre-emp-
ton law, the timber culture law, and
the desert land law be repealed, and
that the con,mutatio n provisions of the
homestead law be amended. All the
laws Of this class, with one exception,
which were enacted for the benefit of
actual settlers Oh the public domain
should, in his opinion, be removed
from the statute book, and the provis-
ions Of the law that is to be allowed to
remain should be made more stringent,
all on account of bold, persistent, syste-
matte violation in many territories and
in several states. The commissioner
virtually says it Is impossible to enforce
the law OF punish law-breakers. What
ever truth there may be in these state
. ments it is not apprehended that con-
gress will repeal these laws.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
The dynamite explosions in the new

Z. The dynamite explosions in the new
parliament house at Quebec have crea-
led great excitement in Canada. There
is an investigation to be had, but the
materials forit are very meager. The
dynamite and its guilty masters have
both disappeared, probably for good.
The Irish and French in Quebec are
bitterly accusing each other of the crime
and serious trouble is apprehended as
the result of this exchange of compli-
ments.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
milwaukee,

m44WduA00 @d1R0G0s
Wheat, No. 9, 1870.
Corn, No. 2, SEC.
Oats, No. 9 white, 30Ac.
Rye No. l, 55c; No. 9 53c.
Barley, No. {, 552c: extra, No. 8, 47c
Mess Pork, SIG cash.
Lard-Prime steam, $40.
Butter, choice creamery, 26@29c; fair to good
2S@25c; best dairy, l9@2lc.
Minneapolis Markets.
WHEAT, No. l hard, 761ac; No. 2 hard, 72c:
No. l, &c.
Corn, No. 2 $50; rejected, 4s@5oc; con-
Oats, No. 2 old, white, 25@26c; No. 2, new.
251ac; rejected, 22@24c; condemned, 25@23c.
Barley, No. 9, 5S(0GOc.
Mixed Feed, No. I, SIT. 50@$1s; No. {, $16.5O
@l7.
Corn Meal, unbolted, s17@s1S; bolted, s21
Hay, timothy, $500 so; wild, choice, $50
$50; No. 9 Wild, s5.G06.75.
st. Paul Markets.
.WnEAT;-No. lizard, new, 79c; No. 2 hard,
tI4c; No. 2, &C.
Corn, Nc. 9, 5sc; No. 8, 4So,
Oats, No. 2mixed, 24o; No. 2 white, 25c; No
8 extra, 24c,
Rye, No. 9, 43o.
Barley, No. 9, SIC; No. 3, 40c.
Ground Feed, $3.50.
F Fias s asy' s ii timothy hay '10'00@'lo.s0
Timothy seed, $1.A.
Potatoes 25c.
Eggs, l41%c.
Butter, dairy fair, 1870; choice. $50; cream.
cry. lSc.
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Mr.. P. B. Alsobrooa, q wealthy and

Mr.. P. B. Alsobrooa. a wealthy and
extensive orange farmer of Orange
Bend, Fla. heard in his far-off Southern
home OF Mrs. Hattie E. Gordon, a
charming. young widow of Ringgold,
Ga, and he went to see her, and when
they met he was so charmed with her
that he determined, if possible. to make
her his wife. a brief courtship proved
successful, and they were married
Thursday last, and took the next train
for Macon and other Southern cities,
en- route to the home of the groom in
the land of flowers"
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
Last Weeks
There were 2O9 Failures in the united

There were 2U9 failures IN the United StateA
reported to Bradstreets during the week end
ing 18th, against 2l3 in the preceding week,
and $50, al and 1909 in the corresponding weeks
of 1881, so and 81 respectively. AboutS3 per
cent. were those Of small traders whose capital
was less than 5000. Among those reported
embarrassed were
Back & Fishel, manufacturers of rulings;
Schreier Bros, Wholesale flowers and feathers.
and 6: H. Cragg & Co., wholesale jewelry,
New York City; New York State clothing Co,
P%lattsburg; James 2. Legg & Co.,, wooler
vile, r. l.; Heidmeyer & streights, wholesaI.
clothes, Chicago; l. 8. Davis, g. Co., bankers
Cincinnati, and the Carbonate Coal & Cox
Co., ST. Louis.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
DICKINSON, DAKOTA.

A tagged out political writes says that
in the uncertainty reigning in politics
it is comforting to know that the base
ball struggles for the year are practical
ly over-but he forgets thatnext year
these struggles will be renewed, while
the next is an "ofi-year" in politics, and
three more years following almost as
much so.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
Foreign r.lashe3.

At Liverpool as the passengers were disem-
barking from the American line steamer Lord
Give, from Philadelphia, al Irish detective ar
rested q Hungarian Storage assengcr on sus-
picion. In his luggage We're found thirty pack
ages of dynamite, making about a pound and o
half.
The report of DR.. luke on tho condition of
the government insane asylum at Montreal is