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The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06
Linked Arms at Long Branch.

The affectionate and touching interest
the inmates of Il boarding house take in
one anotller's moral characters was fully
c:emplilicd recently in the divorce suit
OF MIR. Fitch against his wife The lady
was at Il hotel at Long Branch with her
mother and three children Several
times she went out and said she WA
going to the drug store She went ont i,
the evening, and went alone Once ui
twice she did not eturn till 10 or hal
past
the highly moral ladies' in that board
ing house held IL meeting in the parIoi
Then the following proceedings t"nk
place Each lady told Mrs. Fitch villa,
she had heard, and an attempt was made
to get at the bottom of things This is
too absolutely DELICIOUS for anything
There is something not less thar sublime
i'll the unconscious assumption that Mrs
Fitch's affairs We're their affairs How
kind it was for these good womcn to look
after Mrs Fitch's morals. ever to the
neglect of their Nay. more: they
vent further. When she stepped out to
walk of an afternoon. Mrs. Bailey and
Mrs. llalsey followed Mrs. Fitch to see
where she went But virtue was not its
own reward here, for the interchangeable
Mrs. I1alsty and Mrs. Bailey didn't find
out anything.
Bat1icd virtue now applied to the
stcrncr sex for assistance. and was not
disappointed. MIR. IiaIsey stepped upon
the scene. He took IL carriage and fol.
lowed Mrs. Fitch. He bent his fair
large ears to the task of housekeeping,
and said he heard IL Enthusiastically IA
man-cngage a carriage to take Mrs
Fitch out. At last IL mares nest for
lofty virtue! But, no! Disappointment
again! Mrs. Fitch did not go to ride.
Then the hotel porter enlisted in the
cause. He watched night and day AT
length his gaze was rewarded by behold,
ing Mrs. Fitch "waiking with linked
arms" with Il man in the evening about
Wv GUN tlSsltll oIlt NCIliIiN IitlM ecu
s and 8 O'Clock. He watched the mails.
At the trial he swore that hr knew Mr.
Fitch's writing. and that Mrs. Fitch re-
ccivcd some letters that were not in Mr..
Fitch's chirography
The amount of watching it must have
taken to find this out would have been
painful in anything less heroic than the
cause of virtue. But what settled mat
tiers in the portcr's mind was the walk
ing with linked arms" Ladies' at Long
Branch never ''linked arms" except with
their husbands or Il relation, he said.
The r~eprchcnsible custom of linking
arms has therefore been abolished in the
etiquette of Long Branch.
1t is sad to record that, after all tho
trouble taken in her behalf, not shadow
of IL case could be made out against Mrs.
Fitch.
But, brethren, let us one and all forth
with talk" up our abode in hotels and
boarding houses. where attentive portcrs
will learn our handwriting and ladies of
leisure will ak" care of our morals.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

In Denmark, when a man is found
upon the streets "hlind drunk" Il police
:nun call, Il carriage. sends the intoxi-
Gated man home in state. and the saloon
krcncr who sold him his last drink has
tn LAY the carriage hire.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

The New Orleans Tines Democrat says
in a spirited way: There is no portion
of the south where the whites cannot
live, where they do not work more intel
ligcntly and better than the negroes, and
where they do not produce larger crops
per capita The south would be more
productive, richer and more prosperous
in every way if it were peoplcd alto
gcther by white men,"
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

Charleston. S. c.. witnesses the spec
tac!c of scvcn black and five white Jury
mtn sitting together TO try a murder
case. 1t is the case of Capt. Mellow for
shooting Capt. Dawson, of The Charles
ton News and Courier, last spring, So
the world has moved.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

There is a decided tendency towards
better Sunday observance in public quar-
tiers. Following the example of various
railroad companies and of Postmaster
General Wanamaker, the army authors
ties have issued u Sunday order. 1t is
said the president himself is back of gem
pral order No. so. 1t is that hereafter
thn weekly inspection of arms, equip
MEATS. clothing, and barracks and bar
rack kitchens, shall be made on Satur-
day, instead of Sunday, as heretofore,
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

The United States navy is advancing
with a speed gratifying to patriotism.
The secretary of the navy has on hands.
building and to be built. seventeen tip
top war vessels of various patterns.
These were ordered during the previous
administration. The incoming congress
will add new ones to the list.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

The order has gone forth that here
after the vessels of tho American navy
are to be painted white. This will add
both to their picturesqueness and health
fulness. The great black hull of an iron
steamer is like 4 bake oven when cruis-
ing in tropical countries. The white
painted cruiser Boston presented a strik-
ingly lie appearance in the water parade
in New York harbor at the centennial
Inauguration.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

"a new beauty book that
Mrs. fangtry poulticcs her face with
veal outlets to prc"cnt wrinkles. This
is certainly n new wrinkle in beauty
culture. 1t has been generally supposed
that the fascinating actress has had
more or less experience with calves dur
ing her career, but this is the first init
nation VIC have had that she took them
i'm slices
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

:"'"'r philosopher has discovered that
the ..!,siic old American blood of the
fathers i,"s boon kept purcr and without
t.n"i%m a;lmiNturc far more thoroughly
III l:'r ,"a,h than in the north. Well,
llHll is no the general opinion.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

y howl rises over the land about the
scarcity and high price of ice this sum
mel Yet there vas u time. not so long
ago, when the family that labitually
used ice was the exception People
managed very we'll without it. and were
quite as happy and healthy as they arc
now. too.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06
Trust Stocks.

The industrial syndicates have had. a
curious effect on Wall street and the va
rious stock exchanges of the country.
They have given rise to new oplplturi-
ties for stock gambling. Shares of the
great Industrial combinations, such as
the Standard Oil, coal, etc, have ON
to be freely bought and sold and gambled
in, just rs railroad shares have been for
SO many years. The new industrial prop
critics are called trust stocks, and they
are regularly quoted. Some.o of these
trust stocks are listed on the cx-
changes, others are not. One of the
fayorite properties Of this kind is the
stock OF the sugar trust. 1t is the gen
eral impression that sugar will continue
to rise, owing to the failure Of the beet
root crop i'll Europe. Anything will do
for lii excuse.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

There are less than 100000 Indians all
toll in IA" United States. OF these 49,
Gi' ~" church members and el,.sS2 live
III i'.'i; -. like the white man.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

The country is safe and the nation
breathes once more. 1t is said. OH W.
doubted authority. that there never has
been n p%rofane word or any swearing
heard at any of the meetings Of Presi-
dent Harrison and his cabinet. lot even
during the little rumpus over the sud
den withdrawal of the Haytian com
Epissionrrs
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

a woman asks this question i'll refer
IT Il Mrs. Whiteling. who was hanged
at Philadelphia: When q woman is tried,
condemned and executed by q judge and
jury Of men, can it bc said that she has
been tried by a jury of her peers:'
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

a decline in the value of farm lands
is noticed in all the Older states This
will have Il marked effect in the sum
ming up Of values in the new census.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

Between 1852 and 1871. l,94S. 600 mel
were killed in wa. and the killing Of
each MAJ o 10000.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

In 1871 there was an old worn out field
i'll the central part of Alabama. 1t had
been both corn field and cotton field al
tcrnately, and was not much good for
either. The ground WAS broken into
ridges and was difficult to cultivate. In
digging and blowing up the ground a
vein of Very hard. dark metallic sub
stance had been noticed. So.nelmdy said
it Was iron ore, but no particular atten-
ton had been paid to it. \ few more
years passed over the shabby, neglected
field. In 1871 Col. Sloss saw Il man dig.
Sing Il hole in the mountain side near the
old field. The digger threw out lumps
nj coal with the clay. An idea struck
Col. Soss. May be there was a coal
mine worth something here. In 1879
Henry dc Bardlaupn visited the neigh
horhood of the old cotton field. The cX-
i>tencc of both coal and iron were known
now, Providence had put the two to-
sr,ilcr Oh purpose for the convenience
OF man. Sloes just escaped being dead
broke" and Barliabcn WAS i, clerk at
Very small Wages But the two joined
hands and bought on credit large tracts
uf the new mincra! lands.
To-day the city of Birmingham, Ala,
stands upon the old cotton farm. Bir-
minglram has 1000 inhabitants, all
since 1879. All about the city are rich
mines. They pro'!lcr every day nearly
10000 tons of coal. $500 tens of iron ore
and 2.oCO ton, OF limestone There are
LOO cokin% ovens, smoldcring night
and day Every day $500 tons of pig
iron ald :oo toliS of finished iron are
turned out of the great furnaces and
rolling mills that fill the landscape will,
smoke by day and with II red glow by
night.
Henry l1ardlahcn is today worth So
0o0.0O0. amasscd in less than nine years.
Col. Sloss is worth So 1000. 900. One lot in
the old lection field has been sold for Sl10,-
COO, another for Sl7,0 Eight hundred
dollars II foot is no very uncommon price.
One nan went to Birmingham with
nothing six Years ago, and now has
81, 300 900. y. drummer from Cincinnati
visited the charmed spot in 1880 and be-
came Il hookkecpcr. lie is now worth
$500, 600. y crippled Confederate soldier
started Il barroom in Birmingham in
1851 Ills figures now round up $780,
600.
y druggist lruin G~leenviile went tC
birmingham thirteen sears ago and be-
cainc president of Il land company. lie
now OWLS property worth 81. 200. 900. a
Mr.. PincAard, WHO is only 80 years old,
made half a million doiIar.; in three
years. Nearly all these men are south.
crncrs. There are many others who have
done quite as well, cx-Congrcssmal,
Cummings, who tells the story in the
New York Sun, says. birmingham has
almost parallelcd the carly days of Cali.
fornia in growth and wealth. Iron is as
great Il magician as gold, The list OF
wage hero is 5000. and Il million
and Il half of silver dollars are paid te
them every month. There is now strong
talk of Il great trust to unite and control
all the iron industries ut Birmingham.
1t will then become the center of the
mcst powerful iron combination in the
world.
50, amid orchards and gardens and
lakes, with her great trip hammers lit
orally keeping timeto the music of mock
ing birds, Birmingham grows mighty
and rich.
Trust Stocks.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

The American idea is marching on.
Russia has nearly completeda petroleum
pipe line across the Caucasus mountains.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06
STOCK BRANDS

w. L. CROSBY,
La Crosse. Wis.
J.A. DUNLAP. Foreman. Dickinson. Oak,
Cattle branded ~ above. Horses with same
brand on left shoulder. Range. kildccr Noun
and Little Missouri river. july 1S.1y
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-06

But. brethren, let us one and all forth
with talk" up our abode in hotels and
boarding houses. where attentive portcrs
will learn our handwriting and ladies of
leisure will tax" care of our morals.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-17
CHAPTER VI.

~ UNDERSTANDING AND A DIFFERENCE,
 When Lyman Childer came home to din ner the following day. he found his sister with her head full of the nights pleasures and her tongue running brisk accompani ment to the business of the table, which needed very little aid from him.
 "So very many distinguished people there, Lyman; but why do you suppose they ever invited that MT. Ingots He is hardly what would be called a gentleman It was the one plot on my happiness having him there.n
 Tn the role of your most devoted, you mean" said Lyman, with Q laugh. "Ingot isn't so fascinating as some, but Mr Ever Ieigh shows him occasional attention be- cause he comes from the same county in Malne where he passed his boyhood Be sides, they couldn't well do less than ask nm after was on the list"
 oh, but with you it is different Miss Everlelgh never looked at him all evening, ana saw that she danced with you twice oh, how nice it must be to be beauty and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-17
TOElNo THE SCRATCH.

The Noisy Hut Harmless s'OsR's" Hurled
 ae Each Othcr by Two Negross. ll- There had been some hard words between Julius and Moses before as near as l could make out, says writer in the New York Evening Sun. Moses was blaeking my boots on the verandah whom Julius came around from the kitchen and began:
 "Look heah, boy; rze dun got my eye- ball on you, an' de fust thing you know Jll pound you to squashp'
 'Shoo! Does you know who you is con- versin' widf demanded Moses. "Doan' you talk to mo dat way. black man.n "Who's black man3"
 'You is."
 "You was liar, sahl" "So was youi" @ "Look out, boyl A feller dun called mo uah one time and dc county had to bury him." "An' you look out for mo, black man; pze mighty hard to wake up, but when ! gits aroused was pizen all de way frew."
 "Shool just want to say to you dat de las' dght was in 1t took eight mon to hold me aH :. Doan' you get me mad, boy-doan' you shoulder" = "An' dass put my hand on yours." s "Now what yo' gwine ter dol''
 Now what you gwine ter doi" -~ "Shoo!"
 "Shoop'
 And after standing in defiance for Q moment each backed slowly away and went aoout his business, to renew the .sdef'' at the first opportunity and always with the aame resnlt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-17
BETRAYED BY A GOOsE..
A Pennsylvania Lovers Experience in tl
 House of His Bost Girl.

A Pennsylvania Lovers Experience in tho 1 Houso of His Bost GirL
 | A young man over in Brushvalley town | snip was desperately iu love with Q farmers daughter, says the Punxsutawney (Pa) Spirit. She reciprocated the tender pas sion, but her father was sullen and ob- durate and gave the young man to under stand In the most emphatic terms tLat If he ever entered that house 1t would be at his perii. He would, he said, ''kicl< the day lights out of him." One night recently, when the old gentle. man had gone to Indiana to be absent over night, the young man took advantage of his absence to visit the daughter. They wore sitting in the front room, beaming with joy. It was nearly midnight. Presently tho daughter heard 8 noise which she recop- nized as her fathers footsteps. There was bed In the room, and the girl drew back the calico curtains and told the young man to hustle under. He did so. She had for gotten to tell him that there was goose under there engaged in g motherly ehortto hatch out dozen young goslfngs Scarce ly had the young man gotten himself so. curely slowed away when the girls father entered. Just about thls time tho old goose made hisslnR noise, drew back it's long neck and struck the already frightened in- truder smart blow on the left ear. ninnino piece out. That was enough. He was sure he had been bitten by snake. and. with blood.curdling yell, the young man rushed from his hiding place, screaming at the top of his voice: .
 "Snake! Snake! I'm bit by snakel and don't care dang who knows ftp -
 And the clandestine lover made 8 break for the door and ran home with furious speed, yelling at every jump
 The old man was at first very much startled at the strange apparition, bull he soon realized the situation, and both himself and daughter laughed heartily.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-17
THEY LOVE LAWSUITS.
Oaes1 Casos of Litigation Reported Ana,
 MmfmA V~~l->.

Ooes1 Casos of Litigation Reported Amana Maine Yankees.
 Msine G0untrymen arc great lovers of liti gation cad argument, and nothing tickies them better than long and badly mixed up lawsuit. They will go to law about any thing, from tin kettle up, and when their cases come to trial the wholo countryside turns out to witness tho legal fray. The oangor correspondent of the New York sun remembers . c0se which was tried in somerset County 8 few years ago, wherein the issue at stake was tho ownership of a pair of steelyards. Tho contestants fought tooth and nail through several terms of court, appeals, postponements and continu- ances, stretching tho dispute over many months of time, while the lawyers bills reached alarming proportions. Finally . level-headed judge, when the jury declared themselves unable to determine which man owned the steelyards, threw the ease out of court and then called for the apparatus in question.
 "Mr. Sherif," cried his honor, 'tI want you to take those steelyards and throw them into the middle of the Kennebec riy- er." The officer did as directed, and that ended tho celebrated caso. -
 la the town of Winn. Penobsoot County, the other day, baokwoods lawyer sued an. other ruralist for tho sum of el2. the same, he claimed, being due for hay, legal advice ana en accordion. After long and ax- nauative hearing of the case tho presiding justice decided that there was the sum of II cents due tho plaintiff, but whether for hay, legal advice or the accordion ho did not state. A Il cents will buy neither accor- dion nor hay, the inference Is thst the de- fendant owed for II ccnts' worth of law. Both parties objected to tho decision. and the case will go to higher court
 Therei is man in Houiton jail for debt who owns farm worth e800 and receives Q pension. He could pay his way out, but he won't. He says the farm belongs to h,s wife, and that his pension money is needed by his family. The creditor has made pro- vision in his will for the debtors board. and :wears that hs will have to pay up or die in
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-17

lF YOU WILL PRESENT ME TO HER." Ing me for this affair tonight! They say
 am cheating my creditors by just so much. suppose 1t Is the truth, but was deter mined she should have this last birthday. unclouded, to remember, after-' "1s 1t really 80 bad as all that, MT Eyer. leighi"
 The gray haired man struggled with the emotion which was choking him. "Unless some miracle intervenes, shall go to the wall within week. Edson's en- beszlement of q year ago was what shook me first, and there has been terrible shrinkage in values since. If had been an interruptions man l might have recovered part, but"-here his head lifted-"thouch I am ruined myself, no other man shall be wronged by me-"
 'In that case, it would not require very large sum to tide you over, would ita"
 "Less than that thieving cashier took with him when he absconded. Two hoped to tho last that he might be discovered, and compelled to disRorge A vain hope! feel like cursing him and my blindness; but that don't help matters"
 'I have hope that may. My sister and have lately fallen heir to quito a little fort une, left to us by an uncle in the far West It is in available form, and Carols share is placed unreservedly in my trust pending \ her majority. can place Q hundred thou sand dollars in your hands in few days' time, if that will be sufficient to carry you over."
 "It Is moro than enough" cried MT. Everleigh, in quick revulsion from despair to happiness, seixing and wringing the hands of his cashier till the latter winced. "Believe me, Childer, would never take advantage of your most generous offer if had any doubt of the result, and will sec that you arc secured before mako uso of a dollar. What fortunate legacyl How grateful am-to you and to Heavenl"
 Those guests who were supposed to be knowing ones looked at each other in aston tshment when Mir. Everlcigh appeared among them again after short interval He had got rid of his harassed looks; he was quite the genial, watchful host-a role which he had not performed to perfection in the earlier part of the evening"
 But for Q man who had just donc an un- callcd-for, generous act, Lyman Childer did not seem to have derived the spiritual com fort which might havc been expected from it. He took an carly opportunity to with draw his sister from the gay scene, after acknowledging the pleasure which the evening had given him to Miss Everleigh.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-17
How He Managed t0 Make the Enemy Take to His Heels, .-. -

How He Managed to Make the Enemy Take to His Beols. .ea, -
 Dr. J. Emmot OBrien contributes q Mper to the Century entitled ''Telegraph- ing in Battle" from which this incident Is quoted: "On ono occasion m operator started out from Fairfax skation on . hand cor propelled by three atrabands to at tompt to rest0ro the limo 90 that Pope's operators could communicate his where abouts. Finding tho line cut beyond Pohick bridge, he spliced 1t and got signals from both directions. While SO engaged Q party of guerrillas emerged from the woods to the track and surrounded him. Bidding tho negroes stand fast, he dictated swift message over the line, which was being re- peated back to hlm and copied e tho Con- 1ederate leader leaned over his shoulder and read the significant words: .Buford has sent back . regiment of cavalry to meet the ono from hero and guard the lino. If you are molostod we will hang every cfti- zen on tho route.' The instrument ceased ticking as tho operator firmly replied: |: -.v' (0 K.). A painful pause en- sued. The Confederate might have sus- pected . ruse if at tho moment . gleam of sabers had not shone in the direction of Fair. fax Court,Housa. Hastily starting for the woods, the leader exclaimed: Como homo, noysi these ysre ain't ear niggeTs; and thcy disappeared. while the hsnd-car, e If driven by forty contraband power, spod rapidly rsarward. Pope's wiroo were not well guarded At any time."