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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
The Dnrber's Bravery.

Mr.. Louis salow, tonsorial artist in
the employ Of Mr.. Dave Brown, is re-
ceiving congratulations on all sides for
the bravery he displayed in stopping a
runaway horse tho other day. Tho
frightened animal camo tearing down
State street on a mad gallop, his eyes
flashing fire, his nostrils distcnded, his
hoofs clattering and striking fire on tho
stone pavement with every bound. A
panic took possession of the people on
the street, ladies shrieked and tainted,
and men ran for dear life, when sud-
denly tho barber appeared upon the
scene. With II bound no gained the mid
die of tho street, seized tho maddened
horse by the bride, and after being
dragged square or two succeeded in
stopping him. There was beautiful
young lady-said to be an heiress-in
the buggy, and she is said to have ex-
pressed the intention of marrying Louis,
who saved her life.-Erie Herald.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
Heathcn Gods in Her Ears,

A physician of my acquaintance was
called in recently to see an old lady who
resides in her own house in the Third
ward. 1t was his first call, and he had
never seen the lady before. She lay on n
couch, neatly attired, with her gray hair
in q cluster of small curls ut each side of
her head.
doctor" she said, "I have sent to con-
sultyou OH very serious matter. Ihave
for long time suffered from pains in the
head, and have consulted many physi-
clans without receiving any benefit. Yes
terday accidentally swallowed fish
bone, and while coughing it up felt a
singular sensation in my left ear Iput
up my hand and drew this from my ear. :"
She extended toward the doctor a small
leaden statue of Napoleon, such as used
to be sold on the streets years ago in n
little glass bottle.
"You drew this from your carr" asked
the doctor.
eyes, doctor, did," was the reply,
'and have been much easiere ever since" I"
The doctor examined her ear and
found it perfectly natural. He didn't
know what to say, but he thought a good
deal.
81 want you to do something for me, !"
she continued, "for am satisfied there
is another heather god like this in the
other ear; for it is heather god, have
no doubt"
"How do you suppose it got there?' the
doctor asked
II think Ezekiel or one of the minor
prophets must have put two of these
heather gods in my ears when was a
child. Now, doctor, l want you to pre-
scribe something to bring out the heather
god from the right ear
"Swallow another fishbone," said the
doctor, as he left the room in high
dgeon.-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
A Cornwall Mountain Mine.

Francois Chaynot, of Cornwall Hollow,
among the Cornwall mountains, in Con-
nccticut, has been searching for three
years for iron ore on his farm. For the
past year he has been employed in dig
ging tunnel about six feet square into
the side Of mountain. He has gone $50
feet. AT the entrance he blasted for n
long way through solid rock, then came
a kind of clay of a yellow color and next
he found a red substance resembling
ochre. He has gravity track and car
running the whole length of his queer
mine which he is working alone. Many
springs havo been found that gush forth
pure, cold water. Mr.. Chaynot has now
struck into stone containing largo guam
titles of iron, and his finds are richer as
as he proceeds Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
What He Missed.

There is a namesake Of Henry Shaw
living near Lexington, Mo-, or rather
there was few months ago, when I was
in that neighborhood. This Henry Shaw
was not related to the st. Louis philan-
thropist and millionaire, but he once
met him under peculiar circumstances.
The gentleman l am alluding to was
connected with an aristocratic En.lisl,
family, and many years before the war
he came out to this country. On reach
ing St. Louis he heard of and called on
the founder of Shaw's gardens. A
friendship soon struck up between the
two Henrys, and the wealthy one recon-
mended the newly arrived emigrant to
invest his capital in certain st. Louis
real estate. The latter was then worth
about s12 900, more than enough to pur-
chase the property selected; now he is
worth about the same sum, and when
saw him last he said if he had taken his
namesake's advice he would have owned
property worth over 81, 100000 at the
present time.-Interview in st. Louis
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
A Monster smokestack.

The monster chimney of the new
Fall River Iron Works mill, the largest
in America and tho fifth largest in the
world,was completed recently. 1t is $50
feet above the ground. The bottom of
the foundation is seven feet below tide
water and sixteen feet below the ground,
making the total height of the chimney
36G feet. Tho base is square for a dis
tance Of about thirteen secs froll the
ground, then tapers up gradually for
about eight feet, and from that up the
chimney is cylindrical in form. The
diameter at the base is thirty feet, at the
narrowest part it is fifteen feet. The
flue has uniform diameter of eleven
feet. The walls at the bottom are thirty
two inches thick and in the thinnest part
twelve inches. 1t is built of brick above
the foundation, the number used being
1,7OO,O O,OOo.-N. Y. Telegram.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
He Had Been There.

Railroad superintendent Ito applicant
for position)-You were formerly enl-
ployed as conductor on the p. Y. and X?
Applicant-Yes, sir.
Railroad Supcrintcndent-Didyou you ever
knock down.
Applicant-No, sir.
Railroad Superintendent don't want
you then. was once a conductor my
sclf.-Epoch.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
"Tl,o Lady of Lyons"

1t is remarkable how so many Of our
leading performers have all eagerly come
at last to attempt these favorite charac-
ters. The interval between the days of
the classical Macready and the "roman-
tic" Irving is filled by n regular line Of
distinguished players. 1t must be ad-
mitted that there is q certain "high
flown" strain in particular passages, cer-
tainly "bombastic," and which are al
most impossible to deliver without pro
voking smile.
Such is the we'll known description of
the palace with which tho suitor at
tempts to dazzle the imagination of his
mistress. To the ordinary player this
is, of course, inexpressibly dear, and
perhaps the most precious morsel of
"fat" in the whole. Mr.. Coghlan, who
played the part with Mrs. Langtry, judi
ciously lcvcled down the strained tone
into more prosaic shape, with excellent
effect. a rather ludicrous tradition
seems to have been jealousy preserved
by all performers of the character.
When CLAUDIO returns from the wars and
meets his mistress, it is obvious that tho
mere change of costume would not pre-
vent instant recognition, which is, how
ever, happily avcrtcd by the device of
shcterinS his faco behind his cooked
hat and spreading plumes.
The gracious, winsome part of Pauline
has been essayed by all our most charm
ipo octroccoc ,ctor l,o;,fr cro,toj I,,, tl,,
once irresistible Miss Helen Faucit, and
all, down to Miss Terry, Miss Anderson
and Mrs. Langtry, have increased their
regulations by the performance. For
over fifty years it has held its ground
and is always performed. Nay, it has
been said that there is not n theatrical
night in tho year on which it is not being
played at some theatre of the kingdom.
The young beginner, just stepping on the
boards, turns fondly to the effective
gardeners son." and is certain he could
deliver the passage ending, "Dost like
the picture?"-a burst often laughed at,
but never failing to tell. Every charac-
ter is good and actablc, and, though we
may have seen it fifty times, as most
playgocrs have, there is always reserve
of novelty and attraction left which is
certain to interest. In his preface to the
play the author explains that lie had
founded it upon his imperfect recollcc-
tion of a pretty little story called 1.-THE
Bellows Mcnder." This is the exact
truth, for the main or root idca is
thus suggested, viz, that of a girl being
deceived into n marriage with one of
low degree to crafty the revenge of a
rejected suitor, and being afterward
gained over to love her low born ad-
mircr. The character of Pauline is to-
tally different, the original being a rather
energetic person who asserted her rights
i'll a very vigorous fashion.-Thc Gentle
mans Magazine.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
Old HianuscriDt,

A scholar named Musso CHANGED one
afternoon to enter bookbinders shop
in Paris. Noticing that the man was
about to cut up mass of manuscript, he
begged leave to examine it. To his sur
prise he found that he had hit upon the
works of Agobard, a learned prclate of
the ninth century. Seeing its value,
Musso purchased the manuscript, and
thus preserved Volume which con-
taned many valuable details of those
early days.-Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07

A strange natural phenomenon is the
panpero, a South American storm wind,
which is described by the author Of
Hearts Of Oak" who first made its ac-
quaintance during stay at Montevideo
A light breeze had been blowing from
the northeast, but had steadily increased
in force, and brought with it the heated
air of the tropics, which, passing over
treeless pampa country, exposed to the
burning sun rays of clear sky, so
warns up the atmosphere on the shores
of the Rio de la Plata that its effect upon
human beings is exceedingly bad.
This state of things enerally lasts for
week, or longer, until the sitting heat
becomes unbearable and the inhabitants
are seen resting in grass hammocks or
lying on bare floors, incapable of exer-
ton. However, relief is close ut hand.
A little cloud "no bigger than mans
hand" is first seen to rise above the
water, then the heavens grow black with
clouds, and the battle of opposing winds
begins.
The pampcro advances with its artil-
lery we'll in front; forked flashes of vivid
lightning, followed by peals of thunder,
bear down upon the foe, who, quite up
to the moment of attack, is fiercely dis
charging its fiery breath on the surround
ing regions. The inhabitants now climb
on the azoteas, or flat roofs, to watch the
struggle and to be the first to participate
in the delicious relief brought by the
pampero to their fevered bodies.
Far out on the river q curious sight
may be seen; the opposing waves, raised
by the rival winds, meet like rush of
cavalry in wild career; their white horses
with foaming crests dash themselves
against each other and send clouds of
dazzling spray high in tho air; this being
backed by an inly sky renders the scene
most imposing.
Gradually the northeaster gives way.
followed closely by its enemy, the pam.
pero, which throws out skirmishing cur.
rents of ice cold wind in advance of its
final onslaught. Then comes the roar of
the elements, and deluge such as no
ono would willingly encounter, and
cooler weather is established for the time
being.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
ono Nay to Cook q Rabbit.

A couple of Augusta disciples of MINI
rod, while on a recent cunning trip, after
a hard days tramp succeeded in bagging
small rabbit. They knew that the ami
NAL was good eating, but as to how to
cook him properly they were not as well
posted. They pondered long on the sub
ject until the pangs of hunger demanded
immediate action of some sort, when
they tied bunny up by the hind legs and
picked him as the good housewife does
hen. They said he was good eating
just the same, with the exception of an
occasional tuft of fur which had escaped
the picking process.-Kennebeo Journal
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
THE TRUTH.

Friend, though thy soul should burn thee, yet bs
STILL
Thoughts were not meant for strife, nor tongues
for swords
He that sees clear Is gentlest Of his words,
And that's not truth that hath tho heart to kill
The whole worlds thought shall not one truth
fulfill
Dull in our age, and passionate in youth,
No mind Of man hath found the perfect truth;
Nor shalt thou find it; therefore, friend be still
Watch and be still nor hearken to the fool,
The babbler Of consistency and rule;
Wisest is he who. never quite secure,
Changes his thoughts for better day BY day:
Tomorrow some new light will shine, be sure
And thou shalt see thy thought another way
Archibald I-ampman in Boston Transcript.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM.
A Chicago SIan Who Dreamed That n
Dreamed of Committing Suicide.

Ever have a dream within a dream
and get the two all mixed up:" asked
the man at the club whose speciality is
dreams. "Well; l had one the other
night that has made me think some
about it since. thought was walking
west in n mighty disconsolate frame of
mind and wondering if, after all, life
didn't cost pretty much all it WIS worth
when ! came to the Madison street
bridge. stopped and looked over the
rail and fell to calculating how it would
feel to take plunge inthe Shiny depths,
and how much attention it would at
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
scnou tells a good story about y co,n, !,

scnoll tells good story about comic
singer who called the other day at the
managers Office Of ono of the principal
cafe chantants in Paris to SEQ about
getting an engagement. "But let me
see," said the manager, seem to know
your face. 'Did you not sing at the Yer
non theatre last season." eyes" "But,
my poor fellow, you wero fearful
frost" "Yes; on purpose" "How on
purpose:" You see, the manager didn't
pay us. If had sung well I sh-
have got nothing but applaus
sang as wretchedly as eoul'
bombarded me with app
Gazette. -
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
Tho Original Star Route.

The Jupiter and Lake Worth railroad
very properly claims the prior privilege
of using the designation "Star Route"
According to The Railway Age, tho sta
tions ON that short line are named Jupi-
ter, Venus, Mars, Juno.-Philadclphia
Timcs.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
German Names Wanted.

The managers of the Berlin cafes con-
certs have offered prize of 800 marks
to whoever shall find purely German
names for the following commonly used
foreign words: "Specialitaet, programm,
phantasie, equilibrist, akrobat, gymnas-
tiker, eccentricS, knock-abouts, trick,
lougleur, rgostesk eccentric" - Ex-
change.
About year ago Joseph Bloedel,
1T-year-old boy, of Huntington, w. Va,
ran away with Agnes Jarvis, aged II,
the daughter of well-to-do South Caro-
lima farmer. Agnes, being unusually
largo for girl of her age, and seeming
older, consequently, than she really was,
had no difficulty in prevailing upon
minister to unite her in marriage to her
boy lover. Since then they have lived
together happily until-la Friday, when
Joseph died very unexpectedly of ty-
phoid fever, just as his child wife was
giving birth to girl baby. And so, be-
fore she is quite 1s years of age, a gnes
Bloedel is wife, mother and widow, all
three. a remarkable occurrence, sure
lv.-E4change.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
Elsie-Wbat did vo,, cav ,,en

AMY asked him calmly TO think
over my proposition.
Elsie-Calmly! Good gracious! It
nearly drives him into Mysteries to think
at au.-Boston Herald.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07

"I have used Ayers Cherry Pectoral
in my family for thirty years and have
always found it the best remedy for
Group, to which complaint my children
have been subject. Capt. U. Carley,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
"From an experience Of over thirty
years in the sale of proprietary medi-
cines, feel justified in recommending
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. One Of the
best recommendations OF the Pectoral is
the enduring quality of its popularity, it
being more salable now than it was
twenty-five years ago.. when its great
success was considered marvellous"
r. S. Drake, NJ. D., Beliot, Kans.
"My little sister, four years Of age,
was so ill from bronchitis that we had
almost given up hope of her recovery.
Our family physician, a skilful man and
OF large experience, pronounced it USE
less to give her any more medicine
saying that he had done all it was pos
sible to do, and we must prepare for the
worst. AS last resort, we determined
to try Ayers Cherry Pectoral, and 1 can
truly say, with the most happy results.
After taking a few doses she seemed to
breathe easier, and, within a week, was
out of danger. We continued giving the
Pectoral until satisfied she was entirely
we'll. This has given me unbounded faith
In the preparation, and recommend it
confidently to my customers" &C. o.
Lepper, Druggist, Fort Wayne, Ind.
For Colds and Coughs, take
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
TEIGNING DEAFNESS,

Tho next Sunday there was a repcti.
tion of the attack. Tie woman, who
was stranger to tho congregation, was
again taken to the vcstibulo, and the
physician who had previously attended
her was again called upon. Thinking
that tho attack was simulated, he pro-
posed that settee should be procured
and the woman carried through the
street to police station. In twink
ling the woman sprans from the chair
in which she had been placed, hurried
from tho building and has not since ap-
peared at the church.
One Of the methods adopted to mis-
lead is to feign deafness. This is one of
the tricks resorted to by men who desire
to avoid being placed upon juries. Cen
orally, however, the judges arc able to
fathom the deception, and, by the use of
little stratagem, it is easily exposed.
Men who simulate deafness will clasp an
ear in the palm Of tho hand and lean
forward as though tho auditory nerves
were strained to catch what was said.
In an unguarded moment the supposed
deaf man is asked a question in an ordi-
nary tone, to which he generally replies
and his deception is unmasked.
AS rule, however, illness and other
physical disabilities are simulated by
people who wish to avoid work or who
desire to obtain admission to some in.
stitution whero they may live without
cost to themselves, and sometimes by
convicts with the hope of bettcring their
condition. In fact very many diseases
are feigncd, but in the hands of n skill
full physician they are soon exposed. A
common method of Stimulating apoplexy
is by falling down as if deprived of SEN
sation and consciousness. Powerful
stimulants, an electric shock, tho appli-
cation of hot water or an irritation Of
the nostrils, quickly detect the imposi-
tion.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07


by the use Of this
wonderful remedy.
1t strengthens the
vocal organs, allays
irritation, and pre-
vents the inroads Of
Consumption; in
every stage of that
dread disease,
Ayers Cherry Pee
toral relieves cough
ing and induces
rafraohipn root
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-12-07
like MaSiC,' %

THE effect produced by Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. Colds, Coughs, Group,
and Sore Throat are, in most cases, inn
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-21
Primitive Venezuelan Laundries.

Most of the laundry work in Venezuela
is done by women on the banks of the
streams. They carry the clothes in bask-
cts on the top of their heads to and fro,
wash it in the cold, running streams,
pound it upon the rocks, to the destruc-
ton of buttons, and spread it upon the
grass to dry. Sometimes hot water and
tubs are used when the washing is done
in the houses, but there is not such a
thing as clothes-ine or washboard in
all Venezuela. In the rear patios of most
of the houses is a tank for water made Of
stones and cement. In this the clothes
are washed, and there is pile of large
bowlders as big as cannon-balls or pump
kins upon which the garments are spread
to dry. People from the United States
have repeatedly attempted to introduce
washing machines, clothes-bars, and
clothes-lines, but the native women can
not be induced to use them, preferring
their own awkward Chicago Ne0s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-21
The SDeed of Fishes.

The speed of fishes is almost an un-
known quantity, being, as Professor G.
Brown Goode says, very difficult to meas
ure. eff you could get fish," said
Professor Goode to Post reporter, "and
put him in trough of water 1000 feet
long and start him at one end and make
him swim to the other without stopping,
the information could be easily obtained,
but fish are unintelligent and they won't
do this. Estimates of the speed of fish
consequently are only approximated, and
more or less founded on guessing. You
can tell, however, at glance whether
fish is built for speed or not. > A fast fish
looks trim and pointed, like yacht.
Its head is conical shaped, and its fins fit
down close to its body, like knife blade
into it's handle. Fish with large heads,
bigger than their bodies, and with short,
stubby fins, are built for slow notion"
"What are the fastest fishes?"
"The predatory fish, those which live
on prey, are the fastest swimmers. The
food fish are generally among the slowest,
and are consequently, easily captured.
Their loss is recompensed, however, by
the natural law which makes them very
prolific in reproduction. Dolphins have
been known to swim around an ocean
steamer, and it is quite safe to say that
their speed is twenty miles an hour, but
it may be twice as much. The bonito is
a fast-swimming fish. Just what its
speed is I do not know. The head of
the goose fish is very large-twenty times
as big as its body. It moves about very
little, and swims at the bottom of the
ocean. The Spanish mackerel is one of
the fastest of the food fishes. It's bodyis
cone-shaped and as smooth as Furnished
metal. Its speed is as matchless as the
dolphin, and in motion it cuts the water
like a yacht. - Washington Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-21
GENERAL GRANTS SUNDAYS.

The more the private Life Of Gen. Grant q
revealed and studied the more Iroofs an
found of sturdy, sensible purpose to keel
his obligations to man and God. The MATTED
Of smoking was defect and sadly did n
pay for this one lapse from his position as a.
example for our manhood He refused Il
allow unchaste stories, abstained from wine,
and liquors, at least In. his maturer years
and he was regular Attendant upon divtnd
worship, and lent the influence OF his grea}
name to those things which make for riShtj
eousness. Z. ~.
On one occasion, when he was president|
his pastor called on him to say that as ads
tinguished preacher was to occupy his pull
pit on Sunday evening, he hoped the Tsa3
dent would attend that evening rather thar
in the morning, as was his CUSTOM Tor ha
attended church only once ON Sunday. ~
this Gen. Grant replied: II am glad, OF an
opportunity to explain this matter to you,
Secretary Fish and some others have an abb
surl notion that I ought not. to walk abouf
th streets of Washington at night and COM
sequently never go to the even
to do So" Seeing that the pastor was sur
prised by this statement, he said: Perhaps
you think I might have the carriage and
ride 10 service; but Doctor, when j was Q
poorman, long before lever thought that
should have servant ] made up my mind
that If ever did have one he should have
bis hours of Sunday for worship; and no
servant or horse are ever called into use
upon that day for my own personal CONVEX
.ience" t.,:3f ~