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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
The Way to Teach.

1t is tho recitation in direct or indirect
studies which makes tho pupil friend
or truant, n student or scamp, which
will guido him along the paths of honest
cndcavor or by ways of Incidence or in
difference. He finds words of praise for
well doing or condemnation of neglect.
III tho recitation the teacher gives proof
of fitness or unfitness in his calling. Here
is displayed tho life of tho school, and
hero is decided whether tho school shall
bo source of development or source
of unworthy motive, falscncss and incf-
Observation-Disclosures. hepupils who
recite from the book undergo an exercise
of memory which is valuable, but below
tho end sought. All rccitations should
be discussions with illustrations and de-
monstrations. Wo have too much reci-
tation. Three hours should be enough.
We waste time in recitation when we
give no timo for study.
Pupils of the primary grade should be
given no study to do out of school, and
higher grades very little. Let them learn
other and valuable lessons. Ono of the
greatest wrongs in the schools today is
keeping after school. 1t does not pro-
mote good attendance, conduct or bcnc-
fit. Arouse thepupil's ambition by study
ing his peculiar temperament. Do not
restrict to one book. Make denominations
oral, with such written examinations as
necessary. a pupil who acquits himself
well In Grafton may often be advanced
to higher grade regardless of the results
of a written examination. Tho details
of the recitation of course depend on tho
teacher and personality of tho pupil
Professor George Rowland.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30

tho well. Descending to tho depth of
about forty feet l camo to what sup.
posed was the bottom. Becoming ac-
customed to the darkness, discovered
long, horizontal cave in tho rock. The
lost calf had on bell, and after listen
ing I heard the tinkling far off in the
distance. Moreover it appeared to be
partly submerged in water. The hunt
was growing exciting, but l could not
enter that dark hole, pcopled with snakes
by tho imagination, by myself. Calling
to tho top, I asked that another man
come down with u lantern. My brother
came down, and wo started on our Jour-
ney through tho earth. Wehad to crawl,
for the crevice was not moro than three
feet high. We had proceeded about 100
yards when suddenly VIC camc to large
cavern, which could not bo measured In
the darkness. Just before lis was a
body of water into which tho calf had
fallen. Wo managed to throw rope
around 1t and pull it up, and then we
got out of there with all possible haste.
l had no inclination to explore further,
and shuddcr when think of tho DOS
siblo danger that surrounded us in tho
earth"
These natural wells arc among the
wonders unexplained. 1t is believed by
many that in ages past tho ground sunk
i'll, leaving these round holes in tho solid
rock. Mr.. Hodge used tho water from
ono of these wells for drinking. 1t is
sixty feet deep, and tho water is cold,
clear and purc.-Gaincsvillo Record.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
From jest to Earnest.

1t is often but step from tho Jest to
the truth. Many years ago three young
English officers stationed at Madras went
down to the beach one evening to re-
fresh themselves by bathing in the sea.
The sharks were abundant and hungry,
but the young men were Indifferent to
the danger, for they did not believe that
these sea wolves would venture SO near
to the shore.
They stripped and began frolicking on
the beach and digging holes in the sand.
Lets dig grave for b, and bury
him" said ono Of them.
'No, you won't!" he shouted, and
dashed into the sea. A frightful scream
told them that shark had seized him.
His two companions, splashing in to his
rescue, got hold of him and the shark let
go. Before they could drag him out the
fish returned to his prey, fastened upon
him, and quickly got him under the
water.
His comrades held on and pulled him
to the beach. They succeeded in rcscu-
ing him, but he was SO torn and manglcd
that he bled to death on the sands.-Ex-
cboppo
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
A SLAVE BOYS STORY.
Strange Victssitudes That Led Him from
Central Afric,. Down the Congo.

Central Africa Down the Congo.
A letter from the Congo tells the story
of slave boy from Central Africa who,
oy series of strange vicissitudes, has
recently come into the possession of Mr.
holman Bentley, the we'll known mis-
slonary, and is now living on the river
near tho west coast. Tho boys name is
kaycmbe, and ho lived near the Congo,
about 1,GO0 miles from it's mouth. a
while ago largo party of Arabs from
Ayangwc and their Manycma slaves at
tackled the village adjoining that in which
kayembe lived. They heard the shoot
ing and saw tho maraudcrs seizing wo-
men and children. Then they fled into
the jungle, and tho Arabs, coming over
to the deserted town, burned it to the
ground.
1t was thrco days before tho villagers
venturcd to return to their ruined
homes. All was quiet then, and they
spent the days tilling their fields around
tho place where they had lived. At
night they slept i'll the jungle, as they
feared a night attack. They were not
without fear for moment, but they
still fingered around their fields because
their food came from them
Ono day, after they had led this
wretched life for about three months, a
gang of slave hunters suddenly rushed
upon the village, beating their drums
ana firing guns. Kayembe's father
threw spear at one of tho slavcrs,
wounding him in tho shoulder Tho
wounded man then shot tho father dead
and cut off his hand as a trophy. Kay
cmbo dashed into the Jungle with sew
eral men after him. They caught him,
and ho was dragged away with other
prisoners to ncishboring villages, where
the slavcrs killed tho men and captured
many women. Tho littlo children whom
many of the women carried in their
arms wcro snatclcd away from them
and thrown into tho bushes, there to
perish miserably. Some of them, how
ever, were struck dead or wero stunned
by blow from stick. Others who
attempted to follow their mothers were
struck with switches and driven back.
IN about ten days tho slavcrs, with
their captivcs, reached Nyangwc, and
tho poor people were soon scattered far
and wide, their owners taking them in
all directions. Kayembo's master took
him 300 miles down the Congo, where he
sold him to Il Zanzibari. Soon after tho
boy had an attack of dysentery, and his
new master, thinking ho would die, sold
him for Il song to Il uousoa soldier in tho
service of tho Congo state. Tho soldier
took him 900 miles further down tho
river, to Leopoldvillc, where Sir Francis
dc Winton set tho boy free and put him
in charge of tho Baptist mission.
Lie has learned tho language of the
lower Congo, and Mr.. Bentley writes
that he is 4 bright and interesting boy.
But tho tragic events in his old homo
are craven in his memory. Ho wants to
return to his own country when it is safe
to do SO, and the missionaries havo prom
iscd him that when they aro ablo to
start a station far up tho Congo, where
he came from, ho shall go there with
| thcm.-London Telegram.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
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Whetting for Postum

Some people have prejudice for such
feasts as 'possum suppers, but those who
have the weakness are almost fanatical
in their taste
Just here it is well to recall the con-
versation that occurred between two
darkeys, who were fellow travellers in a
certain direction.
One had asked the other what he con-
sidered the finest dish lie had ever eaten.
With due promptitude he replied, and
mentioned everything that was suggested
to his mind. But his appetite was evil
IDENTIFY not aroused, as his companion
afterwards found out.
After relating, or stating everything
tempting that occurred to him, his com
panion said:
"Well, de finest thing l ever eat was
'possum. Jes' get big, fat, juicy pos
sum, bake him till dc grease runs all
over the plate, let him be good done and
brown, den have taters packed up all
round him baked we'll in de grease"-
Tho other ono couldn't stand it any
longer. Stopping his companion just at
this point, he said:
Look here, Niger, if you don't quit
taikin' bout dat, I'm gwinc ter fall Off
dis mule right here"
This indicates how Irresistible the pos
sum is when properly baked and served,
and no one is to be censured for having
a highly cultivated taste for this rich
meat.-Albany (Ga.) News.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
Pebbles In tho Honbonn,ero no..

The bonbonnicrc box is part of tho
summer resort girls regular equipment.
~ Philadelphia girl, whose name is often
seen in the social columns during the
winter season, was recently victimizcd
by q hcartlcss brother in this fashion: It
was at a mountain resort. The party
that sat in one of the dark corners of ihe
hotel porch included the Philadelphia
girl, member of the Germantown
Cricket club, Il clerk in q Philadelphia
national bank, the middle aged pastor of
a Philadelphia Baptist church, and the
wicked brother. Tho Philadelphia girl
passed her bonbonnicro box with the
usual invitation to tho cruel brother,
who sat on her right. The brother deftly
transferred to the box a handful of small
and carefully selected pebbles taken that
morning from a brook with malice pre-
pense, at the same time emptying the
toothsomc little confections into his other
hand, under the cover of the darkness
He then pretended to "help himself" and
passed the box to the cricket athlete,
who promptly bit one of the pebbles, but
kept u straight face and passed the box
along. The bank clerk put three stones
in his mouth and discovered the hoax,
but, Spartan like, concealed the pebbles
and passed the box to tho clergyman.
The minister had artificial teeth and the
dose was too much for him. He gagged
and removed the stones, and then every
body but the Philadelphia girl Uttered.
The bank clerk, the cricket bowler and
the clergyman are still wondering
whether the Philadelphia girl is much
given to that sort of joking.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30

She cast her eye about her in search Of
the proper man for a future husband. It
rested on the young and healthy Horace
Warner. She proposed to him secretly
and he accepted. Ho was delegated to
inform Gibbons Of tho match, for the
widow, who had known his wrath,
feared to speak. While hitching up a
team of horses to go to the timber land
for wood at daylight, young Mr.. Warner
plucked up courage enough to tell his
employer all about it.
Gibbons flew into a rage and threat.
encd to shoot Warner if he did not give
up the idea of marriage with the widow.
The whole conversation was overheard
by Mrs. Brown, and when Gibbons had
done swearing vengeance and gone away,
she slipped up to tho side of her intended
and suggested that Warner, instead Of
driving to tho woods, should drive to the
city and she would como with him.
Mounted on q farm wagon rigged for
hauling wood, he in his overalls and she
IN gmgham gown, they eloped. They
had no trouble in getting a license, and
were man and wife thirty minutes after
their arrival A few hours of shopping
and gazing at tho city sights sufficed for
their honeymoon, and they went back to
the farm prepared to face the wrath of
tho son-in-law and his wife.-St. Paul
Cor. st. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
Moose Ropes to sayo Life.


Many travellers by rail and steam have
doubtless speculatcd Us to tho reason for
the existence of n sort of gallows erected
over railroad tracks, with not ono but a
dozen ropo ends dangling from the cross
beam.
Frequently along tho limo of tho New
York Central arc these odd looking
structures to be seen, and noticed Il
couple as passed under tho bridges on
tho Culver route from Bay Ridge to
Conoy Island recently. A few days later
the knottcd but nooseless ropes swinging
in tho breeze caught my eye as l was
awaiting n train at little depot on tho
Hudson river, and curiosity induced mo
to question u railroad employc ON the
subject.
The mystery that had puzzled me SO
frequently was simple enough of solu-
ton. "That contrivancc is intended to
warn freight brakemcn of bridge
ahead" said my informant. "Thcse
men, as you know, frequently run along
the roofs Of freight cars in the night as
well as tho day time. 1t is often pitch
dark, and they may not know where
they arc even if on tho lookout for posi-
bic dangers. But in nine times out Of
ten they are too much cngrosscd in their
work to think about low bridges, where
a man standing erect or even llnccliny
on n car roof would have his brains
dashed out against the hard stone or
brick while the train swept from under
him. The gallows like structures you
refer to are placed at sufficient dis
tancc from a bridge to give tho brake
man time to lie fiat on his car roof and
thus avoid the danger. The rope ends
strike him lightly on the head or shoul-
dcrs rs the train passes under them, thus
giving him gentle reminder of tho
bridge ahead. New York Herald.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
Inside of tho Melon Was a Snake.

Last week 1 purchased some water
melons from a countryman and sent
them home. After had eaten all tho
melons but one, and having an appetite
that demanded more, placed this ono
on the table and cut it. Imagine my
surprise, if you can, when found that
there was no heart to tho melon, but it
had smooth opening on each side. By
placing tho two halves together could
sec that the space was made by somc-
thing round. began to look around to
try to discover what could have mado
the place, when right under my nose,
OH the table, lay a small snake. OF what
species was it2 don't know. 1t was Of
a light green color, about sixteen inches
long, and had a horned head. l never
saw or heard Of one like it before"
GLOW can you account for it getting
into the melont' was asked.
Cant do it. Tho rind of tho melon
was perfect, and it could not havo
crawled through it. The nearest 1 can
guess ut it is this: 1t must havo been
very small snake when tho melon was in
bloom, and when it developed into q
small melon tho snake went into it,
Athens (Ga.) Chronicle.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
Cutting Down Expen,es.

The czar has been cutting down family
expenses at great rate lately. Tho
grand dukes and grand duchesses who
havo lost third of their incomes under
the new dispensation are in an awful
fake about it. Poverty stares them in
the face. They will be forced to keep
less establishments, to drop less fortunes
at cards, and to forego tho joy of strew-
ing emeralds and diamonds at the feet
of favorite ballet dancers and prima
donnas. 1t is going to be a very hard
winter in Russia's toploftiest social cir
cles, but the czar had to economic in
state expenses in order to keep the army
of Nihilists at bay. 1t is expensive work
preventing assassination. Her
aid
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
CnlifOrnia's Growth.

Forty years ago tho harbor of San
Francisco was filled with a great fleet Of
shipsthat werelying idly at their anchors.
They had brought cargoes of mon and
merchandise, but they could find no car
goes to carry away. Many Of these ships
never left the port. They wcro hauled
up to tho land, and tho hulks furnished
temporary shelter for hundreds Of pio-
necrs. Today the docks arc lined with
great fleet Of merchant ships-a larger
number of sailing vessels, probably, than
can DO found i'll any other port in the
Union. These ships arc nearly all dis.
charging or taking on cargo. There is
hardly an idlo ship in this harbor among
seaworthy vessels. Aside from wine,
wool, ores and lumber, there will bo q
million tons Of wheat for transportation
to foreign markets. Tho OK teams no
longer plod weary way across the con-
tinent. But nearly every day train
load of fruit is sent to the Atlantic states,
and these shipments will be rounded up
with tho largest citrus crop, savo that Of
Florida, ever produced in tho United
States.-San Francisco Bulletin.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
She Popped the Question.

Judge Burr performed a marriage GER
emony Of a rather remarkable charac-
ter. Tho groom was Horace Warner,
aged 2l years, and the bride Mrs. Annie
Brown, a widow of IS. The bride has
been living with hcr daughter and SON
in-law, John Gibbons, on q farm in Dako-
ia county, and the groom has been em-
ployed by Gibbons as u farm hand. Glib
bons and his mother-in-law, to whom
the farm belonged, were won't to quar-
rel often and violently, and the widow
reasoned that, if she could get married
again, it would be an easy matter to run
the farm without Gibbons, and she could
get rid of him.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
Drank from All tho Glasses.

An eye witness at Spa relates as fol-
lows: During his stay at the Kurhaus
the shah ono day wanted to take some
rcfrcshment, and member of his suite
ordered glass of punch Ia Romaine.
Tho waiter, who had probably received
similar orders from some of the other
guests, though of inferior rank, appeared
before Nasr- -ed-Din with tray contain
ing dozen glasses of the beverage. The
shah, smiling, took glass, drank half
OF tho contents. and then took a sip out
of each Of the other eleven glasses, SO
that tho waiter could not now hand them
round to the rest of tho company. His
majesty thus tried to make it plain to
the waiter that shah is not TO be placed
on level with ordinary mortals in the
matter Of scrving.-Dusseldorf An
Zeivcr.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
Singing, like any other art, is chiefly

Singing, like any other art, is chiefly
learned by imitation, and it seems pity
to lose the advantage of those precious
early years when that faculty is most
highly developed. There is no fear of
injuring the larynx or straining the
voice by elementary instruction of this
kind. On the contrary, it is habitual
faulty vocalization which is pernicious.
The sooner the right way of using the
voice is taught the more easy will it be
to guard against the contraction of bad
habits, which can only be corrected at
later period with infinite trouble.
Many of the finest voices have been
trained almost from the cradle, SO to
speak. Ineed only to mention Adelina
Patti, Christine Nilsson, Jenny Lind and
Nine. Albani, but there are numbers of
other queens of song who owe great
part of their success to the same cause.
AS for the other point, am still an OBJ
stinate dissenter from tho "orthodox"
teaching of singing masters on the sub
ject.
l have already more than once ex-
pressed my belief that there is no reason
why training, within certain limits and
under strict supervision by competent
person, should not be carried on when
the voice is in the transition stage of its
development from childhood to adoles-
cence.
The stock argument, invariably ad-
vanced to prove the necessity of suspend
ing the education of the voice till it has
passed through the breaking" period, is
that, as tho parts are undergoing active
changes, they therefore require complete
rest This would equally apply to the
limbs, and, in some degree, also to the
brain. Yet 1 am not aware that it has
ever been proposed to forbid growing
lads from exercising their bodies, even
in games involving considerable muscu-
lar violence, or to interrupt the education
of the mental powers till the brain has
become fully formed. Over pressure
there may be, no doubt, in voice training
as in other kinds of instruction.
All voices are not capable of bearing
the same amount of training. Each case
must be dealt with according to what the
doctors call tho particular "indications"
that may arise My thesis holds good
only as a rule, to which there may be
many individual exceptions. A iudicious
teacher will, however, have no difficulty
in deciding as to the best course to adopt
in any given instancc.-Sir Morell Mac
kenzic in Contemporary Review
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
Country Wells,

How far from all sink drains, barn
yards, etc, must well be in order to
insure safety from drainage into it from
these deposits of filth: An article on
this subject in The Sanitary Inspector
says for every foot downward of sub
soil drain or we'll, the surrounding soil
is drained four feet on all sides, \ well,
therefore, twenty feet deep, and in which
the water has settled near the bottom, or
has been pumped dry, drains the soil
about 100 feet around it, speaking gen.
orally. The Inspector says tho best all
round sample of water in Maine that
has come to that Office was from well,
but it was situated in field 450 feet
from all human habitations. The worst
sample also came from n we'll, but it was
at tho edge of a barn yard.-Lewiston
Journal.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30
Just Like Human Beings,

A Canadian farmer named Woodtres
went into the stall the other day to feed
his old horse, and was SO bitten that his
life is despaired of. He had owned the
horse nineteen years, and had never
known him to even show his teeth be-
fore. Horses are just like human be.
ings in many respects. You may get
along with a man all right for twenty
years, and then get knocked down for
joking him about the color of his nose,--
Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-11-30

An important discovery has been made
in the environs of Mines. Some work.
men engaged on excavations for the con-
struction of an aqueduct have lit upon a
couple Of Gallo-Roman tombs. which arc
to DO removed to the local museum.
Meanwhile it has been decided that the
surrounding ground shall be carefully
searched, it being thought that it may
contain other antiquities of a rare and
interesting character.-Paris Cor. Lon
don Telegraph.