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The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
Worked Out Hi, Own euro

An Anglo-Indian officer of the Bengal
artillery relates an anecdote of one of
those soldiers who in military phrase are
known rs malingerers, but whom COM
mon people would call shirks. A gunner
named Ichabod Crabb went to see the
hospital authorities on the subject of a
strange affection of the back, which COM
PEELED him to walk somewhat in the
shape of a capital &C." 81 amt in no
great PAIN" he said, "'cept when l tries
to stand hereof, an then my back seems
TO break clean in two. Icouldn't stand
up, not if my life depended on it," AS
there was heavy gun drill going on at
this time DR.. Triton formed his w
opinion of the case and determined to let
the man work out his OWL cure.
He ordered Crabb's breakfast to be
placed Oh a high cupboard in the wall,
to reach which the patient would have
to stand erect. AT dinner time the cook
reported Crabb's breakfast to be untouch-
ed. 'Put his dinner in the same place."
commanded DR.. Triton, and the treat
ment was continued throughout the day.
Tho next morning when the doctor call
ed to see his patient he found that his
prescription had been %eficacious. Crabb
had eaten his supper and breakfast and
declared himself fit for duty. Cupboard
Crabb," as he was afterwards called,
confessed that he had tried to deceive
the "old DOCTOR" but had found himself
beaten.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
About yenfilationA

1t seems like heresy to talk to the en-
lightened people of this age of ventila-
ton and hygiene in their relation to
sleep, but still it isn't so very long since
an entire family who were i'll recovered
because some one was careless enough to
break a window pane out and every one
was too ill to replace it. Not so very
long, either, since a physician hung a
canary's cage beneath the canopy of one
Of our handsomely curtained beds where
two people were sleeping, and took its
lifeless little body from the cage the
next morning. A word to the wise is
sufficient, and every one knows that a
closed window, heavy carpets, stuffy
curtains, fluids, vegetable life and food
Of any kind in any sleeping apartments
are not conducive to healthful, refresh
ing sleep.-Toronto Empire.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
He Could Not pnrr.

a little girl who has just begun the
study of French has also been given a
black poodle, straight from Paris, and
though she is not especially fond of his
native language she is tenderly attached
to Jacques. One day she was trying tc
make him acquainted with the kitten
which she held in her lap, advancing he1
from time to time toward his blackno
which Jacques held awkwardly in the
air, embarrassed by so much attention.
AT luncheon the little girl gave her faith
er an account of the interview.
"Kitty and Jacques had a beautiful
time together this morning" said she.
cat first kitty growled and he wouldn't
look at her, but after a while he would
let her touch his nose with hers"
~ suppose they couldn't be very famil-
lar at first, not speaking the same Ian
guage," said papa.
"No, but they got along beautifully at
last. shouldn't be surprised if Jacques
was kitty's intimate friend before long"
What do you suppose they'll talk
about?' asked papa.
ooh, they'll have a million secrets!
But I'll tell you what 1 guess they said
today. Kitty said to jacques, DO you
speak Englishy and he said, NO, je ne
peux pas dc ne purr pass. I almost
heard them, papa!"-Montreal Star.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
A Relic of Territorial DAYS,

When Noah Mcknight was at Hamil-
ton he was shown wagon wheel which
was found buried high up on the noun.
tain side and covered with two feet of
earth. From appearances it had been
there sixty years. The tire was wide,
the spokes were rotted off at the point
of intersection with the felloes. The
hub and felloes were tolerably well pre-
served. The root of a tree as large as a
mans body had grown through and
broken out three spokes. There was no
mark in tho dense forest Indicating that
IL wagon road haa ever existed in that
neighborhood. In accounting for how
this wheel could ever have gotten there,
an Indian tradition recites that a govern
ment party took its wagons to pieces and
packed them on the backs of mules, that
one mule bearing this wheel on its back
precipitated from the mountain side
and killed by tho fall, leaving the wheel
to be covered by the earth as the surface
OF the mountain became invaded, -
Washington Farmer.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
Wishes That Make a Noise,

AkAn - ANOAOSs
The black drum is one of our largest
game fishes, most abundant in the south
ern states, but occurring along the Jer-
sey coast, and often found in the waters
Of Staten Island.
The drum belongs to the family of the
Sci@nid@, which, owing to the peculiar
structure of the air bladder, possess the
power of uttering sounds to a greater or
less degree. Other members of the fami-
ly, such as the weakish, croaker and
roncador, make a granting sound when
boated although old fishermen claim to
be able to detect the presence of a large
school of weakfsh by the noise made by
them while feeding as the boat passes
over them); but the sound of the drum
is the loudest, and can be very distinctly
heard at a distance. The croak of the
ubiquitous sea robin, which does not,
however, belong to this family, is IA
miliar to all who have ever wet a line in
the bay.
During the breeding season of the
drum this noise is more pronounced than
at any other time, the males calling to
the females, who respond in lower tones;
and at night, while feeding on the oyster
and mussel beds, which provide their
principal food, the fish seem to grunt
their satisfaction with the repast.-Cor.
New York Times.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
WHAT TO 90 WITH HANDS.
Here Is a Nes' Way of Learning How to
Mannge Them in COMPANY.

AAAA6 AA0" ~
Manage Them in Company.
"Few people are thoroughly at ease
about the disposition of their hands in
company" said a teacher of the art of
gesture. "And yet there is a very simple
thing that may be done to get rid of
that disagreeable consciousness of the
members which give rise to the difficulty.
You see, the hands are far more highly
educated in this age of mechanical civil
ization than they have ever been before.
1t may almost be said that the brain has
found its way to the ends of the fingers
that these extremeties have come to pos
scss an inherent intelligence. For this
reason the attention is so fixed by habit
upon the hands that they feel aw kward,
just as any other part OF the body will do
if you think particularly about it.
"4ou have only to fix your attention
on your little toe in order to have it be-
come within a minute positively pain
full. 1t has often occurred to mo that
those monks of the Middle Ages who de-
voted their minds devoutly to the stead
fast contemplation of their sto,nachs,
for the purpose of bringing on Il trance
condition, must have felt a grievous need
of Jamaica ginger.
$50, in order to DO graceful in the dis
posal of your hands, it is only necessary
to get rid of consciousness about them,
and you may accomplish this to n sur
prising extent by u very simple gymnas-
tic process. Let them hang Imply and
wiring them as violently as possible for
five minutes, say. This will render them
unconscious to a great extent, so that
you will not be disturbed for some time
after by the excess of feeling in them.
Consequently, while the effect lasts, you
will find yourself ct ease about your
hands and will have no trouble about
their management.
you will be astonished, if you try it,
to find how admirably it works. l have
recommended it to hundreds of people,
and they have uniformly found it sue
cessful. Do it once every day for a
month and you will discover that, by
the mere practice of the habit, your en-
barrassment in this regard has been
greatly diminished. The time to perform
the operation, obviously, is just before
you enter a room full of company, though
it will not do very wei, to be found
wringing your hands in the vestibule of
a house to which you have been invited,
or engaged in what may appear to be a
frantic exhibition of grief in tho recep-
ton oom."-Washington Post.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02

Take equal volumes of chloroform,
glycerine, a mixture of one volume
stronger ether and three volumes carbon
disulphide, water, cotton seed oil and
alcohol. Shake the cloroform with a
little water, then separate the excess.
To the chloroform thus saturated with
water add a little Bengal red, shake well
a few minutes, and filter. In the ether
and carbon d~isulphide dissolve a little
iodine. In the alcohol dissolve a little
Bengal green or chlorophyl from fresh
green leaves.
Now pour these various colored fluids
into a clear flint glass bottle or other
similar container just large enough to
hold them all, beginning with the chic
reform and following with each in sue
cession down to the alcohol. They should
all be added carefully down the side of
the c%ontainer and without agitation, and,
lastly, enough more alcohol should be
added to completely fill the container
after the insertion Of the cork. This
will give a bottle with six separate lay
ers of colored fluids, and presents a very
pretty sight.-The New Idea.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
Sugar from Sorghum.

In a report issued by the British gov
eminent is a document from the English
consul at Chicago, which states the pos
tive opinion of the author that sugar
making from sorghum is now an estab-
lished fact, and he believes that it will
double the value to the American farmer
of his corn lands. He is satisfied that
hereafter there will be no difficulty of
getting from Z 1-2 tons of cane $50
pounds Of sugar and 1000 pounds of
molasses and 900 pounds of seed-the
whole valued at over $50. This is double
what the same area of wheat or Indian
corn would produce. In some states
Kansas, for instance-the consul be-
ieves this industry will add a skiold
value to the farm lands. When it is re-
membered that but a few years ago the
attempt was almost abandoned by the
government as hopeless, such a report
from anything but a favorable source is
very encouraging.-New Orleans Plea
yune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
The Retort to Guizot.

A candidate who displays needles.
assurance, and who gives himself airs, i!
sure to draw down from his examiners
some humiliation of his vanity, some dis.
agreeable or severe reproof. And if, in
his answers, he INDUCES in smart repair.
tee or sharp retort, he is certain to pro.
woke, if not a reprimand, at least the
severity of his judges.
Before giving an instance l must first
premise that Guizot, the examiner Oh
hat occasion, had recently published q
"Life of Cromwell, which the public re.
ceived with notifying ~coldness; also
that tho Black sea, in Latin "Pontus
EuNnus," is shortened in French into
"Pont Euxin," also that 'tpont" is French
for ga bridge"
While Guizot, then, was examining at
tho S%orbonne, after questioning a stu
dent whose answers seemed to him wide
Of the mark, he asked, derisively:
"You can at least tell me how many
arches the Pont EuMn had?"
easily enough" the young man pert.
ly answered. EXACTLY as many as your
History Of Cromwell has had readers. .
Such a gross insult, uttered in public,
naturally did the candidate more harm
than good.-Al the Year Round.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
Self POSscssed.

In the time of the Indian war, about
1915, the church at New Milford, Conn,
was in charge Of Parson Boardman. It
is not with the good parson, however,
that this story has to do, but with the
parsons wife.
A general alarm had seized upon the
community, and the people were flock
ing to tho fort for security. A mar was
sent to the parsonage to warn Madam
Boardman of the danger from a hostile
attack, and to help her and the children
to escape. He was excited, and natur-
ally urged immediate haste.
To this the quiet woman calmly re-
piled that she would be ready to start
Gas soon as she had knit into the seam
needle."-Youth's Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
When tho Boys Went Swimming


wonder what sign the boys who read
this have for challenging or inviting one
another to go in swimming. The boys
m, the Boys Town used to make the
motion of swimming with both arms; or
they held up the fore finger and middle
finger in the form of a swallow tail;
they did this when it was necessary to
be secret about it, as in school, and when
they did not want the whole crowd of
boys to como along; and often when they
just pretended they did not want some
one to know. They really had to be Sc
cret at times, for some of the boys were
not allowed to go in at all; others were
forbidden to go in more than once or
twice a day; and as they all had to go in
at least three or four times a day, some
sort of a sign had to be used that was
understood among themselves alone
w. D. Howells in Harper's Young Peo-
pie.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
Finger

In a party of insurance men an acct
dent policy man put the question gener-
ally: "What do you think is our most
improbable risk?" Most of those in the
party named persons engaged in danger
u avocations, such as railroad men,
powder makers, etc. When each had
received a negative one asked the smil-
ing accident man tho answer.
"Tailors," said he. "They're simply
awful"
GLOW Oh earth can a tailor injure
HIMSELF" was the chorus.
eff you'd stop to think it would at
once present ITSELF" was the retort.
"They prick their fingers. You well un-
derstand that in making a close seam
every particle of the tailor's strength is
required in holding the cloth together.
A prick in the finger disables a coat
maker, and we have to pay him s25 a
week until he gets well."3Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
Variety in the Color of Eggs.

1t may be taken as a general rule that
the eggs of most birds vary more or less
as regards size, shape and coloring.
Gulllemots' eggs vary in ground color
from grayish white to grass green. The
eggs of the red grouse, the rock and the
plover also vary to a great extent, both
in color and marking. It sometimes hap
pens that birds whose eggs are usually
bright and artistically colored will lay
pure white ones, and instances of this in
the case of the yellow hammer have come
under the notice of the writer. House
sparrows' eggs have likewise been taken
quite destitute of coloring, while black
birds eggs have been found of a blackish
hue.-Hardwicke's.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
A Sound Legal Opinion,

y. cambridge Munday, Esq.,, County
ATTY, Clay. county, Tex, says: "Have
USED Electric Bitters with most happy
results: My brother also was very low
with Malarlal Fever and Jaundice, but
was cured by timely use of this medicine.
life." -0
Mr.. D: 1. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave.
KY, adds a like testimony, saving: Ia
positively believes he would have died
had it not been for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward off, as
well as cure all Malarial Diseases. and
for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach
Disorders stands unequaled. Price SIC,
and 81, at j. J. Freeman's.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
SIMPLY A CHILD.
A Little Chicago NcwsgirI Whose Honest
Was Deserving of n Price.

A Little Chicago Ncwsgirl Whose Honesty
Was Deserving of a Price.
Haggles, the boardo of trade man, while
on his way down town the other morn
ing, met a little ragged girl who asked
him to buy a paper.
81 will buy it" said Haggles, "not be-
cause l want it but because you need the
money"
The girl refused to take the money.
II thought you wanted the paper" she
said, "but if you don't, I will not take
the money"
The board of trade man stopped and
looked at her. Her frankness of express
sion was worth more than a passing
glance.
"Where do you live:" he asked.
"Everywherc," she answered.
"Where is your father?"
II don't know"
"Where is your mother?T
"If l told you about her you wouldn't
believe me. Every girl on the street has
a sick mother"
The child's hair was silken and bcauti-
full. Had she been dressed she would
have been beautiful.
Tell mo about your mother, any
way" said Haggles.
"Well," said the girl, my mother is
rich" Then she began to laugh. ooh,
she is so rich that sho could buy some
thing to eat. Think of that"
The board of trade man looked at her
again. There was something about her
that vas refreshing to him. He handed
her ten cents, but she would not take the
money.
eff you will go down to the dime mu-
scum with me I will get you an engage
ment," he remarked. "Your honesty is
deserving Of a price,"
She made no reply, but smiled at him.
Late at night a cab was driven rapidly
through the street. A man was thrown
out on the sidewalk. He had been to a
dinner. The brilliant speech that he had
made was forgotten. Men that had
heard it had gone singing to their places
of abode. The man lay on the sidewalk
stunned. "A. little girl forced her way
through the crowd.
"Your honesty isdeserving of q price,"
he said.
She made no reply, but smiled at him.
A funeral train passed along the street.
A little girl stood on the corner. She did
not offer a paper for sale. She was think
ing of the man in the hearse. Did she
think of the money that he had offered
her? No; she remembered that he had
spoken Il word of kindness. Aman said:
"Well, he's gone" Ahomeless girl stood
with the dew of emotion in her eyes,
-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02

An average Of five feet Of water is es.
timated to fall annually over the whole
earth; and, assuming that condensation
takes place at an average height of 5000
feet, scientists conclude that the force Of
evaporation to supply such rainfall must
be equal to the lifting of 1922, 900, 900
pounds of water 5000 feet in every
minute, OF about 800, 000.0 horse power
constantly exerted.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
The New Discovery,

You have heard your friends and
neighbors talking about it. You NAV
yourself be one of the many who know
from personal experience just how good
q thing it is. If you have over tried it,
you are one of its staunch friends, be-
cause the wonderful thing about it is,
that when once given a trial, DIR. Kings
New Discovery ever after holds a place
in the house. If you have never used it
and should be afflicted with a cough,
cold or any Throat, Lung or Chest
trouble, secure a bottle at once and give
it fair trial. It is guaranteed every
time, or money refunded. Trial Bottles
free at j. j. Freeman's Drug Store.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02

Andrew Carnegie has given to the Au-
thors' club, of New York, the sum of
$4,000 to be used in the encouragement
OF literature. The first application for
any portion of it came from a young man
who wanted to buy paper and pencils to
write a five cent Indian novel.-Detroit
Fres, Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02

Could scarcely devise more excruciating torture
than those of which you see the evidences in the
face Of a rheamati or neuralgia sufferer. The
rheumatic or neuralgia attack Mt the outset
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has been found by
skillful medical practitioners to possess not only
medical, but defensive efficacy, where those dis
cases exists, or a tendency to them is exhibited,
Surely this p%uissant but safe botanic medicine,
bearing, too, such high specific sanction, is bet.
ter than the poisons often employed, but most
unsafe, not only in continuance, hut in isolated
doses. The blood is depurated thoroughly from
the rheumatic virus, and the nerves, slightly i'm.
purged upon, saved from ultimate and direful
throes by this benign. saving medicine, which
likewise exhibits marked efficacy for malaria
kidney complaints, dyspepsia, consumption and
liver complaints,
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
A Poets Pen,

Oliver Wendell Holmes has a gold pen
which has been his constant companion
for twenty-five years. Though he has
written with it during all that long
period, it is as good today as if it had
only issued a week ago from the manu-
factory. The poet can not write with
any other pen, and cherishes his old
servant with the greatest care and affec-
ton. lie has a note book almost as old
"a tattered, torn and limp note book
which has been the depository of his
thoughts and condolences for many years.
Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02

The costliest horse barn in the world
belongs to D. E. Grouse and is located at
Syracuse, N. Y. It has now cost the
owner, a millionaire horseman, some
thing like 100000. Incidental expenses
will make the stable cost little short of q
eo,nd ~vo}11;on
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
A Curious

A curious connection between tho
color and the auditory sense has been
observed by DIR. Albertine. He has dis
covered that persons suffering from dali
tonism, that is, color blindness to certain
hues, have a corresponding deafness to
certain musical notes. Special instances
are given. For example, a person not
having the sensation Of red cannot dis
tlngu1sh the note sol, a person blind to
green cannot recognize re, nor a the
notes be produced by the voice.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02

To keep the bright, green color of
summer cabbage and some other vege-
tables, boil fast in plenty of water in
which has been dissolved a piece of wash
ing soda the size Of two peas; cover until
the water boils and then take off the lid.
If the steam is shut In the cabbage will
be yellow and unsightly.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
The Safer Styles.

There have been so many instances Of
factory girls getting their hair entangled
in machinery that most of those in New
England have retuSned to the old and
safer style Of wearing it a la young man.
Woman's glory is her hair, but she doesn't
want her head pulled of in order to re-
tain her glory.-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
We Live Longer.

Three hundred years ago the average
life of ma was 81 ID years. Inthe early
part of this century it was rather more
than 401-2, and certainly has notlessened
since. That means that as many people
live to 70 10Y as lived to 40 300 years
ago.-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02

Epidemics, such as influenza, are said
to arise when the supply Of ozone in the
air is insufficient. To counterfeit this,
DIR. Forster, of Berlin, has advocated the
artificial supply of ozone to the uir of
towns and thickly populated districts.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
No Moths ON Him.

what do you want, Johnny" said an
Elm street drug mar to an urchin coun-
ter high. Something to keep moths out
Of carpets?" eyes," answered the boy;
"that's what l cam~phor. "-Manchester
Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
Si1as En1ichten. sar,h

There's Euterpe and Melpomean on
the curtain. And that gal over there on
the left is Tripsichore. the goddess of
dancin'."
"Tripsichore is a good name for her
amt it, Silas?"-Harper's Bazaar.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
July 19-6t.
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
PROOF.

LAND OFFICE AT BISMARCK. ND.
July ], 1890.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that Aaid proof will be made before the Judge
or in his absence before the Clerk of the District
Court ut Dickinson, N. D., OH August II
WILLIAM HEIGHT,
for lots Z, s. and 10, section q, township lac.
range 93.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF,
said land, viz:
Henry Pleggmyer, Henry Tyler, Louis Stoxen,
all Of Taylor, North Dakota; Jefferson A. Far.
rah, Of Dickinson, North Dakota.
OSCAR E. REA,
] July set Register
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-02
HENRY TYLER,

for the northwest I of section 81, township 40.
range ~.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of,
said land, viz:
Frederick %schlappman, Robert Muccke, Louis
Stoxcn, William llccht, ul of Taylor, North
Dakota.
OSCAR 4. REA,
July 19-6t. Register.