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The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
EARLY OVERLAND JOURNEYS.
Interesting Paper Read Before thc Cal
fornin Historical SncictY.

interesting Iapcr Aseau lbelOro the Cail-
fornin Historical Society.
r. A. Thompson read paper before
the California Historical society upon
"The Overland Journeys of Jedediah
Smith in 1926 and 1927" Capt. Smith
and his band of hardy trappers were the
first white men known toenter California
by the overland route. He, with Jack
son and Sublette, constituted the Rocky
Mountain Fur company in 1896, and they
determined to project their operations
westward from the Rocky mountains to
the Pacific coast, and contest with the
Hudson Bay company for the wealth of
furs and skins supposed to be obtainable
along the western coast. While the other
two partners turned northwestward from
Salt Lake and %journeyed toward Oregon,
Smith left the rendezvous at Salt Lake
in August, 1926, with fifteen men and
started for southern California.
Following up the Sewer river, and
across the divide to the head of the Vir-
gin, he went down the Inter to the Colo
RADIO, and was pilotel across the Mojave
desert to San Gabriel mission, where he
arrived in December, 1896. The Mexi-
can governor of California, then at San
Diego, summoned Smith to his presence,
and learning of his intention to go up
tho coast to the Columbia river, forbade
the journey, and ordered Smith and his
party to return to United States terri
tory by the route he had entered the
Mexican province. But the hardy Amer
lean did not propose to abandon his pur-
pose so readily, and in January, 1927, he
quietly set forth on his journey north
ward.
He entered the San joaquin valley, and
proceeded as far as what is supposed to
be the Sacramento or American river,
where he encountered hostile Indians.
Turning back to where he had encoun-
tered a more friendly tribe, he made a
permanent camp, and with two men
started back for the company's rendez-
vous ut Salt Lake for requirements.
| Crossing the Sierras by Walkers Pass,
| the trip to Salt Lake was made in rwen-
ty-eight days.
With eighteen men and two women,
wives of members of hisparty, he started
on his return to his camp by the route
originally traversed, but in August he
was attacked on the Colorado by Indians,
and ten of his men and two women were
killed. After much suffering and re-
newed difficulties with the Mexican au-
thorities in southern California the sur
vivors reached the camp in the San
Joaquin valley. Six months were spent
in trapping along the upper Sacramento,
and after securing $50. 900 worth of skins
the party started for the Columbia river,
but all except Smith and three others
were killed by the Indians.
He reached Vancouver destitute, but
was we'll received by the Hudson Bay
company's manager there. Abortion of
his possessions was rescued from the
Indians by aid of the Hudson Bay COM
pany's men, and Smith finally reached
his partners, and in 1880 returned to st.
Louis. In 1881 he started with u wagon
train for Santa Fee, but was killed by the
Comanchcs at the crossing of the Ci1nar'
ron river.-San Francisco Bulletin.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
Dried Mushrooms in Soups

The indiscriminate use of dried mush-
rooms in soups and stews on the continent
has led to unfortunate results in many
cases, especially, it would seem, in Ber-
lin, where the police are stated to have
issued Il caution against their consump-
ton. Tho assertion that poisonous fungi
are sometimes dried with edible mush-
rooms is sufficiently probable to cause
no surprirn.-London Hospital.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
Canine Intelligence.

One of the intelligent dogs lives in Bar
Harbor, Me. He was carrying a paper
the other day when several canine COM
panions began to bother him. He put
the paper down OF the ground, and when
dog attempted to touch it sprang on
him and gave him Il good shaking. These
tactics he repeated several times, till at
last he could not get any dog to touch
the paper, and then he quickly picked it
up and walked away.-Kennebec Jour-
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
Handsome Shade Trees.

Orange trees in full bearing are as nu-
merous as ordinary shade trees in the
streets of some inland Florida cities and
towns. 1t is a common sight just now
to see the sidewalks lined with trees we'll
loaded with the golden fruit, which no.
body takes the trouble to pluck. The
oranges seem to be as large and fine as
amy which command So per box in the
orchards. The real reason why the fruit
is neglected is that most of it issour and
often bitter. Oranges which grow wild
and Which are not carefully cared for by
Il c~ultivator are poor fruit, and Florida
people don't think it worth while to take
them off the trees. But no sight could
be more attractive to northern eyes than
that of the public walks shaded by the
deep green foliage of the orange trees, in
which the ripe fruit glistens like apples
| of gold.-New York Sun.
Happy Hoosiors.
William fima.ons, postmaster Of Ida
vile, Ind, writes: 'aElectric Bitters
has done more for me than ell other
medicines combined, for that bad feel
ing arising from Kidney and Liver
IiouD1e. Jo1an Leslie, farmer II stock
man, Of same place. says; Find Elec.
trio Bitters to be the best Kidney and
Liver medicine, made me fesl like O
new man." J. w. Gardner, hardware
merchant, same town, says: Electric
Bitters is just the thing for a man whe
is all run down and don't care whether
he lives or dies; he found new strength
good appetite and felt just like he had
new lease Oh life. Only SOC. a bottle. a
j. ]. Freeman's Drug Store.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
Sickness and Superstition.

For the cure of epilepsy, or the falling
sickness, numerous are the charms that
have been invented. A very common
remedy among the poor people about
London, and particularly in Essex, was
to cut the tip of a black cats tail in Or
der to procure three drops of blood,
which are to BIO taken in a spoonful of
milk and repeated three days success
lively. If the patient was informed of
the composition it lost it's efficacy. The
patients also were to creep head fore
most down some three pairs of stairs
three times u day for three successive
days.-London Tit-Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
The Story of n Deer

At N .hana, Ore, q few days ago,
when George Terrells little daughter
went to tho pasture to drive up the
COWS, she found a pretty 2~-ycar-old deer
feeding with them. She drove the COWS
to the barn yard, and the deer ran along,
Gas sportive as a calf ON q June morn
ing" When tho cows We're all secure
in the barn the deer was caught with
but little trouble, and is readily submit.
ting to domestication Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
How a Spider Throws Its Poison.

The spider is provided with a most ef-
fective apparatus for injecting its poison,
consisting of modified mandibles, called
falces, the last joint of which has a hard
curved fang, with a tissure near the
point. The muscles used in closing the
mandibles also press upon the poison
gland, causing tho poison to be expelled
through the issurs into the wound, and
thence into the circulation of the victim.
London Standard.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
DISORDERS WHICH AFFECT TIE
KIDNEYS

Arc among the lnost formidable known. Dia-
bctcs, Bright's disease, gravel and other com
plants Of the urinary organs are not ordinarily
cured in severe cases, but they may be avcrtcd by
timely medication. A nscfn! stimulant of the
urinary glands have ever been found in Hostc,tcr's
Stomach Bittcrs, n medicine which not only
affords the requisite stimulus when they become
inactive, but increases their yigor and secrctivc
and bladder, this medicine has the additional
effect Of cxpclling from the blood Impurities
which it is the peculiar office Of thdsc organs to
eliminate and pass of. The Bitters is also IL
purifier and strenghtencr of the bowels, an invig-
GRANT OF the stomach, and a matchlcss remedy
for biliousncss and fever and ague. II counter
acts a tendency to premature decay, and sustains
and comforts theagcd and infirm.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
An Expensive Message.

A cablegram of over 1900 words,
which passed through this city from
Lima to London one night recently over
the lines of the Western Union com-
pany, cost p pretty penny to transmit,
the rate being over Sc q word. This
would represent an outlay Of over s., 1000,
and is probably the largest toll paid by
an individual or company outside of
newspaper corporations. - New York
Letter,
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
A "HeIloIn Raise.

One telephone was put in at a small
town in Kansas, and the owner of q
house to rent Immediately raised the
price $ per month. Then he went oyer
and called up a sawmill half a mile
away, and burst a blood vessel trying to
keep up a conversation over the WIRE
Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
Declaration of War Not Necessary.

Wars are often engaged i'll without
any set declaration. This is the case in
Europe, and has been so here. The Unit
ed States made Il pronunciamentoof this
sort when it entered into the contest
with Great Britain in 1912, but no such
~formality was observed by us in the con-
test with Mexico or in tho civil struggle
of 1sG1-5. In each case the government
recognized that Il state of war existed
and acted accordingly.-St Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21

King Humbert of Italy is AZ years
old. His face, like Parnell's, has a fixed
expression of melancholy. He is brave,
courteous end devoted to his only child,
a boy of IA. The king speaks French as
we'll as he does Italian, and is said to be
a charming man to meet.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21

What to do with the vast quantity of
silk now lying unsold at Yokohama is .
topic which engages the attention of not
only business men, but tinanciers in gen.
eral. The quantity of silk thus detained
Is put ut peasly 3 10000 bales
Rev. F. NJ. Shrout, Pastor United
Brethren Church, Blue Mound, Kan.
says: II feel it my duty to tell what
wonders DR.. Kings New Discovery has
done for me. My Lungs were badly
diseased, and my parishioners thought I
could live only afew weeks. l took five
bottles Of DR.. Kings New Discovery
and I'm sound and well, gaining 26 lbs.
in weight.
Arthur Love, Manager Loves Funny
Folks Combination, writes: "After a
thorough trial and convincing evidence
j am confident DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, beats 'em all, and
cures when everything else fails. The
greatest kindness I can do my many
thousand friends, is to urge them to try
it." Free trial bottles at j. J. Free
mans Drug Store. Regular sizes Soc
and t1.0O.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
A Reason.

LAURA wonder why Booth isn't with
Barrett this season?
Jean-Why, don't you know that
Booth is giving all his time to that Won
derfui Salvation Army of his, and to his
plan for helping the London poor? Why
don't you read the papers, dear?-Pitts-
burg Bulletin.
A few thousand years ago-in tho
geological yesterday, us ,Yc may say
the northern part of North America wa
generally covered by great fields Of ice,
which were a mile or more thick In their
/ deeper parts, and extended south as fan
as central Pennsylvania and northern
| Kentucky.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21

Lord Salisbury is the hardest worked
member of the English government.
rarely has the foreign office had so much
business Oh hand, and Lord Salisbury
has been reading and writing dispatches
twelve to fourteen hours a day for weeks.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND
HIrIInERS.

BUILDERS.
The school board of Dickinson School District,
Stark County, North Dakota, will receive scaled
bids and proposals for the erection of II school
house in said school district, until and including
the End day of March. 1891.
The plans and specitlca tons may he seen and
At The office of Frank Thaycr, Architect,
Mankato, Minnesota. or at Fowlcr's Hardware
store i'll Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota.
specifications.
The right 10 reject any or all bids is hereby
reserved.
BY order of the School board of said district.
Address all bids 10 the undersigned.
EE. X. BoNNEY,
Clerk of School board,
Dickinson,
Jan.3l mar. N. Oak.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
"Vhilu You Waltz

Enterprise can hardly 80 further than
this effort OF IN uptown grocer: ''Fresh
eggs warm from the hen."-Binghamton
Leader.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21

Chinese. Japanese, the people Of India. Africa, Mnhnsa.rnr.
scfvia, Kaararia, Tar.nry, Cashmere AMI Tuni., the A.'i,.
TURKS, Mexicans, South Americans. America, indians. fr'r
Italians, Greeks, RUSSIANS, siSeriass. 'Aishan.. rcf.ian..
Moslems, Australians. Bulgariaps. siciiians, ec .c:e.
MANUFACTURES. In this great work Is also hr.''i"i
bOokbindins. wood engraving. iitiosrarhy, phri"rrat". = -
printing, piano IN m, making lns . watch r, mah, n,s.ll 'reI, @.si
leather, starch. wall paper, tutren.ine; lcst.t Carl -
ssinss' ali an " REishi r wili b. pe tsana Peculiarly Isss,Isri 'f ill.,.
instructive.
FOREIGN PRODUCTS. Interesting de CRU. " ~
chocolate. cotton. fax. Hemp. sugar. sih". nu,l"rt.. -, r.
ginger; s ans S.;s all' T,isiu ls'SE ss, s o,i%s,' ;n, E| ..,s,nrs '''
percha, cork, camphor, castor oil, tarioca, etc.. etc.
descriptions. accompanied by illustrations. "r n,,nrr"us ,ss.;<,
birds. fishes and insects. viii, much sarions ia;sym s'a;! r. a,
Ing their life and habits.
LAW. TIM MAMMOTH CYclnrGrrA is slo a f~..il:e irN
book, telling every man how he may he ii,,"n' /! w,.r,sn!
and the Law Of the several States u;"n = ,s,',"r VIII, ,
subiectto litigation. with numerous FORM VII s 'i.'.s'c.,s.
MINING. Descriptions AMI Illustrations ~. ~" n;.i.s -
gold, silver diamonds, coal, salt copper. leas. .ins. "a -
quicksilver
WONDERS OF TIE SEA. Here, .,r@. esfc'r",
Wise pearl diving, coral fishing. etc. etc.
STATISTICAL AND Mfsrrii.t*;... ~ 81
is given n vast amount oil useful and Interesting y = T..
some Of which is tiic poluia'i.n of tii'i:c'. .mi
population of the continents. Of III" S',t"s ~ : -" t". - AL
rivers, Presidential vote for >iSir ycaf- II -,Li.'e' -.
area and depth Of seas. lahe' ard ioeean> lo.,H " fl. '.r..
merts. towers and structures. di-i7ner- iri " 49, =,
from New York. toiMi sssaat in.tss, s"nh"! "H- .na-.n' ~
v ,.n ~, IT,. H., nmh ~" = '. NJ, ,;,i - : ~
Of the world, curious fact- III ra,nta' ill., Il .n",it. ~
animals. origin of the names If State. ard t".'. I
works. rorn'n! fah'es. familiar auo'atiot -, ."f
plants, diving words Of famous ,crsrn T. t,v ., ~. 81 :.
statistics Of tile globe, leading ;o,eT.f4 -. :. .e r.-' =.
F.! Se,
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!!oa Of what . rerglEH ny int. -; =. itt"
iped, yet hut u fractional Pact "a VI :
sa Of Us"!':! a;.l cnir-t iHj''. h = -. "s
shed H. auy Ian prin "ih-v. ) ru' ,ut
ous-wife il! t:.eir tatly Ialics an l~c.a,.i,., IL.
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IN Tie .b W iri.f summary OF its contents some
rk III" II AaMdT!l ticIoP!EDlA is may be u
; :r nj work lave :ren'ra,E.tl: Iii n vast storcl,o
j. - "f tlt !"S' and mos valuable works ever put
g.. i.:rr,r. a:,h crEy rsa.ion. IL the farmer Anl
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-07-04
BIBLES FOR SALE At \
PROFIT-AT COSf-OR
GIVEN AWAY.

haze on hand at the IIilshoro
Book Store. about One Hundred
l. bl,s and Tc>taments. They are
,her" for sale at a profit" II no,
at . profit, at ccst. 1t not at cost,
given away"
You or your friend, or yonr
%neighbor, can set . according 10
the following:
1t YOU want 4 Bible and are able
TO pay me q profit, | would be glad
10 sell Ia YOU.
!: yon need q Bible and are pot
ob!r TO pay me 4 p-otit, say SO, and
y>u can have one nj cost.
Il Won have no Bible at home and
are not able TO buy one At cost, YOU
Will be welcome TO one tree oil
charge
You who read this, If you know
of any family in Orange county
without q BIb.e III III, house. pleas
leave their name" a, the Book Store
and oblige. Yours truly.
NATE ~. Brown.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-07-04
NORTH CAROLINANEWs.

A turtle weighing 600 pounds was
caught the other night at Wngh,s-
vile.
Davidson College had 1l3 stu
dents last year, 50 being candidates
tor the ministry.
Prof. F. P. Hobcood. of Oxford.
has accepted the Presidency Of the
Richmond (Va) Baptist Fenaie
College.
Reidssille Review: 1t was SO hot
in Charlotte one day las, week that
he'rollers on a printing press in the
News office melted while they
running off their paper.
Raleigh Chronicle The Trustees
of the Odd Fellows Orplange will
meet 10 this city on July Sth, tor
the purpose of locating the ins;itu-
ton. Raleigh ought to make a long
pull tor II.
Charity and Children published
by Mr.. J. H. Mills, Superintendent
OF the Bap,is, O~rphanage, Thomas
vile, SAYS: Some people, and good
people too, think a boys soul can
not be converted till his body is old
enough to be hung.
Mr.. William Simpson, OF Raleigh,
has been appointed and commissions
ed by Grand Master H. A.. Gudger,
to succeed the late Mr.. D. S. Wait,
as Grand Treasurer of the Grand
Lodge of Ancient Free and Accept
ed Nasous OF North Carolina.
At 4 O'Clock Thursday morning,
June 18th, Hon. John Morihg died
suddenly at his home at Pl,t~boro OF
heart failure. HIS age was so wears.
He was a native of Chatham, aud in
1878 was Speaker ot.the House. He
was ONCE a candidate for Congress.
A f~rst.class Transfer Company
has been organized at Asheville by
some OF the leading citizens OF ,ha,
city. The name OF Can,ain +. n.
w addell, formerly OF tlllisbOro, ap-
tears IN the list Of N Of enter
prising citizens who organized the
company.
Progressive Farmer: AS proof
that North Carolina is a. good State
to live in to a good old age, we re
fer you to the obituary notices in
this issue where you will find tina,
thirteen deaths, taken as they come
are Of ne" averaging more than sc
years each.
Wilmington Messenger: The Dur
ham and Lynchburg Railroad is III
miles long. Thus far its business il
very satisfactory and much bette
than was thought possible by th'
projectors OF it. The other day 1h,
Stockholders met and considered tn,
question OF extending it TO connec
with the Raleigh and CASTOR Rail
road.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-07-04
The Direct Land Tax.


His Exce,!encv, Governor Holt,
has issued the following circular re-
garding the refunded direct tax:
~Co.ie- Of The !f-i- ,aken from tie
records Of the Treasury Department
of the United States have been sent
te the Clerk OF the Superior Court
Of each Of these counties, aud the
blanks for use OF persons IN making
application 10 the Governor for the
sums appearing on the lists to tie
due them. The clerks will furnish
blanks TO persons whose names, or
those of their. inteslators, or tesla
tors, are on the list, aud will be
careful to see that the blanks are
properly flied on, in every instance
If a receipt for the tax can be pro-
duced it nust be sent with the ap-
p!ication to the Governor, and when
the RECEIPT Is sent the certificate OF
two persons az to the OWNERSHIP,
which is attached to the blank, need
not be filled out. As the amount OF
taxes paid is, in many instances
small, 1t Is earnestly urged upon the
clerks OF the various counties To
make as great reductions as possible
IN their charges. Ia case the tax
was paid by a trustee or guardian,
the blank can readily be CHANGED 10
ut toe t,cts. Taxes paid by a
gnardlan are to lie repaid to the
ward If the guardianship has been
settled. In case OF the death Of q
tax payer, the tax can be refunded
only to 4 persona! representatives.
b 1t is, 10 an executor or admins.
traitor. it's nc part OF the duty Of
he Governor 10 decide or advise a
to the rights OF the next OF kin, or 81
creditors, or Of any other person
claiming trom the personal repre~en.
jati.e. The usual rules OF law COY.
ern all such cases, aud when the
money is once paid to the claiman,
The duty Of the Governor is per
formed The money Will be pait
on warrants upon the State Treas
urer. Arrangements will be made
it possible, whereby such warrant:
can he collected through banks il
all parts of the State"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-07-04
For the Observer.
conrrnl Rule NO. IL.

rFe must avoid) The taxing OF
such diversions a. cannot he USED ID
he name Of The Lord Jesus. Bible
-"Whereiore come Out from among
Them. and he ye separate, saith Inc
.rd. ana touch Dot the unciean
thing: ard | will receive you, aud
will he a father unto you, and We
>hai, be NV ecns and daughters. =
(3nd Cor, 6, 1919 "Be not con
t..rued to tbs world."-tRom. l2:2 J
know We not that the friendship OF
the world i, enu,ty with God
(JaS. A
Our BISHOPS have decided that
this rule was Intended TO proven.
our people from attending balls,
theatres cIrcuse., .horse-races, DC.
Every church 10 cfrl>,endom objects
10 most Of these things. The Meth
odist Church stands sqnarely OPP
posed TO ali OF them, and every thing
else that necessarily leads TO sin
One man has as COED right as an
othcr, TO dance, attend the thcater,
the circus, or any other place OF
amusement. \ nlifiSter has as much
/ GIT So enter a grogshop, drink, get
dunk, curse, play cards, checkers
chea, or he. as any one else. All o.
as in he church or ont nt 1t, are &C
coun,ab4e 20 God: His law not pub
lie opinion, is the :ule by which al
are to be Judged. What mah ha:
the right to deliberately destroy biz
moral courage, his influence for gooc
over olhecs? Where does he ge'
such right? What will become o
tie church and the world when The
preachers take the Liberties claimed
~ rauy CHURCH members i'll these
tiGngs:
Good lord delive- U.S." B.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-07-04
The New Berne Journal saws

The New Bernc Journal says
North Carolina is to be congratula-
ted on her colleges. The following
from DR.. Crowcll, President OF
Trinity College, shows hlm to be a
man Of the right stamp: IL would
rather be a young nan or woman
who goes from house to house with
serious, loving purpose, leading the
scriptures to the poor or the humble.
than to be the merchant prince, ul
the industrial king. or the walking
fashion plate for w~omankind, with
an income of 100000 a year TO,
my income at the end would be i'm
%measurab!y greater when the tin,
n for the Lord of all earth t,
say 'lnasmuch as yc have done j,
to the least of these ye have done il
unto Me-"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-07-04
TOxtord Iedger.1

The trial for attempted rape b,
Dr.. II. A. Nash on the person O
Miss Snsie Goss some weeks az,
came off at Lyons on Saturday las
before Squires w. T. Adams, NJ. l.
Coley and E. E. LYON on a Stat,
warrant. The trial lasted from |
o'clock >. m. until I p. IN. Fou'
witnesses were examined on the par
of the State. DR.. Nash, offering n,
testimony, was bound over in tn,
sum of 5000 for his appearance a
Granville Superior Court, which
convenes July 9th.