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a Cooperative Farm.

S. A. Fctler, of Alabama, says: A
colony Of about twenty-five families
from the north, for the laost part farln-
ers, have recently secured about 5000
acres of choice farm land in Cullman
county, Ala, ON which to locate a CO.
operative farm. tits to be organized as
joint stock company, with capital stock
of 100000, limited to 200 shares of 81 1000
each. No person can purchase, own or
control more or less than one share of
the capital stock. The labor is to be
performed by themselves and their fami-
lies at stipulated wages, the profits to be
distributed as dividends. They propose
to introduce manufactures as soon as
practicable, as they possess tract of
valuable timber as we'll as an inexhaust-
ible supply of coal. This county is the
only farming territory in any of tho
southern states in which there are no
negroes.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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A child's Strange n1ishap.

Julia Beddick, aged years, met with
a peculiar accident Wednesday after
noon that may cause her death. The
little girl was coming home from school
and had slate pencil about six inches
long in her mouth. AS she crossed the
street she fell in such way that the
pencil was forced through the roof of her
mouth and the point penetrated to the
base of the skull. She was taken to the
Pennsylvania hospital, where DR.. Leidy
removed the pencil by means of a pair
Of forceps. She is now in the hospital in
a dangerous condition and the physi-
clans arc afraid blood poisoning may set
in.-Philadelphia Times.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-03
Turtles Eat a Baby.

1t is reported that child was eaten
by turtles in Hangchow, China, short
time ago. There Isl large pool of water
in front of tho ya1nen or tho provincial
treasury. In this pool number of large
turtles arc kept, in order, as it is said,
to keep robbers from burrowing into the
vaults of the treasury. Some of the large
ones have shells that would measure 2
feet by 8 feet or more in width and
length.
People are constantly standing about
the pool watching them as they come up
to feed or to tako breath. One day a
nurse with a child in her arms was
standing there, when the child suddenly
sprang into tho water. Tho turtles soon
gathered around it, tore it to pieces and
devoured it. Tho nurse fed.-North
China Herald,
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Let Christmos Stand for ,,,.,.,,,.c.

Christmas is the preacher who cmpha-
sizes the fact that the religion which it
celebrates is adapted to human nature.
Horace is called the laureate of the
worldly, of the epicurean, of the pagan
who would cat and drink in view of to-
morrow. The gay adago dun viviinus
is cited with n shudder as tho gospel of
pleasure. Christmas was hunted in the
Puritan parliament as kind OF god of
pleasure who was only masked devil.
1t was confoundcd by Governor Brad
ford with the Belly god. But why, said
Charles Wesley, as he sweetly sang
why give all the good tunes to Satan?
The sweet singer might have enlarged
his view and his question. Why give
Satan any of the good things? Why,
above all, let him have Christmas, as
Andro1neda was abandoned to the drag
on of the sea? Let Christmas stand for
pleasure and for tho reason that it is es-
pecially the Christian day. Then Chris
tianity drops her weeds and SMILES
Harner'S
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Fathers Way.

ITO Wilson Barrett.l
Ny father was no pessimist; he loved the things
of earth
Its chccrfuln,.ss and sunshine, its music and its
mi-th;
He never sighed mopcd around whenever
things went wrong
warrant mo he'd Knocked at fate with some dc
fiant SONG.
But being lie warn't much on tune, whenever
times were lilac,
He'd whistle softly to himself this only tune he
knew:
G...F.@;s.zF.s..55#EzssAg#lSl s
Now mother when she learned that tune which
father whisticl so,
Would say: There's something wrong toiay with
Ephraim, know;
He never tries to make believe hes happy that
ere way
But that I'm certain as can be some trouble is to
ray:"
And So betimcs, quito natural like to us obscrvant
youth
There seemed suggestion in that tune Of deep pa
thetic truth.
When Brother William joined the war a lot of us
went down
To sec the gallant soldier boys right gayly out of
town;
A-comin' home, poor mother cried as if her heart
would break
And oil US children, too-for hers, and not for
Williams sake.
But father, tr,idgin' OH ahead, his hands behind
him so.
Kept whistlin' to himself, SO sort Of solemn like
and low.
And when my eldest sister Sue was married and
went west,
Seemed like 1t took the tuck right out of mother
and the rest;
She was the sunlight in our homo-why, father
used to say
1t wouldn't seem like home at oil IL Sue should so
awayl
Yet when she went, a-lcavin' us oil sorrow and
oil tears
Poor father whistle,l lonesome like, and went to
feed the steers
When crops were bad, and other ills bcfcll our
homcly lot
He'd set around and try to oct as If he minded
not;
And when came death and bore away the ono he
worshipGl So,
How vainly did his lips belle the heart bcnumbed
with woe!
You see the tclltale whistle told mood he'd not
admit
Ho'l always quit his whtstln' when he thought
we noticed it!
I'll like to see that stopping form and hoary head
again
To see tho honest, hearty smile that chccrcd his
fellow men;
Oh. could kiss tho kindly lips that spako no
creature wrong,
And share tho rapture of that heart that over
flowed with song;
Oh, could hear tho little tuno he whistlcd long
ago,
When he did battle with tho griefs lie would not
have lis know.
London Oct. IS, 1890 Eugene Field
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EIucatinc Farmors, Chlldren.

A movement is on foot in Denmark.
corresponding with the needlework in
dustries of England and Ireland, to ad-
vance the farming and dairy interests
for the benefit of women. Little girls
are being trained to raise poultry, make
cheese and butter, and brand them with
the badge of excellence. The agricult-
ural, industrial and scientific worlds are
levied upon for improved machinery and
appliances. Not only are tho cattle fed
in Danish fashion, but by the use of spe-
cial methods 10 per cent. more butter is
extracted from q gallon of milk than
ever before. These fancy products are
put in the highest markets and yield a
revenue not to be approached by the old
system of women's work.-London Let
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-03
An Incident of tho Wall Street Depression.

An Incident of tho Wall Street Depression.
A man wearing a slouch hat, i'll fitting
clothes and having the general appear
ance of n countryman entered the office
of prominent Wall street broker.
"Is this here one of the places where
you buy stocllsy' he asked. He was in
formed that it was No one, however,
was encouraged by his appearance to
make customer of him. He looked
around curiously for several minutes
and then said: "Wcll, came in from
the country to buy some of them cheap
stocks. l read in the papers that Jay
Gould was buying lots of railroads now,
and he's pretty smart, guess, and I'm
going to be with him."
"Dut you can't buy less than 100 shares
at a time" he was told. "All right, he
replied; 81 guess I can stand it if the
rest can"
1--WE don't take checks Oh out of town
banks" he was again informed. 1t was
thought that would settle the matter.
hWell," he said, 81 brought the money
along with me-"
Then began wondrous display. Bills,
gold and silver coins came out of one
pocket after another. Trousers pockets,
vest pockets, coat pockets, were all filled
with every variety of money. The bills
were of small denomination, and when
the farmer had emptied his pockets a
large table was covered with money,
mostly of very old issue.
"They told mo up country that I'd
better put money in every pocket, SO it
them pickpockcts got tho best of mo
they'd only get part of my savings.
There's just $1,000. Count and see if
you don't believe me. Now, you just
60 and buy some of them stocks old
jays been buying, and I'll be around i'll
about a month and put my profits in
some moro of the stocks. Iain't slow,
you bet, and I'm in with Gould every
time, don't you forget it!"-New York
Telegram.
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HISTORY. THs MAMMOTH contains complete
fsey Illustrated with numerous Anecdotes of the Rebeon
complete History America from discovery by Columbus
Of ali
history. .etc,etc
IL q the o to
with and other also lives and
Penn benjamin Franklin Henry Clay Daniel Webster. and
down t to the present day.
AGRICULTURE. Valuable hints and useful suggestions
domestic animals poultry keeping and how
and
farmers
Of sna
experience Of the most successful hocusursts
ARCHITECTURE Designs and plans 70, houses cottages
those intending to build.
HogsEH0LD This contains tried snd tested recipes
this being worth than ten.hs Of
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many Beautiful things for the sdornn.nt
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annually to every eHot through the nv
vet remedies available every household every
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hardly be computed in dollars and cents.
INVENTION AND DISCOVERY: Remarkably Inter.
Engine the telegraph Printing Press the Electric Light
Sewing Machine the Telephone tho Type Writer the Type
Setting Machine the Cotton Gin etc.
THE WORLDS WONDERS. Graphic descriptions
beautifully illustrated of,he paIi yosemite
Vienna the Csnons Of Colorado Mammoth Care, Natural
Bridge, Watkins Glen, the White Mountains etc. etc. n
TRAVELS Descriptions protusely illustrated Of tic life
manners peculiar FORMS rites and ceremonies OF the
From the above brief summary of its contents some
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this great work have been named vast storeho
ABLY one of the and valuable works pub
out 1t lisa work to BIO consulted every day with reg
arise in writing and conversation by the farmer and
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EVENING AT THE FARM

Palc twilight rises and with hurried pace
Fast follows where tho red sun kissed the sand;
With misty touch conccals his last warm trace.
And blows her softening dusk breath DER tho
land
The drowsy bird note dies upon the breeze;
Shy 1owrets lock their faces from the dew;
Tho shadow falls no longer from the trees
Where sport tired lambkn rests, or sober eve
Tho barnyard clamor ceases, kline are fed:
The soil fecket field horse munches In his stall;
Tho watch dog turns him to his straw lined shed,
Nor deaf through sleep to faintest danger call
Within tho farm house porch In dreamy mood,
The day worn toiler takes his well earne<l rest,
While huduling youngsters watch with round
eyes sllrewd
To catch the drstnan in his evening quest
1t Is the hour for silent spirit bands
To speed with white winged prayer-now per.
feet grown.
AS days king, Labor, folds his weary hands,
Nor yet hos beckoned Slumber to his throne.
Josephine Puctt Spoonts in New Orleans Times.
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IF YOU HAD A FRIEND

About to visit scmc section of country where
malaral disease, either in the form of ciills and
fever or bilious remttent was particularly rife,
what would be aboutth best advice you could
give him? Wcwill tell you-to carry along, or
procure on arriving, that potent medicinal safe
guard, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, known
throughout malaria plagued regions. here and in
the miasmatic sconrge, and robbing IT of its fell
destructive influence. Not only does it fortify
comes irregaarity Of digestion, the liver and the
bowels, and counteracts the unfavorabie effects Of
over.exerton, bodily and mental exposure in
rough weather, or occupation too scdcntary or
iaborious, loss OF appetite or excessive nervous
ness The functions OF Authorization, bilious &C.
cretion and sleep have In II q most powerful and
reliable auxiliary.
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Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld, ILL.,,
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; She
was treated for month by her family
physician, but grew worse. Hetold her
she was a HOPELESS VICTIM OF coNsUMP-
TIoN and that no medicine could cure
her. Her druggist suggested DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption; she
bought q bottle, and to her delight
found herself benefited from first dose,
She continued its use and after taking
ten bottles, found herself sound and
well, now does her own housework and
is as well as she ever was.-Free trial
bottles Of this Great Discovery at ]. j.
Freeman's Drug Store, large bottles SOC.
and $1.00.
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A Queer Duck at Great Duck Island.

"A HuecF DUCK HC WTCUC DUCK 1BIuuUs
On Sept. 12 a colored individual, who
gave his name as "Joe" Hopkins, came
ashore in a fourteen foot dory on Little
Duck island. Members of the lighthouse
department offered to take him to the
mainland, but he declined, and since
that time has lived on the island. Little
Duck is entirely devoid of vegetable
growth, and Hopkins has subsisted en-
tirely OH mussels. To procure these he
has been obliged to wade up to his waist
in water. He still refuses to go to the
mainland, but desires a new boat He
claims that ho is en- route for Africa,
having started from Nova Scotia.-Cor
Boston Globe.
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A farmer of Sumner county, Kan, has
become Il raving maniac by reason of the
whistling of locomotives through his
farm. He has been placed in the asy-
lun, and his condition is said to be most
pitiful, as he crouclcs in terror from
every noisc under the hallucination that
it is train of cars.
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Electric Oil Well Drills.

A patent has lcen granted for an cleo.
trical drill for oilwells. Tho device con-
sists of u series Of motors in tandem,
connected in such way as to mako one
motor. Tho design has been to get the
power within IL six inch diameter, so
that the entire mechanism, which much
resembles Il common boiler, can be low
cred in the well, and the power can be
applied ut the bottom. Tho drill bits
are firmly fastened on the rod, which is
worked rapidly in and out of a cylinder,
after the manner of u piston rod.-New
York Telegram.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-03
Coal Thieves Run a Coal Yard.

Seven persons have been arrested at
Reading for Systematically robbing the
coal cars of the Reading railroad. twas
developed at the hearing that they
scrapcd the coal from the cars on tho
sidings at Port Clinton, and virtually
supplied and operated Il large coal yard
from their stealings.-Fhiladelphia Rec
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Induction.

Two Detroiters were closing large
land deal the other day by telephone
when there came a "zip!' and a. female
voice inquired:
'Is Mrs. Jones homc?''
"No," answered another.
$50 sorry! Well, just the minute she
comes do you tell her to come right up
here"
Sickness
"No. All my canned peaches have
begun to work and must be scalded over
again!"-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-03

Electricity has not been practically
applied in tho art of music heretofore
except, perhaps, in the operating mech;
iiism of church organs. George Breed,
Of the United States navy, has devised IL
method by which tho passage of y broh-
en- current over conductor iii IL mag
netic field produces musical notes of
varying pitch and volume.
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It's a lyav politic,ans unvc.

A lady of this city who has been read
ing about politics a good deal lately said
to her husband the other day: 81 sup
pose it is all right for prominent public
man to be referred to by nickname,
though think it is rather undignitied.
But what puzzles me is why everybody
should refer to Mr.. Mckinley as McKin-
ley Bill, instead of Bill Mckinley. l
suppose, though, it must be in imitation
of the cowboy style."-New York Tri-
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Killed by Her Comb.

Mrs Semmener, wife Of a publican at
Walton, Norfolk, met with her death
recently under distressing circum-
stances. While ascending staircase
she fell head foremost to the bottom,
and the teeth of large ornamental comb
she was wearing were deeply imbedded
and broke off in the skull. Medical aid
was at once procured and the broken
teeth were at once extracted, but death
resulted, owing to the depth of the
wounds and shock to the system.-Galig-
uani's Messenrer.
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AUTOMATIC SEWING MACHINE.

Prices reduced. Every family no,c can
have the best Automatic Sewing Ma
chine in the market at reduced price.
For particulars send for our new Illus
tratcd Circular with samples of stitch
ing. Our Illustrated Circular shows
every pat of the Machine perfectly, and
is worth sending for even if you hare a
Machine. Kruse & Murphy Mfg. Co.
ass and 457 West 26th St., N. Y. City.
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They Grow in pittsburc.

The Manufacturer are ali very
fine, but l have a mt that could get
a hundred thousand n any day.
The Collector-Go,,l heavensl Isitan
orchid, or a blue rose or what?
The Manufacturer It is a
steel plant.-Pittsburg Bulletin
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-03

The Good Luck mine, i'll New Mexico,
was first located less than six months
ago, and in the last three months has
produced $780, COO worth of orc, and dur
ing that time thcro have not been moro
than five men at work on an average.
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Women Las,o q Vicious Deer.

women L1SSO o VICIOUS Ue0r.
R. G. Lanham, farmer, was attacked
on his farm near Sherman by largo
buck deer, which escaped from the Bat
sell park, and gored very badly. Lam
hams wife and daughter came to the
rescue, lariated tho animal and tied il
to tree. This is the second man this
pet has nearly killed with his immense
antlsrs.-Fort Worth (Tex.) Gazette.
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Kodaclss at a Railroad Wreck.

Kotlaclzs at a Railroad Wreck.
Superintendent Hustled, Of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton and Dayton, doesn't like
the kodak, and his experience of the
last few days does not lessen his dislike.
When the wreck occurred at Oxford the
"kodak fends" were out in force to
make sketches of the scene. AS bust
ness proposition Mr.. Hustled objected to
photography of the affair being sent
broadcast over the country, and many Of
the kodak manipulators consented to
his request and left the place. One chap
with fine instrument would not listen
to anything and insisted on taking a
picture. At last the superintendent told
him he was trespassing on the company's
grounds, and the man with the kodak
remarked that he would go to an adjoin-
ing field and secure view.
The superintendent told him that he
would be trespassing there also. This
made the chap angry. Mr.. Hustled is an
exceedingly mild hammered man, but he
grew warm under tho collar. II have
tried to treat you as a gentleman" ex-
claimed he, land you won't let me.
Now, I'll treat you like tough. If you
attempt to make q picture of this wreck
I'll smash that kodak over your internal
head" The kodak fend evidently be-
ieved that Husted would make his word
good, for he went back to Oxford on n
work train.
While Superintendent Husted was
thus engaged Chief Engineer Porter and
his assistants were chasing kodak fiends
over the surrounding country with clubs.
The wary men with the cameras didn't
hold choice points of view, but it's fair
to guess that they are loaded with snap
shots at that wreck.-Indianapolis News.
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Killed Mountain Lion With His Knife.
Fl. Woods went out to Bullock's ranch
recently, and from there took a hunting
trip into the mountains the next day
with his shotgun to bring down some
small game. He had not been out long
when he heard peculiar noise in the
underbrush, and, after some scouting
around, largesized mountain lioness
showed up. He had only small shot in
his shells, but as soon as she came in
reach he let loose, and she took the con-
tents in her body and dashed up the
mountain.
Woods, thinking that she had mate,
located himself on rock where he could
see into the canyon, and, true enough,
In few moments the lion appeared,
and monster at that, as large apparent
ly as John Robinson's biggest circus
lion, and he came directly to the spot
where Woods was secreted, and when
withina few feet he got the contents of
the gun in the region of the heart. Tho
lion rolled down the side of the canyon a
short distance, regained his feet, and
made up an arroyo.
Woods followed him up and soon came
within hearing of the lioness, which was
howling frightfully, and all of a sudden
it emerged from thicket and dashed at
him, with eyes glaring and mouth wide
open. He emptied the contents of his
shotgun into its mouth, which dazed it
for moment. Instantly he jerked out
his sheath knife and as he did SO the
ioness sprang for him, but only to re-
ceive the blade of the knife into its heart,
and the fierce animal lay dead at Mr..
Woods feet as the trophy of his hunt.
He did not want any more lioness, but
made his way back to Bullock's ranch,
but not until he had taken the hide oi
his lion, which is now on exhibition
Tucson Star.
merit WINS.
We desire TO say to our citizens thai
for years we have been selling DR., Kingl
New Discovery for Consumption, Dr
Kings New Life Pills. Buck1en's Arnic,
6alve and Electric Bitters, and hav,
never handled remedies that sell as well
or that have given as universal satisfac
tion. We do not hesitate to guarante
them evefy time, and We stand ready +
refund ths purchase price, if satisfactor
results do not follow their use. Thes
remedies have won their great popular
~ purely ON their merits. J. j. Fret
man. Druggist.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-03

A peculiar fish, of brown color, with
out scales, and weighing twenty -onc
pounds, was caught in a net at New
Dorp, s. L., by tho lighthouse keeper. In
forty years fishing the keeper has never
seen = Sll,,il:r fiYh
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-03

A single hair can support Il weight of
two ounces, and is SO elastic that it may
be stretched to onc-tlird of its entire
length, and then regain its former size
and condition