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The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
Dog Days in the Year 1891.

Dog Days in the Year 1851.
As most readers well know, dog days
include the perod from July3 to Aug.
ii, and take their name from Sirius,
known as the stDog Star" Sirius is the
most brilliant Of the fixed stars, and is at
the head of the constellation CAMS Major,
or Great Dog. This star, during the
period which we refer to as dog days,
rises with the sun or within the same
hour. Owing to this, the astronomers
say that the dog star rises "heliacany"
from July 8 to Aug. II.
The Egyptians, who worsmped the
dog as a sacred beast, as did several
others of the ancients, attributed the ex-
treme heat of summer to the influence of
the CAMS Major constellation; the pres
ent Egyptians, however, knew nothing,
of this myth, with the exception of the
ectknown as the Copts. Butwith other
nations it is different. With many the
superstition has been papetuated and
handed down to generation after genera
tion until the present time, when the
most intelligent people Of the realm
speak Of dog days as season of balefnl
glares and breezes.
But in the far future this will all be
changed. By regular shifting Of the
point where the sun crosses the equator
which is caused by what is termed the
procession of the equinoxes," /" the time
will come, in about 1900 years, wher
this evil designing Great Dog constella
ton will only rise with The sun in mid
winter. Wonderful, indeed, is great
Dame Nature, which causes the huge
planets to swing to and fro like gigantic
pendulums strong on invisible wires
bringing the seasons in regular rotation
with unerring certainty.-St. Louis Re
nnhlic
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
Elsie,s Numerous Grandparents.

ElSie's Numerous Grandparents.
Elsie Chase, daughter of Charles and
Clara Chase, of Yarmouth, has more
grandfathers and grandmothers than any
child in Massachusetts, all of whom are
now living. give below the names:
Edward and Mary Chase, grandfather
and grandmother.
Charles and Emma Ellis, grandfather
and grandmother.
Charles and James Ellis, great-grand-
father and great grandmother.
Jerry and Cordelia Chase, great-grand-
father and great-grandmother.
Matthews and Ruth B. Gray, great
grandfather and great-grandmother.
Adeiine Nickerson, great-great-grand-
mother.
Jerry Walker, great-great-grandfa-
ther.
This is very remarkable, six grand
fathers and six grandmothers, and all
living, making a collection that has no
equal in this country.-Cape Cod Item
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27

TIE leading feature OF the Dickin'
son July celebration will be match
ed game of baseball between the
railroad and town mines i'll the morn
ing: horse races, foot races, bicycle
races, and other similar sports in the
afternoon, for which purses have
been made up. Special rates are
made by the Northern Pacific for the
day, and a large influx of people from
adjoining towns is expected. The
citizens of Dickinson will entertain
and try to make the day pleasant for
visiting neighbors.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
CAREFULLY compiled statistics of

CAREFULLY compiled statistics of
Chambers a. Co. show their sales of
standard works last year to have been
$38,OO0,O0O. p. Mcdonald, general
agent for the Chambers Encyclope-
dia and other reliable works from
this house, has taken a good number
of orders for encyclopedias among the
principal business men of Dickinson
this week. The work comes in eight
volumes. at sos, payable on the i'll
stalment plan Of $l.5o per month, and
is authority which can be depended
upon. Mr.. Mcdonald has gone to
Glendive to open up sales there and
will return to Dickinson next week to
deliver orders.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
DR.. McDaniers Smoking Tree.


Among the people of Norcross DR.. Nc
Daniel, in his yard, grows an ordinary
mulberry tree.
Mrs. Mcdaniel, while sitting on the
veranda, saw Il puff of smoke emerge
from one of the limbs. She rubbed her
eyes to see if it was not an optical delu-
sion, but when she looked again she saw
another puff of smoke spring from an
other limb
She called to her husband that the
tree was on fire. The doctor came out
and was no less astonished than his wife,
for the whole tree was putting smoke. It
came out in jets from the limbs like a
boy smoking u cigarette. The doctor
climbed into the tree, but could see
nothing unusual about it, not place in
the bark being broken. The smoke was
oozing from the bark and could be plain
ly seen as it foated off on the breeze.
There was no odor to it whatever, but it
was white in color and looked like to-
bacco smoke.
DR.. Mcdaniel called in his neighbors,
and they too were mystifed. Soon the
news Of the smoking tree spread, and
people from all over town Aocked to the
doctors home. From 4 o'clock until G
the tree continued to emit puffs of smoke
while a crowd of about $50 people
watched it.-Atlanta Journal.
Judge Caldwell was appointed.
Those who claim to know believe that
either Sanborn, Shiras or Shields, will be
appointed. 1t is one of the most ilnpor-
tant positions to be filled in all the Judge
ships, as the district is larger than any
other in the United States and great
questions will come before the court.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
First Worlds Fair building.

CHICAGO, March 9.-The first build
ing Of the Worlds Columbian exposi-
ton has been begun at Jackson park. 1t
is to be two stories in height. built of
brick, with dimensions 43x93 feet, and
two additional wings 22x22 each. In
this building will be placed two fire
proof vaults, designed for the safe keep
ing for the plans for all the exposition
construction. The plans are valued at
100000. Constructor General Burn
ham and staff will have their offices in
the building.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
1t Saves the Gown.

Paris dressnakers add deep band of
waterproof goods to the underside of
street dresses that sweep the ground.
This band can then be sponged each
time it has dragged the mud and debris
after it. This cleaning process must be
a most distasteful task for either mis-
tress or maid, but it is undertaken, if
only half accomplished, as nothing but
fire or fumigation could remove the odor.
The number Of women who adopt this
trailing street gown is rather surprising
in view Of the common sense, practical
and cultured ideas of the present day
Still this ultra fashionable class who
rush into every extreme is greatly IN the
minority. York Post.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
"rhe Ideal Wife" Described.

Whether with view to give precision
to "the young mans fancy" at this pair
ing season, or merely to keep the gentler
sex informed regarding the demand in
the matrimonial market, our contempo-
rary, The Young Man, has been inciting
its readers to define "the ideal wife"
The replies appear to agree that this per-
feet person must strive to exist solely for
her husbands pleasure, profit and con-
venience. One tersely, if a trife rn-
grammatically, says: 'sThere should be
healthy compact between the piano
and the wringing machine, so that the
dignity Of labor is not superseded by the
dignity of art, but each contribute to the
domestic felicity" Another, who may
have been dipping into Schopenhauer's
abominablo chapter on "Women," put
his views into the epigrammatic form:
Zone whose life says my husband and
L. and not Il and my husband. Cardi-
nal Wolsey's "Ego ct meus Rex" would
have been more appropriate still.
Culling further samples from tho epis-
tolary anthology, we find that in the
view Of various correspondents the ideal
wife "has skill enough to cook good
dinner without being wasteful, taste
enough to dress we'll without being ex,
travagant, tact enough to know when
and how to speak," and that, moreover
she must be Zone whose love prompts
her to do what she can to make home
on earth stepping stone to a home il
heaven" One matrimonial monopolis
even goes so far as to say that she mus
"prefer the company of her husband tt
that of any other man, and let people SET
it." Wehad always thought that ''lettins
pcoplesee in suchcaseswas considered
bad manners.-London News.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
Mix Your Ink with Sense.

Mix Your Ink with Sense.
Of course there's money in printers
ink, but the man who makes The most
intelligent use,of it gets the most money
out of it. Itdoes<not pay to advertise
something you have not got, or any ythng
you cannot do, and do well. The man
who advertises a fraud must have a
sgood" fraud, and he who advertises
bargains in goods must be prepared to
satisfy his customers. ANY advertiser
should undertake to present some sort
of claim for patronage.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
A Queer OCCUPATION.

1t is possible that new occupation
has developed for that, in these days,
ubiquitous parsonage, "the clever wom-
an" A little more than q year ago a
family suddenly put in Strengthened cir
cu1nstances sat in council over the fut-
ure. A widowed aunt who was one Of
it was specially anxious to add her mite
to the effort which it was realized mast
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
ACROSS THE DEEP, TO THE FAR
WEST.

On steamboats,, cars and stage coaches, Hostel
ter's Stomach Btters is carried as the most i'm
portant in the matcra mcdica of the travelling
public. II dcprivcs vitiatcd, brackish water of
ITS hurtful properties and cxecraclc flavor,
stomach Of bad or indiscftiblc food remedies
cramps, heartburn and wind upon the stomach.
Ii is a fine defense against malarial disorders,
nuliiies the effects of excessive heat, cold and
damp, relieves sick headache, and is an incom-
parable cure for costivencss and biliousncss
The fatigue of travel often tells most deaatrous-
ly upon invalids and convalcsccnis, and occa-
Persons in feeble health, apprehcnsive of bad
elects from travel will. if provided with the
Bticrs, be fur less likely to have their fears
realized
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27

A NICE S per cent. semi-amual div
idend was issued this week to the
stock holders of Custer Sheep Invest
ment Co. stock. This is the first div
idend declared, and shows what mon
ey invested in sheep earns in West
ern North Dakota.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27

A VERY interesting work on sheep
Bulletin No. l6-has been issued hy
the Agricultural Experiment Station
of Minnesota. 1t treats principally
of the diseases of the skin-very in-
structive-and gives the composition
of various dips.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27

TIE enterprising citizens of Glad
stone announce grand Fourth of
July celebration in whole-souled m;ln'
ner. They are to have parades i'll
grotesque costume, mounted "home
guard" civilians, etc.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27

A GENTLEMAN from Dickinson.
away out in the stock raising region
of North Dakota, says that the sentl-
ment in favor of prohibition
although not strong, is growing
LWahneton Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27

VEGETATION is very heavy and
thick, and farmers and stoclmen can
depend on destructive prairie fires III
the fall. Make the tire-gaurds good
and wide and before the ground gets
drv and hard
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
Not a Charity.

In any just view of quarter of a
century of journalistic work the most
prominent: feature, and one giving great
satisfaction to respectable publishers, is
that printing ngssasnewsKmper has become
recognized. as.aiau1siineas and not char
GcnHt
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27

NORTH DAKOTA against the world
for crops. That is the way it looks
thiS year.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
A Pass That Has Done Service,

board Of trade in Ch;"o.~
A Pass THAT Has Done Service.
Twenty-six years ago, when connected
with the Clarendon hotel, at Saratoga
Springs, n Y, J. G. Chamberlain, the
present cashier of the Leland hotel, was
given a pass ON tho National Express
company by its general superintendent,
E. +. Virgil. Mr.. Chamberlain was then
u bright young man and had done many
acts of Kindness for the superintendent
In gratitude to the young hotel clerk
Virgil presented him with the pass,
which gave him the right to send any
package free of charge through the COM
pany.
A few weeks ago the National Express
Northern Pacific Express company, and
the new arrangement came into effect
a few days ago Mr.. Chamberlain had
used his pass whenever he had occasion,
but he was little in doubt as to whether
it would be of any good under the new
management.
However, as soon as the Office in the
Rookery building was open Mr.. Cham
berlain walked in with package direct
ed to G. r. Durkee, of Saratoga Springs
The clerk weighed the package with par
ticular care, as this was the first one
handled by the new company. Then
when he asked for pay the pass was pro-
duced. General Superintendent Hutt
was called in on the question of the
validity of the antiquated pass, but he
knew that the document had never been
rescinded and the package was sent
along. The pass was on fimsy paper,
but the cashier mounted it on piece of
stiff pasteboard and preserved it care
fully. Now he is wondering whether he
can will away the pass when he requires
it no longer Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
DISASTROUS SPECULATION.

Col. Gale, of South Dakota, Loses n For
tune and Suicides.
SIOUX CRY, Iowa, March 12.-Col. F.
A. Gale, who was widely known in po-
litical and financial circles in South Da-
kota, has committed suicide by shooting
himself through tho head. He had lost
his fortune, 100000, speculating on the
board of trade in Chi~o.N
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
Another Cold in Sight.

There is very good story told con-
corning a certain social leader in Bos-
ton. At an evening musicale last win
ter she appeared in a tres decollete gown
with her hands thrust into a 1nuff of
white fur. Sweeping up to her hostess
she apologized for bringing her mutf into
the drawing room. "But," said she, II
have such a severe cold really did not
dare to come without" and the bystand-
ers, looking at her bare neck and shoul-
ders, smiled Observation-Disclosures Ga.
zette.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
A Clear Head.

A Clear Head.
81 tell you, laugh as you will, MIR.
Softey has clear head"
"IndeedT'
eyes: clear Of all brains. West Shore.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27

The Best Remedy III
in this world, says j. Hotlierr of Syracuse N. Y,
is Pastor koenig's Nerve Tonic. because my son
who was partially paralyzed three years ago Mnd
attacked by fits, has not hnd any symptoms of
them since he took one bottle of tho remedy.
most heartily thank for it.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27

Mrs. Ignatius Grossmann Edwina
Booth) is the only woman permitted to
enter the Players club in New York.
When her father is in town and staying
at the club, she goes there frequently
passing through to the elevator and w
to his room, almost without being seen
She is very sedate little woman, anG
passionately fond of her two children.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27

The Best Ever Used
WH1TEwATEI., WIS.,, October, 1890
When II years old my son WAS first attacked
by cpileptic fits, ut intervals of ono year, then
four months, three months, two months. ono
month. then every three weeks, every nine days
and later even twice day. We used many
remedies for fits, but all without benefit Pas
tor Koenig's Nerve Tonic is the very best we
ever used and he is again strong his mind has
again improved and is clearer.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
The Pulpit and the Stage.

Rev. F. M. Shrout, Pastor United
Brethren Church, Blue Mound, Kan,
says: 81 feel it my duty to tell what
wonders DIR. Kings New Discovery has
done for me. My Lungs were badly
diseased, and my parishioners thought I
could live only few weeks. l took five
bottles Of DR.. Kings New Discovery
and am sound and well, gaining 26 lbs.
in weight.
Arthur Love, Manager Loves Funny
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 41.00.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-27
Happy Hoosiers.

William Timmons, postmaster of Ida
vile, Ind. writes: Electric Bitters
has done more for me than all other
medicines combined, for that bad feel
ing arising from Kidney and Liver
trouble" John Leslie, farmer and stock
man, Of same place, says: Find Elec-
trio Bitters to be the best Kidney and
Liver medicine, made me feel like a
new man." ]. w. Gardner, hardware
merchant, same town, says: Electric
Bitters is just the thing for a man who
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 a
new lease on life. Only SOC. bottle, at
]. ]. Freeman's Drug Store.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-28

JERSEY CITY, April as.-The Jersey
City ferryboat Chicago, heavily laden
with passengers and teams, was run
down in Inidstream on the North river
by her sister boat, the New Jersey, yes
terday. The Chicago's starboard cabin
house, from point three feet forward
of the wheel box, was torn away. The
outer planks We're ripped off, leaving
long. Jagged and gaping hole, through
which the gesticulating hands and arms
of the wildly frightened and shrieking
passengers were visible. Charles Terry,
q passenger, had his foot badly smashed.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-28

NEwMANsTowN, Pa, April 28.-W.
W. Stewart, wealthy resident, had a
costly monument of Italian marble
placed over the grave of his sister in the
NewmanBtown cemetery. Beneath the
usual inscription was the line in raised
letters, Erected by her brother, w. w.
Stewart Some one visited the cemetery
at night, and with mallet and chisel de-
hberately cut away this line. Mr.. Stew
art will pay large reward for the dis
covery OF the vandal.
IArd-1tist, weak; steam rendered, $3.50.
Eggs-Altive, steady; New York and Penn
sYlYEnia. se.; southwestern and western, l5c.;
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-28

PHILADKLPHIA, April e7.-State and western
-four, SUPER, % o014 25;do, do, extras, 2450;
No. wintsr family, s4.dolsleo Pennsylvania
roller process, S5sb5.t0; western winter. clear,
$5.d5.25; straight, s5.Ss9565; winter patent.
s5.eDB; Minnesota, clear, 81. .90at525 straight,
ts2adg5.T5; patent, S5.ssGe625; favorite brands,
sateGG.s0. Rye -four, $3.50 per barrel.
Wheat-Unsettled, lower, with Si.lS bid
and SEQ asked for April; s1.ls bid and 81 .1s
asked for May; Sl.l4lS bid aud 81 .l5< asked for
June; e1.I2,f bid and 81 1875 asked for July.
Corn-Weak, lower, 1so. bid and 7sc. asked
for April: i5c. bid and 7ec asked for Nay;
Tic. BID and Tic. asked for June; roc. bid
and T1c asked for July.
oats-Weak, lower. with COO. bid and 8lc.
asked fer April; Soc. bid and COO. asked for
May; soc. bid and 60c. asked for June: 6eJ4c.
bid and oeIzc. asked for July.
Reafrstaaay, quiet; extra mess, S7aS@7.y5;
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-28
The DeIamater oompromise.

NEADvrLLR, Pa, April 2S.-On April
10 the time for signing the Delamnter
compromise was extended until yester-
day. At q meeting of the committee
yesterday the time was extended until
May 1, the day appointed for the pay
mont Of the first 10 per cent. in case the
compromise be made. In case the mat
ter is not closed up by May the pro-
posed compromise will doubtless fall
through, and tho assignees will settle
the business. Creditors representing
about $4,000 have not yet signed the
apraement
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-28

CoNNRLIsvILLE, Pa, April 2s. Sheriff
Mccormick, with posse of ten deputies
and accd dmpanied by fifty men of com
pany G, went to Leisenring yesterday
and evicted twenty-six families without
any resistance. John Leshko, the terror
of the region and leader in all acts of
violence, rendered valuable assistance to
the sheriff. James Dougherty, "a deputy.
caused some excitement by walking
away from the sherifFs posse, remarking
that he had enough Of this dirty work.
EvictionB are continued at Leith today.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-28
A COURT HOUSE MURDER
Shot tho Man Who Was Acquitted
of Numbering His Sister.

ShOt the MAN VINO was Acquitted
of Numbering His Sister.
EIIzApRTHTowS, KY, April 27.-An-
other act in the Showers-M Moore tragedy
took place in the court house here yes
terday. Charlie Moore shot William
Showers through the head with shot
gun loaded with buckshot, killing him
instantly. When the fatal shot was
fired Showers had revolver in his
hand.
Showers married Lena Moore, Charlie
Moore's sister. She died with bullet
through her head about two years ago,
and her husband was tried under an in
dictment for numbering her. He was
acquitted after most exciting trial. A
few days before Showers trial Moore
had been indicted for forging wit
ness claims and skipped the county.
When Showers was acquitted he seemed
determined to have Moore caught. and
succeeded in tracing him to Eagle Pass,
Tex, where he was arrested and brought
back here in February. The bad feeling
between the men has been 80 intense
that the tragedy Of yesterday was not
surprise. Immediately after the shoot
ing Moore gave himself up to the jailer
and confessed the killing.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-28
MAY AVERT A STRIKE
The Outlook for the First Of May
Not So Disoouraging.
A TRUCE AT HOOKING VALLEY.

Tho Miners There Affect a Com
promise Which It ls Believed Will
Prevent Mine Workers in Other
4 Sections from Joining in Demand
for the Eight Hour Day.
PITTsBURa, April e8.-The agreement
Of the Hooking valley miners to work
this year at the present rates and nine
hours day will break the back Of the
eight hour movement Of the miners. It
Is expected that this settlement will con-
pei the remaining Ohio miners to accept
similar terms.
All tho officers Of the United Mine
Workers association, who represent all
the bituminous coal miners in the United
States, will busy themselves to secure a
continuance of work at present rates
and with such hours as can be agreed
upon without strike. This conclusion
has been arrived at after careful sur
vey of the whole field. This convinced
the leaders that the movement for eight
hours among the miners, if insisted
upon at this time, would be anything
but national.
Not prepared TO Strike.
In Pennsylvania tho Monongahela
river diggers will remain at work. The
Macdonald and Midway men will do
the same. The miners Of the New York
and Cleveland Gas Coal company and
the Irwin station men have just come to
the end of a disastrous strike, and are
by no means included to renew their
struggle against employers who have
defeated them. Along the Pennsylva-
mia railroad within the forty mile radius
from Pittsburg there would be as many
men at work as on strike.
The Clearfeld, Centre and jefferson
county districts, with the exception Of
tho Dubois mines, are ready to strike.
The Maryland and Pocohontas men, as
those along the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad and in the Fairmont district
IN the Baltimore and Ohio, would re-
main ut work. This would keep the
eastern market well supplied with BIZ
luminous coal.
The West Virginia miners have an
nounced that they are not in position to
Sfrike. In Tennessee and Kentucky an
agreement has been reathed, the opera
sors expressing a willingness to grant
night hours if it could be enforced in
their competitive districts.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-28

TRENTON, N. j., April 2S.-Henry C.
Kelsey, secretary of state. in reply to a
letter inquiring as to the legality of the
business of the short term beneficial So
cities under the state laws, says: Nv hile
! was charged with the execution of our
insurance laws | was unable to secure
. complaint against them. NY opinion
is that they would not only be held
liable under the insurance laws. but
TINT they were swindles pure and sim
pie. Col Harvey, the new commissioner
Of banking and insurance, is familiar
with my views on this subject and, |
believe, in entire sympathy with them. /"