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The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
AN IMPORTANT I L
The Royal Baking Powder Condemned
in the New York Legislature

Aue 1sOyal DaAtlH fOWuer CONDEMNED
In the New York Legislature
NEW YORK PRESS
Last Monday MI. Kelly introduced
the following bill in the assembly.
A careful reading of it will show that
it is a very important one.
An act to prevent the use of poi.
sonous and injurious ingredients in
baking powder,
WHEREAS, Baking Powders man.
ufactured in this state, known as the
Royal alum and other Baking Pow
ders are advertised for sale as abso.
lutely pure; and
WHEREAS, official examination
show them to contain ammonia and
other injurious ingredients; therefore
the people of the state of New York,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section Livery can OF package
of baking powder containing ammo.
MIA offered for sale in this state shall
have a conspicuous label thereon with
the words "Contains Ammonia" prin.
ted thereon in plain type, not smaller
than great primer and any person
who shall, or have or offer for sale,
any such can or package of baking
powder without such label thereon,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor.
Section 2-This act shall take effect
July l, 1891.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
A Telegraph Wire for Gossip.

William Trip runs a farm near Round
Lake and raises produce, which he sells
to the people living on the camp ground.
His wife sells excellent milk, and the
couple, who are past middle age, make a
comfortable living. The young folks of
the camp ground are fond of visiting the
farm, where they drink milk and chat
with Mrs. Trip, who, through the me-
dunn Of her private telegraph line,
knows all the country gossip for miles
around.
Last year the farmer, finding his yer
ings heavy OF his hands, bought q tele.
graph instrument and ran a wire to the
railroad station two miles away. From
there he extended the line to a neighbor-
ing settlement and later connected with
two farmhouses several miles below.
The farmer and his wife have both be-
come excellent operators, and now spend
their spare time exchanging country Cos
sip with their friends over the wire. The
telegraph operator in the railroad station
keeps them supplied with the principal
news items he hears from other points
on the road, and there are few better in
formed residents of the county than
Farmer Trip and his wife.-Cor. New
York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
The Trout Caught the Diamond.


This is the way the latest fish story is
told hereabouts: Joseph S. Frey and
William Bercaw were trout fishing up in
Monroe county on Saturday. While
forcing his way through a thick clump
of bushes overhanging the stream Ber-
cav saw a good sized trout dart out
from a bank of the creek and pass di-
rectly beneath him. Working his way
to a secluded nook a few feet above, the
anxious angler cast his fly with such
skill that in a few seconds he caught and
safely landed a speckled beauty about
ten inches in length. He made u second
effort, but could get no more trout there.
Well, the fishermen continued on their
way until their sport had ended and they
seated themselves to clean their fish, of
which, of course, they had a fine lot. On
opening n of the trout the fish was
found to contain a diamond shirt stud.
This caused Bercaw to look for his dia-
mond, when it was found to be missing.
Then it flashed to the fsherman's mind
how fortunate he had been-that in pass
ing through the brush his diamond had
been forced from his shirt front; the
trout he had seen dart in front of him
had swallowed the jewel, and then he
had succeeded in capturing the fish.
To a reporter who inquired of Mr..
Bercaw concerning the truthfulness of
the story, the latter declared it to be a
fact in every particular.-Easton Pa.)
Express.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19

A Fleet of Whalebacks for the Atlantic.
Alexander McDougall, the inventor of
tho whaleback boats and builder of the
whaleback steamer, Charles w. Wet
more, which reached Liverpool Tuesday
with a cargo of wheat from Duluth, vas
at the Sherman house yesterday. "In
ninety days" he said, sour mills for the
construction of steel plates, angle irons
and bolts will be completed at Duluth,
and we shall Immediately lay the keels
Cor ten moro whaleback boats for service
on tho Atlantic.
1--WE shall build q whaleback steamer
$50 feet long, with cabin accommodate
tons for 1900 passengers, for service
during tho Worlds fair. After the fair
is ovcr it will DO cut in two and taken to
tho Atlantic. 1t is possible that we will
build moro than one of these boats.
They will have great speed and will be
elegantly fitted out"
The Wctmore, Captain McDougall
added, will load with partial cargo of
machinery for the new shipyard on
Puget sound, lea Seattle, and will then
return to New York, where it will take
on material for the first two boats to be
built on the Pacific coast. The Ameri-
con Steel Barge company, which is build
ing the whalebacks, is largely composed
of officials of the Northern Pacific rail-
road.-Chicago Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Two Moons in the Washington Sky.

About / o'clock one morning recently
a beautiful spectacle was presented in
the northwestern sky. The moon was
about 20 dogs. above the horizon, and
the air was so surcharged with moisture
that a halo, with an apparent diameter
of eighty feet, was formed. In some
parts this halo was rather indistinct, but
on the right hand of the moon, as II
looked toward tho south, the halo at one
point gradually increased in brillianey
until there was a perfect mirage of the
loon. The phenomenon continued for
several minutes and then faded away.
An observer thought that the best desig-
nation of it would be "moon dog" as it
resembled the phenomenon which is pro-
duced sometimes by the atmosphere and
the sun, with the exception that the sun
has annually four ~"dogs."-Washington
Post
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19

A Word About the Neglise Costume.
If the outing young man be wise he
will not wear q waistcoat when he as
sumes either a sash OR waistbelt. The
waistcoat is decidedly a dressified ap-
purtenance of attire, while the sash and
waistbelt belong to the vocabulary Of
neglige. He should be reminded Of the
fate of the parsonage that tried to ride
two horses at once.
And yet this solecism is being continu-
ally committed by misguided youths.
The effect of the sash when Worn with
the frock coat is an uncongenial one.
The youth that paraded Fulton street,
Brooklyn, a few nights ago attired in a
two-color sash, a cutaway coat, white
dress shirt, puff scarf and black high
hat was apparently upon excellent terms
with himself, but in reality about as far
tout of it" as the MA that fell from the
balloon.-Clothier and Furnisher.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
The Pulpit and tine STAGE.

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 We're, badly
diseased, and my parishioners thought I
could live only afew weeks. I took five
bottles of DR.. Kings New Discovery
and am sound and we'll, gaining 26 lbs.
in weight.
Arthur Love, Manager Loves Funny
Folks Combination, writes: CATER a
thorough trial and convincing evidence
l am confident DR.: Kings New Discoy.
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. Free
mans Drug Store. Regular sizes SOC.
and ST. on "'
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19

1T does n good to go out in the
neighborhood of the Anken cheese
factory and note the prosperity that
seems to attend the settlers. First
so to the factory and see the evi.
dences of thrift. Three men are kept
busy handling the milk which the
farmers bring in daily, averaging by
the season in quantities sufficient to
make 400 pounds of cheese, or 10000
pounds for the year, and monthly the
farmers come in for their milk mon.
ey, paid at the rate of so cents per
hundred. Some derive as high as
$l75 from their dairy a month. Then
drive through the neighborhood, and
see the grain stacks, herds ,.of milch
COWS and punches of young cattle.
which every farmer has more Or less
of. These people have all secured
from 100 to $40 acres of land, and are
in a way to become wealthy land.
holders. They have good teams,
farm machinery. ETC., and comfort.
able houses, and what is best of all,
are satisfied with their lot.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from prac-
Ece, having had placed in his hands by
an Fast India missionary the formula of
q simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure Of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and ali
Throat and Lung Affections, also a posi-
tive and radical cure for Nervous De-
!bility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases, has felt it
his duty to make it known to his suffer.
ing fellows. Actuated by this motive
and q desire to relieve human suffering,
l will send free of charge, to all who
or English, with full directions for pre-
pairing and using. Sent by mail by ad-
dressing with stamp, naming this paper.
W. A. NoYEs, 500 Powers Block, Roch-
ester N. Y.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
THE LAMENT OF pApHNls.

o nymph. WHOSE faith | rave so weakly kept.
o love, whose smile | never more may see,
Pity the tears these sightless eyes have wept,
And let me plead once more, once more. With
thee,
I did not dream in loves first golden hour
ThHs from mine eyes thine image Ger could
pass,
| saw thy pictured face in every flower,
And heard thy footsteps in the whispering
grass.
The birds and waters echoed thy dear voice;
Thine eyes smiled at mo from the stars above;
In sleep of thee | drcamcd-woke to rejoice
And tell again the story Of our love.
The tale is done! My punishment is just.
lifted mp mine eyes, l turned away,
And lc! the Hover within my hand was dust,
And d.rsrnel was the light of loves sweet
day
Yet think nh that MY heart straycd with mine
Nay. 1--we. for :. waa shrincd within thine
Can'at thou its plcadings cvcrmorc Gcspisc7
Is thy warm beauty hardened into stone?
His work but half complete, Death stands a:ar,
And will not end the misery begun.
Night, railing, tells my tale to every star,
And tue day mocks me with the hcartlcss
sun
But hope still fingers while my lips can pray.
And through. the endless dark ! gropc for
thee.
Thinking, psrchance, upon some happy day
Thou wilt rclcnt and turn again to me
Wilt turn again to be my guide. my light,
And pleading, hoping, in the dark I wait
For thee or Death to end tho weary night:
o love, dear love, l pray, come not too late!
Annie Louise Breckenridge In Kate Fields
Washington.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
A MYSTERY.

How the human system ever RECEIVERS from the
bad effects Of the nauseous medicines often liter
ally poured into it for the suppositivc relief of
dyspepsia. liver complaint, constipation, rhcuma-
tism and other ailments, is a mystery. The mis-
chief done by bad medicines is scarcely lees than
that caused by disease. If they who ure weak,
bilious, dyspeptic, constipated or rheumatic,
would oftener be guided by the experience of in
ach Bitters, they would in every instance obtain
the speediest aid deriyablc from rational medical
ton. This medicine is n searching and at the
same time a thoroughly safe remedy, derived
from vegetable sources, and possessing, in con-
sequence OF it's basis of pure spirits. properties as
2 mediclPal stimulant not to be found in the fiery
the drbilAated, d5apeptc and lapguid.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Captain Hutchinson Gets Beaten Again,

Ca3t2An HUTCHINSON Gets Beaten Again.
The following is taken from w. p.
Watson's paper, the Republican, of
Central City, Nebraska. Bro. Watson
was formerly at Vermont City, So.
Dakota, where Captain Hutchinson,
now of Worcester, VT, run a hotel.
He had a running account with de.
PENDANT and like many foolish men
took it into court.
The case of L. NJ. Hutchinson of
Worcester, Vt, VS.. w. P. Watson
came up in county court Wednesday,
wherein the plaintiff brought suit for
$3 and defendant an offset of $3.50,
the claims resulting from business
transactions in Dakota. The jury re.
turned a verdict of $3.50 for the de.
PENDANT, assuming the costs amount.
Ing to nearly $50 to the plaintiff. j
E. DOrshmier appeared for the pros.
ocuti0n and Judge W. r. Watson fol
the defense.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Counterfeit Half Dollar.

4 dangerous counterfeit fifty cent
piece has been sprung upon the guileless
public. Tho piece is beauty, and shows
great care and skill in its make up. #
is one of the series of 1887 and has ths
clear ring of the genuine article. The
main point of difference, however, lies
in the thickness, which is a trife more
than in the genuine article. The figure
on one side is rather obscure, but is, at
the same time, nearly perfect, although
there is a slight depression in the shield.
Norwich Bulletin.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
A One Sided Bargain.

The champion horse trade of the viGn-
ity took place recently. A we'll known
Lee jockey secured a snowy colt, and
HE'D himself to the Dale to see the boys.
When he came back he was driving a
fine black horse, leading a good bay,
while there followed behind a pair Of
oxen, a COW, an old SOW and eight pigs.
Springfield (Mass.l Republican.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
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." j. 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 OH life. Only soc. a bottle. at
j. ]. Freeman's Drug Store.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19

TIE Devils Lake Inter.Ocean does
not coincide with the idea advanced
by the PRESS of having the govern
ment set apart the abandoned Fort
Abraham Lincoln for state encamp-
ment grounds. because Brother Nye
wants the Rock Island reserve, which
is near his locality, donated. This is
only natural. Mortal beings are prone
to be selfish. But the people of No.
Dakota will look a long while before
finding a place more naturally fitted
than Fort Lincoln.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Beautiful Shell Money.

The most beautiful shell money in the
world is made Of the abalone of ou,
western coasts. When polished the
abalone shows lovely green, purple and
iridescent colors, and the Indians from
California to Alaska value it highly, as
Go the manufacturers of pearl buttons
-Ph;ladelnhia Press.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Wanted His Letters.

Very strange is the adventure through
which a postman named Boudon has
just passed at Mines. He had taken a
registered letter to one Faure, a shoe
maker, and was about to leave the house
when the maj closed the door, pulled a
revolver out of his pocket, and rushing
on Boudon threw him down and bound
him securely. He then informed the
terrified postman of his intention to re-
tain him rs a hostage until he had re-
ceived divers letters written to him by
the president Of the republic and the
minister of justice in reply to his appli-
cation for the restoration of $1,000 francs
lost in a lawsuit.
Faure sent 4 note to the head of the
postal department explaining how mat
tiers stood, and while awaiting an an
swer barricadcd his apartments. When
the police arrived he called out that he
had provisions for a week, two revolvers
and plenty of ammunition, and that if
they attempted to force the door he
would kill his prisoner. The situation
was extremely awkward. The affair
had become known in the neighborhood,
and the adjacent streets were soon
,hronged with at least 5000 of the towns
people,
a last attempt to parley with the in
furiate1 shoemaker having proved abor-
tive, the police and gendarmes broke
into the place. fired a few shots to
brighten Faure, and succeeded in Sc
curcly taking him into custody ere he
had time to carry out his threat. They
had great difficulty in conducting him
10 prison, as the crowd wanted to lynch
him Faure is described as a monoma-
MAC. and it appears that when M. Car
not visited Mines some time ago he
made some curious preparations in or
der to attract his attention, which, how
evcr, were but lost labor, as the presi-
dent passed down another reet.-Paris
Cor. London Telegraph.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19

Syrup"
Asthma.

"Ihave been a great
Asthma. sufferer from Asth-
ma and severe Colds
every Winter, and last Fall my
friends as we'll as myself thought
because of my feeble condition, and
great distress from constant cough
ing, and inability to raise any of the
accumulated matter from my lungs,
that my time was close at hand.
When nearly Worn out for want of
sleep and rest, a friend recommend
ed me to try thy valuable medicine,
Boschee's German
Gentle, Syrup. l am CON-
poe.a.h;no fdent it saved my
Ho''o0'"'e life. Almost thefrst
Sleep. dose gave HE great
reliefanda gentle re-
freshing sleep, such asI had not had
for weeks. Mycough began im1nedi-
ately to loosen and pass away, and
l found myself rapidly gaining in
health and weight. l am pleased
to inform Observation-Disclosures 1
am in excellent health and do cer-
tainly attribute it to thy Boschee's
German Syrup. c. B. ST1cKNEy,
Picton, Ontario" Q
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Evidently Poverty Stricken.

Mrs. Hayfork-I think we'd better
make that young city Teller pay his
board in advance.
MI. Hayfork-Ain't he got no money?
Mrs. H.-He can't have much. He's
been goin around all day in a coat made
out Of an old asg.-Good News.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
A Glorious Six Days Go-as-you-pleass

A Glorious Six Days Go-as-you-please.
Joseph Bowers, aged seventy-eight,
and w. S. Renno, aged sixty-one, m
gagged in sixdays' go-as-you-please corn
hoeing match on their farms near Cor
re~ctionville. Bowers hoed t~hirty-one
acres Of corn and Renno twenty-nine,
and the old man was declared the cham
pion. He challenges any man of his age
in the state to hoe against him.-Cor.
Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19

The Value of the different descrip.
lions as returned by the assessors
must lie increased OF decreased by the
per ccntum given in the above table
in each individual case, SO that tax
payers owning amy property embraced
i'll these eight items, will find Il change
from the assessors figures when they
pay their taxes.
The rate of taxation in this county
cannot lie determined until the change
of values has been made by the coun.
ty Auditor who must then determine
the millage necessary to raise $4,000
from the changed valuations.
The action of the state board makes
the action of some of the assessors
OF the county appear strange to the
average man. For instance, in the
LIST commissioner district, the average
value of mules is $40; in the 2nd dis.
trict $24.7O; and i'm the 3rd district it
is 1874. The increased valuation gives
these figures us averages: lst dist. $622.
2nd dist. $500; 3rd dist. 1920.
From the figures as given by the
assessors it would appear that all
species of live stock must lie of very
low grade in the 2nd or 3rd districts,
us about the same difference in values
appear all the way through the alb
stract of the assessment. Why is it
thus! Why We're not the different
districts made nearly equal in value!
If that had been done, the ten mules
in the LIST district would not now be
assessed 1921 per he'd more than tile
same number in the End district, nor
would there be IN increase of SIS per
cent. Suppose that each assessor had
done as the LIST district assessor, val
ned them at $40, conceded to be Il
fair figure, this would lie the result,
Average state value, $50.64.
Average county value, $1,000.
Per cent necessary to raise, 261s
instead of So. The item of mules
has been selected, because that is the
highest rate Of increase. hut the same
argument holds good throughout the
entire lis. of live stock.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Saved From the Grave.

NORTH WASHINGTON, Iowa, Mch. 1871.
Tho wonderful discovery of Pastor kocnig's
Nerve Tonic has evidently saved mo from the
grave or an insane asylum; md 1 and my kim
old mothor cannot thank you enough for tho
happiness you have bestowed ponu for which
we thank you many thousand times, and will
remember you in our prayers.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19

CLEAN streets are a matter of health
as well as beauty. Dickinson has
some back allies that need cleaning
up badly, and if the owners thereof
do not attend to this matter we think
the board of health should. Our tax
payers, some of the heaviest of whom
are opposed to the incorporation of
Dickinson, will do we'll to bear in
mind that nothing will create a
strong sentlment-one that will pre-.
vail-in favor of incorporating the
town quicker than the tolerance of
slovenly kept yards and back allies.
Keep these places neat. C%ess-pools
and old rubbish progenerate disease,
and rob Il town of its good name.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
I'M It's WOrst Form.

BENTON, LAT. Co., Wis.,. Dec, q.
Rev. j. c. Bergen vouches for the following:
James Rooney who was suffering from st. Nitus
Dance in its worst form for about II years was
treated by several physicians without effect;
two bottles of Pastor Koenis's Nerve Tonic
cnred him.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19

In the matter of the liquor cases
which were called for examination
Tuesday afternoon, having been post
poned from Monday, defendants
waived examination and secured bail
in the sum of $500. The prosecution
took some exception to what we said
editorially last week, inasmuch as it
appeared that these arrests were
caused to have been made by the
prosecution without the explanation,
which we have been assured by the
states attorney as a fact, that such
information was filed in his office as
compelled him by virtue of his oath
of Office to make the arrests whether
it was or was not his wish to do so.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Cattle! CattleM

We have 500 head of yearling
steers for sale. For particulars and
terms, apply to
kRACTH & LEuTZ,
sept l2.2t Hebron, N. ID.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19

See the new %"Stundard' sewing
machine ut Scotield's. Price within
the reach of all.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
A Perfect Baking Powder.

The constantly growing demand for DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder, the standard cream tartar powder
for forty years, is due to two causes.
FIRST-The extreme care exercised by the manu-
facturers to make it perfectly pure, uniform in quality, and
Of highest raising power.
~SECOND:-The recent investigations exposing the
fact that certain other brands of baking powder contain
ammonia and still others that were found to contain alum.
These INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers are being found out,
and the consumers are giving them a wide birth.
Nothing is left to chance in the manufacture of DR..
Prices Cream Baking Powder. Chemists are employed to
test every ingredient as to purity and strength Hence;
it's marvellous purity and uniformity: Each can is like
every other. 1t never d~issapoints. BEST is ALWAYS
the CHEAPEST.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is re-
ported by all authorities as free from Ammonia,
Alum, or any other adulterant. In fact, the
purity of this ideal powder has never been ques-
toned.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19

Nice line of Atwood dress goods at
Scoield's.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Saturday, September 10, 1891.

In giving a brief synopsis of the
new election law last week, it should
have been stated that no registration
of voters before election is required
outside of large towns.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19

Black figured all-wool Henrietta
dress goods at Scofield's.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19

A veteran Provincetown Mass.) fish.
erman, who claims to know, says that
when mackerel are on the move the ad.
vanced body is entirely composed of fe.
formed of the ma1e.