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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
Hard to Suit.

People sometimes have good ground
to complain of their grocers, and not
unfrequently the grocers have reason to
complain of unjust criticisms on the
part of their customers.
One Saturday evening, when there
was quite crowd Of purchasers in a
grocery in ono Of tho suburbs Of an
eastern city, gentleman came in in a
clustering mood.
"See here" he said to tho proprietor,
"that fancy creamery butter of yours
tastes of the frkin."
~ don't sec how that can be-" an
swered the grocer, "for I keep that but
ter in glass Jars"
"Well," said the customer sharply, "it
tastes of the glass jar then. youths
Companion.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
A Storm Wave.

A great storm wave is peculiar to cy-
clones. Atthe center of the disturbance
the mercury in good barometer may
be lower by three inches than that in
similar instrument on the verge of the
cyclone. This is owing to the diminution
of atmospheric pressure consequent on
the rotation of the air wheel; and as
nature abhors vacuum, tho sea in the
vortex rises above its usual level until
equilibrium is restored. This storm
wave advances with the hurricane, and
rolls in upon the low land like a solid
wall. In the Backergunge cyclone of
1876 the storm wave covered the land at
the eastern end of the Ganges delta at
heights varying from ten to forty-fve
feet, as measured by marks on the trees.
One hundred thousand lives were lost on
this occasion. Chambers Journal.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
Eaec. of Copper Salts on India Rubber.

Effect of Copper Salts on India Rubber.
In a recent paper Mr.. w. Thomson, of
Manchester, England, said that it is
known that copper salts have most in
furious effect on india rubber, and as
copper is sometimes used in dyeing
blacks and other colors cloth so dyed is
liable to decompose and harden tho rub
Der put into it. A popularity investi-
gated by the author is that metallic cop
per placed in contact with thin sheets of
india rubber brings oxidation and hard
ening of its substance, although no ap-
preciable quantity of copper enters the
india rubber, while metallic zinc and
silver have no injurious effect.
All oils, except castor oil, have a most
detrimental effect on india rubber,
which can best be kept under water, un-
der glycerine, in coal gas or in vacuum.
The smell of india rubber is one of the
characteristics of its decomposition, and
it has been noticed that piece of blot
ting paper placed over the decaying rub
Der is colored by certain volatile sub
stances resulting from the oxidation
that produces the hardening.-Boston
Transcript.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07

A Detro:s"r who deals in real estate,
law, Insurance.. loans, lawsuits, politics,
ETC., went over to Chicago the other day.
While nearing that city a man came to
him and confdentially remarked:
"There's u chap in the car back there
trying to get a SEQ bill changed. It's a
base counterfeit, and want to put you
on your guard"
He was warmly thanked for his kind
ness and passed on, and Eve minutes
later man appeared with a bill in his
hand and asked:
Friend, can you change this twenty?'
"Sorry to say I can't. " was tho prompt
reply.
''Well, let me have ten and You keep
the bill until we get to Chicago"
Cant do it."
Cant You let me have five7'
"No."
Perhaps you are afraid of tho bill. I
don't claim to know much about money.
Is it good or bad?'
"It's counterfeit"
"No!
I'm sure Of it.n
"It can't be. I'll bet the face value O.
II that it is good bill. Lend mo So on
1t, won't your
mo, sir, but I'll take that bet of yours
that the conductor won't accept it as
good"
"We!l, it will be worth $50 to find out
about it." said the stranger, and off they
went to the conductor.
"Give me two tens for this9" brusquely
queried tho stranger. as be handed out
tho bill.
"1f can," replied tho conductor,
scarcely glancing at it.
He made out ten and two fives and
passed them over, and tho Detroiter
handed over tho amount of his bet,
kicked himself into tho next car, and he
never saw q bit of Lake Michigan as the
train made its way into Chicago.-De-
troit FREQ Press.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
Indian Decorative Art.

When the Sioux go on the warpath
in anything like reasonable weather
they exercise great economy in dress
They paint their ponies with red and
black paint in crosses. They also wear
their hair loose and flowing, and put a
liberal allowance of red and black paint
ON their faces. Decorative art prevails
largely in their make up. Bugs, rep
tiles and animals, as nearly as the rude
ly artistic mind of the Sioux can con-
trive, are painted on their foreheads
and chins, while cross Of red and
black paint adorns each cheek.-Denver
Republican.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07

CAME BACK AFTER DEATH.
Here's N Ghost That Evidently Like
Work Connected with n Drug Store

Here's Ghost That Evidently Liked
Work Connected with Drug Store.
A curious thing is said to have hap
pened at Crossen, Silesia, in the year
1862 In the spring of that year one
Christopher Monigh, drug clerk ian
"pothecary's servant, as tho old account
says), died and was buried with the
usual services of his church. A few
days after his death a shadow exactly
like his in face, clothes, stature, mein,
etc, appeared in the drug shop where he
had been employed before his decease.
In the shop he would walk about, sit
himself down. take boxes, pots, glasses,
etc, from the shelves, always returning
them to their exact places.
Later on he began to try tho quality Of
the medicines and to weigh various drug
stuffs in pair of scales used for that
purpose; would pound drugsin mortar
with a "mightie noise" and even serve
people who came on business to the shop;
in a word, do all that a servant in such
capacity could do. He looked very
ghastly upon those who had formerly
been his fellow servants. they being
afraid to say anything to him. The
owner of the drug shop was sick at the
time, and this phantom servant soon
began to cause him deal Of trouble,
performing all sorts of tricks on the in
valid, such as pulling down the bed upon
which he lay, burning sheets, coverlets,
etc, and at one time even going so far
as to throw the lamps in the fire as often
as they were brought into the sick room.
During all this time he had never been
seen in the streets or heard to speak.
Finally, one day he put on cloak that
hung in tho shop and walked out into
the streets, minding no one and turning
neither to the right nor to the left.
Nearing the churchyard where his
mortal remains had been deposited, he
met maid servant with whom he had
formerly been on speaking terms; ac-
costei her, only to see her fall in
swoon. This single instance is the
only one in which he is said to have
spoken during the six weeks he was ter
rorizing all that portion of Silesia.
When tho girl tainted the gallant
phantom essayed to help her to her feet,
and placed in her hand o paper written
in blood red ink telling the location of
much buried treasure. That night Prin-
cess Elizabeth Charlotte, the then chief
magistrate of Crossen, determined to
put an end to the ghostly raids of the
drug clerk. She ordered tho grave
opened, and the corpse. grave clothes
and the coffin burned.
This weird proceeding was carried out
to the letter, and nothing of the ghost
clerk was ever seen afterward, although
exact pictures Of him appeared in every
window pane in the drug shop building.
Some of these pictures, which much re-
sembled sand blast work, faded in a few
months, but two of them, in an attic
window where the clerk lived prior to
his death, were plain to be seen up to
the time the building was destroyed by
fire in 1741. No explanation of these
mysterious shadows has ever been
eiven.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
Arrentifsrous Human Homes,

John Sunger brought to this city re-
Gently an arrow head, made of tempered
copper, and a number of human bones,
which were found in the Rocky Point
mine, at Gilman, 48O feet below the sur
face Of the earth, imbedded in q vein of
silver bearing ore. Over $10o worth of
orc clung to tho bones when they were
removed from the mine.
Theimportant feature of this discovery
is the fact that these relics wcro found
In the center of vein of ore, indicating
that man was In existence on this conti-
nent when the molten metal was sent
coursing through the assures of these
mountains.-Leadville Cor. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07

ambition is my life," said the en-
thusiastic youth as he sketched out a
marvellous future for himself. II intend
to live only for success, power. But how
best to achieve that? Shall I command
arms, dictate to senates, or WELD the
mighty penn
"Do none of these things" said his IA
ther with the wisdom Of years; "the Sc
cget is this: discover a new bacillus. -
st. Joseph News.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
When Gold Looks Green.

Gold can be beaten out so thin that it
allows light to pass through it, in which
case, though it still appears brilliant yell
low by reflected light, it is green as
viewed by transmission; that is, by the
light that passes through it. This curious
effect can easily be observed by laying q
piece of gold leaf upon plate of glass
and holding it between tho eye and the
light, when the gold will appear semi
transparent and of peculiar leek green
colnr.-Chambers' Journal.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
Queer Things in the Dead Letter Office

Queer Things in the Dead Letter Omce.
A bootblack's outfit, u wood saw, a
hat box, gold headed cane, snuff boxes,
gold, silver and bronze medals, coins of
all kinds, countries and ages are among
the curiosities collected. The metal ba-
sis for a set of false teeth is in one of
tho cases. 1t was unclaimed, and came
to the dead letter Office several years
ago. A short time since an old gentle
man who visited the museum recog-
nized the remains of his former set Of
false teeth. He had sent them to dem
tist, he said, for repairs, but lost sight
of them entirely. AS he had bought a
new pair he said he had no use for the
old ones, so they remain in the dead let
ter office.-Washington Cor. ST. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
MIR. Gould.. sent,menta, oo,...

Your correspondent saw Mr.. Gould
and Mr.. Wrenn out walking after dark,
and being near overheard their CONVEX
sation. Mr.. Gould had heard of Bruns-
wick's famous tree, Lovers oak" which
casts shade over an acre of ground.
Turning to Mr.. Wrenn he asked about
tho tree and expressed desire to see it.
Both hunted it and walked eight blocks
by actual count, but it was too dark to
find it despite the electric lights. They
returned to the car disappointed, as no
one near could point out the way to the
tree.-Brunswick (Ga) Cor. Augusta
Chronicle.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
THIS i ..a is:: 4: i.~;;, i; i; ':, %' ! %: ::
Newspaper Advertising Burcau 30 Spruce
S::fs! ;':%s sss;s $s;:s 3: SS;S 4 1 YORK.
Talked Too Much.

A farmer always had a prodigiom
number Of last words to say whenever
he was leaving the farm for the city.
On one occasion the hired mans patience
\ gave out. "Mr. F." said he, you'd
[be an awful bad man ter die. You'd
have so many last words that the under.
takers bill would come in before yer
was dead. Union.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
Discrepancy Somexl,ore

1t is related of ono of the members Of
the legislature who recently went on a
junketing trip in special car that
when he was making his toilet in the
morning he began using tooth brush
belonging to another member, which he
found on the washstand.
Hold on, there" said his colleague.
"That's my tooth brush you are using"
"The deuce it is!' was the rejoinder.
eff this is your'n, where is the one that
belongs to the car"-Indiannpolis News.
Tho Original Interviewer.
BY the death of James Redpath mod
ern journalism has lost one of its pio-
ncers. Mr.. Redpath used to claim that
he was the first interviewer. II started
the practice of interviewing many years
ago." he remarked to mo few weeks
ago, sin the columns of The Boston Ad-
vertiser. My first interview was widely
discussed, and my plan was immediate
ly initiated by Editor Dana, of The Sun,
who the day after my interview ap-
peared sent out corps of writer's to in
terview the leading men of the day on
various topics. In my career since that
time have written hundreds of inter-
views, and have learned from them
few lessons which have been of use to
ME.
"In the first place, my experience has
taught me that it is impossible for an
interviewer to report the exact words Of
the person whom he is interviewing. He
is Obliped nv tha condition r,ndor F,,;ch
he works to misrepresent, or rather to
fall into inaccuracies, verbal or other
wise, with regard to what has been said
to him. Consequently, whenever rep
resentative of the press comes to inter
view me, and have been interviewed
many times, always insist upon writ
ing out the interview in my own hand,
and l am thus sure Of being reported
correctly"
Mr.. kedpath's career is an illustration
Of the fine training which journalism
gives to one who after practising it ell
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
Antique Stage Properties.

In "The Old Homestead" as it has
been given at the Academy of Music in
New York, and all over tho country as
well, an old fashioned New England
clock century and half old is one of
the stage properties; also gun which
was manufactured in 1875, and was used
by Denman Thompson's ancestors in 1776.
The old wooden rocking cradle used in
the last act of the play is over 1870 years
old, and has rocked six generations of
Uncle Joshuas.-New York Ledger.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07

A Hundred Dollars Stolen by a Mouse.
Fifteen years ago 800 bill disappeared
from the cash drawer of the Second Ma
tional bank of Monmouth, nls., and a
customer, now deceased, was suspected
of having been overpaid. Recently a
workman, in dissecting an old counter,
found the lost bank note in mouse nest,
and the cloud on the dead mans name is
lifted. The bill, which was issued by
the Pittsburg National bank, is not badly
mutilated, and will be readily redeemed.
Cor. St. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
Tho snilor.. Wood Pile,

A Washington county sea captain as
pired to fit handsome pile of firewood
this winter, and worked Justify with saw
and axe. Proud of his exertions, he
called on his wife to gaze and admire.
Phoebe" he bawled, show does the
pile look from there?" Back was waited
the answer, "Quite a pile, Williaml
l think if you were to move the well
curb it could be seen from the street,
lewiston Journal.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
A PrOpheoy.

A Pittsburg student, while reading
the book of the Vision Of Nahum, the
Elkashite, came across passage that
seemed to him to bo aprophecy of the
discovery of tho use of electricity rs a
motive power in the electric railways Of
the present day. The passage is from
Nahum ii, 4, and reads as follows: 1.-THE
chariots shall rage In the streets, they
shall jostle ono against another in the
broadways; they shall seem like torches;
they shall run like the hghtnings."-
Boston Transcript.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
PADDERs PLEAD GUILTY.

Minneapolis Conspirntors will Got on
with Fine.
ST. PAUL, March 4.-According to
previous arrangement Messrs. Stevens
and Baudet have plead guilty to con-
spiracy in the Minneapolis census cases
and the other indictments will be dis
missed. They will be sentenced to pay
fines which will be put up by Minneapo-
lis men.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
Comforts OF Travel.

Professional Guide Ito palace car por-
teri have an English lord in charge,
and want him to get good impression
of the comforts of travel in this country.
Here's five dollars.
Porter-Yes, sab. Do you want me to
glib him extra attention, sab?
Guidc-Great Scott, no! want you
to keep away from him.-New York
Weekly.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07

Miss Adelina Patti Baird, goddaugh-
ter Of the diva and daughter of u rich
English iron founder, has q string of
pearls collected from the days of her
babyhood. One Of her first gifts was
number of fine unstrung pearls, and to
these have been added others from time
to time by parents and relatives until
she now has matchless necklace.
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PROTECTION
OR FREE-rRApE.
WHIcH7

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posted on the effects of the New
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week?
Do you want to know all about the
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the Frce-Traders7
Yes2
Then subscribe for your home
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Sample copy free). The ECONOMIST
an acknowledged authority on Pro-
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The yearly subscription of the EcoNo-
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fishers by which we can send
you the ECONOMIST for one year and
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
Better Not Sigh.

A chemical analysis of the food cooked
by our grandmothers, which men sigh
for onco in while, would show it 35
per cent. moro dangerous to tho stom-
ach than food prepared in the modern
kitchen. AS matter of fact, American
women knew nothing of cookery up to
twenty-five years ago. Detroit Free
Press.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07

Until late years the salutation Of
"Merry Christmas!" was almost un-
known in many southern homes. After
the fashion of the waits" in many
places negro men and boys some time be-
fore Christmas go in the evenings from
door to door singing, in the hope of re-
ceiying gifts of money or eatables.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
A Cheerful Prediction.

There are no less than five discoveries
aside from Koch's Tor the cure of con-
sumption, and all by reputable physi-
clans. and all proved of value, and it is
predicted by medical men that within
ten years consumption will hardly be
known in the civilized world.-Dctroit
Free Press
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07

Capt. Charles King, the novelist, does
the greater part Of his writing with his
left hand. His brightest thoughts are
evolved, he thinks, when the right lobe
of his brain calls for the use Of the mo-
tor muscles of his left side and vice
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
0Ielc Acid.

An acid which seems to have pecul-
iar solvent action upon tho oxides, and
yet leaves the metallic surface intact, is
oleic, and when combined with finely
powdered Venetian red and cleaning
fluids it leaves nothing to be desired in
cleaning and polishing hrass.-Boston
Transcript.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
Too Loud,

Tailor's Boy-Does Mr. Highstyle
board here?
Woman-Yes, little boy.
lor's Boy-Well, here's new pair
of pants for him.
Woman-You can't leave those here,
little boy. There's very sick woman
in the house, and we've got to bs abso-
lutely quiet.-Munsey's Weekly.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07

= American Horse, the Ogala1la chief, is
known as the Daniel Dougherty Of the
Sioux tribes. He is the most eloquent,
silver tongued aborigine on the cont
nent. He is naturally man of great
influence among the Indians.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
A Broken Banks Rare Experience.

A Broken Banks Raro Experience.
In 1877 the Third National bank of Chi
cago failed for nearly 81 ZOO, 600. thad q
capital stock Of $3.50, 900, and all its cash
on hand, amounting to 5000, 900, went to
its creditors. j. Irving Pearce was pres
ident Of the fated bank. Huntington w.
jackson was the receiver of the closed
institution, and has had tho management
of its assets since that time. The stock
holders were informed that the stock
was worthless. Some sold their holdings
for q song and others kept what they
had because nobody would buy 1t. A
meeting of those holding stock was held
recently, at which the receiver announced
that he had been offered $1,000, 900 for
real estate near Jackson park, supposed
to becomparatively worthless at the time
of the wreck of tho bank.
This sale will be made unless higher
price is bid, and the money distributed
among the stockholders. Tho defunct
bank was also tho owner of considerable
real estate in tho town of Cicero, which
could not have been sold then for moro
than $50 or 5000 an acre, but is now
worth s. 900 or 81 900 an acre, and which
will swell the assets enormously. II any
other town in tho country has n bank
which failed and went out of active ex-
istonce fourteen years ago, but is worth
more now than it was at the highest tide
of its prosperity, lot tho facts be pro-
dnccd.-Chicago Journal.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
Corn Makes Good Soap.

It is claimed that an eastern chemist
has discovered a process for making soap
from corn. The discovery promises to
revolutionize the art of soap making
Tho product is said to be absolutely pure,
and better than the finest toilet soap
now made.-New York journal.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07

Woolen cloth was first made in Eng
land in the year 1881, though it was
known in oriental countries since time
out of memory. II was neither dyed
Roe dressed in England until the year
1917.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07

In 1855 a wave sixty feet high drowned
10000 people at Lisbon, and in Scotland
q boat on Loeb Lomond was carried
forty yards inland by wave which was
suddenly formed ON the surface Of the
loch by the same cause.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
All RiGht.

''See heah, Galley, did you cali me
common ASST"
mo, Snobbutton, said you was an
uncommon ass"
'Aw, that's different. Icawn't stand
having anybody call me common, y
how."-Epoch.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07
KOpt In.

>.Servant-Mr. Maccay wants his break
fast served in bed this morning.
Landlady-What is the matter? Is he
|ilR
I, Servant-No, ma'am. But the tailor
came little while ago to crease his
trousers.-Clothier and Furnisher.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07

An orange grove takes from twelve to
fifteen years to come into full bearing,
and may continue in bearing foe 100
years and upward. Well authenticated
cases have been known in Cuba of trees
producing fruit for 800 years.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-03-07

Senator Carlisle is now IS years old.
He is Of medium height and rather spare
in figure. His movements are easy and
graceful, and his genial manner'quickly
nuta his visitors at their ease.