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The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
Floating Pratries of Louisiana.

A curious phenomenon is to be wit
messed at the Ames' crevasse, and, in
deed, is one of the causes of the great
damageit has done. Under any circum-
stances the water from this crevasse
would overflow the rich country lying be-
tween it and the gulf of Mexico, causing
damage to the amount of several million
dollars; but to the surprise of many, not
content with running down stream and
OVERLOOKING the country below, it has
taken to running apparently up stream.
Some curiosity was felt over this phe-
nomenon, and the case on examination
shows it to be due to the prairies trem-
blantes-the floating or trembling prai-
ries of southern Louisiana. All along the
gulf coast the large border of land floats
on the surface of the water. The land is
made by fallen timber and grasses. It
gradually accumulates dirt and becomes
in the course of time sufficiently firm to
support brushes and even trees, but the
soil is only three inches or little less thick,
and below it is the water, upon which it
floats OH account of its lightness. Occa-
s%ionally pieces of trembling prairie are
detached and become floating islands.
There are quite a number of these in
Salvador, these lands, floating from side
to side, being frequently carried 1T a
rapid rate by the breeze, trees acting as
sails to catch the wind, The current
from the Ames crevasse has carried these
floating islands down stream and torn a
number of others from the trembling
prairies. Cor ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
The Improvised Pianist.

A few weeks ago a dancing party
was given at one of the largest clubs in
Vienna. The regular pianist did not
turn up. A message came to say that
he was ill. What was to be done? A
porter ran out, hailed a cab and said to
the driver:
"Drive me-faith. | don't know
where"
"Why, what is it you want%
Il want a piano player. Do you hap,
pen to know of one in the neighbor.
hoody"
~ should think l did; in fact, close at
hand. You needn't trouble to get into
the cab"
"Where is hep
Right in front of you. l play the
piano myself fairly we'll, and shall be
glad to accommodate you"
Cabby got down from his box, took his
seat at the instrument and kept the
visitors dancing till break of day. What
Is more, he declined to accept any pay
ment; he said he had come as an anna
teur and for the love of the thing. He
considered himself highly honored to
have been allowed to spend a night with
such grand company" Where but in
Vienna could you hope to find such a
sample of musical training, civility and
disinterestedness among the cabbies?-
LIE Monde Artistic.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
Prehistoric Vault.

Some rude masonry was disclosed to
view while cutting the lot of D. A. Pur-
Vance, on North Jefferson street, Hunt
ington, Ind, to a proper level. About
six feet below the natural surface of the
earth a pile of stones was encountered
which seemed to have been laid with a
purpose. They formed an irregular
hemispherical mass about 6 feet in diam
eter and 8 feet high, beneath which were
formed layers of tagging, each layer
formed by a fagstone 6 inches thick, 6
feet wide and 8 feet long. Below the
mass of masonry and the fagstones was
an empty vault. The stones were of the
limestone variety, and were a kind that
is never found in this vicinity unless
they have been brought here. What the
structure had been intended for is a
mystery, but it is thought to have been
the work of the mound builders Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
He Didn't Strike,

A hurrying crowd vas pushing its
way down the broad steps of the ele-
waited platform at the city hall elevated
station Wednesday afternoon. A hand
somely dressed woman, accompanied by
a tall man of the sporting class, moved
leisurely along, trailing a foot and a half
of her skirts behind her. A big, clumsy
boy in his eagerness to reach the street
planted a heavy foot on the trailing
skirt, almost throwing the woman over
backward. Naturally she was very an
CRY and speedily found some very harsh
words to bestow on the boy. Her male
companion was angry, too, and at the
foot of the stairs he collared the lad and
raised his cane to administered chastise-
ment. But the blow did not fall. A
burly workingman caught the arm to
which the a was attached and half a
dozen determined voices exclaimed,
Don't hit that boyl"
The tall sporting man braced himself
for a fight, when a mild looking young
gentleman looked him fxedly in the eye
and said: ''See here, my friend, you had
better calm down right away. You have
got the unpopular end of this dispute.
If you have ever walked down stairs be-
hind Il woman who lets her skirts drag,
you ought to understand what the public
sentiment is on that subject" The
sporting man made no reply. He let go
of tho boy and walked rapidly away, fol-
lowed by a very indignant and talkative
woman.-New York Times.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
A somnambulist OH a rrcstle.

George Wilson, fourteen years old,
living in R%ockport, had a narrow escape
from death at an early hour Tuesday
morning. The boy lives with his parents
on a farm by the side of the river, about
200 feet from the Nickel Plate trestle
bridge, the farm having a roadway lead
ing to the bridge. The boy is subject to
sleep walking. Early Thursday morn
ing he got out of bed while ina somnam-
bulistic condition and walked down
stairs, passed his parents room, and out
On the farm.
He came to the trestle work and start
ed to walk across. Deputy Marshal
Stanton happened to be at the other end
of the bridge and saw a white figure,
small in stature, rapidly approaching.
He stepped to one side until the boy had
passed, and then started to follow him.
Fearing that if he caught hold of him
he might be frightened into a fit of
sickness, he called him by name several
times until the boy awoke. He stood
for several minutes wondering where he
was and almost tainted with fright.
Stanton then walked up to him and the
boy recognized him. The bridge is
nearly sixty feet in height and there is
nothing to walk on but ties.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
Eel, That He tad Been Cb,ated,

A young clam farmer from Canarsie,
accompanied by his $50 pound wife,
created much amusement on a bridge
train coming to Brooklyn Sunday a little
before midnight. The cars were as well
filled as is usual at that hour. The
rustics drew attention to themselves by
the loud tones of their conversation.
"Now, baby" the man was saying, "you
know l amt a bit stingy and I wouldn't
care for the money at all, but I don't
want any catfish of a toll grabber to do
the dead swindle on me-Sunday nights.
anyway"
ooh, never mind. Reuben" said
baby" consolingly.
"Well, now, baby, you can see for
yourself. There's eighty-four cents out
of a dollar. Do you see that? That
shark has kept back ten cents on me. 1t
amt the money I care for, baby. Here,
do you want it9"
"No; | don't want it. l wish you
would keep quiet"
swell, if you don't want it, here goes
scattering the change on the floor.
"Baby" maintained a stolid silence,
gazing ruefully at the coin on the floor.
Finally Reuben realized that he had
been guilty of criminal waste, and he
said: swell, if you don't want it, I'll
take it," and he began clumsily to pick
the money out Of the spaces in the mat
ting. At this point a general laugh
arose from the other passengers. When
the Brooklyn station wa reached the
farmer was still mourning his missing
dime, and when l left his ponderous
wife was struggling to prevent him from
taking the next train to New York to
get hunk with "that pirate" at the toll
box.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06

The bird called the "devil bird Of
La Souffriere' by both Labat and Du-
tertre, has webbed feet like a duck OF a
goose and claws like a bird of prey, Il
sharp and curved bill, and large eyes.
which cannot bear the light of day.
When surprised in the daytime at a dis
tance from its nest it will run or fly
against everything in its way. Father
Dutertre, in his description Of Guade-
loupe, where the volcano of La Souf-
friere is situated, says that the natives
call the bird by a name which means
tsdevil," and that they do so on account
of q popular belief among them that
the bird nests in the very crater of the
VOLCANOES at a place inaccessible to man,
among the melting lava and %sulphurous
fumes. Father Dutertre finishes his
account of the devil bird in these words:
Here we have a bird of wonderful and
surprising ingenuity, which fishes by the
light of a volcano and matches its eggs
blythe warmth Of its gaseous discharges"
st. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
Danger in Paper Money.

Passing from hand to hand among all
classes of the people, it would be strange
indeed if money, and especially paper
money, did not in its transit become
from time to time the vehicle of in
fictitious disease. Even the crisp "fver"
Of the Bank of England no doubt has
often borne the germs of fever in its
folds, and how much more then the
greasy, %discolored and we'll thulnbed 81
note, or the paper fraction of some
foreign c%urrencies. Higher values have
here a distinct advantage. Less COM
mon, less in keeping of the overcrowded
poor, less handled and soiled. therefore
they may perhaps i'll many cases run
their circuit without having done much
mischief.
There are, indeed, preservative cir
cumstances which guard the sanitary
credit of all paper currency. One is the
very freedom of circulation and the ven
tilation this insures. Smoothness of sur
face is another, and a third, which oper-
ates in a minor degree, is found in the
fact that not children are chiefly con-
cerned in the business of exchange.
These qualifications my suffice to justify,
at least by a negative verdict, the en-
ployment of paper money from a sani-
tary standpoint.
Still a certain risk remains, and care
full persons will do we'll to note this and
on occasion to disinfect even their bank
notes. The danger, such as it is, should
also. in our opinion, be allowed sone
weight in deciding the question whether
a small note currency, hitherto not found
to be indispensable, should or should not
be generally adopted.-London Lancet.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
NOTICE.
Tc WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

TIC WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10, Chan.
.gf ~, OF me Session Laws of 1890, the commits
WI make their annual visit 10 the stations on
inc line OF the Northern Pacific railroad and
branches as follows, to-wit: """
davenport and Leonard. in the county of Cuss;
OF hanson; Oakes i'll the county of Dickrv.
naiieg junction Edgely, Lamourc, Grand Ran.
IDS. Dickey and Adrian, in the county Of
stutsnan, on the I'd day of June.
Medora, in the county of Billings: ncIt.,d oro
day of June. ~ "" "e 'h
Gladstone, Taylor and Rtchurdton, in The conn.
I'm :" Ha q Hebron Glen Ullen, Sims, New Sa-
lasiharck III Tie county of Burlcish OH ibc sill
Menokcn and Sterling in the county of nur.
s Spin; i in ily co DaMyo on k TIdaRnen ua and Crystal VISTA
sor: Eidrldse, jamestown and Pingree in tIc
county OF stutsman; Melville and Carrin eto
IN me county of Foster; Sykcston in The com IL
" ol wells on the 9th day of June.
New Rockford in the county Of Eddy. o,..o,
M~lhheWanken and Leeds in the county of Ben.
Ell, Hpir'.w9od in the county Of Stutsmun;
Gchelsoh and Darcy in the county Of Barnes:
ana Co0perstown III the county of Ir;m,s o.
the 9TH day of June. Use y"
Sanborn, Valley City and Oriska, in thc conntv
cas safnes; M Tower City ii, Buffalo, WLcatland,
Of Cass; and Grand Forks, in the county Of
Grand Forks, on the 9Th day Of June. "
MechinoGk, Gilby and Johnston, in the county of
franc f9rKs; Forest River and Grafton, in the
county OF Walsh. Drayton and Pembina, in The
coanS OF fembina, on the 9th day of june.
Minor, in the county of Sargent. ind Wyndmcn.
Moorstown, Pennington and Wahpcton, in the
county Of Of Richland, on the 10Th day OF June,
GEO. IL. WALSH.
Chairman Board of Railroad Commissioners
M j. EDGERLEY.
Secretary. may 1G-4t
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
Costly LITIGATION.

A case involving seventy-five cents
claimed by a maj in Toledo to be due
him from another Toledoan for COW feed
has just been appealed from a Justices
court in that city to the Lucas common
pleas. The plaintiff says he will spend
his last dollar to collect the money by
process of law, and the defendant says
he will sacrifice every cent he has in the
fight to resist payment. The result will
probably be that the litigants will spend
several hundreds, perhaps thousands, of
their own money and involve the county
in the expenditure of a large sum, all to
crafty their personal i'll feeling. There
ought to be a provision of law covering
such petty cases, making the decisions
Of justices final. 1t is an outrage on the
taxpayers to permit the appeal of such
insignificant cases to a higher court,
where valuable time is consumed by
them that should be devoted to more i'm
portant matters, and the county is in
volved in a great expense simply to
crafty the personal spite of obstinate
litigants. -Sandusky Register.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
A Cause of Depression.

Therei is another and equally important
cause of mental depression and physical
Reorganization as is that of ~overeatlng,
and lack of sufficient exercise. This is
the constant application to occupation
which is in vogue in this country. Men
and women alike, since women are for
midable competitors of men in profess
sional pursuits, have a practice of going
on in the same treadmill manner, year
after year, without any lapse for rest.
We live in this country at too high a
pressure, in a business sense. Men en-
gage of course in business, more actively
and in greater numbers than women, yet
being brought into so close contact with
tho former, women naturally absorb
not only personal interest, but are often
plunged into its vortex, and become as
bound up by its demands as the men
themselves.
1t is not unusual, in fact, for women
to assume and carry out the management
of the counting room. Office and store as
we'll Is the household. The strain Of
these demands upon tho system is nat
urally very great under the most favor
able conditions, when the body is nur-
tured and rested in q reasonable manner.
.-Jenness-M Miller Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
a Queer Provision in a viii.

The following will, though not cspe-
cially curious in itself, throws a curious
light on the streets of London in the
Seventeenth century. John Cooke,
among other requests, left IL pound
sterling "for the maintenance of a Ian
tern and candle-to he eight in the
pound at the least-to be kept and
hanged out at the corner of st. Michael's
lane, next Thames street, from Michael
mas Day to Lady Day, between the hours
of 9 and 10 o'clock at night until the
hours of 4or s in the morning, for af.
fording light topassengers going through
Thames street or st. Michael's lane."-
All the Year Round.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
Men Who Fat Pie.

a truly charming gentleman is MI.
Edmund Russell, apostle and expounder
of the Delsartean faith. We take back
all the uncivil and cruel things we have
uttered against old Delsarte and his
creed, for We have seen Mr.. Russell eat
pumpkin pie at Rector's restaurant late
of nights. In the whole wide range of
philosophy there is mono other that ap-
peals more directly or more potently to
our %sympathies than does that philos-
ophy which justifies by practice the eat
ing of pumpkin pie.
Mr.. Whittier, the Amesbury poet, is
as famous a punisher of pie as Ralph
Waldo Emerson was, and that is saying
much, for Emerson was mighty in the
pursuit, comprehension, mastication,
digestion and assimilation of that cheer
ing Wand. Apple pie, however, and not
pumpkin, was Emerson's favorite diet,
and is Whittier's.--Eugenc Field in
Chicago News.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
propagating IAobsters Artifcially.

p~ropagating Lobsters Artiicially.
The first experiments in artificial
propagation of Holsters were made SIM
ply in glass jars with sea water that WA
changed daily. Even under these print
tive conditions the newly Matched fry
thrived and grew to be of some size and
healthy, Any n who desires to rear
Holsters by hand can accomplish the pur-
pose most quickly by keeping the spawn
bearing females in suitable ponds or
tanks until the young come out. In
raising the animals on a large scale,
however, it would be best to separate
the eggs from the lobster and spread
them upon trays, allowing the water to
percolate among them, as is done with
salmon eggs. BY this method much
trouble would be avoided, as we'll as the
expense of feeding the adult hen lob
sters.
There is no reason apparent wherefore
the same success should not be obtained
with Holsters as has been achieved with
salmon, which have been made to swarm
nee nor by myriads in streams depop-
ulated by imprudent fishing. Already
the Holsters on the North Atlantic coast
are rapidly vanishing, and unless meas
ures are soon taken for supplying their
place by artificial propagation there will
be one left. Apparently, however, it
will be entirely practicable to turn out
upon the depleted grounds many mill
ions of young Holsters yearly as soon as
proper plants for this object have been
established.
One thing in favor of lobster raising,
as to c%heapness, is that they prefer food
that is partially ~decomposed, and the
waste food of the towns, now thrown
away, might be most usefully employed
by the lobster h%atcheries. Stale fish is
esteemed by Holsters N especial delicacy.
Interview in Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
A Norwegian Independence Day.

Some of u schoolboys have oppcrtu-
mites to learn history without taking
much trouble about it. In a large school
there may be pupils of adozen nationali.
t~ies-Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwe,
gian, French, German, Hebrew, Irish,
Finnish, Russian-and each of these has
its own national days, as we have ours
on the Fourth of July and the Twenty
second of February. An American boy
of inquiring mind will naturally want to
know what those national days are, and
what they commemorate.
Suppose we take the Seventeenth of
Nay for an example, when all the Nor
WtgiGn children like to be absent and
have a good time somewhere. This is
tie national holiday of the Norwegian
people. What happened on that day that
the people of Norway should hold it in
such honor?
A well informed Norwegian boy will
answer that on May II, 1914, the people of
Norway declared their independence"
During the Bonaparte wars an attempt
was made to unite Norway and Sweden
on terms that would have been degrading
to Norway. reducing her to the rank of
a subject province. The people rose
against this threatened indignity, and
declared their independence"
1t happened that the king of Sweden
was B%ernadotte, one of the Bonaparte
marshals, a ma Of much ability and
some real insight into the nature of
things. He proposed to Norway a kind
of union that she could accept without
loss of self respect; a union under
king, indeed, but also under one consti-
tuition, each state being sovereign within
itself, and each governing itself in all
matters, local and domestic.
This constitution expressly declared
that Norway should remain forever "free,
independent, indivisible andinalienable."
The union was, in fact, an application
of the federal or home rule principle.
This constitution was adopted Nov. 4,
1914, but the day celebrated and beloved
by Norwegians is May II, when they de-
clared that they would not be Joined to
Sweden except in IN equal and honorable
union.-Youth's Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
CONSUMPTION Cured.

An old physician, retired from prac-
tice, having had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the formula of
a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis. Catarrh, Asthma and all
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 a desire to relieve human suffering,
or English, with full dirsctions for pre-.
pairing and using. Sent by mad by ad-
dressing with stamp, naming this paper.
w. A. MOVES, $50 Powers Block, Roch-
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06

THERE has been considerable dis
satisfaction expressed lately in refer
ence to the construction of the High
School building, title of land upon
which the building is being erected,
etc. Reports of this kind aro often
times exaggerated, sometimes prompt
ed by selfish motives, and sometimes
unpleasant feelings of this kind arise
from the fact that the situation of
affairs are not thoroughly understood.
Whatever the cause in this instance,
the matter under consideration is of
great Importance and should be met
fairly, without prejudice, and to the
best interest of the people. If charges
as set forth in Il communication
printed in this issue be correct, it is
time they were rectilicd, and if the
circulating reports are not we'll found
ell il is quite us important that they
be dispelled.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
A Bargain.

Will sell southwest u section H.,
twp. l59, range %, ~ miles cast of
Richardton depot, along side of track, J
for $500 cash. This is one of the
choicest pieces of land in the state.
Level, all breakable, no gravel, 10
acres have been under cultivation.
Clear title. w. M, BtRNLEy.
may30t Box 73l, Ogden, Utah.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
Blood Oranges Cannot he Stained.

Blood oranges have been Investigate
ed by order of the health officer of Wash.
ington. The story that they are fixed"
with a syringe and a little aniline dye
has been going the rounds of the news
papers. 1t was seen by DIR. Townsend,
and as the supply of blood oranges" in
the Washington market seemed to be
abundant, he directed an inquiry with a
view of condemning the fruit if it had
been tempered with. The chemist to
whom the matter was referred saws in
his report: "The oranges are naturally
stained, no artificial coloring of any kind
having been used. The small spot on
the side is q fungus spot and not a punct-
ure 1t is impossible to stain an orange
by injecting any artificial staining fluid
into the fruit either before or after
plucking from the ree."-Washington
I ,oftar
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
An Opal Worth n Million.

The most famous opal in history was
that which was worn in a ring by the
Roman senator Nonius, in the day of
the triumvirate. Its size equaled that
of IL medium sized hazel nut. Yet its
beauty and brilliancy rendered it a mar
vel among the dilettanti of Rome, es-
pecially when it was known that the
goldsmiths and 'money changers" had
set its value at 81, 200, 900.
Mark Antony made overtures to
Nonius for its purchase, intending, it is
thought, to present it to Cleopatra, but
the senator refused to part with it, and
for fear that it would be taken from him
by sheer force sought safety in fight.
Here history loses all trace of this ia
nous gem, there being no record of its
transference from Nonius to any of his
family.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
Railway Clerks with Long DAYS.

The hours on duty CT a booking clerk
are usually ten a day; but they are at
very irregular times. This is on account
of trains starting to run as early as s a.
M. and continuing till midnight. There
must be always some one to book the
passengers; and as there are nineteen
hours to cover, and in many cases only
two clerks, they have to work as best
they can that both may have time for
their meals.-Chambers' Journal.