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The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
The First Step.

Perhaps you are run down, can't eat,
can't sleep, can't think, can't do anything
to your satisfaction, and you wonder
what ails you. You should heed the
warning, you are taking the first step in
nervous prostration. You need a
Nerve Tonic and in Electric Bitters you
will find the exact remedy for restoring
your nervou system to its normal,
healthy condition. Surprising results
follow the use of this great Nerve Tonic
and Alternative. Your appetite returns,
good digestion is restored, and the Liver
and Kidneys resume healthy action.
Try a bottle. Price so cents, at j. J..
Ereeman's drug store.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
A Boon for Bachelors.

The advantages of a pocket that has
no sewed seams and cannot rip and that
is neat and smooth in the garment are
such as will be appreciated by every
masculine reader. Such a pockat is the
invention of an ingenious Yankee, who
calls his device a safety seamlessspocket.
The popularity of these pockets is that
they are woven complete in one piece.
No stitching or sewing is necessary to
make them ready for use, but they are
turned out by the loom in the exact form
in which they are required for trousers.
New York Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
A PICTURE IN FROST TIME.

A window, with wide panes embnycd
And half moon scat of old gold cloth,
Looks forth to where the trees are swayed
BY winds whose breath is chill and wroth.
And on the glass a nlmy veil
Extends, as if to shield the bloom
That mods in greeting to the gallo
From midst tho warm and chccry room.
Roses and lilies, dollhouse pinks
And pansies that no garden dow
Fer wet, and ferns whose fragile links
No woodland pool with shade did strew.
And showing multi-colorcd tints,
Full clusters of chrysanthemums
Flash back tho roscate lamc that glints
Where costly the hearth log huns.
While near at hand sits one who reads
The pages of a book of art,
And naaght outdoors or indoors hceds,
Lost in some spirit realms fair mart.
William truthers in Detroit FREQ Press.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
"A Useful Article.

"Why, howodd this had never been
thought of beforeI" said a visitor at a
woman's exchange of the city. She had
in her hand a pretty knitted article.
which was a baby's bottle coy. For
railway travel or to go out with Miss
Baby in her own little carriage they are
of great service in keeping the milk
warm, and also, as they are knitted
double. to offer protection against break
age. Some padded ones We're also seen,
but are not SO serviceable as the knit.
ted ones. as they do not fit so closely-to
the bottle.-New York Times.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02

A Brazilian parrot ono succeeded in
making a railway party believe that they
had run over a child. Sudden cries, fol-
lowed by a low moaning, rang out from
beneath the wheels. The train was
stopped, and the employees ~nervously
searched the track, but no child was to
be seen. No clew to the situation could
be found until a large green parrot,
swinging in his cage, uttered a hooking
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
Origin of an Old Saving,

In the Sixteenth century it was gener-
ally stated that "spiders be true signs Of
great stores of gold," a saying which
arose thus: While a passage to Cathay
was being sought by the northwest a
mariner brought home a stone which
was announced to be gold, and caused
such a ferment that several vessels were
fitted out for the express purpose of col
lecting the precious metal. Frobisher,
in 1877, found on one of the islands
where he landed similar stones and an
enormous number Of spiders.-Cornhin
Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02

TIE board of education from
Massachusetts for the Worlds Fair
is headed by Thos. w. Bickncll. Not.
withstanding Mr.. Bicknell's disaster.
GUS career in the colonization bust.
ness in Dakota, he is the man who can
present the educational interests of
Massachusetts for I'LL they arc worth
ut the Columbian Expo.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
THROUGH THE WEARY HOURS

OF many a night, made doubly long by it's pro-
uacted agony, the rheumatic sufferer tosses to
and fro on his sleepless cough, vainly praying
for that rest which only comes by fits and starts.
His malady is one which ordinary medicines to
often fail too relieve. but there is ample evidence
to prove that the efficient blood depurent, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, affords the rheumatic a
reliable means of relief. Check the malady in
its lnclplent stages, when the first premonitory
twlnges come on, with this agreeable medicine.
and avoid years of torture. Whatever be the
rationale of the active influence of the Bittcrs
upon this malady, certain it is that no evidence
relating to its effect is more direct and positive
tnan that which relates TO it's action in cases of
rheumatism. Like all sterling remedies. how
eSef,it deserves a protractcd, systematic trial.
and s'ionld not be abandoned because moi nj
once remedial. II is equally cficacious in dys-
pepsia, indigestion and kindred diseases.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02

All animals, from ants up to whales
and elephants, play together in youth.
and some T fond of taking such diver
sion at intervals through life. One
might search the world over and not find
more playful creatures than puppies and
kittens, but there are other dumb ami
mails which not only frisk about. but
actually descend to practical jokes.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
Young Heads and Old.

Daughter-You should have turned
down the upper corners of your visiting
cards, ma, when you called on the bride.
That means congratulation. But you
turned down the lower corners. That
means coincidence.
Matron with dignity)-You'd better
wait till you are married before you crit
icise your ma.-New York Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02

Forty thousand dollars have been
appropriated for surveys in NORTH,
Dakota, and it remains with the
settlers uf the various localities of
the state to make their wants known
to the surveyor general if they need
more government land surveyed. by
addressing the state surveyors office
at Bismarck the proper form of
blanks for petitions can be had. If
settlers wanting and needing land
surveyed do not get the work done
this season it will be because of their
w neglect in attending to the mat.
ter. The survey of state lines be-
tween North and South Dakota will
be paid for entirely by the depart.
ment ut Washington and will take
nothing from the state fund.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
Great Britain,s Unclaimed Moards.

If all the boxes lying unclaimed for
ten years or longer in the cellars of the
Banks of England and Ireland, at Coutts',
Drummonds', Child's and other we'll
known bankers, were unearthed and
their contents examined, wonderful treas
ures in the shape of plate, jewelry and
other valuables might be handed over to
the representatives of the original de-
positors. Many missing title deeds, wills
and other valuable documents might
also be restored to their rightful owners.
Chambers Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
A Safe InVeetment

Is mi which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in cas- Of
failure Q return of purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from our ad.
yertised Druggist a bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. 1t is
guaranteed to bring relief in every case,
when used for any affection of Throat,
Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption,
Inflammation of Lungs, Bronchitis,
Asthma, !Whooping Cough, Group, ETC.,
taste, perfectly safe, and can always be-
depended upon. Trial bottles FREQ at j.
j. Freeman's drug store.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
Not a Bad Idea.

Remember, boys" said the teacher,
who being still new at the business,
knew not what else to say to make an
impression, THAT in the bright lexicon
of youth there's no such word as fail"
After a few moments a boy from Bos-
ton raised his hand. well, what is it,
SocratesT' asked the teacher.
81 wa merely going to suggest" re-
piled the youngster as he cleaned his
spectacles with his handkerchief, chat
if such is the case, it would be advisable
to write to the publishers of that lexicon
aud call their attention to the omission"
A6or%ra,1 Gkor
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02

A SCHOOL site and the location of Il
brick plant now confronts the Dick
inson school board in rather of II per
picking way. The bonds have been
negotiated, sold and are drawing inter
est, and nothing done. The board
have worked hard for a long time to
consummate deal for the site, but
only until yesterday had anything
been heard from the New York Co.
owning land wanted. They write
their agent here, MI. Bogardus, to
give the town IL block for a school
site due west of the old school pro.
perty, bordering on what is known as
the Dickinson farm property. The
company shows the right spirit in
offering to donate the land, but some
object to having the site located here
because it is at this time Just out of
town, and it is not certain what the
board will decide to do. However
we should advise that the proposition
of a free site be well considered
before selecting elsewhere aud pay
$500 to $lGf@ Tile obstacle i'm the
way of 5ting brick con
tract sign. IS this: G. II. Klinefel
ter is reau, 20 contract to make the
brick if III Il get the grounds on
which to ! ;ate the plant, but up to
this time 40 information has been
had from the parties owning the land.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
Business Ia Dusiness.

Manufacturer-Have you succeeded in
perfectly initiating Good & Company's
goods?
Superintendent-Au of them, sir.
Manufacturer-Very well. Get up a
circular warning the public against vile
limitations and put 'em on the market
New York Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
No Hurry.

No Hurry.
Old Gentleman-My boy, don't you go
to school?
Boy-Yessir.
"It's long after 9, and here you are
playing"
"That's all right. We had a rather
late breakfast, and mamma was 'fraid
I'd be late, 60 she wrote me an excuse,
and I've got it in my pocket. Good
News.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
This Ia a Nrocb.n,ca1 Ace

Mrs. Brown lat Mrs. Smiths tea)-oh
dear, that dreadful Miss Smith is sing
ing again. I wonder what started her.
Tom Brown (aged seventh dropped a
penny down her back when she wasn't
looking.-London Tit-Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
Cut Rates.

~ always get reduced rates On the
railroads for my Indians" remarked the
travelling Snowman.
GLOW do you manage that"
81 get them scalper's tickets. Puck.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills.

These Pills are scientifically COM
pounded. and uniform in action. No
gripping pain so commonly following
the use of Pills. They are adapted to
both adults and children with perfect
safety. We guarantee they have no
equal in the cure of Sick Headache,
Constipation, Dyspepsia and Bilious
ness; and, as an appetizer. they excel
any other preparation. For sale by
Merry & Mcdonald.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
Tho Powers That Be.

First Congressman-What do you
think of Senator Saphead's bill?
Second Congressman opposed it at
frst, but lately l have found 80 much
popular opposition to it that I am in
cnasd to think it must be a good thing"
Good NeV1
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
Sometimes It's a Nuisance.

SUmeCIH1eS ICB u NUIbiSHCC.
"There is a poetry about the flute that
other instruments lack. The divine
amatus has descended upon it,"
well, it takes a very earthly afIlatus
to make it work."-aarper's Bazaar.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02

THOMAS G. TYRRELL has been
granted letters patent Oh car plat
form gotten up to lessen the accidents
to trainmen caused by defective
brakes or other causes in operating
the brakes OF in passing from one car
to another. 1t consists of a platform
to fill the space between freight ears
when in motion, and to be folded
against the end of the car when not
i'm use. 1t is operated by II lever ad.
justed to the side of the Car, and seems
to be Il device that will add to the
safety of trainmen. MIR. Tyrrell has
been already offered Il good sum for
his invention. but heis confident that
there is fortune in it,. The current
number of the Scientific American
gives good cuts of the platform as it
will appear when put to use.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
German
Syrup"
For Coughs & Colds.

AOA 0OoSAAS
John F. Jones, Edom, Tex. writes.
have used German Syrup for the
past six years, for Sore Throat,
Cough, Colds, Pains in the Chest
and Lungs, and let me say to any,
one wanting such a medicine
German Syrup is the best.
B.W. Baldwin, GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
writes: have used your German
Syrup in my family, and find it the
best medicine 1 ever tried for coughs
and colds. 1 recommend it to every
one for these troubles.
R. Schmalhausen, Druggist, of
Charleston, Ill, writes: After trying
scores of prescriptions and prepare
tons 1 had on my files and shelves,
without relief for a very severe cold,
which had settled OH my lungs, I
tried your German Syrup. It gave
me immediate relief and a perma-
nent cure. 9
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02

TIE United States Interstate Com
merce Commission will sit in Fargo
next Friday. North Dakota is max.
ing Il fight for commercial ,%indepcnd-
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02
Pure NV maple sugar at scolleld,s.

A house to rent. Comfortably
arranged for a small family. Inquire
at this office.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-02

sH1LOH:sCATARRH REMEDY
apositive cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria
and Canker Mouth.
IL Merry & Mcdonald.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29

Sewickley will feel financially good from
the amount of cash the well-paid steamboat
officers are prepared to spend upon their re-
turn from below. Deck hands, roustebouts,
and even the cooks, will contribute their
wages to the general volume of business
Big sums Paid at the Locks.
The movement of this vast quantity of
coal transferred big sum from the safes Of
the coal operators to the treasury Of the
Monongahela Slackwater Company. That
corporation charges an average of, probably,
So 60 for each barge of coal passed through
its locks. These charges are different at
each lock. For every 1000 bushels of coal
brought down the Monongahela the Pitts
burg owner paws 50 25 for it at Lock No 3;
81 80 more for it at Lock No. 2; 80 cents
more for it at Lock No. 1. If he has mined
his coal still farther up the river he pays
81 70 at Lock No. 4, and so on the farther
up the valley he goes. In the rush of tows
at Locks Nos. l and 2 this week and last
week the slackwater company is said to
have earned thousands of dollars a day at
these two dams alone. 1t was estimated
that there were from II, ,000, 900 to 20, ,000, 600
bushels of coal loaded on the rivers last
week.
Thousands of dollars are being paid to the
owners of the boat stores south of Second
avenue. They provisioned the fleet of pom
derous towboats. The larders of these
vessels are filled without stint. The men
who ship with great tows of coal have hard,
dangerous and exposed labor before them:
In consequence the boat stores, as a general
thing, turn in big bills after the fleet gets
away. They are paid promptly and with
out murmur.
Big Risks Run by the Shippers.
'Tt was tremendous risk we ran this
fall, said a coal shipper. "Never in the
history of the coal trade was there so much
large craft loaded at this sesaon of the year.
just think of it. Our firm alone had 75
boats lying in the river, all loaded ready
for the shipment long before it came.
Usually we wait for spring to utilize that
size of craft and we generally filled them
for New Orleans. But this year the dry
weather prevented a rise for months, and as
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29

producing and loading. If I don't do the
same, nv neighbor will get larger quanti-
ties into tine lower markets, his returns will
be greater, and the improvements of his
works might thus overreach our own. So,
we also go ahead mining and loading, ready
to sieze each freshet at its flood, and float to
the markets below in eager competition
with the firm across the street. It's the
old. old story. You will find it in all lines
of business, though, perhaps, it brings to
coal operators larger proportion of anxiety
and risk than it does to the staid old gentle
man in the uptown counting room, who may
go home and nap over his periodical with
out having upon his mind many acres Of
mined coal surging on the river at the COM
plete mercy of the elements"
Steamers Block the Entrances Frequently.
The truth of all this coal capitalist said
was realized o little while later by the re-
porter, as he stood upon the river bank in
Soho, watching steamers blocking up at the
upper entrance to Lock No. 1, waiting for
their opportunity to get below. The twin
locks there are hardly adequate to the i'm
mense business that is furnished by the
coal industry. Some years ago they were,
but the coal trade has been growing out of
all proportion to the measurement of the
lock walls. The press of towboats above
the dam amounts often to a blockade. A
big tow must be broken up in order to get
through, and this consumes time. By the
confessions of the mine owner above
quoted, competition compelled his firm
alone to load 75 "boats, which is decidedly
unusual for this season. The result of that
was larger tows brought to the crest of Lock
No. 1. But the capacity of the locks had
not grown, and SO time was being lost while
the trade is growing all the time.
Perhaps, though, if the policy of that
coal merchant whom you interviewed were
to be adopted, there would be no need of
enlarging these locks, remarked a gentle
man. "No, 1 think it is better to go on
producing and mining, rather than curtail
the trade; better to accept the weather as
we find it; better to take the risks that are
naturally consequent upon business of
this nature-better, because it is the natural
expansion of the industry in consequence of
healthy competition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29


left at least 81, 80, 600 high and dry upon
the banks of the Monongahela. AT the
Water street Office of one of the Oldest firms
in the business it is estimated that SS,000,-
600 comes back to Pittsburg every year
from Cincinnati, Louisville, New Orleans
and other Southwestern cities in return for
the coal we send them. As this exchange
can only be made upon the bosom of each
recurring freshet, strangers will see at once
that these great river-swells are not in the
nature of winds that blow no good, and that
Pittsburg can, with good grace, weather any
number of such storms as swooped down
upon the country last week. Now the situ-
alton wears changed face. If the rivers
90 not freeze up suddenly, plenty of empty
craft will be back by the last of next week,
and a season of great activity is promised at
the mines.
Money Placed in General Circulation.
The million and q1arter of dollars
which is flowing back to us does not go
into the idle Golfers of banks. 1t goes at
once into circulation. The lower markets
were cleaned out, and the demand was
splendid when the Pittsburg fuel reached
the down-river cities. A fairly good price
Is thus obtained, and, with replenished
purse, the mine owners up here will be able
to maintain the present old rate of wages
paid their miners. With the resumption of
mining, the new money will go out in
wages without delay. Storekeepers and
merchants generally who have been carry
ing miners families on credit over the sea-
son of idleness will be paid up, and that
means renewed life and prosperity to whole
towns. Those same merchants will make
payments to the wholesale houses in Pitts
burg; aid; in a variety of channels will the
financial benefits of the monster coal ship
ment of this week become apparent.
Coming nearer home, other forms of in
dustry and enterprise are found to be quick
enIng with the bounteous results of this un-
usually large return of gold in exchange for
the black diamonds. An army of hoatmen
viii come back to their homes here to re-
ceive from the offices OF coal firms along
Water street their precious envelopes. The
masters, the pilots the engineers and the
boat carpenters live either in the city or
Blong the Ohio from Woods Run down to
Beaver, and even the aristocratic village of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29
You also understand why I was sleepless

you also understand why I was sleepless
some nights.
Competition Should BE Regulated.
eff had my way" continued the gentle
man, II would so regulate competition that
] could discharge all my boatmen and say
positively I'VE will not ship an ounce Of
coal between the 1st of December and the
LIST of February When we begin our esti-
mates on a years operations we invariably
set down the probabilities of closed rivers
and disadvantages from weather during De-
cember and January. IF we would abide by
those probabilities we would save ourselves
vast amount of risk and anxiety. Prior to
December would load only a moderate
amount of coal, so as to avoid chok-
ing up the harbors as We did this fall, and
thus reduce the hazard we placed ourselves
in by so doing.
''But we can't regulate the business that
way, it would SEEM" he concluded. "Com-
petition is too rife. My neighbor goes on
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29
BLACK DIAMOND GOLD.
The Effect of the Recent Coal Ship
ments Now Being Felt
MONEY POURING INTO GOLFERS.
The Merchants, Storekeepers and Miners
Are Prosperous.
ACTIVITY is EXPECTED AT THE MINES.

ROM black to yellow,
is an interesting trans
formation of colors
in progress in the
river coal industry.
Many miles of boats
and barges were
shipped down tn e
Ohio and Mississippi
Valleys this week, and
from this tidal wave
of black diamonds a
sort of return swell
has now set in, pouring
in upon Pittsburg and
vicinity q stream OF
dollars.
Before this swell