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The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12

It vas back somewhere in the sixties
when the incident l am about to relate
occurred. The date has not been put
back so as to prevent a critical exami-
nation by the incredulous, but because it
belongs to that period
There were three of us hunting prairie
chickens. They were plentier then than
they are now. It was but a little task
to secure a bag of them. But only few
can have such a rare treat now as the
breast of a young prairie chicken fried.
AS we were tramping cautiously
through the thick, clean prairie grass a
blue racer moved slowly out of our way.
It was not the length of the snake that
attracted our attention, but its unusual
thickness and its indisposition to get
out of the way. Neither did it show
any inclination to resist the invasion.
Its eyes had not the well known fash of
fight. The bullying thickness of the
snake excited our curiosity. After killing
it n Of the boys with his knife ripped
it open, and there to great surprise
out rolled a rattlesnake which was near.
ly as long, and before he had been COM
pressed seemed to have been nearly as
thick as the racer. he had, if I remem-
Der correctly, a button and two rattles.
If l had the opportunity now, l would
be more careful in the examination of
such a rare natural wonder. / would
measur the length and thickness of both
snakes, and would also be sure to find
out whether the rattlesnake was swal-
lowed head or tail first, and whether he
had been started on his inland Journey
before or after death.
l had heard that snakes swallowed
toads and frogs without dissection, but
had doubts of the ability Of the snake to
30 expand his throat; but after this Incl
dent l doubt no more, and would not be
greatly surprised to hear of a racer swal-
lowing himself.-J. B. Marlin in Cen
trail Christian Advocate,
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12

Work commenced Monday morn
ing on the Dickinson Hose Company
building, located OH the Northern
Pacific right-of-way opposite the
Coughlan property. The building is
built OH the plan of All octagon, TWEEN
ty feet wide and eight feet in the
clear for the ground floor. Above
will be a band stand, covered and
fitted up in good shape. And with Il
good stand, centrally located, shall we
not have a band! The town has ma.
terial for a frst-class band,-had one
once-and with it's instruments and
uniforms ought to be in shape to
re-organize at a small expense.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
Those New Not Dresses.

Those Now Net Drossek.
"Have you seen the new net dresses !?
l don't like them, they are two COM
municative."
"Why, for PHYS sake, what do you
meant"
"Just what I say, they are too COM
municative. You buy one, and see what
a fix you will be in. I have one, and
every time I put 1t on I wish l never had
been born. Everything sticks to II. II
you sit on the beach when you get up
you are covered with shells, minnows,
dirt. II you chat confidentially with a
young man and get interested and sit a
little near him, the wool from his suit
clings to the netting, and every one Of
your friends knows right away with
whom you have been spending your
time. oh, they are horrid thingsl The
merchants are advertising them big, but
I wouldn't have another for any money"
The speakers were two women ravag-
ing the Broadway dry goods stores for
wardrohes for a season at Newport
New York Recorder.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12

The effects of the fine crop will bs
instantly felt throughout the North.
west. Old debts will be paid, mort.
cages taken up, new implements
bought, needed farm improvements
made, and a bracing atmosphere of
courage and confidence will pervade
the entire country. The towns will
respond Immediately to the stimulus
of better times on the farms, and all
lines of business will improve. We
believe that this year 1891 will long
hence be noted as the time when our
Northwestern region turned a sharp
corner and started on a new career of
great growth and progress.-North.
west Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12

1T must be admitted that the lar.
gest cattle deals in the state are con-
summated by parties from Dickinson.
Thursday night a train load of one,
two and three year old cattle were
shipped in by VIM. Ray and DR.. V.
H. Stickney. They were bought OH
the Sisseton reservation and CARED
at Cakes, North Dakota.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
How soundings Arc Made.


To get correct soundings in deep water
is difficult. The best invention for that
purpose is a shot weighing about thirty
pounds, which carries down a line.
Through this shot OF sinker a hole is
drilled, and through the hole is passed a
rod of iron which moves easily back and
forth. At the end of the bar a cup is dug
out, the inside being coated with lard.
The bar is made fast to the line, a sling
holding the shot in position. When the
bar, whichextends below the shot, touches
the bottom the sling unhooks, and the
shot slides downward and drives the lard
coated cup into the sand at the bottom.
In that way the character Of the oceans
floor is determined.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12

Hon. UuDsoN LAMouRE, chairman of
the state republican committee, fa-
vors a conference of republicans at an
early day, and as he is about to return
to the Pacific coast he has authorized
Hon. George F. Goodwin to act in his
stead. 10 the PRESS some date in
November would seem advisable for
holding a meeting. 1t would be a
time when people could generally
leave their business for a few days
and ought to get out a full delegation
from all sections of the state.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
Remarkable Rescua.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainheld, ILL.,,
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she
was treated for a month by her family
physician, but grew worse. Hetold her
she was q HOPELESS VICTIM OF CONSUME.
TON and that no medicine could cure
her. Her druggist suggested DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption; she
bought q bottle, and to her delight
found herself benefited from first dose.
She continued its use and after taking
ten bottles, found herself sound and
well, now does her own homework and
is as well as she ever was.-Free trial
bottles of this Great Discovery at j. j.
Freeman's Drug Store, large bottles SOC,
and $1.OO.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
A MYSTERY.

bad effects of the nauseoue medicines often liter
ally poured into it for the suppositivc relief Of
dyspepsia. liver complaint, constipation, rheuma-
tism and other ailments is a mystery. The mis-
that caused by disease. II they who are weak,
bilious, dyspeptic, constipated or rheumatic,
would oftener be guided by the experience of in
valids who have thoroughly tested Hostetter Stom
ach Bitters, they would in every instance obtain
the %speediest aid deriyable from rational medical
ton. This medicine is a searching and at the
from vegetable sources, and possessing, in con-
sequence Of its basis of pure spirits, properties az
q medicinal stimulant not to be found in the fiery
the drbilitated, dYspeptic and languid.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12

The farmers of North Dakota are
now beginning to gather wealth from
their crops as nc state has done he.
fore. North Dakota is the great
"milky way" of the terrestrial uni
verse..-Drayton Echo.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12

THIS is n of the trying seasons
of the year for stockmen. Fires are
breaking out somewhere every day,
and it requires constant watching and
much work at times to save range and
property.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
Three Ways of Putting It,

Vx INVITE 9T
Harry came in from his play roaring
like little bull of Bashan. He cries so
often and SO easily that little anxiety is
felt when he is heard screeching his
hardest On this occasion his mother
said:
"Well, well, Harry, what now?"
"Oh, I have skint my knee"
"'Sknt' it, Harry"
"Oh, yes, yesl l was walking along
and fell down, and when I got up my
knee was all skun upi Just see how it Is
skindedl"-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
KoENIc MED. CO.. Chicago, lll.
Sold by Druggists at 81 per Bottle. 6 for %
Large Size, S1.15. GBottles for SO.
STAYING THE HAND OF DEATH.

There Is Said to Be a Certain and Rapid
Means of Resuscitation.
Colonel Henry Elsdale, of the Royal
engineers, claims to have discovered q
certain and rapid means of resuscitating
persons from the effects of s%uffocation.
A sapper among the men under his COM
mand at Chatham was one day found
enveloped in the folds Of a half empty
wal balloon. The coal gas with which
it had bsen inflated had ~sufocated him,
and to all appearances he was a dead
man. But efforts were made to restore
him, though the pulseless heart and ca
daverous face of the man gave no en-
couragement to persevere. In a mo-
ment Of something like inspiration 1t
occurred to Colonel Elsdale to send for
some tubes Of compressed oxygen, which
had been prepared for the oxyhydrogen
light.
This pure oxygen, at a very high pres
sure, was hurriedly conveyed into the
mouth Of the PROSTATE sapper by means
of inserting the nozzle Of the valve be-
tween his teeth, and the supply was
"gently turned on" to the smallest e1-
tent. The effect was absolutely instan-
taneous. In an instant he opened his
eyes and seized the nozzle between his
teeth. In short, the sapper was not only
thoroughly revived within a few min.
utes, but in half an hour walked away,
quite well, to the barracks, and refused
to go to the military hospital, a was
suggested by his commanding officer.
OF course the objection will be raised
that everybody has not tubes Of pure
oxygen at high pressure in readiness to
apply to such cases. Happily oxygen in
quantities as large as those administered
is not needed, and it can be stored Gin
small, strong bottles made Of the finest
steel, with n valve giving an absolute
hermetic SEAL"
These vessels may be as small as q
soda water bottle, and may be made part
Of the medical stock of every doctor.
Oxygen at any degree of compression
required can, in fact, now be obtained,
and the whole apparatus for restoring
vitality can be packed in a small box
quite portable.
What possibilities may not such a dis
covery as That to Which we have drawn
attention involved 1t is equally availa-
BILE, we are assured, for those persons
who have been asphyxiated by choke
damp in coal mines, or by ordinary coal
gas. People apparently drowned, and
those insensible from long exposure in
the rigging of a ship, might also be saved
from an untimely end by what Colonel
Elsdale calls "a dose of oxygen"
It would probably be invaluable. too,
in cases of suffocation from the fumes of
charcoal, or In cases where chloroform
had operated injuriously on a weak
heart. Such a discovery should at once
occupy the attention of the Royal Col
lege of Physicians, with a view Of ascer-
tanning whether Colonel Elsdale has
overrated the beneicient effects to be an
ticipated from the administration of
pure oxygen.-London Chronicle.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12

~ A0So
day at about noon when it was first
learned that four arrests had just
been made in behalf of the state on
criminal charges, resulting from the
liquor in%junctions served in July.
The temporary i%njunctions had not
been dissolved and the men would
have to come up at the fall term of
court in October for trial, and which,
we understand, was all the instigators
of the prosecution asked; in fact, they
had gone so far as to pledge their word
that they would request that the-e be
no arrests made; that the inviolacy of
this promise has been kept there is
no proof to the contrary. It may be
a matter of doubt with some, but we
do not believe any of those who were
party to making the request of the
counsel of the prosecution that there
be no arrests made knew anything of
this move. There are good and sufi.
Gent reasons for this belief, which
may be more generally brought out in
time. In the afternoon hearing was
called before Justice Davis, and the
examination wa put over until Mon.
day. the I4th instant, defendants Civ.
ing bonds in the sum of $500 each.
We look upon the arrests as a piece
of persecution, for it practically
makes another case and does not
strengthen the first one. But it does
make the defendants more expense
and trouble, placing a greater burden
on the county and causes lots of bad
feeling.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
Thanks to the Lord. XII

bT. FAUL, Mn1n., UctObef, IGU.
I recently had the opportunity of testing tho
celebrated Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonic in a
very severe case. A poor widow to whom 1 have
frequently given aid and assistance in my
capacity as City Missionary, sent her 12-year-old
daughter to me one evening to procure ncces-
sary MD; while she was relating hor restitution
and stating that her mother was now nearly to-
tally blind. tho poor child suddenly fell into an
epileptic fit. l gave her two bottles of your
medicine, and tho girl is now we'll and happy,
and the support of her aged mother. The Lord
BIO thanked! l think that such a case rs this
rebounds to your honor and to the glory of Him
above, who has given you the knowledge to pre-.
pare such a blessing for suffering humanity.
f. R. 1RMSCHER, Missionary,
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
U BREAD.

The machinery of the law has not been put to work
too speedily against the fraudulent use of ammonia and
alum in Baking Powders. Both health and the pocket of
the people are demanding protection. The legislatures of
New York, Illinois and Minnesota have taken this matter
of adulteration up, and especially that of Baking Powders.
It will be in the interest of public health when their sale
is made a misdemeanor in every State in the UNION, and
the penalties of the law are rigidly enforced. There is no
article of human food more wickedly adulterated than that
of Baking Powder.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is the only pure
cream of tartar powder having a general sale that is free
from ammonia, alum or faint of any kind of impurity. It
makes the sweetest and iightest bread, biscuit and cake
that are perfectly d%igestible whether hot or cold. It costs
more to manufacture DR.. Prices than any other baking
powder. It is superior to every other known and the
standard for forty years.
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., 1891-09-12
Entered at the postofhce at Dickinson, Stark
COUNTY, Dakota, as second class matter.
Saturday, September IL. 1891.
The summer is past and what /;
glorious harvest it has brought!

UNDER the caption, "Flora of
North Dakota" "Connette" has a
column article in the last number of
the Northwest News, dated at Dick
inson. 1t makes interesting reading.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
DEMOCRAT.
REPUBLICAN.
JOHN MONTGOMERY.
DEMOCRAT

The judges of election are required
to meet on Tuesday, two weeks pre-.
ceding any election, and register all
electors of their respective precincts.
Any person not so registered wish.
ing to vote, is required to furnish his
affidavit in writing to the judges of
election, and also prove by the oath
of q registered voter that lie is "a
qualified voter.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
What Is
It For7

wy apo AAAA ~ -
1t For7 no worse than the big
ger, older, balder-head-
ed boys. Life is an interrogation
point. "What is it for?" we con-
tinually cry from the cradle to the
grave. So with this little introduc-
tory sermonwe turn and ask: "What
is AUGUST FLOWER FOR 2" As easily
answered as asked: It is for Dys-
pepsia. 1t is a special remedy for
the Stomach and Liver. Nothing
more than this but this brimful.
We believe August Flower cures
Dyspepsia. We know it will. We
have reasons for knowing it. Twenty
years ago it started in small country
town. To-day it has an honored
place in every city and country store,
possesses M of the largest manu-
featuring plants in the country and
sells everywhere. Whyis this2 The
reason is as simple as a child's
thought. 1t is honest, does one
thing, and does it right along-it
cures Dyspepsia. q
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Woodbury., NJ.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
Second Hand Farm Machinery for Sale.

Second Hand Farm Machinery for Sale.
will sell cheap
One st. Paul harvester.
Two gang plows,
Two spring tooth harrows,
One land roller,
One Chicago pulverizer.
L. A. SIMPSON,
First National Bank Building, Dick.
inson. anu 9o.t
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12

Geo. w. Lee, county treasurer, goes
to Bismarck tonight
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
Chili's Curious Currency.

The money of Chilli at present is Pc
culiar. 1t consists of small tags of
pasteboard, on which a man writes the
value for which he is willing to redeem
1t, putting his name on the back. It
then begins to circulate, until it finally
gets back to tho source from which it
smanated.-Boston Traveller.
MORT Wlns.
We desire to say to our citizens that
for years we have been selling DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DR..
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have
never handled remedies that cell as well,
or that have given as universal s%atisfac.
ton. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time, and we stand ready to
refund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popular
ity purely on their merits. J.. j.. Free
man, Druggist.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
Cattle. Cattle!,

Cattle! CattleW
We have 500 head of yearling
steers for sale. For particulars and
terms, apply to
KRACTM & LEuTz,
sept 1926 Hebron. N. d.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12

Lee L Burton have just received a
bunch of cattle, 125 in number. from
Allen, Writ and Wynn of Glen Ullin.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-12
august
Flower"

This is the query per-
petually on your little
boys lips. And he is
no worse than the big
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-01

~ hoANogF Va, Sept 30.--Ihe Republican State
Invention VII be held here tomorrow, and
rom present indications tho number Of dele
OF ihe party There are now about seventy-hy(
Lvl.tHles ~ the city, but 10 is expected tina q
Ti ifo Almbor Wlil arrive tomorrow morning
Di.hel PARSONS the leader Of the anti Malone
G..l Il HpuDlcans from dilcront parts OF th,
o'"te, Ae convention viii le called 10 order al
CLOCK tomorrow Boy Colonel Parsons II
.oohs as though Malone would be showed under
waited '''''N '@'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-01
PREsBYrERIANs IN SESSION.
Hundreds Hear DIR. uOGe Deliver the Open
ing Address-Norfolk Notes.

NORFOLK. YA Sept. 9o--lSpeciall- open
ing serm of the East Hanover Presbytery
was delivered tonight at Armstrong Memorial
church. Berkley. by Dr. Hoge of Richmond.
Hundreds OF people from Norfolk and Ports
mouth went over 10 hear him.
Judge George l.. Christian called the PresDy-
terry to order and PRESIDED.
l.ey IT, T. Lpes, OF Aottoway. was elected
moderator. Rev. + b. Mcclure, Of Norfolk
CLERK large number 81 delegates are present
William Ampey lcoored. sneak thief, burg
lar and desperate, WAS shot last night about
s.gO o clock while resisting Police Officer Bar
rom lie had Just committed burglary and
was res sting arrest for that oiiense.
Vrginius tucker made an assignment to-day
for he beueht Of creditors. q. W. Wilson WAS
named as trustee. Liabilities 5000. Resources
Inc Pickett Buchanan Camp has appointed a
committee to investigate the charges OF cruelty
no Major Alullin al the police station The
readers OF Tpt TIEs will remember that para
lysls wa mistaken for drunkenness, and he was
placed in afolon's cell All ieft Tor thirteen
bonrs without attention. Be Is aV the point
of death and the people are indignant.
A charter to-day was granted the NORTH caro-
lima Dressed Lumber Company, OF which lhE
TnEs published full account Ihe parties
heretofore named in THe TINES are the lncor-
pOratOrs. ,. . o..
Tie Second Congressional district commit
tee will have a consultation win chairman
Illyson at the Atlantic Hotel tomorrow. lie
party Is In good shape.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-01
SERIOUS RAILROAD WRECK.
Two Men and Lady KILLED on the New YORK
Lake Erie and Western Road.

New YORK. Sept. 9o.-A telegram from Cleye-
land to i. B. Thomas first vice-president OF
the New York. Lake Erie and Western railroad
states that Road Foreman of Engines W. II;
Maxwell, Fireman Glass and an old lady name q
Mrs. Dewey, from IL hland, Mich, wero killed
aud twcuty-tWo passengers more or less injured
IN the accident near Kent
The telegram adds Special instructions
we're issued to Superintendents Allen and
Mason on September 10Th In regard 10 this OK,
cursion, directing them to take extra care and
30 block ah trains IN both directions. 20
insure absolute safety, and 10 have
inspectors at junction points examine the
equipment TO see that II was IN perfect condi-
tiOn for movement The train dispatcher in
structed the crew OF freight train No. 50 not 10
leave Rayenna until they received orders; but
Notwithstanding this and in violation OF said
instructions they pulled out against the last
section Of No. A. We find that tho engineer OF
the freight 10 s. had twenty-five hours rest
before leaving Meadville aud the conductor and
crew twenty y-hvo hours.
(signed) "A. NJ TUCKER, General Manager
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-01

+. B. whitehead Shot bv John Edmund
Near Weidon-Other News of Interest.

+. IL. whitehead Shot by John Edmund
Near Weidon-Other News of Interest.
WELDON. n. c.. Sept. 3O.-lSpeclal. This
morning about five miles in the country.
f. b. Whitehead and John Edmunds, both
white. became involved in a difficulty on the
farm Of the former, when Edmunds fired two
pistol shots at Whitehead one of which took
effect. inhicting painful wound in the wrist.
A warrant was issued for Edmunds for an at
tempt 10 commit murder. He has been ap-
pretended.
The people on the Scotland Neck and
Greenville road complain because their mails
are not carried directly over the line instead
of being taken around by Goldsboro, which
is twice the distance.
The County Medical Society will hold its
regular quarterly meeting at Scotland Neck
On Wednesday night.
Mr. George b. Curtis Appointment merchant
# Enfield. returned home to-day from an ex-
ended trip to his former home and other
places in New England
Workmen have arrived TO put the new iron
ridge in position acro-s the canal.
Mr. James Johnson. native Of this county.
mt for many years q citizen Of the great
Vest. Is in town, detained here by the illness
# his son.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-01

Miss Annie X. Scott Became the Wife OF DIR.
;. {. Mctilyra.

5. c. McGiIyra.
Dr. Seth Curtis McGilvra. a young physi-
clan Of this city, was yesterday married ~
Rev. ID. +. Sprigg. rector Of the Moore-Memo-
rial church OF this city. to Miss Annie Kit
tredge Scott AT the residence of her cousin.
Mr. Robert ). Chamberlayne, 9O5 Park ave-
nue. and soon after their marriage lett tor
Asheyille. ~ c.. their future home, followed
bv the congratulations and good wishes Ok
numerous friends.
Dr McGilyra is distinguished graduate OF
the University Of Virginia. and has been for
some time an assistant of Dr. j. A. White. and
the bride Is the daughter OF Captain Robert o..
Scott OF this city. and the granddaughter OF
Robert g. Scott the celebrated lawyer and
orator. formerly of Richmond.
On this happy occasion the bride received
beautiful and elegant presents from Trends
and relatives IN Maine. Pennsylvania and
Virginia.
The wedding was private one. and was
attended by a few friends Of the groom,
among them being Drs. w. W. Parker; ). A:
White and Drs Dunn and Edward and
stuart Mcclure. The last three named
would have acted a. ushers with Others If the
marriage in church had taken place as con-
templated, but which was prevented by .
death IN the family
Miss Grace plummer OF Philadelphia Q
cousin OF the bride and Misses Belle erkins.
Mollie Wallace and few neighbors. friends
and relatiy 90 We're also resent.
The ceremony and the surroundings were
interesting and beautiful.