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The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Victims by Thousands.

Records of great earthquakes fill a
large space in the worlds history, and
instances where people have persisted by
thousands from this cause are mourn
fully numerous. An earthquake accom-
panied by a volcanic eruption destroyed
the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum
and buried most of their inhabitants in
the ruins in the year 70, A. D. The en-
tire world was shaken from pinnacle to
foundation stone in the year SAB. In 557
Constantinople suffered terribly from an
earthquake, which killed thousands of
its inhabitants. In T42 an awful shock
visited China, India, Persia and Palestine,
killing hundreds of thousands of human
beings, besides beasts beyond calculation.
In 1853, 10000 person persisted from an
earthquake shock in Syria alone; in 1868,
10000 were killed or buried alive in
Cilicia. In 1856, 10000 were killed in
Naples. In 1881 Lisbon, Portugal, had
her first great shock-that which killed
8 10000 people. In 1926 Naples was again
visited and had 10000 of her people taken
away by the earthquake demon. The
next year the Schamaki was constantly
rocked by earthquakes for three months,
during which time $4,000 persons We're
Elled.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Ecrycnt LIGHTNING.

Quite Il strange freak of lightning was
witnessed at the home of Mr.. William
Henry Morton i'll Athens. During the
rainstorm that came up about noon a
flash of lightning struck the rod over the
house, melting it instantly. The cur
rent was not content with this, but leaped
to the tin gutter and melted it all around
the house, pouring the molten metal in
heavy streams to the ground below. The
lightning then flashed through IL corn
er Of the house, paid a visit to the people
in the room below, ran out along aniron
pipe to a tin basin onthe back piazza and
melted it completely, and followed an
iron pipe to the we'll, fully fifty feet from
the house. The damage to the wood
work Of the house was very slight, but
all of the. metal with which it came in
contact was melted. -Atlanta Constitu-
tiOn.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
NOTICE.
w
TIC WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

~ WdoM i MAY CONCERN.
Pursuant to the provisions Of Section 10, Chap
itr l2. OF the Session Laws of 1890. the commits
tionrrs OF railroads of the state of North Dakota
VIII max. their annual visit to the stations on
the line OF the Northern Pacific railroad and
branchrs as follows, to-wit:
Davenport and Leonard. in the county of Cuss:
sheldon, Lisbon and Marshall, in the county
Tt Hanson; oakes in the county Of Dickey;
Valley junction Edgely, Lamoure, Grand Rap
DIS, Dlckey and Adrian, in the county of
>tntsman, on the Sd day of June.
Medora in the county Of Billings; Belteld and
Dickinson, in the county of Stark; on the Ith
day of June.
Gladstone. Taylor and Rtchardton, in the coun.
ty OF stark; Hebron, Glen Ullen, Sims, New Sa-
lem and Mandan in the county of Morton and
Bismarck in the county of Bnrleigh on The 9th
day OF June.
Menoken and Sterling in the county of Bur
leigh; Steele, Dawson. Happen and CRYSTAL
Springs in the county of Kidder; Medina, Win
soT, EId II r jamestown and Pingree in the
IN the county of Foster; Sykeston in the counn
ty Of Wells on the 9th day of June.
New Rockford in the county of Eddy; Obcron,
Mlnnewanken and Leeds in the county of Rem
con; Spiritwood in the county of Stutsman;
Eckelson and Darcy in the county of Barnes;
and Sooperstown in the county of Giiggs OH
the 18th day of June.
Sanborn, Valley City and Oriska. in the county
of Barnes; Tower City, Buffalo, Wlcatluni
Casselton. Mapleton and Fargo, in the count,
of Cass; and Graud Forks, in the county q
j III III VI udy VI June.
Mechinock, Gilby and Johnston, in the county O
Grand Forks: Forest River and Grafton. in iii,
county of Walsh. Drayton and Pcmbina, in tn
county of Pembina, on the 9th day of June.
Minor, in the county of Sur gent. and Wyndmcn
Moorstown: Harrington and Wahpeton, in tn
county Of of Richland, on the 10th day of june
1891.
GEO. II. WALSH,
Chairman Board of Railroad Commissioner.
N. j. EDGERLEY,
Secretary. may 1874
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
A Verse of Scrintnre.


AT one of the Teachers institutes held
a few years ago in Maine, a rule was in
force that whoever entered the morning
session late should pause at the door and
recite q passageof Scripture, a.quotation
from some poet, or other expression of
an idea, for the edifcation of those pres
ent at the session. There was present
at the session a plain little old maid,
who was continually saying and doing
inappropriate things. 1t seemed to"come
natural to her. She was late. one:morn-
ing, was this ''unappropriated blessing"
and pausing on the threshold she electri-
fed those within by remarkiw ~suavely,
Glove those that love me, and those that
seek me early shall find me. "-Lewiston
:Jonrnal
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Clerks Under Surveillance.

"Do you see that ma on the other
sldeo Of the street," said a friend who is
employed i'll a downtown bank, while
we We're walking leisurely up Broadway
n evening last week.
l glanced at the man to whom my
friend referred. He's a detective" he
continued, "and he is following us-or
rather Inc. You seem surprised. but it
is q fact that every bank in this city has
n or two and sometimes three private
detectives whose sole duty is to keep
track of the doings of employees. It
seems to be my turn to be followed now,
as this man has been dogging me since
yesterday. The watch will continue for
several days longer, and after reporting
to the bank he will be assigned to follow
some else.
"Not long ago IL of our expert book
keepers sent word to the bank that he
was i'll and could not come to the office,
but the same day his resignation was re-
qucsted. The fact is, he had spent the
night before in issipation, and the bank,
having been informed Of this by its de-
t%ective, his dismissal followed.
"Reing logged about like acriminal is
not pleasant. But what can we do:
When protestations are made against it
the bank officials assure us that we arc
mistaken. that they do not hire men to
watch us. OF course you can't expect
them to admit it, but every bank clerk
can tell you that such is the case. New
York Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
'Odd Tom"

Old Tom Welt had a habit of doing
queer and unexpected things. and thus
came to be known throughout the region
in which he lived as odd Tom" Some.
times his oadity appeared in some pecu-
liarity of dress, as when he wore his coat
wrong side out, because, as he said, he
had got tired of the looks of the right
side" One day Tom went to his next
neighbor, Zebah Green, to hire his horse
for the day.
"What dye want i'm for:.' was Zebah's
inquiry.
ooh, jest to go down to the village to
do solne marzetin',' was the answer.
"P'raps I might go on afterward as fur
as Job Stones, N look at his oxen"
oval, ] don't want We to have 'im,'
replied Zebah, referring to the horse,
''but ye may, jest ter 'colnmodate We, if
we won't go no fu'ther'n jest to the vii
lage-ye know that's most ten mile"
"Why, of course not" said Tom, "not
onless you're willin'."
oval. then, take i'm, but don't We
drive him no fu'ther'n the village, or I'll
never let We have him agin'."
So Tom harnessed the old horse and
started for market. AS he passed Ze-
bah's house on bis way he heard. family
waited from his neighbor, who stood in
the barn door, BE sure We don't go nc
fu'ther'n jest to the village!"
Toward night Tom was seen, laden
with bundles, coming slowly up the
road from the village-on foot. Out
rushed zebah, open mouthed.
what yc done with old Bile" he cried.
WAL" answered Tom, with the ut
most GOODNESS, "ye seemed so ALFRED
scairt for fear I'd drive him further'n
jest to the village that Ididn't dare drive
him home agin, NJ so 1 left him there,
under the store shed."-Youth's Com
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Prairie Cattle Arc Well,

The fifteenth annual convention of the
Northwest Texas Cattle Growers asso-
citation was held at Dallas recently. The
range cattle country all along the line of
the plain from Montana to tho gulf was
represented, and the report from the
whole range country, with the exception
OF a few drought stricken spots, was
that the range cattle have been partic-
ularly well preserved during the past
season. Very little suffering has been
occasioned by storms, and the grazing
was good all through the winter. 1t is
predicted that if cold weather holds off
for the rest of the season range cattle all
along the line will be fatter and in bet
ter condition generally than usual.-Cor.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
QUALITIES OF The JAPANESE.
Sir Edwin Arnold's Enthusiastic Opi,
ions of Japxnese Peoplc.

SIR Edwin Arnold's Enthusiastic Opiu-
ions of Japanese People.
AS for the people, I am and always
shall be of good st. Francis Xavier's
feeling, This nation is the delight of
my SOUL" Never have I passed days
more happy, tranquil or restorative than
among japanese of all classes in the CT
ties, towns and villages Of Japan. Pos
sibly that is because l have had no bust
ness relations with my kind and pleasant
Niponese friends, and have never talked
very much metaphysics; but it seems
certainly an easy way to keep on the
right side Of folks to lot philosophy and
theology alone.
Moreover it is, no doubt, n~ecessaryfor
such experiences to go a little behind
that sort of Japan which you find on the
Hatobas of Yokohama or Kobe, in the
Yoshiwaras of those and the other open
ports. AT very little distance from the
surface, which we civilizing w~esterners
have done our best to spoil, will be still
discovered the old, changeless, high
tempered, generous, simple and sweet
hammered Japan of old.
frankly confess it has entirely charm
ed me; and therefore what l say of this
japanese nation, and their manner
and customs, must be received with the
proper caution attaching to the language
of Il friend, and even a lover. But where
else in the world does there exist such a
conspiracy to be agreeable; such a wide
spread compact to render the difficult af-
fairs of life as smooth and graceful rs
circumstances admit; such fair DEGREES
of fine behavior fixed and accepted for
all; such universal restraint of the
coarser impulses of speech and act.
such pretty picturesqueness of daily
existence; such lively love of nature as
the cmbellisher of that existence; such
sincere delight in beautiful artistic
things; such frank enjoyment of the en-
joyable; such tenderness to little chill
dren; such reverence for parents and old
persons; such widespread refinement of
taste and habits; such courtesy to strang-
ers; such willingness to please and to be
pleaSed,-Sir Edwin Arnold i'm Seminars
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from prac.
tlce. having had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the formula Of
a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cur of CONSUMPTION,
bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and ali
Throat and Lung Affections, also a posi-
tive and radical cure for Nervous De.
,bility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases, has felt it
his duty to make it known to his suffer
ing fellows. Actuated by this motive
n q desire to relieve human suffering,
will send free of charge, to all who
desire it, this recipe, in German, French
pairing and using. Sent by mail by ad.
dressing with stamp, naming this paper,
ester N, Y.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
The Very First American Railway.

The first railroad built in the United
States was three miles in length, extend
ing from the granite quarries at Quincy,
Mass, to the Neponsett river. 1t was
commenced in 1926 and finished in 1927.
The gauge was five feet. The rails were
pine, a foot thick, covered with hard
oak, which was in turn strapped with
iron. In January, 1897, a short coal
road was completed from the mines to
Mauch Chunk, Pa. The rails on this
road were also of timber, with flat iron
bars. The first locomotive for use on a
railroad was invented by Richard Previ-
teck in 1904, and first tried in Wales.
George Stephenson built the first
really successful locomotive in 1914, and
tested it upon the Killingwood road in
the north of England. The first loco
motive for actual service constructed in
America was E. l. MiIler's "Best
Friend" built for the South Carolina
Railroad companyin 1880. Peter Cooper
built q little experimental locomotive
early in 1880, before the "Best Friend
was completed.-St. Louis. Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16

Syrup"

G.. Gloger, Druggist, Watertown,
Wis. This is the opinion of a man
who keeps a drug store, sells all
medicines, comes in direct contact
with the patients and their families,
and knows better than anyone else
how remedies sell, and what true
merit they have. He hears of all
the failures and successes, and can
therefore Judge: 81 know of no
medicine for Coughs, Sore Throat,
or Hoarseness that had done such eff
fective work in my
Sousns' family as Boschee's
Sore Throat German Syrup. Last
winter a lady called
Hoarseness, at my store, who was
suffering from very
severe cold. She could hardly talk,
and I told her about German Syrup
and that a few doses would give re-
lief; but she had no confidence in
patent medicines. l told her to take
a bottle, and if the results were not
satisfactory would make no charge
for it. A few days after she called
and paid for it, saying that she
wouldnever bewithout it in future as
a few doses had given her relief" O
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Advance of Public Sentiment.

AS an incident of the woman's suffrage
movement, it is impossible to pass over
the election of Lady Sandhurst, Miss
Jane Golden and Miss Cons as members
of the London county council. AS hos
tile suits are now pending for heavy pen
alties against the ladies to test their
right to sit and vote, it would be unbe-
coming here to do more than wish them
success in their brave fight. Their pres
ence at the council board, their useful
work on its committees, has already so
justified their election that even if the
law be interpreted hostilely against
them there is little doubt that public
opinion would compel early legislative
action in favor of the right they claim.
Charles Bradlaugh in Boston Tran
script.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
a New Glove Member.

1t is quite a difficult matter to repair
ones gloves so neatly and perfectly that
it cannot be detected as an n%onprofes-
sional's work, but there is a little in
vention which facilitates this work to
such a degree that even unframed hands
can do it with neatness and dispatch.
The apparatus is made of nickel, and
consists of two parts, which press against
each other by e of a spring. Part
of the top edge is provided with small
teeth in close range to each other. The
seam Of the glove to be mended is care
fully pressed between these toeth, and
the needle passed in and out at every
opening. Repairing done in this man
ner is SO perfect that it cannot be IL
ticed.-New York journal.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
The Pulpit and tho Stage.

Rev. F. M. shrout, Pastor United
Brethren Church, Blue Mound, Kan,
says: Il feel it my duty to tell what
wonders DR.. Kings New Discovery has
done for me. My Lungs were badly
diseased, and my parishioners thought
could live only a few weeks. I took five
bottles of DR.. Kings New Discovery
and am sound and we'll, gaining 26 lbs.
in weight.
Arthur Love, Manager Loves Funny
Folks Combination, writes: "After q
thorough trial and convincing evidence
L am confident DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, beats 'em all, and
greatest kindness I can do nv MANY
thousand friends, is to urge them to try
it." Free trial bottles at J. J.. Free.
mans Drug Store. Regular sizes soc.
and $1.0O.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
$4,000 Reward.

a reward of $500 will be paid fol
information leading to the arrest ant
conviction Of the man who was steal
ing around the Richardton Land
Improvement Company's barns an6
hay stacks on the nights of May 1;
and IA, at about IL o'clock.
All persons are hereby warned
against ~trespassing on the propert,
of the above named company.
RIcHARDToN LAND & IMP. Co..
may l6. R%ichardton, N. ID
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Why Fowls Welcome Fair wcathe,

The deprivation Of light, which affects
all animals so much, is particularly de-
pressing to birds; and this may he a rea-
son for their unwillingness to move in
the frost fog. Naturally they are the
first to welcome its departure. AS the
mist lifts from u Scotch hillside the cock
begins to crow, and in the English fields
the rocks cav, the small birds twitter
and the cocks crow in the barnyarls.
These sounds are as certain to proclaim
the lifting cf tns fog as the "London
cries. to begin when the rain stops
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
THROUGH TIE WEARY HOURS

or many a night, made doubly long by its pro-
tracted agony, the rheumatic sufferer losses to
for that rest which only comes by fits and starts.
His malady is one which ordinary medicines 10
often fail too relieve. but there is ample evidence
10 prove That The efficient blood depurent, Hos
reliable means of relief. Check the malady in
Its inciplcnt stages, when the first prcmonitory
lwlngcs come on, with this agreeable medicine.
and avoid years of torture. Whatever be tn,
rationale of the active influence of the Bitter
upon This malady. certain il is that no cvidenc,
relating to It's effect is more direct and positive
tnan mat which relates 10 its action in cases OF
rheumatism. Like all sterling remedies, how,
eVer,i II deserves n protracted, systematic trial
anu should not ba abandoned because moi NJ
once remedial. II is equally cilicacious in dvs
peIsia, indigestion and kindred diseases.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Says He Has Fouud . Nc,, ,1ct.,.

eSSS AA0c AVN NkClAts
George A. Clarke, an experienced iron
worker of Boston, claims to have dis
covered an ore in the Rocky mountains
which he believes is new to the world.
He says of it:
IL took specimens of the ore to as
savers in Cincinnati, Chicago and Boston,
and no II of them could tell me the
name of the mineral. Then l began
here II series of experiments myself. mix
ing it with molten iron. 1t combined
perfectly with the iron. and | found
that only a small quantity was necessary
to increase the luidity Of the metal. 1t
rendered the iron ductile. and in low
grades acted rs a purifier. The product
of the alloy was Il homogeneous metal
of very fine pores, capable of higher
finish than before. The Stag expelled
by its use contained no metal. and was
very light. In the treatment of iron
with only n per cent. of this new ore
the formers tensile strength was in
creased from 10 to 81 per cent.
Using only half of one per cent, of
this or in Il mixture with copper, l found
that it gave the metal greater density
and IL great increase-from 60 to 100 per
cent.-of tensile strength. The result
ing metal, too. is capable of Il high polish.
In II word, l found that the ore increased
the tensile strength and the t1uidity
under heat of both these metals and
makes them both of finer grain. 1t is
non-corrosive."
Mr.. Clarke produced a handful of the
ore-a substance that looked like a fine
sandstone, saw that it was black. and
many pieces of it presented highly pol
ished surfacesa us smooth as IL bit of glass.
Mr.. Clarke refused to state the location
of the field, which, he said, was exposed
v ert the space of IN acre, as he is trying
to get control of it irst.-Cor. Chicago
Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Happy Hoosiera.

William Timmons, postmaster Of Ida
vile, Ind, writes: Electric Bitters
has done more for me than all other
medicines combined, for that bad feel
ing arising from Kidney and Liver
trouble" John Leslie, farmer and stock
man, Of same place, says: Find Elec-
trio Bitters to be the best Kidney and
Liver medicine, made me feel like a
new man, J. w. Gardner, hardware
merchant, same town, says: Electric
is all run down and don't care whether
he lives or dies; he found new strength,
good appetite and felt just like he had a
new lease on life. Only SOC. a bottle. at
j. ]. Freeman's Drug Store.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Similarity in Inlian I.,n.u,,..

Whence camc the Indian? There is no
standard of appeal and the question
could not be decided; but there is great
deal of error in tho photography and sig
MITIGATION as given in the Indian words.
A,nicolola should be Awmiercolola.
Awmer e salt. The two words wa
ter and salt in Cherokee are very much
alike-awmier and aw1ner. They seldom
name after IL person. Chattahoochee
means streaked rock. At the headwaters
there is a variety of white and black
rocks, strealied rock.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Non-Conductors of Heat.

Ground cork and some other barks,
and the sawdust of the soft woods, as
we'll as the charcoal made of these sub
stances, are very good retainers of heat.
Lampblack also works we'll. When the
thing to be kept hot is at a very high
temperature, some light, incombustible
powders are very suitable. Among the
best of these are fossil meal and the cal
cined magnesia and magnesium carbon
ate of the druggists. Fossil meal con-
sists Of the siticious skeletons of micro
scopic vegetables, called diato1ns, ex-
ceedingly various in shape and size, the
very largest Of them hardly reaching the
length of the hundredth of an inch. 1t
is found abundantfy in some peat mead
ows and in the bottoms of ponds. Both
fossil meal and magnesium carbonate
have been largely usedin covering steam
pipes.
Obviously, when the same light sub
stance is tried in both the first and sec
ond apparatus above mentioned, and the
results differ, it must be owing to the in
ability Of the substance to hold the in
cluded air still in the first arrangement.
So powdered plumbago or black lead,
which is very slippery, shows nearly
twice as much transmissive power in one
case as in the other. Loosened asbestos
fiber also let's through about twice as
much heat in the vertical arrangement
as in the horizontal. Yet this fiber may
be split up exceedinglytine, but thegreat
difference in its behavior as compared
with cotton or wool must be owing much
less to its W greater specific conduct
ing power than to the smoothness and
inelasticity Of it's fbers.-Professor John
NJ. Ordway in Popular Science Monthly.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16

If you wish to hear a fly walk, you car
do it without the aid of the nugaphone.
Having made friends with the fly, spread
q silk handkerchief over Your ear anG
induce the insect to crawl across the
handkerchief. AS he approaches YOU
ear you will distinctly hear a harsh, rasp.
ing sound, made by the contact of the
insects feet with the ilaments of silk.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Thanked Instead of Reprinaandine Him.

Thanked Instead of Reprinaanding Him..
Sir Robert Wright, appointed to the
seat on the bench Of the high court of
Justice left vacant by the death of Baron
Huddleston, on one occasion, while at
Oxford, wa summoned before the Dean
of Balliol for the purpose of being CEN
sured. The dean was exceedingly care
full of his dignity, as we'll as of his per-
sonal appearance. Wright looked the
dean we'll up and down while the latter
was delivering his lecture, and finally in
terrupted him, in the middle of one of
his most telling periods, by remarking
confdentially, 81 know you will excuse
me, sir, but 1 think you cannot be aware
that your waistcoat is unbuttoned."
Completely nonplused, the dean was only
able to stammer out: ooh, thank you,
Mr.. Wright. So very kind of you, 1 am
sure. Good morning, good m%orning!"-
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16

A supply of water from the Jordan is
kept on tap at the royal palace in Berlin
in order that all the babies of the Hollen-
zollern family may be baptized in it.
After the christening of Prince Joachim,
the other day, the precious fluid was
carefully returned to the Jordan reser-
yoir.
The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
Real Estate Bargains,

The following property will be sold
for cash or on easy payments: One
we'll built six room cottage OH Sims
street; and one good two story bust.
ness building OH Willard street. For
further information apply to j. Il.
Scott.