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The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

n. j. Carey returned from Mandan
and Bismarck Thursday. Mr.. Carey
met with good success in soliciting
stock for the o. l.. B. & l.. .isso., and
starts west to solicit stock in Mon
tanl next week,
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24
Saturday, January p, 1891.

Spring weather.
Oranges and lemons ut Scotied's.
Hay is selling ut SIS Il ton delivered.
Go 10 Scolield's s for salt by the bar
rel.
The legislature has adjourned until
Tuesday.
Dry coal of M. Lemnevi lie fer Sl.15
Il ton.
The Lellmicke VS.. Merry case has
been decided in favor of the former.
New house to rent. Inquire at
this office.
Thursday was y little squally, snow
enough falling to make the ground
gray.
Fine line of candies and nuts at
:Scoield's.
George Tamblin's hearing is likely
to SO over till next term of district
court.
One of II. j. Turner'S hay presses
are in operation ut r. CarnalIam' S
this week.
New stock of dry goods just re-
,ceived atScofield's. Standard calicoes
.and ginghams cheap.
The ball and masquerade comes
mcxt Friday night. the 30tli instant.
Rememhcr the date.
There were two transfers Of real
estate ut Richar1tom yesterday whic.!
amounted to about S2.700.
The Odd Fellows Building & Loan
Association has been sending out this
week an average of $50 letters Il day.
John Hayden WAS i'll from Cedar
creek Monday and loaded up with
suffers supplies for the south fork of
the Grand river.
The insanity board of Billings coun'
ry adjourned their meeting Of the Goth
for taking deposition in the Buss
case until Feb. 3rd.
The minimum register Of mercury
last night was 81 above zero. whicl
is but little above the average mini
mum for Il month past.
Subject for morning and evening a
the Congressional church tomorrow
"Heir or Hire!ing, Which! "A
Evening Time There Shall be Light
Jerry Hayes started for the Xii
deer mountains Thursday morning t.
attach cattle which were formal.
sold by G. II. Herring to Mrs. Her
ring few days ago.
Frontier Lodge 1. 0. o. +. has fund
in its treasury 10 nearly the amoun
of $500. Il portion of wllicl, Tie trus
tees nave been instructed to loan Oh
Oil good bond security.
The ladies of the Congregations
church will give IL Basket social !.
the church Tuesday evening. Januar
81. beginning at o'clock. Come an
get your supper and have Il good time
In the last number of the Con.rrg;
tionalist, in the Inkster items, Rev. {
Y. Smell is given credit for havin
built up Il good church there an
where he is 10 he retained anothe
year.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24
DICKINSON PRESS.
TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.
A. r. Il A. NJ.

a A. f. Il A. NJ.
XHDickinson Lodge, No. 81, Regular CON-
IN muncation on the second and fourth
FRIDAY of each month ut Masonic Hall, bank
building. Masons in good standing cordially
invited
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

There were two transfers Of real
estate mt Rich,r1tom yesterday whic.!
amounted to about S2.70O.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

90 gss S:;?s: + !; ss?1; f; s.,i: i T.; :,ss q:
~ glar meeting every Tues.
day evening at T:30 O'Clock. Members in good
standing cordially invited.
L. "A. Davis, N.G. j. F. Gaunt, r. S.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

ID. L. Phillips says that owing to
the open winter they have 100 tons of
hay which they would be safe in sci.
ling.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

Subject for morning and evening at
the Congregational church tomorrow:
"Heir or Hireiing, Which! AT
Evening Time There Shall be Light.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

Hon. N. G. Lawrence returned
from lis trip to New York, Chicago,
Minneapolis, st. Paul and other points
east OH Friday. Mrs. Lawrence is
still visiting in New York and Miss
Gertrude is at Burlington, Vt.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

Jerry Hayes started for the Kill
deer mountains Thursday morning to
attach cattle which were formally
sold by G. II. Herring to Mrs. Her.
ring few days ago.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

Lanterman Bros. have been allowed
So Il head by the Northern Pacific for
SO sheep killed ON the railroad near
Mandan.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

SHILOH'S CURE will immediately
relieve Group, Whooping Cough, and
Bronchitis. Merry & Mcdonald. ii
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

Spring weather.
Oranges and lemons ut Scotield's.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

The census will show more dogs in
the United States than shcep.-Texas
Farmer.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

~ foot race was inaugurated yester
day noon between Joe Lenneville and
another fellow who has been about
town for few months. Joe surprised
his opponent and was All easy winner
of the s;lO prize.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

Frontier Lodge l. o. o. L. has funds
in its treasury 10 nearly the amount
of $500. Il portion of which Tie trus-
tees nave been instructed to loan out
Oil good bond security.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

SHlLOII'S CATA RRH REMEDY
a positive cure for Catarrh, Diphthcria
and Canker Mouth.
IL Merry q Mcdonald.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

j. II. CoLGEovt:.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

Go 10 Scoield's for salt by the bar
rel.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

benjamin +. Leipsner and II.
LeGrand Ensign, two Philadelphia
gentlemen, arrived on No. yester-
day and will be in Dickinson on mat
ters of business for few days.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

The ladies of the Congregational
church will give !. Basket social ut
the church Tuesday evening. January
81. beginning att O'Clock. Come and
get your supper and have y good time.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

Petitions are being circulated hy
some of the ladies of Dickinson for
signatures praying that the house of
senators and representatives of North
Dakota will give our present prohibit
tion law a fair trial.
The Dickinson press., 1891-01-24

Hay is selling ut SIS Il ton delivered
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-14
Tie Curvature of the Earth.
From st. Louis Republic.

Generally speaking, we say that the cur
vature of the earth amounts to about seven
inches to the statute mile; more exactly, it
is 600 inches to the mile, or 1862 inches
for geographical mile. Any amount of
artificial assistance with optical instruments
does not make it possible for the eye to
perceive the least toto of curvature, even
though the gaze is directed from the high
est eminence This is because the vision
is not capable of comparing heights and
distances. The effect Of the known curva-
ture of the globe may be illustrated in the
following manner:
Take down your globe, place a book,
pane of glass or even ruler against it
either of the two objects first named being
best adapted to such an experiment; you
will observe instantly that the book or pane
only touches in one point, the globes sur
face falling away in all directions from the
point of contact.
Now suppose the oceans surface to be
calm and frozen, and a sheet of glass many
miles square laid upon it. At one mile
from the place of contact the glass will
stand out nearly s inches (this measure
ment being upon the ocean, the mile is a
nautical one), in fact, will lack but 03S of
an inch of being inches from the pane;
at three miles it will be feet, at nine miles
81 feet and so on. The number of feet of
depression is equal to two-thirds of the
square of the number of miles for any OBJ
servable distance.
The atmosphere plays an important part
in estimating the visibility of objects. On
this account part of this depression must
be Cancelled to make good the phenomenon
of refraction, which causes objects of all
kinds to appear higher than they would if
there were no atmosphere. Careful meas
urements have shown that the error from
refraction averages more than one-seventh
of that from curvature. The rule, there
fore, commonly used for correction of cur
vature and refraetion is: Square the num-
ber of miles and take four-sevenths of it
for the correction in feet Thus, if an OBJ
ioct is visible at a distance of five miles we
may know that its height is at least l45
feet
Or, if the height of visible object is
known-say 100 feet-take one-iourth of
this, multiply by seven and take the square
root of the product (Which gives the dis
tance of the object, in this instance frae-
ton of over thirteen miles. A man swim
ming in the ocean can perceive tower 200
feet high and nineteen miles away as a
mere speck ON the horizon; but if the man
were elevated 100 feet above the surface
of the water he could plainly perceive a
tower 100 feet high at distance of twen-
ty.siv miles.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-14
ExECUToRs' SALE
IL OF
Flint Quarry & Timber Land,

By virtue Of an order of the Orphans
Court of Carroll County, Nd, the under
signed, as Executors of the last will and tesla
ment of Mary A. Shipley, deceased, will sell
at Public Sale, at Marriottsvile, station on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, on
TUESDAY, MARCH II, 1891,
at u clock, M, the following valuable Real
Estate, containing
28G4 ACRES, MORE OR LESS,
situated in Carroll county, about two miles
from Marrottsville, about rs Acres cleared,
balance covered with Chestnut, Oak +dEr
and other timber well watered with sssSa
running streams and springs. This Il.
property is well located as to churches, rail
road, schools, &C., and is one of the best
neighborhoods in the county. The land will
be offered as a whole or divided to suit pur-
chasers.
One tract, containing 99l Acres, is known
as the s'Flint Quarry and has been leased
to Northern parties for a number of years
who have proftably worked it. The flint is
almost inexhaustible and is considered among
the finest in this country.
Possession given upon compliance with
terms of sale.
Persons wishing to view the premises or
desiring further information can write to or
call upon VIM. o. Shipley, Woodstock, Md.
Terms of Sale:-0ne-third cash on day Of
sale or upon ratification of the same by the
court; balance in u months, credit payment
TO be secured to the satisfaction of the under
signed, or all cash at option Of purchaser.
GILBERT +. FLOWER,
WILLIAM 0. SHIPLEY,
Executors.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-14
What the Baby Can Do.

1t can wear out one dollar pair of kid
shoes in less than 24 hours.
It can keep its father busy advertising
in the paper for nurse.
1t can simultaneously occupy both sides
Of the largest bed made,
1t can cause its father to be insnlted by
every second class boarding house keeper
in the city who "never takes children,
which, in nine cases ont Of ten, is fortu-
nate for the children.
1t can make itself look like fend just
when its mother wants to show it off.
1t can make an old bachelor in the next
room use language that, if uttered on the
street, would get him into the pepitentlary
for two years.
1t can go from the farthest end of the
room to the foot of the stairs in the hall
quicker than its mother can step into the
closet and out again.
1t can 90 to sleep like an angel, and just
as papa and mamma are starting for the
theatre it can wake up and stay awake.
These are some of the things a baby
can DO. But there are other things as
well A baby can make the commonesi
house the brightest spot on earth. 1t car
tighten the burdens of loving mothers
life by adding to them. It can fatteu it
dirty little face against the window pant
in such way that the tired father can SCI
it as a picture before he rounds the corner
Yes, babies are great institutions, particu
larly ones own baby.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-14
Fire in FIGURING Mills.


"When a Touring mill gets on fire, " says
John Lindsay, chief of the st. Louis fire
department, "the department is satisfied to
save the adjacent property. There is moth
ing outside of powder mill or paint shop
that is as combustible as a -four mill |
have heard great deal about the explosive
nature of -four dust, but | know nothing
on the subject My own idea of the reason
why -four mill burns like bonfire is that
it is built of wood in the first place, and
that every part is connected by conveyers
flues, elevators, etc.
eStart fire in any one portion of mill
and within FIVE minutes the whole structure
is in flames. The department never did
save but one mill. In that case the fire
commenced on an upper floor and We kept
it there. There has been more money LOST
in four-mill fires in st. Louis within ten
years than from all other forms Of large
fires
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-14
On Teasing.

1t seems TO me that one OF the most an
noying traits Of character which one can
possess is disposition to tease, for when
it is freely indulged there is nothing that
can cause more unhappiness to others. To
be obliged to spend ones life with an in-
veterate tease is like living in bramblebush
or suffering constantly from the torture of
innumerable pin pricks. To be sure, one
pin prick is nothing much, but when one
has to bear ten thousand of them it is quite
another thing
"Pshaw = says the tease, Il did not
hurt you any. wouldn't make such a
fuss about nothing. | did not mean any
thing. l was only teasing
Exactly. And it is just because there
is no meaning in it, nor necessity for it,
because it is only "teasing," that poor, in
suited tormented human nature cries some
times in passion against it. If the tease
cannot find anything else to annoy he will
torment an animal or little child, and he
thinks it is fun; but it is the most mali
cious, most dreadful and most dangerous
fun in the world. once knew a lady
who was literally almost frightened to death
by miserable man who followed her home
through the twilight; she reached shelter
and dropped fainting on the floor, and the
thoughtless fellow who had occasioned the
distress explained that 'he Just followed
her to tease her, because he knew she was
timid, and he did it just for fun He
found that it was not so funny as he waited,
while she hovered between life and death,
the victim of the wretched joke.
think that genuine tease is always a
coward, for he never attacks his equals; his
victims are the helpless animals, the little
child, the timid woman. Ifyou will notice,
it is never the smallest boy who teases the
larger one. And then a tease can never
bear to be teased himself Nothing makes
him angrier than to be paid back in his
own coin.
But really the most distressing thing
about the whole matter is the effect which
the habit of teasing has upon the nature Of
the one who indulges in it, A confirmed
tease becomes positively heartless. He can
look upon physical and mental distress
quite unmoved.
If there is boy who reads these lines
who likes to tease his little sister till she
runs in tears to her mother, or who tor
ments some little fellow at school Just to
see him crimson and bristle with impotent
rage, if you want to make man of your
self stop it; for it is a most ignoble and un-
manly thing to take delight in causing pain
to any living creature, especially if, it is
smaller and weaker than yourself.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-14
Look Out for Mother.

Many wives and mothers are laboring
with hand and brain almost necessarily,
day after day and year after year, to supply
the oft returning wants Of their families;
no other class lead such lives of daily self
sacrifice as do our patient, plodding mothers.
They anticipate our wants and needs, come
and 90 at our slightest wish, with untiriDg
love and interest in all that concerns us,
from early infancy until they sink beneath
the burdens and cares of this life.
From force of habit, brought about by
the tender devotion of their hearts, they
are always thinking and doing for others.
Yet in many homes no one seems TO think
of the mothers comfort, or that she can
have any need of relaxation. Now every
woman who has led an active life needs to
be released from constant toll by the time
she is 40 years of age. Those who love
her should learn this before it is too late,
and make it possible for her to take life
easier and lay by store of physical force
against time of need fast approaching.
The much needed rest the mother viii
always protest against taking so long as she
feels that any of the family need her care
and labor, but her future health, and in
many cases her life, depends upon u few
years of rest, rest, rest physical and men
tal Who will say she has rot earned it ?
Can you let the time slip quietly by and do
nothing while the life of one you dearly
love is slowly wearing away in treadmill
round which seems daily necessity to the
family?
Arouse yourselves; see to it that your
mother gives up her cares entirely for a
time, even though your comforts are les
sened. Send her to visit sister or some
dear friend, and make her stay good, long
time-six weeks or more. When she re
turns see that some one is installed to share
the burdens that have always fallen upor
mother. Take her out to ride often. En-
courage her to take walks and call on hel
neighbors and friends If she has Ions
regretted that she was always too weary tt
make the effort to attend church, see tha
she has day of absolute rest preparatory
and then offer to accompany her. Max,
her feel young again by your thoughtfu
care; she has done so much for you.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-14
Curious Chinese Medicines.
From Washington Star.

The medicines of Caucasian civilization
are derived from many curious origin,
but if You want to find funny things utA-
lied as remedies for disease you will dis
cover them in the Chinese pharmaeopeia.
Medical science in that country has been
somewhat impeded by the respect which
the Chinese pay to dead body. Worship
ing their ancestors as they do, their physi-
clans would never think of cutting up
corpse Consequently they know nothing
of anatomy. Such knowledge on the sub
ieet as they pretend to possess is derived,
according to their own account, from man
born some centuries ago, who had the mis-
fortune TO be Of a transparent consistency,
physically speaking, as if he were made of
glass, so that it was possible to see just how
things went on in his insides.
From observation of this extraordinary
freak it was discovered that certain chan
nels ran to each part and extremity of a
human being, and that by these channels
it was possible to convey any remedy that
might be necessary to any organ ormember
requiring treatment internally Ever since
then celestial doctors have been able to tell
just what sort of pills or decoctions were
intended for the cure of this or that dis.
order. The glass man doubtless suffered
from the experiments tried upon him by
science, but medical knowledge was bene-
tited inexpressibly.
Probably the Chinese pharmacopeia is
more elaborate than that possessed by any
other people. Physicians in the Flowery
Kingdom mix up together such extraordi-
nary things for remedial purposes as we
should never dream Of One of their cures
for liver complaint is obtained by admins
tering the fossil teeth of various animals,
which are known to them as dragons
teeth" Antelopes' horns, powdered, they
believe to be excellent for rheumatism. and
glue from the hides of asses is supposed to
be an admirable tonic and diuretic. The
shell of certain fresh water turtle made
into jelly is sure thing for misery in the
joints, A decoction from the hedge
hogs hide is excellent for skin diseases,
and tigers bones mixed with hartshorn
and terrapin's shell in the shape of jelly
is first rate tonic in eases of diseases of
the bones and of ague.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-14
Energy Always Wins.
From the Chicago Tribune.

rum thS 'hi'hSb iIlDuhe.
Years agO-thirty- five or more--Timothy
o. Howe, who was afterwards Postmaster
General of the United States, was travelling
up the Fox river of Wisconsin in scow.
In a corner of the boat he stumbled across
short, thick-set young man who was
reading a big, calfbound book. The
man was dressed Ike lumberman, in
hickory shirt, and with his corduroy
breeehes tucked in long, thick-soled boots.
Mr. Howe paused in wonderment at the
contrast between the book and the dress.
"What are you reading there, young man."
he asked. The young man turned up the
volume and the astonished Mr.. Howe read
"Tacitqs.' 1t was many years before the
two men met again in Washington and
then Mr.. Howe was high in the Govern
ment and Thomas Witherell Palmer was
candidate for Senator from Michigan.
But Mr.. Howe remembered the lumbermaR
IN the risen and rising politician, and he
said he didn't wonder. This is the sort of
man who has taken the Presidency of the
Columbian Exposition Commissioners
The lad who could read Tacitus on a Fox
river scow is not likely to lose his studious-
ness in later years, and Senator Palmer can
still read Tacitus and more with pleasure
He is traveller, man familiar with
nations and their tongues, and he is a dip
lomat.
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Will Not Stay Down.
From singleton lcall Courier.

%SAAa
The engineers on the Fairhaven and
Southern railroad in Oregon have struck
another natural phenomenon only second
to ''the Devils Breadpan.7 The gap of
five miles in the track two miles beyond
the boundary is a low, swampy place, which
it was found necessary 10 pile. A forty
foot pile was driven right into the swamp,
and then another was driven over it. But
the second pile would not stay down. As
soon as the driver stopped pounding the
pile began to rise again. Pound as they
would the workmen could not make that
pile stay down, for at every blow it seemed
to cry 'resurgam, and rose again as soon
as the pounding ceased.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-14
False Teeth Prolong Life.

Very few people realize how much the
dentist has done for mankind. To men
tion one thing only, says prominent den
tist, the perfection to which the manufac-
ture Of false teeth has been carried has
practically abolished old age-that is, old
age in the sense that used to know it.
You see none of the helpless, mumbling
old men and women that you formerly did.
This is not because people do not attain the
age their parents and grandparents reached,
but because the dentist has prevented some
of the most unpleasant consequences of
advancing years. Men of seventy no lon
ger either look or feel old because they are
not deprived of nourishing food at the time
when they need it most. Estimates have
been made showing that the average length
of life has been increased from four to six
years by the general use of false teeth.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-14
Paper Eorseshoes.

It seems not unlikely that a change is
imminent in the method of shoeing horses
for military work. The German papers
are devoting great deal Of attention to the
discussion which is now going on in the
military world as to the advisability of sub
stituting compressedpaper for iron in horse
shoes for the German cavalry and artillery.
After many experiments under all manner
of conditions it has been found that the
shoe which appears TO be most worthy Of
adoption is made up of sheets of parch-
ment paper cemented together with a spec
ial cement composed oftnrpentine, Spanish
white, lac and boiled linseed oil. The sep
arate pieces are stamped out, eemented and
pressed together in hydraulic press
When dry the shoe thus formed is rasped
into the exact form aud size required,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-14
Aoetrp.
MARCH DAYS.

RICHARD f. BURTON, in Harper's Magazine for
March,
The world today is a nun in gray,
Aud the wind is her wailing prayer
To God, to give her soul like May,
Flower sweet, white, and fair.
Still as lake at even is the air;
The heavens are gloomed; 1 mark not anywhere
A hopeful sign hung out by plain or hill;
Only the etched brown trees and barren fields are
there.
How like madman's dream the thought OF June .
Shall this warped pipe eer swell with some soft
tune
That calls for liquid stops and languorous skill.
The piper lying prone beneath a summer moon? ?
The mystery
And magic of the spring
1t sezes on this bleak and sullen thing
Called March, and see!
Faint bird songs in the bowers,
A son south wind, and, Graded in the wood.
Assweet as womanhood,
As shy as any maiden lured by love.
The dimly flushed srbutus bloom above
The harsh earth soon will peer,
And April airs be here!