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The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
LIGHTING A PIPE IN A WIND.
A sportsman's Device When Matches
Failed to Do Their Work.

A spOrtsman's Dey1ce When Mntehes
Failed to Do Their Work.
Padding up Sebec Lake last sum-
mer In a birch canoe" said a New
York sportsman, 1.-THE breeze blew SO
hard and constantly that, try as l
might, I could not keep a match.
ablaze long enough to light my pipe,
After a half dozen matches had fiared,
out in the lighting of them, l made.
some forcible remarks apropos Of my.
failure.
LET me show you how to do it.,
said my companion, an old Caltfor-
MAN, who was handling the bow pad
die. Hand mi a bit of that newspa-
per sticking out Of your pocket
HE took the piece Of paper and
crumpled it UP into q wad, which he
retained in the palm OF his hand.
Then striking a match he closed both
hands about it to shield 1t from the
wind, after the traditional manner
of the railroad navy in lighting his
pipe. The fame instantly set the pa
per smoldering on top without it's
breaking into a blaze. He passed the
burning wad to me and it served as a
pipe lighter equal to a live coal, the
high breeze tanning instead Of extin-
gushing 1t. 1t vas the simple inven-
ton of q practical mind, which served
my turn then and sportsmen needing
finder for a pipe light or to start q
camp fire."
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
THE w AND JAY.
One . Devil by Night and the Other
. Veritable scOundrel in Feath.

. veritable scoundrel in Feath.
ers. ". .
MI. Frank Bolles, who was a
friend to the birds and a close student
OF their ways, has left us in his
sketches a legacy of value and profit
in his close observation of his feather
ed friends. He has given us many
an estimate of their qualities, and,
viewed with his eyes, they more or
less resemble humans. He made an
especial study of the owl and he
depicts the bird in his Bird Traits in
none too glowing colors.
1.-THE owl reminds me-" saws Mr..
Bolles. "Of some men whom ! have
had the misfortune to know-silent
and sinister by LAY or when exposed
to the scrutiny Of their fellows; TAX
ing without reply or blow the taunts
and abuse of those whom they have
wronged; but by night devils in
thought, purpose and action. 10 the
owl everything which possesses the
power of motion is. presumably, fit to
be devoured; quadruped, bird, fish,
reptile, insect, mollusk, any or all,
unless specially protected, invited to
murder; so with men nothing is too
pure, too beautiful, too defenseless to
be sacrificed to their s%elfishness. One
owl is enough for many miles of for
est. Fortunately for society, owlish
men are similarly scarce:
Continuing the discussion Of the
birds of less attractive character, Mr..
Bolles thus speaks of the jay:
"There are some birds of deserved
ly bad repute who wear m attractive
exterior and maintain jaunty man.
ners. The blue jay for instance,
though somewhat flashy in his dress
and proud in his voice, passes with
the unsuspecting Us a bird worthy of
confidence, If not of admiration. Yet,
If there ever was q scoundrel in feath-
ers, he is one. He is my ideal pick
pocket, shoplifter, smuggler, and con
fdence man. Most people think his
cousin, the crow, an undoubted vii
lain; yet he is considerably better Off
In morals than his gayly dressed rela-
tive. This is not saying that the crow
is not q MISUNDERSTANDING Dis.
patch
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
What Senator Il. This,

An elderly gentleman whose duties
required his presence in Washington
during the session Of congress. had
taken. quite a. fatherly ~interest-as
elderly gentlemen within a young
woman who boards In the northwest
ern part of the town.
He has sent her books and flowers
and has called on her until really IL
he were not an elderly gentleman
people might make remarks.
Not long ago he appeared in the
boarding house parlor and asked for
the young woman. She came in. Hell
face was aslittle flushed, and In one
hand she carried an open note. She
walked up to the elderly gentleman.
"Mr. So and So" she said, distinct
ly, "you said you would do anything
for me. DO you mean itw
He looked somewhat surprised, but
he stood on his colors.
Certainly" he said. "What is 1t
you want!"
The young woman looked him
straight in the face. and then, as she
turned to leave the room, she said
and everybody heard her:
II want you to bring your wife to
call on me."-Washington Post.
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
holes in Il b'ar an I came back home

holes in Il 6'hr an I came back home
feelin' streaky.'
'Renjamin is as good a farmer as
they is III the hcmlock belt said Mrs.
Benjamin, hut his 'arly e%ddication as
Il hunter was neglected amazin'!
"'WheD / come in,' continued Benja-
min. 4 says. Mother If l had gone out
' loaded for bar l wouldn't a ben able
to e my way, the Quails would a
ben YIN so quick. But there l was
l%econnnoiterin' fer quail, an all I
ushed was a bar most as big as q
yearlin' colt! says I. But my dander
is up. now!' says I. II that bar
comes nosin' round here tomorrow
says I, "he'l run ag'in a snag" says
/. "I'll ileve sumpin' with me to-mor-
row down in the turnip patch, thatll
tickle his pelt." a Y /.
!" Better let him be- says mother.
Mother says l, "my dander is up,
an bar blood hes got to be spilt!''
says l.
$50 this mornin', my dander bein'
riz as bad as ever, l says to mother:
" Mother says l, II guess Ill load
the gun fer the bar now. Thilty-nine
buckshot in each bard l thin'll mebbe
git the left o that bar"
" 'Ye mean nine buckshot,' says
mother.
Mother says I, "thirty-nine."
" Nine buckshot. Benjamin. saws
mother, lis a big load fer a gun an
less than that has kellcd elephants,
an' tigers!' says mother.
Nine huckshot. MOTHER says I,
"woGldn't more'n stir up the hair on a
coon. I'm prOwlin' fer bar mother,
an thirty-nine buckshot in each bar'l
is what my prescription calls fer"
says I. An I poured 'em in an went
down inter the turnip patch. I guess
l hadn't been there mOre'n an hour
pullin' turnips, when l made a turn
in the patch, an there l was lookin'
that bar square in the face where he
stood, close by the stun wall! l mind
goin' BACKYARD till I come to my gun,
an pointin' it at the bar an firm.
What was the proc eedin's that foller-
Ell, mother? Things kind O. slet down
on me after the gun went off"
Well said the farmers wife,
when ] lieerd the gun go off I says,
They's Setch q thing as that bar not
bein' hit If he was in front O. that gun,
cause Benjamin amt no Davy Crock.
EFT; but I says, that gun didn't miss
anything thar mowt a ben behind 1t
theway it was loaded, an so Ill go an
e which is doubled up the wust, the
bar or Benjamin.
Il found them both stretched out
'mongst the tlrnips, an as fur al
looks went, there didn't seem to be
much difference betwixt 'em, 'cept
that there was a hole in the bar that
We could ar6llcd a prize punkin
thr ugh. The preceedils. Benjamin,
that followed the goin' off o. the gun
was that you've got your shoulder out
O. int, an a cheek swelled UP bigger'n
a hornets uest and blacker'n your
Sunday hat, an an eye shet up tight
as a snuff box, an yer giner'l system
sprung out o. plumb wuss'n a knock
kneed hoss-all cause you're SO terri
BILE sot in your ways!w >,
Mother said Benjamin, you was
right! Mined ben plentyv
"Pete having got back with the doc
tor just then l got up to go.
I'm obleeged to We fer givin' me
the lift with Benjamin. said Mrs.
Benjamin. He's powerful sot. but
when he finds he's wrong he owns up
like a man!'-New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
A Is
In Retiring the Admiral the Presi-
dent Rebukes Him Severely.

In Retiring h Admiral the Presi.
dent Rebukes Him Severely.
Washington. May 22.-The president
has retired Admiral Meade on his own
application, and in doing so has ad-
ministered a severe rebuke to him.
The admiral's application was made
to the secretary of the navy May .,
and by him forwarded to the presi-
dent, who to-day returned it to the
navy department with this endorse
ment:
''The within Recommendation is an
proved, and Rear Admiral Richard W.
Meade is hereby retired from active
service in the navy pursuant to Sec
ton 1433 Of the Revised Statutes. The
president regrets exceedingly that tho
long, active service of this officer, SO
brilliant in its early stages and SO
often marked by honorable incidents,
should, at it's close, be furnished by
conduct at variance with a commenda.
BILE purpose and Inconsistent with the
example which an officer in his rank
should furnish to submission to the
restraints Of wholesome discipline and
manifest propriety. Signed,
Grover Cleveland"
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25

A patent was recently issued to a
man in Ohio for an incandescent lamp
with a reflector permanently nd
justed, as shown in the accompanying
cut. The reflector is conical in shape,
the base beginning near where the
outside cap ends and extending down.
wards to a point.
The value of this device has not
been demol rated by general use, as
yet. but the principle is good. There
can be no doubt that some Of the
rays of light from the ordinary lamp
are lost, SO far as downward illu-
mination goes and this reflector seems
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
WHY ACTORS DISLIKE REVEALS
They Dismiss. u Character From
Memory as Soon as q Play
IA Sho1vnd

They Dismiss u Character From
Memory as Soon as q Play
IL Shelved.
Henry Irving has just announced
that he is going to have a series of re.
vfvals at his London theater of the
fourteen successful plays in his roper.
tory. He goes into this wholesale dra.
matte revival, first because his patrons
expect him to do some such thing-to
give In a short space of time a full
and complete presentation of the many
sidedness Of his art-and second be-
aust he can, while pleasing and daz-
cling his London clientele, prepare his
repertory for hisAmerican tour next
6eason
Every stock company that arrives at
the distinction of age and fixity in a
place has dramatic OF comedy achieve
ments to its credit that it's admirers
like to see repeated. Hence the neces-
sity for and popularity of revivals.
Here Augustin DAILY has rarely let q
season pass without reviving some inn
portant triumph of his company. He
has given New York many revivals,
mostly, however, Shakespearean, be-
cause it seems to have been in that SOL
emn hexametrical line that the DAILY
players chiefly distinguishes thela-
selves.
Revivals of modern plays are not so
common or SO easy Of accomplishment
as those that are classed as the strict
ly legitimate. An important announce
ment In this respect, though,
from Manager Charles Frohman, of
the Empire Theater, whose stock COM
pany now has been constantly in the
histrionic harness since Sept. /, 1893.
1t has played continuously, winter and
summer, without even q weeks inter-
mission for two years, and when the
Empire closes it's regular season OH
May 10 it will begin the first vacation
1t has had since its organization.
During it's existence Mr.. Frohman's
company has rolled up a rather heavy
record of dramatic successes, and e
ly all of these will be included in the
series of REVEALS which begin this
week. Like Henry Irving, Mr.. Troh-
man will take advantage of the de-
mand for a repetition of Empire plays
to brush up his company's repertory
for its tour, which begins with a
months engagement in Chicago May
18.
"People like Henry Miller, Viola Al
len, May Robson, Agnes Miller and
William Faversham," said Mr.. Froh-
man, "lnd it harder work to get back
the lines of an old part that has been
m%elnorized, played and laid aside than
they would to learn new parts. In the
olden days, when Shakespeare was the
chief reliance of a stock company, the
actors learned their parts with a view
to retaining them fixed in the rlem-
ory and to repeating them at short
notice. With modern plays it is differ
ent. Actors feel that q modern char
ter has served its purpose after it has
had a long run, and 1t is dismissed
from the mind as soon as the run of
the play ia at an end"
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
An Arti.t in Hi. Zinc.

Winona, MIMI. May %. Harmon
the diver. jumped from the high wag-
on bridge here into the Mississippi
river again to-day. The height was
seventy-two feet. He cid the same
act here a week ago. The perform
ance was done in perfect form. He
turned one somersalt in descending
and struck feet first. Over 1000 pe0-
pie witnessed the perform ance.
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
The Government a. a Publisher.

The Government as a Publisher.
How vast a business is carried on
by the government printing Office may
be gathered from the fact that nor
than 5000 operatives are employed,
at wages aggregating about $780,
600 a year; that 4O,SS9,59S copies Of
separate documents were printed in
1894; that the number of pages Of
type set the same year was 2S6, 152
exclusive of the Congressional Rec
ord), and that for a single report that
Of the secretary of agricultural more
than 100000 pounds of book printing
paper were required. The statement
frequently made that this Is the most
extensive printing office in the world
lis borne out by Its operations, though
by no true of its building. The
latter Is to the last degree unsuited to
so vast a business, being old, over
crowded and VIGOROUSLY unsafe. The
rapid development and increase of
government printing is shown con.
spicuously in the figures Of its annual
cost. In 1919 all the printing and bind.
ing of the government required an ex.
penditure of only $4,000. In a report
made 10 congress in 1859 the whole
cost from 1919 to 1853 was stated al
So, 574 4 while the printing for the
six years 1853 to 1859 cost $3,462,655
or about as much in six years as In
the previous thirty-three years. This
extravaganza led to the final estab
lishment of the government printing
office; and the greatly expanded bust
ness of multiplying books and docu
rnnnfS oynr S}nao Ia ahnyun in thS
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
Jose siarti killed.

Havana, May %. = An engagement
disastrous to the rebels was fought to-
day In Eastern Cuba in which Jose
Marti, who was proclaimed president
Of the Revolutionary Iarty. was killed
and his body positively identified.
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25

pl.A.e q. VESTS Nsavz AID BRAIN .~asArxss.
authorized agents only, to cure Weak Memory;
Loss OF Brain and Nerve Power; Lost Manhood;
4uiolkness; Night Losses; Evil Dreams; Lack Of
Loss Of Power Of the Generativen. yansin either
eex, caused by over e~xertion, You,nful Errors, or
Excessive Use Of TOBACCO. Opium or Liquor.
and Death. By mail. 81 a box; sig for S.; With
H!ritten guarantee TO cure or refund money. Vests
4dves FnS Iure Sick Headache. Biliousnees,
Liver Complaint, SGur stomach, Dyspepsia and
CONSTIPATION. GUARANTEES issued only BY
Drenkel & Davis druggists and
sole agents, Dickinson, N. D..
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
F., Ov.. Eft. Y-a,a

AN OLD AND WILL TR1ED RExEDY.-Mn.
owe fifty yeers by mill ons Of mo hers Tor their
children while tretni 6. with perfect gu ces
II sonthes the child. softens The gums, aliays q
a,f.@s. .s p,sasant : to ) the taste. sod By
DrUgg,ste IN ever part OF the W0rid. Twenty.
6v+ cents . bottle. Its value Isl Q ucularle. Be
sure au0 ask fol Ars. Winslo q so0Sning syrup.
and TAKE NO other kidd.
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
Mis-. Edna DAISY Dax.

Miss Edna Daisy Day.
aggrieved at the notorlety this action
has occasioned. She says she did not
wear bloomers to attract attention,
but because it Is the only hygienic
and comfortable costume she knows
of. At present she has dotted the
knickerbockers, only because she is
being talked about so much. She will
G them in stormy weather. OF
course she will not transgress Mrs.
Eames' order. Miss Days home is in
Orange, N. j.. and she looks about 20
years old. She is a modest girl, and
one would not suspect her of leading
In dress reform. Unfortunately, her
financial resources are small, and
what binds her to Mrs. Eames is that
she manages one Of the latter's board.
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25

to be we'll adapted to catching them
and throwing them where they are
most needed.
Shades with an inner rejecting
ulface are now generally used on
lamps over desks and tables and the
new device will hardly supplant them.
but 1t will doubtless increase the
light materially.
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
FARM TOPICS.
INTERPRETING SUBJECTS FOR TIL.
LERs OF THE SOIL. y

Heono.ic.l B.9s x.k,ns-arov,.s
Peanuts tn e.. Jorth-sulphar in
Poultry House. Gaustic Potash In
D~ehorning.
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25

A CompOser Deal.
Vienna, May 23.-Franz Won Suppe,
the musical composer, is dead.
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
Mis-. Day in Bloomers.

ing houses. For this a she can.
not resent Mrs. Eames' n quest. But
her troubles will soon be over, for 1t is
whispered that as Soon as she grad
yates she is to he married to a promi-
cent young man of this city.
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25

CAN OBTAIN A PATENT4 yn
Pr9WpS ansHer and an honest opinion. vita "a
mHMM q ~. Who have had nearly nifty yesfsf
SkPatlelce tn the patent business. CommunicN.
tons strictly confidential. AHandSook Of III.
toEm thsgn con concerning Patents a1d how g Oh
ic9l ND scientific books sent ffee.
datents taken through Mum & Co. recsive
thus gre brought widely BEFORE the public xttb..
Peg c9st to the inventor: This splendid paper.
largest circulation Of any scientific WWosk In ~
W9sla; ~ year. Sample copies sent free,
eopies. 3Y cents. E Msn1 nSm Sx4 ooyS e.5; sSi s.sas
aiul plates in colors, and Photograph Of new
honses; 9TH plans. enabling builders to show tho
AuNN q Co.. NEW YORK. 36l Broadway.
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25

/ One Of the essentials to better and
cheaper beef making in the cattle re-
gions Is the improvement ofthe grass
ranges. In many parts of the South
and Southwest, where droves of our
beef cattle are raised, the chief fodder
OF the animal is a coarse unnitritious
grass, supplemented with u little grain,
and general heritage of an inferior
character. These natural products Of
the soil produced the poor scrub cattle
that have for years been coming from
the Southwestern regions
A complete revolution can be made
In that vast cattle country, and there
are some signs of such changes being
tnaugurated. crmuda grass, alfalfa,
lucern and many other grasses are
roofing out the old tough heritage and
covering the country with a rich, sue
culent grass. This is one of the great
economies of beef raising. This grass,
once started, will not only produce
larger crops than the present inferior
stuff, hut it will give richer and heav-
Ter beef.
1t will make the animals grow to a
larger and heavier weight, and in ev-
cry respect show economy. Why so
many cattle owners still cling to the
old natural heritage instead of adopt
ing the better policy can only be ex-
planned by a shortsightedness stingi-
mes, OF u belief that there is no i'm
proving scrub cattle, and that the best
must he made of them while they last.
| Tho 1ok<on ,,n0 to <oo 1n,o~nor tn
this country. So many farmers have
have been taught to believe that the
best thing they can do with their native
stock is to kill them off and buy new
and selected stock. They cannot af-
ford to do this, and consequently they
cling to their old animals and starve
them along as ever.
The native stock has many fine
points and qualities, and If they can
not be supplanted, by others they
should be improved by better cart and
feeding. Good food will do great
things for animals. 1t may require a
generation or two, but the signs of im-
provement will inevitably appear. The
tough, muscular system will relax a
little, forming a fine basis upon which
to put flesh. In fact, in crosses be-
tween the scrub stock and superior
breeds the former contributes nothing
30 valuable as q tough muscular sys-
TEN. Our fine-bred cattle usually lack
this, and it is q good thing to infuse a
little into the new blood of the future
generations.
This question Of cheaper food pro-
duction can be applied to farmers in
other parts of the country. There is
no state where too much grass is rails
ell. When we reach that stage 1t may
be time to Gull a halt, but as grass is
at the foundation of all good farming,
we are a long distance from having a
surplus. Grass will always be useful
in improving the soil and feeding more
stock. If this was in abundance the
cost of raising stock would be but
small for pure g~rass-raised stock are
not by any r-"-:::s poor animals. With
plenty of this q small quantity Of
grain will not be noticeable.-Chtcago
Journtl.
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25
mss DAY m nnn sIoourns.

Paeturss ef the MioAis.. u,,ver.at,
Dress ReferA Advocate.
Miss Edna Daisy Day, the Ann Ar
Dor girl who wears blodmers, but has
been forbidden to appear in them at
the dinner label at the house Of her
landlady, Mrs. II. G. Eames, is much
The Dickinson press., 1895-05-25

Growing Peanuts in the North.
Most of people think that peanuts
cannot be grown In the North, but
this is q mistake, as they will mature
q crop as far north as Southern Wis
consin, If the soil is suitable and the
planting is done early. The early va
rieties mature In about five months
from planting I prefer for garden
purposes the small Spanish sort, as
they mature early, are of finer favor
than the large Virginia nuts and may
be planted closer. I am not describing
how to grow them as a field crop now,
though there are large parts of South
ern Illinois and of the section in that
latitude where they would make q
profitable crop. To grow four or five
rods Of them is not hard and the nuts
will be found to be very nice to have
through the winter.
The ground should be pl0wed five
inches deep at least, and made very
fine. The soil should be of such text
ure that it does not bake, for the pea.
nut has the peculiar property of bloom
ing above the surface and then the
flower spike turns into the ground and
the nut grows beneath the surface. If
the surface is hard the spike cannot
penetrate it and dies in a few hours.
Soil that has a considerable proper
ton of sand Is best, and lime is nee
essary to a good crop. For five rods
of ground q bushel of air-slacked lime
is about the proper quantity, and If
this is own after blowing it will be-
come thoroughly mixed with the soil
by the work of filming it and will be
ready for the use Of the plant. Wood
ashes are good fertilizers and phos.
pilates show good results when used
on peanuts.
For a garden plat the rows need not
be more than thirty inches apart, and
inches apart IN rows, one kernel In a
place, for the larger sorts, and two If
Spanish nuts are planted.
The seeds must he taken from the
shells before planting, but the kernels
must not be broken. Plant about the
same time that corn is planted and
about the same. depth. Keep the sur
face stirred and free from weeds, and
when the plants begin to bloom see
to 1t that the soil about the plant is
loose.
When the plants mature and before
frost, pull them up and allow them to
dry in the air, and they will be ready
to roast and use. The freshly dug
nuts are very good eaten raw, but
after they are dried they have a flavor
that is unpleasant to a good many
and should be roasted. With good
care half q bushel may be grown to
each square rod.-Farm News.