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The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
A M.xn,fx,nr SHOW w,ndo,v.

One of the most extraordinary de-
vices for attracting custom on record
was that of a fruiterer in q Midland
town. Instead of the ordinary plate
glas, a large number of rough magni-
flying glasses formed the window.
Seen through one of these panes an
orange looked as large as u pumpkin
and cherries as large as apples. \
great disadvantage attaching to this
novelty was the fact that at the dis
ta,-se Qf2--few yards from the WIN
dow It vas quite impossible to see
into the shop. Everybody knows that
you must hold a magnifying glass
very close to the eyes to see anything
through it. Nevertheless, for some
time, at all events, the enterprising
proprietor did a roaring trade.--Lon-
don Answers.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
LONG DISTANCE LINES.
North Dakota Is to Have New Tele-
phone Connections.

North Dakota Is to Have New Tele.
phone Connections.
st. Paul, April PAP. G. Reynolds,
superintendent Of construction of the
Northwestern Telephone Exchange
company, returned yesterday from
Texas. where, for four months, he has
been engaged in the erection of new
long-distance lines. The company now
has in operation or in course of con.
struction in the Lone Star State 54S
miles of line. The people of San An
tonic are on speaking terms with their
remote %neighbors of Paris, in the
northern part Of the state, and the
work of building more lines will be
pushed during the summer.
The principal metallic circuits to be
erected in the Northwest this season
are to be located in North Dakota.
One line will extend from Fargo to
Grand Forks. n distance of about
seventy miles, and another will run
west from Fargo a distance Of fifty
miles. Work on these lines will begin
almost at once. and they will be com.
pleted early in the season.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
He Wasn't That.

He vas an old fellow past forty,
and he vas trying to win a girl of
twenty under the direction Of a lady
who loved better than life to make
matches. He hadn't met with mark
ed success, however, and the lady was
taking him to task about 1t.
"What the mischief" she said, did
you insist upon telling her that you
were at the age you are, and further
more, trying to impress it upon her
that that was very old? You might
just as well have said that you were
the Ancient Mariner and been done
with it,"
THAT'S it. That's it." he said hope
lessly. 1T was the ancient marrying
her that. knocked the whole business
sky high."-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
why She Never Married.

When a man tempts fate by remind
ing a spinster of her condition his pun
ishment is swift and sudden. In
O country of Ireland where the
Quakers are numerous the entire body
on IL occasion gathered together fol
n of their quarterly meetings.
After the exercises of the morning
a public luncheon was held, ut which
all the Friends attended. The con-
%versation turned to matrimony.
Bridget" said an unmannerly youth
full member Of the society, speaking
across the crowded table to a prim,
elderly maiden lady, "Wilt thou tell
ME why thou hast lever married"
Certainly, Friend William" re-
sponded the ready Bridget. in a voice
audible over the room. -''Tis because
am not so aisy pleased as thy wife
was."-Tid-Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
KEEP IN YOUR ROCKING CHAIR.

1t Will Cure You of Dyspepsia and
Is a Great National Blessing.
"Critics of America" said a we'll
known physician, "have poked fun at
lis for being a nation of rockers.
Americans have been pictured as six
ty millions Of persons seated in sixty
millions of rocking chairs-some of
them cradles of course. But now
comes DIR. I.alne, a French West In
dia physician, who says it is good
for us. He has been talking of what
he calls sthe good effects that the lul-
l%aby-chair exercises on subjects af-
fected with atony of the stomach
AtOny is want of tone.
"I4aine says that a course of rock
ing-chair after every meal, the oscil-
lations being quiet and regular, 'stimu-
late gastro-inteStinal peristaltism,' and
that d%yspeptics should take notice.
The chair ought to be light, sc that
rocking requires no effort. and sutfi-
GENTLY inclined backward that the
person may lie rather than sit in it.
Physicians will agree that DR.. Laine
has done Americans a real service.
1t has always been rather difficult to
explain the national passion for the
rocking-chair, but now it Is only too
easy. Americans are the worst suffer-
ers from Indigestion and dyspepsia in
the world. but it now appears that we
have instinctively rushed to what
is now proved to be the best system Of
relief.
"The man who lunches on pie and
then balances himself in q rocking
chair is unconsciously doing his best
to stimulate his 'gastro-intestinal per-
istaltism; he Is practically singing a
lullaby to his outraged and injured
stomach, which is kept from crying
aloud only by this method Of soothing
it. Behold in Americans a nation Of
invalids vainly endeavoring to rock
themselves to sleep. DR.. LANES the
DRY is too good not to be true"
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
THIS MAKES IT MURDER.
A Man Who Was Struck Last Mar

A Man Who Was struck Last March
Dies From the Injury.
Duluth. Minn.. April "a. Thomas
Thompson. an old man, died during
the night from injuries received at
the hands of James Scott in March.
Thompson and Scott roomed together
in a cheap boarding house, and
Thompson played a trick on Scott
while the latter was sleeping off q
booze. Scott. when awakened. was
angry and struck Thompson, break
ing his jaw.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
Root On the Other Leg.

Henriette-Why are you SO down.
cast?
Florence-Who wouldn't be when
one expects ones father-in-law to
come and live with one for six
months? Our mothers would eve
do that.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
Seeding Nearly Completed.

Washington, April 25.-The weather
bureau in it's review of the weather
crop conditions for the week ending
April %. says: Spring wheat seed
ing is about completed. Montana,
North Dakota aud Iowa report early
sown up and looking well. Winter
wheat is generally reported as in
good condition except In Wisconsin
and Oklahoma, where it has been
badly winter-killed. In Western Kan
sas the crop is reported backward.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
A Personal Remark.

-Come, sinner, halt and hesitate no
longer" shouted the great exhorter.
"Seek the straight and narrow path"
"Howsh Teller jag IL mine 60 walk
narrow pash?" Indignantly demanded
the red-faced man in the back seat
Atlanta Constitution.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
The Table. Turned.

Henry" said Mrs. Meekins, as she
put the finishing touches to her toilet
preparatory to a bicycle ride, Il dis
like to hurt your feelings"
do yc.:, my dear"
Certainly, but l can't wear thu
neckties that you bought for me. They
are simply outrageous combinations
of color. There is one thing that a
mar should never undertake, and that
Is to select his wife's cravats and sus
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
Theatrical Item.

Man (rising YEARLY to let late conner
pass to his seat in the theater)-This
eternal getting up is really very an
noying.
Late Comer-I know it is; that is the
reason l never come in myself till the
curtain Is up.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
Indicted for Adultery.

Chicago. April 24.-1t is announced
that Herbert p. Crane and Mrs. l.. B.
Stiles. the correspondent and principal,
respectively. in the sensational Stiles
divorce case recently on trial in Chi
cago, were arrested last evening on O
charge Of adultery,
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Knew What 1t Meant,

Mrs. Hicks-There, Dick is in the
basement singing II Want to Be an
Angel" brushes out.)
Hicks ION her return)-Well, did you
stop his singing?
Mrs. Hicks-Yes: that is. l hid the
angel cake.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
Tough.

Jack-were you ever at a hog-guess-
ing match?
May-Oh, nearly every day.
Jack-Where, pray?
May-In the Broadway cable cars.
Every time I board one I guess how
long the hogs will make me stand.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
A Composer Dead.

New York. April 24.-.l'rof. Edward
A. Spoth died at Rondout. n. Y, in
his seventv-fifth year. Prof. Speth
was we'll known in the musical world
MS the composer Of religious, classic
and concert music.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
Ear Over F,n. Ye..a

AN OLD AND WELL TRlED RsxRDY.-Mrs.
= inRlowS sonthing syrup has b+eu used for
over nifty years by mill ons OF mo hers Tor their
Children while teetnthg. with perfect su"ces,
It soothes the child. .softens the gums, allays O.
pain. cures wind c0lic, and Is the best remedy fOs
D AFRICA. u plrasaut to the taste. sod by
Druggists In ever. part OF the World. Twenty
i've cents Q bottle. Its value Isl Q ',culat lb. Be
sure Aio ask for Mrs. Winsl0 IS S0oSning syrup.
and take no other kind.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
lived a couple; the wife a good woman

lived a couple; the wife a good woman.
but not very brilliant in intellect. The
husband had been very Incorporate,
had reformed, although at times his
appearance rather suggested that the
reformation was not q complete one
One day the worthy woman called
upon a neighbor and during the con-
v%ersation %anxiously asked her IF she
could tell her how long the odor of
liquor remained after a man left OF
drinking. for her husband signed the
pledge two years before and still his
breath smelled Of liquor."-Life.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
The Caution. old Maid.

Cora-She seemed utterly surprised
when he proposed to her. A woman
should control herself better.
Marjorie-You must r%ecOllect, my
dear. she is thirty and that it was
April fool day.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
Not Improbable

Diggles-I tell you, gold is getting
mighty scarce here in America.
Miggles-Yes. Well soon have to
begin melting up vi Kelley gradu.
ates to buy foreign noblemen with,
b. ged!
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
silver in

Nashville. Tenn. April 24.-The leg
islature ~reconvened to-day. The house
reported by a vote Of 43 to 30 the seu-
ate resolution declaring in favor Of the
free coinage Of silver at the ratio Of
1G to 1.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
Cranberry Marsh burned.

Pine River. Wis. April "a. - The
eastern half of the Pine River associa-
toms cranberry marsh burned last
ns"ht. Including fumes. fences and $50
acres of uncultivated marsh.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
A COunter.Irritant.

"John, dear, we must take up some
kind Of reform this year. Now, II I
take up dress reform, what will you
take?"
"ChlorofOrm."-Life
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27

u. :. q VESTS N1sva AID BRAIN TREATMENT
is sold under positive written guarantee, by
authorized agents only, to cure Weak Memory;
Loss OF Brain and Nerve Power; Lost Manhood;
-Qu1cknees; Night Losses; Evil Dreams; Lack Of
Loss Of Power of the Generatiye :. ryans in either
Excessive Use Of Tobacco. Opium or Liquor.
and Death. By mail. 81 q box; six Tor IS: With
written guarantee to cure or refund money. Vests
4tyss ~ ssre SICK Headache; Bilionsnese,
Consti1ation. GUARANTEES issued only by
Drenkel & Davis druggists and
sole agents, Dickinson, N. D.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
Experientia Docit.

Uncle George-So you've been to
school, eh, Tommy? What did you
learn?
TOMMY learnt to put a copy-book
IN the seat of my knickerbockers.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
A Natural Inference.

"Oh, look!" exclaimed Mrs. Sassa-
frass, Of Hemlock Corners, as she and
her husband gazed for the first time
on a bearded lady at the dime mus
cum.
Ssh, Indy! Don't speak so loud"
"Mcbbe that's one of tile emancipated
women we've read about."-Harper's
Bazaar
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27

Lived Over q Century.
BROOKLYN. April 24.-Catherine Scott,
the oldest woman In Brooklyn, Is dead
at the advanced age Of 1O3 years.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
SHEAR NONSENSE.
FUNNIOsITIEs FERPE1RATED ny
THE HUMORIS'TS.

Jokes. Good, Bad and Indifference
II You Can't Laugh ut Any of
These, 1t Would De Advisable for
You to Consult Your Doctor.
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27
A puxxler

In Maine a number Of years ago
The Dickinson press., 1895-04-27

DOOC I'LL Hill.
Another pause. The potatoes we're
being scrubbed violently. "tIe oil.
always was a bit above me. you know
Y am. And he was led away"
he potatoes We're more than finish
ed. Jane rose sharply with q sigh,
and raped the basin down on the
table.
Il don't eare,'' she said. ~ don't
car a rap. He will. find out his mis-
take yet. 1t serves me right. l was
stuck UP about him. / ought not. to
have looked so high And I am glad
things are as things are"
My wife was in the kitchen seeing to
the high cookery. After the confess
sion of the boot-throwing she must
have watched poor Jane Tuning with
a certain dismay in those brown eyes
of hers. But l imagine they softened
again very quickly, and then James
must have met them
ooh. ma'am," said Jane, with an as
tonished change of rOte. ''Think of
all that might have been. oh, ma'am!
l could have been so happy. l ought
to have known, but l didn't know.
You're very kind to let me
talk to you, ma'am It's
har-r-r-r-rr-"
And l gather that Mariana so far
forgot herself rs to let Jane sob out
Iome of the fulness Of her heart on
a sympathetic shoulder. My Mariana
thank heaven, has never properly
grasped the Importance of excepting
up her position" And since that fit
Of weeping much of thu accent of bit.
terness las gone out of James scrub
bling and brush work.
Indeed something passed the other
day with. the butcher boy, but that
scarcely belongs to this story. How
ever, Jane is y,ung still, and time and
change are ut work with her. We oil
have our sorrows, but I do not believe
very much in the permanercy of
broken hearts.
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prosperity came upon bin. James
young man. One day he learned that
Mr.. Maynard had given William q
book. "Smiles Flip Yourself" it's call
cd" said Jane, "but 1t amt comic.
It tells you how to get on in the world,
and some what William read to me
was lovely, ma'am."
Mariana told me of this laughing,
and then she became suddenly grave.
do you know, DEAR" she said. "Jane
said n thing l do not like. She had
been quiet for a minute. and then She
suddenly remarked, "William is a lot
above me, ma'am, amt he?"
"I don't see anything in that" 1
said though later my eyes were to be
opened.
.One Sunday afternoon about that
time l was sitting at my writlng-desk'
possibly l was reading n good book
when a something went by the win.
dow. I heard a startled exclamation
behind me, and saw Mariana with her
hands clasped together and her eyes
lilated. George" she said, in an awe
stricken whisper, did you see?"
Then we both spoke to one another
at the same moment, slowly and SOL
EMMY: "a silk hat!Yellow gloves! A
new unb1ella!"
ut may be my fancy, DEAR" said
Mariana, 'but his tie was very like
yours. l believe Jane keeps him in
ties. She told me a little while ago in
q way that implied volumes about the
rest of your costume, The master do
wear pretty ties. ma'am.' And he
echoes all your novelties"
The young couple passed u win
dow again on her way to their GUS
tomary walk. They were arm-in-arm.
Jane looked eXquisitely proud, happy
and uncomfortable. with new white
cotton gloves, and William in the silk
hat singularly genteel.
That vas the elimination of James
happiness. When she returned, 'Mr.
Maynard has been talking to William,
ma'am," she said. 'and he is to serve
customers just like the young shop
gentlemen, during the next sale. And
II he gets on, he is to be made an as
Eistant, ma'am at the first opportunity.
He has got to be as gentlemanly as he
can, ma'am, and IL he amt ma'am, he
says. 1t won't be for want Of trying.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-13
A TALE OF HORROR.
How an Armenian Citizen Was
Treated in Turkey.

New York May 12.-Cricor Manas-
sian has arrived in this city from Mar
seilles accompanied by his wife and
child. The facts concerning Manas-
slams arrest and imprisonment in Tur-
key were published some time ago.
His deposition concerning the treat
ment he received at the hands of the
Turkish government will this week be
presented to the department of state
at Washington. Mr.. Manassian who
is of Armenian birth, became an
American citizen in 1898, after a resi-
dence of seven years in the United
States.
Mr.. Manassian's statement is as fol-
lows:
II left New York in July 1893 and
went to my native town of Tokal.
Turkey.
I'm September the vail (governor-gen-
crab came to Tokal. 1 applied to him
about my passports, but he said,
You should not have become an Amer
lean citizen
Three days after, Sunday. late in
the evening, seven Turkish soldiers
came into the house where I was with
my wife and child and in spite of my
protests that I was an American citi-
them, saying that the ali wanted me.
They took me to prison. The next
morning they put me in chains and
manacles, and an iron around the neck,
together with two murderers, in a
dungeon, and then sent me in a cart
to AmaSia. From Amasia to Neva
they made me walk in chains with the
murderers five days, making me sleep
at night in dungeons in chains They
brought me out occasionally to ask
me if 1 still persisted in remaining an
American citizen, and when I said 1
did, they took me back to Jail At
the end of two weeks ] was sent as
a prisoner to Constantinople, in a
Turkish steamer, and upon arrival put
in prison. The next day Minister Ter
rell was informed, and L was released.
with much suffering, 1 managed to
borrow money, and reached Marseilles.
Our consul at Marseilles gave me to
understand that they had an order not
to protect American citizens who were
born Armenians. Is such a thing pos
sible? Who is our government afraid
of 2"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-13
PRESENTS \ NEW PHASE.
A Matter of Vital Interest to the
United States.

Washington, May 12-The Toxic
cable stating that Japan has her eye
on the Nicaraguan canal, presents a
new and important phase of the canal
question, in which the United States
has taken such a vital interest.
Thus far, the United States has re-
garded Great Britain as the only dan
gerous competitor for the use or con-
troll of the canal.
Now Japan's interest in the canal
presents new factor. Her victories
over China promise to make her a
prominent power in the Pacific. By
gaining privileges in the use of the
'Nicaraguan canal, Japan will also Sc
cure direct access to the Atlantic,
without the long trip around Cape
Horn.
The Importance of a quick route to
the Atlantic from Japan is said to be
very great, from a naval and CONNER
cial standpoint.
The details of the recent negotia-
tons at Washington cannot be
learned, as treaty making is guarded
with much care until the instrument is
concluded.
Minister Kurino will leave for Mex
leo at an early date, to present his
credentials as minister to that country,
to which he is accredited, as well as
the United States.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-13

Toxic, Japan, May 13.-The recent
achievements Of Japan have led her
to turn her attention to securing a
treaty with Nicaragua, in which she
would secure marked privileges in the
Nicaragua canal. The subject has
been under consideration at Washing
ton between DR.. Guzman, representing
Nicaragua, and the representatives of
Japan. AT one time the basis of a
treaty seemed to have been reached.
DR.. Guzman feared, however, the
United States might have cause to
OBJECT to seeing privileges accorded to
Japan This objection was met by
the representative of Japan by d
proposition that Japan should receive
the same privileges as the countries
with which Nicaragua has treaties.
except the United States, it being ex-
pressly recognized the United States
IS entitled to superior advantages at
this point, and the treaty has not as
yet been concluded. nor is being fur
Their urged for the present. although
no doubt exists among officials that a
satisfactory treaty will be made, Civ.
ing Japan privileges in the canal COM
mensurate with her growing power as
military and commercial nation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-13
HANGED IN EFFIGY.
Insult TO Governor Turney, of Ten
nessee.

Insult TO Governor Turney, of Ten
nessee.
St. Louis. May ia special to the
Republic from Chattanooga, Tenn,
tays:
> Governor Turney was hanged and
burned in effigy last night in Unicorn
county. in the eastern part of the
state, the ceremony being witnessed
by a large crowd. A scaffold was
erected at Irwin, the county seat, and
the fact that the burning would take
place was passed from mouth to
mouth, and the adherents of Evans
gathered from miles around A dunn
my dressed much after the fashion of
Turney was brought Up and the moose
adjusted by the Republican sheriff of
the county. The mob was bowling
with derision.
stHave you any reason TO offer why
YOU should not be hanged for dis
gracing this state?' the sheriff asked.
There was no reply and the trap was
Sprung. The effigy was then saturated
with kerosene and a torch applied.
Unicorn Is a Republican county and
there was no disturbance except that
caused by those of the mob imbibing
TOO freely of mountain dew. The lead
ers said 1.-The execution was the only
means they had of expressing their
indignation of the steal of the state
pv the Democrats, and the disfran-
chisemeut by the partisan investiga-
ton committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-13
DOMESTIC DOTS,
Telegraph News from All Parts Of the
Land Over Which the Stars and
Stripes Wave.

The grand lodge of Elks will meet IN
Atlantic City on June 9, 10 and II.
Employees Of the Riverside, Pa. iron
works, have agreed to accept the 10 per
cent. raise granted by the company last
week.
Cyrus Waldegrave Eaton, ex-mavor Of
Cedar Rapids, Ia, and one of the most
prominent Masons in the United States.
died yesterday.
Ab Port Huron. Mich. the NIc1iarar
grain elevator was destroyed by fire this
morning together with 80, 900 bushels of
wheat and oats and 1.5OO busels of peas
The McMaran Touring mills adjoining
were badly damaged. The loss of $50, OO0
is nearly covered by insurance.
A crowd of 1000 sports witnessed
prize fight yesterday afternoon IN
field in Leavenworth county, Kas., be-
tween Paddy Purtell, of Kansas. and
Jack Larney. the Icelander," for a
purse of $780, Purtell did all the fighting.
knocking Larney down five times and
putting him out in the fifth round. Lar
ney received terrible punishment. At the
close his face was bleeding and badly
cut and one eye was closed. PurtelI
weighed 40 pounds and Iarney 175.
The corner stone of st. Francis xa-
vier's church in Allegheny. Pa, was
laid yesterday. Over 1850 of the mem
bers of the Irish societies had assembled
to parade, and the cathedral band was
to lead them. Bishop Phelan, however,
decided that It was not proper to have a
band at a corner stone laying, and dis
missed the musicians. AS a result the
board of Erin and the Hibernian rifles
refused to participate in the ceremonies.
The new church and school is to be the
nucleus of new convent
Miss May Abbey Dodge, a cousin of
Mrs. James G. Blaine, and widely known
as a writer under the nom de plume of
Gail Hamilton" IS seriously i'll at the
residence of Mrs. Blaine in Washington.
Last Friday morning, while in her room.
she was suddenly overcome by a fainting
spell, in which she fell TO the floor and
presumably remained for some time un-
conscious before found by members of
the household. She has since rallied
and her condition is more reassuring,