davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21
Splendid Grain Under the Campbell
Method. Thirty to Forty Per Cent
Better Than Grain In Adjoining
Field Planted Under Old Method.
Gladstone, N. D., Aug. ~, >,

Gladstone, N. D., Aug. IL, ~.
The Farmers Institute meeting at
at Taylor, passed resolutions on July
3lst for written report Of committee
who should investigate the condition
of crop planted under the Campbell
system on the farms of s. d. Gregg
and s. Brand. E. W. Kittell Of the
committee was at Gregg's farm on
July %; the first to attract his atten-
ton was the dark green color Of the
different kinds Of grain, in all about
sixty acres, consisting Of wheat, oats
and barley. The first wheat was
planted May 22nd, balance Of wheat
and oats after the above named date.
The barley was planted last, June 10.
Considering the time when grain
was planted it looks splendidly, with
broad leaves, large stalks and heavy
heads and straight rows, making .
beautiful sight. In regard to mois.
ture, there appeared on one examina-
tion to be q larger amount of mois.
ture in soil under the Campbell meth.
cd than in soil only a few feet from
it in wheat put in in the ordinary
way, planted about three weeks prior.
In my opinion the 6rst wheat planted
will yield thirty to forty per cent
more than the wheat on each side Of
It, planted In the ordinary way. Oats
will 60 thirty bushels, or better, per
acre. Barley about the same. It
viii pay every progressive farmer In
Stark county to visit Mr.. Gregg's
farm before the grain Is cut and SEQ
for himself the condition Of the crop
under the Campbell method.
! Z. W. KIT1ML, Com.
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21

Horses fer Sale.
Heavy draft horses, we'll broken,
for sale at prices that Will suit
Ranch head Of Maybe Greek. Ad.
dress me at Dickinson.
Att. II. G. Quinion.
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21

The governor has decided that as
the state now has ten companies Of
militia, its full quota, no more com-
panies will be organised at present.
Several towns made application too
late.
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21

The Forum thinks that having
must pay in Dickinson. as L. A.
Simpson has just purchased 1856
Northern Pacific lots.
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21
Noticeof Warrants Called

Notice is hereby given that the
following warrants are called and in.
terest ceases from this date, viz:
General County Fund. up to and
including Register No. 1906.
JOHN RIEssBECK, Co. Treas.
Dickinson. Aug. 1897. 8-14.2t
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21

Teachers' Notice.
Regular teachers examination Fri
day, Aug. 9th.
8-14-2t. Gus FINGER, Supt.
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21
Wanted IN idea 81

esss S68swMbE4s5b4k ~:
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL,
PROOF,

Land ONCE at Bismarck. N. D., July q, 1897.
Notice 10 hereby given that the following
make final proof in eupport Of his claim, and
That said proof will be made before james g.
Saunders, Clerk Of the District Court, at his ONCE
In Dickinson, N. D., on the 4th day Of Sept, 1897,
viz:
wENzEL HURICH,
for the n. e. ! Of sec. 80, twp. 141, nj. 95 W.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
said land, viz:
-Wensel Paulicek, Charles wokol, Anton
Wokol, Frank Kuddsma, all Of Dickinson, N. d.
1-31.6t. e. A. LANE, Register.
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21

The plain people of Spain have
long since become tired of war.
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21

The highest cash price paid for
hides, pelts and furs.
l.l7tf. e. F. MnsEannrH.
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21
SATURDAY. Aug. 81, 1897.

MAJoR-eENERAL Prosperity
in command.
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21
Shropshire Sheepfor Sale

I have . band OF thoroughbred.
Shropshire sheepsthat I would like to-
sell on reasonable terms. Will trade
for cattle. Just the chance for some
ono who wants to start asmall band.
8.7.tf. JAMES D. HENDKRsoN.
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21

-2X08 BU0&0U1M-
WEST BOUND. HAsf BOUND
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21
!. a. FARRAH,

p. o. address, DickinsoaySN.sD. 1aDgo o.
Third ereek and Little Mitsspsaf sivss.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
ALLIED by a Nail in the Root

An inquest was held recently con-
corning the death of George Wood aged
81 years, lately residing at North Ken
sington, England. The evidence
showed that about six weeks previous
the deceased complained of a nail in
his boot having punctured his foot.
AfterWard the toe began to swell, and
he complained of hoarseness. Early
one morning he had a sudden spasm
and his jaw became locked. He was re-
moved to the infrmary, where he died
the next day. DR.. H. P. Potter said,
when admitted the deceased back was
arched; he had spasms of the limbs:
he was unable to take food, his laws
being locked: and there was marked
lockjaw. There was small puncture
in the foot, which was swollen. Death
was due to asphyxia, following tetanus,
the result of a punctured wound in
the foot, caused by nail in the boot.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
You cant reach ALL tho Afro.Amerl-
ans ALL the tins, unless you advertise
u TN APp1Al.
TRAGEDIES OF THE SEA.

That the perils of the ocean are d.
verse and manifold and that modern
science has not overcome them can be
easily deduced from the stories Of ma
rlne disasters made known during the
past few months-disasters that have
strewn the oceans floor with dead.
When you add to these the pitiable
number OF vessels that in the recent
past have sailed away and never been
heard of after, and whose fate is clad
IN the fog of mystery, the seas sad
story gathers more horrors still. Here
is grim list:
The Arctic, in 1854; the Pacific, in
1856; the Austria, in 1858, with 53S on
board, only 81 saved; the City of Bos-
ton, in 1870, never heard from, 200
souls aboard; the Atlantic, stranded off
Halifax, 576 lives lost; the Schiller. on
scilly Rocks, 200 lives lost; Villa du
Havre, 200 lives lost; Pomerania. 80
lives lost.
schooner General Siglin was sighted,
abandoned in the North Pacific ocean.
Not quite abandoned, perhaps, for
lashed to the helm was the corpse of a
sailor.
The first big disaster of the present
year was the stranding of the schooner
Nahum Chaplin off Quogue. L. T She
was lost, with all hands, on Jan. 81,
Captain Aney and his crew of eight
men perishing in the wreck.
The tragedy of the Vile de St. Ma
zaire has been so recent that the dis
tressing circumstances cannot have
been forgotten Out Of seventy-six per-
sons on board nearly all are dead.
The recent experience of the crew and
passengers on the steamer Leona adds
another chapter to the horrors of tho
sea. Ihey were at1oat on a blazing
boat, with little chance of escape. The
flames were finally subdued, but before
the names were over a dozen peonle
lost their lives. They were smothered
as they lay in their hunks or groped
their way through binding smoke to-
wards the companionways, which were
shut off by wall Of flame.
While talking about steamers on fire.
why forget the San Francisco shin
FRANCES, stranded last week on the Tor.
sey beach? Luckily no lives were lost.
but the craft was valuable.
The latest addition to the list of dis
asters is the Norwegian bark Loining
In collision with the French bark St.
Jean' on the 9Th day of May last. The
crew OF the St. Jean, after abandoning
their own sinking craft, were picked IN
by the brig St. Clair. The crew Of tho
Lolning have not been heard from. and
are supposed to be lost There were
twenty-five of them, all told.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
Sensory Authorizations.

A recent issue Of the Australian Med
ical Gazette contains a brief but in
structive report of the cure of a case
of hallucinatory disorder. The patient.
man ageu oU years, mas suffered for
two years from subjective visual sensa-
tiCns. Not a Gay passed that he did
not see large number Of spectral hui
man figures, and believing himself to
be haunted by ghosts he had become
very Respondent and melancholy. On
seeking medical advice it was found
that he bad senile cataract. When
this was removed by operation the
ghosts fled and the man recovered his
usual health. In this connection we
may cite the case Of a tradesman in
Berlin whose shop was haunted bv an
partitions resembling in appearance
some of his deceased customers. He
was an Intelligent man, aware that
he suffered from sensory hallucination
and made notes of his subjective i'm
pressiOns. In due time he submitted
his eyes to examination and operation
With the result of a restoration of nor
NAL vision and the immediate and final
disappearance of his intangible visit
ors. The obvious teaching of the FORE
going and similar cases is that in these
modern days the person to be resorted
to for the exocism of spirits and de-
mons is the ophthalmic surgeon.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
Too True.

"Pshaw! You never come to the
point
Inc young girl seated at the table
seemed nettled at his remark. Her face
nushed, Tut she restrained her anger
ny biting her lip and giving sundrv
vicious little digs with her foot at the
rug in front of her chair. Even the
casual observer would have said that
they were lovers. There was look OF
complacent satisfaction on the face of
the young man as he sat watching the
girl. 1t was an expression that comes
only 10 one when he realizes that the
opJecs CT his love is wholly his own.
Inc careless Indifference of his tone
showed that he felt secure in her love
and had no fear that an idle word
dropped in jest would precipitate any,
thlng more serious than lovers quar-
rel-a mere tr:fle, which a honeved
word and little caress at the proper
time would smooth over in a moment
"Pshaw! You never come to the
point"
AS the young girl remained seated at
the table his words seemed to keen
ringing in her ears. While thew had
angered her, she had never ATTEMPTED
TO contradict him. Indeed, as the mo-
ments passed on she had ample oppor-
UNITY to reflect that what he said was
only too true.
IL was no wonder the impetuous
lover, as he~sat impatiently watching
her' said that she never came to the
point. She was a woman, and she was
Trying to sharpen a lead pencil.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
THE DAYS IN THE YEAR,
$50 Days Had to Give Way in Favor q
One of 36E ....

$50 Days Had to Give Way In Favor q
One of 365.
There is story in Plutarch which
must convince every reader that one
myth at least relates to an alteration
made in the Egyptian calendar to ex-
tend the length of the year from $50
days to 365. A year of 800 days existed
IN Egypt at an early period, and may
possibly have been arrived at in the
way suggested by Mr.. F. L. Griffith.
The lunar month, from new moon to
new moon, being Twenty-Five and a
half days in length, the convenient
round number of thirty days was talk
en- as standard, and twelve months
CT thirty days each made up the year.
The solar year is more difficult to
observe than the lunar month, the in
tervals being longer, and year Of
sou days was a very convenient and
reasonable approximation to it. At
any rate, the year of 800 days came
into use, and curious custom of
Acanthae, near Memphis, seems to al
Jude to 1t. A perforated vessel was
hlled with water by goo priests on each
day of the year. In the Island of Phi
lac, again, $50 pitchers were placed
around the tomb of Osiris, for making
funeral libations and were filled every
day by the priests with milk. With
800 days in the year, the ecliptic cir
cies OF the heavens, as represented in
the charts, woulds be divided into $50
equal parts; and we must regard it
as relic Of this time that the circle
Is still made to consist of $50 degrees.
But so erroneous an estimate of the
length OF the year would soon be cor
rected by experience. 1t is evident
that IN about seventytwo years a cycle
Would be accomplished in which the
New Years Day would sweep through
all the months, remaining only six
years in each. The same month, so
Tar as its name was concerned, would
now be in the inundation time, now
IN the season of sowing, and anon in
the time of reaping, and the agricul-
.turlst must have been perplexed. A
text IN the papyrus Anastasi makes
reference to such perplexity, and
may receive it's explanation here.
Goodwin translated it, May Amen de-
liver me from the cold season, when
the sun does not shine, the winter
comes instead of the summer, the
month is stormy, the hours shortened. "
Similar confusion would overtake the
religious festivals, the New Year, for
example, coming five days before its
proper time, and then ten days before,
and so on; and it might be thought
that its observance at the wrong sea-
son would displease the gods. The
year of $50 days had to give way and
ultimately did so in favor of one Of
365 days. The precise date of the
change is not known, but it is referred
to in inscriptions of the time of Amen
emha (circa 240O B. c., and may, Of
course, have been introduced much
earlier. When this was done, the orig
1pal months were not altered, but a.
little month" of five days was inter-
polated at the end of the year, between
the month Mesori of one year and the
Thoth of the next.-Westminster Re-
view.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
STRUGGLING YOUNG AUTHOR.

He Gets Keen Disappointment in a
Letter, but Is Still in the Ring,
"Well,'' said the struggling young
author, II have had disappointment
/ have told you how little Of my stuff
I have solo, how from every publisher
excepting one, who has taken three OF
four little pieces, it has come back
with unbroken uniformity.
But have never been disturbed by
this, not in the slightest degree. The
publishers may not know good thing
when they see it, but they know wheth-
er they want it or not, and that is
enough. I expect to say who shall sit
at my table, and concede that right to
every other man without a question.
"And so I have borne the return of
these manuscripts with equanimity;
more than that, with cheerfulness; for
l am youthful, and hopeful, and sure
Of the final result, but 1 did get little
shock the other day.
Il got letter, addressed in a hand
writing similar to that upon letter I
had once received from a publisher;
eAAouSAC IL "cto C11C Sdu1t. Auu LuOuSu
l have some manuscript with this pub
Usher now, this was not thick let
ter; it was not a manuscript returned.
And yet it was thicker in the middle
section than at the ends. It might be
check; and the first one from this
publisher.
well, I opened it and it wasn't from
the publisher at ALL The thick part Of
me letter DIS d sample VI .-., and
the letter was a circular.
"U-nl-m-m! Did it make me
tired? 1t certainly did. don't pretend
10 be anything more than human. But
didn't shed any tears over tiff the
people IN the tear jug business depend
ed on me they Eever'd sell a jug. What
ala 90 was to get in more paper, and
more pens, and roll another barrel of
INK into the study."-New York Sun.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
Sr, PAUL.

Sr. PAUL.
PIONEER LoDGa, No. l. A. F. and A. N meets
The ii, st M onday in each month at Masonic Hall
5. W. corner Fifth and Robert streets, Master
Aasons in good standing 1 H. Hsp weso% "
w. A.H1LYARD, Sec, IA Atwater.
MINNESOTA LODGE. No 2. A. F, and A. NJ. meets
On first and third Tuesdays in each month at
Masonic Hall, s. w. corner OF Fifth and Robert
streets Master Masons in good standing always
welcome.
W. II. GAssAwAY, W. NJ.
RoBT. E. ANDERSON, Sec.
WM. II. SrE7ENs LODGE. No. 8, A. F. and A. M.
meets second anc fourth Monday in each monthat
Masonic Hall, S: W. corner Fifth AID Robert SITS.
Master Masons in good stand ing always welcome.
ANDREW JACKSON, W, Nj.
II. c. VAUGHN SEC.
NJ meets the second and fonrth tuesday in each
month at Masonic Hall. S. W. corner Fifth ant
Robert SITS. Master Masons in good standing
Q. D. HOWARD, IN.
j. G. A. WILSON, Sec.
BETHEL CHAPTER No. 26.. R. A. NJ meets the
frat aud third Thursday in each month at Masonic
Hall, S..W. corner of Fifth and Robert streets
Royal Arch Masons in god standing always
welcome.
GEORGE DucKErT, ZIP.
J. 8, STRONG, &c., 648 Robert,
PILGRIM CoMMANDERY No e. X. T. Meets the
,econd ard third rhur- day in each month at asy-
.um in Masonic Hall, S. W. Corner Fifth and
Robert streets. Knights Templer in good stand
are alWaS welcome.
Sir DANIEL RoT, Sec, N. p X. y. GENT Bldg.
WESTERN STAR CoNsIsToRY No. 4. Meets the
iour,h THrsdny in each month 1T Ausone Hall s.
In good standing are cordially invited.
ILL., II. DILLINGHAM;, C @.
I'LL. GEORGE DuCEclT. Sec.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
'ou pull and stamp to get them on. p

q + i =. z " r.. b.
you pull and stamp to get them m p
I'm all over that tomfoolery now I
want shoes as easy as wool mitten
and each new pair is a little larger
than the last. You know where Bird
Hollow is. six miles out from the old
tow. Bateley's young people were
giving dance out there, and it was
the biggest thing Of the season. I
rushed around in advance, engaging
dances, and didn't let a number get
away, l had to throw things together
in a hurry at last to catch the sled.
and tumbled in just as the whip crack
ed. When it came time to get into
my pumps I had one of the struggles
of my life. When I had conquered
my toes were damned back, my heels
damned forward, and each foot hump-
ed up like closed fist. Before tho
first dance was over was in mortal
agony, but l would endure it rather
than let my best girls dances go to
other fellows, who were aching to SUD-
plant me. When hobbled to the floor
for the second waltz I was wabbling
like man on stills. hoped around
like a chicken with frozen feet. was
literally leaden-footed and the lead
seemed to be molten. I had to stop or
faint, and when I took my pretty part
ner TO a seat as if walking over red
hot plow shares, it was whisnerad
about that l had made too free with
hard cider. It required helm to oct wa
to the dressing room, where cut away
the Vlce-llke pumps and plunged nv
feet into ice cold water that threw off
steam like a blacksmith's tub. I had
taken my brothers pumps, and thew
were three sizes too small. My friends
couldn't keep the joke, and I failed to
keep my girl. I'm bachelor, but nv
shoes never pinch me. "-Detroit Free
Press.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
The Successful Irish Fair.

New York has never had more suc-
cessful enterprise of,the kind than the
Irish palace building fair, which closed
after month of hilarious existence, in
which it entertained 100000 visitors
and melted about $25o,00o, besides do
ing more to cement various factional
differences than other agencies have
been able to accomplish in years.-Ex
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
When the Shoes Punched.

He walked into little shoe shop
where he has had his work done for
years, stood squarely upon big sheet
of white paper in his stocking feet, had
the dimensions of each foot marked
out with pencil and his measure was
taken. why, when We were boys,
Bob said 9. friend who was with hin.
..you were great Fellow for snug foot
wear. and many time I selpei vol:
off with your calfskin boots and saw
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
In the Cannibal Islands.

What is the news from our army?"
asked the king. "The general" replied
the messenger, is again victorious.
lie mas defeated the enemy with ire
mendous slaughter. So many captiyes
have been killed and roasted that orr
warriors are eating nine meals a day."
n m, unused the king. THAT fellow
is getting more like Gen. Weyler> ev-
cry day. Tomorrow, suppose, he'll
be claiming eleven meals a day. and
lmp.oring me to send him something
to eat. New York World.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.

The country roads in I.alv. Franco
Switzerland, Scotland, Ireland and
england are we'll made, with deep
foundations and ample provision for
drainage. Finer examples of the road
makers art cannot be found in other
countries. Scientific construction
would not protect them, however. if
(hey did not receive constant superyi-
sion and daily care. They are never al
lowed to get out of order.
the road-maker is always on the
ground, and he is constantly at work.
whenever he detects signs of wear at
points where the water does not drain
or rapidly after heavy rain, he mends
the break by filling in barrow Of
Eroken Hint, supplies of which are
stored by the roadside every half mile.
lie IS scavenger as well as road
mender. He goes over the road every
day' and removes everything which is
uns!ghtly Owing to his unremitting
care the road is always free from lit
Ter, as we'll as in perfect repair.
There are no bitches at the sides:
lhere are no ragged ruts or pools Of
water in the center; there are neither
stones nor stumps of trees. nor refnse
to dlstlgure the roadway, and there is
homely sense of tidiness and order
Illness which is source of delight to
every one passing over, it.
The road-mender is hired to keep
his section of the highway in order. IF
he neglects his work, a more faithful
man is put in his place. There is
road-inspector for every division of
the county, and he has control of the
road-makers Of his section. The in
spector acts under the direction of
subcommittee of a large committee of
the common council.
An American expert estimates that
forty million dollars is expended an
nually in the United States on the
highways without material improve
ment from repairs. If the Europeans
obtain better results at lower cost, it
is because the systematic care of their
roads is a practical detail of common
sense and efficient local government.
They have good roads because they
pay for them in local taxation, and in
sist upon having them kept in order.
With the same painstaking care, Amer
lean country roads could be made to
minister to the comfort and pleasure
of rich and poor alike.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
French vessel Run by Gas Engine.

According to the Engineer, ships
propelled by gas engines are appar-
emily gaining in favor in France. A new
boat of this type has recently been
put in service for the Havre-Paris-
Rouen lire, which is run by gas made
on shore and stored on board under
a pressure of $50 pounds in a steel
holder. The engine is two-cylinder
one Of 4O-horse power, and the vessel
is 100 feet long and draws Z feet Of
water.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
Willing to Assist,

GLOW shall we check the Sunday BIZ
cycle?" demanded the president of the
Christian citizens reform league.
Same as trunks" courteously sug-
gested the commercial tourist who had
wandered in merely because he saw a
crowd.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
Where His Went.

1 give only to public charities"
said the benevolent brother. 81 like
to know that my money is bestowed
on the worthy" ";es." said tae
cynic musingly, there are a good
many worthy citizens managing the
charities. Indianapolis Journal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
Pericles.

"say, boy,' said Uncle Moses, a. he
paused in spelling out the war news
what is it, uncle?" What is dis yah
Perry Icicles I see so much about?"-
indianapolis Journal
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-07
Then the Husband Sworo

Then the Husband Swore.
do you understand the nature of an
oath, madam"
eyes, indeed, do. I had my hus-
band for partner at whist the other
night, and by mistake trumped his
ace"