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The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24
Lucy Larcom's First Poem.
There is a poem beginning:

The first, tho first! Oh, naught like 1t
Our after years can bring!
Which seems to have peculiar appli-
cation to first verses in general and to
Lucy Larcom's in particular.
When she was years old, her broth
er John proposed writing poetry-"just
for fun"-and she assented. John soon
abandoned the attempt, but Lucy pro-
duced two verses, which ran thus:
"One summer day." said little Jane,
I'VE were walking down shady lane,
When suddenly the wind blew high
And the red lightning flashed in the sly. Z.
'.Thc peals of thunder, how they rolled!
And felt myself little cooled,
For before had been quite warm,
But now around me was storm" =
John was elated over her success, and
it is safe to say that Miss Larcom's
latter years" saw ''naught like it. -
Housewife. ..... =
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Pink Pills for Pale People. I. had never
had my faith in medicines Of that kind and
paid but little attention to the suggestion.
1T was not long after this, however, that I
again heard the pills highly recommended.
by several persons, md then it was that t
decided to give them q trial and purchased
one box Of the pills. soon began to notice
an improvement in my condition and before
the whole box had been taken my health
was SO much improved that was about ready
to begin singing the praises of DIR. Williams
~ was not yet thoroughly convinced and
decided to wait while before growing en-.
thusiastic over the results, and had begun
on the second box before l was confident
that had at last found q medicine to meet
the requirements OF my case. discontinued
my calls TO the physicians and have left
them alone since. ! am now as we'll and
strong as / ever was in my life; am entirely
free from all pains and never felt better in
my life. l eat regularly and sleep like
babe. No more are my slumbcrs haunted
with fearful dreams and when ] retire at
night / 80 to sleep, at once; | regard DIR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as my
salvation, and would recommend them to all
ladies troubled as / was. The pills are more
than what is claimed for them and anyone
giving them q trial will soon come to the
same conclusion regarding their merits that I
lave"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain ALTA clements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and restore shat
tered nerves. They are sold in boxes (ncrer
ii: loose for., BY The dozen or hundrcd) ut 50
cents hox, or six boxes for $780, and may be
DIR. Willianls' Medicine Company, Schenec.
taIy n. Y.
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Tried Them AM on Him.

Many amusing incidents occur in the
daily experience of the men who get
names for the city directory. One Of
them tells Of call he made on man
in a potato patch.
''It was in the Polish district, but as
I speak that language and nearly every
other, my versatility in that line get
ting me my position, I addressed him
in Polish, asking him his name and
occupation. He shook his head, SO I
tried German. As he did not understand
that any better I tackled him in Italian
and French, getting no response except
2 shake Of the head. I had still few
more languages to be heard from. and
was wondering which one was likely to
meet his case, when he Strengthened up
from his potato patch and, looking at
me with a twinkle in his eye, said.
"'What's the matter with spakin to
me in United States, sorr, seein amt
in it with the other tongues?'
''And I just sat down there and
laughed when I thought Of the panto-
mime had given him, with my unin-
telligible questions. &c Chicago Times
Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24
Senator ohandler,s Humor.

1t is an odd day in the senate when
Senator Chandler cannot score his pleas
ant repartee. He had a fine opening re-
Gently and ayailed himself of it.
He had been speaking on the reciproc-
ity amendment, when Senator White
hurled at him an inquiry as to whether
the finance committee had commits
stoned him to occupy the floor until it
was able to frame q stamp tax amend
ment. q VIII
"Oh, no!'' responded Mr.. Chandler in
stantly aud cheerily. "Ihave been asked
merely to occupy tho floor to look out
for anything that tho senator from
California may say worthy of notice.
As nothing Of that kind has occurred, I
will continue TO confIS my remarks to
reciprocity. -
And Mr.. White sat down.-Washing-
ton Post.
The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24
CURRENT MISCELLANY.

During the first year Of the civil war
there was nothing III the pompand pam
oply of glorious war which SO excited
the wonder and amusement Of foreigners
as tho variegated uniforms to be seen at
the capital. Although everybody knew
that the Federal uniform was blue, it
was the rarest thing to find absolute &C
quaintance in this central idea. The
Bungtown rangers, the Pickwacket
hornets, TIE Skidaddlo zorlaves, as the
case might be, all marched complacent-
ly i'll some uniform evolved from their
untutored fancies and patriotic inten-
tions. Tho grotesque combination of
green, blue Or yellow, with stripes of
all kinds and gold braids and knots and
queer disks stuck anywhere, brass plates
bestowed inliscriminately, borne by
men who brushed their eyebrows
against the grain Or hurried their mus
taches i'll unconscious obedience to King
Henry's exhortution, were indeed a
marvel to European officers.
The Confederates, while standing to
their colors Confederate gray) in the
main, still had their own variations as
off color organizations. Indeed rumor
had it that highland regiment was
disporting its bare legs somewhere in
Carolina where the population was
largely Scottish, and zouaves galore
staggered baggily through Louisiana,
their ancestors being largely French.
But the most eccentric departure from
color usage was beheld in the first bat
tie Of Bull Run, where several prisoners
were found to be clad in q coarse fabric
of blue and white stripes. which, Oh
close inspection, proved to be common
bedticking. The object Of such apparel
for summer wear was obvious, it being
strong, light and not likely to show the
dirt. BY common consent these men
were called the bedtick zouaves. New
York Sun.
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a Kansas chautauqua Yell.

A lenient people can look with some
sort Of tolerance upon lot of college
boys who rend the atmosphere with
their idiotio school or class yells, but
nothing short of an inquirendo dc luna
tico will appease the popular wrath
against a lot of grown people who do
the same thing. At the Winfield Chau-i
tauqua tho other day the directors Of
the organization-oomposed Of gray
headed men and matronly bosomed
women-marched around town shriek-
hg the following at the top Of their
soices:
Chaul Chaul Chaui
Taul Tau! Taul
Quail Qua! Quail
Chau-tau-qual
-Kansas City Journal.
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Tho "Eouse Of Commons style.n

1uo aONSe C1 SOuQlQOuS oCy1cs'
The only man in the house Of COM
mons who seems to have inherited par
lamentary style is lIr. Balfour. Light
ness of touch would perhaps best de-
scribe its chief characteristic, the pow
er, that is to say, Of expressing ones
opinions clearly and strongly, and yet
without unnecessary emphasis, with
self control ard with good temper. And
then the house of commons dearly loves
its little joke, and especially little
joke with q personal touch in it. The
personal touch must not be malignant,
for the house OF commons is really a
very good natured assembly. English
men generally are good natured and do
not relish, therefore. anything like Bit
ter personal attack. Besides, men Of
even strong political antagonism are
united by many ties, sometimes by
blood relationship, sometimes by joint
commercial enterprises, often by strong
personal friendships. This is tho style
which Mr.. Balfour has cultivated with
great ability, with the consequence
that he now is listened to with almost
equal pleasure by friend and by foe
T. P. O'Connor in Harper's Magazine.
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Sears and Els Queer Religious Arii.
ment-A Beggar's Faithful Friend.
Tried Them All on Elm.

"Rev." Peter Sears is one of the
distinguished" inmates of the state
prison at Jefferson City, Mo.
The Rev. Peter is, or was, a preacher
Of color. He was indolent. He was
likewise devout. He was so indolent
that be neglected to set out a crop on
the small farm which as q matter of
charity few Of Boone county's citi.
zens had presented him. He was so de-
vout that he talked incessantly of scrip
tural doings aud especially Of the rite
of baptism.
He was star representative Of the
product Of Africa. The ace Of spades
would blush because of its whiteness as
compared with his carboniferous hue.
His lips measured couple Of inches
vertically, and his wool was rs white
as he proclaimed that souls must be in
order to escape the wrath to come. His
voice could drown the notes Of CALI
ope. But Rev. Peter professed to think
not at all Of his appearance or accom-.
plishments.
Ho was interested in one theme, had
sole purpose, the conversion of the
unregenerate world to his view Of the
ordinance Of baptism. At last the old
man left his farm to the crows and
went to Callsville to hold street meet
ings.
At the close Of one Of these meetings
he met darly who did not agree with
his Interpretation of the Scriptures and
actually had the temerity to differ with
him Oh the methods Of baptism. Rev.
Peter discussed the subject heatedly for
a time, then used an all powerful argu-
ment. He knocked tho man down.
This not only prevented the bold dis
putant from arguing any more, but
from breathing as we'll.
And SO it came about that Rev. Peter
Sears wears striped clothing and argues
with felons on baptism at safe dis.
tance.-st. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24
Blood and Thunder.

s-.,J .ee~SSssrAs
Somehow, the boys Of nowadays
5 Amt what they used 70 be,
When Billy Jones an all his crowd
Cayorted round with me.
Then redskins lurked in each back yard
An bloody pirates, too,
An corpses strewed the town at night
When him an me wuz through.
But now the Kids get on q wheel
An wabble up the street
An never play at cowboys
Nor at bein Black Drowned Pete.
We used to hoist the skull an bones
Above out reckless crew;
An folks could tell a fight wus ON
Fore him an me wuz through.
But now boysreads the papers,
An they never spends a'dtme
To SEQ how old Jack Harkawsy
Gould win out every time.
We useter hsve our pennies mp
Until the books cum duo,
An they wuz always well thumbed up
When him IN mo wuz through.
-Pittsburg News
The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24

Don't Tobacco Spit and suoks Your LIE Away.
TO quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
nctic. full Of life, nerve and vigor. take No.To
Bac, the wonder.worker; TINT makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 600 or o.. Cure gunran.
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Rsmedy O., Chissgo o. New Yosk
The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24

No-To-Bac for FIFTY Cents.
Guasauteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24
On Sea and on Land.

"Adrowning man catches atstraws. :"
so does thirsty one. New York
Sunday World.
The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24
Training the Nerves,

The question of the susceptibility Of
the nervous system for training came
mp in scientific discussion not long
since. There was a good deal of differ
ence of opinion as to the possibility Of
training the nerves. According to the
most comprehensive opinion great
deal depends on the owner of the nerves.
1t is possible to train certain classes and
conditions, while others are hopelessly
unsusceptible. The will Of the individ-
ual, the pliability, or rather the impress
sionability, has everything to do with
successful nerve training. AS matter
Of fact, the desire to be trained must be
present first of all. 1t comes from with
in aud, prompted by the desire Of the
individual, q course Of training may
bring about the happiest results. Train
ing nerves against tho will of the pa
tient reminds one of the old adage Of
convincing man against his will
she is of the same opinion still. -
New York Ledger.
The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24

The jury in the Defender case
disagreed; and. believing that no
unprejudiced jury can now be had
in Emmons. fhest trial of the other
two Spicer murderers will be hetd
at Bismarck.
The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24
Everybody says SO.

Casearets Candy Cati,artic, the most wcn-
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
| and biliousncss. Please buy and try q box
of q. g. G. to-day; 10, 25, 50 cents. Sold and
] guaranteed to cure by all druggists. d
The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24

Judge Fisk in the district court
at Grand Forks sentenced Nor
mand to imprisonment for life.
The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24
WASHINGTON LETTER:
the HUME rons. side of Prssfdsus 1raxyn,
lsy-A yokeSen Forakr -Bsu But
sesworth's Illustxasien.
Especial corresnondenee

Especial Correspondence.1
President. Mckinley is essentially a
serious minded man, but amiable and
good natured AID possessed Of a supply
of patience that would hive put Job.
with all his boils, to shame. But he
has also a humorous side-a side never
revealed to the public, however.
Throughout his public career he has
avoided levity or the appearance Of
levity. Tho public enjoys comedy, but
it rejects tragedy from tho mouth Of the
comedian, and many statesman
whose brilliant sallies Of wit earned
him fame has discovered too late that
the public turns away its head when he
attempts to be serious. Although the
president has therefore always enacted
the role OF the tragedian upon the stage
Of life, appealing to the minds and
hearts of the public, when he is away
from the glare of the footlights he not
only relishes joke, but sometimes can
not resist the impulse to poke fun at his
tntfmates. Office seekers under the
strain OF pregnant hopes arc in too
much agony to enjoy joke When they
crowd in to see the president, they are,
In a measure, like men before Jury.
Their fate is in his hands, and to man
In the dock levity is CHASTITY.
Asked Him What His Chances Were.
No matter how persistent the impor-
tunities or how ridiculous the claims Of
an applicant for Office, it would bo cruel
to be anything but serious. Still, even
the president cannot always command
himself or restrain an occasional fash
Of humor. One Of the best illustrations
of this was found in the anecdote print
ed in The Post about Captain Meredith,
the old chief of the bureau of engraving
The herald., 1897-03-28
Armor Plate Prices

The senate of the United States has
fixed $500 ton as the price the United
States navy department shall pay for
turers who make armor should be una
BILE t. furnish it at that price, work on
the three battleships will come to a
stanGstill and the shipbuilders' will have
right to compensation for delay not
caused by them.
What makes the senate's action the
more comprehensive is the fact that
no money was provided for the estab
lishment of an armor plant in which the
government could make its own armor
in case the two manufacturers should
refuse to make contracts at the price
named.
What armor plate actually costs no
senator knows but because sweeping
charge of corruption was made agains;
the senate as whole, majority of that
body chose the lowest suggested price
as the maximum rate to be paid.
The house bill permitted the secre-
tary of the navy to use his discretion
as to the price up to $400 ton-a much
more sensible provision than the ar
bitrary decision of the senate If good
armor can be made for s240 tomas
claimed-the United States ought not
to pay more than that; but 1t is unwise
to fix a low price without enabling the
secretary to establish a government
plant in case the manufacturers fail to
bid within the figure named.-New York
Herald.
The herald., 1897-03-28

first time, that the work of constructing
the exposition has begun. The plans
as revised AREAS stated. The key note
of It all, however, is the determination
of France to excel everything in the way
of expositions that the other nations of
the earth have accomplished. 1t is
their purpose to spare neither time MOI
money. Genius is at their command.
Tho brightest minds of Europe and
America have contributed their quota.
The extravagant imagery of France has
developed what may possibly be termed
the most extraordinary suggestions that
ever emanated from human brain The
Eiffer tower was a wonder The Ferris
wheel astonished the world. 1t is no
extravaganza whatever to assert tha.
the Exposition Universale will give
birth to marvel at which the nations
of the earth will gaze in amazement.
Ii is almost stupendous when you stop
to think of it, that eighty-four features
have been suggested which the expo
sition commission deem worthy of con-
sideration. Harking back to the days
of the old crystal palace of which Eng
land was so proud and which is still
the boast of every Londoner, it is
doubtful if all that period that inter-
Vened has produced more than a very
small proportion OF the number of ideas
of the sort which cNpostions seek. 1t
should be understood that what can be
looked upon as the feature of an exposi-
tion is something far above and beyond
that which genius ordinarily conceives.
Therefory when yNu think of eightyfos.r
such features. 1t does not seem a all i'm
probably that among them Is one that
VIII indicate the progress of the world
in a manner which nothing else has ever
brought home to us.
All these facts go to show that the
The herald., 1897-03-28
: THE BANANA; (;

The banana requires damp, rich soil:
that being given, II repays the labor o.
planting and of cultivation. The yield
is very great in proportion to the work
expended.
According to Baron Won Humboldt its
nutriment is one hundred and thirty
three times greater than that of wheat,
and forty-four times greater than that
of potatoes. In other words, an area of
land that would produce thirty-three
pounds of wheat or ninety-nine pounds
of potatoes would. If planted in bananas
yield four thousand pounds of the latter
fruit, containing all the DEMONSTRATING
properties of both potatoes and wheat.
Won Humboldt further asserted that
the arabic lands in Central America
alone can produce enough bananas to
feed the world. 1t is considered indigen-
Gus to the Malay peninsula, though 1t is
now raised extensively in Central
America and the West Indian islands
In Africa it is staple article of food and
is considered as important as wheat in
the United. States or rice in China; every
African village has its banana fields as
we have fields of potatoes or corn.
The banana belongs to the Musa fam
lily of which the plantain is but larger
and coarser variety, while manila hemp
comes from another branch of the same
family; the great Musa textiles of the
PHILIPPINE islands.
The banana is extremely sensitive to
cold, being killed by the slightest touch
The herald., 1897-03-28
The Boarder Kept His Word

Frederick DonnersDerS was man VI
honor.
"Oh, I've got enough money to run me
for a while" he said to his landlady. not
long ago, when she suggested that while
he was out of work he need not be par
ticular about his room rent. "I'll pay
you while 1 can and when l can't I'll
Kill myself"
Donnersberghs week expired Tuesday
and Donnersbergh expired with it. He
had paid rent on Saturday. His landlady
Mrs. Di Lorenzo, found him with his
head hanging over bathtub and the
blood trickling from a bullet wound in
the roof of his mouth.
Donners bergh was 40, carpenter
bachelor and a consumptive. When he
became too III to work his landlady ad-
vised him to go to hospital, but he
shook his head for he preferred to live
alone and to die when the time seemed
to him propitious
The propitious moment arrived when
the rent was due and there was no
money to meet it.-New York Journal.
The herald., 1897-03-28
CONFIDENCE
Fully Restored to Every Person
who May BE Suffer-
ing From
CONSUMPTION
Positive Cures Made by the Improved
Tuberculin Treatment at the
Koch Medical Institute

Tn to a very recent date consumption
was considered to be an utterly incura-
BILE disease Even the most learned ana
skjllful members of the medical proIes-
sion did not hesitate to acknowledge
their inability to either check its raw
ages or to effect permanent cure ,wniie
the general supposition was that every
unfortunate sufferer from the malady
was certainly doomed to more or less
speedy end
All this has been radically changed
through the wonderful discovery by DR..
Chas. II. Whitman of the remedy now
known as Improved Tuberculin. Ana
its use at the Koch Medical Institute
529 South Broadway. this city. has fuliy
demonstrated that the old theory was
an error-to say the least-and that GER
tain cure and prolonged life are the re-
suits of taking this scientific treatment.
Where once discouragement existed.
perfect confidence now holds full sway.
The sufferer from consumption no i0li-
ger looks forward with dread. but takes
a new lease on life, and willingly gives
the credit for the benefits received
where it rightfully belongs-to the use
of the Improved Tuberculin."
While it is thus possible to positively
cure consumption. 1t is none the less
the duty of every person having any
tendency to or symptoms of this dread
| disease to promptly ascertain just what
hold 1t has taken upon their system
and to check it's progress in the earliest
stage. BY calling at the Koch Medical
Institute and consulting DR.. Whitman,
whose advice is given without charge,
there Is every reason for the assertion
that a certain cure can be speedily ef-
| fected.
What has been done can be done
again" and a careful perusal of the fol-
| lowing testimonials will convince every
consumptive. as we'll as the friends OF
those who may be afflicted with the dis
| ease, that a thorough course of treatment
under the experienced direction of DR..
Whitman will destroy every trace OF tu-
berculosis and give hope, confidence and
| health to every one who may follow the
| example of these persons who thus pub
| llcly declare themselves cured:
LOS ANGELES. Dec. "a. 1896.
| DIR. c. II. Whitman In April last !
| had a severe attack of la grippe. from
which 1 had not fully recovered, when
! in July following had two severe hem
| orrhages from the lungs. l was then
| examined by DR.. Carl Beck professor
| of surgery at the Chicago Postgraduate
| School of Medicine. He pronounced my
case one of lung consumption, we'll ad-
vanced, and advised me to go at once
| to you at Los Angeles. California, who
| he said, would cure me. lost no time
| in following his advice, and on the 10Th
| day of September presented myself to
| you at the Koch Medical Institute, was
+ examined by you, and Immediately be-
| gan taking your Improved Tuberculin
| treatment After the first month i'm
| proved rapidly, and kept 1t up, until
now, / am happy to say, am cured ol
consumption. cannot say too much u