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The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
INDULGENCE DEMANDED.
Philosopher Could Not Help Putting q
style After His Great Feat.

style After His Great Feat,
The elderly Washington gentleman
whose years do not lessen a genial
interest in the affairs of life had an
unfamiliar swagger in his gait as he
came into the house, says the Washing
ton Star. His wife observed it imme-
diately. There was something in his
manner wheE he merely served the but
ter at dinner which suggested the
pompoua. Richard" his wife said,
Il hope you have not forgotten that
pride goeth before fall" "My dear"
was the reply. Il am perfectly familiar
with that admonition And have rea-
son to fear that in my case it applies
IN literal as we'll as in a fgurative
sense. But can't help it." you are
not usually this way" II know it.
When l was graduated at the head Of
my class in college l was as meek and
modest as the last man on the list.
when l was elected to office and ran
away ahesd OF my ticket, could have
def1ed anybody to accuse me of show
ing the least elation. When l won my
first big lawsuit endeavored to bear
success with the same philosophy
which should have felt was proper in
defeat. When got my picture in the
paper as leading citizen of the COM
munity could have defled any of my
old-time friends to detect the slightest
difference in my behavior. But this
case is different. I hope you'll bear with
me, but I've just ridden my bicycle
three times around the block without
falling of and just can't help putting
m oirs
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
From FOREIGN shores.

The Mark Lane Express says it is
surprised ut the decline of prices in the
United States and remarks that the
definite crop returns of 1896 do not
warrant any depression.
The Scotland yard police have not
yet received farthing of the reward
offered by !. Townsend Burden of
New York for the recovery of his
stolen jewelry, though they have by no
means abandoned hope.
Canadian cattle dealers believe,
through the favorable arrangements
made by the dominion authorities of
the raising of the forty-days' quaran-
tine OH Canadian cattle going into the
United States, they will be able ia
build up valuable export trade.
The London emigration office, acting
upon information furnished by A. j.
Van Stittart, British consul at Chica.
go, has issued a warning advising all
Englishmen against emigrating to
South Dakota under conditions involv.
ing payments to colonizing agents or
companies.
One Of tho most daredevil feats OF
the Cuban war is reported from the
Pinar del Rio section, it being an at
tempt to ahduct Col. San Martin from
his camp. tie Texan Lone Star" com.
pnny ',"i"'s 'ha hc"oos. San Martin is
very obnoxious to the insurgents on ac.
count Of his many acts of brutality.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
Walt whitman the Man.

In recently published book, entitled
walt Whitman. the Man." Mr.. Thomas
Donaldson deals almost wholly with
the personality of the Good Gray Poet,
and completely skaters the belief held
by many that he was moral and lit
erary outlaw, reeking with the atmos-
phere of the beer cellar, feeding on the
adulation of his admirers, and ready to
accept their charity on all occasions.
Says his biographer: Il knew him
when he was capable of evil, had he
desired to be or do evil, and in all that
period I found him to be man of hon
or; Just, brave and simple in all world
.ly thought and action. He loved hu-
manity. while holding himself aloof
from close contact with it. Suffering
appealed to him.. Sickness invoked his
Aid. He regarded poverty as dispen-
tsation Of nature, and never turned the
cold shoulder to its appeals. He did not
sclaim that the world owed him living.
but only asked that it permit him to
make one for himself. To this end
lin health he worked, and when out
s0f health he worked. Distinctly and
enphatically he was not a mendicant,
= beggar, a loafer or a useless mouth.
sHas Was at work always. even when
work to him was mental and physical
Arfnren
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
Miscellaneous.

The cruiser Philadelphia, which
went down the Southern coast as far
as Callao about three months ago on
cruise, is on her way back.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has decided to
close up the estate of her deceased
husband. First she will dispose of
the lands and aftcrward personal prop
erty.
Herman Oerlichs, the well known So
ciety and club man and steamboat
owner, was sworn in at New York city
as foreman Of the February grand
jury before Judge Cowing in part of
general sessions.
At a meeting at Lincoln, Neb., of
the state relief commission 1t was
found that there are now loaded for
shipment five cars of corn at Hastings,
one at Aurora and one at Wilcox In
tended for the relief of the poor in
Chicago.
Woodson, agent of the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Indians, has received a let
ter from Gen. Porter asking for a
number of Cheyenne and Arapahoe
Indians to march in the inaugural pa
rade at Washington March 4. A band
of fifty reds will be sent to the capital
as requested.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
The Mexican Army.

The Mexican army is mainly COM
posed Of recruits forced into its ranks
from the jails. A prisoner is released
from confinement on condition that he
enlists in the army; thus the cost OF
keeping him in Jail at the expense OF
the state is avoided, and frequently a
man is sentenced to enlistment with
out ever being sent to Jail, with the
same economical end in view. This
method of recruiting the army pre-
walls to greater or less extent all
through Mexico and is more particu-
larly the rule in the province of Sono-
ra, where not infrequently a whole
regiment, barring the non-commission-
ed and commissioned officers, Is COM
posed of criminals. With a regiment
so recruited 1t is not surprising that
there are many desertions. and that
esprit de corps is entirely lacking.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
Washinxton Talk.

Word has reached Secretary Herbert
from Commander Brown. Mt the Nor
folk navy yard, the the United States
vessel Alliance, used as school ship
for naval apprentices, which went
ashore at Cape Henry, Va, succeeded
in getting OIL and has arrived at New
port News. The cOmmandant says
the Alliance is uninjured. She was
foated without assistance.
Capt. Ealinski, the famous dynamite
gun inventor, who is now on the re-
tired list, is in Washington in pursuit
of his fad, which is military instruction
in the public schools. He is the orig.
inator Of the law requiring the decora-
tion of schoolhouses with United
States flags, and lie wants to go lit
tie further in the instruction of youth
to include military science and patri-
ot:sm.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY.
A Venerable Building That Has Wit
messed Some Stirring Scenes.

A Venerable Building That Has Wit.
messed Some Stirring Scenes.
We return in time to see the process
sion Of bishops, priests and people that
is forming in the square in front of
the church, says st. Nicholas. Each is
dressed in his most gorgeous robes.
Turkish soldiers line both sides of the
streets to keep the way open for the
procession to pass. The Latin patriarch
Of Jerusalem has just arrived. The
procession of priests, carrying banners
and immense candles, meets him, then
turns and all 60 into the Latin chapel
through the main entrance. Follow
ing, we are surprised to find the main
entrance SO small. 1t can. admit but
one at time, and that one must stoop
to enter. From the masonry it can be
seen that the entrance was once much
larger. The reason for the change was
that the Mohammedans at one time did
all in their power to injure and annoy
the Christians, and even used to ride
on horseback into the very church. The
door, therefore, was made small to pro-
tect the church from this sacrilege.
Once inside, we see we are in very
ancient structure. Part of the masonry
dates from the time of Constantine.
who built magnificent basilica on this
site about the year $50 of our era. All
we can see # the oldest work, how
ever, probably dates from not later
than Justiniau's time, about $50 A. D.
In any case, the church is a venerable
building, and 1t has witnessed some
stirring scenes. In it Baldwin the
Crusader was crowned King of Jeru-
salem. 1t has been repaired a number
OF times; and once. when it needed a
new roof King Edward Nv. of England
gave the lead to make one This was
about the year 1882. The lead roof did
good service for about 200 years and
might have lasted much longer had not
the Mohammedans melted it up to make
bullets. However, another roof was
soon provided.
Inside. tho building consists of a
nave and double aisles. The aisles are
separated by two rows of columns
made Of red limestone. These columns
have plain bases and are surmounted
by Corinthian capitals. They are nine
teen feet high and at the top of each a
cross is engraved. The church is now
owned by the Latin. Greek and Ar
menian Christians.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REM
EDY.-Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy-
rup has been used for over fifty years
by millions of mothers for their
children while teething, with perfect
success. 1t sooths the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhea. Is pleasant to the taste.
Sold by DRUGGISTS in every part. of
the world. Twenty-Five cents a bot
tie. Its value is incalculable. Be
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup, and take no other
kind.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13

The Rev. Vim. P. F. Ferguson, whose pic.
tare we give above, will not be unfamiliar
by sight to many readers. A young man. he
has still had an extended experience as
foreign missionary, teacher, editor lecturer
and pastor that has given him n wide ac-
quaintance in many parts of the country.
In IN interview few days ago he said:
"In the early summer of ~ went upon
. tour through Canada OH my wheel. My
route was from Utica to Cape Vincent thence
by steamer to Kingston, and from there along
the north shore Of the lake to Toronto and
around to Niagara Falls. l arrived ut Cape
Vincent at 5 O'clock, having ridden against
strong head wind all day.
"After delightful sail through the Thous-
and Islands, stepped on shore in that quaint
old city of Kingston. A slight shower had
fallen and the streets We're damp, so that wis
dom would have dictated that /. leg-weary as
was, should have kept in doors, but so
the whole evening in the Streets
Five o'clock the next morning brought
very unwelc0me discovery. was lame in
both ankles and knees. The head wind and
the damp streets had proved an unfortunate
combination. Igave, however, little thought
hours, and the first flush of sunlight saw me
speeding out the splendid road that leads to-.
ward Napanee.
might overlook me Mt little village near
Port Hope, but found me still lame. rested
the next day, and the next, but it was too
late; the mischief was done: l rode a good
many miles during the rest of the season, but
never day and seldom mile without pain.
The winter came and 1 put away my
wheel, saying now l shall get well, but to
dsyys Sox grHyds Some sns
my ankles would not permit me to wear
shoes. At times l suffered severe pain, SO
severe as to make study practical impos.
sibility, yet it must be understood that
I concealed the condition of affairs Us far
% possible.
From being local the trouble began to
spread slightly and my anxiety increased.
/ consulted two physicians and followed their
excellent advice, but without result. So the
winter passed. One day in March happened
b take ip my hand newspaper in which q
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
FISHING FOR SALMON
Thousands of Fish Trying to Ascend tho
Ealla.

Thousands of Fish Trying to Ascend the
Falls.
Last week was an unusual one for
fishing with hook and line for young
salmon on the island below the falls
at Oregon City; Bob Inman, Charles
Swigert, H. c. Campbell and Joe Hat
field caught full 200 pounds Of fish. p.
F. Morey hooked and landed 108
pounds with spoon in two and half
hours. The falls at the present
time present one of the grandest
sights eyer witnessed anywhere.
The amount of water pouring over
is something enormous, and the way
it Is lashed into white foam by the
mad rush of water is awe-inspiring,
and one realizes his utter insignifi-
canoe. In this vortex of churning
water are to be seen thousands Of
huge salmon trying to leap ten feet in
to the air only to be carried down
with the mad current. Some do make
1t and hide in holes between the rocks,
rest awhile, and then rush onward,
only to meet defeat, as it seems impos-
sible for them to gain the upper river.
Thousands of lamprey eels are dip
ped out with net, to be shipped down
the river for sturgeon bait. These
eels are tied up in sacks; tho sacks are
fastened to air-tight barrels and then
cast into the rushing water. They
hoat down stream and are picked up
by boatmen in the eddies about the
bridge. 1t is interesting to hear the
visitor ask for the fish ladder built by
Gov. Pennoyer, and when broken
wall of water thirty feet high and
twenty feet wide is pointed out the
blank look Of astonishment tells it's
own story. The fish never lived that
could ascend that perpendicular wall
OF foam. and the effort to make q fish
way Is a complete failure and money
wasted. A fish wheel has been built
and catches the salmon. After vainly
trying to ascend the ladder they be-
come tired of the struggle and are WILL
Ing to commit suicide rather than
make an effort IN rat,,rn to tina sea.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
SCREAMED FOR HER HUSBAND.

tacle I am making OF myself. can't
help it. I've tried hard. There's
nothing for it but to go away or break
down."
Poor little girl! Come away, then. f"
IF You will just take me home. and
tell Dan /" she stopped. losing the
thread of her words, for Cnanning was
approaching.
Capt. Lytton offered her his arm.
Come quickly" he said.
"Just wait a minute, please-just
till tell Mr.. Claiming l can't stay
for our Dance"
She had flushed up and her eyes
were brilliant. She put out her hand
to Charming, drew it back. and again
stretched it forth, confuscdly.
He took it and pressed it-yes, she
was sure he pressed it, almost. "The
third you promised me. wasn't it?"
Eyes, l think So" she answered.
Capt. Lytton turned on his heel
and walked away.
At the end of the third dance, while
they strolled together up and down
the line, Claiming experimental ia
see how far she wau,d go. To his con-
sternation he found that she would
sion at nothing shc-t Of blazoning her
lnfatuation from the house tops. A
scandal was not what Charming want
ed. He was very gentle with her, bu
she wept and said all manner Of fool
ish things, until Capt. Lytton came
upon them and took her home.
Very soon after this the lieutenant
went on to visit his mother. She was
a Virginian, of the conventional pool
but proud order; and she lived or
what had once been the kitchen gar
den of the family estate. Quite al
often as not she was on the point o.
munger, when there was no demand fol
the needlew0rk of her quivering ole
fingers. Her son did not contribute t.
her support. "All of my beggarly pay
and more, too, goes to keep up appear
ances. My regiment is great on esprit
de corps. I'd like awfully we'll to hell
you. mother, but must hold up m,
end of the row. l am Charming
And she loved him all the better.
While he was with her in the sum
mer of 'S5, through sheer lack of ex
citement. he became enamored Of {
certain Anna Trafford. He asked he
to marry him-ayite the last thing h'
would have expected himself to do
and she, being completely fascinated
consented without even decent
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13

Gen. Il. A. Alger Of Michigan has
purchased Of ex-United States Senator
Warner Miller and others the controli.
ing Interest in the Lauremtide conf
pany of Gaudmer, p. O., Can. The
cOmpany's plant includes a number Of
big pulp mills and thousands cf acres
Of timber land.
w. NJ. Chandler, J. s. Lathers and
+. X. Carmody were selected as Mich.
igan university's debatcrs to meet
ChicagO's representatives in the Audi
torium April 16. Chandler. is senior
law student from Texas, and Lathers
and Carmody are both senior literary
students from Michigan.
twelve-year-Old gray Mexican par
rot whipped a large Yorkshire terrier
in pitched battle for $500 n side Mt
Hawthorne, N. ]. The victorious bird
was unharmed, but the grip of its
beak upon the dogs snout was 80 pow
erful that the handlers had to pry It
open by fcrce in order to release the
dog.
The county Jail at Dayton was placed
under quarantine by Health Officer
1ddings. A prisoner named George
Stfmmel has severe case of varioloid.
He was sentenced to the Ohio reform
atory last week for burglary and lar
ceny, and would have been taken to
Mansfield tomorrow. He was ordered
to quarantine instead.
The Butte and Boston Mining conf
pany's property, consisting Of fifty
three mining claims, and everything
belonging to the company. was sold by
the receiver Mt Boston to L. Rollins
Morse. chairman of the Butte and
Boston reorganization committee, for
$2,55O,OOO. The bid was $5O,OOO, the
difference being represented by in
cumbrances on the property.
Truman p. Lawrence against the
Pullman Palace Car company, a case
| of unusual interest, was decided at
Port Gibson, Miss, the jury awarding
Lawrence $:4 900 damages. afterwartl
reducing it, by order of the court, to
$4,000. Both will appeal. Lawrence
claims to have been severely beaten
by a porter in the employ of the CON-
pany on n train in Illinois.
The new Hamburg American line
steamship Pennsylvania, said to be
the largest freight-carrying steamship
in the world, left Belfast on her trial
trip to New York. The Pennsylvania
is 5G8 feet long, has G2 feet beam, is
AZ feet deep; is of 10000 tons displace-
ment and her dead weight carrying
capacity is nearly 1900 tons. She
has accommodation for over 200 cabin
passengers and for 1900 steerage pas.
sengerS.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13

uCClCu Will ~ 40
dead also-his mother and the other
two wonderland so many first lieu
tenants have filled his place since then
that no ones heart Is likely to ne
wounded by repeating it.
He was superb great fellow-as all
the men in his regiment were said to
be in those days-of the big, blonde,
and brave type, knowing neither fear
nor failure, and his fascination was
something that has become a tradi-
ticn in the service. So many girls
aye, and married women, too-had
loved him that the shores upon which
he had touched were strewn with
wrecks.
The hearts of all those women had
been broken, actually broken, not just
dented little, as is usually the case
in such affairs; their lives were open
ly ruined, yet Charming kept himself
free of blame. No one could say "he
should not have done thus or so" he
never committed himself, he never act
ed in compromising fashion In the
presence of a third person. But the
women who ran insanely on into the
desert of disillusion, following the
elusive pillars of the smoke of his
words and the fire OF his looks, never
again passed beyond into the land OF
content across the wilderness. They
despised themselves in that pitiful
fashion that women have, but they
| loved him always-for such is the way
of their kind.
1t had been his good fortune to have
dealings only with women who either
thought of him alone, forgetting them
selves, or with those too gentle to de.
nounce him. Then, too, he had man.
aged we'll; there was never any definite
proof. But in the early summer of '85
the pitcher that had been carried nine.
ty-nine times to the we'll narrowly es-
capped being broken.
The bride of Capt. Morton, having
seen fit, with due encouragement, to
fall in love with him, threatened to
become unmanageable. She was mos
wonderfully attractive feminine little
thing, but she was neither of the self
immolating nor of the concealing sort
Having lost her heart, she lost hel
head, and Charming was in much dan.
ger of having his methods exposed.
His captain advised him. "Chan.
ming, you'd better take leave and
get out for Bit"
"Why?"
"Well, it's a delicate subject, but
Morton's an old friend of mine, and
don't want to see his wife disgrace
him"
But what have I done? I am az
innocent as a baby; and besides.
think you are mistaken"
I'VE all exonerate you. It's moi
your fault; but I'm not mistaken. It'f
evident to the whole post. Take my
advice and go see your mother, like 8
dutiful son."
Claiming was flattered, but he was
also frightened; nevertheless, he was
undecided.
There was a hop the same night
Mrs. Morton was there, and it was hel
actions that determined Claiming to
take Capt. Lytton's counsel. She was
already in the hop-room talking to the
latter when Claiming appeared, and
the moment she saw him, standing tall
and graceful and Indifferent in the
doorway, she grew so white that the
whole room noticed it, and she
trembled visibly. She realized hel
paleness and knew that Capt. Lytton's
quick movement to put himself be.
tween her and the watching eyes had
been unavailing.
Her own soft eyes filled as she raised
them piteously. "You see what spec.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13

Little Margery has just begun to
go to the kindergarten and is filled
with due sense Of the Importance
of her studies there and the solemn
value of the attainments that have thus
been put within her reach. The other
afternoon after coming home from the
school she remained In q brown study
for time and then said:
Mamma, do know as much as
don't know?"-Boston Transcript.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
HIGH PRICES FoR RARE COINS.
sale of the Third Part OF the Monta-
que Enxlish Collection.

sale of the Third Part Of the Monta-
que Enxlish Collection.
The third portion of the collection of
English coins made by the late MIR.
Hyman Montague has just been sold
in London, the sale taking seven days
and bringing in $43,919. The first two
portions of the English collection had
fetched 9,4OS, while the Greek coins
sold for SASS 4,and the Roman gold
coins for $65,O0O. The gem of this sale
was the JuXon medal, for which $3.50
was obtained. Among the other coins
that brought high prices were ryal of
Mary l., the queen standing in ship,
holding a sword and scepter, $21O; an
angel of Philip and Mary, sos; a
half-crOwn Of the same, $3.50; eliza
beth. a half-crown, the queen with long
hair. $1S2; spur ryal, 5000; half
crown of james l., SIT.
There We're many patter pieces and
unique specimens of the coinage of
Charles l. and the Commonwealth.
The Oxford silver pattern crown, with
the king on horseback, brought $G4O; a
siege piece, the Portefract gold unity,
5000; another, a Scarborough silver
5-shilling piece, $500; q Bristol gold
unit, $12G; an Oxford gold f3 piece,
$3.50; Shrewsbury silver pound, SLIT;
BeestOn Castle silver 1S-pence, 500;
two pattern broads, $3.50 each; a silver
half-crown. with the king ON horse
back, $2O5; Il pattern penny, $36; a
crown by Briot, S2l2.
CrOmwell's coins We're nearly all pat
tern pieces. Cromwell's crown of
1863, with the bust of the Protector
and the inscription, "Has nisi periturus
mihi adimat nemo," brought $76O: a
50-shilling gold piece, 1866, also by 81
mon, 1867; half-broad, of the same
year, with milled edge, $3.50: a silver
2-shilling piece, $3.50; 6-pence piece,
1858. 500. The Simon petition crown
Of Charles H., 1868, fetched S1,a;IO;
the silver crown with the inscription,
''Deddite Quae Caesars Caesari.' y
$500, and the same, in pewter, $275: a
pattern crown, by Roeltier, with the
arms Of England and France quar-
tered, 1868, $3.50; another, with the
arms on separate shields, 5000; a 5.
shilling piece by Simon, $172; a 9.
guinea piece of 1876, $222. The highest
price paid for coin of James III. was
SS3, for 5-guinea piece of 1856, with
elephant and castle; 1925 was given
for 6-pence and shilling and half
of William I'LL; $144 for a 5-guinea
piece of Queen Anne before the union
with Scotland, and STA fox guinea of
the same period, while a shilling OF
100 brought $86.-New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
improved Surgery.

A famous French surgeon, DR.. Pean,
was able the other day, with the aid
of Roetngen photograph, to save the
life of child which had swallowed q
copper coin. The radiograph showed
the exact location Of the coin in the
oesophagus. and the doctor forced II
up by pressure till he could get at II
with 4 nair Of tweezers.