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The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
Politics of Admiral Dewey.

The..persistent use of Admiral Dewey's
name as a possible candidate for presi-
dent, led the Boston Globe to investigate
the admiral's politics at Montpelier, the
Vermont home of the Dewey family.
Charles Dewey, president of the Ma
tional Life Insurance company, and a
brother of Admiral Dewey. talked freely
with the Globe representative regarding
the subject. Mr.. Dewey said the admiral
had never voted since he entered the
navy in 1854. He has never been where
he could vote. His legal residence was
in Montpelier, and he would vote here if
anywhere.
George" said Mr.. Dewey, Il have al
ways considered a republican, but not a
politician in any sense of the word. be-
lieve he is a republican, the same as the
rest of his family, his brothers and his
father, and he would naturally inherit
the political principles of his fathers
family"
Mr.. Dewey showed the Globe man a
paper interview with Geo. Dewey in San
Francisco 80 years ago on the question
of his politics. in which the admiral said:
81 am a republican. l come from old
Vermont stock, rooted deep in the soil
that faces the rugged slopes of the Green
mountains. But you know we navy Off
GERS are not inclined to discuss partisan
questions aboard ship"
Charles Dewey said he knew Of no rea
son why the admiral should have chang.
ed his politics n that time.
Edward Dewey, another brother of the
admiral who lives at Montpelier, was
substantially of the opinion of his brother
| Charles.
W.T. Dewey, treasurer of the Vermont
Mutual Fire Insurance company, a neph-
ew of the admiral, and a man who has
devoted a large amount of time to the
~genealogy of n Dewey family, when
asked regarding the admirals politics,
said:
81 do not believe Uncle George has
voted in the last 40 years, but his father,
his brothers and his son are republicans,
and l have always regarded him as such,
Immediately after graduation he was or
dered to Key West, and never has been
in Montpelier, his legal residence, since
that time on election days. He has re-
Gently been elected an honorary member
of the Union League club in New York,
which is strongly republican, and he has
also recently been elected an honorary
member of the democratic club in New
York, which is equally strongly demo.
cratic. believe he is a republican,
though not a partisan in any sense of the
word."-Springfeld Republican.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
NOTICE OF CHATTEL MORTGAGE
SALE.

Whereas. John R. Clark Of Dickinson, county
did on the 4th day of June, 1898, make his cor.
tain chattel mortgage to John F. Brodie Of Lee
high, county of Stark, and state of North Da-
kota, MORTGAGE, dated the 4th day Of June,
1888, to secure the following indebtedness, to-
wit:
One note for sixty-nine (S60.OO dollars dated
Dickinson, N. D., June 4th, 1898, payable on Au-
gust of the same year (189S) with interest at IL
per cent after maturity and signed John R,
CLARK and which said mortgage was executed
and delivered, on the 4th day of June, 1893, and
duly filed in the Office of the Register Of Deeds
OF Stark county state of North Dakota, on the
At9 dhay OF june, lSsS, at 3 O'Clock p. M. and,
tions contained in said mortgage, as follows, to-
wit: by non-payment and refusal to pay on de-
mand a BY the MORTGAGE;
whereas, there is claimed to be due on said
mortgage at the date of this notice the sum OF
$69.OO for principal and interest from the LIST
ney's tees provided in said mortgage in case of
the foreclosure thereof;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that by
virtue OF said mortgage and by order of John F,
brodie, the present owner thereof, I will soil for
cash the following described chattels described
IN said mortgage, at the front door of the court
h6ousse in the town of Dickinson, in the county Of
Z O'clock p; NJ, on Saturday, the 18th day Of
One horse mule nearly black, no brand, weigh.
ing about 1l5O lbs, name Jack; one brown mare
mule, no brand, weighing about 1000 lbs. named
UOuy; one bay mare mule no brand, weighing
1000 lbs, named Jennie.
Sheriff Stark County, N D.
Attorney for Mortgageo.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
How To Prevent Pneumonia.

You are perhaps aware that pneumo-
mia always results from a cold or from an
attack of la grippe. During the epidem-
ic of la grippe a few years ago when so
many cases resulted in pneumonia, it was
observed that the attack was never fol-
lowed by that disease when Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy was used. 1t coun-
teracts any tendency of a cold OF la
grippe to result in that dangerous disease.
1t is the best remedy in the world for bad
colds and la grippe. Every bottle war
ranted. For sale by j.. Freeman and
H. A. Davis & Co, druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
FOSTER says look out for winter
weather after January, especially
in the Northern states.

EDITORS futile and Nye have
shaken hands and promised to
wipe out old scores. Both are
good newspaper men, who believe
firmly in the principles laid down
in the republican platform.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
laGsippe Successfully Treated.

II have just recovered from the second
attack Of Ia grippe this year," says Mr..
Jas. A. Jones, publisher Of the Leader,
Mexia, Texas, "4n the latter case used
Chamberlain Cough Remedy, and I
think with considerable success, only be-
ing in bed a little ovcr two days against
ten days for the former attack. The Sec
ond attack l am satisfied would have been
equally as bad as the first but for the use
of this remedy as ! had to 60 to bed in
about six hours after being Struck with
it, while in the first case l was able to at
tend to business about two days before
getting down" For sale by J. J. Free
man and H. A. Davis & Go, druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21

WHEN a United States senator
dies or resigns and the state legis-
lature is not in session, the COVER
nor fills the vacancy by appoint
ment until the Legislature does
meet; when a member of the
United States house of representa-
tives dies or resigns, the governor
issues writs of election to the dis
trict from which he came, and an
election takes place at once.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
VILLAGE incorporation is a good

VILLAGE Incorporation is a good
thing-much neededin Dickinson.
The PRESS published a summary
of the law about two years ago and
the Recorder covered about the
same ground last fall. We wish
that every tax payer in town
would carefully read chapter 29
of the political code, beginning
with section 2344 of the revised
codes. Read the law and agitate
the matter of incorporation.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
To The Public,

We are authorized to guarantee every
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and if not satisfactory to refund the
money to the purchaser. There is no
better medicine made for la grippe, colds
and %whooping cough. Price, rs and soc
per bottle. Try it. J. J. Freeman and
H. A. Davis & Co.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21

SENATE bill No. 2o, Nj G illivray's,
has been reported favorably and
ought to become a law. It refers
to the publication of quarterly
statements by county auditors and
treasurers, giving the people a
chance to keep tab on the finances
of their county,
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
for Over Fifty Years

AN OLD AND WELL-TR1ED REMEDY.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by millions
of mothers for their children while teeth.
ing, with perfect success. 1t soothes
the child, softens The gums, allays all
pain, cures wind collie, and is the best
remedy for Diarrhoea. Is pleasant. to
the taste. Sold by druggists in every
part Of the world. twenty-five cents a
bottle. Its value is incalculable. Be
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup, and take no other kind.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21

VERY recent experiments have
been made at the Agricultural
college which prove that many
cattle and horses die of poisoning
from eating water hemlock. Far
mers and stockmen who are in
terested to know what this plant
is can address ]. H. Worst, Agri-
cultural College, N. D., and get
free the forthcoming bulletin treat
ing of the subject.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21

AN exchange says that some
one has asked when the new CEN
fury begins, and replies: ut has
Been officially settled by the die
tum of the English Astronomer
Royal. He states definitely that
the next century begins January
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21

NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF hE-
DEMPTION.
State of North Dakota,
County of Stark, No.6.
Office of the County Auditor.
To Harlo Davis,
Yoq will please take notice that the piece or
parcel of land situated in the county Of Stark
and state of North Dakota, assessed in your
name for the year 1894, and described as follows,
to-wit:
Northwest Y, sec; 50, twp. 14o. range %, was
on the third day of December, 1894, duly sold for
the unpaid taxes for the year 1894, for the sum
OF $19.4S, being the amount of the taxes, penal
ties, interests and costs due on said land, which
sum, with interest from the date of said sale at
the rate of Is per cent per annum together with
subsequent taxes thereon and the cost Of this
notice, amounting in all to the sum of s76.23,
together with interest. from this date, is
necessary to redeem said land, and unless you
redeem the same by the paymentof said sum on
or before the 10th day of March, 1893, being the
day on which the time allowed by law for re-
demption will expire, q decd therefore will is
sue to to L. A. Davis.
Witness M hand and official seal this 10Th
day Of December, 1885,
[Seal.] GUY ]. DEFRANcE,
12-31-3t County Auditor.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
NOTICE OF TIMBER CULTURE
FINAL PROOF.
United States Land Office. Bismarck

United States Land Office, Bismarck N. D.
Jan. 10, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the following-nam-
ed settler has filed notice Of his intention to make
final proof in support of his T. G.. claim. and that
said proof will be made before James G. Camp
bell, county judge OF Stark ocounty, N. D.. at his
Office at Dickinson, N: D.. on Feb. q, 1883, viz:
SHADRACH CHANDLER,
under T. G. claim No. 1855, for the sell nwA and
lots 9, 4, 5. OF sec. 8. twp. 1888 n, Off. 81 W.. 9Th p.
m, Stark county, N. D.
. He names the following witnesses to prove his
cultivation Of said land, viz:
Ed r. Bonney, Burdett Topper, Thos. 8. I'm
derhiil and Henry LOOMS, all Of Antelope, N. d.
l 2l-6t. E. A. LAMB, Register.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
For Sale.

will sell my ranch, hay and small
band of sheep. Ranch 10 miles south of
Richardton. Object: leaving country;
for particulars address w. S. Yeakel,
Richardton, N. D. 1-21-3p
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21

yX7ANTED SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
w Persons in this state to manage our bust.
ness in their own and nearby counties. It 10
mainly office work conducted at homo. SALARY
bopafide, no more, NJ less salary. Hontnly 81.
Rsfereacss: Enp}Qse ~eelf-sddreseed STAMPED
envelope, Herbert =, Hass, PEast., Dept: =
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
Personal Property Taxes.

lreaSuUers once, Sounty OF bllllngS,
Medora, N. D., Jan. IA, 90.
Notice is hereby given that the per-
sonal property taxes for the year 1893
will become delinquent on March !, 1899,
and a penalty of 5 per cent will thenb be at
tached to said unpaid On or before
April IS, 90, they will be delivered TO the
sheriff of said county for collection, un-
der the provisions of section 20. chapter
I26, session laws of 1857.
I-2l-2t ST. FERRIS, Treas.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
Wool Growers Meetina.

The annual meeting of the North Da-
kota Wool Growers Association will be
held at Bismarck on Saturday, Feb. 4th,
1899, at 10 o'clock a. m.
DUGALD CAMPBELL, Prest
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
Saturday, Jan. n, 1899.
MCCumber Elected!

The news came over the wire
Friday noon that P. ]. McCumber
had been elected United States
senator. Mr.. McCumber is a
clean man, and an able lawyer and
orator. He comes from Wahpe-
ton where he has been a resident
for many years. North Dakota
will be heard from when Mr.. Nc
Cumber gets into the senate. 1t
is most gratifying to know that
ability and true republicanism
have been recognized in the selec-
ton of our senator to succeed
Mr. Roach.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21

WANTED SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
w Persons in this state to manage our bust
ness in their own and nearby counties. It is
mainly office work conducted at home. Salary
straight $500 a year. and expenses-deinite,
bonafde, nc more, no less salary. Monthly S75.
References. Enclose self-addressed stamped
envelope, Herbert E. Hess, Prest., Dept. NJ,
Chicago. 9L1O-6m,
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
Cattle and Horses.

We have for sale 1856 head of mixed
cattle-cows, y%earlings, calves, also 20 head
OF broken horses. Inquire of Tim Ran
dali, I mile west Of Eland stock yards,
or w. H. Klinefelter, at Feed Barn,
South Dickinson. I2-3I-tf
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
To California Without Chance
VA "TrE MILWAUKEE,"

On every Saturday during the winter
an elegant Pullman Tourist Sleeper will
leave Minneapolis 1875 a. n.y., St. Paul
1885 a. n.y., and arrive Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, at 8:25 a. m. following Wednes-
day.
Via "The Milwaukee's" famous "Hed-
rick Route" Kansas City, thence via the
A., T. & S. F. Ry., through Southern
California.
A most delightful winter route to the
coast.
Quicker time is made via this route be-
tween St. Paul and Minneapolis and Cali
fornia than via any other line.
Rate per double berth, 5000 through
from St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Leave st. Paul and Minneapolis every
Saturday morning, arriving Los Angeles
every Wednesday morning.
For berths, complete information and
lowest rates, apply to "The Milwaukee"
agents, St. Paul or Minneapolis, or adj
dress
]. T. CONLEY,
Asst Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
I1.lo-tt St. Paul. MINI.
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21
Taken 10.

At M place near Richardton, one red and
white COW, branded blotch x on loft shoulder,
on left and right hip, and IS
INV on right shoulder. Owner pay
charges.
1916 BENZ. WERE. E8&
The Dickinson press., 1899-01-21

Attorney for Mortgage.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-29

about the compliments of the season"
The gentlemen prided themselves upon
the number of visits paid, the ladies
upon the number received. Girls at
school vexed each other with cumulative
Boosting.
"We had so callers on New Years
day."
"Oh! but we had S."
This perfunctory performance grew
very tedious by the time that the call
ing hours were ended, but apart from
this the day was one on which families
were greeted by distant relatives rare
" seen, while old friends met and re-
vived their pleasant memories. In our
house the rooms were all thrown open,
and bright fires burned in the CRATES.
recall New Years day, early in the
thirties, on which a yellow chariot
stopped before our door. A stout, ell
derry gentleman descended from it, and
came in to pay his compliments to my
father. This gentleman was John ia
cob Aston, who was already known to
be possessed of great wealth.
The pleasant custom just described
was said to have originated with the
Dutch settlers of the olden time. AS
the city grew in size, it became diff
cult and we11-nigh impossible for gen
tlemen to make the necessary number
of visits. Finally, a number of young
men OF the city took it upon themselves
to call in squads at houses which they
had no right to modest, consuming the
refreshments provided for other guests,
and making themselves disagreeable
in various ways This offense against
good manners led to the discontinuance,
by common consent, Of the New Years
receptions.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-29

7 WAS late in the
a f t ernoon when
Mrs. Towns e n d
saw the last piece
of furniture trans
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-29

tleness, love. Help me reinstate my
self in my husbands heart for the dear
Christ's sake"
And tears trickled slowly through
the fingers which supported the tired
head.
A step, hand on her chair, CHEEKY
voice saying: ga Happy New Year,
little wife! What, crying? Why. my
darling-my poor little, pretty little
drowning white Rose-what a brute I've
beer to leave you so long" and she was
gathered to her husbands heart.
He held her close till the storm of
tears was over, soothing her as o
mother might tired little child, with
tender words and caresses-the very
words she had longed and prayed to
hear.
ooh, Jack" she whispered when she
had grown calmer, "do you think you
can'ever love me again, as you did when
you wrote these?'' And she pointed to
the letters scattered at her feet.
$50 you have been going over it, too"
her husband replied, somewhat irrel-
evantly, and looking down at the let
tiers. Then taking her tear-stained face
between his hands, he said, tenderly:
MY foolish child, are you not my
precious wife? Have you not borne
hardships that a better husband might
have spared you? Have
"But, oh Jack" she interrupted,
show have I borne them? Think of
the recriminations, the reproaches, the
complainings-eve if you are good
enough to forgive I can never forgive
myself"
There, there" said Jack, laying his
warm, loving lips to her quivering. self
accusing ones, you shall not abuse my
wife. Now I shall put you to bed, but
first wish me Happy New Year and
we will begin all over again.
, With her arm about his neck and the
old love-light shining in her eyes she
murmured, obediently:
81 wish you Happy New Year, my
husband!"-Mary Wright Davis. in
Every Month,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-29
THE RICHEST MAN.
Claimed for q Mexican
GYDsZ.

| If you believe one of the Romanys, of
| Milwaukee, then the richest man in
North America is not one of the Van
derbi1ts, Astors or Rockefellers, but 3
simon pure gypsy, whose name is sim
pie John Smith. He lives in Mexico, is
so years old and the owner of countless
acres, of myriads of cattle and sheep,
of gold, silver and onyx mines, of rail
way and bank stock and of plantations
without number in the heart of Mexi-
cos richest states.
| Smiths wealth has never been figured
up. He cannot tell himself. His sole
ambition is to become the richest man
In the world. And it is this hope that
| keeps him vigorous and drives duh care
| away.
| John Smith has no settled home. He
has a hundred homes on his different
| estates, and he moves from one to an
other. In each he sees what is going on.
| and gives his orders. Then he moves on
| again. The Milwaukee gypsy, solid
business man, who comes home now
with the story of John Smiths amazing
| wealth, saw him at Orizaba. They be-
| came great friends.
God alone knows how rich am"
| said Smith, simply, ''but I think am
| the richest man on the continent"
Smith was plainly dressed in suit of
| English tweed, with hobnail shoes. But
| his home was a revelation. Outside it
| was a veritable fortress, with stout
walls of masonry, loopholed for defense,
| if necessary. A two-story wall inclosed
| it in space as big as two blocks, and
great moat surrounded that. There
| were the regulation drawbridges and
portculliSes.
Two massive inner doors barred the
| last entrance. Once open it was a won
derful place, with a courtyard in the
center, where played perfumed foun-
tains and where a beautiful garden
grew. The entire Enclosure was paved
with brilliantly polished onyx-the
| ransom of king in cost-taken from
one of his mines. Even the stables
| where Smiths herd of pet Jerseys were
housed had the same costly flooring of
onyx.
Servants lounged about, but one of
the old mans eccentricities was to have
his own children wait upon him at
table. It was an homogeneous picture to
see him gathering around on the splen-
did flooring in his coarse suit and hob
nails, while soft light fell on the
strange scene shed by great candelabra
of solid gold from his mines.
Smith is an English gypsy. He went
to Mexico before there were any rail-
ways there, and was the first man to
haul machinery from the coast to the
gold mines, which now yield him an in
calculable income. He got in on the
ground floor on everything that has
made Mexico so rich to-day.
But his life has been a series of ad-
ventures. Twice he has been shot down
by Mexican thieves who attacked his
gold trains. He was left for dead each
time. All the gypsies in Mexico are
wonderfully proud of him and call him
"Our John" Cor. ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-29
OLD-TIME NEW YEARS CALLS.
They Held an Important Place In the
Observances of the Day-Origin
OF the Custom.

Among the festivities of old New York
the observance of New Years day held
an important place, says Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, in the Atlantic. In every
house OF any pretension the ladies of
the family sat in their drawing-room,
arrayed in their best dresses, and the
gentlemen of their acquaintance made
short visits, during which wine and
rich cakes were offered. It was allow
able to call as early as ten o'clock in
the morning, but the visitor sometimes
did little more than appear and disap-
pear, hastily muttering something
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-29
EASY LIFE IN NICARAGUA.
when the Family Is Out of Money
Somebody Goes Out and Gets
Little Gold.

"When I was in the blanche dis
trict. in Nicaragua, last month";" said
a visitor who is largely interested
in mining in Central America, 81 had
an opportunity of seeing how the lazy
natives tap natures till when they
need some small change.
''Near our camp by the river was
a hut occupied by a typical Hondu-
ranian family, consisting of husband
and wife, grandfather and grand
mother, and a dozen or so assorted
children. The only one of the crowd
who did anything except rest and
smoke was the wife. At intervals of
perhaps q week she would sally out
with the family tinpan, erstwhile used
for cooking, and proceed to an old
placer digging on the river bank.
There she would squat, throw a few
gourds full of dirt into the pan, fill
it up with water and begin the usual
circular motion Of gold washing. She
was very sklllful and would keep a
little sheet of dirty water spraying
over the edge like miniature cata-
ract. When the water was exhaust
ed a few spoonfuls of sand would
be left in the bottom of the pan, and,
spreading it out thin, with a bit of
stick, she would go over it grain by
grain, looking for color Whenever
she saw speck of gold, she moist
ened the stick on her tongue and
picked up the particle by adhesion.
Each bit of the precious metal was
stored away in a quill, plugged with
clay at the ends, and I have known
her to take out as much as a quar-
ter of an ounce in the course OF one
day. Usually her limit was about
two dollars, and when she got that
she stopped. Then the head of the
house would arise languidly and start
for the nearest store IL miles away
Sometimes he would trade the whole
amount for whisky, but as a rule he
brought back tobacco. salt, meal or
calico.
There are hundreds Of native fami-
lies who live in exactly that manner
in Olancho- Sometimes the woman
will be lucky enough to strike q rich
pocket. that will yield q dollar or
more 8 pan, but they never dream
of washing it out at once and getting
3 stake. It simply means that they
can secure their usual amount with
less work."-N. o. Hmes-Democrat-