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The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
Natural Mi.take.

A few years before his death Allen
G. Thurman of Ohio was engaged as
counsel in a lawsuit which was tried
before a country Judge in n of the
small towns in the central part of the
state. Opposing Judge Thurman was
a young lawyer named Cassidy, who
wore his hair pompadour, assumed an
air Of great dignity and was apparent
ly greatly impressed with his own i'm
p%ortance. Upon several occasions dur
ing the progress of the trial Thurman
referred to his legal opponent as "Mr.
Necessity" The young man arose
whenever this occurred and with. great
gravity reminded the court that his
name was Cassidy. Finally, after the
offense had been repeated about n,
dozen times. the pompous attorney ex-
claimed:
II must again remind counsel upon
the other side that my name is Cas-
sidy. can't understand why he per-
sists in maintaining that it is Neces-
sity."
II beg the gentleman's pardon" said
Thurman. "The reason ! keep getting
him confused with Necessity is. l pre-
sumo, due to the fact that the latter
knows no law."-Chicago Times-Her-
aid.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
The skill of n Moune.

One day a naturalist lay motionless
on a fallen log in the forest and silent
ly watched an animal at play in the
grass near by. This was Il large,
brown backed mouse, a meadow
mouse, that had come out from his
home under the log and when tired Of
play had sat up to make his toilet.
Using his forepaws as hands, the
mouse combed the white fur on his
sleek. Satisfied at length with his ap-
p%earance he began to search for food.
He did not have far to go, for u few
stalks Of wheat grew among the thick
weeds near at hand. The mouse was
so large that he could probably have
bent the stalk down and brought the
grain within reach. If not. he could
certainly have climbed the stalk. He
did not try either Of these plans. how
ever for these were not his ways.
Sitting up very straight, he bit through
the stalk as high up as he could reach.
The weeds were so thick that the
straw could not fall Its full length. and
the freshly cut end settled down upon
the ground, with the straw still erect
and the grain out of reach. The mouse
again bit the straw In two. and again
the upper portion settled down. In
this way he bit off five lengths Of
straw before he could bring lie grain
within reach Of his paws. Ilcsc fore.
paws were very skillful little hands.
and he deity husked a grain and ate
1t, sitting erect and holding 1t to his
mouth as naturally as a boy would
hold an apple.-Our Animal Friends.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
A ,Iake That Failed.

During one of the legislative sessions
at Albany Senator Thomas +. Grady
wired for his evening dress suit. He
wished to attend n reception. When
the satchel arrived at Grady's apart
ments, his roommate. Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Thomas j. Dreamer,
opened it, took out the dress suit and
replaced it with one Of his rainy day
suits.
"Let's get a crowd of senators here
when Grady opens that satchel this
evening" said Dreamer.
Cali right" said Senator Timothy D.
Sullivan. "Hurry up and get the sena-
tors"
AS soon as Dreamer left the room
Sullivan took Creamer's old suit out Of
the satchel and put back Grady's even
ing dress suit.
Senators Coggeshall. Ahearn. Coffey.
Featherson. Martin and McCarren were
present when Grady opened the satch-
Ell. AS he carefully unrolled his dress
suit the senators looked at Dreamer.
The latter was speeches.. At last he
suffered:
"The cigars are on me. boys."-New
York Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
Balxau a Terror to Printers,

BalzAN a Terror to Printers.
With no Unborn literary facility, with
an Unborn artistic conscience that drove
him on in untiring pursuit of perfec-
ton, Balzac filled the vas chasm be-
tween his thought and its expression
with countless pen strokes and by
methods Of composition all his own.
the exact reverse of those Of Dumas,
writing ut white heat. never rewriting,
or of Hugo, who said. Il know not the
art Of soldering a beauty in the place
of q defect, and 1 correct myself in an.
other work"
sketchy and slipshod skeleton, making
no attempt toward sequence or style,
and sent it, with all its errors, to the
printer. Proofs were returned to him
in small sections pasted in the center
Of huge sheets, around whose wide bor-
ders soon shot from the central text
rockets and squibs of the authors ad-
ditions and corrections fired by his in
furiated fist. The new. proofs came
back on similar sheets, to be returned
to the printer again like the web and
tracks Of a tipsy spider. This was re-
peated a dozen or, 1t is said, a score Of
times, always with amplifications, until
his typesetters became palsied luna
tics. He overheard Of them as he
entered the office one day say: 1--WE
done my hour Of Balzac. Who takes
him next?" Typesetter, publisher, au-
thor, were put out of misery only when
the last proof came in, at its foot the
magic ."Bon a tirer."-Scribner's.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
England and Germany

1t may be taken for granted that we
shall not beat the Beers by fighting. All
that we can hope to do is to wear them
out by sheer starvation, and in order to
do this it is certain that there will be a
continually increasing demand for the
closing the Beers back door at Delagoa
Bay. This, however, is much easier said
than done, and it is quite possible that
the attempt to close it without violating
the international law may raise questions
which will bring the European powers
into the field. Already we have seized
a German East African steamer, the
Bundesrath, as it was approaching De-
lagoa Bay, and have carried it off to
Durham, because it had on board three
German officers and twenty men in kha-
XII uniform, who, the captors believed,
were going to join the Beers.
The Germans are of course very irate
as to this seizure of a vessel under the
German flag, and it is difficult for us, i in
view OF the protests which we raised
against the captured Confederate envovs
on board the Trent, not to sympathize
largely with the German protest. Some
very nice questions of international law
will be raised before we succeed in ex-
Guiding either volunteers or. breadstuffs
from the Portuguese port. In the case
OF breadstuffs we can only prevent their
importation by abandoning one of our
most cherished principles-namely, that
breadstuffs were not to be seized when
intended for the consumption of the civ.
il population. But so great is the frenzy
of the moment that our government,
seems capable of abandoning ever
principle in order to strengthen infnitesi
mally the force with which it strikes the
heart of the Transvaal.-From "The
P%erilous Position of England" by w. T
Stead, in the American Monthly Review
of Reviews for February.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
The First Telescopic Comet,

ION the evening of Oct. l. 1S47, the
Mitchells were entertaining a party Of
invited guests" writes Amelia H. Bots
ford of 'The Mother of the Stars in
The Ladies' Home Journal. But Ma
ria Mitchell was not to be deferred by
company from following her custom
Of sweeping the heavens with the tele-
scope every clear night. She slipped
away and ran up to the observatory.
Soon afterward she returned and told
her father that she thought she had
seen a comet. He hurried up to the
observatory to look himself and declar-
ed that it IA indeed a comet. This
discovery entitled Miss Mitchell to the
gold medal that had been offered some
years before by the king Of Denmark
to the first ~discoverer of q telescope
comet, and it was struck off and for.
warded to her"
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
A Master of Silence.

Among the few who have a perfect
genius for silence is a certain we'll
known artist whose reticence is the
amusement and wonder Of all who
know him.
A friend who had dropped into his
studio one day was vainly cndeavoring
to draw MI. H. into conversation, when
the artists brother appeared in the
doorway.
"IIello. Toni" said the brother.
Hello. John" returned Tom. looking
up from his easel with a smile.
John wandered about the room for Is
minutes, turned over his brothers lat
est work and then, going toward the
door, stopped long enough to say,
"Well. goodby, Tom"
"Goodby, John" was the hearty re-
joinder.
Tom painted on for some minutes,
and then in an unwonted burst of conf
dence he said warmly to his amused
friend:
II tell you, l was glad to see John!
Haven't seen him before for q month";
London Answers.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
General Grant Owns Up.

When General Grant anne to Liver
pool and was entertained at the town
hall, q quite unknown Liverpool man
wrote to the mayor with many apollo
gies, but asking if he might take the
liberty of asking for q few minutes
conversation with the great soldier.
The mayor hesitated, but found a
way of mentioning the matter to the
great man, who, without hesitation,
said, Certainly; let the gentleman
come" he came. He said to the gen.
eral: "Now, sir, utter amateur as l
am, l have followed every step Of the
war, and l think l understand every
movement except n On such a day
you were there and the southerners
were there" pointing to plans on a
map that he had brought. "Now, it
seems to me that you ought certainly
to have gone there, whereas you went
there" pointing again. General Grant,
the usually taciturn and when not
taciturn phenomenally terse, just took
the cigar from his mouth and said:
you're right, sir! Internal blunder!!"
And in a moment the amateur STRAIT
egist, beaming now was courteously
dismissed.-"That Reminds Me-" by
Sir Edward Russell.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
As 10 Card Playing.
AN EXCHANGE EDITOR SUMS UP AN ARTICLE
IN THE CENTURY.
Thinks Card Playing and All Games Not
Wrong But a Waste of Time If Engaged
in to Any Great Extent.

Thinks Card Playing and All Games Not
Wrong But a Waste Of Time If Engaged
in to Any Great Extent.
The man who says that it is wrong to
play cards certainly takes a position
which it is hard to defend. In the mat
ter of card-playing as in many other
things the choice is not between a course
which is absolutely bad and a course
which is absolutely good; it is a choice
between things worse and things better,
In a recent number of the Century Mag
azinc is reported Il conversation in which
a champion whist player announced that
she never intends to play another game.
Then came the questions as to her rca-
ons for this decision, and here is the
gist of her To begin with, she
said, between card playing and resting
from the fatigue of games found that !
had not time to call upon my friends, moi,
ever my dead mothers best friend. !
found also that | had given up a habit of
reading to my father and l was getting
careless about certain other amenities
that make the home. In the desire to
win at the game, and with this the desire
to be associated with a capable partner.
| found that the card table instead of in
huencing me to be well-mannercd,
thoughtful and considerable, was influence
ing me to be intolerant. rude and UNI
charitable. also realized that | was tax
ing SO much time playing whist that |
was ncglccting intellectual development.
In the time | had wasted during a few
years might have acquired several Ian
guages. The only intellectual develop
ment whist gives is mechanical and use
less. 1t kills conversation. Then, fin
ally, the hours spent at the whist table
tend to furrow the brows, narrow the
chest, takes the rosy color out of the
cheeks and makes people look old be-
fore their time. 1t is not pleasant to look
forward to old age and see myself, fat,
wheezy, aabby, empty headed, with only
one attraction, that am a good part
ner at whist.
This suggests the truth as to the play
ing of any games to any extent greater
than that which serves for needed re-
creation. There are many things at
which one can spend time that are more
worth while in that they minister to last
ing satisfaction. The young can afford
to say no to the card table and to all
games Tor the. most part, and can de-
liberately choose the duties which lead
to pleasure rather than the pleasure
which leads to mental, social, moral and
physical decentralization. There is no
single habit which opens up so many
doors for happiness as the habit of read
ing.-Georgetown (Mass.) Advocate.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03

During one of the Napoleonic cam.
paigns a Frenchman was tripped up by
a spent cannon ball, but without being
injured in any way. He thought both
his legs had been carried off and lay
on the ground all night, suffering ex-
cruciating agony and never moving for
fear of encouraging the bleeding. Next
day the medical officer, coming around.
said to him, what has happened to
you, comrade?" "Ah," he answered,
please touch me gently! A cannon
ball has carried off both my legs"
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
Trick of the s1eieht of Hand Man.

Trick of the sleight Of Hand Man.
The Anne Psychologique has an in.
teresting article by NJ. Binet. the we'll
known French psychologist, on mental
suggestion and prestidigitation. in
which he shows that sleight Of hand
and clever tricks do not make a pres
tidigitateur without q power of ''sug-
gestion" on the spectator. A skilled
performer has a marvellous power of
acting on the secret springs of the
will. Thus he can generally make a
person choose a figure below ten by
the way he asks for it. If he wishes
the person to choose five, he runs rap.
idly over the first figures and dwells
a little on five" to suggest it to the
memory. 1t is also curious that of
such figures "seven" is the most likely
to be chosen and lone" the least likely.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
On the RialtO.

First Actor (much elated)-Did you
see what the critic Of The Planet said
that such acting as mine has seldom
been seen?
Second Ditto-Essentially that Is
what The Daygleam says. only it does
not 80 quite SO far. The Daygleam
man says it was the worst he ever saw.
Boston Transcript.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
An Hint.

"Most insulting nan l ever knew"
exclaimed the nan with the breezy
personality. Pm never going to have
anything to do with him."
"What has he been saying to you?"
Nothing"
"What has he been saying behind
your back?'
Nothing. Every time | start to tell
him a funny story he looks up at the
clock."- Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
A Better Name.

Miss Summit-He is one of the most
generous men l v e met. Why, he took
me out to luncheon yesterday and let
me order 1t all myself.
Miss Palisade-l don't call that gen.
erosity. That's pure re~cklessness.-
Brooklyn Life.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
Drawn.

"Yes, it was q drawn battle" he
said in talking the matter over with
his wife.
The 6-year-old who was listening was
silent for q moment. Then he asked:
"NWhat did they draw it with?"-Chi-
cage Post. .
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
A Genuine Dilemma.

II know what you want, Mr.. Spoon
amore.", said Johnny. "You want to.
kiss Mabel"
On which account the sorely tried
young woman dared not send the i'm
pudent youngster out of the oom.-
Chicago Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
PROOF.

Land Office at Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 80, 1899.
Notice is hereby given thatthe following named
settler has filed notice of his intention 10 make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before Jas. G: Saunders,
clerk OF the district court, at his Office In Dickin-
son, N. D. on the 10th day of Feb. 1900, viz:
MICHAEL EOCHEM,
for the sell sec. 30, twp. 14O n. range CIV.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz:
Percy Chamberlain. John Fink, Casper
Schutzman and Charles Colburn, all of Richard
ton, N. D.
1-6-6t. Al C. MoGILL1vRAY, Register.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
The oratory of Gallerua.

The Oldest Christian structure in Ire
land is a remarkable building, evident
ly very ancient, but wonderfully well
preserved, at Dingle, in County Kerry.
1t is popularity known as the "Oratory
of Gallerus." Who Gallerus was his
tory does not say, but as the oratory
has stood practically uninjured for
more than a thousand years he was
probably n of the converts Of st.
Patrick.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03

A Japanese admiral receives the
equivalent Of $4,000 a year, a vice ad-
miral gets $4,000, and first and second
class captains are paid $2,496 and ST.
263 respectively.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
Legal Notices.
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
J3R0nE

Land Office at Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 10, 1900.
cd settler has filed Notice ~ his intcntion n make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before James G. Saunders,
clerk OF the district court, at his office in Dickin-
son, N. Don the 18th day of Feb. 1900, VIZ:
cs FREDERICK T. JAKSCH
for the sw4 sec. IA, twp. 140 n. range 81 W.
lie names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
said land. viz:
George Kohne, Edward Savallisch, Ole Toll
cfson and VIM. Dicball. all of Hebron, N. Oak.
1-13-6t. A.C. MCGILLIvRAY, Register.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
PROOF.

LAM OFFICE AT BISMARCK, Nd.
Dec. 26th, 1899.
Notice Is hereby given thatthe following nam
ed settler has filed notice Of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before Register and Re
ceiver, at Bismarck, N. Oak. ,on Feb 3, 1900, viz:
GEORG KUPPER,
for the net sec. IL, twp. 139, n. range % w. of the
5th p. m.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Fritz Solgemucllcr and Alexander Keller of
Mandan, N. D., Jakob Kuppcr and IIironimus
Dinus OF Richardton, N. D.
1880 ct. A. C. McGLL1vRAY, Register.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03
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NOTICE OF TIMBER CULTURE FL
NAL PROOF.

Jan. 2, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his T.. C. claim,
and that said proof will be made before James
G. Saunders, Clerk of the District Court, ut his
office in Dickinson, N. D., on the 18th day of
February, 1900, viz:
LESTER NJ. P. GRISWOLD,
for the g. c. a of sec. 8, twp. 1876 n, r. 81 W.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
cultivation of said land, viz:
Wayne B. Howe, A. p. Folsom of Dickinson,
ND. and II. W. Smith and E. B. Partridge, of
New England, N. D.
1-6-6t A. C. McG1LL1vRAY, Register.
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Not an nnticnl case.

Optician-I cannot sell you spectacles
for your husband. He must come for
them in person. What is the nature
of his visual defect?
Woman-A s cent piece looks bigger
to him than a S. bank note to other
people.-Jewelers' Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1900-02-03

NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
PROOF.
Land Office Bismarck, N. D., Dec. %, 1926.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
Saunders, Clerk of the District Court, at his office
IN Dickinson, N. D., on the 3rd day of Feb
ruary, 1900, viz:
Bernhard SERSEN.
for the sell sec. %, twp. 14O, H., 96, ".
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation Of
said land, viz:
John Uchytel, NJ. Pisha, John Fisher, Fred
kos4elecky, all of Dickinson, N. D.
l2-SO'6t Az. McGILL1vRAY, Register.
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Mr.. j. W. Loving, of Colquitt, Ga, says: For eight
cen years I suffered tortures from q fiery eruption, on
my skin. I tried almost every known remedy but they
~sixty.six, was against me, and that I could never hope
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-17

Tip in New York Press
The current issue of Judge is made up
largely of full dinner pals. each bearing
the inscription, -Four Years More of the
Full Dinner PAIL In an editorial note
William j. Arkell says:
For the first time in the history of ma
tional American politics a cartoon paper
has given a great political party the en-
blem, the keynote the chief rallying cry of
a campaign. Mr. Grant r. hamilton art
editor of Judge. did the business with his
full dinner pail, and IL was promptly adopt
ed by the national committee and the va
rious state committees, and by the leading
Republican newspapers of the entire coun-
try. 1t has had the honor OF the opposition
of the entire Democratic press. which was
prompt to see the danger of it, and il has
been topic of general discussion on both
sides of the political avenue during the
progress of the debate. Never before has
an idea had such thorough possession of
the press and the people, and its impor-
lance increases as we near November Mr.
Gillam's tattooed man was very successful
in Puck, but here in a single line is the
text of all the business interests of great
sentation of the vital matters to be settled
i'm November next. Surely "a drop of ink
makes millions think and Mr.. Hamilton
has wrought better than any other in
dividuai in the land. The papers of this
and several other towns have given the
publisher of Judge credit for this bril-
liant stroke of political argument, but IL
belongs solely 10 Mr. Hamilton
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-17

GLENDIVE, Mont, Sept. 16.-Governor
Roosevelts special left Bismarck this
morning for Miles City. 800 miles distant.
There was no speechmaking during the
day, but there was some handshaking with
the people along the route. At New Salem
two Lutheran clergymen. with members OF
their congregations. were at the station
To greet the Governor and to shake ms
hand. AT Dickinson a stop was made for
an hour to wait for the passage OF heavy
freight train that had the right of way in
the opposite direction. Here were the pas
tors of the Episcopal the Methodist and
the Presbyterian churches. with members
or their congregations, who were present.
ed 10 Governor Roosevelt on the station
platform. Quite a large number of the
citizens of the town generally were also
at the station TO see the visitors.
The DAY was clear and cool, the nrst
frost of the season having fallen during
the night Those accompanying the Gov
ernor to-day were United States Senators
Hansbrough and Carter, ex-senator wilson
of Washington, John Proctor Clarke OF
New York and General Curtis Guild, Jr.,
of Boston. There is also on the train to-
day one Joseph T. Ferris, who was with
Governor Roosevelt eighteen years ago
when he killed his first buffalo. In regard
TO this incident Mr.. Ferris said: Il was
with him when he killed his first buffalo.
and he tells me that he has the head yet
and would not take anything for it,