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The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
Christening the children,

An English parson of a church in
Berbicr. British Guiana. writes enter.
tainingly of his pastoral duties. In the
matter of christening the choice Of
name is left TO the taste or fancy of the
parents This leads to strange combi-
nations. He copies from his register
"Nannie Hpllona." ''rrank Locust" and
"W'hisky Emmanuel" OF earlier times
he tells the following:
One black a brought his child. and
when the minister asked its name lie
said. "Seriatim ad Valorem."
On another occasion the parson ask
ed, what is the name Of the child"
The father said, "Ax, parson." The
minister looked inquiringly at the man
and said:
"But I don't understand you"
'Nvell, parson," said the man, my
mind gle me to go troo de New Tesla
ment. I have had four boys. The first
was named Matthew, the second Mark,
the third Luke and the fourth John.
Now. this. the fifth one, is to be AK
TActS1, DarSOn."
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29

and the Animals In the Ark.
copyright, 1900, by c. D. Lewis.l
"Jest befo' the revenue fellers cap
tured the last moonshine still around
yere," said the old possum hunter Of
Tennessee, Eve had fo'teen kegs of
whisky in the shaft of an old iron
mine on the side of the mounting.
That shaft was 20 feet deep and grown
about by bushes. AFTER the whisky
had staid thar owe wv years it was
planned fur ME to take it out and sell
1t and divide up the money. The old
woman knew of the plant, but I wasn't
goin to say nuthin bout my gettin the
kegs out. She was reckonin all along
that some one else would do that. One
AFTERNOON l driv the mule and cart as
nigh the place rs l could, and along
bout two hours arter nightfall I says
to the old woman
"1f yo' don't consider to object, 1
reckon I'll go over and see Dan Skin
ner this evenin. Dan is feelin peekish
and lonesome, and likely Well hev q
game of checkers to brighten him up
"'But I do object she says. I was
reckonin to sing some hymns tonight
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
Enrl,.h peer. con,t Vote.

Disfranchisement is n of the pecul.
lar disabilities under which q peer of
the realm suffers. Lord Salisbury once
attempted to cur q vote for Hert-
ford and MiddleseX, but the revising
barrister ut Hatfield refused the claim
on the ground that time had given the
disability the character of law and that
peers by the law of parliament neces-
sary for the dignity and freedom of the
two houses were not permitted to vote
for members Of the house of commons.
Lord Salisbury took the case to the ap-
peal court, but as he could quote mel
ther precedent nor authority" he was
obliged to go back to Hatfield without
his vote.-LondOn Chronicle.
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
watering the Cow.

1--WE notice." says the W~eatherford
Chronicle, 'in nm exchange an item
about a COW that died from drinking
too much water: 1T is hoped this will
be a warning to other cows. We have
toted water for a COW ourselves, and
when, after turning up her nose and
shifting around as though she didn't
think much Of water anyhow and we
might go to hades with it, she sudden
~ changed her mind and swallowed q
bucketful in two gulps and kept on do
ing so for 10 or Is times and called fol
more we just whacked her over the
head with the empty bucket and hoped
that she might bust and blessed her."
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
"THE BAR WAS THAR"

1.-THE b. WAS THAR"
while yo' played the fiddle. I also
want to talk to yo' bout Noer and his
ark
"I've got a sore thumb and can't
fiddle, and. as fur Noer, he will keep
till some other time. Nuthin rushin
bout Noer.'
"With that she turns on me and
looks me squar in the face, and arter
q mint she says:
".Zeb White, don't yo' 60 to foolin
with Noer and his ark or sunthin pow
erful bad will come out Of 1t. Dan
Skinner may feel peekish, or he may
be dyin, but what we wants to know is
how all them critters found their way
into the ark. How did it happen that
the hens didn't eat up the later bugs
while they was walkin togetherT
"'Dunno.'
"'Why didn't the foxes eat all the
hens?'
"tDunno.'
"'Why didn't the bars eat the pigs?'
"'Dunno.'
"'Of co'se 20 don't, and that's why
I want yo' to squat right down yere
with me and try and igger it out. I
shan't never be satisfied to die till I
find out how the elephants and bosses
and cattle managed to git into that ark
without treadin on the sarpints and
bugs
II seen that her jaw was sot fur a
row." continued Zeb, 'but I had sold
that whisky and must git it out that
night, and so l told her I'd go along
over to SINNERS and put in the next
two nights with her IN Noer. She
looked at me ag'in, but didn't say
nuthin till I was on the doahstep. Then
she p'inted her finger at me and said:
eco right along, Zeb White, but If
the Lawd don't dun git yo' into a
heap of trubble over it then I don't
know chestnuts from punkins!
II hurried off without sayin anything
back and half an hour later was bring
in up the kegs. 1t was dod rotted biz.
ness. I had to slide down a rope, hitch
on to a key and then climb up and
pull the key arter me. Ought to had
a niger to help me, but thar wasn't
OAS oAOuA0 " Ao0G Az 6OS w Az
kegs all right and was comm up to
pull the fifth one up when sunthin
happened. Jest as I was nearin the
top of the hole I heard q growl and
q 'whoof' and a big bar made a stroke
at my head with his paw. l was that
durn skeered that l Jest let 60 anC
drapped to the bottom of the shaft and
got a jar that made my bones ache ful
o week.
what they calls the situashun wa,
this: l was down in a hole and q bal
was waitin fur me to come up and d.
bizness with him. Yo' kin see that tn,
pcsky varmint had all the advantage
He could smash my skull with on,
blow of his paw as my head conn
within reach. I yelled and hollered a
him, thinkin to skeer him away, but b.
looked over the edge of the hole at M
and growled and shifted and SCENE,
minded to fall on top of me. 1t WASH
five minits befo' l wished I was hom
talkin bout Noer, but wishin was n
A+ ~ 49,
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
Proof to Her.

~ am quite certain that poor man
has seen better times" said Mrs. Gaz.
Fam after giving breakfast to a tramp.
"No doubt" added Mr.. Gazzam dry
". "They all have"
"But this poor fellow didn't ask me
for broken victuals. He said it grieved
him to be obliged to apply for a COLA
tion."-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
DiscOuraEinY.

"Its very discouraging," said the
young man. 81 confess that at times
considered myself n genius"
"But perhaps you are" suggested his
friend soothingly.
Impossible. l explained my plans
to half a dozen hard headed, practical
men, and not one of them seemed to
think that l was q blamed fool."-Life.
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
Made n Record.

Hoax-My wife's q remarkable WON.
an. She waited to get off a a today,
and she reached right up herself. pull
ed the strap and stopped It.
.Joax-Huh! Lots of women do that.
"But she pulled the right strap first
shot and didn't ring up a single fare!'
philadelphia Record.
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
Beginning Early.

"Shall l have to get married when l
grow up?' asked little Flossie one day
of her mother.
"Just as you please, DEAR" answered
her mother, with a smile. "Most women
do, however,"
Eyes; 1 suppose So" continued the lit
tie girl musingly, land I think I'd bet
ter start and look out for a husband
now. They say that Aunt Jane has
been at it for 20 years and hasn't
caught one yet."-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
Character shown BY the Nose.

"Here is ar article in the paper that
says a woman's character can be deter
mined by her nose"
"Well, there may be something in
that, but there's q surer way. No one
CON make a mistake concerning q wom-
ans character If he will look at the
noses of other women who meet her.
The extent to which they turn up at
such times shows just what she Is or
isn't."-Chicago Times-Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29

Mrs. Brown-What color are your lit
tie boys eyes?
Mrs. Robinson-Black generally. He's
a terrible fighter.
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
SORES AND
GERS.

Sores and Ulcers never become chronic
unless the blood is. in poor condition lis
sluggish, weak and unable to throw of
the poisons that accumulate in it. The
system must be relieved of the unhealthy
matter through the sore, and great danger
to life would follow should it heal before
the blood has been made pure and healthy
and allimpurities eliminated from the sys-
TEN. SIS. begins the cure by first cleans
ing and ~invigorating the blood, building
up the general health and removing from
the system a CONSTANT DRAIN
effetematter. UPON THE SNSTEHA.
When this has been accomplished the dis
charge gradually ceases, and the sort or
ulcer heals. 1t is the tendency of these old
indolent sores to grow worse and worse,
and eventually to destroy the bones. Local
applications, while soothing and to some
extent alleviate pain, cannot reach the seat
of the trouble. S.. S. S. does, and no matter
how apparently hopeless your condition,
even though your constitution has broken
down, it will bring relief when nothing
else cam. 1t supplies the rich, pure blood
necessary to heal the sore and nourish
the debilitated, diseased body.
MI. J; ,. Talbert, Lock Bog ~, Winone,, Miss.
the foot was one solid sore. Several physicians
treated me and / made two trips to Hot Springs.
but found no relief. Twas induced IT try S. S s.,
and it made a complete cure. have been q per-
fectly we'll man ever since"
SIS 49,; =; =; :; ); e.: x: SIS Is: Is; s.; =: :: !: !;
49, ruin the digestion and
add to, rather than relieve your suffer-
ings. If your flesh does not heal readily
when scratched, bruised or cut, your blood
is in bad condition, and any ordinary sore
is apt to become chronic.
Send for our free book and write our
physicians about your case. We make no
charge for this service.
IHE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29

WANTED-ACTfvE MAN OF GOOD CHARAC-
ter to deliver and collect in North Dakota for old
e ssta manufacturing Wholesale house.
pericnce required. Our reference, any bank in
any city. Enclose self-addresscd stamped en-
velope. Manufacturers, Third Floor, 1874 Dear
born ST., Chicago. 9.S-6m
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
s.NATURE AND SCIENCE'"

don t bother me-Im too busy is too often
the remark from a grown-up person to q child
ture and Science gives careful atten' ion to
every question asked by his young reade rs, and
''We wi II write to st. Nicholas about it, has be-
come The motto of tho department, WI itch con-
tnin g interesting short articles, beautif ally illus
trated, telling of four-footed animals, birds, in
sects, water animals, plants, and wha tever per-
tniuS to Nntura
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
The Commercial Instinct.

The Commercial Instinct.
Mamma-Tommy, do stop that noise.
If you'll only be good, I'll give you q
penny.
Tommy-No; l want a nickel.
Mamma-Why, you little rascal, you
were quite satisfied to be good yester-
day for O penny.
TOMMY know, but that was a bar
gain day.-Philadelphia Press.
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
Something New for
Girls and Bows.

During the year 'St. Nicholas' Maguzi ne
which lus been for nearly thirty years the le ad'
in" children's monthly magazine of the wo rid
(and now the only one). has introduced sew cru
new departments which have been extremel ? At
%tructivc and have greatly increased the cir :ula
tiOu. One 0f fhtap in
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29

1t is a Christmas custom in Atlanta
to release. all prisoners charged with
offenses against city ordinances.
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
Proposals for Comfy Funds.

Notice is hereby given that proposals for the
del DEPOSIT 81 OF count y, funds tna for tlls ensuing year
sioners of Stark county, N. D., until the 3rd day
of January. 1901. All such proposals shall be
will be paid on the average daily balances dur
ing the month, interest to be paid monthly, and
such funds to be held subject to draft at all
times. Bonds to double the amount of deposits
required. Proposals should be in scaled en-
yelopes marked Proposals for Deposit of
County Funds"
Dickinson. N. d., Dec. 1, 1900.
JONI RIEssBECK,
12-1-7t County Auditor.
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29

The peat boys in Sweden, many OF
them eight to ten yards deep, cover an
area Of about 9,048.O00 acres.
The Dickinson press., 1900-12-29
FEB WAS IN A HOLE.
HE WENT AFTER WHISKY AND FOUND
A BIG BEAR.

The Old POssum mt Tells How It
Came to Pass That He Developed q
Most Wonderful Interest In Noah
and the Animals IL the Ark,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-27
RECRUITS RETURN HOME
INDUCED O TO TAKE STRIKERS
PLACES AT SCRANTON.
Company Is Very ShOrt-Handed-Chi-
UniOn-HOme for John Mitchell.

SCRANTON. Pa, De. 26-Fifty-three
more men recruited in New York to take
places of strikers of the Scranton Railway
Company arrived tonight, but before the
train had come TO a full stop the strikers
and their sy~mpathizers boarded the car
containing the New Workers.. and. by using
and exhoftations, induced all
but eighteen of them TO desert and agree
TO go back to New York. They are being
cared for at strikers headquarters n
will be furnished with transportation home.
There was no violence and no angry words,
although not infrequently the %company's
agents and tie strikers missionaries would
be working on the same man at the same
time with their different exhortations.
Eleven of the twenty-nine men brought
on from New York last night were re-
turned this morning and eight more of
them went away this afternoon. The COM
pany had only twelve men left to run the
cars to-day. Five cars were run but there
We're very few passengers carried. The
company is fitting up an improvised hotel
in the Linden-street car barn for the &C
commodatiCn of these imported men. The
hotels refuse to receive them and the mer-
chants refuse TO furnish them supplies.
Three men were coaxed off the cars this
afternoon and sent away by the strikers.
General Manager Stillman says the COM
pany will have cars running on all the
lines Tomorrow.
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OBITUARY.



PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 26.-The Rev. DIR.
Thomas Murphy, one of the most eminent
Presbyterian clergymen of Philadelphia and
a leading writer of ecclesiastical literature.
died to-day at his home here. after a BRIEF
illness from bronchial pneumonia.
Thomas Murphy was born in County
Antrim, ireland, on Feb. 6. 1879. and came
to the United States in 1884. He was grad
uated from Princeton with second honor
i'm 1916, and received the divinity degree
from his alma mater in 1872. In 1891 Wash
ington College, Tennessee. made him an
Ii. d. He married on June Is. 1915. Ann
Sorter. of Blawenberg. n. ]. He was pas
tor of frankfort Presbyterian Church.
Philadelphia, 1854. and since then pastor
emeritus, delegate ten times 20 the Pres
byterian General Assembly. COMMISSIONS
in 1873 TO the general assemblies of Scotland
and Ireland. and in the Irish Assembly
offered the resolution which was the first
step toward the holding Of the great Pan
Presbyterian Council; took the lead, as
chairman, in organizing twenty-five new
churches in the Philadelphia Presbytery,
and presided at the Log College" anniver-
sary on Sept. 5. 1889. He was the author
Messages to the Seven Churches of Asia. :"
Grade of the Presbyterian Church in
America Pastoral Theology" Pastor
and People "Reminiscences of a Pastor"
History of Frankfort Presbyterian
Church. Memoirs of the Rev. j. G.. Raj
ston," and Duties of Church Members to
the Church."
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CHICAGO. Dec. pa s~tockyards fire
early to-day caused a panic among the
guests OF the Transit House and resulted In
the destruction OF the noted O'Leary club
house, entailing losses a~ggregating $50, 600.
Aside from the clubhouse, the building of
four stories contained a white lead fac
tory. gum factory and a hardware store.
the stock in nearly all of which was al
most destroyed. The Transit House, which
was across the street from the burned
building. was at nc time IN danger.
HOUGHTON, Mich, Dec. 26.-Fire early
to-day destroyed the Young block, which
contained stores on the street floor and
flats above. Several persons escaped with
difficulty by rear windows. Loss about So.
600. with small insurance Heavy consign-
ments of Christmas packages I'm the West
ern Express office were burned.
CALGARY. N. w. T., Dec. 26.-The most
destructive fire i'm the history of Calgary
ragged to-day and wrought damage esti-
mated at 500. 900. Several of the finest
business structures, including the Clarence
Eau Cletre new Norman blocks wer1
destroyed.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, Dec. 26.-As the re-
suit OF fire caused by the explosion OF
an Albright stove. the Providence Meth
odist Episcopal Church (coloreds was part
~ destroyed this morning and the pastor.
Rev. J. l. Leonard, was fatally burned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-27
Indiana Notes.

Maurice Thompson, of Crawfofdsville. is
now able to sit UP a short time, after
being confined TO his bed for several weeks.
st. Louis dispatches announce the mar
riage of Miss Esther Wallace, of Rich
mond, TO Oscar Sission, the ~well-known
theatrical man, of St. Louis.
The new officers of the Charlottesville
wire and nail works are w. p. Heron,
president; i. A. Detition, vice president;
c. ID. Voris, secretary and treasurer.
a warrant is out for the arrest of George
Osborne, charging him with assault and bat
terry on Charles Benjamin, who had Os-
borne arrested. charged with selling his
vote.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Hathaway. of Milton,
Wayne county. have accepted the general
SUPPLEMENTARY and m%atronship of the or
phans' home at Mishawaka, Ind. They will
take charge the first of the year.
Several houses at Hagerstown were en-
tered Tuesday night and money and jewell
ry secured from each, the entire amount
secured being valued at several hundred
dollars. The robbers left no clew as to
their identity.
The Christmas entertainment at Hemlock,
Howard county, was broken up Tuesday
night by the entrance of a local tough,
who, intoxicated, entered the church,
wrecked the Christmas tree and threw the
presents out of the windows. The sheriff
is hunting for him, but he cannot be found.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-27
STRIPES TAKEN OFF.
Forty-Five Rcformatory Inmates Civ
en- SecOnd-Grade Clothes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVIILE, Ind. Dec. 26.-The
broad black and white-striped suits, for
merly so conspicuous about the Reforma-
tory, are missing, and to-day was the first
time since the old southern Indiana prison
was established here that there was not
a suit of stripes worn III the institution.
When the prison was converted into a
reformatory three grades of clothing were
adopted to distinguish the standing OF the
inmates. Those in the first class wore a
solid gray suit. scarcely distinguishable
from an ordinary suit seen every DAY on
the streets. The men in the second grade
were fitted out in small-checked suits, and
those in the lowest grade bore the humil-
iation of having to wear the ~well-known
prison garb of black and white stripes.
Yesterday there were forty-five men wear
ing these suits. and Superintendent Hert
had every one of them advanced to the
second grade and given the check suits.
BY good behavior they can win the gray
clothing, but any infraction of rules will
throw them back into the stripes. The in
mates have a time-honored dislike for the
broad stripes, and there are but few who
do not strive to conduct themselves so as
not to be compelled to wear them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-27
queer Conduct of a Russian.

TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 26.-To-day's
Oriental advices state that the Russian
minister to Korea was recently received
in audience by the King of Korea, where
upon the minister proposed that he should
have the privilege of interfering in Korea's
civil administration, with the object of
aiding reforms, also that negotiations with
other powers should be referred to the
Russian minister before taking action. The
King called a meeting of his Privy Council
to consider the proposals. The government
became very uneasy and in an official com
munication asked the Russian minister IL
he was in earnest. The minister then
backed down, stating that he had no
recollection of making such propositions.
He was granted special privileges, how
ever. One of these permits Russia TO in
crease its military strength in Korea and
construct a large fort at the port OF
Masampho.
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Clerical Fraud Sentenced.

PARIS, Dec. 26.-The Appeal Court has
confirmed the sentence of five years i'm
prisonment imposed on an ingenious
swindler named Goffray, who posed in
clerical circles here in April last as the
cardinal bishop of Washington" solicit
Ing funds TO convert the young Indians
of New Mexico. Several times Goffray
succeeded in celebrating mass, and once
was nearly arrested when Oh the point of
celebrating mass at StrasSburg. Finally
he appeared at Montelimar, in the depart
nent OF Dromc, where he lectured TO the
Trappist monks on his terrible adventures
In the Rocky mountains, where, he said.
he was scalped by the Indians to whom
he was preaching the gospel. The fraud
was discovered by Goffray pretending that
the Indians of the Rocky mountains were
Esquimaux.
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other Indiana Neurology.

ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. as. L. Younge,
of Alexandria, one of the leading citizens
Of that city, and one Of the most prominent
and wealthy men of Madison county. died
at his home this morning. He had been
actively engaged in business till a few
years ago. He was the pioneer miller in
Alexandria and afterwards engaged in
%banking business. assisting in starting the
first bank I'm the town. He has been in
poor health for a number of weeks. Mrs.
Young is a sister of j. Q. Van Wrinkle, of
the Big Four, residing in indianapolis.
RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. 26.--Mrs. Amos
Caldwell died at her home in Milton. aged
forty-nine years. Her death was due to
consumption. Her husband and six chill
dren survive.
Benjamin II. Vansant died yesterday at
the residence of his nephew, X. II. YAM
SAINT. His age was eighty-four years.
Mrs. Matilda Anderson died this morning
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. l.. N.
Cox. Her age was sixty-seven years.
CONNERSVILLE, Ind. Dec. 26.-Mrs. ].
3. Jones dropped dead this morning at her
home, northeast of this city. of heart dis
ease. She was a member of one of the
most prominent local families, her husband
being the largest landholder in the county.
The Rev. Charles Tingle, of indianapolis.
will offlciate at the funeral, Saturday
morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-27
RACE RIOT IN FLORIDA.
Whites Go Cunning for Blacks Who
Insulted White Woman.

MACCLENNY, Fla, Dec. 26.-There was
a serious race riot in this place yesterday
afternoon. At 4 o'clock a number of young
ladies' visited a photograph gallery and a
negro woman who was also in the gallery
Is alleged to lave used obscene language.
She was commanded to keep quiet by 4
white man present. A negro man accom-
panying the negro woman took the mat
ter up and it is alleged used insulting Ian
guage TO the young ladies. The negroes
retired and in a few minutes a mob of
negroes armed with pistols and rifles as
sembled. One of them named Washington
opened fire on II. NJ. Herndon with a
Winchester rifle. BY this time a crowd of
whites had assembled and opened fire ON
Washington, who ram, firing back at the
crowd. He was pursued TO a swamp near
by and disappeared. The excitement in
creased. but there was no further firing
until 8 o'clock last night. when several
shots were fired In the business section Of
the town. When the smoke had cleared
John Hunter, a negro, was found dead In
the street. The coroner's jury returned
q verdict Of killed by gunshot wounds in
ficted by a party or parties unknown. Tho
town Is we'll guarded by officers to prevent
a recurrence OF the trouble.