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The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
Dickinson to Have Ii
|brary, Reading Room
and 6Vn1nasjum,

At last Dickinson is about 10 realize
the much longed-for and eagerly antici.
pated commercial club and library asso-
citation. Much work in a quiet man.
ner has recently been done with a view
to organizing. and a largely attended
meeting held at the ethyl hall a few nights
since selected a committee consisting of
Mayor Manning, DR.. Perkins. Attorney
Mcbride, T. H. Ryan, Will Dickinson,
and Senator Simpson, to take the matter
up and push it to completion.
The committee was authorized to pre-
pare a plan Of organization. solicit sub
scriptions to finance the undertaking and
to secure a site and erect a building. The
committee has decided to incorporate
with a capital stock OF $4,000. Shares
will be $40 each, and every citizen will
have an opportunity to subscribe. A
brick building at a cost OF about $4,000
to be the property of the association, will
be erected. 1t will be a thoroughly
modern club building in every respect
and will be furnished in frst-class STYLE,
In addition to the commercial club tea.
ture of the association ample provisions
will be made for a thoroughly 6rst-class
gymnasium for both sexes, as we'll as for
a library and reading room for the &C.
commodation and convenience of the
members.
1t is something which the city has
needed for a number of years and will be
OF much permanent benefit.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06

PRESIDENT RoosEvELT's mes
sage to Congress is a strong, con-
else document, marked by his
sound common sense and
thorough knowledge of what are
the present necessities of the
country. As was expected, in
terest centers in the discussion of
trusts and gigantic combinations
of capital. The president does
not advise blind attacks upon
capital but is of the opinion that
Congress power to regulate CON-
merce among the several states
gives it power to deal with trusts
and othet entertainments of capt.
tai upon the commerce of the sew
eral states. The president urges
reciprocity with Cuba, advises a
secretary of commerce with a seat
in the cabinet-but does not ad-
wise immediate tariff revision save
perhaps the putting Of anthracite
on the free list. He announces
the reduction of the army to the
minimum provided by law; con.
graduates the United States upon
the success of civil law in the
Philippines and pledges the friend.
ship of this nation to the Ameri.
can countries. ~
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06

The lakes and central western
states have suffered this week from
a severe blizzar d-cold, wind,
snow and sleet combining to up
set traffic and telegraphic com.
munication and render mortals
exceedingly uncomfortable. We'd
nesday night the Twin Cities sue
ceeded in getting messages to
Chicago via Des Moines and Kan
sas City. The storm covered fully
half the country. The center of
the storm was in northern Okla
homa and southern Kansas, and
it extended north into Minnesota,
west into Colorado, south into
Texas, and east into Indiana. 1t
was a snow-storm in the north, a
rainstorm in the south. and sleet
did most of the damage that af-
fected St. Paul. South Dakota
got a big fall of snow, Dickinson
and vicinity were entirely exempt.
Iuesda;" and Thursday nights
were cold and a cutting wind
made Friday disagreeable but
nothing severe for people or stock.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
THE LAW,
First Measure Passed For the Pr,
lection of Literary

First Measure Passed For the Pro-
lection of Literary Property.
April 10, ITO, is a noteworthy date
in the history of literature. On that
day came into operation nm act "for
the encouragement Of learning by vest
Ing the copies Of printed books in the
authors or purchasers Of such copies"
This was the first measure passed for
the protection of literary property.
The word "copyright," according to
DR.. Murray, was not used before 1767.
In the preamble of the bill, which is
said to have been drafted by Dean
Swift, the necessity Of a measure "to
enable learned men to write useful
books" is dwelt upon. By it's pro-
visions two terms Of copyright, each
of fourteen years, were created for all
future publications, one term to follow
Immediately upon the other if the au-
thor were still living at the expiration
Of the first term.
According to a subsidiary clause, if
any publisher issued q book at a price
Judged too high by certain "dlscreet
persons" he was liable to a penalty.
The discreet persons" included, among
others, the archbishop Of Canterbury,
the lord chancellor and the vice chan
cellors Of Oxford and Cambridge. On
them devolved the somewhat delicate
task Of fixing the books value. This
clause was repealed In 1879, but the
term Of copyright remained unaltered
until 1912, when it was extended to the
life Of the author and even years, or
forty-two years from the date Of publ
cation, whichever may prove longer.
England was the first country thus to
protect the rights of authors. France
followed suit in 1903, but in Germany
no copyright law existed until $780,
London News.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
Old Times mt the CAPITAL,

In recalling the lively and pictur-
esque incidents which the old timers
enjoyed in Washington is moved
almost to tears e the commonplace
nature Of his own times. John Adams
used to battle in the Potomac every
morning at daylight because they had
no bathtub In the White House, and
no n v pulled a kodak on him.
President Taylor used to walk about
the town and stop and chat with every
n he met, like a policeman. A recep-
ton in the White House in these days
is relieved Of monotony only by the
great crush Of guests, who trample the
clothes off one another's backs. An
other president set up in the east room
a six hundred pound cheese and in
vited the multitude to come in and help
itself, which the multitude proceeded
to do.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
A VALUABLE PUBLICATION.

There is a publication that is always
very much looked for, on account of the
instructive reading matter that it con-
tains. W. refer to Hostetter's Almanac
for 1903, published by The Hostetter
Company, P%ittsburg, Pa, proprietors of
their famous Stomach Bitters. This
medical treatise is published in the Eng
lish, German. French. Norwegian, Swed-
ish, Bohemian and Spanish languages,
and contains interesting reading in re.
gard to your health, many testimonials
as to the efficacy of the Bitters,: many
amusing anecdotesand other items that
will interest you throughout the year.
Don't fail to obtain a copy from your
druggist, also give the Bitters a trial if
you are a sufferer from dyspepsia, indi.
gestion, constipation or nervousness. 1t
will cure you.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
AN OWL STORY.

Showing the Tyrannous Ehec of
Habit Upon n Wild Animal.
An English publication tells this in
~teresting story Of an owl:
A vague figure appeared out Of the
clouds, travelling against the wind to-
Yard the spire and looking more like q
ragged piece of newspaper whirled
about the heavens than any living
thing. 1t was a white owl, and after
watching him for some time l came to
the conclusion that he was trying to
get to the vane Of the .spire. A very
Idle ambition it seemed, for, although
he succeeded again and again in get
ting to within a few yards Of the
point aimed at, he was on each occa-
sion struck by a fresh violent gust and
driven back to a great distance, often
quite out Of sight in the gloom. But
presently he would reappear, still
struggling to reach the vane. A crazy
bird!
But 1 could not help admiring his
pluck and greatly wondered what his
secret motive in aiming at that windy
perch could be. And at last, after so
many defeats, he succeeded and
grasped the metal crossbar with his
crooked talons. The wind with all its
fury could not tear him from it, and
after a little tapping he was able to
pull himself up, and then, bending
down, he deliberately wiped his beak
on the bar and flew away!
This, then, had been his powerful,
mysterious motive-just to wipe his
beak, which he could very we'll have
wiped on any branch or barn roof or
fence and saved himself that trench
dous labor. This was an extreme in
stance Of that tyrannous effect of hab-
1t on a wild animal. Doubtless this
bird had been accustomed after de-
vour1ng his first mouse to fly to the
vane, where he could rest for a few
minutes, taking a general view of the
place, and wipe his beak at the same
time, and the habit had become SO
strong that he could not forego his Wis
1t even on so tempestuous an evening.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06

THE stock business of the coun.
try is threatened with serious dis
turbance and loss should the foot
and mouth disease now so preva
lent in the New England states
spread west of the Hudson. The
ports of Boston and Portland
were closed Monday but as yet
New York and Baltimore are open.
This disease undoubtedly entered
from Europe where it is always to
be found. Secretary Wilson: is
doing his best to stay the disease
and will ask Congress for a large
appropriation to be used in stamp
ing it out.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
Margaret Flvnn,

Margaret Flynn, whose serious illness
we chronicled last week, succumbed to
a complication of diseases and passed
away Sunday evening at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Catherine Ray, where
she had been taken the last of the week.
She was not considered in immediate
danger Sunday although suffering from
pleuro-pneumonia and erysipelas in her
head. Sunday afternoon she began to
sink suddenly and all efforts to stimu-
late the action of the heart failed to
bring the slightest response.
Deceased was born in Canada in 1864
and was thirty-eight years old at her
death. She was n of eight children,
three brothers and three sisters surviv-
ing her. Her youngest brother died just
three years ago. The aged mother visited
her three children in Dickinson recently
and then went on to visit a daughter in
Montana-and S suddenly did the death
call come to Margaret that her mother
was not able to reach her until life had
ceased. The shock completely pros
trated her for a time.
Miss Margaret had been h~ousekeeper
at the St. Charles three years and by her
quiet kindly n had made many
warm friends.
The funeral was from the Catholic
church Wednesday morning at ten
o'clock, Rev. Father FIR. Rabsteinek
officiating. Mrs. McKibbin and Mrs.Mc-
Cadam, accompanied by Miss Messer-
smith, sang softly the comforting old
hymns, LEAD Kindly Light" "Jesus
Lover of My Soul" and "Nearer My God
to Thee"
The church was beautiful with plants
and flowers and the coffin was covered
with beautiful blossoms-symbols of i'm
mortality. The Society of the Sacred
Heart of which Miss Flynn was a men,
Der sent a floral heart and a beautiful
pillow "Our Friend" was the gift of three
young lady friends.
The interment was in the Dickinson
cemetery, Messrs. Joe Cuskelly, John
BARLEY, Owen and Tom Flynn, Pat Cor
bett and Tom McDonough acting as pail
bearers.
A quiet life like Miss Flynn's is often
missed most. many not knowing until it
is gone how large a place it filled. All
feel deep sympathy for the mother,
brothers and sisters.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06

In another column we give the
result of the citizens meeting to
take action regarding a public
library, reading room. baths and
gymnasiums. Dickinson needs
all these and is to be congratu-
lated that the die has been cast.
Andrew Carnegie stands ready to
give $4,000 for a library if the
city will, pledge $1,000 yearly for
its support. He is doing this for
many small towns and cities in
this and other states. Perhaps
Dickinson may not see her way
clear to pledge the $500 yearly
now, but the matter is worth seri-
Gus consideration and if not now,
with the good building the COM
mittee proposes to erect, the Car
negie gift may be had later.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
When Women Were Extravarant

When Women Were Extravaganza.
Such a hue and cry as is raised about
the extravaganza of the women Of our
day, and yet at the court Of st. James,
in a dress Of velvet embroidered with
gold, which is said to have cost no less
than $1,000, Marie de- Medicis had a
gown sown with $4,000 pearls and
5000 diamonds, and her example was
followed by lesser personages, who
cheerfully expended more than their
incomes on gowns so laden with pre-
cious stones that their wearers could
scarcely move about in them. Nine.
de Montespan, the beauty who reigned
at the court Of Louis XIV, wore at
one great court festival "a gown Of
gold on gold and over that gold frieze
stitched with a certain gold which
makes the most divine stuff that has
ever been imagined" according to the
panegyrics written by the pen Of Nine.
de Sevigne.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
ONE COWSKlN,
An Instance of German Military
Thrift and Red Tapeism,

An Instance of German Military
Thrift and Red Tapeism.
An instance Of military thrift and of
a red tape system which is not peculiar
to Germany comes from the Prussian
war Office. In 1866 the guards were
breakfasting hurriedly. They had on
the previous day fought the battle of
soor and had accomplished altogether
a nine days march. This was not the
era Of canned meats, and to each regi-
ment had been allotted a certain num-
Der Of cattle which had been killed,
skinned and cooked, but while the men
were still eating scouts came in with
the news that the Austrians were near
at hand.
The men got into marching order and
In a few minutes were in rapid ad.
vance toward the enemy. The Grena-
dier guards, conspicuous always for
their dispatch, hurried to such purpose
that they failed to secure the skin of
a COW which had been made over to
them for rations.
When the official who was response.
BILE for the value Of the hide came to
ask for it, it had to be reported miss.
ing. Inquiries were set on foot, evi.
dence was collected, and a voluminous
correspondence lasting fourteen or IF.
teen months failed to account for the
skin.
There had been a COW. She had been
made over to the guards. She had q
hide. The hide was government prop.
erty, representing a sum fixed by Off.
cial tariff. The government must be
credited with that sum. The hide wal
not Forthcoming. Who should be re,
sponsible for it's cash value?
1t was at last decided that the colonel
Of the regiment should be held account.
able, and a year and a half after the
conclusion Of the seven weeks wal
he was requested by the war office to
remit the sum of 3 thalers, the price
Of n cowskin lost by the Grenadier
guards. When the sum was paid, the
subject was at last officially dropped.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
Precious Picture Frames,

Perhaps the most valuable frame
ever made for a picture is that which
incloses "The Virgin and Child" in the
cathedral Of Milan. Its size is 8 by
6 feet and is of massive hammered
gold, with an inner molding of lapis
lazuli. The have hearts de.
signed in large pearls, and precious
stones are inlaid around it. 1t is said
to have been the gift of a rich nun.
merry, and it's estimated value is 925, 900.
One Of the pictures in the Vatican at
Rome is inclosed in a frame studded
with jewels, so that the value of the
frame nearly equals that Of the pic
ture. Many continental churches have
pictures with similar frames Of great
value.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
THE HUMBLE HAIRPIN.
You Thought You Knew Its Many
Uses, but There Are Others,

You Thought You Knew Its Many
Uses, but There Are Others.
The comprehensive merits Of the
hairpin r known to all observant
men. Its special value in surgery is
asserted by a writer in American Med
icine. 1t seems that a surgeon can do
almost anything with a hairpin. He
can wire bones with it, probe and close
wounds, pin bandages, compress blood
vessels, use it Ito remove foreign bod
les from any natural passage" and "as
q curette for scraping away soft ma
terial." And no doubt the women
doctors can do a great deal more with
that most gifted and versatile of hui
mar implements. Anthropologists have
never done justice to the hairpin. 1t
keeps civilization together. In the
hands of girls entirely great 1t is much
mightier than the sword or, for that
matter, the plow. What is the plow
but a development of the forked stick,
and what is the forked stick but a
modification Of the hairpin? If there
was any necessity a woman could
scratch the ground successfully with a
hairpin now. In fact, there is no work
or play in which something may not
be accomplished by means of it.
billiards will tell you that women
aren't so inventive as men; don't take
out so many patents. They don't have
to. With the hairpin all that is do-able
can be done. With a hairpin a woman
can pick a lock, pull a cork, peel IN ap-
pie, draw out a nail, beat an egg, see
if a joint Of meat is done, do up a baby,
sharpen a pencil, dig out a silver, fas-
ten a door, hang up a plate or picture,
open a can, take up a carpet, repair a
baby carriage, clean a lamp chimney,
put up a curtain, rake a crate fire, cut
a pie, make a fork, a fshhook, an awl,
a gimlet OF a chisel, a paper cutter, a
clothespin, regulate a range, tinker a
sewing machine, stop a leak in the
roof, turn over a lapjack, calk a hole
In a pair Of trousers, stir batter, whip
cream, reduce the pressure in the gas
meter, keep bills and receipts on file,
spread butter, cut patterns, tighten
"4AAOONS, CdA d "dICu, uutlc d AuOl,
varnish floors, do practical plumbing,
reduce the asthma Of tobacco pipes,
pry shirt studs into buttonholes too
small for them, fix a horses harness,
restore damaged mechanical toys, wres-
tie with refractory beer shoppers, i'm.
provise suspenders, shovel bonbons, in
spect gas burners, saw cake, jab
tramps, produce artificial buttons, hooks
and eyes; sew, knit and darn, button
gloves and shoes, put up awnings, doc.
tor an automobile. In short, she cur
do what she wants to. She needs no
other instrument.
If a woman went into the Robinson
Crusoe line, she could build a hut and
make her a coat Of the skin Of a goat
by means of the hairpin. She will rev.
O%lutionize surgery with it in time.
Meanwhile the male Outrageous are
doing the best they can, but it is not
to be believed that they have mastered
the full mystery Of the hairpin.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
Fat CryRtals,

If small quantities of butter. lard
and BEEF fat be separately boiled and
slowly cooled for, say, t~wenty-four
hours, the resulting crystals will show
very marked differences under the mi.
croscope. The normal butter crystal is
large and globular. It polarizes bril-
liantly and shows a well marked st.
Andrews cross. That Of lard shows a
stellar form, while that of beef fat has
a foliated appearance, In course of
time, as the butter loses its freshness,
the globular crystal degenerates and
gradually merges into peculiar rosette-
like forms.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
HOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Address, F. ]. CHENEY 4 Co..,
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known +,
j: Cheney for the last IS years, and be.
lieve him perfectly honorable in all bust
ness transactions and financially able to
carry GU, any obligations made by their
firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O., Walding, Kinnne & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure, is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free.
All druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the hest.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06

WHEN President Roosevelt ad-
dresses the national live stock
association next month, it is safe
to affirm that his life in Western
North Dakota among the cow
boys will enable him to give valu-
able suggestions relative to the
stock industry.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
Stolen or Strayed.

Six head of cattle described as follows:
l red yearling muller heifer, no brand; !
spotted yearling heifer, no brand; 2 year.
ling heifers, 1 branded H on left hip and
l branded bar on neck and cross on ribs
the above cattle stolen or strayed from
the Dickinson stock yards during sum-
mer and fall; also 2 steers, no brand,
taken from the Eacker yards during the
past week. Liberal reward to parties
finding any of these cattle and deliver
ing same to John Sem.
1l-2o-2p A. J. ALLEN.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06

Congregational church, Rev. H. v.
Rominger, pastor. Morning service at
lo:4s, subject, "Disciplsship and its Re-
wards" preceded by a short sermon to
the children. All members. and es-
pecially those newly received, urged to
be present. Sunday school and Bible
class at IL; Junior Endeavor at $3.50;
Young Peoples meeting at $50, eve
ming service at 1890. subject, 1.-THE Young
Man Who Rose TO the Highest Rewards
Through Merit and Honest Principles"
beginning of some Sunday evening SER
mons on the book of Daniel. Midweek
service Wednesday evening at 7:3o.
Morning offering for the Congregational
Church Building Society; everyone bring
or send an offering.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
An Old Verb.

To laze Is en old verb. In Samuel
Rowlands' Martin Markell" 1910, we
are told that 'loyterers laze in the
%streete, lurke in alehouses and range
In the highwaies." The word occurs,
I believe, In some Of Mortimer Collins
lyrics:
But Cupid lazeth 'mongst the faiery lasses,
Whose clere complexion he oft sweareth
passes.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
Buy Wheat!

With cash " heat q premium over December,
bears instead of bulls are paying Carrying char
ges: Experts from this country are avcruging
5,OOO.OOo blu. weekly, or fully equal TO last year,
are at Il minimum and not increasing. Thresh.
ing returns of Spring Wheat a big disappoint-
mcnt and receipts at primary markets about
der 6Oo,UU,UO bu.: last year 75O, OOO 900 bu. Such
q combination warrants u price for December
Wheat above soc. We believe it Will cell there.
should result III big profits. Write Tor our mar.
ket letters.
Your orders in futures and co~nsignments of
cash grain soliclted.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06

The supreme court has recently
approved the legality of the tax
deeds issued under the famous
Word tax-law. The bill stands
although it has been assailed at
every point by the would-be tax
loJror
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06

SUMMONS.
State of North Dakota,
County:of STARK.
In Dislric, Court, 9th Judicial Dist
Louise McCrory,
rs.
William II. McCIory,
De!tnuunt.
The state OF North Dakota to the above named
defendant:
You are hereby summoned to answer the com
plant in this actlon and to serve a copy of your
answer upon the subscriber within thirty DAYS
after the service OF this summons upon YOU, cx-
elusive of the day OF service and in case Of your
future 10 appear or answer, judgment will be
taken against you by default Tor the relief de-
manued i'll the complaint.
Dated October Il, 1902.
CAMPBELL s. FIELD,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Dickinson, Stark Co.,
Take notice that on October 31st, 1902, there
was. filed a verified complaint with the
clerk OF the district court of Stark county, N. D.,
setting forth a cause of action in favor of the
plaintiff Louise MoCrory and against the de-
PENDANT, William II McCrory, and also on the
same said day there was filed in the Office OF said
clerk an affidavit stating the place of said de-
fsndahts residence and further stating that
the said defendant is not u resident of this state
and shat personal service can not be made on
said defendant within this state to the best
knowledge, information and belief Of the said
plaintiff. Louise Mc(;rory. 1I-l.6t
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
Auction Sale.

Notice is hspby given that on Mon
day, the l5th day Of Dec, 1902, at 1o
a. m, at ny place 10 miles south OF
Richardton, N. D., ! will sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following articles, viz
work horses.
2 colts.
steer.
bull.
1 saddle.
rifle.
Il-2o-3t Paul LEM.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06

CONTESTS are all the fashion
E. S. Foley of Billings has filed a
contest against George Senour of
Stark for the legislature, Glad
stone precinct being the bone of
contention.
The Dickinson press., 1902-12-06
Something New

Oscar Skeen, who is always up-to-da,e,
has the best horse sheer in the city and
will guarantee results.
See the shoes now on exhibition at this
shop. Mr.. Skeen is also putting in a
gasoline engine, trip hammer and emery
wheel, and will guarantee satisfaction on
plows. u-2o-at