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The Dickinson press., 1905-02-18

In q
Bessie-Oh, Mabel, I am IN an awful
dilemma! I've qnarreled with Harry,
and he wants me to send his ring back.
Mabel-That IL too bad, Resaie-That
isn't the worst of it. I've forgotten
which is his ring.
The Dickinson press., 1905-02-18

The most terrible obstacles are such
as nobody can see except oneself
Eliot.
The Dickinson press., 1905-02-18
With the Churches.
ST. JOHNS.

Services at St. Johns church: Morn
ing Prayer and sermon, at Io:45;
Sunday school at IL; Evening Prayer
and sermon at 1890. Young peoples
meeting at 7 p. NJ.
The Dickinson press., 1905-02-18

A Factor In the Problem.
Blanche-Does she love him? Clara
How can she tell? She doesn't know
yet what his income is.
The Dickinson press., 1905-02-18
CHURCH.

LUTHERAN CHURCH.
English services at the Lutheran
church at the usual hour.
NJ. Z. CHURCH..
There is no organization in any com
munity which need feel less embarass-
ment in the matter of urging the public
to attend its meetings than the church,
for the simple reason that its function
is to cultivate the spiritual part of man
that which never dies. We therefore
urge everybody to avail himself of the
opportunity to gain the good influences
by coming to the Sunday services.
Bring someone with you. F. w. Gress,
pastor.
The Dickinson press., 1905-02-18


no equal in The city. Mrs. Davis has
purchased, for Dickinson parties, seves
raj McPhail upright sgrands in the past
few months whose workmanship and
perfection ~;otr,ose have been remarked
by all; buta grand has a field Of it's own
and this must be seer and heard to he
appreciated.
The musical and dramatic ching to
be given by the ladies of St. Johns
church promises t o he one OF the mos,
successful entertainments wei given in
the city. 1t will consist of the Legend
of the Bells" from the we'll known opera
1.-THE Chimes of Normandy. followed
by a short farce alter which there vii.
be given a plantation melody entertain
ment, in which a number Of the vel
known melodies Of the south will b.
introduced. Admission 30 and 7!
cents. Reserved seats may he secured
at Linsley's.
The Eastern STAR entertained Mason'
and their families and invited guests Il
the number of one hundred and thirt,
Tuesday evening at a Valentine party
In the main ball dancing was enloyei
by a large number while in the dinip,
room and corridors nearly as man!
found entertainment In Five Hundred
The dining room and tables were pref
tily decorated with festoons of re-
. hearts, and red candles lighted tn
-: tables. Partners for supper we're foun'
l amid much merriment by matehini
halves of comic valentines. which, care
fully rolled and tied with red ribbon
| were presented to the guests. Tn
party was entirely informal and thee'
oughly enjoyed, !. ar Is
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
If I Were You.

If 1 a little girl could be,
Well-iust like YOU,
With lips as rosy. cheeks as fair,
Such eyes of blue, and shining halr'
What do you think I'd do!
I'd wear so bright and sweet a smlle'
Pd be so loving all the while,
I'd be so helpful with my hand,
So quick and gentle to command,
You soon would see,
That everyone would turn to say,
otis good to meet that child to-
day."
Yes. yes, my bird, that's what I'd do
If l were you.
Or, if I CHANGED to be a boy,
Like some / know,
With crisp curls sparkling III the
And eyes all beaming bright with
All, if [ could be so
I'd strive and strive with all my
might
To be so true so brave, polite,
That in me each one might behold
A hero, as in days of old.
'Twould be Joy
To hear one, looking at me, say:
"My cheer and comfort all the day.
Yes, if l were a boy, [ know
1t would be so.
Sidney Dayre, in Independent.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
The Mother Humming Bird.

William Lowell Finley, the natural
ist-photographer, writes as follows IN
the Country Calendar for June, the
new outdoor magazine published by
the Review of Reviews Book Com
pany:
"The way the mother would aight
on her nest was a marvel TO me. She
always stopped on the dead twig of
a maple before dropping to her home.
I saw her do it several times. She
came at the nest like meteorlc
streak. | held my breath lest the
whole thing be splintered to atoms,
for she hit the little cup without the
slightest PAUSE that could see. But
when she alighted it put to shame the
touch of floating thistle down.
"While the nestlings were very
young, the mother never left them
alone long at a time. If the day was
warm. if the sun shone on the nest,
the mother hovered over with wings
and tail spread. When it was hot
test. I have seen the mother sit for
ward on the nest edge, spread her
tail till she showed the white tips
of her feathers, and keep up a con-
slant quivering, tanning motion with
her wings and tail to give protection
to the frail midgets in the nest"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
Don'ts for Boys and Girls.

Don't faunt your worldly posses
sions and social prestige before poor
children who are forced to live hum
bly,. Remember that they would oc-
cupy better positions were it i'll their
power to do so.
Don't laugh at the misfortunes of
others, nor turn to ridicle another
child's stupidity. Dizziness of intel
lect is a curse of birth and the child
so handicapped should rouse your
deepest sympathy and receive from
you any assistance it is possible for
you to render.
Don't make light of another's dis
fgurements. The child who must go
through life with a harelip or crossed
eyes is truly an object to solicit our
pity.
Don't destroy life wantonly. Kill
no harmless bird, insect, or animal
for the mere pleasure CD of taking
life. Cruel boys and girls are dis
liked by their fellows, and grow up
to be unsuccessful men and women.
Don't mistake arrogance of man
ner and loudness of speech for ease
and independence. Those who thrust
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
The Baby Beetles Cradle.

If, at almost any time Of the wear,
we walk throuph the woods where the
red, scarlet, black Or pin oaks are
growing-that is. where We find those
that ripen their acorns in two sea-
sons, and therefore belong in the
pin-oake group-we shall probably
find on the ground fallen branches
that vary in size from that of lead
pencil to that of ones thumb, or
even larger. These, at the broken
end, appear as if cut away within the
wood, so that only thin portion is
left under the bark. Within the
rather uneven cut. generally near the
centre of the growth, is a small hole
tightly plugged by the powder post"
of a beetle larva. Split open the
branch or twig, when burrow will
be seen, and the little white, soft,
ard-jawed larva that made it will be
found, or perhaps the inactive pupa.
From Nature and Science, in St.
Nicholas.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
The knowledge of Birds and Animals

Animals are very knowing when
they want to be, and very dumb at
other times. Most animals are easily
taught tricks, except the pig and cat
which some people think cannot be
trained. Any one who ever saw Ha-
ranbeck's animal show will never say
that a pig cannot be trained. There
thew we're trained as we'll as a dog
ever was.
7 have seen cats at times when
thew seemed almost like persons. L
have always found them easier to
train than dogs, if you will only be
kind to them. When a dog knows
that you want him to do something
and then won't do it, then he needs
a boxing; but when you are training
never scold or hit a cat or he will
never act in that part of the perform
ance again. I once had cat, that
like all other cats, liked to come into
the house. In the summer when we
used only the screen door, she learn
ed to take her paw and pull until she
would get the door open. She soon
learned to open it quickly.
All animals belonging to the cat
family are easy to train, but the
large ones are always somewhat dan
gerous. Other animals easv to train
are the dog, wolf, monkey and skunk.
Kindness is necessary to train ami
mails. Birds do not know as much as
animals, but many of them know a
great deal. The eagle plays many
tricks when catching other birds, or
fish, or children. The parrot is easily
taught tricks and also how to talk.
The mocking bird mocks all other
birds, and even people when they
whistle. Watch the hawk. How he
waits and hides until he can get a
chicken! The crow and pigeon are
interesting and easily taught tricks.
Albert Delany Gage 1O), Center
view, Miss, in the Housekeeper.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22

themselves on the attention of the
public belong to the vulgar.
Don't think it smart to "show of"
That sort of conduct is excusable
only in the monkey.
Don't think you know more than
your elders. They have gone over
the same road you are now travelling
and know all its pitfalls.-Rock Hill
Herald.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22

Ground Phosphate Lime line KSIh K%iInIng
good for all crops. B. F. kEll"'
ton, n. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22

Tickets are also sold to rGSoT,S " "
the G. and o. via Richmond InS ,,opr [
and W. via Petersburg, and SJIni;ra ;ll,L5i,''
resorts in Western North OaIo'' On
on the Southern Railway PC5DyTT T /,
the @. and n. W., n. Z. ana .. r,1,;Ile,
between Chattanooga and N1- NasnE,Dt to
For further information m ap,''
w. L. y ~ Raleigh, \. C.
II. A. MORSON, G. P. A"
Raleigh, n. G.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
Al N c
THE SOUTHERN RAIL WAY,
Sections Favorable to the
Location OF Farmers.


The farmer who is not satisfied with
the prices he is obtaining for his pro-
ducts: who desires an agre cable change
of climate, or who is anxious 10 obtain
a home at low cost, should buy farm
in the vicinity of some busy manufacture
ing center of the South, where farming
products are the highest, the prices of
land the lowest, and climate and sur
roundings the most agreeable.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22

To be religious is not to be a seer
of vision and a dreamer of dreams.
1t is not to be a dweller on the
Mount of TRANSPORTATION. It is not
to be rant in sweet and serene medi-
tation. It is to be yourself, and be-
ing yourself, to take the nature
which God has given you and use it
in his service by using it for your
fellow men.-Lyman Abbott.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22

Hope is the handspring of human
action; faith seals our lease of i'm
mortality; and charity and love give
the passport to the souls true and
lasting happiness.-Street.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
M. y. RICHARDS,

Land and Industrial Agent
Southern Railway, Wash
ington, d. c. :::::l
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22

For printed matter giving
full particulars, write -:
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
LOW RATES VIA SEABOARD.

The Seaboard announces commenc-
ing June 1st they will sell round trip
Summer Excursion Tickets to all
summer resorts in this TERRITORY.
Tickets will be sold daily UP to Sep
tember 3Oth, and bear final return
limit of October 31st.
Following are rates to princmaI
points:
From Raleigh N c., to-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-03-11

ship named after them, sailing here
and there over the deep sea. Thomas
Carlyle said:
"I am pleased that you should like
my work enough to name your ship
after me, and I hope she will come to
anchor in happier haven than shall
ever reach"
"The poet Tennyson wrote my uncle
four-page letter. He said that in
every storm thereafter he would think
of the Alfred Tennyson, and put up
prayer for her safety.
''Thackeray was so pleased that he
sent my uncle a comic drawing to
hang in his cabin.
Robert Browning thanked my un-
Gle for the compliment Of naming the
new ship after him, and hoped the
r.. B. would be stancher than her
namesake.
"Uncle's collection numbers nearly
a thousand autographs, and each let
ter is about this imaginary new ship"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-03-11
Shows Ingenuity of Japs

When the time came to forward the
winter outfits for the armies in Man.
churia, and the commissariat produc-
cd hundreds of thousands of fur ear
protectors, Japanese and foreigners
alike wondered where these things
could have come from. No one had
ever heard of their being made.
1t seems that two years ago the
plague was raging along the China
coast The Japanese quarantine bu-
rcau decided that strenuous efforts
must be made to keep the dread dis
ease out of the country. They de-
termined to start a crusade. In all
the seaports and larger cities boun-
ties we're offered for each rat brought
in. The small boys found this a great
source of revenue, and the competi-
ton at once became very keen. For
each rodent the huntsman was given
small sum, and lottery ticket The
money he might squander, but the
ticket he saved, and at the end Of the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-03-11

square at his head. He held up his
sword, but as the two weapons struck
mine broke through his guard and
struck him with stunning force on the
head. Had he not worn a very heavy
wig and about his head a circlet of
iron, the blow would certainly have
killed him on the spot before my ter
rified gaze. AS it was, he was stun
ned for moment, and after the act,
when he took off his wig and heavy
crown, there was tremendous bump
on his forehead where my sword had
struck.
1T makes my blood run chill even
now at the very thought of my emo
tons at that intensely dramatic mo-
ment, when the play ceased to be a
mimic thing for me and real death
stared me in the face The weapons,
by the way, both of them are now in
my possession. They are heavy COM
bat swords and 1 have never dared
to use them since in any of my stage
duels, but still treasure them as SOU
venirs of one of the most thrilling
events in my stage life.''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-03-11

month there was drawing, with
prizes varying from S. to $50. Rat
catching became a popular amuse-
ment and the boards Of health all
over the country were kept busy ex-
aiming the daily bag. Each animal
was duly registered, and the place in
which it was caught noted. It was
then examined, and if any suspicious
germs were discovered the building
from which the rat came was imme-
diately raided, all the animals were
hunted down, and the place was dis
infected.
In this manner the plague was kept
out Of Japan The small boys amused
themselves and made money, but no
one ever stopped to think what had
become Of the skins of these millions
of rats that had been worrying the
boards of health. They had not been
thrown away. The military authori-
ties had used them to make ear-pro-
tectOrs
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-03-11
F1attery Won Them All

An autograph collector, smiling,
said:
II have inherited from my maternal
uncle his magnificent collection of
autographs. These autographs did not
cost the old gentleman a cent; yet
they are worth hundreds and hun
dreds of dollars.
When the autograph fever seized
my uncle, he set to work in a shrewd
way. Being parsimonious, he did not
want to buy his autographs. Being
clever, he perceived that simple sig
natures, such as you get if you write
and ask an autograph of a person of
distinction, would have no real value.
$50, do you know what he did? To
every distinguished person he applied
to he said he was a sea captain, and
he asked permission to name a new
ship he was building after the great
man.
It was subtle dattery, that, Ell? All
my uncle's great folk were, without
exception delighted to think of stately
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-03-11

One of the wonders of the earth is
the gigantic geyser at Rotorua, New
Zealand, known as "Waimangu." It
made it's appearance about two years
ago and is situated near the one-time
famous pink and white terraces Of
Rotomahana, whose beauties were
swept completely out of existence in
the terrific eruption of 1886. The
crater out of which the geyser issues
is fully half an acre in extent and of
enormous depth. When in eruption
the whole of the gigantic funnel is
filled with a huge column Of black,
boiling mud and stones that shoots
in the air to a hight of nearly 1000
feet, while the cloud of steam which
accompanies it rises in calm weather
several thousand feet.
TO see it in eruption is said to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-03-11
Booth Had Narrow Escape

There is a "Reminiscences of Otis
SINNERS association with Edwin
Booth that will bear repetition, having
not been repeated for several seasons.
1t concerns an accident that came
near resulting in the serious injury
of Mr.. Booth, and Mr. Skinner de-
clares it to be the most dramatic
moment in all his footlight career.
1T was in the fall of 1889, and I
was playing the leads with Edwin
Booth and Nine. Helena Modjeska,"
relates the actor. 1--WE were playing
Macbeth Mr.. Booth impersonating
the King and I Macduff. You remem-
Der the scene in the last act, where
Macduff rushes on, crying to the king,
Turn, hell hound, turn!' and forces
him to the combat The great TRACE
dian had been growing weaker and
weaker that season, and, although an
accomplished swordsman, had little
strength in his guard. In the nervous
ness of the first performance rushed
on, crying the lines, and brought my
blade down with a crashing blow
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-03-11
Geyse Of Great Beauty

be the sight of lifetime The awful
force manifested by the election of
the vast body of water and stones,
the terrific roar or steam and hurting
rocks add to the weird grandeur of
the phenomenon. Waimangu is really
located in the center of the marvel
GUS hot lakes and thermal springs
region, Rotorua district, the tourist or
sightseer being conveyed thither in a
few hours by train from Auckland.
Pools and springs of every degree
Of heat are to be found in the neigh
borhood. Some are boiling caldrons,
others are spluttering pits of mud and
sulphur, sending up clouds Of steam
and sulphurous fumes, while others
again are Of the clearest green or
deepest, pure blue, beautiful beyond
COMPARISON.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-03-11

81 wired the house for samples and
patted myself on the back, thinking
would get an order for 10000 or
possibly 12,000-the biggest order I
ever expected to get in the mountain
country.
my samples same and they were
tip top. took them up to Grier and
he gave 'em a close inspection.
"'"Pretty good lot," he finally sniff
ed. "Send me four car loads"
"'I looked at him to see if he was
Joking, but he wasn't. He never batted
an eye. I was so staggered I walked
all the way back to Deadwood trying
to get my breath. I sent the order in
and the house filled it, filled the great
est single order it ever had; but l
changed my mind then and there as
to how the west buys. It gets there
with all feet. "-Chicago Post.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-03-11
Candles by. the Carloa d

Talk about how the wild and un-
conquerable west does business" says
w. NJ. Thompson of Kelly, Maus &
Co., II was selling Corliss engines, ma
chinery and other things in the Black
Hills some time ago and came into the
beautiful Lead and Deadwood region.
'While there met travelling sales
man from Omaha or some other point
and he said to me:
"'Do you understand the west?
Il replied that thought did.
well, DON'T he said. I've just
lost my breath. went up to Lead and
had some candles to sell. I called on
Grier of the Homestake mine and told
him had candles-plenty of 'em.
"'"G Got samples?" he asked shortly.
said I had not, but that I could get
them quick.
"'"Bring em along he snorted.
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t~-~E1
5 Saved Money for Client s

Cur: cleverest work." said the old
lawyer reminiscently, lis not always
done in court"
"No?" said the young man inquir-
ingly, according to the New York
Press. POSSIBLY you could give an
illustration
Undoubtedly I could" replied the
old lawyer. I'm fact, 1 was thinking
of the case of an irascible old fellow
who once kicked a servitor out of the
house. I believe there was a differ
ence OF opinion as to the amount of
wages the man was entitled to- At
any rate, the testy old gentleman put
himself in the wrong when he elected
the man with the violence of both
language and action and the man was
smart enough to know it.
"He hunted up lawyer Immediate
ly and put the case in his hands and
then l was called in. The wrathy old
fellow was mad clear through and he
was going to fight the case all the
way up to the highest court and back
again if necessary. He was a person
al friend of mine, and I didn't want
to see him waste his money foolishly,
SO I advised him to compromise it,"
Not If he offers to compromise
for ten CENTS he asserted vociferous-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-03-11
Willing to Swap Records

while I'm willing to take his and ask
no questions"
Still more profoundly beaddled, the
salesman called the proprietor and
said:
Here's one that's nutty for keeps.
I'm away off from understanding what
he's driving at. Come and take a whirl
at him and see if you can get next
The proprietor came forward briskly
and said, with his lips close to the
strangers ear:
what is it you want?''
"Why," said the stranger, IT want
to patronize your place OF business. |
saw sign out there on the window,
Records Exchanged and 1 was telling
your clerk had an unenviable record
that I would be willing to get rid of
at any TERMS
And the proprietor of the phono-
graphery went out and changed the
sign.
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ly. TIL fight this case clear to the
limit no matter what it COSTS
II argued with him, but it was no
use. He'd pay me anything I wanted
to fight the case, but he wouldn't pay
tho plaintiff cent. I, would have
been satisfied under the circum-
stances in going ahead and letting
him run into a lot of expensive and
useless litigation, but didn't like to
do it. So / went to see the lawyer
on. the other side. He knew he had
good case, but he also knew my
client had lots of money and could
make a prolonged and costly fight
Consequently he was inclined to be
reasonable, He hunted up his client
and talked it over with him and the
client said he would compromise for
$25. His lawyer made a reasonable
charge and closed with them on the
spot and paid them.
Then I went back to my client,
told him I had put up such a bluff
that he never would hear of the case
again, turned in a bill that covered
the cost of the settlement l had ef-
fected and he paid it without MUIR
muir. He sometimes speaks to me
now of the clever work I did in that
case, but he doesn't know how clever
it really was and what lot of cash
it saved him."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-03-11

A man with a wild look of hope in
his eye entered West Baltimore
street photograph establishment, says
the Baltimore American.
Stepping up to a salesman, he said:
1--WE got one I'll trade to anybody on
sight or unseen. So trot out any of
'em and I'll. swap mighty quick and
glad of the chance"
Zone what?'' asked the mystified
salesman.
The visitor put his hand to his ear
and looked puzzled, proving that his
hearing was slightly defective. Being
not quite sure that the salesman had
spoken, the visitor went on:
yep, mine isn't a very good one,
III admit. but it might suit some man
with a tougher conscience than mine.
Some fellow who has longer life
ahead of him in which to live it down
might get along very we'll with mine,