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The Dickinson press., 1906-01-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Nv. lessen celebrated
the 10th anniversary Of their marriage
very pleasantly Monday evening at
their home on Barns and Haupt street.
Five Hundred was the game played
and there we're FIVE tables. Mr.. lessen
also furnished entertainment for the
company at the piano in a most pleasing
manner.
Theodore Bolke. with the Hebron
Fire & Pressed Brick Co.. wal in Dick.
inson on Wednesday. Mr.. Bolke says
that his company, which started up
last spring, have erected an IS foot
brick smoke stack which furnishes
ample draugh for two kilns without the
aid OF fans. They are planning to erect
another stack and two more kilns the
coming season.
The ladies of the Congregational
church were very happily entertained
Tuesday afternoon by the president
Mrs. H. l.. Dickinson, it being the
annual meeting. The society listened
to reports of the very successful work
done the past year, discussed plans for
future work, and elected the following
officers: president. Mrs. H. l.. Dickin.
son unanimously elected to succeed her.
self; vice president, Mrs. D. S. Alley;
secretary. Mrs c. H. Wiley reelected;
assistant secretary, Mrs: M. L. Ayers;
treasurer, Mrs. George Aud who has
served the society so faithfully for
many years. At the close of business
the ladies enjoyed a pleasant social
hour and were served an elaborate
luncheon by the hostess.
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-20
Mckenzie County Proceedings.

Following is the proceedings Of the
meeting Of the Mckenzie county board
for January 2 as reported in the Schafer
Record:
On motion Frank Banks was ap.
pointed vice-president of the Board of
Health and J. H. Bebyea superintendent
of public health.
Resolved that VIM, Westgard be
emplored>to .transcribe from5the records
of Stark County al, records effecting
real estate in Mckenzie county pro.
vided; he signed q contract to do said
work and have the same certified for
the consideration Of 20 cents per folio.
The Board selected 200 names from
which to draw grand and petit jurors.
R. B. Gore of the grid commissioner
district was duly appointed Justice of
the Peace as was also Charles Hurd of
the lst district.
The old Birdhead line camp was
rented for temporary court house and
the commissioners decided to build a
stone vault at one end of the building
for the purpose of keeping the county
books in safety.
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-20
STRATTON GIVEN
FULL AMOUNT.
Action Against Rs'Irosd Tried wlthost .
Jury ID St. Paui.

~ ".t,- zaIA-t
A dispatch from St. Paul Of the 18th
gives particulars of the settlement made
with Harold Stratton who was for SO
many weeks In the Dickinson hospital,
following the terrible Medora wreck of
last March, in which three men lost
their lives.
The dispatch says:
1.-THE suit Of Benjamen 2. Stratton
against the Northern Pacific Railway
company to recover 5000 damages for
personal injuries alleged I o have been
received by his son, Harold b. Stratton,
10 years OF age, is ended by an order
for judgment BY Judge Brill for the
amount mentioned in the complaint, that
is for $1,000.
"A jury was waived and the parties
consented to a hearing in chambers by
Judge Brill. The plaintiff appeared BY
himself. having no attorney retained.
The plaintiff is of Bowling Green, Ohio.
The son of the plaintiff was on March
80, last, in a caboose at Medora, N. D,
in charge Of certain stock, which was
being shipped. There was a collision
in which the Car in which he was riding
was thrown from the track. The in.
juries OF the son were the breaking Of
both bones OF the right leg"
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-20
WANGkANG

-
How the Chinese Attract ana IAen
Destroy EVIL Spirits
Recently the Chinese residents Of the
Straits Settlements had a great process
sion, called "wangkang," to get r1d Of
a large accumulation Of evil spirits,
says a writer In the Chicago, News.
Ceremonies Of this sort are held by
the Chinese about once in fifteen years.
The plan is; to construct q richly deco
rated junk, FILL It with dainty, eatahles,
money, live animals, incense and other
tempting things and then to. talne It
about the city with music and app1o-
PIRATE singing and great pomp gener.
ally. -.
This causes the evil spirits to- come
out to see what is going IN. Behold
ing the splendid junk and its, rane. con
tents; they crowd inside. Demons OF
sickness are especially sought for and
shared.
After the junk has been sufficiently
paraded 10 that it is chock full Of de-
mons, it is burned and the. evil spirits
perish. Formerly the junk was set
adrift On the ocean, but sometimes 1t
was stranded on some island or other,
causing; great suffering to- the tnhab-
itants thus exposed to the attacks Of
the marooned spirits. So m3w the Junk
is burned at the close Of each ceremony
Of the sort.
The Chinese in the vicinity Of Singa.
pore spent about $4,000 in getting rid
Of their demons this fall.
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-20
IMandan Troubles.

Republican: Many citizens are re.
gistering complaints against the new
telephone company planting its poles
on Main street. They seem to think
that a back street would do just as well
for a line passing through from Bis
marck to Dickinson, and that there is NO
need Of obstructing Main street with
another row of unsightly poles. Be.
sides, the poles are planted SO close
thgether as to create the impression
that something Tor some body else be.
sides telephone wires is intended to, be
STRUNG"
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-20
The Prairie Pioneer.

A moaning wind and a leaden sky,
A dreary, sodden plain,
A plover's far-away, sorrowful cry,
Through the rush Of the driving rain.
A small sod barn on a wind.swept hill,
Outlined against the skies;
A man with his foot on the rough log
sill,
A shadow Of pain in his eyes.
A thought of the happy eastern home
: Living now in the past;
A sigh for the spirit that made him
roam,
And the hopes that seldom last.
A moments regret, a smothered sigh
Which only the wild winds hear,
And a prayer for the faith that will no,
Rises up from the pioneer.
PRISCILLA ACK1N, Mott, N. u.
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-20
LOCAL NEWS.
THE FRAGRANCE

am prepared to take lady patients,
Mrs. A. Branick. Phone 46-3. I-I3-ti
Fifty cents buys a 1o-bar box of P &
C.. soaps at Drenkel's. 1t
Pat Welsh is taking a little vacation
at the Kennedy ranch.
Barrington-Hall, Steel Cut coffee in
lb. tins at Drenkel's. 1t
Attorney w. c. Crawford was in the
capital city on business Tuesday.
New and artistic furniture arriving
daily at Frankenberg's. 4-I-tf
Joseph Gamble was in from Ynle on
Tuesday to see Mrs. Gamble and the
new daughter.
Get behind one OF our chest protectors
1t will save you doctor bills. All kinds
and sizes at Mcdonald & Pomroy's.
11-4-tf
]. S. Snyder, treasurer of Billings
county, has made a call for all out
standing warrants up to registered
i number 327.
There is no other perfume quite as
good as Thelma no matter what the
cost. Sold only by Mcdonald & Pom
roy. soc per. or. II-4-tf
Walter George, who had been with
Douglas & Mead, Glendive, the past
twoyears. has engaged with Parker &
Co. as deliveryman.
DR.. G. A. Clarke, Dentist, plate,
crown, bridge and porcelain work.
Office over Mcdonald 4 Pomroy's drug
store. 7-o5-tf
One five roomed house for sale, we'll,
pump, windmill and barn on same, lot
III by 3o5. Inquire of Harry E.
Harleman at Drenkel's store. I-2o-1p
H. !. Riesland, the we'll known
optical specialist who has come here
for many years, grinding all glasses,
will be at the St. Charles Hotel again
Jan. "a to II. See him ever though
you have lost hope of getting rid Of
headache and eye strain. 1-6-3t
We carry the largest stock Of photo
graph supplies in the state and can fill
any order:-cameras, kodaks, film, and
plates Of all kinds and sizes. Come in
and see US or send us your order.
Mcdonald & Pomroy, druggists. 1I-4-tf
We own over one-hundred and fifty
thousand acres in northeastern Billings,
southeast Mckenzie and Dunn counties
north west of Fayette five to twenty-five
miles. These lands may be bought on
five years time at a low price in either
large or small tracts. Hundreds OF
fine homesteads may be had among
these lands. Fayette has long distance
telephone service, a good large stock
general merchandise store, and mail
tri-weekly from Dickinson. Dakota
Manitoba Land Co., Western Office in
Senour & Langley Building. Dickinson,
N. D. II.I8-tf
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-20

A 1AMAc IAN LADYsPEAKS HIGH.
LY OF CHANBERLAIN'S COUGH
REMEDY.
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-20
Children's Ponies for Sale.

l have a mached team of black
Shetlands tor sale, three years of age.
total weight 900 pounds, IS inches tall
with pony buggy and harness, team
were broken gentle and just the thing
for children. ]. L. Shelp, Agent N. P
Gladston, N. d. 1904
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-20
Coal Orders Promptly filled.

l will deliver Consolidated Coal Co..
deep-mined coal on short notice You.
can order by telephone, No. 81. have
to pay.cash and must receive cash on
delivery Of coal.
2-4.tf ]. A. VAUGHN, Agent.
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-20
House For Sale

A6.room house in desirable portion
of Dickinson, for sale. Inquire OF E. r.
Swickard, city, n Theo. Bolke, Hebron.
.I-2o-tf
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-20

Mrs. Michael Hart. wife of superin.
tendent of Cart Service at Kingston,
Jamaica, West Indies Island, says that
she has for some years used Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy for coughs, Group
and whooping cough and has sound it
very beneficial. She has implicit :onf-
dence in it and would no be without a
obttle of it in her home. Sold by all
druggists.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31
Drink Bill of MAJ h a ttan =.

The borough of Manhattan annually
consumes about 100000 barrels OF
whisky, which cost the consumers S.
100000 TO this item must he added
10000 barrels Of other spirits. sold for
$500 900: o0O.0OO cases of champagne.
for which $5,JO0O00 is paid 1000 900
gallons of other wines and brandies.
costing S27,000O0O. and last, but not
least important, 100000 barrels Of
beer. selling for $l00,O0O.M
This makes a total of Sl35. 100000,
sum sufficient to create and main
tain forever great university like
Yale or Harvard.
1t is fact rather interesting 10 con-
slider that if all Of this beer and liquor
were put into a tank and were allowed
10 run through an ordinary water tap
at the rate of II gallon Il minute the
receptacle would require ninety years
and thirty-siX days to empty ITSELF
Pearson's Magazine
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31

channel. The engineer had opened
the steam valve to It's widest. and
the little launch stormed ahead, fol-
lowed by the pitiless searchlight
from the hill, and pelted by sput-
tering fusillade OF shot from the bat
tories and from the pursuing
launches astern; but with four men
struek down, the fates seemed salts
ned. Dick felt the wind Of several
shots, felt the grazing Of several bull
lets, and felt water rising over his
ankles; but no harm came 10 him.
He steered on. past the sunken Mer-
rimac. around the eastern face OF
Smith Cay,-and here the search
light lost him and the gun fire ceased,
across to the western shore OF the
harbor. and with fires nearly extinct
grounded the launch on a shelving
beach at the foot hill. The pursu-
ing launches had turned back. conf
dent. perhaps. that daylight would
show them their quarry.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31
(TO BE CONTINt ED. J
A COSTA RiCAN VOLCANO.
Pen Picture of POas and II, Danger
Ous Surroundings.

On the island of Costa Rico is the re-
markablc volcano of roas The crater
has an altitude of about $500 feet The
traveller who makes the ascent on
reaching the lip of the crater finds him
self at the brink of vast pcrpcndcu-
lar sided pit. at the bottom of which
lies a motionless pool of yellowish wa
ter. The sense Of deadly stiffness and
dcsolation is undisturbed by any indi
cation Of life. The almost vertical
walls are devoid Of even Il vestige of
plant creation: not bird wings its way
| through the air, the surface Of the pool
Is without ripple, and even the hui
man voice sounds strange ana incon.
gruous. suddenly the silence is bro.
ken by great and startling under
ground rumhling. and huge column
Of Il dark colOred liquid is thrown 10
! vast height from spot near the center
! of the lake The column ordinarily
rises to a height varying from 80 TO
800 feet. Almost instantly vast cloud
| OF vapor is evolved which surrounds the
/ column and rises TO an immense height.
4 thousand feet below the lip is the
/ lake or pool, along the shores of which
; it is necessary to move about with care
! because of numerous concealed holes
| filled with a Shiny substance. consist
| ing mainly of suphatc of lime with a
! large excess Of sulphuric acid. This
| hardcns in few moments when eX-
posed to the air, and consequently
the pits are covered with slight shells
that render it almost impossible to dis
! tinC,lish between them and solid
ground If . foot goes through this
thin crust it will be found that in a
| few days the shoe will be destroyed. as
the seams cannot resist the acid action.
| The lake al closer view is discovered to
! he covered with clouds of vapor and it
! ia impossible 10 SEQ for any distance.
! Among other gases, sulphur dioXide is
present in considerable quantities. and
at times the smell becomes almost I'M
bcarablc
At close range the water is crayish
in color and it is 50 acid that it almost
burns the tongue when tasted. Any
dark cloth moistencd with the liquid in
stantlv becomes red and is ultimately
DESTROYED. The temperature at the
shore. while varying considerably,
ranges around 10 degrees +. During
one Of the greatest cruptions known Il
tremendous column of dark liquid rose
10 an estimated height of 1000 feet and
was about 300 feet in diameter, The
waves produced on the lake by such an
outburst are formidable and long after
the eruption has ceased the whole era
for is filled with the roar Of tho troubled
waters. Chicago News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31
IN THE NITRATE COUNTRY.
Industry Of the Barren, Dusty Des-
erts Of south America.

erts Of south America.
In his Commercial Traveller In South
America Frank Wiborg writes we
stopped at number Of the nitrate
towns Pisagua, Iquque, Autofagasta
and I visited some of the mills. or
officinas, in order TO see something Of
the industry. Deposits of the crude
nitrate OF soda. called mere 'caliche,'
IRE found in the pampa, or rolling pla-
teau, beyond the first range Of foot
hills. In some places this plateau is
but ten miles from the coast. In others
as far az fifty miles. The pampa is an
utterly barren desert ON the surface
there is nothing to tempt the heart OF
man, but few feet down lies the nj
trate stratum. This presents much the
appearance OF rock salt and varies in
color, according TO the purity of the
deposit. from whitish tint to a dark
gray. The upper earth is blown away
with dynamite and then the caliche Is
dug out with pick and shovel. loaded on
iron carts and carried up 10 the mills
Here the calichc is first broken into
small pieces by heavy rrushers and
then put into large boiling watts. Inside
these watts are coils OF steam pipes. by
means of which the temperature can be
regulated accurately Sea water is
poured in. ana the caiiche is boiled for
n certain time. The liquid solution that
| results is drawn off into settling waits,
which are exposed to the open air and
the sun Evaporation is rapid, and the
pure nitrate of soda soon begins Crvs-
tallizing and settling TO the bottom
After this has gone ON for some time
the remaining liquid is drawn off and
the crust of nitrate is scraped from the
sides and bottom Of the vat and thor
/ ouchly dried IN the sun Then It IL
| graded according to quality and packed
! for shipment in loo pound sacks
Most OF the nitrate exported is used
as fertilizer, but part goes to the
I manufacture of powder and high OK
/ ploSives. The nitrate towns are even
harer and drier and less inviting than
most Of the other bare dry towns Of
the coast To some of them fresh wa
ter is brought in pipes from a distance
of more than lOn miles Before the dav
of these pipes it used to be sold in the
streets by the gallon. That water even
now. though not scarce, vet Is not plen
tiful. l. perhaps some eXcuS" for the
awful dust that blows nvcrywherc.'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31
Mind woman Sorts COIOrs.

Mrs. s. NJ Kirk of Forest Valley,
Okla. who has been blind for many
years, has acquired sense of feeling
thai Is remarkable. She prepares the
meals Cor ;lle family, with little as
siStance, and in pairing potatoes can
pick out the imperfections with as
much skill AS if she could sec. She
makes all the dresses for her two little
girls and can PVT all the different
pieces together without getting one OF
them wrong. one Of the most remark
able things is in sewing carpet rags
She can pick out all those Of the same
color and tack them together without
a miss, and in threading needle she
does it ms we'll and quickly as If her
cycsght we're perfect. Mrs. Kirk has
never spent day in a school foI the
blind, but has learned 20 do all things
In her own home and altogether cy cp
nIcation, st. Louis Republic
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31
THE DEVILS CODE.
Legend Of II Monk, Sntnn md n Quick
Nights work.

Stockholn'> public library contains
wonderful work which is called The
Devils Code" and which, in addition
TO its extraordinary name. IS said to be
the biggest manuscript in the world
Every letter j. most beautifully drawn
and the magnitude of the work is so
great that it seems impossible for any
single uonli To have done il.
The story of the origin of the manu-
script. however. not only gives it as
the work of one man, but also states it
to be the work of single night. The
story runs as follows:
"A poor monk had been condemned
to death but was told rlockiugly by
his Judges that if he wos able to copy
the whole Code bet Teeu darkness and
dawn lie would Ice saved. Relying up
on the impossibility of the ask. hose
who sentenced him furnished him with
the Original copy of he Code with
pen, ink and parchment, and left him.
Death must have been as little liked
in the middle ages as it is now. for the
monk. forgetting the hopelessness OF
his task, commenced il, Before long.
however. he saw that he could not save
lis own life 10y such weak cXertions.
and. fearing a cruel and horrible death.
he invoked the aid of the prince OF
darkness. promising 20 surrender his
soul il he We're assisted in the task
Tho devil kindly obliged 10y appear
ing on the spot. accepted The contract
and sat down 10 the work, md next
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31

Patience is n virtue for which there
is no substitute. There il often no 9TH
cr way out Of difficulty than the way
Of patience. But really this is most
gracious way when the sufferer finds
it. Nor is it way which any one need
be ashamed to take, for our Lord rec
ommcnds IL, "ln your patience ye shall
win Your souls" He knows there Is Of
ten nothing left to us hut this one
thing, patience. We must use it, We
must win our souls, our very lives, by
it
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31

to starboard, and the holes on this
side could only be reached from
within: but as the shots had all
come from the east side of the chan
mel, he hoped that there would DO
few. Most that he found were bull
let holes; but here and there was
ragged aperture made by a one
pound shot, and one gaping hole
near the water line indicated the
work OF a six-pounder. Before long
he realized that the night would be
all too short for the task of making
that launch seaworthy, and thank
fully computed that the tide could
not get back until near daylight.
This would leave him scant time to
FIRE up and run out before the morn
Ing sun made him too visible for
safety; but between broad daylight
and the binding glare OF a search
light he would choose the first.
He found pump-tacks and a ham
mer in the engineers locker he cut
patches OF canvas from the white
Jumpers OF the dead sailors. and
tackled them over all holes too large
or too ragged to be plugged He
worked feverishly, pantingly. inces-
sanity, knowing neither hunger,
thirst, nor fear. He was inspired not
80 much by patriotism as by Mabel
Arthur's complimentary injunction
to come home an officer"
Daylight found him haggard and
exhausted with all holes that he had
found plugged or patched. with
steam hisslng hot in the small boiler
and hts silent passengers laid out on
the forward transoms. II was time
TO go. and he was ready TO go, yet
the tide had but Just reached the
ruddev of the launch and would not
float II for an hour. And while he
waited he watched with burning eyes
the panorama unfolding as the dark
ness gave place TO the sudden day OF
the tropics.
The launch lay near the middle OF
a concave of beach, the arc of which
ranged about east and west. OF 10
the west, and farther still to the
north. were broad reaches Of spark
ling water, bordered by partly wood
ed slopes OF steep ground To the
east lay the opposite shore Of tn,
! channel, which at high bluff III
tie farther in broke sharply to tn,
northeast and extended in a straigh
line to the city Of Santiago, two
miles away. There we're few habi
tations in sight among the trees. ant
here and there on the bay small sal
and steam craft, which paid no at
! tention TO the gray spot on tn,
southern beach. And after cur
sorry inspection of each Dick pale
little attention 10 them. His eyel
were fixed on six black craft at an
Choir just below the city,--fou,
cruisers and two torpedo boats
Bunting was rising and falling from
the signal yards of all, and thick
black smoke was belching from thu
tunnels. II was Cerveras feet, ant
1t was getting up steam.
(TO BE CONTINt ED
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31

4 little Topeka girl came home FROM
church the other day and was asked
what the minister's text was. II know
II all right" she asserted. We'll re
peat it," her Questioner demanded.
Don't he afraid and will get you n
bedquilt," WAS the astonis hing answer.
Investigation proved that the central
thought Of the sermon had been, Pear
not, and will send you a comforter"
kansas CITY Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31
One Way to Get n Persian Carpet.

A woman who accompanied her hus-
band up the Khybcr pass In Afghan
istan tells how she saw fine Persian
carpet and coveted it. An assistant TO
their host Went out and returning said:
"My head man says the owner of the
carpet is a wicked Old man, who will
not sell his carpet at any price, but he
has gone for the night to sleep in lit
tie village close by, which is beyond
British boundary, lie wants TO know
if he shall make hole in the wall OF
the mud hut and steal it while the old
sinner sleeps. Shall he walk in at once
and kill him and take it? He will do
whichever mcmsahlb likes" Men,
sahib, however, discovered that she
could live without the carpet after all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31
EN- bnrrnssinE.

A New YorN Judge. speaking OF a
mistake that had been made, said 1T
might have been embarrassing EN-
barraSSing as the position OF young
man of Toledo whom heard about the
other day. lie had been calling now
and then on a young lady. and one
night as he sat in the parlor waiting
for her TO come down her mother en-.
tered the room instead and asked him
in very grave, stern way what his
intentions were. He turned very red
and was about 10 stammer some iuco-
hercnt reply when suddenly the young
lady called down from the head of the
stairs. Mamma, mamma, that is not
the ONE"