The Dickinson press., 1884-01-26
miscellaneous Mention.

says ~ gwen over 10 mOHOD )llStS, III.
vorites and political para iites."
Miscellaneous Mention.
The intensity of the anti Chinese feel
ing in Portland. Oregon, may be in
ferred from the refusal Of the owners
OF the Cenntenlal block in that city to
sell to Cinnamon for $1,000 more than
any other persons will pay for it, and
the refusal also of the Methodist church
TO lease their property to Cinnamon ev.
en at $55J q month more than others
will pay.
The Gold Coast (Africa) Times of Sep
TENDER IA says: ION the LIST or I'd day
IF this month the sun was described va
being blue in the morning. It seems it
rose as usual, aud that the clouds which
passed over it, from their greater rarity
or density, gave 1t different apparent
shades OF rose color, pink, and so on.
Alter the passage of the clouds its APP
pc 'rance through the h re was white,
like the moon In fact, an Englishman
is said to have taken it for the moon."
On recent Sunday a barque arrived
at st. Andrews Bay, Scotland. fving a
flag of distress. A fishing boat put off,
and it was discovered that the captain
and crew were in a state of sem~i-starva-
ton, having been reduced for several
days to a diet of one biscuit q day per
man. But the godly people OF ST. An
drews are go strongly opposed to any
thing approaching Sunday trading that
provisions were only procured with the
greatest difficulty, and for sometime it
appeared as though the unfortunate sail
ors would have done better to remain on
board with their one biscuit until Mon
day.
A few days ago half the town Of Marys-
vale, California, gathered to watch the
efforts of a youth who was p%ersuading a
mule. The young man, says the Appeal
klckel the mules ribs, struck resound-
heavy trace and twisted the mules ears.
Scratch his heel" s'Tlckle his hind
legs" shouted the bys anders. The
driver now seized the bride and tried
with all his might to haul the mule for
ward into place, but the mule continued
firm. While the driver was still Juggling
ut the bride, Mr.. Howser, who under
stands mules Glanced to pass. "Haul
The other way" said Mr.. Howser.
why So" asked the driver. because
its a MULE" said Mr.. Howser. The
diver hauled the other way, and the
mule Immediately went ahead.
A saloon-keeper of M%iamisburg, O.,
has adopted a means of attracting
custom and is circulating the following
card: "To all whom it may concern
know ye that, by the payment of 1925, l
am permitted to sell Intoxicating liquors
at any saloon In this city. To the wife
who has a drunkard for a husband, or a
friend who is unfortunately aissipated, |
say emphatically, give me notice in per-
son of such case or cases in which you
are Interested and all such shall be ex-
Guided from my place. Let mothers,
fathers, sisters and brothers do likewise
and their requests will be kindly regard.
ed. ] pay a heavy tax for the privilege
of selling liquors, and | want 1t distinct
Iy understood that l have no desire to
poor or destitute"
Hot water as q curative agent seems to
be having a "boom" now. Hot water
internally, externally and eternally is
the cry not alone from the Aunt Betsies
but from the regular, gilt-edged, full
fledged profession. DR.. G. r. Shepherd
says'he has used it for six years in cases
OF Inflammation of the throat and tonsils
us a gargle-and he recommends moist
heat for inf1ammations generally, and Of
mucous membranes in particular. We
once heard DR.. Parker remark that there
is much trutl. in the old Thompsonian
aphorism that "heat is life and cold is
death" and we are glad to know that
the common sense views of the founder
OF the botanical school are being received
far and wide.-Foote's Monthly.
Where and by whom was the May.
flower built is the quection which has
been ~aritating the minds of a number of
Bostonians for some time past, and it is
still unanswered. 1.-THE Mayaower"
seems to have been quite a popular
name during the sixteenth century, as
several vessels ppeared to have regis
tered under it. 1t is for this reason t rat
the early history of the one particular
Mayflower in which Bostonians are in
terested cannot be traced. Their are
really olny Two things known about the
Mayhower which brought over the first
Pilgrim company bayond the fact, viz,
l, that she was of $50 tons; 2, that she
brought over some of S%ienthorp's com
pany TO Charleston in 1880. She WIS
notthe Mayflower which in 1913 brought
over some negro to Barbados, for tina,
I ship was almost double tonnage, viz, 1850
tons.