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The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20


81 have theory" said Counselor Abe
Hunnel to reporter, (which is not founded
on anything that l ever read or anything
that ever heard anybody say. 1t is en-
tirely original with me, though it is quite
possible good many other people may have
entertained the idea before"
Produce your theory, please, and end this
terrible suspense
"The theory is concerning little men and
women. | believe that people Of small
stature are far better natured than those of
average size Did you ever see a small man
who wasn't good humored and inclined to
take rosy view Of lifel And did you ever
know little woman who wasn't jolly and
full of funa I've studied humanity good
deal and never yet have encountered n
small person who was surly or misanthropic
Who are the pessimists1 Lank, tall, raw
boncd, dyspeptic individuals almost in
| variably. Did you ever see man five feet
six inches that was melancholy No, and
you are not likely to. l tell you tho world
would be mighty lonesome place without
the little grown up people. They make moro
than half the fun there is in this vale Of
tears.
Little men are invariably good story tell
ers. They are hearty laughers; they are
quicl; to see the humorous side of any ques-
tion and they relish q joke even if it is at
their OWN expense. They make the firmest
friends and adhere to those whom they like
through thick and thin They are seldom
t.u;.vrelso'lc, and never conccited They are
oi.ea sensitive, but quick witted people gen
cray are. Altogether they are tho best
folks in the world to get along PLEASANTLY
with, whether in business or social way"
Admitting that what you say is correct
how do you account for it,"
| "Don't account for it at all, yet know il
is true. because my observation and expert
ence have taught me so."-New Yorl
| Graphic
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
a cripplea Ncushox.s ,1usic.

Tie tall building of the Newsboys' home
formed tho background, and beneath its
friendly walls sat u little cripple. His
crutches were discarded for the moment, as
he sat at rest. Around were the busy
trucks, the hulrying men and nll the buzz
and hum Of city life. In the distance tho
elevated cars ru,nbled and ratified, and the
very air seemed filled with an endless din
and noise-but the boy sat unconscious of it
ALL In his hands WAS y piece of rubber hose
and he held one end of it to his mouth. No
found from it was apparent, except to him
self, hut his preoccupied manner and perserv-
erancc proved that it was q source Of amuse-
mcnt. His checks were inflated and his
fingers danced up uud down the solid piece
of hose, as if he were u musician and the
whole world listened to tho melody which he
made But nothing reached the car of any
except the player, still ho kept on untired
-unwearie.l-lost in self.-New York Even
ing Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
Inventor of tho Dummy, /,

Henry Waterman, Of Hudson, N. Y, who
died in 1851, at the age of so, it is asserted
invented the double driving wheels of loco.
motives The first trip with this invention
was made from Fishllill to New York, the
engine making sixty miles an hour, the old
".mgc driving wheel in use up to that time
averaging a much lower rate of speed
When boy young Waterman spent most
of I's time "whttling' With his jackkniie
he made various models of various conccp.
tions to the usual, in such cases, neglect OF
his lessons. His father on one occasion, out
of all patience with him, said: THAT boy is
good for nothing dummy" Henry instantly
replied: Father, some day will make an
engine, and calHik The DUMMY" When he
grew up he accomplished the purpose lie then
formed. He was the inventor Of the locomo.
two called "Thc Dummy" now in usecvery-
where.-New York Press every Day Talk. u
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
To Achieve Truo Success.

What will assure success! 1t needs Il COM
bination of sound elements to achieve true
success-call it nerve and brains, or over
drawn assurance whatever you will. The
spirit Of push, Of unbounded perseverance,
OF ,lntirins patience, is 4; recognized feature
OF the true American, and there is no reason
to mourn its existence; it is necessary fac
tor i'll modern life. In tho midst of tho
hurry and rush Of these days man will be
left far i'll the rear who does not make him
self aggressive.
Mere brain power is not enough, there
must be some means whereby the ability can
be manifested. The man of mere intellect
may be q fine scholar and thoughtful
reader, but he can never lning.e successfully
in tho busy actualities of the world at large.
1t needs determination to make the world
feel the brain power of the man, this is the
means. 1t need not be shown in Il way to
annoy or disgust; quietly but persis.ently
the intellect may be made to influence the
lives of others. The genius of the head may
be cxerted by the grasp of thc hand and the
genial familiarity which follows thereby. 1t
requires pluck and courage. To wait in the
lowernost places to get an invitation tc
come higher is pretty poor policy nowadays.
If you don't let it be known that you arc
around some other fellow will climb over
you and achieve wealth and renown. keeI
| looking onward and going onward Don't
| stand still. To stand still in business is bu,
to so backward.-A. H. Revell in Chicas,
Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
How to Eat a Watermelon,

y watermelon, even though it bc sixty
FOUNDER is not intended to be devoured in
public, nor is ono watermelon, no matter
what its weight may be, more than enough
for one healthy person. This fact is pro-
badly well known to every country school
boy. The art of eating a watermelon and
keeping cool is as simple now as it was i'll tho
days of long ago. Tho rind should he slit
with q short bladed knife, SO that when the
melon is divided the heart of it shall rest in
one of the halves in one luscious, juicy lump
Tho knife should then be carefully wiped and
then put in the pocket Then tho coat should
be taken of and the sleeves rolled up. Plunge
the right hand under one end Of tho heart
and tho left hand under the other; lift the
dripping mass to the mouth and fall to The
juice will trickle down your arms and satur,
ate your face, but what of it? There is
plenty and to spare, though the feast is The
rarest to DO found on earth.-Atlanta Con
stitutio,
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
.1n Artistic woman,s shreu,lne..

y we'll known New York real estate man
has mother who has made fortune by her
own shrewdness. Yet every ono who has
contributed to her accumulations thinks her
Il public bencfactor 1t is we'll known fact
that people who accumulate riches in New
York desire nothing more arlently than u
beautiful and artistically furnished home.
Mrs. - discovered this, and, having very
artistic tastes, set 10 work investing in houses
i'll the fashionable uptown thoroughfarcs.
Then she went abroad and picked up inter-
esting bric-a-brac and works of art, and
when she had completed her purchases she
returned, furnished the houses from cellar to
garnet, and advertised them for sale.
Her excellent taste soon brought custom
ers, and i'll /; very little while she disposed of
many buildings, with their furniture and
all, at a very comfortable profit. Her fort
une, made in this way, is estimated at be-
tween So5O,000 and $500, 900. and the pur-
chasers Of her property are happy because
their friends visit them and congratulate
them on the excellent and artistic way in
which they have furnished their residences.
The visitors are never informed that the
houses We're bought turnished-New York
Press.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
Reported Could suncrs,itiors

Some little time ago You induced some uc-
tors and artressc, to make somo touchin.
coniicenros about the superstition, that
swayed them. That such an emotional being
as an Ellen Terry snoul.l SOMETIMES he
governed ly omens might he expected, but
who would have thought that the Napoleon
of finance, Jay Gould. would give way to
such ridiculous fads; 1t is said that if YOU
watch him as he starts to go up or down
Stairs Of The elevated station You will in-
variably see him place his left foot On tho
first step. eve! If he has to get out of step to
do it. If by accident or through absent
mintlclncs, Mr.. Gould should start off With
his right foot, he is certain TO recolert it
before reaching the top of the stairs, and ho
ncvcr fails Ia return and start over again.
Another reported lecularty of the wizard
is his ds;asto to blonde men. His children
arc all Of husky hue, and his wife is as
dark as any Of them. All the clerks in Mr.
Goulds Office, and there are dozen of them,
are of dark complexion Mot of them
have Jet black mustaches and long hair, and
the office might be taken for IL little section
Of Mexico. There is not light featured
clerk in Mr. Goulds immediate employ, AMI
his friends say that hc does not care to do
business with men who have yellow mus
taches or very light hair.-Pal Mall Budget.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
A PHYSICIANS HERolsM.
How DR.. Beard Approached Dissolution
Dying Like a Scientist.

How DR.. Beard Approached Dissolution.
Dying Like Scientist.
Dr. Beard approached dissolution as a
scientist. Like Mr.. Palmer, he was an agnos-
TIC who neither denied nor affirmed the pos
sibi!lty of those things which to sacred men
are deemed certainties Dr. Beard though
an alienist who made great reputation in the
treatment of nervous and mental diseases of
others, carried his own nerves on his cuticlo
he was high strung, capable of periods of
great mental exhilaration and a man of SUI
preme Intellectual courage. When it was
Perilous' even physically perilous, for any,
BODY to doubt the sanity of Gutcau. Beard.
utterly careless of the threatened loss of his
Practice and even his life, gave to the wretch
most exhaustive examination, both before
and behind the prison bars, and he stakel
his reputation on the assertion that the poor
wretch was the victim of irresponsible deln.
sion that would make his hanging u judicial
murder, ard lie did not finch in assertinn
this then most obnoxious opinion.
Only q few months later Beard laid down
upon his bed in an uptown hotel to die.
Pneumonia had fastened upon his delicate
lungs, and he knew that his illness was NOR
tai Did he then bewail his fate, cut Off in
his prime, and when his life plans were far
reaching, and aimed for the benefit of man.
kindl Instead be dictated 10 his w:te -.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20


a friend of the firm who declares that he
has no humor in his mako up, and who were
he a writer for the press, would probably be
dead failure at the making of bright para
graphs and 'goaks," has nevertheless an OF.
casional inspiration which is apt to be good
in proportion us it is unluckily said
Talking recently to a mother and her
daughter, he foolishly said:
Really, Miss IL, your mother looks
younger than you do"
Then realizing from tho young lady's flash.
ing glance that ho had terribly missed the
compliment lie sought to give the mother, he
fastened to add:
Because, You sec, the older u woman is
the more time sho has had for mastering the
art of looking younger"
And now mother and daughter "cut him
dead. Buffalo Express.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
Lady Salisbury,

Lady Salisbury is u very blue blooded per-
sonagc, indeed. She has her political salon
and dinners and receptions at which nothing
less than state etiquette is observed Arlington
house is just otf st. James street, backing
on to Green park, near Piccadilly, and it is
the shrine at which all good Tories, and most
notables il literature, science and art, gladly
do social homage They say that Lady Sal
isbury once publicly boasted that she had
never set foot in q Wing drawing room, bu,
that may be an invention Of the enemy,
though not very improbable
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
THO English Sailors Grnr,

English law carefully regulates the sub.
lect of the sailors groS Every ship must
carry quantity of lime or lemon Juice as an
anti-scorbutic. containing l5 per cent. OF
palatable fruit spirits, that is. sound rum of a
specific gravity fixed by the statute, or sound
brandy of quality similarly fixed. TIL
board of trade tells how the grog shall bs
mixed. One ounce Of the lime juice is to be
mixed with one ounce of sugar and ut least
half pint of water. and must be served cut
in time for diuner.-New York Sun
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
Back District Mail Carriers,

In many of the back districts of Kentucky
the mails are often carried rs far as thirty
five miles by men who walk tho whole dis
tance once day. a local paper thus do
scribes one of these sturdy carriers: "Mr.
Daugherty isvery accommodating to persons
living along the line lhc ought to be-. He
will carry a saddle, beehive, pup, or even n
dog, if he is not too big, and he is offered
enough He will ride horse through for
any ono for quarter, and carry the mail
pouches on his shoulder."-New York Tri-
b,,no
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
Mamma Was Not Forgotten,

Ethel" asked Lewiston mother of her
daughter Us tue fair young girl sat down at
a late breakfast in her morning gown, did
George leave any package for me last even
mgr Ethel blushed and said, falteringly.
"Why. no. mamma! What made YOU ask a.
"Oh, nothing, l only heard him say at the
door as he said good-by, Now, here is one
more for your mother,' and l didn't know
but it was that pattern for lace lambrcauins
that his mother has promised me-" Ethel
said nothing.-Lewiston Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20

experiences rs Il sufferer He iotted down
with feeble hand what Beard intellectual
made of Beard moribuna, and when his
breath came fast and short and with tho
agony OF pain !r III each inhalation hc still
made effort ,o preserve his experience with
the horc that physicians might thereby learn
something ut this disease which would help
them master it wien others We're afflicted,
Once when h. rct2rnc! from the realms of
unconsciou>nrSs he made feeble effort to tell
lis story, and the only agony he seemed to
suffer during his illnc>suroSc from his failure
more fully aud satisfactorily to preserve the
record of his Illness
We have read of suicides who with curious
intent have swallowed poison or filled their
lungs vito noNious ga> and have set down i'm
diary their Impressions until The words be-
came vague. the lines faint. and then the
pencil dropped. And such record possesses n
ghastlV fascination for those who read it,
like the echo Of one who shouts as he passes
over the SYN; hut Beard thought lie was
serving humanity when he gave his last mo-
ments to the record of his dying experience,
and he WAS right. Physicians have read that
record with profit ami perhaps have Leen
enabled 10 save lives therchy.-New York
Evening Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
Baby Swallowed a Cent.

Little Isabclla's baby brother had swa.
lowed cent, and his sister was full of con
sternation. She had for some time been
practicins economy with the assistance of i.
little iron bank, from which by dint of great
labor she surreptitiously extracted an occa-
sional penny. Running to her mother She
said, breathlessly: "Oh, mamma, come
quick. Baby swallowed cent, and won,
you please come and help hold him upside
down and shake himg'-Merchant Traveller.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
Making IL Quick Run.

y biz steamer camc into this port the
other day, having made an amazing quick
ru,. ior her last day out. One of the officers,
in speaking, of the trip said: "Whcn wetook
our pilot aboard, 400 miles off shore, VIE had
just time to get up to the hurbor within the
doctors hours Icy running our very best If
VIC missed the doctor VIC would have to lie
below the city ali night, with nearly l,OoC
passengers on board We determined to
inalic the run. The whole force of stokcrs
was put 10 passing coal from hand to
hand, aud every lump was brushed
free from dust Before it Went INTO
the furnaces. by doing this we mado
certain that the coal would take fire at
oncc ;lMd tl:at the furnaces would moi hc
loaded Will! c!.'lhcrs. The mcn worked lil;o
steam engines, with the promise of nn extra
allowance for each, and we rcclcd that 800
miles OFT like Il dream. We caught the doc
tor i'll time and got our passengers ashore
before night The company WAS several
hundred dollars in pocket 10y its saving on
their k.e:, for twelve hours, everybody was
pleased, and the old ship got feather in her
cap for having shown the ccanest pair of
heels she had ever shown s.nce She was built.
II was an exciting rum but it would have
been more exciting lor amy vessel 10 have
got in our way tioins ns we did, we could
have sliced full rugged ship in half like
knife cutting through II new cheese. ."-Altrel
Trunb!e i'll New York News
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20

To THE Eplron-Plcase inform your readers
that ! have positive remedy for the above
named disease. lis timely use thousands of
slnll lie clad 10 send two bottles of my remedy
FREE TO any of your readers who have consump.
ton if they will send their express and
post Office address. Respectfully. II. A. SLO-
jUM. NJ. L. ISL Pearl st., New York.
sep.29-1y.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
Found Cso for Him.

"oh, Mrs. Smith, do please Introduce Mr..
JOKES over there to me.a 'lt's no good, dear;
he won't dance" mo, know; but | want
beautifully. y."-London Judy.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20

What's the difference between an egg and
the scene of rural romancel None. They
are both laid in the co2ptrv.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20
Both Ends Hungry.

Two little boys We're at the circus, looking
at the elephant.
After the elder boy had gIen the animal
several peanuts, the little fellow cried out:
ooh, Pa, can't give his other tail some
yaanuts, too1''-The Epoch.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-20

There are many blessings attached to pov
erty. But they are fearfully disguised
Rochester Post-Express.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-09-15
Collision and Explosion.

The Baltimore and Ohio north-bound passenger
train due in Mansfield, Ohio yesterday morning,
WAS derailed by switch at Ankneytown siding
and collided with freight train on the siding
The mail car, followed by the express car and two
day coaches, struck the engine and rolled over on
their sides, completely wrecked. Almost imme-
diately the freight engine boiler exploded, throw.
ing wreckage in all directions. The two coaches
contined no passengers nearly all returning
from the Grand Army encampment at Columbus
The hot water and steam from the boiler poured
into the coaches, and tho passengers that had not
been hurt by broken timbers were scalded. The
engine of the passenger train which, with two
express cars, had safely passed the switch, was
Immediately taken to Independence aud Bellville,
aud all the doctors in those places were taken to
the wreck. The passengers who were not hold
down by timbers crawled ont of the windows, and
by the time the doctors reached the spot all but
four or Two were out of the broken coaches. Mrs.
Edward Valentine, of Chicago, and f. Luckens,
the express agent, were firmly pinned under the
standing oil the side track next to the passen-
ger train, and was found b-tween the tender and
boiler of his engine with the front of his head
blown off. David Wilson, the baggage master, was
found doubled up alongside the freight train with
his eek broken and his skull crushed. The dead
men were laid on cots alongside the track and the
wounded were taken to houses near by. The
wrecked train consisted of the engine two express
cars, mail car, baggage car, two day coaches and
two Sleeping cars.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

VIM. g. Lamb. youngest son of Col. VIM.
Lamb, of Norfolk, died at Newberne, n. c.,
on Thursday.
Rev. w. T. Roberts resignation will take
effect to-day as pastor of the Episcopal
church at Culpeper.
Alfred 81. Turner'S varnsh factory in
May field, near Norfolk. was destroyed by
fire yesterday. Loss S. 900.
Two Deeroes named Price and Boyd broke
into the " NJ. freight house at Madison Run
late Saturday evening They were arrested
and locked up in the Orange jail.
John Falls and Charles Starkey, two
young white men, of Botetourt county, have
been arrested on the charge of burning the
Blue Ridge Springs Hotel last spring. De-
tectivee claim they have positive proof of
the guilt of the accused.
Mr.. Henry 7. Wl:kbem yesterday ten
dered to the Governor his resignation as
member of the Board of Visitors to the Cen.
trail Lunatic Asylum. he having been nomi-
mated candidate for the Virginia Senate
from the Thirty. fourth Senatorial district
Judge VIM. j. Robertson, president of
the Virginia State Bar Association, has com
pleted the appointment OF the standing COM
mittees of the association for the year 1888
and 1854. Among them are, on admissions:
G. & NicOl, RrenisVille; en- legislation and
law reform. J. 3. McCabe, of Leeshurg on
judiciary, K. Taylor Scott, of Warrenton {;
and on grievances, F. l.. Smith, of AIexan
dria.
Tn Leesbgrg fair closed yesterday and
thu races were won as follows First race,
running, four-ffths of mile heats, by E
IT j.,
pony race, two-6fths of mile heats, by Ro-
bert Nevile's flly, Rosalie third race,
running, county horses only, two fifIhs of a
mile heats, by Frank Furr's fl ly, Flash !;
fourth race, running, two 6ftbs mile heats
by Harry Goodsel's gelding, Jefferson.
James Green, who, with his brother. Mar
tin Green, Jim Powers. Andy Hale, John
Adkins aud Jim Toncrey, squater5 in the
mountains of Wise county, who attacked a
party of surveyors who were surveying the
lands of the Virginia, Tennessee and Caro-
Ina Steel and Iron Company xii log James
Lawson and woundug J. Il. Skeen, has
bcen captured and s now 10 Vice county
Jail. The others are strongly entrenched
10 the mountains, and defy the officers of
| the law
The freshe.s 10 the rivers along the Sea
board and Roanoke Railroad commenced
sub,iding yesterday. Great damage has re-
suited en- owland farms along the Roanoke,
Nc!taway, Meherrin and Blackwater rivers,
the cotton and corn crops being submerged
and destroyed. Live stock. barns, cut lum-
her, cord wood, bridges, fences. ETC., have
been swept away by the floods. which have
been more generally disastrous then for
years, The greatest destruction tothe farm
ers is on the Roanoke river. many dwellings
being swept away, with the barns and out
houses Crops are fifteen feet under water.
Many fine plantations are ruined, and it is
estimated that the loss by foods this season
on the riYers named will reach million
dollars.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-09-15

THE YELLOW FEVER Yesterday was
the saddest day yet in the history of Jack
sonvlle's epidemic. The general gloom was
made intense by the grief at the less of aev
ersl of the very best cilzens. Two ofthe
noblest OF Forida's native sons fell, Louis L
Fleming, whose son and namesaKe was laid
10 rest three days ago Henry A. Lengie,
cashier Of the bank of the State of Florida,
ex-Treasurer of State and lately the heroic
ana interchangeable chairman Of the commit
tee on sanitation ofthe Citizsns' Association.
He was the elder brother of the democratic
candidate for Governor. The number of
new cases yesterday was 43. Deaths, u,
the largest record of mortality yet. Total
cases reported to date, $50. Total deaths,
116 The weather is still wet and unprom.
Using, and the earth ia soaked with water
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
LYnched.

RALEIGH, N. c., Sept. 15-News was re-
ceived here last night of another lynching,
which is the thirteenth this year. 1t occur
red at Whiteville, Columbus county, We'd
uesday night. A body of masked men, q
hundred or more, entered the Jail and de-
manded the keys from the jaier. With
score of revolvers pointed at him he surren.
dersd the keys. and the lynchers went to
the cell where Sherman Farrier (coloredl
was confned for an outrage committed on
an aged white woman, took him and depart
ed. Thursday, suspended to the limb of q
large oak about one mile from the Jail, the
body of Farrier was found with placard
pinned on his breast bearing the words ::
I'VE protect the virtue of our women. Be-
Ha:en