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The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17
ME ouLcIs sATUREr QuIEs.
Let me be quiet. let me lilo
Stretched at my ease,
NN-hiln l~,,;i,. a., ,1a,l L.,

Let me be quiet. let me lilo
Stretched at my ease,
While lazily the clouds 20 by
Above the trees;
Where apple blossom :iuttr,s down
At V and morn,
In orchard slope a-ncar u town
Long ~lefttorlorn;
or idly watch, within Il mcat.
TIL sleeping lily buds aiioat;
Or. grazing past the reeds, drift slow
y c!1,mblin. castle wall below.
lie; me DO quiet; let ne lie;
Stretched at my ease,
While lazily the clouds so by
Along the seas;
And CLEAN and shadow set tho ships
In gloom and light,
An like n dream tho sea bird dips
From mora till night:
And nipples swirl along The land.
And perish in tn" ahahcr sani;
While DER their i.nwri, doom the hir~,ze
Chants iirgcs il the sea maaShrS.
Thomas .Ashc il Detroit i'rcc Press.
The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17

81 think | will get one of those for mv
little boy" said Brown, as he stopped bcfor,
a fakir who was making the day hide"l,s
with a big wooden rattle, she likes anything
that will make a noise.n
Then, are you going up towing
mo, Two got to go to the telegraph Office
first. My wife expects her mother to-llor
row and ! want to wire her that Ill meet nel
at tho station."-The Epoch.
The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17
Making BOATS from T.,ts

a Russian sergeant OF the Semouovs.v
regiment has Invented q method tor tn
RAPID construction OF boats from tents. Upo,
experiment, in thirty minutes, under the dc
slGner,s direction, u detachment of me,
chosen by hapnazard, lmprovlsed sev.ra
hanGs' boats with the aid OF green woodrow
q neisnbonng grove. Eacp Goat readily SIP
ported tour to SIX fuzzy equipped soldiers
New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17
An Exclamation.

Jay Gould, it is said, pays $4,000 q year
to his attending physician, DR.. William
Mum, and thus commands Lis entire time.
This may explain why, every two or three
days during the entire year, the papers en-.
nounce that Mr. Gould's health is il q crit.
tcal condition. -Norristown Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17
MOTIONS OF SAVAGES.
SOME STRANGE BELIEFS OF THE SIM
PIE CHILDREN OF EARTH.
Darwini>,n Anticipated l,y Tribes ct AZ
rica-Gurious Ideas Concerning. White
Trorlr-Ml:nt Savage, Thought Of the
Clothing cf Observation-Disclosures.

ktStuS-Nhtul ',ih.tssS t.itl-'t VI hS
Clothing of Observation-Disclosures.
Savage hcilet> regarding cn>,no%ony, scos-
rl,,hv aud the kl}lroi sciences arcs luncr
cNlS lhat u Noiu.lH %nui,l i.ut cultaiii them,
:uni nlN he i..s:,'.: lv. although Su,i"ot them
air exceed u,lN strange and interesting. Oi
Gryatlr !!;tHrcs; To mos: r~rl,trrS are t!r.r 10
ti":i> llr'i!' EiaMi!lt!. Dire :, d"utc-i iraulllils.
furniture. r:r.. :. few Of WElrh VIII Illustrate
the character OF the larger nuuilrrtaat might
be g,vc;.
The first time natives Of the province of
Victoria. in Au 5traIla. SAW anoX grazing. the
who!H tribe turi.eu uut TO watc! h,!n. and the
ST daring warriors he; sed aka to give
,heiM the huge horns Ii. wore. Many s;lv;,-cS
call tn" game by mirnc in hunting. just - IL
l.rdsi.a!. raiis his cows. Tulin.MmNa women
i'll lira@! 80 /" the amt inils and call the Hut>
out, promising t.Iem mats, while those OF ,%aw
South Wales l%,r,l!' lisa 10 hcrausht. la the
cabins @! Cai..i'ia ~iu,iiaas there was an midi
vilual especial. charged with this duty.
Bolivian Nuiacarir> would not feed rorn
to their fowls, saying tutt ~ they could mol
ra|s, II tie. ought not to have ii. Many
triir, Of Africa. pas4g4,y ami Central
.Allc!.'a a@'irirutrl pnHwinism ia their bc-
lie: taat mcl.cNs "crr formerly ni"n who
havr lost ,le art "t speech because t.l,cv are
not lla. 10 .3r'":.
1t Il t. ,.ra., f"r Us IL understand the he
li@t IH I " i;a.ity s,.ya .s,> That they are the
so.r l:. ,l;,.ii,s 1t i4e r@lriil. toinnlc:ioS,
Carr 49,. t;tl.,.ca tribps aud M:.rquesans
hal.'' ..' t.1,t ;4cre were any other people
Oh e., t'~ IT,, their owl! an! similar Ideas
W." .. 4 lay l;acl;v Mountain tribes,
o.. .. -, Australian a%borigiues, Ma
~, 10. | ,.i. - ,,,l ,,,.,-., a. 'I'.......
The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17
Undcr The i:lnpcror,s Ken

at is surprisin. how well the German gov
viItl"lt keeps informed about American
%si.alrs," said Julius Hoffman, who for eight
zen Years has been manager of the German
>pc!e;y Of the city oi New York.
Only yesterday ! saw II communication
winch | nave all reason to believe came Ill
rect from tn" emperorthrough the minister
of foreign affairs. addressed tn one Of the
governments agents. asking him 10 look up
II certain society recently established here
presumably for the purpose uf comforting
benefits upon the Germans, and which opened
IL branch in Germany. The organization is
managed by Americans, and there is prob
ably nothing suspicious about II, yet the en-
;'rror, who is a warrior from the crown of
-. head to his footsoles, wishes to get all the
formation about it, so that he can be pre-.
Nre,l to deal with it in case the organization
a political object.
Very little of amy Importance happens in
,rity that Bismarck doesn't know. He has
.ti!ar reports sent to him and tries 10 keep
rack of the German cnnigrants who come
yer here, and | am sure he thoroughly M
trrstands the part played by the German
citizens i'll the political affairs OF the United
States
Several members of tho German society,
down own merchants, who have just re-
turned from their summer vacation spent in
Germany, here spoke about tie great popu,
iarity of the young emperor. They say that
lie is enthusiastically received wherever he
goes. They seemed to think he would hold
the affection of his people as long as l!o re-
manned Il Citizen monarch. and did lot
cater to the nobility rs is indicated by sonr
of his addresses delivered at recent dinners
given in his honor.-New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17
Eut Not Cnstrunr.

Bliifer talludins to a lady among tho prom
enaders whose escort has u very ~pcrccptiblc
stoopl--Miss Archer seems to havo come pre-
pared for the fray.
Bilk:ns-lreparal for tho fray?
Bli1fcr-l judge SO. Her beau is bent
Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17
Disraeli and His Wife.

Disraeli used to joke with his wife by tell
ing her that he had married her for money,
to which she always replied. "Ah, if you
had to do it again, you would have to do it
for love.n
The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17
INTO THE DARK.

I gaze into the dark. o love!
gaze into tho dark.
The creeping shadows chill me, and the night,
With wide outreachinS arms, holds thee altar.
o ~ycaruinS eyes Your love midst wondr"us
light.
Moro fair than falls from moon ray or from
The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17

Sir William Thompson considers E..ison's
discovery OF TIC lacn sa:l 90. ct tho
greatest i'll tic practlca! application of
science ever made"
The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17
Smiles out into the dark

Star,
Smiles out into the dark.
I react into the dark, o love!
lreach INTO the dark.
Icannot find thee. and my cropping hands
Touch only memories and phantom shapes.
Ocmpty arms q" glad Of those sweet lands
Wherein your love all loneliness escapes.
And smiles into the dark.
Icall. into the dark. o love!
lcall into the dark.
There comes from out the hush below. above,
No answer bit my own quick fluttered breath.
o doubling heart! Dost thou not know thy love
Across the awful silentness of death,
Smiles at thee through the dark:
Jessie +. O'Donneil in American Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17

The feeling in favor of adopting q uni
velsal hour is growing among savants. the
Russians being the chief remaining obstacles.
The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17
An Ancient CITY Un.arheo

He is worth no veal that can bide 10 Voc
Scotch Prove.b.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

Boys NJ ,ck to learn. and you have
only to q ,iem interested In a thing to
Noach IN how to do IL. When you set
'ns>m af Jew piece Of work, explain it
to then. Tell them not only how TO do
this or that thing. but why you do it.
Explain the reasons for It. and set them
to thinking for themselves. Encourage
<1,cm to be self reliant. and when they
nave done anything well. give them the
credit to which they are entitled. Treat
the boy rs IL he were man-for he is. on
u smaller scale than yourself-and he
will act like man. Take him into your
confidence, and make n companion Of
him, and he will surprise you by his
manlincss and his sensible ideas. These
IDEAS may be crude, but the germ Of
sense Is in them. and it is your duty to
assist in their development in every way.
Too many men make their boys feel
that they arc Of little or no account
while they are boys. Lay response
bility on boy, and he will meet it in a
manful spirit. On no account igRore
their disposition to investigate. Help
them to understand things. Encourage
them TO know what they arc about. We
are too apt to treat boys seeking after
knowledge as mere idle curiosity. Don't
ask questions" is poor advice to boys. II
youldo not explain puzzling things to
them, you oblige them to make expert
ments before they find out, and, though
experimental knowledge Is best, in ono
sense, in another il is not, for that whit,
can be explained clearly doc hot need
experimenting with. II the principle
involved is understood. there Is no fur
thcr trouble, and the boy can 30 ahead
in,elligen,ly. - Eben L. Rcxford in
American Agriculturisi.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11
TIL. Fiber. Of Wool.

Why docs not wool felt on the sleeps
hack: The answer Is simple. Because
all the iibers are lying one way. The
serraiures always point In the direction
away from the root of the fiber. and
thus they cannot Nj into each other any
more than two saw edges pointing the
same way could intcrlock. or than two
fir cones could stick together IL both lay
In the same direction. lmt reverse one
of them and then try 10 draw il l'ast the
other while touching il. and they will At
Dnce become fastened together. In like
manner. during the various PROGRESSES of
manufacturer. the filrrs of wool are
pulled aluu, In every direction. and thus
their edges are placed with many II the
points facing each other and ready III
seizc hnhl when the feliing operation L..
gins. l'ry Goois Chronicle.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

Mort lizards have the faculty Of shed.
ding their tails when seriously frightened.
Ar'l Of spro,iting new ones from the
stamp some time afterward. This leads
. writer In n encyclopaedia for young people
to say that ''lizards' tails are almost M
brittle as glass;" and that q glove or
handkerchief dropped on them causes
them to snap of. To my own knowl-
e,lge the tail Of the Joint snake" or
leglcss lizard. is 20 much moro ''brittle'
than glass TINT it breaks into several
pieces when Il isn't touched at all, pro-
vided the reptile In placed In jeopardy of
his life. Tho tendency to sprout q new
tail when the old one 10 gone is 30 strong
that Il is not uncommon to see lizard
with q forked tail-the new one having
grown ont when the old one was only
partially discovered. Henry j. Philpott
In American Magazine.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

When Rachel Felix. aftcrward the
world renowned Mile. Rachel. the chief
est glory OF the French stage. was child
and newly come TO the Paris Conserva-
toirc. she solicited M. Provost, socic.
taire of the Comcslic Franchise. TO give
her private lessons in acting. N. Pro-
vost looked at the sallow and unattrac-
tive girl and rather brutally reminded her
of her previous vocation by tart recon-
inendation TO abandon her ambition and
go and sell nosegays.
Long aftcrward the great tragcdicnn.
had her revenge. She was playing Her
mione. The theatre was filed, and the
genius and the thought Of Paris united To
,lo honor to their illustrious country
woman. IIermionc was called and re-
called. AMI her Grecian tunic was filled
with the flowers which enthusiastic adj
mirers had launched at her. In the midst
of her painting triumph she ran after NJ.
Provost. dropped q courtesy and said:
~ have followed your counsel. Mon.
sieur Provost and sell noscgays. Will
YOU buy onel"-Dctroit Free Press.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

In q store whcrc birds, fishes and ami
mails are sold ! watched an attendant
putting together the material for small
aquarium. "Is it not grcq/ trouble to
keep tho fishes alivc?" asked. lyon
must change tho water daily, must you
not.' ssNot more than once n year. :"
was his reply. '"That was the old fash.
ioncd aquarium before the scientists had
discovered for US the oxygen producing
plants. You see that bit Of plant under
the rocks fherei Well. that 10 oxygen
producing. We put 1t in with the fishes,
where it serves at once us an ornament
and life giver and preserver. This
aquarium that mn now finishing will
not require change Of water for ut least
eighteen months. Then by changing
the water IL will go another year or
year and half."-New York Tribune.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

1t Is not t''rprising that 30 many school
children suffe.N >'th weak eyes when we
consider the coiih-, n under which they
are forced to use the THE very fact
that the light In many q. vol rooms is
twice strained through g. >partitions
before It penetrates the insiA. looms, Is
In itself n severe test Of sight. % pre-
ponderance Of sash wood over the >spes
Of glass Is anything but propitiot,, "a
clear seeing. With heads bent over de
doing arithmetical examples. or studyihs
the fine printed school books, or reading
their own imperfect handwriting from
which many of the lessons must be
learned, the only wonder Is that all the
little ones ore not purblind before they
reach the grammar schools.-Professor
David Webster. II. ID. n
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11
inherited
Diseases.

In the Yralm q: il.cass the facts Of In.
heritanra are mo.t numerous and are daily
accumuiafing. Her. alas. they bscome Ter.
rlblc, fatefui and "vr!w hr,f,ing. No fact os
nature Il morr pregnant with awful mean.
ing than the fart of tho Inheritance Of
disease. II mccts the physician ON his daily
rounds, paraiyElns his ATT aad Giiing him
with dlsnay. Tho legend of the ancient
Greeks pictures the furics a. pursuing
families from generation to generation.
rendering them dcsoia,e. The furles still
ply their WORK Of terror and death. but they
arc not now e:uihr'i In tho garb of supcrsti.
tion. but appcar In thu morr intcliigibie bus
no i.ss awful form of hrr-iiiaty disease.
Modern science. which has Illuminated -
many dark corners of nature, has shsi .
new light on tho ominous words of the
Scriptures. "Th- slns IL the fathers shall be
vislt.-i upon th, Children unto the thiri and
fourth gcnrration" Instances of hereditary
disease a,sound. Fifty I~r cent, Of cascs VI
consumption. that fearful destroyer 10 faIni.
lies. Of cancer nnd scr.isla. run IN families
through inheritance. Insanity II hereditary
In marked degree. hut. fortunately. like
many other hereditary diseases. tends 10
wear itseif out. tho stock becoming extinct.
A distinguished scientist truly says: NO
organ OF texture of the irpdy Il exempt from
the chance II being th. snbjcct Of hereditary
disease" Probably more chronic diseases.
which permanently ma,iify tho structure
and functions % the loiy. arr morr or lrss
liable 20 be inheri,ei. The important aud
farreaching practical deductions frum such
facts-afY-ctlng "a powerfully the happiness
OF individuals and families and the collective
welfare of the nation are obvious Co rcfrr.
ting minds. anil the bcu means for prevent
ting or curing thrsc 4 Gases Il snbice, u
intense inicr~st To all. Fortunately nature
has provided remedy. Which experience
has a,tes;c,i NJ infalilalc. anil the remedy 10
the work. famous swi.t's sgcclnc. . pure
vegetable compound -nainrr's an,iiotc for
all biooi poisoaS, To the afflicted u Is .
blessing of In s,.mah!c value. An interest,"
ing trratiss oa "n,opi AMI skin Diseases"
will b. mailed ire, l'y addressing
Tnu swFr srEcisic CO..
Drawer & Atlanta. o.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11
tn. seouree Of southern France.

The mistral Is the northwest wind.
which is the scourge Of the south Of France
in winter and spring. Tho mountain
ranges Of the Cevennes being covered
with snow. and the shores of the Medi-
tcrranean being many degrees warmer.
the icy cold air rolls down tho slopes Of
tho mountains with terrific violence. and,
invading Provence and I.angue,loc. de-
stroys the vineyards. uproots trees.
throws down buildings. and is so in
tcnscly dry that It withers every green
thing. According to Strabo the mclam-
boreas precipitatoi men from their char
iots and stripped them Of their arms and
vestmcnts. Locally the saying is that the
three plaques Of tho country are the par
Lament. the mistrai. and the Durancc. -
Tongman's Magazine.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11
Error Of European rour,.s-.

II IL q fatal error Of almost oil those
10000 tourists who come in tho annual
swarm across the Atlantic that they f,y
along the well worn paths. live in modern
hotels, diet themselves on homeopathic
doses out Of guide books. and pass from
city to city, just as the rustic gazt~
through one hole after another in th'
peep show at country fair. There nr
thousands Of people who stay ut hon"'.
read quietly. look thoughtfully ut ma! =
AMI pictures. and through all kinds oi
good books get far deeper insight into
the lives Of other lands than the bustlins
conventional tourists. who take the round
peep show method Of looking ut Europe.
--Corinth Cor. Boston Globe.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

4 teacher In the West wrote TO one Of
tia patrons of her school. asking why his
SOU had been absent for three days. The
following satisfactory note was received
in reply: "James was f0oling around n
steel raj trny Monday when /, went cii
and caugh, by his big toe MITIGATING oi
damidges that makes the wearing Of his
hoot impossible II swelled until Il Is as
big as four iocs and he also Inns the
mumps and n ring worm and bile so
that lac cant study. lie will tonne when
he Is better"
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

Shall we never master the languages
of beasts. rs even the parrot and. the star.
ling will In their own attom9sc way
master portions Of ours? To az 'rtain
extent this has been accomplisheN A
hunter tries TO initiate by his .'callsN 'he
cries Of the animals he Is Turing to d ir
destruction, and Is often successful in\ !
exact ratio to his skill In this rough d
quaintance with the speech Of the lowcA
animals. Mr. Henderson, an American
"gunner." has managed to set the cries
Of some OF the game birds In musical
notation, and finds that they are quite rs
uniform rs are tho same words spoken
by different persons. They have their
songs Of love rs well as exclamations Of
fear and defiance. The quail has ono
set Of notes when it Is .'a proud. happy,
and affectionatc father" and another
when In the autumn he Is sounding the
assembly" In order to tell the scattered
birds Of the chosen rendezvous for the
covcy. Every other bird has, In like
manner. language suitable for different
occasions, and the clever sportsman can
often easily wilo the birds within range.
Some songs, like some human Ian
g,iagcs, are more difficult than others.
The spotted sanipiper's Is much easier
than that Of the yellow leg. while the
English snipe Is n moody bird, which
speaks only In its unnusical squcah
when 1t Is startled. and springs intd
flight. Hence musician can readily
write It down. The song birds-thd
robins, the thrush, the nightingalcs. and
10 forth-have, however. far mort
complicated tongue. and Mr.. Cheney
who has reported some Of their mclodis
finds the task by no means simple. Ane
Of these songs are stereotyped< <5dt on
more than one occasion the Youngsters
have been noticed to extcmp6fize when
the mood took thCn. For example.
the song often varies before and after
rain. u Aspring and autumn; while one Of
the red casts songs/ 70 the same tune
llf,y oy,,o,, ySaa ~ reel'ns their yarn
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

Experiments have proved that the ten.
sile strength Of q wet rope is only one
third that Of the same rope when dry;
and rope saturated with grease or SOAP
is weaker still, as the lubricant permits
the filters TO slip with greater facility
Hemp rope contracts strongly ON btinS
wet. and dry rope twenty-five feet long
will shorten to twcnty.four on being wet.
Prank L.slic's.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

A Philadelphia tool manufacturer in.
structs his workmen TO hold large st.-l
tools in north and south line while they
are being tempered. He says that many
years ago he noticed that such tool
would often fly apart when being tenn
pered IL held least and west, and that
the liability to such accidents was great,
lessened. II not entirely obliterated. il
the tool was held north and SOUTH
Chicago News.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

The cornilowcr that was the favorit- of
Kaiser Willamette blue bachelor :
button" of this latitude-is said to be iln
badge Of the Liberty party In Belgium.
while the red poppy Is that Of the Con
scrvative or Clerical party. Chicago
Herald
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11
AA.lanaaMaah..a.

Mrs. WmsLoWs sooFnIEo sTnuP shonid always
be used when children are cutting trsth. IL 10.
iisves the littir sueferat onre itproduees natural
S ~ sss,ps.% I. !. xsry pIsassns q ta..s. Il
soothes the ehI .softens he gums, all pains
regulates the bowe ., andistis b. st known remedy
for diarfhmz, whether aIi.in- Irnfn teethtng or
Oshsr eauses. Twenty-Five evnt. n bottis.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11
THE JvcoLsa.
4 mountebank amidst . crowd
RAs.n ..sluA alo..A

4 mountebank amidst crowd
Thus cried aloud
.waik up. Slczsisurs. and try the cure
For every evil men endure:
10 h powder which win give
AL things for which you strive and live
To fools % gives Intelligence;
And 10 the guilty Innocence
Honor on rascais it bestows.
And 10 old women brings young bcaux:
Secures old men young. pretty wives.
Makes mn'iinen icad well tempcr'd lives
In shors. whatever you would gain
lt win assist ysu 20 attain.
u Ia o perfect panacea-
Tho iugigirr's table drew psas
This wolsdrous powder 70 behold
OF which such miracles were told
u was little powdered go.d!"
Tho Fables Of Florian:
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11
A rc,,h In A,~,.,.-

At the head Of each tomb IL slab IL
marble with one or two round holes In
which flower pots are set or cups placed
there that the birds may drink from
them; the natives believe that these birds
afterwari ny away 20 heaven with u
greeting from the soul reposing beneath
r. a. lsridgman In Harper's Marai.i
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11
How l:sr. An Ir...i.

In France alone the wine clariiicrs us.
more than s0.O00.000 year. and the
Alsntians consume fully 3s.OO0.000 IN
calico printing and for dressing ih
leather t:mt is uazl in making the finest
French kid gloves. - Eastern Fnrm"r.
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

4 late refinement IN dentistry Is n tiny
electric lamp for lighting up the raviiI~
of the teeth during the process " filling
Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

Algeria. which sixty years ag" ~n,
nearly all waste land, has now D.00O. .0un
Of acres under cultivation.