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restiynls of tho A1askans,

The festivals-which, as we have said. are
numerous-arc often held in n sort of COM
mon hall called the kashga, which is built of
the same pattern rs the scmi-subterrnnean
winter houses. but is often us large us sixty
feet square and twenty or thirty feet high.
This kashga also serves for various other
purposes. 1t is used for the public bath; for
the deliberations of the council of elders in
communal questions; for the preparation of
skins and the manufacture of slcds: for the
reception of visitors, and for tile sleeping
place of males who have no huts of their
own. The festivals consist of singing and
dancing of a primitive character. and then
gorging with fish and blubbcl, with tho adj
ditional luxury of melted reindeer fat, when
it can be procured. All the food, both fish
and flesh, goes through some process of cook
ing before being caten, although the ''higher"
it is tue more it is appreciated. Chambers
journal
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su2Eas7!7IoNs OF THE STAGE.
The Opinion of London Professionals NJ

The Opinion Of London Professionals OIL
Omens ami the Like.
Mr.. Toolc, the comedian, being interviewed
on the subject, says that although not in
tensely superstitious himself, he still believes
in ghosts-not the ordinary ghosts, however,
but one that walks every week-on pay day.
AS for omens, he confcsses that when he
passes the theatre at $50 and sees n crowd of
people right across the street waiting for the
doors to open, he usually considers the omen
good.
Mr.. Edward Terry, another popular
London actor, is very fond of Friday. He
says that his new pieces have invariably been
produced on that day, and that lie usually
travels with a company Of thirteen players.
The SAINT boldness is u characteristic of Mr..
Marius. His opinions of stage superstitions
arc as follows:
II would rather produce a successful play
on Il Friday than q bad one on a Saturday. l
would rather receive 913 than :E12 ut any
time. | would rather sit down thirteen to a
good dinner than twelve to a bad one. do
not believe in unlucky theatres or unlucky
actors, hut l believe i'll a good play. we'll
acted, drawing good houses, wherever it may
be. If there is one superstition | have it is
to get the best of everything at the cheapest
rate
IN the other hand, Mrs. Bernard ecre
confesses that she is exceedingly superstitious.
Miss Millward is even more so and Miss
Fanny Leslie, the burlcsque actress. consid-
ers it unluc!sy to place an umbrella on the
prompt table, and also to drop the play part
during rehearsal. Black cats she believes are
very lucky. but she will never sign q con-
tract on Friday. Miss Lefty Lind has also
some strong opinions on the same subject.
~ am peculiar enough says Miss Lind, ito
believe the number thirteen to be very lucky.
1t was the number of my dressing room at
the Gaiety theatre when n London audience
was kind to me for the first time. On my
return to that theatre / shall ask to be
allowed to nave the same room. AT one
time l went to see a manager and met Il
woman with an evil eye, OF rather n cross
eyed women. L walked deliberately home
again, knowing that the manager in q,IcS-
ton would not believe i'll me. White flowers,
believe, are very unfortunate. Go under
lnddcr l will not. And nave found that if
l la pen to meet any one on the stairs when
l am going on for u dance l don't get an en-
core"
From these few examples it may be seen
that the English actors and actresses, though
not quite SO supelstitiouS as their French
brothers and sisters, are yet not wholly free
from the same influences Philadelphia
Times
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
Bewitchlngly Dainty handkerchief.


The bewitching attractions of dainty hand.
kerchiefs have no end. From the cobweb OF
h!my India linen to the almost solid tracery
OF French handwork X in bud, leaf and blossom.
there appears to be no style lacking or want
unsuppiied. Plain hclnstitcl,ed handkerchiefs
OF sheer linen lawn are, and always will he,
the pride of fastidious women If Quiet tastes
They are, like all fine, delicate fabrics, the
essential possession Of the gentlewoman,
These come in prices ranging from fifty cents
to 81 for fine goods. The French embroidered
handkerchiefs are veritable works of art. and
the deeply wrought borders are seen in both
white and delicate tints. The sheer lawn
kerchiefs, with double hemstitching and EN-.
Droldery, are considered more elegant for
cress than lace trimmed styles. which are
rather under a cloud at present. Crepe-lisse
handkerchlefs embroidered i'll yellow, lilac.
pink or blue silk, are lovely. but perishabla
New York Post.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
THOU ART NOT NEAR,

Thou art not nca. me, hut I SEQ thins eyes
Shine through the gloom like stars in winter
skies.
Poin,in. the way my longing steps would go,
To ONE To thcr because l love thee so.
Thou art hot near me. hut I feel thine arm
Soft folded round me, shielding me from harm,
Guiding me on in the days of old.
When life was dark and all the ways were cold.
Thou art not near me, but ] hear thee speak
Sweet as II breath of June upon my cheek,
Aud as thou srcak'st I forget my fears.
And all the darkness of the lonely years.
O love. my love. wlatc'er my fate may he,
Close to thy side or never more. with thee.
Absent or present. near or far apart.
Thou hast my love and fillest all my heart.
-Casscll's Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
Addicted to Playing Faro.

1t is an open secret that the great com
moncr, Thaddeus Stevens, was much adj
to playing faro, and mt times he was a
high hett"r. He preferred to play against
the dealing of Ten. Wilkinson, who was his
personal friend and Il gentleman in every at
tribute, although following the profession Of
gaming. Every night, when the weather
permitted, Thaddeus Stevens entered Gen.
Wilkinson's establishment. took his f~avorite
seat at the table, which all playcrsintuitively
yielded him as n prc-cmptivc right, bought
500 worth of checks and silently made his
play. When the hour of midnight came Mr..
Stevens invariably retired, whether winner
or loser, and Gen. Wilkinson provided him
with II might liner" hack, fooled by an aged
colorel driver, who carefully drove the great
home to his lodgings and returned
to report that NIL was sufe.--J. j. Noah in
Philadelphia Times.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
STUDYING to he Veterinarians.

Throughout the United States at the
present time there are probably 500 persons
studying to he veterinarians: fifteen wears
6 there were not twenty students in the
whole country, and there was but one college.
There are n few men who have not graduated
from any college who are competent veterin-
arians. They have read, studied and prac-
ticed until they are quite competent; just S1e
same as in the early days of this country n
certain number of men studied medicine by
themselves and became cool physicians
without the aid of a collegiate training. But
there are very few competent veterinarians
who are not graduates of some veterinary
college.-D. {. Comstock, NJ. D., in The
Epoch.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
France, Mounted Infantry corpS

The corps of mounted infantry (chasseuls
II pied has been rcorganized by the French
general staff, and now follows that admirable
system of tactics which was devised by our
Gen. Sheridan. The underlying principle is
to make the horseman q trooper as well as a
foot soldier, and though fighting OH foot is
his vocation, and the horse a means of hurry
ing him along, yet On occasion to be able to
dash on an exposed flank of the enemy with
the same %impetuosity and effectiveness US a
regular trooper.-Scientitic American.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
MIR. W. v. corcoran's Business Methods.

MIR. w. W. Corcoran's Business Methods.
MI. Hyde, the white haired, gray whis-
kered, rosy faced, blue eyed gentleman who
has for forty years acted Us the late Mr.. w.
w. CorcoranS private secretary, tells me that
MI. Corcoran's last business act was the
signing of a real estate transfer. He says
his mind was perfectly clear up to within a
few days of his death, and that his business
faculties were never more acute. He had,'
said he, "a wonderful mind and very uuicl,
pcrceptive faculties. He decided instantly
on any matter which came before him, and
though he sometimes made mistakes he sell
dom doubted his judgment at the time. He
had not good business habits as regarded the
care of his own books. He kept the books Of
others all right, but not his own
l here looked at some of Mr.. Hyde's meth
DDS, and they were interesting as showing
how a fortune of millions has been managed.
Not a scrap of business paper is allowed to
go to waste, and all of Mr.. Corcoran's checks
and receipts for years back have been num-
bered. His private secretary gave a receipt
while I was present, and l noted that its
number was in the twenty-seven thousands.
l was shown check books that ran up in
their numbers to over 5000, and Mr.. Corco-
ran, after he had used up one check book,
Ciu uOt USSlA d uc" uuIllOeT WIN Inc new
books, but went on until the numbers rave
now reached the tens OF thousands. These
receipts and checks are carefully labeled in
packages Of 100 and laid away in such a
that they can be referred to in an
instant. 1t is the SAME with the other books;
all are thoroughly systematized. Mr.. Corco-
ran not long s came into his office here
and said: 81 want very much to know whom
l ordered some wine of in France about five
years ago" His private secretary, with this
indefinite request, at once turned to his book
labeled Wine ran down u few pages and
came to the date and found the purchase. 1t
was the same with other matters, and Mr.
Corcoran had i'll this way a perfect business
diary kept for him.-Frank u. Carpenter il
New Ycrk World.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
innovation Mt Paris Balls.

A rather interesting innovation in dancing
parties has been made lately in Paris. 1t
consists in arranging the ladies who take
part in cotillons according to the colors OF
their dresses. Harmonious tints are thus
evolved, and unexpected vagaries of color
become manifest to the eye of the artist. In
q diversified party the effect is often novel
and startling. 1t is said that the fashion
comes from Vienna.-Home Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
possihi,itic, of the schoolma.,m.

\ western Schoolmaam has become famous
by getting all her pupils out of the school
house while II blizzard was in progress.
Some day she may succeed in keeping them
all in school while n circus procession is pass-
ing, and then her name will go down in his
tory.-NercEant Traveller.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.

To TIL E~DIToR-Plensc inform your reader.
that have a positive remedy for the above
named disease. Ey Its timely use thousands Of
shall be glad to send two bottles Of my remedy
FREE to any of your readers who have consump-
tion il they will send me their express and
post office address. Respectfully, T. "A. $40.
CUM, NJ. G. 181 Pearl ST., New York.
Decs24-6m.
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Doing a Big Business.

Reporter-How's business.
President Insurance Company-Immense.
we have never, i'll the history of the COM
pany, had SO many applications to act upon.
Reporter-Ah, applications for policies!
PRESIDENT Insurance Company-Er-no;
blotting paper.
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He Had Licked Him.

"Talk bout dem Genl Washin'ton body
servants! is licked Genl Washin'ton, gem
men-licked 'im!"
"Why, how's that, Uncle Dave?"
son a postal stamp!" And the old man
doubled over a hitching rack and fairly
laughed n holo in the ground.-Harper's
RaZar
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05

Three Hundred Growls per Day.
The number of growing, grumbling COM
munications on all sorts of subjects received
by The London Times averages 800 per day,
and every one of them is written in the full
belief that it will be published. Only one in
600 ever appears in print.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05

Boiling to death was introduced as n mode
of capital punishment during the reign of
Henry VIII. i'll 1881, but the act establishing
it was repealed sixteen Years later.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05

The man who threatens to call another man
"a liar, to his teeth, can do no great harm
The teeth may be false, anyway.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
Familiar with the Subject,

Magistrate Ito witness)-Do you know the
nature of al oath, Uncle Rastus?
Uncle Rastus-I reckon l does, yo' honah.
1se owned u balky mule for foahteen ya'.-
New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
Skinned to Africa,

Middletown Springs Vt.) firm recently
shipped to Africa a rice threshing machine,
to be run by man instead of horse power.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05

The entire police force of Kansas City are
church members. Two are elders. and any
number of them are deaconS.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05

Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little,
and has great purchasing power.-Dr. Al
colt,
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05


If mn hu1Y i4I Y1u1' pocket-
Lv0k, inn wiU listen IN am one
mAo en- JrN nm AyW to act it
back. II n,V TIRE last vou1'
AeQl16,--u1ich is M1lu precious,
--.Hglcn Ia us.
.NeajciNcs evH M upihing but
r1rck. di.sruyr. UrU 0,j ur1uiiyr-
In nat uov,fiy.j1 7Heu c,,uD,::
yn.,z i,r
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05

Blocks of ice cut ut Memphis, Mo-, were
found in many instances to contain catfish,
some of which were a foot long.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05

Two hundred thousand infants under two
years old are believed to be farmed out in
France.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
On the Courts Mercy.

Judge-Madam, what is your age.
She-Your honor, l leave that tothe mercy
of the court .-Butfalo Commercial.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
Til. wife of Theodore Thomas.

Very few people know anything of Thomas
domestic side, which is a very happy one.
Some twenty years ago Miss Porter, who
teaches the far famed girls schools at Farm
ington, Conn, undertook to educate a young
girl to I've her assistant and eventual successor.
Just about the time she had cralnlned her full
of Greek and the higher mathematics she very
unwisely invited a certain musical German
VI to the school to lecture before her pups.
on orchestral effects and composition. The
learned young graduate followed the example
of other young women less learned, and fell
promptly in love will the lecturer. He was
wise enough to return it and Miss Porter lost
an assistant, while Theodore Thomas gained
n wife.
1t is the proud and uncontradicted boast of
this classical and mathematical scholar that
i'll all the past twenty years her husband has
eaten but three inferior meals in his own
house. She comes of II race of notable
New England housckeepers, and the inherited
instinct is so strong that the theory that
learned women are lacking in domesticity-
if true-has no demonstration in her. They
are a thoroughly nfrcctionnte and %congcnial
couple, and MI. Thomas domestic existence
is as happy as his public career has been
great. There ISL pretty daughter just growing
up who does not appear to greatly resemble
either parent, as she is but a mediocre mn.
stefan, and despite the fact of beinga student
at the Harvard Annex, is considerably more
concerned with the fashions than with diff.
frrential calculus. -Brooklyn Eagle.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05
IN THE UNITED STATES.

But this boosted land of progress did not
take up the new tangled notion of our British
cousins till ls47-after Switzerland, and
even Brazil had adopted it. J. Walter Scott,
who has made a small fortune in the bust
ness of collecting the postage stamps of all
nutions and selling them to collectors, and
who has lately retired from business, has in
his possession a bill made out by j. Lorimer
Graham, who was postmaster of New York
city prior to the Introduction of postage
stamps. against a merchant for postage due
on mail addressed by him to his customers,
and which he had contracted to pay in adj
vance. There are now some 30Ostamp issuing
countries, and the prepaid postal service is
universal.
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05

IntFe IS no amusement SO INSTRUCTIVE LOT q
youthful mind as that Of stamp collecting.
Tho stamps form a splendid kindergarten.
The collectors curiosity is stimulated to in
quire into the reasons Of the various designs
and changes, and he is led to investigate the
history, manner md customs Of the stamp
issuing countries, so that educators have
largely accepted the pastime of collecting
stamps as a help in these branches. The late
Mrs. Whiting, of this city, adopted this
''fad" as a part of her curriculum, and Mr..
Scott says that in tho past twenty-five years
he has numbered among his customers many
of the great of this country and Europe who
nave bought literally of the letter franking
adhesions for their children, grandchildren,
nephews and nieces, while not a few of them
have derived much personal enjoyment from
the study of philately.-New York Evening
The Dickinson press., 1888-05-05

From these few examples it may be seen
that the English actors md actresses, though
not quite so superstitious as their French
brothers and sisters, are yet not wholly free
from the same Observation-Disclosures
Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-06-14
n TROUBLED WATERS.
An Oil Rocket Which it is Claimed Will Calm
the Waves in the Worst Storm.

An Oil Rocket Which it is Claimed Will Calm
the Waves in the Worst Storm.
Oil as an agent in quieting raging
sea has been recognized for some time
past, but it has never been put to any
practical purpose in this direction, so far
as the public has been aware of. An in
ventive genius, however, claims to have
mastered the situation, and if SO, vessels
in violent storm, Judging from ex,
periments reported, may now be enabled
to sail through smoother waters in the
worst weather, than any other time in all
nautical history. Wilhelm Meissel, second
officer of the steamship Vera, of the
North German Lloyd, has invented an oil
rocket that throws oil over very large
area. The invention consists of the
rocket proper and an oil cylinder with an
exploding chamber. The cylinder is fit
ed of thin tin soldered a5 the bottom and
top, and the exploding chamber is also
made of tin and has hollow tube reach
ing into the center of the oil cylinder fill
Cd with powder. The rocket may be
exploded under water, the oil being
lighter naturally rises to the surface.
Interesting experiments have been made
proving the practical value of the inven-
the steamship Werro, from New York to
Bremen, Capt. T. Bussius took a hand in
ascertaining how much benefit it might
be to navigation. 4 rocket with an oil
cylinder four inches high and diameter
Of 1B inches was fired at an angle of 80
degrees. It flew 1000 feet in front of the
vessel and the cylinder exploded at a
heighth Of 20 feet above the water. The
oil was distributed over an area of 1000
square feet. Another rocket, a 5-inch
cylinder, was fred at an elevation of Is
degrees in order TO make 1t xplode under
water. The feat was accom- plished and
the oil rose promptly to the surface and
was distributed over large area. Many
other experiments were made on the day
mentioned and each was followed by the
spectacle of a comparatively smooth sea
wherever the oil had spread. Expert
ments were also made on November Is or
Is on the river Wesersn the presence of
the imperial commissioners, Capt Welk-
mann and Capt. Nolteneus of Bremen
Haven. From the deck of the steamer
Vera five large rockets we're fred a
distance of $500 feet and the oil covered
an area of 1000 square feet. As soon az
the oil had spread the rolling of the sea
quieted down. The rockets have been
used in this port in the way of expert
ment and will, it is said, be of great value
to life saving corps along the coasts in
calming the water between the shore and
vessels in distress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-06-14
The Delinquent Subscriber.

Worn and weary, seedy and sad. an editor sat
him down.
Mid work and rubbish. paper and dust. with
many a wrinkled frown,
He sighed when he thought of his paper bills
his rent, and board, and wood.
And groaned when the copy fiend yelled out
as ne there in the doorway stood.
What do people fancy, he said, IAN editor
Air and water, glory and debt. till his toilsome
life Is done?
I'll stop their papers, every one. till their hon
est debts they pay.
And mark their names off the mailing book
Tor ever and ever aye!
Take this copy, double lead, and mark with
pencil blue.
years down to two"
Ind then to the copy hungry boy he handed
a penciled scrawl
Of hieroglyphics. struggling, wild, all tangled
and lean, and tall.
When scarce fortnight had dragged its
length of tired-out hours away
There came to the heart of the editor q glad
some JOY one day;
Twas only letter from Gordon's Mill, in a
hand both weak and old,
But out of it fell a treasured coin. of solid
beautiful goldl
The letter claimed his interest then, and so he
The scrawled, hut simple and honest words
and this is what they said:
Dear Editor: read the lines you marked
and sent to me-
So l send this piece of gold and ask if you will
agree
To send my paper right along, and forget the
debt L owed.
For I've took your paper for twenty year
and so far as eer L know'd,
never owed no man cent till about four
year ago,
When my pc wife died, and the crops was
bad and the fever laid me low.
And times hain't never been the same to little
Liz and me
For we are all that's left behind-and since nv
eyes can't see,
She always reads the paper, and it's been our
only cheer.
And brought us all the news and fun we've
had for many year.
I'm gettin old and feeble. now. and down
with the rheumatic.
And there's the paper left to me; just that and
little Liz.
We couldn't bear to lose it now, its been with
us so long,
Till its very name is music, like an old-time
happy song.
''This twenty dollar piece of gold will pay for
all owe,
And what is over and above, just keep, and
let it go
Toward paying for the paper till Il brighter.
better day;
And send to Liz, she'll need it then, when I am
called away"
Glad and thankful the editor was, as he knew
that there was one.
Who loved and could appreciate the work that
he had done.
He felt that life was not in vain, and smiled
through happy tears;
And then on the mailing book he wrote: 'Paid
up for twenty years.
-Margaret Andrews Oldham, in N. Y. Sun.