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The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08
How She Found Him Out.

~ say, old fellow" said Blakcly, meeting
his friend Harry d. on tho street, ~ saw vol,
and Edith pass each other yesterday without
sign of recognition. l thought you were
engaged"
81 thought SO, too" said Harry with a
deep sigh, 'but that's off,
"How's thats'
"Wcll, it's all owing to these Internal
fashions somc of tho women wear now-hnt
coat, vest, collar and shirt front, for all tho
world like those Worn by tho male scS.
They'll make raid on our pantaloons next. u
81 don't quito ndcrstand-cxplain."
"Wel, you SEQ, quietly entered Bob
Grccnbag's law office about dusk one evening
last week, and saw Bob sitting behind n desk
with his back toward NE | stcalthily an.
preached, gave him Il vigorous and familiar
slap on tho shoulder and cried: Il have como
for You, old man! You must go with mo
down to llatchley's. Lot of gay girls will bc
thcrc-that pretty little blonde YOU wero
mashed on i'll the ballet at tho Blank theatre
and I'm going for the plump variety singer
inc one had out to lunch the other night,
when We all got little uprourious, you know
Come, what dyo sayt Isitn gon and tilted
MS hat down over his eyes, and that set
tied it,"
GLOW settled it' Did Bob give you away
to his cousin Illith"
Nav. 1t wasn't Bob ut all. 1t WIS th,
charming Edith herself dressed in a tailor
made, masculinish suit: and the Arctic look
she ssavo me rs sho swept ont of tho Office
without word told me that my matrimonial
hopes III that quarter wcre evcrlustingly
blasted Well, SO long. ."-Drakcs Magazine
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08

sical instruments by which we distin.
guish them, if it is difference neither in
the loudness nor i'll the pitch of tie tone pro.
duced: 1t is the simultaneous sounding of
other notes which accompany family the
note played upon the instrument, not loud
enough to he heard, but giving it richness
and quality in precisely the same way that
chord makes a richer sound than single
note. These extra notes, sometimes called
sympathetic vibrations, are too faint to be
separately recognized, but they modify the
original note, giving it a richness, quality of
"timbren which differs for every instrument
The piano is richer than tho harp, because
its strings are surrounded by case which
inparts the vibrations of each string to such
OF the other strings as are in accord with it,
thereby causing those nearest i'll agreement
to accompany every note struck. The pro.
portion of faint notes which accompany the
note played is different i'll different kinds of
musical Instruments, being affected by tho
shape of the case, the material, etc. hence
the difference i'll quality of sound
In talking, the sounds of the voice are made
nearly all in one note, and articulation is
simply the effect of rapid and decided vara-
tions in the quality or the timbre of the note,
rapidly changed from an organ to violin,
piano, etc, as the different syllablcs aro
pronounced. These changes i'll the musical
nature of the mouth are made by using the
tongue, palate, lips and teeth to vary its
shape and bring out the extra vibrations i'll
the various proportions of different musical
instruments from moment to moment. In
other words, speech or articulation consists
of one tone produced by tho voice or vocal
chords, and then modified by tho various
shapes which the mouth can assume so as to
possess at will the quality giving properties
of any instrument. This inhexibility of the
voice is illustrated by the fact that the voice
can initiate almost any musical instrument.
Many people do not realize that conversa-
ton is carried on in nearly single tone,
with variations i'll its quality only When
VIC vary the pitch of the notes produced by
the Voice, as we'll as the quality, we are sing
ing, and when wo vary the pitch without
varying the quality, that is, without pro-
nouncing words, we are "hummins" tune.
-Harper's Weekly.
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A PROFITABLE BARGAIN.
For Il Glass q! Bee. Drummer Gets Tw,
Hundred Thousand Dollars.

Hundred Thousand Dollars.
This may seem large sum for Il small
article, but it was virtually paid by man
OF great Resources who had an ingenious cx-
pedient for saving the horse flesh of the
world About ten years ago Il veterinary
surgeon WHO was with the army in Bombay
found that the excessive heat of that country
caused the tops of the horses nccIis to sweat
freely and thereby produce sores under the
leather collars, All the cxpe'lcnts that lie
could suggest were of no avail to remedy this
state of things One-fourth of the horses
used for '!raught purposes were laid up by
what is called ''sorc neck"
| This wet in his younger days had studied
chemistry, and he found that sulphute of
zinc was the best ana almost the only cure
for horses ''sore neck, but the difficulty ip
applying this preparation lay i'll the fact that
| the horse had TO rest during the times of
the application, otherwise the collar would
| rub it Off and there was 10 chance of the
| horses recovery. a thought struck him
that to make q zinc pad and put it under
the collar would at any rate prove an nmci-
orative, and may he q cure The man,
though ingenious in his way, was much
given To drink, and was looked upon by the
officers of the army as Il "nc'cr do wecl" with
ing in his mind and before he had put it
drinking bar. His finances were at
this time at the lowest cbb for his future
pay was mortgagcd for all it was worth and
the publican refused To trust him with any
more drinks. An American drummer hap
penefl to be representing large leather
house and knew Il good deal of the difficulty
with which the American farmers of the
southwest had TO contend. The two mon got
into conversation, and as Il natural result the
veterinary spoke of the idea that was up
perinost in his mind and said that lie thought
that he knew of a remedy of that most
troublesome of mplaintso of which all horses
i'll hot countries suffered. The American was
perfectly convinced that he was talking u IL
man of good IDEAS though bad principles,
al!'! asked what he would take for the idea
II am awfully hard up and can get 10
more drink on trust, so | will give you the
idea for glass of becr'
"Donn,1 said the other
The American at once saw that there was
probably millions in this and he conceived
the notion that the matter oozing from the
sores on horses nechs would corrodc the pad
and produce sulphatc of Zinc-ttns the dis
ease would provide its own remedy. lie also
saw that zinc, being non-conductor of heat,
would keep the parts cool. The more he
thought of it the more he liked it, and al
though his business should have kept him in
Bombay some months longer, he in few
days took the first steamship for Liverpool
and tlle. for Boston. Arriving at Boston he
thrc'" up his appointment with the house5sand
started the manufacture of zinc pads, after
obtaining a patent for the idea, and is now
worth 100000. These zinc pads are used in
every country on earth and are the greatest
blessings the farmer enjoys.--London lid
Bits
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08
AN INDIAN AT SEA
Red Shirts Views on the Sunny and shad
Sides of IL yoy:;~e

eANSo va u voyage
One of the band of Indians with Buffalo
Bill's show has for II chief brainy old fel.
low known as Rcd Shirt. He has an original
manner of thought and expression, which
makes him Il constant source of amusement
TO those with whom ho comes in contact.
For two days after tho great show sailed
away from New York for England last year
they had sea as smooth rs glass. On tho
evening of tho second day old Red Shire
call,,l pow WOW i'll ono of the cabins, where
lie proceeded to "chin chin" about the great
voyage. Among other things he said that
the mighty works of the white man continued
to fix wonder in his brain aud still the vic.
lent heatinss of his heart.
They arc Il great people," said he, "uud
TINS last evidence that we lave of it here on
this mighty tepen (boaD is greater than all
NIL Others The giant river (occan which we
have known about rs Il tradition of the old
men has become to lis now u known and nc.
tual thing Down in tho bowels of this Giant
tcpcc the white man has placed his mirncu
lol,s engine that eats wood and drinks water
and spl's fire and smoke and fog, but goes
whirins round and round its paddles to
move tins great mass uf wood and iron. We
know that We arc safe in the white mans
'NN's'i7' ''S s,oCS WIN ulltl 10
has been over the mighty river many times
before. But it is all so wonderful that it
seems like IL beautiful drcam.o
The next day was dark, cloudy aud finally
stormy. 1T was three days before Old Red
Shirt clawled out of his bunk and summoned
his warriors TO another council This time
they wcro Il sick looking LOT. Not one of
them lla, escaped tho horrors of scasickncss.
and, although they cndcavorcl with stoical
Indian t"rtltu'lc to ''brlcc up" the evidences
OF their unhappincss We're as plain us tho
signs OF dcbauch on II man who has been on
II long spree Old Red Shirt shook his hcal
sadly as he began to talk To the braves. His
first sentence might llavo been almost liter
ally translated, "rhcse be pcrious times"
He continued in something OF this strain i'm
luSubrious and melancholy tones: "rhis has
been Il trouble to try our manhood and our
nerves. The sky was black, and tho waters
were dark, and the great waves rolled. and
We wero sick like women Ugh. Tho bier
tcpcc must havc taken fire water in its bow
els and become like IL drunken man. Urhl
II pitched upand down like u hucking horse.
Ugh! 1T was no longcra beautiful dream, but
what tho white nlln calls II night horse. 1t
wasa foul, bad dream. New Yorl, Tribune
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\ Bank Clerks Punishment.

a new method Of furnishing dishonest bank
clerks is now being tried in q certain institl-
tlon of that kind in New York Some time
ago clerks accounts were investigated and
he was found to he several thousand dollars
short. To remove and prosecute the man
would have been troublesome and apt to hurt
the reputation Of the bank so they havo
made him stay, as if nothing had happened,
but lave placed him in such a position that
he can take no more, and informed his fellow
clerks Of the defalcation. He is avoided by
the insiders, and his position is about as
disagrceable as can well be imagined. Con-
staMtly under surveillance, he will worl, out
in time the amount he has taken, and will
then be discharged. Philadelphia Times.
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a Vcn,lrr of Bread Pills,

Tho odd shifts To which men who ilvo ho-
come recruits i'll the ranks of poverty resort
10 get II living nlc worth perhaps passing no.
tlcc lone half tho world docs not know
how the other half lives might lie with i.;-
t'ce altered to "scts its living" How some
people, living in good style, get that living
is often IL mystery To their ncighbors, but the
lodges among the wrcckage of the profess
| slonal and trading classes arc extensive and
peculiar
William Jones, when first knew him. was
commercial traveller, making from .GGOO to
eIcoa year Through his own folly he lost
his situation, and then lived Chow he could. /"
On one occasion, during II drinking bout i'm
the north of England, he jumped into tho
river and was rescued 10y some men working
at pudding furnace, and carried into the
works. When lie camc to himself he fanccd
he was i'll tho Internal REGIONS, and this so
horriiie'l him that it brought on an attack of
brain fever
He driftcCl in due corl,scto i, London slum,
and when he was Oh the lrinl; of starvation
lie remembered tho old opera in which le
had seen Dir. Dulcamarn lIo got IN old
college cap, rolled up II bit OF bread into
pills, sprinslcd them with Hour and went
ont and sold them, screwed III, in Il bit of
paper, halt dozen for t. penny, proclaimiils
them to be an absolute and certain cure for
almost every disease under the sum HAVING
the gift of the CAB, lie soon got ln audience,
ana ho sold his pills out i'll half ;l hour He
then went home and made some moro pills
and did equally well. In Il few months he
had established himself asa great medical
authority, and marvellous cures were related
of his wonderful pills. lie did so we'll at the
game" that he earned enough money to
take to dissipation again, and having ruined
his health lie is now in the worl:housr
George Il. Sims London Letter in plla,lrl-
I,hi:, Times
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08
ON THE SHORE.

lease, o stormy wind, thy wailingl
Cease thy roaring, restless sea!
All night long thy pillows beating,
Like strons souls in agony
On the tempest. landward sweeping,
Sailor voices come to me,
And see a close rccfcd vessel
Tossing on an angry sea
Long watched her in tho of1lng,
Till the night shut down the day
SlecplcSs watchers still arc waiting
For their kindred long away:
Peerng through the stormy darkness,
With their weary, anxious eyes,
Watching. waiting, hoping. fearing,
While the waters higher rso
Cease. o cease. thou roaring occanl
Hear you not my bitter cryS
Der my loved your waters rolling,
In your sunless caves they lie.
And my eyes o'erilow with weeping
When hear those pillows moan.
Oh, the hearts that thou hast broken,
Only to their God are known.
A T. Porter
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08

The Rev. Nathan Smith, of Ackworth, Ga,
has preached the Gospel for more than fifty
years. he is q well preserved old gentleman
of seventy-iivc. He has a unique cure for
dyspepsia. After suffering from that COM
plant for number OF years he cured him
self by swallowing u mouthful of bran after
each meal.-New York Evening World
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08
LII Takes brains to Win.

Sporting Goods Dealer-Yes. my adver-
tis.-Cl reductions are in good faith. I'm sell
ing standard baseballs to boys at five cents
each.
Friend lin the same line)-Great Scott!
You'll he bankrupt
No | won't! I'm getting rich. You SEQ
I'm silent partner in the firm % Painter s
Glazicr, dealers i'll window glass, etc."-Lin-
coin Journal
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08
Astronomical, Observations u, Sea.

For all these reasons dead rer:oning' is
untrustworthy Tic captain of a valuable
ship. carrying not only an i,nportan, cargo
but valuable lives, will not trust if Ecc:.n
Eclp ii To compass and log. If hrr..n sec
SUN, in"o! and stars lie viii appeal to Them,
and seek safety from their teachings. The
astronomical methods for tlctcrnliiin. Il
Slips position depend on simple co.lslero-
tionS, t!lo'isb their details are often ycectl-
inSly complicated. Ia travelling over the
terrestrial globe. the voyagcr change, lisdis-
tance from Tie equator nhat is, the circle
midway between the poles and from tic first
meridian that is. n certain circle through
the poles. from which distances east and west
are measured, or technically he changes his
latitude and his longitude
Changes Of the first kind are readily meas
urcd, because the elevation of tic pole of
the EeaTcns increases, while HE elevation Of
the celestial equator due south ,i.ninislles as
the cquatoris left, and vice versa. The stars.
OF course, lartake in these changes But the
sun is the hest object to observe for its de-
termination His distance from The EQUATOR
on any dai throughout tho year and ut any
hour is known. If then he he observed at
solar noon. when lie is due south and moving
parallel To the horizon. his observed height
al once gi.cS tho means rf dntiucting the
height Of The celestial ctpiator-w!!emco the
latitude j, determined. For whatever the
hc * =" the equator at any place the lati-
tud',t tac place is 30 dc;,,s diminished llv
that angular height. l-Richard y Proctor
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08
Trick of a Minor Actrnss.

Something nmIsingly tricky was accom-
I'Iialcd by minor actress in the Wnl!ncli
| raininny last winter tn" final season of
that now disiianded organization was dra =
sing along, with very frequent changes uf
bill from one old comedy to another THIS
actress had been out Of tho casts for II
month, and was very anxious to get before
th" public again, which She knew shn would
do if '''ohe Stoops to Conqu"r'' were revived,
but not otherwise. One day she was sad
deled to hear the stage manager say that the
piece would probably not be reproduced at
all. That meant further sccl,lslon for ho.
ana possibly no appearance at all before Ike
disintcsration of the company At tins
juncture her wits devised Il scheme. She en-
listed q score of l.er friends, men and women
not connected with the stage, and induced
them to serve her purpose Next day well
dressed lady went to tho ticket Office, asked
for two seats for one night Of the next week,
and remarkccl
'These are for She Stoors to Conquers''
'No," the treasurer replied. ~ believe
lioncy' is to continued.
ooh, then don't want these seats will
wait until She Stnops TO Conquer is pro-
ducc,l."
y dialogue of something like the same p,lr-
port, but in different language, was rc-
pcatcd twenty times within Il week: The
treasurer told the mana cement of this stro..
demand for ''She Stoops to Conquer" No
doubt of the honesty Of these requests v;L
raised, and they We're construed rs indicating
II general fashionable curiosity as to that
comedy. Therefore, it was lu5 into nlncd;-
ate rehearsal, and tie ingenious actress had
the pleasure of facing the foo:light5 a;a.n,
whatever may have been tho pcculliary re-
suit TO the theatre. Clara Belle in New o.
leans Times Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08
\ subject for a Museum.

y news item states that ''un umbrella has
been made in Glasgow for a king in East
Africa measuring twenty-onc feet i'll diam
eter" The dimensions of the umbrella arc
not given, but We should think it would
have to be pretty bulky to cover II king
twenty-omc feet i'll diameter. y king 50 cor
pulent could make more money by travel
ing i'll this country with Il l0cent show than
to remain on n throne at home.-Norris-
town Herald
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08

VI H.,
III" sa 'huntcr for fortune deserted men
s,il II lotngcr at Delinonico's, pointing 10 n
s,Ei!slly dressed middle aged man who yai
s"!tel at III" table, engaged in an earnest
conversation with II youus cuhma,l wip is
lnn"n To haze about got through vith what
ga once Il handsome fortune The ''huatc.
nf fortune deserted individuals" appears 10
he 81 position tnat has recently lccn created
lay scvera! lar,,r lli" Insurance COMPANIES 1t
is his business tp 90 about the clubS and up
town rcSort- and seek out men who have en-
jpvcd wcat!! AID hive become financially
stranded Being q frcGucnter of all Tie clubs,
il is easy for li!!n 10 find out the condition Of
his ass6cia,l-. When he discovers young
maal who has conc through with fortune bv
hni:l. Il good fellow, Le offer, him position
IN The insurance company.
Now, you haze no money left to live on,
he VIII arSuc 10 the unfortunate, .aMl can
put son in Tie way Of making q handsome liz
come in Il @eit!emanlv WAY; otherwise, !
suppose, you may lave to depend on borrow
lag money from Your friends. BY becoming
an agent of my company You can go to a
friend and instead Of negotiating. n loan you
can ask him to Let ypu insure his life, on
which you will get 1t handsome commission.
Nine cases oul Of ten the iuan approached
wi! 90 into the sc!.cnc. Thcy are in that
condition tia. thcy are glad 10 accept any
respectable occupation, and an occupation of
this Kind mea'l OIL! lie known to thcir friend.
Thcy usually ~ to work with vim and &c,
cpnplish Ii! week what an ordinary insur-
ance agent coulinot achieve in two months.
as 'i!ost Of their associates are wealthy they
are usually very glad to accommodate their
friend by giving him a small policy on their
lives, and in addition they rather admire his
rucii. But the, would have as readily loan
cd Lin that much money. although they
knew they would never get any equivalent.
III about month or two !he-se agents usually
play ont and they are instantly dropped by
the Insurance company. which comes out at
the big end of the horn-New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08
a Successful Combination

The combination formed by Edwin Booth
and Lawrence Barrett is the most successful
known in the history of the stage. The gross
receipts of the season just closed We're sGCO,-
OoO. OF this $4,000 profit was divided be-
tween the two stars."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08
Government Female Employees.

The female employees Of the government
printing Office and the bureau of engraving
at Washington do all kinds of work, dirty as
well as clean. They help manage the presses,
their sleeves are rolled up high above their
elbows, and their plump, round arms receive
many az ink spot during the day. About
1900 women are employed in tho two Offices,
anl colored women work side by side with
white women without clashing. Chicago
IIa,,lJ
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08
THE HUMAN VOICE.
What 1t Is in Which the soul of tie Or.
gan Consists.

gan Consists.
The individual peculiarities and delicate
expressions of the human voice have been
looked upon as almost belonging to the soul,
and as, therefore, incapable Of reproduction.
We recognize people by these Slight, but sure,
differences in quality, and think that there
is no mistaking that voice. We pay the
same tribute to theiudividuality of each kind
OF musical instrument, being able to distin-
guish one from another positively, by the
quality of the sound only, after hearing pre-
clse!y the same musical note struck upon
each.
The first question to be answered is, what
is the difference in the sounds of dif-
tereut voices and Of different mu-
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08
y Literary Mans Suggestion.

More than forty years ago Bjornstjerna, a
literary count Of Sweden, suggested that, as
both poles must have reached u suitable de-
9rt; OF cooling ut tho same time, the Garth
might have been peop!cd from the north pole
WIN It's White races and from the south polo
with its colored races.-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08

Chicago Lawyer ito witness}--ire you sure
that you are telling the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth.
Chicago Witness twiping his face)-Great
heavens, sir, can you ask me such question,
Don't you see these great beads of perspira-
.icn?-New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-09-08
No launching Matter.

Sheridan, the great English Wit, said Of a
noted scion of the British aristocracy: "a
joke is no laughable matter in his hands. n
This remark will apply to good many indi-
viduals fond of making use of other peoples
witticisms Chicago Herald.