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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29

Better than juice Of watermelo,ls for the
face is juice of house lecl;. pounded and
squeezed through muslin. Mixel with sweet
cream If you like, and left to dry on the skin
The juice alone will he preferred by mos.
tor 1t Is soothing enough to heal Il bee sting,
or u canlier, AID the malic acid in it some
times drives away freckles.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29

An old writer says: "a long chin declar-
eth man to be peaceable, yet babbler.
They that have little chins are much to be
avoided and token heed of, for they are full
OF impiety and wickedness, and are spies like
unto serpents. If the end of the chin be
round, it is the sign of nice manners; but
the chin OF real man is square"-Chi-
cago Herald.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29
Checks on the Metrono1is.

It must be remembered that the tendencies
of the age, while leading people toward
towns, do not lead them to concentrate in auy
single center, but rather to the creation of a
series of detached points. Railways and
telegraphs make it easier to live in cities, but
they also make it easier to go away from
them and create new cities. New York is
far less Of a metropolis on the American con-
tinent than was the case forty years ago. 1
can remember when in travelling at the west
any intelligent person would buy q New Yorl;
daily p per t"-e,.ty-tour hours old in prefer
ence to any western PAPER Of that very morn
ing. The telegraph instantly changed all that;
the OMAHA or Kansas City Taper contains
substantially the same telegrapaic news With
the New York dailies. and the latter hav,
shrunk to mainly local circulation The
same process goes through everything, aud
no matter how tie self styled metropolis
grows, it is checked and limited 10y all other
cities. The same thing is true, to smaller
extent, in England itself; the American visi-
tor is surprised to find that to know even the
political currents of the nation one must
row look outside of London; Edinburgh is
reasserting itself, while Manchester and Bir-
mingham have emphatically their own opin-
ions.-sT. W. a." in Harper's Bazar
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29
Going Throucl, Lie.

The best recipe for going through life in
comncndable way is TO feel that everybody,
no matter how rich or how poor, needs all
the kindness they can get from others in the
ror,]
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29

Tor the most part, what is commonly called
'compauy' will refrain fSom visiting us just
as soon as We cease to make sacrifices on
their behalf of time, convenience, dress,
money or iiattery. 1t is ours, not us, they
generally desire.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29
A PHYSIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION.

Could they only watch the change in the
flow of the blood, they would not only not
wonder they did not feel brilliant, but they
would be astonishc,l that the brain worked at
all, with such insufficient nourshment. The
blood that flowed freely at first and of n
bright scarlet color, would gradually grow
more sluggish i'll its action, and tho color
would change slowly to a more and more
purple hue, indicating that it carried less and
less oxygen, the life giving principle, and
moro and more of the c!osging and poison.
Gus elements. 1t is unfortunate this process
cannot be watched, but, if you really want
to be strong, see to it that you give your
lungs plenty of good air, sleeping and wax
ing.
Another point ye'' may not have thought
of. 1t is one thing, and the first one, to have
the air you want to breathe pure and abund-
ant; the next thing is to know how to take 1t
properly.
"Why, we breathe all the time,n YOU say,
Very true; but most people breathe very
badly, giving only the upper cells of their
lungs any refrcshment, while the lower cells
are painting, SO to speak, OF, rather, it is the
middle cells which get the most nutrment.
while the upper and lower lack it.
In ordinary inspiration the lower part of
the lungs should be inflated first, and the
upper chest should move little or not ut all.
While this process Is going on, a certain set
of muscles is constantly at work There is
another set that is not needed except in case
of forced inhalation and exhalation. Tho
lungs need this extra feeding, and forced in
halation and cxhalation should be INDUCED
i'll two or three times day
breather, You will best accomplish the de-
sired end 10y lying fat on your back In this
position tho back muscles arc kept stationary
and the shoulders held down, while the
diaphragm will more surely be depressed.
When your forced inspiration is taken as it
should be, tho lower chest will rise strongly
first; then the side muscles will swell, caus-
ing at the same time a slight depression again
i'll front; then the muscles of tho upper chest.
Many people suck the diaphragm up. arpar-
emily, actually making the lower chest
smaller Raise the lower chest muscularlv
first, if you have this habit, and then fore
the breath in.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29

1t is said that in the southern part Of Rus
sia the peasants use coin of such small
value that it would take 25O,o0O Of them
to buy an American dollar, and these coins
are So scarce that man who has hundred
is looked upon as rich, and one who has
q thousand is considered very wealthy.
1t is strange to think person wealthy who
owns two-ffths of cent, and comfortably
well off on one-twenty of a cent-Bos-
ton Budget.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29

Eating caraway seed is said not only to
aid weak digestion, Lat to make tho eyes
Iright and strengthen the sight.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29

Cloves are said to be a better preventive of
moths than tobacco, or camphor, or cedar.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29

Keep separate sauce pan for boiling pota.
toes in if possible
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29

Wash all marble daily with ammonia and
water in place Of soapsuds
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29

Apple sauce is much improved by the adj
dition of tablespoonful of butter, and re-
quires less sugar.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-12-29

Keep bit of emery paper in your work
box for frightening and sharpening needles
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
Buying Seed Potatoes.

The farmer had better buy seed p0-
tatoes in the fall. provided he can keep
them until planting time without
sprouting. He can usually get them
cheaper then and he is sure Of them
and doesn't have to worry about them
all winter. Then he will be more apt
to have the cash. If he waits until
spring he may be short, and the seed
he has may have to be planted again
and thus he may lose the benefits that
came from changing. If he can not
keep them sound and good he
should leave them in the growers
hands until spring and then buy
when nearly ready to plant - only
those that actually have not sprouted
at all. Last year l planted half field
with home seed rather poorly kept and
half with prime imported seed in the
spring and the difference in yield was
thirty-three dollars an acre. The one
eye pieces of seed from the sound po-
tatoes set only four or five tubers, and
nearly all grew large enough to sell.
while the seed that had been sprouted
set many tubers from the second
sprouts, but only q small part of them
grew large. And then the growth Of
the tops indicating the origin of the
plants was only about oDe-half as
great as that shown by the unsprouted
seed brought from distance-T b.
Terry, in Rural Neso Yorker.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
WON'T ALWAYS DO.

A Negro Table Showing That Persecution
10 Sometimes Dangerous.
A conversation at the Clubhouse had
turned upon the disposition of some
men to persecute people who happened
to fall under their advantage, when
Jasper Nicholson. an old negro, re.
marked:
"Pussycution is sometimes sorter
danjus. One time dar wuz err ole bull
fraug hoppin' long through de woods.
He wuz err happy fraug. an tuck de
wOrr putty much ez he found it. All
at once or sparrer-hawk flew down an
lit on de fraug's back. Look we're,
says de fraug. 'whut you dom. no.
how?'
81 want you ter tote me erwhile,
says the hawk.
"'Oh. you oughtenter want me ter
do dat. Gaze you ken fly way up in de
ar, way up erbove de trees. while
KANT do nuthin' but hop on de
ground
"'Yas. l knows all dat. Mr.. Fraug.
but you has ter tote me erwhile. Jest
de same. De question amt whut you
air able ter do. De question is whut
l wants you ter do. Hop on. now, UT
I'll bury my claw S in YOU
"'Oh, please doan do dat. Mr.. Hawk.
'.Den de hawk he stuck his claws
down under de fraug's skin. an de
fraug he planned nightly. but. huh.
he amt keern err tall fur de skin on dc
fraug's back amt got no feelin' in il
nohow.
".Oh. please. good Mr.. Hawk. doan
stick yo' claws in no furder!' cried de
fraug.
"Den de hawk he stuck his claws in
furder an laughed. De fraug he KEEP
er jumpin' erlong, winkin' at hisse'i
ever once in erwhile. But airter while
he come tor er big pond. .Hor on
says de hawk. .Hol' on. tell you!
Is stuck my crooked claws so fur
down under yo' tough skin dat kahn {
git 'em out. Oh. hol' on. Mr.. Fraug;
oh. sweet Mr.. Fraug. hol' onr But
de fraug winked at hisse'f. an. 'chug,
he jumped in de water. He stayed
under de water till de ole hawk wuz
dun drowned. an den he come out.
shuck him of. winked at hisse'f an
hoped of in de woods. Oh, no. ;"
the old negro added. lit won't allus
do to pussycute er pusson jes' Gaze it
near like he amt pOt no wav ~ 'fand
in hisse'f Arkansas Traveller.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
ovERTHRoWING A GIANT.

An Anecdote Of the Beyhood Days of
Germany's Great Chancellor.
In the winter of 1924 boy was play
ing in the garden of an old country
house in Northeastern Germany. On
the pedestal of statue broken by the
French soldiers when they swept over
Prussia and Poland eighteen years be-
fore he had piled the snow into the
rude likeness of an enormous man,
which he was pelting Justify with
stones and snOwballs.
Though not yet ten years old. he
was unusually tall for his age, and
very strong and active. His features
were plain. and even heavy. but there
was a nameless something in the ex-
preston of his firm lips and large
bright eyes in which close observer
would have seen the promise of great
things to come.
Shot after shot hit the great white
figure, but though the giant tottered.
he did not fall. Then a sudden and
startling change came over the boys
face. His teeth clinched, his eyes
flashed fire, and his whole face seemed
to harden as the unconquerable spirit
that was one day to shake all Europe
boiled up within him. Selling heavy
stone. he hurled it with all his might
at the monster, which tlembled,
lurched forward, and broke into q
thousand pieces.
Hello, Otto. what art thou doing
nowo" cried an old servant of the
household. coming round the corner
at that instant. with a broad grin of
amusement on his weather-beaten Wis
age. SCARED by the French sabers
which he had faced by Blucher's side
at Ligny and Waterloo.
Il am Germany operthroWing
France" replied the lad, with a glow
of stern triumph on his boyish face
which quite TRANSPORTED it for the mo-
ment
"Good!" cried the veteran, as q
flush of excitement Overspread his
rudy face. "Mayhap / shall yet live
to see thee do it in earnest some day."
And so he did: for. not many years
later, little Otto had become Prince
Bismarck. Her, in Harper's
IOung People.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01

kind of education. - It proves IN eao-
ment of great discomfort to children
in after life. Snakes are perfectly
harmless excepting the venomous
species) and as umid as birds, and
children should be taught 80; and they
should no more be allowed to be cruel
to a snake than to a frog or turtle.
When young heard the maxim. If
you kill the first snake you see. it il q
sign you conquer your enemies" And
also, Break the first brake and kill the
first snake, and it will insure good luck
for the year" Unnecessary cruelty to
any thing that has life should be CEN
sured.i
1t is now TO me pitiful sight to
see a man turn aside to pursue an in
nocent little snake, as harmless as a
fly and not half so annoying. as
though some dire calamity was to be
averted by his success in destroying
it. Although l must confess to having
done the same thing and practised
much cruelty toward them. it was
simply the result of education; and
now, since l have thoroughly made
their acquaintance, l feel disposed in
some small measure to atone for my
past indiscretions. In youth l was
taught to regard toads with disgust.
no less than the snake, but not with
the same peculiar dread. l was told
that to handle them would cause my
hands to be covered with warts. etc.
/ have since known people who were
fond of playing with them, and 1 now
call to mind lady of culture and re-
finement who would catch a toad and
pet it, tell it what pretty eyes it had.
call it one of Gods beautiful. beautiful
creatures, and lay it against her face
as a child would pet bird. Toads
and snakes are equally harmless. but
neither of them has any attraction
for me; still l can be merciful toward
and Stream.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
HEAlTHEUL BREAD.
A Recipe Recommended by q Lady Pro-
fessor Of Domestic Economy.

A Recipe Recommended by Lady Pro-
fessor Of Domestic Economy.
Bread recipes seem to be the order
of the day, for notice frequent calls
for them. The recipe which l give
does not produce any better bread than
that made by the old method, but
it is much easier way, and the result
is equally good. The bread is begun
and finished within five hours. was
taught by the professor of domestic
economy in one of our universities.
She recommended it as especially
healthful.
Vienna Bread.-Take two cakes of
compressed yeast to each one quart of
liquid-hot water and cold milk, half
and half. Temperature of the liquid.
IS degrees. Pour this into the mixing
bowl. Crumble the yeast cakes in a
cup and dissolve by adding from the
mixing bowl a small quantity of the
liquid. Then add it to the liquid in the
bowl, also stir in two level teaspoonfuls
of salt. then stir in the -four until it is
too stiff to mix with the spoon. Flour
the molding board. molding the dough
until it works up clean from the board
without sticking, and without addition
al flour. Grease the mixing bowl with
melted butter. place the sponge in it
and rub the top with melted butter
also. This will prevent a particle of
crust forming while the dough is ris-
ing. Cover with towel, and in win.
ter time place over that q square of
flannel coming down well over the
sides of the bowl to protect it from
sudden draughts. Keep the tempera-
ture of the room at IS degrees. Let
the sponge rise three hours, when 1t
will be doubled in size. If it has been
previously nodded stiff enough it will
not require any more fOar when
shaped into loaves.
Cut the sponge into four equal parts
and mold just enough to shape the
loaves. place in bread pans CREASED
with butter and rub the top of each
loaf with melted butter. They will
double in size in one hours rising.
Bake from thirty-five to forty minutes
The temperature of the oven is right
when flour will brown on the bottom
in two minutes. On taking the bread
from the oven, brush the loaves with
sweet milk and place in the fresh air to
cool Do not cover the bread up while
doing so. There are scientific reasons
for doing this. but I viii not try to exc
plain just at present The recipe calls
for q large quantity of yeast, I am
aware, but less will not do the work
properly. The cakes are two cents
sach in most localities. This makes
four good-sized loaves.-Cor. 81. Paul
Pioneer Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
PAPER MATERIALS.
How They Are Manufactured In Dinerent
Parts Of the Earth. -

How They Arc Manufactured In Dinefent
Parts Of the Earth.
The Chinese generally make their
paper from the bark of the bamboo.
but they have some kinds made from
linen rags, some from the outer case OF
the silk-worm's cocoon. some from the
paper-tree, some from the cotton
shrub and some from rice. The Jap
anese paper is made from the mulberry
tree. and the material from which it is
fashioned is of such strength that from
it cordage is manufactured These
japanese manufacture paper for a
variety of domestic purposes. and from
it paper cloaks, gowns. tents. up7
brellas. bed-hangings. ETC.. are made
in excellent limitations of silks. satins
and other fabrics. The paper is rem
dered impervious to water b. painting
and colored varnishes. and they are
admirably made to deceive.
The Cingalese write on the leaves OF
the TALBOT palm; the Brahminal MSS.
are written Oh the leaves of the am
pima or Palma malabrania; in the
Maldives the ordinary letter paper is
the macquarean, the leaf OF which Is
nine feet long and one and one-half
feet broad, and the plantain. after be-
ing dried in the sun, in some parts OF
the East Indies answers the uses
of paper. The Algerines were
wont to make a paper of the
fiber of the algave or the century
plant. which was originally a native OF
Mexico The Romans first made use
of tiny rolls of the thin membranes
found in some trees between the bark
and the wood. the maple, plane, elm,
beech, lime and mulberry trees being
the principal ones made use of.
1t is not known when paper was first
made from linen rags nor to whom we
owe the invention. DR.. Prideaux is of
the opinion that linen paper was
brought from the east, because many
of the oriental manuscripts are writ
ten upon it. Mahilon is of the opinion
that the invention belongs to the
twelfth century. One of the earliest
specimens of paper from linen rags yet
discovered is document. with the
seal preserved, bearing date A. d.
1899, signed by Adolphus, count Of
Schaumburg. Casiri, however, as
serts that there are in the Escurial a
number of manuscripts. both upon COT
ton and linen paper. which were writ
ten prior to the thirteenth century.
The invention was early introduced
into England. for there are some acts
in existence of John Cranden, prior to
Ely. made on linen paper, which bear
date in the fourteenth year of the reign
OF King Edward H., A. ID. 1920. and in
the CottOnian library are said to be
several writings on this kind of paper
as early as the year 1885. Boston Her.
aid
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.


Silver moths are very sensitive 70
pungsnt odors. and cayenne pepper
sprinkled On the shelves should drive
them away.
An excellent homemade paint (or
colored wash) can be made OF one
quart OF cement in q gallon Of skim
milk. 1t is very durable. and will
last much longer than ordinary white
wash.
"A piece Of heavy flanne. doubled
TWO or four thick and placed in the
cotton Of wire hanging baskets before
the dirt is put in will keep the water
from dripping if care is used in sprink-
ling the plants. Wild moss is also ex-
celent.
-Light-colored fruits that are to be
preserved, such as pears. peaches aud
apples. should be dropped into water
as they are pared in order to preserve
their color, but they must not be al
lowed to stand too long, or the flavor
will be impaired.
The earliest made cider is soonest
changed to vinegar. Warm weather
favors fermentation, and the air thus
introduced into the cidcr supplies the
oxygen that furnishes the acid. To
hasten the process, the barrel should
be tapped daily, and portion alter
nately removed and filtered into it
again through straw or shavings.
This exposes much greater surface
to the air.
Ham Patties.-Chop fine some
scraps of lean ham. Mix with this a
good deal of crumbed bread; season
with pepper. If the ham is all lean
add lump of butter. Moisten with.
milk to soft paste. Fill muffin-tins
with this and break IN egg upon the
top of each. Sprinkle over the top.
with pepper and salt and few cracker
crumbs and bake till the egg is done,
or about ten minutes.
Peach dumplings are merely the
fruit which should be large and fair.
pared. but not stoned, each peach
rolled up in rich puff paste and baked.
Serve with a sauce made of one
cup of cream or milk. twO-thirds of a
cup of sugar. a pinch of salt. gener-
Gus piece of butter and lemon flavor.
Thicker with a little flour or corn
starch.
The lack of weight in barley. which
is the chief difficulty in growing this
grain on long-tilled land, is overcome
by the application of mineral fertil-
izers. A buyer once remarked that he
could tell simply by handling the grain
whether the crop had or had not been
phosphated. The use of about three
or four dollars worth per acre in
creased the number of bushels; but it
did more. it made it all soluble. while
without the fertilizer it would be only
fit to grind for feeding. and not make
very good feed at that.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-01
AMERICAN CROWDS.
they Are Patient, JocuIar and Courteous
and Never lnsultanG

Fl,ey Are Patient, JocuIar and Courteous.
and Never Insaltin0
There is q vast difference in crowds
In London a gathering Of thirty or
forty thousand people is little bsttor
than mob. English crowds are sell
fish, and sometimes savage and brutal.
No human item in the sum total seams
to care a jot for anybodys accommo-
dation but his own. Gross profanity
and foul ribaldry are the staples of the
many-headed monsters conversation
It is not 80 in this country. Our
human swarms are courteous. patient,
jocular. They buzz, but they don't
sting. They are even gallant and
chivalrous. A case in point occurs to
us. One evening q large concourse
was assembled in the City Hall Park
to see fireworks. In the midst of the
dense throng was q woman with a baby
in her arms. When the immense as
semblage began to break up the
woman was carried off her feet, and
she and her charge were in imminent
peril of being crushed down and
trampled to death. At this juncture
some fifteen or twenty ''roughs" in her
immediate vicinity, moved by COM
mon impulse, set their backs against
the pressure that threatened her with
destruction, and actually succeeded in
clearing q space OF four or five feet
square. in the center of which they
kept her until the multitude surgea
out of the park into Broadway. and
mother and child were safe. We have
seen many other equally creditable in
stances of the chivalry of New York
crowds, and SO. We presume, have
many of our readers.
In the year 1910. the era of log cab
ms, hard cider and political minstrclsy,
mass conventions, from ten thousand
to sixty thousand strong, were fire.
quently held. On one occasion, over
fifty thousand of the stawlwart yeo-
many of the Empire State met in con-
vention on a common near Syracuse.
They were addressed by several distin-
guished speakers. During the proceed
ings, such storm as is rarely seen in
these latitu des suddenly burst from the
heavens. The rain came rushing
down ward in solid sheets. 1t was
deluge. But not a man left his place.
The orator who was speaking at the
time continued his remarks as calmly
as if the sun had been shining.
Any other than an American crowd
would have been dispersed by such a
storm. An army has been beaten back
by a tempest not a whit more violent.
But American grit and jollity made
light of it.
The good humor, the patience. the
politeness of our great aggregations
of humanity, are due to the fact that
they are made up of intelligent beings
men who respect themselves and each
other-sovereigns who feel that the
character of the Nation for decency
and dignity is in their individual keep
ing.-M y Ledger.