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The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
A Smuccler of Coffee.

have been told how Il shipmaster got to
win'lwar1 Of the inspector detailed to look
after his vessel He had six barrels of cof-
fee, for which he had been offered high
price. 1t was during the war, and things
went with rush in those days. The master
took a teamster into his confidence, who at
noontime, while tho stcvedores were eating
their dinner, drove boldly down tho wharf,
hailing the skipper, who was standing on tho
quarterback conversing with the officer.
II say, Cap" he shouted, "Mr - sent
me down hero after six barrels of beans
which have been sent by mistake. They be-
long to another vessel, and have an order
to deliver them right now. They are marked
B, in diamond. Can have 'emY'
The master blandly put the question to the
officer, who had, of course, heard the conver-
sation, and failed to detect either evil inten-
tons or deception in the proposition Ho
glanced at the barrels, which had been left
close to tho gangway; the owner carelessly
rolled one over and the beans ratified glori-
ously. 1t was a clever touch, delicate
stroke of shading and diplomacy on the part
of the willy smuggler, and the bait was swal-
lowed. The barrels disappeared, and hand
some profit was pockcted New York Star.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
Stockholm and It's Forests.

In one respect Stockholm is entirely unique
is close connection with the wild primeval
forests of tho north. 1t has seated itself di-
rcctly at tho foot Of these gloomy but mag.
niiicent wastes, which stretch in every di.
rcction behind it. Other cities have mado
war upon nature. Like Madrid or Rome,
they have spread an arid and unhealthy
desert around them, or like our early New
England settlers, have reduced every beauti-
fu grove within reach to huckleberry
pasture. But wiser Stockholm has left her
forests uninjured, and they form majestic
setting to her gay and living picture In
whatever direction you look from any eleva-
ton, the horizon is mysterious with the
ocean or with the woods; and you can leave
the quays in one of the countless little steam
boats, and III ten minutes you stand where
you can scarcely find trace of cultivation,
although probably some old towers among
the woods will testify to the presence of an
ancient royal hunting lodge.-Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
Edison in MI Emcrrencx.

-
Soon Edisons mechanical skill became SO
noted in the Office that he was made supcrin-
tendent of tho repair shop. 1t was not long
before the value of his services was fully
shown. Tho several telegraph companies
then in cxiStcnce-tho Franklin Bankers and
Brokers', Southern and Atlantic and Atlantic
and Pacific-wcre using tho Pago soundcr.
the sole right to which was claimed bv tho
Western Union company Owing to tho
Western Unions success in II patent fight
over tho Page soundcr, there came a timo
when an injunction was obtained silencing
all saunders of that typo in tho hands of
rivals and practically putting stop to our
business
Edison was called into tho presidents office
and tho situation explained. Fora long timo
ho stood chewing his tobacco, looking first ut
tho soundcr in his hand and then falling into
brown study. AT length he picked up a
Sheet of tin used as Il "bacli" for manifoldin-
OH thin sheets of paper and began to twist
and cut it into queer shapes; meanwhile wc
stood around looking OIL Not word was
spoken. Finally Edison toro Off tho Pago
"soundcr" OH the instrument before him. md
substituting his bit of tin, began worl ing.
1t was not so good as tho patented arrange.
ment discarded, but it worked In four hours
hundred such devices wcro in uso over our
lines, and what would have been n ruinous
interruption to our business was avoided
New York Star
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
Among tho Pennsylvania Dutch

1t is not generally known, even by people
who have visited America, that there is in
Pennsylvania, very near the cities of Phila.
delphia and New York, n population of more
than two million inhabitants which is in
many respects strangely like what its rural
ancestors We're i'll Germany more than two
centuries ago. Some years since there were
to be seen in shop in Philadelphia several
largo books of Lutheran devotion in the typc
and spelling of 1910, bound in deeply stamped
white vcllum, with heavy brass clasps They
did not look like limitations of old books
they seemed to be tho thing itsclf-but tho
dato was recent "Thcy uro for tho Penn.
sylvania Dutch" said the bookseller. "They
would not believe that the Lord would hear
them If they prayed to him out of n modern
looking book. And those books, as you sec
style for nearly two hundred years for the
Pennsylvania Dutch market just us they were
printed for their ancestors during the reforms
alton"
There sprobably no more striking instance
of conservatism to be found anywhere in
Europe than this; but tho spirit manifested
by tho worthy "Dutchmcn" is carried out by
them consistently in everything else. ''Fo-
low thy father, good son, and live us thy
father before thee has DONE" is their golden
rule of life Firstly, they always speak
among thcmsclvesa singular ratois called
Pennsylvania Dutch, from the word Dcutsch
at belongs" says DR.. Bausman, inlhis edition
of the poems of DR.. IL. Harbaugh, "to tho
south German dialects, and, while partakinr
of all, cit is most closely allied to the
Pfalzsch''-that is, to tho Rhine German of
the Palatinatc. In the valley of the Susquc-
hanna, and beyond the Allegheny, it is much
mingled with English. Farther in tho west
We find in it traces of Scottish, Irish, Swedish
and French. 1t is specially remarkable in its
having retained great numbers of old and
curious German words such as are now To DO
heard only in the remotest places of tho fa-
t.!erland. We find the influence of the un-
cilangcablc English article thei in der. Thus
Il man will say: Glen schcrr der blind Guul
nf, mcr wclle uf der mnrkt fahrc:-i. c. {:
Henry, harness the blind horse; We will go
to narkct!'-Boston Transcript.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22

Within few years Fiji has become
British, enormous provinces on the north
west frontier of India and the whole Kingdom
of Upper Burmah. Tho foundations have
been laid of IL great colony in Bornco, which
will one day, probably, absorb the whole
island. Half tho enormous island of New
Guinea, almost continent in extent, has be-
como dc jurc if not de facto, the territory of
tho queen. Great tracts of land, including
tho whole Of Znluland, have been acquired
in South Africa. Advance has been made on
tic Congo Egypt is in English control.
Berbcr and Khartoum seem likely to become
British. Cyprus will hardly return to
Turkey, and in South America British pos
Morcnrv
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
Various Sorts of Ammunition.

There is some talk OF the adoption of the
quick firing guns, which are aimed from tine
shoulder, on board ship and in fortified po-
sitions ashore where machine guns, properly
so called, would not be available But 1t is
not easy to guess where these positions are To
be found, and must humb!y presume as;.!a
10 call attention to the point which is to ne
moro obviously true than any other relating
to arms that the danger i'll multiplying sorts
of ammunition is ono which ought ncTer for
II moment to be lost sight of either by the SOL
dier, the engineer, or the administrator.
To put weapons carrying all sorts and sizes
of ammunition into q given position is to
weaken, and not to strengthen it; and oil pee
pie who have tho welfare Of their armies at
heart should look, not only to the simpli6ca-
ton of arms, but as much as possible to the
uniformity of ammunition. What is wanted
is a machin, which will pump lead such as
tho soldiers carry, and rifle which will
throw lead such as the machine guns pu,up.
Then you do something to ease your most
troublesome and delicate organization i'll tac
field--that of your transport-the danger Of
complicating and overlooking which it needs
soldier to comprehend.-Loudon Cor. New
York Times
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
Ehcro They Arc eIadc.

French lace is woven in New York; Mar
seilles linen is produced in Massachusetts,,
and English cashmere in New Hampshire;
Partisan art work comes from shop in Bos-
ton; most Persian rugs never saw the eastern
hemisphere; Spanish mackerel are caught on
tho coast of New Jersey, and Mediterranean
sarlincs on the coast Of Maine; the olive oil
of the American market is made from cotton
seed; Saddle Rock oysters were exter-
minated at Saddle Rock forty years ago;
Orange county butter comes from every part
margarine is sold for butter as before the
suppression bill passed, only the honest farm
crs chilrn it iu with their am.-l'ravelers'
Record.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
Torment for the Cyclists.

The street rowdies of Chelsea have invented
new torment for the cyclists who avail
:lselves of Eattersca park. They are not
content with flicking them with switches and
Inserting bits Of stick in the delicate wires Of
their wheels, but they set on little boys to
run across cyclist with view of getting
knocked over. Boy fallssprostrate, bowling,
park keeper hurries up, takes cyclists adj
dress, crowd soon gathers, compensation is,
ot course, forthcoming, especially if the
cyclist is lady. The wounded child skips
ineTrily off with half crown, divides the
booty and tries for another spill in another
part of the park.-Pall Mall Gazette,
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
Hot Water for Colds.

DIR. George r. Sheppard, Hartford Conn,
says, in respect to the use of hot water rs a
remedial agent in the treatment Of inflam.
nation of tho mucous membranes: 81 have
used hot water as gargle for the past six or
eight years. In throat and tonsil intlamma.
ton, and in coryza Tor cold In the heatD, if
properly used in tho commencement of the
attack, it constitutes one of our most cffec-
tive remedies, being frequently promptly
curative. To be Of service, it should be used
in considerable quantity IA half pint or q
pint at time), and just as hot as the throat
will tolerate. I have seen many cases of
acute disease thus aborted, and can commend
the method with great confidence Herald
of Health
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
A cocKRoAcH MAIL CARRIER.
Novcl Means of Communication Employed
by Two Indiana Conyicts,


A common cockroach was trained to act
as letter carrier between William Rodifer
and Starlight Jack" Ryan, convicts in the
Southern Indiana penitentiary. 1t is prob
ably the first instance on record. too, where
there was any use found for this little crea-
ture. A writer in It'd Bits tells the story as
follows:
Rodifer occupied cell in tho tier Just
above the one where Jack was confined, and
for long time they had no means of COM
munication with one another. Rodifer was
u daring fellow, but he had not sufficient
imagination to get up plan Of escape, and
he relied on the bright mind of his friend,
starlight Jack" to suggest an idea
One evening Rodifer noticed an innocent
looking cockroach running about on the
floor After watching its gambolings for a
time, he concluded he would use it, So,
writing short note to his friend, he tied it
to the cockroach's wing, and, kneeing down
on the floor, he put it out on the wall under
the iron balcony in front of his cell He
calculated that it would run into the cell
underneath; and it did.
Jack noticed the paper, caught the insect,
and read the note. Then he answered it, and
poked the little creature out on the wall
from t9e ceiling over the door, where he re-
leased it. The roach went into Rodifers cell
and was caught, Then they fed and cared
for it, and used it in this manner for some
months In fact, it grew to understand its
business
1t must have been female cockroach,
however, for one day it stopped to chat with
africnd, ami was noticed by warden The
note, which was written in some sort of
cipher, was taken off, and the hospital stew
ard. DR.. Sid c. Mcclure, read it. Then the
beetle was put on the balcony floor and it
ran into Rodfcr's Cell. Thus the officials
We're kept posted as to the two famous jail
breakers.
After time Jack began to suspect that
something was wrong, and he added post
script to his letter something like this:
''lf everything is right, you will find hair
from my head i'll this note"
Tho warden read it as lie did the others,
but dropped the hair and lost it.
"Never mind it, said Capt Craig, whose
hair was red; put one of mine in it,"
The answer came back: "That last whip
ping must have been an awful one, Jack, for
1t has changed the color of Your hair"
The scheming Of these two worthless came
to nausht, however, and they served their
terms. Ocean.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
seldom discharged until something is proved
nraiOSt hin,


On western, and southern roads the con.
ductor is bigger man than in the east, and
a latitude is given to him that on IN eastern
road would enable conductor to accumulate
wealth. A large percentage of western travel
ers so long distances. and the use of long
coupon tickets, excursion tickets, mileage
books, and interchangeable tickets is much
more frequent west. A straight ticket on
some trains is rarity. 1t is possible to
travel through every western city, buying a
new ticket at each without meeting regular
ticket office or buying n straight ticket. The
result of competition is to allow the passenger
greater freedom.
With all these precautions more instances
of petty dishonesty are found on eastern than
western roads, if an old spotter who has re-
tired to become a Broadway ticket scalpcr is
to be believed. The local travel is great OH
tho eastern roads, especially roads like tho
Harlem. New Haven and Jersey roads. A
large part of the business is from commuters,
with all of whom the conductor becomes per.
sonally acquainted. What is easier than for
them to commute with him instead of with
the company. He is their regular conductor
day after day, and there is no check on him.
1t is next to impossible for II spotter to detect
this without weeks of hard labor To break
upthis practice of some conductors, some rail.
road companies have made u rule TINT u ticket
must be torn out of the book every trip, and
if the commuter has not his book he must
pay cash fare. With this rule tho spoilers
work is simplified, though at the cost of
trouble to the passengers.
Out west such possibilities arc few. The
cash fares are u small part of tho total. The
conductors can mako money by allowing IL
second class passenger to go in first class
cars or to 60 in the sleeping car, but the pas
scngcr would have to he fixing so many con-
ductors, not to speak of the discomfort of
trying at times to fix an unlixable conductor,
that, except i'll the sleeping cars, there is not
much money in it for conductors. When a
western conductor wishes TO be dishonest he
goes into it big. The simplest plan is to ar
range with steady passengers to take then,
the whole division for part of the fare,
though he would have to get down pretty
low in his figures sometimes to beat the
scalpcr's rates.
Three or four southern and western roads
have devised Il scheme to prevent the con
du"tors keeping tickets and rcseling them,
which is worse than the bell punch. A strap
goes over tho conductors neck and shoulders
with n large bill hook. AS lie takes a coupon
or ticket hc must stick it on this bill hook in
the presence of tho passenger. He accumll-
)ates n mass Of tickets several inches thick,
each of which has been punched and torn bv
the bill hook. He looks like walking file or
Il travelling ticket agent with his wares ex-
posed.-Ncw York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
IIe Vas Left I'm Peace.

Who Shall say that the days of Chester
fieldian chivalry and repartee are deads A
story comes from Richficld Springs of Edgar
Saltus who, in his most cpigrammatic mood,
is nothing if he is not moyenageur. A pert
and pretty miss, struck by the gloomy So
lemnity of the master, as they are com
mencing to call him, was egged on to invite
Mr.. Saltus to run races for peanuts. Sho
was met by q polite though astonishel re-
fusal. A moment later sho returned to tho
charge, amid tho gigglcs Of her contempo-
rarics. "Madcmoiselle," answered the master
ito r-rcfuse you once is ito express u regret;
to refuse y-you twico is to resent an imper-
tinence." And thence forward the anato
mist OF negation was left in peace.-Town
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22

Among the rccen DEGREES made in France
~" relating to the inspection of butter for
-s e;.ression of fraudulent dealings BY
A leciai persons are authorized to take
: of butter in any place, whether the
,...,,er is exposed for sale, stored in u. ware.
-, ,.,: OF in transit by land or water. No OBJ
.'e is to bc thrown in the way OF this, and
/. way bills, receipts, bills Of lading, or dec
;.3ns must be shown OIL demand Each
-, .!,hr taken is to be subjected to special
:;,:.:!nation. Pure butter, mixed butter,
q. :; ,rinc, oleoniargarine, and grease in
-rci ior consumption, forwarded i'll
:.,As., must he contained i'll closed packages,
.,yl The origin and nature of tho merchan.
e must be conspicuously specified thereon.
Z. cry way the article to be exported must
Sc its full histosyy recorded.-Lonsion
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
From France to Spain.

The transition from France to Spain is as
marked In the people as in tho landscape.
The short, brisk Frenchmen gave place to
tall, dark eyed, dark browed Castilians, who
looked like brigands in their slouched hats
and long cloaks, which are thrown over ono
shoulder in very graceful and picturesque
manner. The glorious, dark eyed Castilian
women wear on their heads black lace man
tilla, the most becoming head dress in tho
world. They drape it in many ways, but it
is indispensable, and varies from the priceless
Spanish blonde to the cheaper Barcelona mi-
tations and the darned not t-Home Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
1cnnyson,s personal ncmin,scences.

There is probably no prospect that Tenny-
son will leave behind him any manuscript
"reminiscences or autobiography. Tho writing
frequently expressed the greatest rcpug-
nance; he hates the very suggestion of per-
sonal memoirs, and forcibly likens the pro-
cess Of such public exhibition to being
"ripped up like apig." The sentiment is re-
fined if the expression is coarse-New York
Tribune
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
sPoTrERs AND CONDUCTORS.
1he Difference Between Eastern and Wes,
ern Roads-A New Scheme,

1he Difference Between Eastern and West
ern Roads-A New Scheme.
There is graduation of success in the life
of spotter He may come to have place
as clerk in the railroad offices and work up;
he may drift into the ticket scalping business,
or he may be discharged for working in with
the dishonest conductors. There is no special
reason why spottcr is more honest by
nature than conductor, and it is no in
frequent thing for spotter to be discovered
in crookedness. They get from 50 to IS day
and their necessary expenses while employed,
and if the job were steady they would have a
pretty good thing. But they are not always
on duty, and their jobs are precarious as
suspicion that they are in with conductors
causes their dismissal. while a conductor is
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
Phonetic Chinese sr,nho1s

Missionary Beach, of China, claims to
have succeeded in representing the Chinese
spoken language bya system of clear and
simple phonetic symbols, fashioned after tho
Pitman style. 1t is said that an educated
foreigner can learn the system in from two
to five hours, and bright Chnaman in ten
hours.-New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
Maddcninp to the Drill, ,,.s,cr

Nothing i'll the world makes an army
officer, whether regular Or militia, so utterly
blind mad us to have man scuF his feet
while drilling OF marching. Almost tho first
thing which is insisted upon as tho essential
element of soldier is that he shall march
erectly, square TO tho front, and lift his feet
clean and clear from tho ground. Such a
thing us clicking the heels or scullng the feet
is SO utterly repugnant to tho ear of we'll
drilled officer that it makes tho "madn come
quicker than the sight of u strange dog will
raise the hair OH cats back-Chicaso
Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
For rnderpronnd ElectrIc yyircs

A Pittsburg man has invented glass con-
duit which he thinks solves the problem Of
underground electric wires. Plates of glass
are grooved on the upper surface, and the
wires are laid i'll the grooves and cemented
there with pitch. Then other plates Of glass
are laid over the first, and wires put upon
them in the same way. When all the wires
are laid the whole is inclosed in a wooden
box and embedded in cement.-Boston Bud
get
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
A Vital Question.

Young Wife-Doctor, am about to pre-
pare for trip to Ostend, and have come to
ask your advice
Doctor-On what subject, madamei
Young Wife-You must tell mo what is
the proper complaint to go to Ostend with
F1iegende Rlaetter.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
No Small Change.

Small change is extremely scarce in Hon
duras, and in number Of villages, and even
In Tegucigalpa, it is sometimes difficult to
change dollar. Tho sale of articles, such
as food, cigars, etc., Is mado difficult or i'm
possible, as no small change exists-Chicago
Herald
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
a Halo of Ease.

"Tho really efficient laborer," says Tho
restu, "will be found not to unduly crowd his
day with work. but will saunter to his tasl,
surrounded by a wide halo OF ease and leisure
We We're thinking of this as we came down
in our barouche this morning. ng.-Rocnester
Post-Express.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
Lowest DEGRADATION.

Tho lifting of mans self up in his own
opinion has had the credit In former ages to
be thought the lowest degradation that hu.
man nature could well sink itself to.-Locke.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22

ii say, Brown, you know Shorty pretty
well. don't YOUR
"Oa. yes"
what kind of fellow is hei'
"Wcii-Shorty is man VITO generally
carries his money in his INSIDE pocket"-
The Epoch.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
4 CaHcatur.

y caricature canrnever be finished draw.
ing because caricatures are of necessity Gerry
rude sketches.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22

An agreement without consideration is
void; note made on Sunday is void; con
tracts made on Sunday cannot be enforced
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22
IN cowsL,P TIME.

In cowslp time met the maid
Whose voice was like fairy chime,
And followed her through dell and glade,
In cowslp time!
Icalled her eyes little cline
OF tropic sunbcams blcnt with shade
Her lips twin roscbuds in their prime
She blushed-I kissed-then she said:
Your hair is touched with early rimc,
Yet of such frost I'm not afraid,
In cowslip timc!"
William II. Hayne in New Orleans Times. Dem
ocrnt
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22

y merely fallen enemy may rise again. but
tho reconciled Aonc is truly vanqushed.-
Schiller.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22

The City and Guilds of London institute
for technical education report largo in.
crease in pupils.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22

The cream of ta-ta is tho good-by kiss
! Astoria Oregon Transcript.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22

There is no known antidote for chlorate ee
potash poisoning.
The Dickinson press., 1888-12-22

Kerosene oil is responsible for nine-tenths
OF the fires that take place in China.