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The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07

Perhaps the most numerous class of men
who get side tracked are those who start in
life i'll an occupation for which they have no
natural aptitude. There are thousands of
farmer boys who never should remain on the
iarm-the loud protestationS of the agricult
'iral press to the contrary notwithstanding
There are, doubtless, men who make life
business of stirring the soil when thcv
ought to bc stirring the senate; and, on the
contrary, perhaps, there are men who are
trying tn stir the senate who ought to be
stirring the soil Good business men are
frequently spoiled Ia make poor preachers;
tii'. there are many large and heavy lawyers
who would make ideal blacksmiths; and
there are some slender aud unsuccessful
hlackslnithS with the keen logical brain and
tiir Sllrcwd masterful mind of the LAWYER
such men are side tracked for life, unless
there is some great event crosses their track,
such Us crossed the track of Grant the team
ster, or Cromwell the country squire But
10 doubt there are m;ns Grants who always
team, and many Cromwclls who never leave
the farm. There are many men who start
ont in life, like hunters. on the wrong trail
They never bring down their game because
their game has gone in another direction
Ti!ev are like fishermen who bob for cod in
trout brook, or start a-whaling on an i'll
land pond
Thee G are some men who are side tracked
for life at their Very birth. They are born
into n mesh of circumstances from which
there is no eX1ricatiom. OF course it is easy
enough to say that Il man, like water, will
always find his level: hut its hard for water
I" riS. plumb with It's fountain head when
confined i'll an underground pipe. 1t would
have been difficult for Shakespeare to assert
his claim to Immortality if he had been born
i'll Patagonia, and we would never have heard
OF Plato if he had first seen the light in
Scytlil;t. To say nothing of the hereditary
influences that mold the unborn man, the
environment of the voung humans infancy
usually shapes and directs his destiny so irrcv-
ocablv that only men of the strongest will
anl the toughest mental and physical fiber
can ever counieract the impetus that is given
them in childhood Yankee B.adc
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07

Nevada horse raiscrs and ranchmen on tho
Phoebe and White Pine ranges are complains
ing Of III" wild horses of that region In tho
Sl"Iiimrh mountain ure bands of from $50 to
"o' Of these horses, each under the leadership
OF powerful stations, and they make regular
raids on he ranches and run of the horses of
tl!" rancirn"n. horse once gone is gone
forever. the Nevada men say, for the wild
horses are very cunning and wary, and will
not let II man get within rifle Shot OF them.
III" n'lisanc" became 50 great that last spring
fifteen experienced horsemen and hunters
started ont with the object Of killing Off as
many of the "boss stations" as possible. In
a ten days hunt they managed to kill just
one horse. Tt. wild horses of Nevada aver
az" about 500 poumas weight, and when
caught are about the most ugly beast alive.
But if they ran he thoroughly >ublue,l and
broken, they make the most serviccablc and
hardy i,"l-"S imaginable. York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07

MI Lincoln was quite apt to prepare him
self III advance for these little events, and
wllrli he did he generally followed his manu-
ss'ript carefully. Mr.. Hit was present when
the rcprest natives of the national conven-
ton beaded by George Ashmun, called on
Mr.. Lincoln to inform him of his nomination.
Mr.. Lincoln did not quite like to see a man
reporting him. especially when he was only
making speech Of a few minutes. and when,
after Il little general talk, Mr.. Ashmm
stepped forward and began to address Mr..
Lincoln, Mr. Hit got behind one of the spec
tators. and proceeded to take Mr.. Lncoln's
response verbatim. After the affair was Svcr
MIR. Lincoln came up to Alr. Hit and asked: :
Did You hear all that ] said Every
word was the response 'Wcll. said Mr.
Lincoln. II was afraid you would not bc able
to hear. 50 wrote what | was going to say
betprehand,' and he handed MI Hit the
speech in writing. Mr. Hit and Henry j.
Raymond compared the written speech and
the ,tenosrapic report, and there was not the
variation Of Il word.-"F p f." in Chicago
rri,,ns
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07

Sometime, the waste water of the kitchen
and thai Of the closets is all emptied uut
into the sewers. Sometimes it is caught in
a barred -haped v'>s'-l painted which re-
tain the solid matter and lets the water
pas. These rcreptaclcs. called tinettcs, are
removed at stated intervals by persons who
,>'- the contents for fertiliZing fields in the
suburbs. \ great majority of tho houses
still lave ceSspools or tinettcs in III cellars,
which are pumped out or removed i,y the
main entrance at stated intervals So far
only about 800 houses have their closets
directly connected with the sewers. though
the number is increasing rapidly and all will
eventually he 50 arranged 1t will then be
more difficult to keep the sewers clean, but
the nett"yage will follow its Normal develop
meEt. and the neatneSs of the underground
avenues will still rival that of the streets
abovc.-Paris Cor. San Francisco Chronicle
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
A MosLEM HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
Scenes of Splentler in Mosque-Glimpsc.
of the Worslipers.

You enter this mosque through IL bronze
door, having, of course, previously shod Your
profanc feet with protecting baboocheS: and
then You are free to examine and admire
The first feature that strikes You is four enor-
NOUS pillars. which might be compared to
four tlutel towers, and which support the
weight of the principal cupola. The capitals
of these pillars are carved into the form of Il
mass of Stalactitcs II style of ornament
which may he observed i'll many fine Persian
monuments: and halfway up they are encir-
cled by Il band covered with inscriptions in
Turkish characters. The strength and sim
plicity of these four pillars. which at once
explain to the eye the constructive system of
the building. give a striking impression of
robust majesty and inpcri>hable stability
Souratcs, "r verses from the Koran. form
bands of running ornament around the
great curola and the minor domeS and the
corniccs.
From the roof are suspended to within
eight or ten feet of the ground innumcrablc
laSter>, composed of glass cups full of tai
low, set in Il circular iron frame anil dee
GRATED with balls of crystal, ostrich eggs and
silk t;SselS as in st. Sophia and all the other
mosques The mihrab, which ,lcsiGnutcs the
direction of Mecca-,hc niche where rests
the sacred book, the Koran the noble book
taken from Il prototype kept in heaven
is in!aid with lapis lazuli, agate and jasper.
Then there is the usual member, surs:ounte,l
Ivy Il conical sound board; the mastaches, or
platforms supported 10y colonettcs. where the
mueZzins and other clergy sit AS in all the
mosques, the side aisles are iucumhcred with
trunks and bales of merchandise. deposited
by pious ilussulmans under divine safe
guard; and finally, the floor il. covered will
tinc mating i'll summer and carpets in win.
ter.
While | was lost in wonderment at the
Spendur Of this mosque several Moslems
came in to pray, with tho usual prostlations
and beard stroking and yawning Two or
three women also came to pray, clad in
icri(jis of brilliantly striped silks-rosc and
white azure and white, yellow and rc,-an,l
they, too, kneelcd on the mating and bowed
and touched the ground with their brows
and their little baby girls. with their fine
eyes and white wells wrapped round their
heads, stood patien. and motionlcss beside
thcnl not being yet old enough to pray OF
perhaps not strong enough on their legs to
PROSTATE themselves without irremcdiablv
losing their balances. Monthly.
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07

In the r'"rnt pruiuclon hl Dorutlrn Rob
rrtS. entitled some "l}o,al Lives, there arc
"ir very i!i;oi' sim; picture, Illustrative oi
,.aiilali" incidents IN lll" career of the rruvI
i!nre ari his wife. On" ui these pictures
i've. as ii illustrates well the character am,
relations "f this Mold" couple: at is the ev,
of ili" battle Of k"nfsratz. Tin" guard.
zero dcfling past n httlc below where Fred
rick P" "ill.am stood. .icn his figure, erect
and fair. like one of tii" Norsc,n.n Of old
tinnin% toward TIL" soldiers, resolution and
lolallr" IN ever fiber. March for tina, tree,
t'iel" is our lnt,Irliri,l| Every man present
i''it n thrill wien hn heard the rim my rhcoi
tA;i followed. Tn" princes movement de-.
cit'cd I'll" day.
'Aflcr the terrible battle had hcc. fought
'h" victory Won, tl" king and lis son were
each RIDING slowly over the battlefield, sce k.
ln@ To osllrror the wounded and the dying
"l1"n they met. As they embraced the KING
sod: Thou hast shown capacity as a leader
Bismarck WAS Il spectator of the histori,
M citing. fine picture Of which a,lprns Tho
Rul.nrslallr in the Zen: hali III I;rln. The
horrors OF the field wcr" plallins to the
=. r". lie who c;,iisc', war with n strole
~! ~" pea knows not what lic is calling up
l"".n indies, wns h5rnii,y in Lis journal on
l. Il monentous day. '1al l:"ino Cor. New
,'rk World
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07

The great seal is AFFIXED to nothing but
Treaties, pr"rianati''ns, commissions, par
loiis and PASSPORTS. The old seal, which had
been in Use since th" foundation OF the gov
'rAment, was worn out and replaced hy an
"thrr two years ago. II is II curious fact
hat the old one that WA; used 50 long was
imperfect and never ,li.l answer tn the de-
"rr!ution set down in TIL" statute. Although
'hiS seal is such II solemn affair, and the
riitl'N Tor It's improper usr iss"trcncn,!olIS
So II left III Charge OF n clerk, just like any
'ihrr piece of furniture and the secretary
r!'ioin II ever secs it. In uldcn times the
II used to br gIar,lrl with ;'rcat vigilance.
It's appearance upon II document gave il
g fore" of law, Int now The people l,mk in
II" newspapers ;.t.'! moi Oh Il piece of Dlrcll-
leA' for Their information. With Il largD
."nN of correspondents ut Washington,
T." IS little use If Il seal to attest tho
lnieuc~s 4 d"eaurH. :, except as cl u!n.lr,.
ironr,e He" Noll, Mail and Expires
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
REDUCING THE surLeR's SURPLUS
How tho Pennsylvania Boys Got Ahead
of the Extortiunate Sutlcr.

The regiment was next sent to- Fort Craig.
In few days they We're assigned to Gen.
Sigcl> command. and they set out on the
march for Fairfax Court House, hungry and
eager to reach their destination. No ratious
had l~en issued before starting. Soon after
passing ..nanlalc staff officer rode up TO
Col Eieenan and directed him tn halt the
regimen, OH the spot and await orders. The
officer was covered with gold lace and wore
an immense Saher. His spurs were miniature
cart wheels and he gave his orders to the
colonel in broken English
Snon suffers wagon appeared coming
from SisclS headquarters. The boys thought
they We're in for feast. and wondered why
Sigrl was $" thoughtful of their wants. The
sutlcr. too, thought lie was in for il feast
having hungry regiment with full pockets
fresh from the Quaker City Ono dollar
n pound for cheese and other provisions
at like rates. At the first shock of
such prices trade fell off, hut, soldier
like, the men parted with thclr money
to appease their appctitrs AS business grew
bris&er the sutlcr could not take tho time to
put the money pouring i'll So fast into his wal
let, so he raised up the seat anu slid the
money under it. y keen eyed sergeant in
Company G soon discovered this improvisrl
till and secretly cut slit in the curtain,
When the sutlcr would rise up tn deliver his
wares, the sergeant would thrust in his arm
and draw out the money from under the
cushion scat. Business now grew brisk. and,
us the sergeant literally distributed the
money around among the boys, they hushcd
their grumbllngs and bought everything at
any price.
When the utrr first discovered his loss
was never known, hut the regiment had
hardly reached their camp ground outside of
Fairfax Court House when the same glittcrinr
staff officer who had halted them in the road
came galoping MP and in angry tones de-
mam'cd to know where the colonel WAS to br
found. He found him. and nn.rilv told Col
lIrrnan that Sigcl would have him dis
missed from the service for permitting his
men I" rob h"su'rr. "Wcll," said Keenan,
in language decidedly pointed, "let him ,rv
it, I'm sorry didn't let the men shoot the.
- thief" Disguised, the big sword and its
bearer rode off to headquarters and was seen
no more. Philadelphia Press.
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07

Look for a moment nj conversation as We
ovcrhcar it on tho street. the horse and steam
cars Here We find oursrl"', nvoluntarily
deciding who arc those best acquainted with
The laws of polite society and good breeding.
Setting aside lii" cause Of deafness. wc are
often annoyed at thr pcr>ist"ncs with which
people in near proximity to ourselves en-
dcavor, in conversation with tlcir friends.
tpcnli;;lit"n !l the others as to their private
affairs. business, poverty or wealth, friends,
servants, and what NOT. This is due partly
to HON" c'iuratun in the matter Of conver-
sation. and partly to the largely increasing
numbers III those who have acquired wealth
suddenly and have had no advantages of
curly education and culture, and who forget
that fine feather, do not always make fine
birds.--Elen Bliss Hooker in Good House
keeping
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
An ue,n of I.xncn.c

An item i'll the expense account of the
street railways which in the course of the
Year amounts ,"a good round sum is that for
salt used on the tracks in sn"wy or Sloppy
weather At every vaduct curvnand cross
ing Il nnan is stationed with bucket of salt,
hnsilv >Iprinkling 'hc tracks. When the en-
tire street railway system of the city is CON
sidcrcd ii will at once be seen that the out
lay for the material used and labor employed
reaches far into ne thousands Of dollars -
Chicago Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
i. Difference Of Opiniop.

Students Of humanity nre never at loss
for sub cr,> on which to exercise their po"-
el,s of mental analysis. Here, for instance.
j. Anthony thahot, of Oakland Cal, VIII"
endowed many charities. but declined to cs-
tall>h home for INDECENT old men upon
,h" ground that man generally owed his
indulgence tn Iazine>s or bad habits. He gef-
cro,l,ly enriched charities for women and
children. however On the other hand. Nine.
Bouricaut, II Partisan philanthropi,t. left Il
home for I'D men, giving rs ii reason that
old men are the most Eelples, of creatures.
while old women manage to get along some
how All of which goes to sustain the phi
losophy Of the man who remarked that it
was IL blessing everybody didn't think alike,
US in that case everybody would fall in love
with his own wife-New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
A COUGH PREVENTING SCHOOL,
How the Advice of Physicians on This
Matter Is Made Practical,

n physicians advice, not to- couch when
You want to cough now being circulated in
the newspapers is believed To he sound by
som" who have tried it, Mr.. Clark Bell. n
lawyer and president of the Mcdico-I.eyal
Soclctv of this city, has had some expcr,cnc.
III Snpprcssing the tendency To cough, which
II Is interesting to hear him relate He had
constant irritation in tho throat and Il
cough. Somebody told him of II teacher in
thr art Of chow no, la cough when Won want
t", and To that teacher Mr. Bell hicd with
out delay. Sure enough. pupils, with all
brands of coughs attached TO them. were
there t" learn how To lay their bronchial
burdens down. Most of them were mon in
the serious and learned professions and prr
suits "f life, and they acted like awkward
Shan.rtaccd schoolhoyS, knowing that ,,,cv
We're there TO learn 50 foolish. il not down
right impossible, Il thing as getting the wIir
hand of Il cough without mc,licin.. Stl!,
there We're stories of others who had learned
doing new things, so they held themselves in
readiness To make rapid progress.
The teacher stood them in Il row. mnlo
them brace back tlmr shoulders, hold up
their chins and draw in their ahlomens.
''' '''' "''S ii'p S.iNN VI tb
some of them, who had previously permitted
their ablumrns great license in the way of
development and obtrusivcncss; but they
hcr"iraly made tho attempt. When the class
was i'll order the teacher told them To sing
sweet Homr.i But they couhlnt sing,
some OF them sai,l. They must, the teacher
SAIL. Finally they s'lurak"d away, and then
their thr"ats began To cut up. Tho teacher
forbade amy throat securing or coughing,
but told them to draw in IA long breath and
hold it whencverthcy were tempted to cough.
Aftcr many failures they succeeded.
They met i'll class three times II week, and
spent an hour in singing. Their throut
troubles soon retired under the o,rrIowering
If not harmonious nllucncc of their vocalizl-
tlon. They ovr, ilittcrcd themselves that
they became .lrcttv good singers They were
forbidden To cough on scour their throats
when out of class. Nh Bell said there We're
hours WHEN he would lave given Il years i'll
come for the priv ilesc of tearing away at his
throat i'll the Old time fashion, but he wouldn't
yield I" the temptation, aud at last all throat
torment left linn.
An"ll"r benefit which the exercises brought
I" the most hubous of the class. 1t reduced
'll":n in i5irtll several inches, for which they
We're corrcspomlmgly grateful York
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
Life of Russian Peasants.

How the people live is q mystery to those
who have not gat-d tn" subject The
ordinary traveller only >ecs their little gar
henS, where arc gown scantv allowance Of
potatoes. corn. turnips and cabbage. They
eat when they are hungry, generally cabbage
soup, always >immering on the fire. are
drunk rs often as they can get voika. and
when night comes curl NJ somewhere on tho
floor in warm place like kitten or cater
pillar. In the cabins one seldom finds bed
or a table or chair, and very few dishes
They have no comforts whatever. not even
what We consider the nccessarics Of hfe-the
church takes the place Of them all.-William
Elerov Curtis,
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
\ theatrical supersti1lon

II is a superstition in the theatrical profess
sion that the llacai'l No Free List is the
Eall'n9eF Of bad business, as it generally
hal'l'el~ that it is rarely displayed excepting
al establishments where the business is not
good. II is cont"ndel that the mere fact that
til" houses are crowded ,le,ers '.,leadheals'
from making applications for the courtesies
of the establishment. and that consequently
the sign is not necessary. 1t is doubtful if
the display of the >ign Standing Room
Only. is not generally piece of foll.y, as
ofte;l people woul,l buy admission tickets il
they thought there was chance of seat
WHO are deferred by this announcement,
which is co seldom truc-New York Times.
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
\ Paris Book Exchange.

Some ingenious individual has organized u
Book Exchange i'll Paris which might
possibly I've inflated with profit in this
country. Membership costs three francs and
iil,v "'nrinics seventy cents; that is tho
reader buys book-not in paper covers, but
Il well bound volumc-and pays this amount
in cash. On IL fly leaf he will find list of
sub agencies principally i'll large hotels,
restaurants. etc. where lie may upon pay
ment of an additional fifty centmes ten
cents, surrender his book and get another
and 81 on, al lib. 1t is optional at any time
for the subscriber to surrender Il book def
nitcly and receive three francs IN payment
therefor-Public Opinion,
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
s.ops th. Ecll', .Jiu.liu.

The statute iorbGaing car rplniin~, t.
nave been Oh their horses on Sluda, i, well
i;nov-'t. but Il tiny cni!,riNauc". hi whii.h Ilic
law is observed, is rot. |. wuul,l brrxpoa-
sivc a;ai trouJi.>".n" -, rcinoIr the tHor,-
sands of bells. and 81 al ndui- -lt on Sntll:'-
day /; tiny rubber band, ~iInll9riptha>e r!-"d
on umbrellas, is quicElI sIIiii.'l aruGmd each
clnpl,ar, aisl this explains WHY tic bells Oh
the harness on Sunday give "U' "a" jns!lng.
New York sun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
Something Worth Remembering.

\ correspondent writes: Reading ac-
counts of 50 many being lost in the snow and
fog, would call your attention to simple
means of determining the position of the sun
at any time of the day, which is by placing
the point of knife blade or sharp lead
pencil on the thumb nail, which will cast a
shadow directly from the sun, no matter
how thick the snow or fog is. Try it."-Bos-
ton Journal
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
secret of His succc,..

$50 You AZ" now editor and proprietor of
Ti-. Boys Champion
"Yes. and making fortune ont of ii.
Il don't how That can H.. II j. posi-
tivcly the worst Jim Grow Iap,ri ever saw.
Il know it. l'ut each subscriber gets toy
pistol AMI twenty yard, of string. Lincoln
Journal
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
I:y:,ding ihc Game Lum.

There is n law in Pennsylvania against
using fcrrets in rabbit hunting. \ Cochran
ton boy evades the Law by catching a rat
alive, tying n string to its neck, taking it to
a rabbit hole and lcttin. il 20 into thu hole,
he holding the end Of the string meanwhile.
The frightened rat usually scare. out thcrnb-
Cliicago Hcrnll.
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
An Awful Scare.

Society Bellc-Mother. Mr.. be Brass has
proposed and have accepted.
h,.-Wlat. Oh. vou WICKED. unrrate-
full girl. after All we'v" done for ynu. Mr
Bras, hasn't cent IN bless himself with and
Won't nave until his father and grandfather
t;ia
grandfather.
"Oh. Bless you my children. Omaha
Worll.
The Dickinson press., 1888-04-07
LANDING THROUGH THE sr.nr.

One hour, may be two or three, must PASS
before the sailors are all in the boat Human
powers even in the best trained men, have Il
limit beyond which they cannot he strained
and stand the test. Encountered by the load
in their boat, exhausted by their labors in
securing the load, the life savers at last cast
of the line that holds them to the wreck, and
with weakened grasp take up the heavy oars
to face the gravcst danger to which a mariner
is ever exposed, hetlanger of landing through
Il heavy surf. Small wonder II even the
thought of this danger fails to flag into ade-
uiIatc action the worn out muscles of tho
men, and they drift toward shore rather
than row with the wind and waves and fail
at the critical moment to pull toward the
open sen, and are caught by a booming roller
and thrown hcalllong INTO the black depths
al its base, and finally are cast dead Oh the
sand, from which they had launched their
boat to save the lives of others.
The propellng power of the lifeboat is gone
when it is most needed 1t ought not to be
either difficult or an expensive thing to
provide such a boat with some other sort of
driving power. The boat is not hard to
prorel. 1t is about 2G feet long, wide and
81. deep. 1t is decked over Oh the plano of
the water line, and the hold beneath is divided
into compartments, which are usually filled
with cork and parafiine wax or some such
Light substance, SO that if the compartment
be broken open it will not fill with water 1t
requires crew Of six oarsImcn and a coxswain.
If an adequate propeling scheme were pro-
vided, one of these men might be dispensed
with. After the boat was launched and his
weight saved, if the propelling device weighed
500 pounds, it would therefore net hut little
over 800 pounds additional weight for the
boat, but something ought to bc made in
these days of tempered steel and aluminium
that would weigh less. If some of the men
who are taking out patents for car coupl"rs,
railroad switches, and washing machines at
the rate Of a dozen n week, with no reason
able hope of ever getting the price of the
patents out of their devices, were to turn their
attention to lifeboats, something worthy the
attention at least of the Royal National Life
boat institution, perhaps even Of n silver
medal, might Ike produced When 1t is coli
sidcrul that such boats would readily sell for
$500. perhaps $4,000, each. the margin for
profit is apparent at least to Il boat builder.
New York Sun.