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The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
Cotton and Corn.

The southern press seems to have finally
persuaded the farmers to abandon the all
cotton idea, and to grow more grain. 1t
has been calling their attention to this mat
ter for some years, with little effect, but tho
farmers appear to have finally walked up to
the fact that there is more money to be made
by cultivating cotton and food products
together, than by devoting themselves to the
great southern staple alone. Diversified
crops prevented an overproduction of cotton
and low prices, and it freed the farmers
from too great dependence on the west.
Formerly nearly all the profit from the cot
ton crops went for food products. Now
that the latter are being raised on the place,
the cotton becomes u surplus crop, with
which the farmer can buy his clothing,
sugar, coffee and such other articles as lie
cannot raise. The change in agricultural
methods i'll the south is shown in the fact
that last seasons corn crop was of nearly
the same value as the cotton produced, til,
two standrng-cotton, s26l, So, 600; corn
s213,GG2,4ao. Adding the oats, wheat etc.
it is probable that the cereals raised in ISIS
We're equal, if they did not exceed, i'll valu,
''king cotton. New Orleans Timcs-Dcmo
crat.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
Why Actors Hate a1atincos.

81 hate matinecs,' said an actress to me at
the close of u performance, as she walked
into the lobby.
''And why particularly"
81 hate them for u lot of reasons. You'd
find it very hard to put your hand on the
man or woman in the profession today who
doesn' hate matinecs. Everybody hates them,
and I'm ashamed to say if it wasn't for Il
pack of women we shouldn't have to give
matinccs at all"
But why do you hate matinecs!"
'Firstly, because l regard one performs
ancc n good days work, and as much as any
conscientious actor ought to do.
Secondly, because the daylight struggles
into the thcater and gets up Il fight with tho
gas almost every time-and I'd like to sec
the woman who looks well under daylight
and gnslight mixed.
"Thirdly and chiefly, l hate matinecs be-
cause at them the audience is almost always
II cold, chilly thing, chary of its applause
and scattered all over the house like n flock
of dumb geese. The reason for the mcagcr-
ness of applause always to be noted at mat
inrcs is that the audience is usually nine
tcnths women. Nature has built women for
extravagant manifestations of delight in
America; and the makers of gowns md APP
piled machinery in dress have decided that
what little disposition the American woman
has for applauding shall lc thwarted by in
Vulnerable md complicated devices. You
can't expect Il wornan to crack her gloves OF
bring about nm attack of heart disease to
crafty an actress, cun you! That's what
she'd do at the very least, the average tailor
made woman, if she clapped her hands and
cried bravo y."-Pittsburg
ni.notrb
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
Warming Against Fac, Powder,

Use 10 face powders that are not starch ur
rice powders, and second. use no face pow
dcrs that contain lead, zinc, bismut',, arsenic
OF mercury. Ofthe numerous ''face masks.n
''heauty masks" "complexion balms.-
''medicated pastes," blooms of youth, beauty
or loneliness, Lola Montez s%ecrets,' not one
is good i'll any respect. The very best is
without value. From his they range down
to the depths of injurious and ghoulish ac-
ton. The best consist of an oil, fat or gly-
cerine, with some perfume and n trifle of
gum henzoin, camphor or other drying sub
stances. These are simply nasty. Their ac-
ton is the salne as of lard or butter snleured
thickly over the face of the user. The rest
are dangerous as well as disgusting. They
contain the sun ingredients as tho
face powders denounced and ure even
more pernicious in their action. Lead
collie, lead paralysis, mercurial ulcers, arsenic
sores, boils, carbuncles, assesses, putrid
glands, salvation, sudden badness and even
more serious ills can be traced to their use,
and will invariably accompany that use as
long as the human body remains as it is to.
day.
OF the rouge preparations, those made from
cochineal and madder are harmless. AL
others are bad, very bad, and horrible. The
'eau de vinaigre,"' 'rouge vinaigre," "cam-
phor wine," red pepper wash,r "capsicuml
elixir and the like, which depend for their
effect upon irritating the nerve corpuscles,
are unobjectional to the physician and
chemist. The new preparations. which are
solutions of aniline and other coal tar colors,
are poisonous and should be prohibited by
' law.-American Analyst.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28

Nightcaps as an article of dress. except in
%antiquatcd farccs and amateur theatricals.
have gone out Of fashion. Their universal
Use by our forefathcrs and foremothcrs NAV,
perhaps, be safely attributed to the fact that
in the good old times sleeping apartments
were uncommonly draughty. III fitting Win
dow sashes, large chilnneys and antediluvian
doors let in so much air that there was very
good reason for protecting the head from the
consequences of too much ventilation. Now
adays the headgear appropriate for night use
has become absolute, so that it will cause no
painful shock when the public are informed
by the voice of medical authority that the
use of nightcaps is actually injurious. "a
man." we are told, Knight as we'll sleep in
his boots as i'll u cap" We are not aware
that even if n person did commit the former
enormity any dreadful effects on his health
would infallibly follow, whatever might be
the results to his bed linen. Still, medical
science is pretty safe in running a tilt against
nightcaps, for the simple reason that it is
hardly anybody's interest to defend Them
London News.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
A Russian Prison Telephone.

When l was transferred from the Trubet-
>koi bastion to the house of detention, said
DR.. Sokolof to me in Siberia, it was like 60
ing from n sepulcher to n watering place
hotel. The sound of footsteps, the rumble of
ventilating apparatus, the comparative light
hess and airiness of the cells, the doves fly
ing about the windows and the faint roar of
vehicles i'll tho adjacent streets, which sug-
gcsted the busy life and activity of the world,
all combined to give me Il sense of unwontcd
eXhilaration. In tho monastery | never
saw n human being except the guard, and
rarely heard q sound except, perhaps, the
low tapping of n prisoner i'll IN adjoining
cell. In the house of detention, on the CON
trary, | heard noises of all sorts, and soon
found myself in communication with every
body.
Before l had been there a day some one in
the cell below mine knocked out to me on the
steam pipe which ran up beside my door:
Scoop the water out of your basin" 1 went
md looked into my wash basin and found it
to be empty. In q few moment the com
mand came again in q slightly different
form: Scoop the water out of your water
closet BASIN" Then the significance of the
direction flashed upon my mind. Somebody
wished to talk to me through the soil pipe
with which his basin and mine were in com.
munication. l succeeded, after some trouble,
i'll clearing the trap, and as l did so a babe
OF hollow human voices came up through the
basin, and l found myself able to talk freely
with the inmates Of eleven other cells, mos
of whom were politicals. George KEENAN, il
The Century.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
when rmcrson,s Library Burned.

Those who are fortunate enough to havo
the cntrrc to Theodore Parker's famous re-
ccptions in Boston, where congrcgated n gal
aXy of brilliant men and women, such as
Emerson. Sumner, Phillips, Garrison, Mrs.
Howe, may remember the tall, vigorous girl,
with n mass of dark soft hair, framing n
bright. eager gray bSGuc eyes and firm, tender
lips. sitting quietly in some corner listening
with animation and interest. Her would the
host invariably seek out, and, with II hearty
hand shake and kindly smile, would ask,
well, how goes it. my child! Keep your
heart up, Louisa" and the Concord dreamer,
Emerson. would eventually find himself
drifting into the retired corner for u little
chat with this shy girl, for the friendship be-
tween them was beautiful and touching. He
it was who helped her find Goethe, her life
long admired author. "Whcn Emcrson's
library was burning in Concord,'' relates
Miss Alcott, 81 went to him as he stood
with the freight OH his strong. sweet face,
and endcavored to express my sympathy for
the loss of his most valued possessions, but
he answered chcerily, Never mind, Louisa;
see what n beautiful blaze they make! We
will enjoy that now The lesson was never
forgotten, and in the varied losses that have
come to me | AVE learned to look for some
thing beautiful and bright."-NewY York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28

known as mustard cake, formed by the pro-
cess of extracting the oil, and which contains
everything except the oil-the same precisely
as linseed cake. After this the pressed seed
is separated from the bran to extract the
flour. Pure mustard cannot be ground in
mills and unless it is very much adulterated
1t cannot be ground at all, on account of the
oil retained in the cake. The usual process,
therefore. is to take say 100 pounds and put a
quantity of the broken cake in a pot or NOR
tar md pound and sift it so as to extract
about so per cent. The machinery used for
pounding the mustard is a simple contriv-
ancc, called sometimes q stamp mill, being a
battery of Founders ranging in number from
two up to sixteen. The process is slow, but
very simple. After passing through the
Founders the mustard cake-now reduced to
the consistency of soft middlings, is trans
ferred to a series of sleeves, the fine falling
into a receptacle bel~v. This boltcd -four of
mustard is strictly pure, and is as pure as it
is possible to make it from the stock You
have used, whether it is good or bad."-New
York Mail and Express.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
Penny Wisdom and Pound roolisrness.

Economy only ceases to be admirable when
it goes too far and verges OH stingincss, and
then it is very apt to defeat its own desires.
The boarding house keeper who dolcs out
two towels and two napkins q week spends
more than she economies. The linen loses
more by the hard scrubbing it must sustain
to be made clean tl.an is saved in laundry
work by the reduction of the number. of
pieces.
Common sense is tho measure by which
economy must he conducted. Tho guarding
against unnecessary wear and tear, the mend
ing of tiny holes and worn places as soon as
they are perceptible, the stitch in time that
saves nine, the changing about of rugs that
they may wear evenly, the making over of
old clothes, the skillful disposition of REM
nants, the watching for such little leaks as
the throwing away of soup stock or the neg
lect to sift the ashcs-all this attention to aI-
parent trivialitics only becomes misplaced
when it withdraws the mind from higher OBJ
jccts, and binds it down to a mechanical
round that leaves room for nothing but
petty details. Economy must appear i'll not
wasting nerve force and brain tissue for in.
adequate cause as well as in the avoidance of
material cNtravagance.-Chr;stine Terhune
Herrick i'll Harler's Bazaar.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
ALL o MUSTARD.
How the Seeds Made to Furnish Oil
Elnnr-TJ,a nfO.,-o,x v-~..

HOW the Seed is Made to Furnish Oil and
Ilour-TheD Different Varieties.
"Wllere does mustard come fromy' replied
a wholesale spice dealer to a reporters in.
curry. Most everywhere. 1t is of two va
rletles. One is white and the other is black.
The first is called English, and the other
masquerades under a score of other titles.
The English is full of -four, lacks punceucv
and is seldom used alone. The other kind
contains a large amount of oil, said to aver.
age - to so per cent. The best variety
comes from Italy and is known as Toicste.
!heie are many varieties of this kind grown
III California, of every Shade of quality:
also IN other states. That known as Ken
lucky Is Very pungent."
farmers generally raise it!n
IF they don't it is their own fault. Thew
can. 1t requires little or no cultivation. but
most of it is not worth handling"
How is it prepared"
Usually by COMPRISING the seed to ex-
tract the oil, because the seed is much moro
easily worked when the oil is out, and he.
cause there is now q ready market for the
oil us salad oil, it being in many respects
equal to the best olive oil. To extract the oil
requires very powerful hydraulic pressure,
and a suitable press would cost from 81 1900
to $1,000. Large dealers in the principal
cities operate in the seed or crude stock and
press it and supply the trade with what is
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
II 1870.

-
The fura..;ie, Of city houses especially,
often cost!i enough, was almost without OK.
ccption dreadful. The carpets, of enormous
patterns and discorlant colors and the fur
niture of excessively vanished rosewood. or
some like material, and always in sets"
were things to shuG,lcr at. The costumes of
the women were in keeping with the houses.
Not only did the ladies wear long trousers of
some white material, that came so low that it
wa impossible for the wcalci.s to walk with
out getting them i'll dust or miro, but the
smallest girl child was rugged out in the
same prepostcrous garments, it being thought
fully immoral for n tot of 6 to EXPOSE her
ankles.
The ladies boots. made usually of cloth,
were hccllcss, laced at the side. and came
not quite to the ankle bone; while the one
button gloves left the wrist entirely hare.
The nearer the female forehead reached to
the back of the head the lovelicr, many even
shaving the central portion to enhance their
"beauty." Any hair that was golden or
yellow was thought almost a deformity.
and a girl with sunny trcsscs was looked
upon as hidcous,~ wnstaunted as cred head
and generally used a lead combo or some wash
to make her golden trcsscS conform as nearly
as possible to the prevailing standard.
All women plastered their hair in n hard.
fiat mass tight to the skull, with bandolinc or
some other mlcilaginous substance, as low
down as the cars, and then had it twisted in
stiff, wire like spirals, or pulled out like
blindcrs.-Boston Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
She Saw the Point.

"That lady," said n Woodward avenue
merchant, pointing to a woman who had
traded about SIP worth in ten minutes and
was going out, fused to be one of my worst
callers. She'd comc in almost daily, bother
four or five clerks for two hours, and go out
without buying a cents worth"
How did you cure hcrl"
well, l spoke to her in an off hand way
one day, and she fired up and said that as
long as 1 kept clerks it was my business to
lie bothered. Next day l selected ten of the
girl clerks, posted 'em as to what to say, and
they rung her door bell at intervals of an
hour all day and inquired if she wanted a
nurse girl. She didn't, and told them so
pleasantly enough until the tenth one came.
Then she said:
"'Td like to know why on earth all you
girls come here bothcring me when l don't
want to hire!
because, ma'am, so long as you keep
scrvants it is your business to be bothered!
was the prompt reply.
81 think she reasoned out the analogy, for
she now sits down and buys what she wants
and every clerk likes to wait OH her."-De-
troit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
A Girl,s Education.

I think a girls education begins in tho
cradle. Who can say how early she discerns
what she has no speech to uttcr-secs, for in
stance, whether the people around her arc
self controlled, patient and sweet, or the sad
reverse! l wonder how many months old a
girl must be before she would know whether
or not she was treated capriciously--whethcr
She was refused n thing when mamma was in
one humor and granted the same thing when
M WASH another humor. And do you
think your little maid of 8 or 4 fails to
notice what arc your chief interests in life,
whether you are most eager about Your
clothes or your books or Your housekeeping!
Does she not perceive whether the poor rela-
ton who comes to visit You is welcomed rs
warmly as is Mrs. Crnsus, who drives to
Your door with her well appointed carriage.
In short, though the little lamsel has no
power to reason, she has keen eyes to sec, and
your own attitude toward life and lifc's
demands will be educating her, whether you
are aware of it or not, even from her cradle.
Louise Chandler Moulton i'll Chicago
journal.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
from Shoulder to Elbow.

II WONDER" writes a fashionable milliner,
whether the confirmed wearer of the con-
vcntional sleeveless ball dress ever reflects on
the fact that arms which look white early in
the evening get crimson with exercise. From
the shoulder to the elbow is a most PREACHER.
Gus part of Il woman's nm. With heat it
sometimes turns as crimsona rs her cheeks. 1t
is not beautiful then, particularly when she
is dressed in white. This only happens with
plump beauties; with a slender woman that
part of the arm is generally much too thin.
l am sure we must be a decaying race, for
except i'll rare cases dress is now a means of
hiding defects rather than of setting off
beauty ."-London World.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
A Pretty Girls EYes.

Although nonsense may be common in
ultra fashionable circles, it is nevertheless
often unique. At a recent reception one fair
maiden remained persistently seated while
the other girls walked about a great deal and
struck pretty poses while in conversation
with the gentlemen. Somebody asked why
this attractive creature remained in her
chair.
"Because she doesn't feel like standing,n
was the reply.
ooh, then she is lame"
"No, no. She has upward eyes"
"And what are theyW
"Why, she has discovered that her eyes
are exceedingly handsome when wide open
and looked down into, but when the observer
is OF n level with them they are not half so
charming. 1t seems to be IL popularity of
her orbs. So she sits down all the while
when OH exhibition, so that the fellows as
they stand before her in conversation must
gaze down into her face, and in so doing en-
counter her eyes at their best. "-New York
Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
The ohiection Easily obxiatea.

TIC ObJect1On Easily Obviated.
A gentleman Of fastidious habits was
lunching at his restaurant the other day,
when a stranger came in and sat down at the
same table.
While eating the slim meal he ordered, the
stranger looked. across at his we'll dressed
vis-a-vis and remarked:
81 see you havs had celery; will you ohligc
me with ten cents to pay for some celery, sir.:'
81 don't know why ! should pay for celery
for you, sir, answered the gentleman haught-
lily; "you IRE a perfect stranger to me-"
"Allow me to introduce myself, cheerfully
responded the other, presenting a card.
"Now, sir, shall 1 order the celery, or will
ynu.'
He got it.-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28

When a woman asserts that she does OK
actly as much as Il man, and does it just as
we'll, that is her side of the case. Perhaps
the employer, who knows just what the man
does, and what the woman does, would be of
a different opinion. Thu trouble seems to be
in this, that n woman will do just what she
is expected to do, in the regular routine of
her employment, and do it well, but that she
is not willing to be called On for extra serv-
ices outside of her regular employment,
whereas a man expects to do as he is told,
whether it agrees with his preconceived
notions of what his duties were to be or not.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
Rccipe for Snaus.

This is al excellent recipe for ginger snaps,
the "snappishness" being produced by boil
ing the molasses and then allowing it to cool.
Snapshot one pint Of molasses, and when
1t has cooled to about milk warm beat into
1t one egg and one teacup of butter and lard,
mixed and melted, and two tablespoonful of
ginger. Work i'll floor enough to make it
roll easily, with one teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in a spoonful of warm water. Roll
very thin and bake quickly. Remove from
pan carefully. When cold they will snap
Cor. Atlanta Constitution.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
WELLS.

o that you were alive again, and here!
The wells that fell between US long ago
Are lifted. Once q few alone could know
Your deepest soul. Now time has shown how
near
You stood to us, even when we shrank in fear
Lest a keen shaft of satire from your bow
Should make you seem sometimes half friend
half foe,
But now your heart with all its hidden springs
Lies written in your books and in your life.
All. we could talk together now, and naught
Could intervene to clog the spirits wings,
To chill the feeling or confuse the thought,
Or cloud the speech with argument or strife.
&C. p. Cranch in The Century.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
Grain Soup without Meat.

Here is a grain SOUP without meat that is
recommended. Fry in clarified dripping, or
in butter, some carrots, tulnips and onions.
which are cut in small dice, taking care not
to burn them. To two hcaping tablespoonful
of the butter or dripping and each kind of
vegetable allow Il scant quart of boiling
water, a heaping tablespoonful of rice and a
bunch of sweet herbs. Boil all the ingredi-
ents together for an hour and a half, then
add salt and pepper to taste, skim Off the fat,
add toasted bread cut i'll dice and serve This
may be made with vermicelli .stcad of rice.
--"Invalid's Own Book"
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28

Now that the gardening season is ap-
preaching, You will do we'll to remember
that an old can with a small hole punched in
the bottom and sunk in the earth beside your
pet plant, If filled daily with water and
weekly with liquid manure, will help it to u
wonderful and delightful growth.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28
Forced Economy.

Georgc-Shall l put some moro coal OH the
fire, dear:
Clara with n little shive0-N-no, 1 TIL
think not, George.
George-But you are shivering, my love.
Clara-I know 1 am, George; but l All,
afraid that papa might hear ycu.-The
Enach
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28

Three Russian women, graduates of medi-
cine, have established a hospital for diseases
of women at Koschan, Persia. Their expert
ment has proved completely successful. They
are reported to have been consulted by 1,50O
patients i'll the last ten months.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28

if you would keep your face aud hands
unwrinkled, use tepid water; very hot or
cold water is injurious. Also avoid burying
the face in a soft pillow at night, which
always produces wrinkles around the ewes.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28

Easements should never be constructed
without an air space between the floor and
the earth. If the floor is laid directly on the
ground it is sure to lie damp. Sub cellars
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-28

Women desiring to enter the London Soci
ETY. of Lady DresSmakers have to furnish tes-
tinenials of their social position as well Is
of character.