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The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
Relief of Consultation.

For tho immediate relief of constipation
soapsuds have until recently been the main
dependence in the way of injections. Some
years ago it was discovered that glycerine
acted exceedingly well when used in that
way. and now it is rapidly displacing the
old standby The quantity of glycerinc
needed by adults to accomplish the desired
purpose is only a teaspoonful, and the most
convenient instrument to apply it with is a
small glass or rubber syringe holding about
that quantity One-half a teaspoonful is
usually quite enough for very young chill
dren. 1t has been recommended that in.
stead of using it with the syringe, the glyce.
rine be made into one drachm suppositories
with hard CASTLE soap, in proportion of 80
per cent. of tho former to 10 per cent. Of
the latter. Just how glycerine acts with
such good effect has never been determined.
Many theories have been advanced, but moth.
ing definite is known. The remedy is a per-
tectly safe one, and all needing something of
this sort are advised to try it.-Boston Her.
aid.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15

OF the heavens equal to the disk of the full
moon Yet all the time lowing to the incon.
ceivable distances of the objects in notion
these almost evanescent displaccmcnts repre-.
sent vclocities in many cases so enormous as
to battle every attempt to account for them.
Runaway stars" are no longer of extreme
rarity One in the Great Bear, known as
"Groombridse, 1890" invisible to the naked
eye, but sweeping over at least 200 miles each
second, long led tho van of stellar speed.
Professor Pritchard's Photographic deter
mination of the parallax of C%assiopeia shows,
however, that i~nconspicuous object not only
to be a sun about forty times as luminous as
our own, but to be travelling at the prodig.
ious rateof 100 m~iles-while DIR. Elkin'sresul
for Arcturus gives it n velocity of little less
than 400 miles-a second!
The express star Of the southern hcmi.
sphere, so far. is one Of the fourth magnitude
situated in Toucan. Its speed of about 600
miles a second may. however, soon turn out
to he SUR .ssed by some of the rapidly NOV.
ing stars picked out for measurement at the
Cape Among them arc some pairs drift
ing" together. and presumed therefore to be
connected by n special physical bond and to
lie at nearly the same distance as ourselves
This presumption will now DO brought to tho
tcst.-Contemporary Record.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
The Wav to Advertise.

Do not have half Of your advertisements
blow and tho balance bluster. Do not allow
two display lines to como together. Have all
the sentences short.
If anything has been proven over and over
again it is that there is no other as efficient a
medium for reaching the general public as
the newspaper. We do not say that this doubt
pervades the ranks of active business men to
any great extent. Evidence to the contrary
is too plentiful and conclusive.
The only proper advertising is Jews of the
store, and that must be gathered and written
in tho spirit in which tho store is managed,
but as the first requisite is attention, use al
the resources of the pleasing writer-wit,
story, incident, current events. philosophy,
morals-the morals of the trade. Whatever
your topic. DO interesting, true and non-mer.
cenary
The retail dealer who advertises in his local
paper or papers in such a manner us to make
the public believe that the goods which he
offers arc worth a great deal more than he
asks for them will find that many of those
who call ut his store will go away without
purchasing, after having looked at the goods.
and that most of them that do purchase will
not continue to purchase with him.-Dry
Goods Chronicle.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS.
Some Wonderful Estimates of the Move
ments of tho Various Planets.

Some Wonderful Estimates of the rIove-
ments of tho Various Planets.
The elder Struve made the movement Of
the sun through space to be about five miles
a second, but on the superstition of the
brightest stars being between two and three
times nearer to us than they seem really to
be- We can now see that the actual speed of
the solar system can scarcely fall short Of
twelve or exceed twenty miles q second. By
a moderate estimate, then, our position in
space is changing to the extent of 500, 900. 900
miles annually, and a collision between our
sun and the nearest fixed star would be in
evitable lwerc our course directed in a
straight line toward il after the lapse Of
$4,000 yearsl
The old problem of ''howth the heavens move"
successfully attacked in the solar system, has
retreated to a stronghold among the stars,
from which it will be difficult to dislodge it.
In the stupendous mechanism of the sidereal
universe the acting forces can only betray
themselves to us by tio varying time cor.
fgurations of its paris But as yet our knowl-
edge of stellar movements is miserably scanty.
They are apparently so minute as to become
perceptible. in general, only through obser-
walton of great precision extending over a
number of years. Even the quickest moving
star would spend PSI years in crossing an arc
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
Peanuts and pickaninnics.

"About how largo is tho peanut crop this
year." was asked a west side marketman q
day or two ago.
Tho consumption of peanuts is 5000, 900
bushels n season, and tho highest production
is but 7oo,OOO more. Tho crop does not vary
much ono way or the other"
"Where are they raiscd!"
"All that como to New York are raised in
Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, but
the Tennessee production is comparatively
small"
III suppose tho scene at harvest time rivals
a cotton picking in picturesqueness"
YES. During the peanut harvest tho PEG.
pie, the pickaninnies, the dogs, pigs and near.
ly everything thai eats get fat in the land of
tho peanut. Peanuts are planted at corn
planting time, each kernel produces a run.
ming vine like crab grass, and each root de.
velops about twenty pods. When ripe tho
pillow is run through the loamy soil, on a dry
day, just before frost. The nuts aro dried
and shocked up like corn TO keep dry before
housing. When marketed they go to a clean
er, where they are put through steam power
machines and polished. after which they arc
graded according to size and variety. New
York Star
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
A Bird.

saw a peculiar bird a few days ago OIL my
premises, and will thank some ornithologist,
from my weak description, to tell inc the
species. 1t had short wings, more so than
the domestic fowl. beautiful plumage, re.
sembling in color tho ground mole, only
deeper; very long, beautifully shaped neck
bill as white as tho virgin snow. and with
which it had tho gift of defending itself, as
much so as the gamest bird ever brought
into the pit by a Georgia sportsman With
the aid of dogs it was caught, and | carried
it home. showed it to the children, who de
sired to let it go to its original life of free.
dom. In one week it made its appearance in
thirty yards of my residence, remained mo-.
tlonless for several moments, finally flew
away with its consort. -l.afayette tGa.) Mes.
samoan
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
A SALESMAN WHO is A WAC.

How He Traded With Ono of the Tough.
est Customers of His Firm.
There is a certain clothing salesman who
represents oneof our largest New York man.
ufacturing concerns. He is one Of those me-
thodical men, of quiet and reserved address,
whose sincerity and carncstness of manner
AVE influenced many big sales. With an
underlying sense of cynicism and a good deal
OF a wag in a dry sort of q way, he may be
recognized when described rs one of those
humorous men b never smile. 1t was dur.
ing his first trip Of this year that no had in.
vaded the establishment of the most import
ant dealer in ready made clothing of one Of
tho large interior cities of this state.
This particular merchant is rated one of
tho toughest cases in the trade to sell a bill
goods on which any profit shall be left to the
manufacturer. OF course, he would look ut
the line of goods, "but he really was not quite
ready to buy" Then the sincere and earnest
salesman, with confidence in his line, got in
his finest work, and after a deal of haggling
over the prices, he found he had registered on
his memorandum book an order of unexpected
magnitude.
He had closed his book, and with an air of
self satisfaction clapp"d it into his inside
pocket, when his customer. as if recollecting
ooLteGulIlS ulllSudl WHICH uuQ eScupeu Ills
mind, exclaimed.
"By the way. about terlns2"
"Oh. regular, ! suppose"
mo, no. we get seven off all around"
"Seven eff ten"
No, indeed, seven of thirty days"
"Well. | suppose it's got to co., and the
and made u note to that effect.
"Now, about the dating"
well, ! had not thought Of that. I'll be
liberal, however What do you say to sixty
daysf
Nonsense, we are getting four months
from everybody"
"Im afraid | can't do it."
Cancel the order, then"
livery well. then. III nave to give it to
you"
And as he jotted this down, with a sigh, he
exclaimed: Besides, you bought those goods
away down at rock bottom" And then he
added: "When shall | ship you theirst lot7"
"At once"
"How do you want them sent2"
"As you please. You know you are to pay
oil of the expenses of shipment and carriage.
always get goods delivered at the door.
charges prepaid"
Nov, let me see" said tho salesman, with
an air of frozen imperturbability, as no listed
this final concession, M then contemplated
the aspect of the order upon his book. 81 OBJ.
serve that you have got special prices all
through the line, you want four months dat.
ing. seven off thirty, and all expenses and
freight charges prepaid. Now l am very anx-
ious to sell you this bill Of goods, and I'll tell
you how we'll fix it. We willforward you the
goods and invoices and you just send back the
discounts. New York Star.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
Ingenious Mode Of Advertising.

The agents for q certain kind of cough candy
distribute circulars on which is stated the fol-
lowing puzzle: What number can you take,
and when you divide it by two, three, four,
five or six you will have one over, but when
divided ty seven nothing will remainp The
circular goes IN to say that if q person can.
not solve the puzzle be should buy a box Of the
candy, when the agent will hand him the
right number on a slip of paper. The meth
DDS of advertising are not yet all exhausted.
Scientific American.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
Not Guilty.

Judge-You say the prisoner threw you
ont of the door Had you provoked him1
Piaintiif-Not at all. He advertised an I'm.
usually tine bargain sale of laces, and | went
in and asked him for the lowest figure on a
pair OF shoe laces. J~udge-Prisoner is dis
charged. Mr.. Clerk. swear out a warrant
against plaintiff and have him arrested for
criminal assault.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
Why She Was Late.

"You arc late this afternoon" said the
music teacher to his banged and powdered
young lady pupil.
"Yes." said tho damsel, swishing down on
tho music stool ma was SO busy with her
household duties That ! had to wait nearly
half an h'Hlr for her to sew up a rip in one Of
my kid gloves. "-Norristown Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
EOth or Neither.

"Strange," said old Baystate, "the awful
cheek of a young maj in love. How is it. do
you suppose, that a mar who doesn't care to
ask you for fifty dollars. walks right up to
you and asks for your daughterl' Don't
i:.ow," said young Shecpranche, "unless it is
because he's afraid you won't let him have
the f~fty."-Bob Burdette.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
A Swan Song.

Susie's Little Brother-What song shall l
play on my harmonica, Mr.. Courtt
Mr.. Court. who hates the harmonica tsotto
voce)-Your death song.-Yankee Blade.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
The Blooming Heathen.

In China there are no bankrupt laws. but
it is considered such a disgrace not to pay
your debts in that beSishted land that a
beat is practically drummN out of bust
ness. Al, dear, it will be a long time before
we can civlize all these heat!len. They have
such queer. old fashioned notions about bust
ness. However, lest the heather should be
exalted above measure when they get this
copy Of this paper and read this ilattering
paragraph, let us add, for their edificatlon,
that the only coin of China is the leash"
thai it takes 1900 cash to make a dollar.
and that the ignoble. little minded. small
souled, greedy heather actually counterfeit
the cash" Cheer up, Christian brother.
we are not so much worse than the heatheu.
after all. Burdette.
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.
To THE EpIToR-Please inform your readers
thatI have a positive remedy for the above
named disease. y Its timely use thousands OF
hopeless cases have been permanently cured. ]
shall be glad TO send two bottles of my remedy
FREE to any of your readers who have consump.
ton If they will send mt their express and
post office address. Respectfully, T. A. SLO-
CUM, NJ. c.. 1871 Pearl ST., New York.
sep.0.ly.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
SEVERE PUNISHMENT FOR SLAVES.

IL tuo severity OF IueSe Ola avs contrib
utcd to making any class an orderly, law
abiding class, the slaves should nave become
such. An act of l12O, for instance, provided
that slaves convicted Of petit treason, muir
der or house burning should be %adjudged Ito
have the right hand cut off, to be hanged in the
usual manner, the head severed from the body,
the body divided into four quarters, and head
and quarters set up in the most public places
of the county" The same act recited that as
several felons had broken and entered shops,
storehouses and warehouses and stolen goods,
and it had been doubted whether such were
excluded, by law in force, from the benefit of
clergy, it declared if such offender took
goods to tho value Of five shilllngs. and is
convicted therefor, he shall suffer death
without the benefit of clergy.
The act of 1887 imposes a penalty Of death
without the benefit of clergy on any slave
who shall break into and steal from any to-
bacco house, and a like penalty for stealing
any boat of over seventeen feet and taking it
ten miles, or for aiding or abetting another
to do so. In l75l death without the benefit
of clergy was imposed upon slaves who nd
vised or attempted to raise an insurrection,
who attempted to murder or poison, commit
ted rape upon a white woman, or was con.
'ASlSa VI Aouoo Jul AAlIS. IL Sulllc dcC pro.
vided that any slave convicted of giving false
testimony should have one ear cut off on the
day of conviction, and receive thirty-nine
stripes on the bare back, have the other car
cropped the next day and receive u like mum.
Der of stripes OH the bare back.
This act also provided that slaves rambling
or going abroad at night, riding horses with
out leave, or running away, should DO sub.
ject to whipping, cropping, or branding on
the cheek with the letter "R." 1t also pro.
vided that if a slave were killed in the at
tempt to capture him tho person doing the
killing should be exempt from prosecution.
A subsequent act amended this so as to pro
vide for the trial of the party. and if it ap
pear that the killing was done i'll tho lawful
execution of this act, he should not only be
acquitted, but the public should pay all costs
A person who enticed a slave to run away
had to pay to the owner the value of the slave
and suffer one years imprisonment If q
white servant was guilty Of this offense he
was liable to four years. servitude.
ingtOu Star.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
FREAK.

Charming youth. with eyes so brown,
Hast n heart can cause q frown.
All. thou trip'st like sunbeam light
Der life's path. now dark. now bright
Hast no cares, nor thoughts, nor dreamsf
Fancy's child t%hou-truc it seems,
Thou. then. com'st SO still at night,
Opening mortals' wonirouS sight
WE'LL know thee, winSome Freak;
How thou mak'st night talk IN Greek;
Flushing Jack from housetop high;
Bringing gold that Bill may buy
Cakes and candies: oh. 80 rich
Mary falls into u ditch.
Selling dress aud fine new shoes;
Jane sees splendid gifts, yet wlosei
But thy prankS are not confined
AL to boys ind girls thow kinl:):
Aldermen SD fat and free
Dream of Jobs and wine and glee
Merchants have their goods destroyed:
Clubmen jolly. i'll employed.
Lose their money. name and place.
All upon u cursed ace
Lawyers plead and OWL they're 'sold;"
Doctors treat n case of 'cold:"
Bishops swear and mothers rate;
Speakers yell at church and state.
So thou workcst, little sprite,
at our heads with oil thy might,
Through the mist of deadened sense
Soon thy tly'st away far hence
Philip Becker Goat.
A BRASS BUTTON.
She told him that men WERE false,
That love was a dreadful bore,
AS they danced to the Eanon waltz,
On the slippery ball room floor
Flo said that her womon's face,
The crown of her shining hair:
Her subtle feminine grace.
We're haunting him everywhere
He told her his orders had come
To march with the dawn of day;
A soldier must follow the drum
No choice hut to mount and away.
A sudden trenlor of fear
Her rallying laughter smote.
AS ltsgave her a souvenir
a button from off his coat
He went to the distant war.
And fought us u man should do;
But she forgot him atar.
In the passion for something new
His trinkct. among the rest,
Sho wore at her dainty throat;
But a bullet had pierced his breast
Where the button was Off his coat.
New Haven Palladium.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15

Close connections madei in Union Depot with al
tEalns OF the s.. Paul: Minneapolis s Manitoba
lis. St. Paul II Sault Ste. Marie railways from
and to all points North and Northwest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-28

Died in Milo. Oct. II. so, at the age OF
sixty-two years two months and thirteen days
Mrs Susan F., wife of Chas. II. Perrigo.
The deceased was born in Milo and had al
ways resided here. Over forty years ago
the subject Of this notice was married to
Cha,. II. Perrigo, who survives her and to
whom is extended the sympathy of the COM
munity IN his great afiiction. They had
raised family Of five children, two OF
vhom-s son and daughter preceded
he- into the Silent Land two sons and one
daughter survive her ard who mourn the
loss of a most loving parent. The de-
ceased came from one Of the old
est and best known families in
town (Hodgdon) and leaves two brothers
who reside here and one John Hodgdon living
at Hsllowell. Me. la the death of Mrs.
Perrigo a kind and dutiful wife, loving
mother, and sister and a much respected
woman il mourned
Though suffering much for years by reason
of i'll health she was ever accomplishing and
bore iife's burdens without mnrmuriBg. Her
last illness was Of short duration and she
passed away peacefully, surrounded by loving
children, husband, and relations, out from
the shadows of mortality into the brightness
Of Immortality from earth's shifting scenes
of gloom and glalness she is summoned to
her eternal rest where sorrow and sickness
are not known, but where all is peace and
happiness. Appropriate funeral services
were held at the residence of Mr.. Perrigo on
the 18th inst, conducted by Rev. A. W.
Young Of Milo. and many neighbors and
friends were present to pay their last respects
tn the decpased d.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-28
Duplicate Wedding Gifts.

"Six butter knives! four salad spoons
nine cruet stands three pairs of sugar
tongs aod eight water pitchers? Was ever
girl SO unfortunate? exclaimed a per
picked country bride the other day. as she
sorted out her wedding gifts on returning
from her bridal tour. why could they mol
have consulted together a little and have
avoided all these duplicates? Anyway We
shall never want for butter knives, salad
spoons, cruet stands, sugar tongs or water
pitchers for the rest of our natural lives
Now if this young bride had been city
girl, says the New York Tribune she would
not have mourned so much over the ordinary
incident. She would have written a shor
note 10 one or two or three well known deal
ers in the city, and on the following day
neat cab would stop at her door and a vel
dressed woman would call on her. Befor,
the caller departed she would have fixed witt
the bride upon cash price for all her dupli
cate gifts, or would have agreed to exchange
them for more useful articles of household
furniture
SO common has this way of doing thing
become that many people now send with theil
gifts note saying that If they are duplicates
they may be so dealt with.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-28

Mr.. IL. W. Mansfield agent for the Som.
s,se, Fibre Company Of Skovhegan sss in
the city Saturday and in conversation with .
Journsl reporter said
II am here to look after an elevator iieh
the company /. nov building on the zs'
aide u the river just above the pulp mill
A, the time Of The recent freshes large
amount Of pulp mill staa belonging to q, 9TH
or srm troke through the boom and came
DOWN agan.i our boom 1t sxowhegan- !,
smashed our boom badly ard sent between
1000 and 1860 cords Of pulp wood down
river. A catch" boom sss swung scsoss
the river At Five Mile island and all bot If
~ cords Of the sts6 was stopped at that
MACE. The rest had passed before the boom
va. .sunz across and was hung up in the
HaIiopeil BOOM
What DO you propose TO do With the
eleyaiorf'
aoo Monday ~e shall take the elevator TO
1--WE Nile stand and use 1t In hosting out
the puio sood 10 cara in which it 10 TO b.
,hipueA back 70 sko~hesAn. The elevator
i, about forty feet high With an inclined
o4.ne fYaehIng into the ~ater somswhat like
an ZEE elevator. II works on somewhat the
zane principle, an endless chain taking the
wool a. It j. RATED in 80
II. it not II penslye work.
Yes. gate 10. bat As We have purchased
all ,hs pulp wood 10 the boom which did not
tsl,ex &, ~. a. a reasonable figure sc can
afford 10 pull all Of il out and ship IL back
The remaining fifty cords below siIl be taken
oat by horses and shipped back
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-28

|. That salt will curdle new milk
hence in preparing milk porridge, gravies,
etc, the salt should not be added until the
dish is prepared.
2. That clear boiling water will remoss
tea stains and many fruit stains Pour the
water through the stain and thus prevent ii.
spreading over the fabric.
3. That ripe tomatoes will remove ink
and other stains from white cloth also from
the hands.
4. That Tablespoonful of .turpentine
boiled with white clothes will aid in the
whitening process.
5. That boiled starch is much improved
by the addition of little sperm, salt or gum
arabic dissolved.
6. That beeswax and salt will make rusty
fiat irons as clean aud smooth as glass Tie
lump of wax in rag, keep it for that pur
pose. When the irons are hot, rub them
first with the wax rag, then scour with paper
or cloth sprinkled with salt.
7. That blue ointment and kerosene
mixed in equal proportions and applied to
the bedsteads is an untailing bedbug remedy
as coat of whitewash is for the walls of q
| log house.
8. That kerosene will soften boots OF
shoes that have been hardened by water, anC
render them as pliable as new.
.. That kerosene will make tin tea ket.
tie as bright as new. Saturate WOODEN rag
and rub with it. 1t will also remove stain.
from vanished furniture.
10. That cool rain water and soda viii
remove machine grease from washable fab
RIGS.