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The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27

In these days, congregation listens to a
sermon i'll silence; but in tho Sixteenth cen
tury 1t was quite otherwise. I4atiner, on his
way to tho cross in st. Paul's churchyard,
which served him rs n pulpit, used to be
greeted by cries from the opening crowd:
Have at them, Master Lastincr! have at
thcm!" They were as quick to express disap
proval as approval.
Once, while Bishop Bonner vas preaching
from st. Paul's cross, man in the crowd
emphasized lis objection to tho preachers
sentiments by throwing dagger at him
Even US late as the Seventeenth century, En-.
lish congregations Ind no idea of being only
listeners. A writer in Tomplc Ear says:
1t was allowed to them to applaud or hiss
tho preacher, us tho occasion required, tho
applause taking the form Of loud hum of
appreciation. DR.. johnson relates, on tho
authority Of his father, that Dr. Burnct and
Dr. Sprnt once preached on the same day be
foro parliament. When Burnct preached
part Of the congregation hummcd so loudly
and 50 long, that the delighted preacher sat
down to enjoy it, rubbing his face with his
handkerchief.
DR.. Sprat, during his sermon, was Lonorcd
with the like animating hum but he stretched
forth his hand and exclaimed: "Peace, peace!
lpray you, pcace!"
When the same Dr.. Rurnct was preaching
on another occasion before tho house of com.
mons ho turned his glass at the end Of tho
hour MS a sign that he was going to continue
his sermon, when his audience broke out into
loud hum of approhation-a strong tcsti
mony either to his eolueuce or to their ell
duraucc
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
A Clever Writer

Nine de Martell, who signs Gyp to some
witty fcuillctons, many clever skits, and moro
deliriously funny society novels, is n pretty
young woman with her talent mirrorcd in
her brilliant face, and tho smallest hands and
feet in Paris. She is an immense favorlte
socially, and so witty, entertaining and Gen.
orally delightful in a salon that she is pctted
and fcted in the Faubourg and forgiven by
society for drawing her sketches from life
with such fatally truthful and often un
flatterns hand
Her novel, "Autour dn Marriage" and its
sequel, "Autour du Divorce, are undoubtedly
the clevcrcst of modern satires on French
society and its system of education of Young
girls and its method of giving in marriage,
and written with n delicate and essentially
French touch and sandwiched with such an
amount of French society slang that they are
tho despair of tho translator, who shrieks
over them in the original and wccps over
them in English. Gyp prides herself on her
direct descent from Mirabeau, and her ability
to floor any conversational antagonist who
essays to break II lance with one of the prct-
tiest and tho wttiest women in the frivolous
capital Current Literature
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
Self Possessed.

A little lady was gracefully spinning down
+ street on IL fiery, untamed bicycle which
seemed to obey her wishes unexprcssed. She
was just about to turn a corner when child
passed in front of her. She jinglcd the bell,
and the child stopped short to see what the
ringing was about. a deft turn of the front
wheel was made just too late to avoid brush,
ing against the inquistivo youngster The
bicycle caiecned, and the spectator with his
heart i'll his mouth, forgot tho probable i'll
delicacy of his terrified stare. But tho apprc,
hcnsion was without grounds. A swift pres.
sure on the brake, projection of the foot
which left a memorial CLEAN of black ho
sicry in relief against the gray dull of tho
pavement-a light spring, and the danger
was past. The most admirable feature of the
incident was tho rare presence of mind and
good taste of the young lady Instead of
getting angry or Fastening away in blushing
confusion she said in the sweetest tones to
the child, who was standing by watching her
with curiosity: "Dd it hurt you2" 1t was n
simple stroke of diplomacy, but it diverted
attention from her to tho child and before
any one knew it she was speeding away as
mcrrly as Washington Critic.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27

The first occasion on which Nine Caretto
saw the empress was at a ball given to the
imperial couple in the town hall at Fontaine-
blcau, in August, lS!5S-a fete which was very
nearly ending traeically The ball room had
been installed on thenpper story Of the build
ing; the guests had assembled, and the EN-
peror and empress had taken their places,
when it was suddenly discovered that the
ceiling of the room was in dangerously
dilapidated condition, and the motion of the
dancers had SO shaken the rckety old build
ing that the chandeliers over the throne were
oscillatins in the most alarming manner. The
empress had happy inspiration. She quiet
ly rose, and, taking the empcrors arm pro
ceeded at slow pace to the supper room, fol
lowed by the greater part of the guests. 1t
was then possible to warn the comparatively
few that remained of the danger, and request
them to leave Thus tho risk of IL panic was
avcrted, and, although the ball came to a
somewhat abrupt termination, there was no
accident to life or limb.-London Paper
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
A Long Walk

There are no carriage roads in Africa, and
all travelling is done on foot The celebrated
Traveller Schweinfurth had tho misfortune to
lose all his scientific instruments and even
his watch Tho only way III which he could
reckon tho distance he Travelled was by count
ing his PAGES, which he found to be of very
uniform length, each being about twenty fivo
inches. He would count hundred steps,
hold up ono finger, count the second hundred
and so on. When five hundred was reached
he made stroke in his noto book A trans
verso stroke, forming cross denoted thou
sand steps.
AT the end of his journey Lo was enabled
to tell how far ho had walked By counting
these little crosses The counting Of the steps
must have been almost mechanical, for his
eyes and his mind were busy with the strange
things he saw about him. His Journey from
the interior back to tho coast occupied six
months, in which a million and quarter
steps were made and counted. One of tho
chapters of his book, "In the Heart Of
Africa" closes with tho following words:
"On tho 10Th Of February greeted my old
friend Chaiil, after en- absence of forty -nina
days and journey Of eight hundred and
seventy-six thousand paces''- New York
Homo Journal
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
A Cynic's Decree,

In 1861 John Howard, Colorado judge,
introduced quaint novelty in divorce
case in which he was the defendant. Mary,
his wife, having filed a petition for separa-
ton in tho chancery court, her unfaithful
husband presented his answer in the form OF
quit claim deed of his better half. This re-
markable legal curiosity appears on tho rec
ords as follows:
In court of chancery, Denver city, Jeffer-
son territory, Mary E. Howard, plaintiff, VS..
John Howard, defendant. Petition for Iii
vorce. To the plaintiff in the above entitled
action:
Whereas, having been cited through the
press at Denver to appear before one Judge
browning, Of the above entitled court. to
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
Tho Great Art of Dress.

Chevreul lays down hard and fast rules
about the tints that may be placed with ad-
vantage against certain complexions and
those which are detrimental. But the truth
is that the endless variety in the physical
aspect of human beings is such that it is mis-
leading to class them in many cases rs 'fair"
or dark" or under any general denomina-
tion whatsoever. The skin may have moro
or less of tho bistre and yellow ocher tones
that belong to dark hair, though the hair it.
self may be of any shade from dust color to
gold Tho caprices of nature being so di-
verse it follows that such rules must be elias.
tic, and are made to be violated almost as
often as not.
There is one rule, however, which seems to
be absolutely inviolablo. Where nature has
heen lavish with her colors the decorator
should be sparing of them. No aduixture of
strong tints can heighten the brilliancy of q
Rubens beauty; it rather detractsf from it ard
fatigues the eye, tho relief of contrast being
needed If the picture, instead of glowing,
be subdued and low toned, then tho back
ground, the accompaniments, the frame, so
to speak, may with advantage do their best
to draw attention to their subject, as the gold
halos and gem cncrusted triptych will add
force and value to the Madonna and saints
winch Iltey lIlC1OSe t1efel0 lies The great
art of dress-to know just how far to draw
attention to clothes and no further; never to
allow them to impnsc upon the interest that
should be centered in the face
have seen intelligent human beings who
apparently chose that their attire should be
the first and last thing thought of in con-
nection with them. No beautiful woman, if
she be clever withal, makes this mistake. Her
dress may be sumptuous; it may heighten
her attractions if judiciously chosen; it
should never astonish and bewilder us. We
read of the gorgeous attire of Queen Eliza
beth, and are dazzled with the cloth of gold
the pearl embroidered ruff and jeweled
stomacher recorded in Zucchera's portraits
of that vain and ill favored sovereign They
are the woman-and take an undue prom.
inence i'll our recollection of the thin, shadow
less face surrounded and overpowered by so
much magniiicence. But of her beautiful
rivals clothes we hear little, and when we
think of tho Holyrood portrait of Mary it is
the reG,ement and dignity of tho lady we
remember, not the splendor of her apparel
-Fortnightly Review
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
Tho Cubs Ride.

When tho government light horse tender,
Manzanita, returned from her Alaskan voy-
age, she brought back one moro passenger
than she started with. This was little black
bear cub, Sallic, which literally hugged her
way To the hearts Of all on board. Being con-
stanty with the men, and at the same time al
lowed to roam at will all over the vessel, she
very quickly became tame and gentle as kit
ten, and quito as playful. The one place where
she was not allowed was tho engine room,
not because tho chief engineer did not like
her, but because he was afraid she might get
hurt. One day, Sallie was missed at dinner
time, and one OF tho men volunteered to find
her.
After q long search, she was discovered
pcrchcd on the walking beam Of the engine,
which was in motion. There she clung and,
and at every movement Of the great beam,
she was raised to within six inches Of the
ceiling, and her fat little body compressed to
a corresponding thinness But she never
made a whimper for she was too much
frightened to jump OFF, and knew she would
be whipped if she made noise. So there she
clung now getting a good breath, and the
next moment losing it in rather violent
manner Tho moment she was safe in the
mans arms, she hugged him tightly, and be-
gan to squeal and make a tremendous fuss,
behaving in this respect like others Of her
sex-San Francisco Argonaut.
rnc thrifty peasant Nazr-ed-din one day
received a visit from his needy cousin, Hafz-
the-Ill- Favored, who besought of him the
loan, for 4 day, of his donkey.
Il should be most happy, good cousin"
said Nazr-ed-diu but unfortunately he has
gone astray, and have no manner of knowl.
edge w!:ere he may be-
The words were no sooner spoken than the
donkey set up a loud braying from shed in
the yard, ''Hee honk! hee Lonk."
But, good Nazr," exclaimed Hadz, there
is surely thy donkey at home and seemingly
quite we'll
Whereupon Nar-ed-din rose in great
wrath and showed HATH the door.
'Besone, scoundrel!" he shouted. "Wouldst
tlou insult me in my own house by taking
the word of donkey before my owur'--
Youths Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
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a Gun of Good CnIrH

There is more than one way Of preparing
pot Of . ood coffee There arc as many
ways, in fact, as there are kinds of coffee.
Nearly every housekeeper has a pet theory
OF her own for producing rich color and
fine flavor. Some say use this sort of coffee
others that sort, and moro tell you that only
BY judicious mixture of variety of brands
can the taste of the epcure in coffee be salts
fed.
Many people stick to tho conclusion that
coffee should always be boiled in the old
fashioned way, while others ara sure that
STEPPING j. is the only true way.
There is no doubt bat that the manner of
making coffee has q great deaf to do with the
appearance aud favor Of the liquid, but q
great Zeal depends on the brand that is used.
New York News
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
A Strange Prayer.

A Hartford clergyman tells this anecdote:
Early in life, while occupying another
charge, be invited a clergyman whom the un-
regenerate would call conceited and dull to
preach in his pulpit. During the sermon our
Hartford preacher dozed away in the sweet
old way till he was suddenly called Oh to
conclude the service with prayer. Accus-
toned to regard himself as the humbiest of
his creators instruments, and forgetting that
he had not delivered the sermon, he began
with: "We beseech thee to accept the weak
and feeble effort that has been addressed to
thee and more richly to endow thy servant
In the graces be so greatly Lacks. ."-Hartford
Courant
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
Christine Nilsson. Lost Beauty.

| met Christine Nilsson, now Countess de
Miranda, while was walking the other day
in the boulevards. Woe is mel How dit.
ferently has the once lovely Swede changed
for the worse She has not faded, but sh.
has fattened. Her face is broad, her fea.
lures heavy, and the expansion Of her checks
has diminished the apparent size of her once
lustrous blue eyes. Her bright, fair hair
alone reminds the spectator ef her former
charms The winsome song birds Of the past
quarter of century are one by one losing
their notes and their plumage as well.-Paris
Letter
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
Her Bonnet Built Nyron,.

y lady of fashion who sit, on the right side
Of Il certain church close to the wall recently
sent an order 10 her millincr in New York
for u new bonnet. The millincr is an artist
in her work, and her customers usually leave
all matters Of design entirely to her Ies,er
day TIE bonnet came, and what was Tn"
lady chaarin to perceive that tho most gor
geous Of the pumes and bows were OIL tho
right side Of the bonnet, where the congrcga
ton at church would never be able to SO
them. At a late hour yesterday She wos try
ing to decide whether to send the bonnet back
or to change her scat in the sanctuary. .-Buf-
fap Courier
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
Encouraging,

Tho literature of clumsy congratulations
would take a whole book to record
Ono day an absent minded gentleman had
occasion to congratulate bride who had
just been married to an officer of the
marines
"A very good arm of tho service, your
husbands, ma'am,n said the absent minded
man, lots of men dio and killed in it all the
tilne-makcs promotion rapid, you see!"-
Youths Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27

Telegraph poles are preserved in Norway
by making an augcr holo about two feet
from the ground, in which four OF five
ounces Of sulpAate Of copper in coarse crys-
tails are placel and plugged in. Tho chcni-
cal is gradually absorbed by the wood until
its whole outer surface turns greenish hue
The sulphate requires an occasional renewal,
and is said to be perfect prescrvativc. -
Chicago Times.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
To Keep of sIusquitoes

Take small quantity of 2 per cent car
bolic acid solution and sprinkle sheets, cover
lets, pillow and bolster on both sides, the
edges of bed curtains and tho wall next the
bed The face and neck may also be slightly
wetted with the solution. Not single gnat
or musquito, it is said, will come near
Scientific American
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
Would Stop at the Oceans.

An old farmer on the coast Of Maine, l.. tn,
vicinity of Bar Harbor, watched with Geep
interest the projects of wealthy land owner
who had built an elegant summer cottage and
was buying up real estate right and left. Il
declare" exclaimed he. 81 don't believe bat
what he won't be satisfied till he buys up all
the land tba: jines him. m"-Lewiston Journal
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
Nature Arrauces 1t,

-" hen the war ended | guess there were
eroout fifteen or twenty girls to every fellow;
Out now the thing is erbout even ergin,
reckon, Tor never seed the like of boy babies
IN my lie as there has been since tho war,
and It's or provision of natur, reckon"-
Plunkett in Atlanta Constitution.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
No Mistake.

1t is hard to prove a negative but it seem:
to bo not absolutely impossible
My boy," said father, 81 shall have u,
punish you for breaking this vase"
"Oh, but he didn't break it." spoke up the
boys sjnter.
"How do you know thatg' said the father.
II saw him didn't" answered the little girl,
triumphantly Companion
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
He Vas a Messenrer no,

Omaha Mother-Why, Bobby, how you
have grown snce you were home last!
Son Ia messenger boyl-Yes It's been a
long time I've delivered three letters since
I've been ava. Omaha World,
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
A Verbatim, Hennrt

City Editor Ito new rcporter)-Do undc.-
stand thai this interview is verbatim1
New Enportcr-Yes, sir. wrote it my
self; the man was out OF town.-Texas Sift-
ings
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
THE OTHER SIDE.

But long hours, heavy work, inadequate
compensation and abundant cussing are not
alone the lot of the rural journalist. He is
not without honor even in his own country
However selfish men are, however prompt to
condemn, they arc still quick to give the ed
tor easy precedence to public consideration
He is secretary of meetings at which the one
big fish-the national banker-presides. He
Is given the first fruits of the garden and
orchard, the choice product of farm or fire
side labor, and simple acknowledgment in
tho paper is pay enough. He is recognized
authority on matters of history and public
policy He introduces great speakers when
they come to address the people. and sits on
the platform OH all occasions
There are even better things than these for
the man who runs" n country paper He
loves the work and could not be weaned from
it. He knows every man whose name he
writes from the mailing list each week, and
their varied characters pass in review before
him as tho pencil glides forward He knows
every road and hill and creek in the county,
and would esteem it lighter disgrace to libel
preacher than to urge drainage for high
ground. lie knows the history of tho older
inhabitants and knows how to latter them
Now and then he comes to his work in un-
expected vigor and frames all article of such
strength that men mention it to him with
praise At other times an inspiration guides
his pencil and produces real poetry Some
times he sees success crown a cause he has
champiolld, and then he reaps reward for
weary toll. He reads his columns over when
the rush of the week has gone by, and knows
that there are good things in them No man
on earth has such consciousness of the no
bility of the pen as he.-Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
THE COUNTRY EDITOR.
A CITY PAPERS DESCRIPTION PART.
LY TRUE AND PARTLY NOT.
No Man Works Harder for Small Reward
Than Hc-He Must Know Everybody '
and All the County's Affairs-sut There
Is q BRIGHT Side to His Lot.


Than Ho-He Must Know Everybody
and All the County's Afairs-But There
Is q Bright Side to His Lot,
There must be place of future rewards,
otherwise the publisher of q country news
paper would be done an injustice The coun-
try editor can get into more scrapes without
meaning to do it, and can get out of them
without knowing how heidi it, than any one
now known to fame. He can get up earlier
in the morning and stay up later at night; he
can give more free show advertising for the
privilege of being called deadhead when he
goes to see how hard he has lied, and he can
pay out more money for running expenses
and get less returns in available cash than
anybody not magician.
The editor of a country paper can keep the
press waiting longer to get in four line ai-
vertisenlent for somo man who intends en-
barking in the business Of hedge trim
ming, and yet start the press in better
time to catch the train running to supply
four subscribers in Stump Town, thnn any
other man on earth, unless it be the editor Of
some other country paper He can wear q
hat longer and a coat shorter than most peo-
pie, and he has to do this i'll order to keep an
advertiser who wants to pay in goods. He
can so all summer without shining his shoes,
and he is expected TO do so or be called stuck
up" by the people who edit his torch of pro
gress for him He can bear with meekness
the assaults of the collector of bills, the raids
of the peddler Of books, the charge Of the
patent medicine man from the city and the
visits from the cashier who holds his accept
ance
He can stand it to be cursed for bis unclassi
fed idiocy by every magnato in the town,
and then, when his slanderers die, can writs
eleSies like "jcwels, five words long, that on
the stretched forefingcr of all time sparkle
forever" He can do all this and raise big
family, each year seeing the second boy in.
cascd in the trousers the first has outgrown;
each year seeing the girls go to meeting in q
last summers hat because it is cheaper than
when the fashion was young And when the
editor has tried for tho last time to make 81
keep the promise made for three, he can die
as easily and be buried as cheaply, and for
gotten as quickly, as any vagrant that ever
craved a drink
The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
SOME OF HIS TRIALS.

When the country editor washes the roller
on Saturday night and locks the Office door by
settinga box of plates against it he is the
most thankful Of mortals He is glad to be
alive; glad he got through week when he
hardly expected to; glad things have been nc
worse than they were, and glad to look for
ward to whole day of idleness Yet hemust
so to church, for the sewing circle will not
consider it proper for n man to conduct that
lever of enlightenment-the press-unless he
has the appearance of piety. But if he goes
to hear tho Methodist minister the Baptists
say he is partial. He is expected to contribute
good hard cash to every scheme projected by
the brethren and sisters, clerical or lay, in or
out of church, and then he can boom the bare
faced fraud "as matter of news" Sunday
night, when he lays away his boiled shirt for
next Lords day, he feels the approach OF
Monday with sort of dread
He goes to sleep with an intuition that
some man will be in to clss him about some
item in last weeks papcr-Las no idea which
one-and dreams that he tried to run away,
and couldn't possibly do it. When he goes to
tho office Monday he finds the roller has fallen
down in tho lye jar and is ruined, and he will
have to buy new one, the boys lave climbed
III through window and mashed the only
font of script trying to print visiting cards
for their girls, and some clumsy neddlcr has
pied the only case of type he had distributed
BY the time lie gets these little things
Strengthened up cash subscriber comes in
and discontinues his paper because no notice
was made Of his wooden wedding. Then a
boy comes in and orders Josh Hills paper
stopped on general principles, and the fact
that some three years subscription stands I'M
liquidated Oh the books does not seem to dis
turb Josh in the least. Various other male
dictions from unexpected sources both be-
cause of what he didn't do and because Of
what lie did, are hurled at the editor during
the forenoon, and then he is ready for work,
still grateful that his miserable lifo is spared.
He is business manager. solicitor, reporter
editor and proofreader, and besides he does
whatever general work the rest of the force
leaves undone. He takes pride in telling
the patrons of his sheet that he can run OIL
the edition" quicker than any man he ever
hired, and when it comes to setting type he
doesn't take u back sent for any of 'en