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The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
European and American Women.

Tho European lady is the idiot of her sex
the world over. She hasn't anything at all
to do but dress, to eat, and to be agreeable.
But what has this led to? Read the follow
ing from tho pen of Professor james Bryce,
an English gentleman aud scholar who Wis
tied this country to study sociology:
"Tho average European man has usually
a slight sense of condcsccnsion when he talks
to Il woman on serious subjects. Even if
she is his superior i'll intellect, in character,
in social rank, he thinks tina as Il man he is
her superior, and, consciously or unconscious
ly, talks down to her. She is toomuch accus,
toned to this to resort it, unless it becomes
taste!cssly palpable. Such Il notion docs not
cross an Americans mind. He talks to a
woman Just as he would to Il man, of course
with more Difference Of manner, and with n
proper regard to the topics likely to interest
her, but giving her his intellectual best, ad
dressing her as q person whose opinion is un-
derstool by boil: to be worth rs much as his
OWL. Similarly, III American lady does not
expect to have conversation made to her.
1t is just as much her duty or pleasure to
lead it as tho mans is, and moro often than
not she takes tho burden from him, darling
along with a gay vivacity which puts tc
shame his slower wits.
"lt need hardly be said that tho cornmu
nifty at large gains by the softening and re-
straining influence which the reverence for
w%omanhood dilruses. Nothing so quickly
~incenses the people as any insult offered to q
woman. Wife beating, and indeed any kind
of rough violence offered to women, is far
less common among the rudest class than it
is i'll England. Field work or work done at
tho pit mouth of mines is seldom or never
done by women in America. and the Ameri
can traveller who i'll somo parts of Europe
finds women performing severe manual labor
is revoltcd by the sight i'll u way which Euro
peans find surprising. "-Chicago Tribune.
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the court to sift to the bottom. We would
probably be dcluged with contradictory tcs-
timony. In the first place, does a woman
faint with outstretchcd arms9 Arc out
stretched arms n sure sign of a faint9 l be-
lieve it must depend n great deal upon what
she faint for. Why does Il woman faint, and
what does she do when she faints!
"On the stage we have seen, for instance,
Cecilia faint with Modus, but as | have seen
it represented she held his hands tight in hers
and then on his shoulders and then half way
around his neck. | have seen tho Mountain
Maid faint. She begins deliberately to say,
4 am fainting,' then she repeats, Il must
faint. and finally declares she will just be
real down sick if she doesn't faint Are these
true reflections of feminine fainting off the
stase2
~ am afraid the resources of testimony
will be exhausted before giving us any rules
for n genuine faint. There is such an infinite
variety of phases that codification of laws of
fainting is impossible. ! confess | d on't know
when n faint is a natural phenomenon and
when it is a fine rt."-Philadelphia In
quirer.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
She Got The Brush.

In the broad hallway Of John B. Jeffery's
residence, on South Park avenue, hangs a
silver mounted fox's brush. One evening Il
party of friends who were calling there hap
pencd to mention the Chicago fox hunt, and
then Mr.. Jcfiery tool them out into the hall
md pointed up at the brush. THAT was
captured at q fox hunt by my little daughter.
She was little thcn-only IL years of age
but she has grown n greal deal since, as you
can see This was an English fox hunt, too.
There was no play about tit was hard
work. They rode all day and came home
clad in tatters." Then Mrs. Jeifcry spoke up
Yes" she said, 'it was glorious. Emma was
invited to ride, and when she left the hotel III
the morning | was OH tho vcranda to see the
party off. Some young English ships who
did not know me sat near by and quietly
laughed ut the idea of a little American girl
riding i'll Il fox hunt with English people. AS
they rode off Emma waved her hand at me
and l cried: Don't come back without that
brush, daushter! Then tho young English
men skunk away. That evening, while wc
were at dinner, the party returned. Emma
dashed into the dining room, her habit in
%tatters, and, waving the brush about her
head, she shouted: Il got it, mammal l tell
you it was the proudest moment of my life,
and those snccring young Englishmcn were
the first to make u heroine of her. "eChicago
Herald.
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Something New mud Wonderful,

heard something this morning which was
new and wonderful. 1t was not the song of
the robin. Neither was it the sound Of any
nigel trumpet blown at sunrise across tho
sparkling worlds. 1t was no herald of good
fortune announcing royal news. 1t was some
thing better than any of these, and far more
strange. 1t was the bona fide voice of a flesh
and blood man singing the praises of his
mother-in-lawl In this fippant age when
newspapers abound in poor jokes at the ex-
pense of womanhood consecrated by mother
hood tho sound of such speech struck wonder
to my soul.
"Thcrc is 10 other woman on earth" said
the man, ''beforo whom l would kneel as be-
fore a heavenly shrine. She is the noblest
and sweetest woman God ever made, ave
one, and that ono is her daughter and my
wife" Wasn't that speech worth recording
in this year of our Lord, when men tire of
their wives as they do of their hats and
change them quite rs oftcn9 To heara mid
die aged man with seven children talk like
that about his wife and his wife's mother
seemed to ME the opening note in the millen-
mum cadenza! 1 only hope no meant what
he said!-"Amber" in Chicago Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
s1rs. Wizards Romance.

Mrs. Henry Willard, wife of the remarka-
BILE financier, ex-president of the Northern
Pacific, ex-king of Wall street, ex-bankrupt,
the story of whose rise and fall and restora-
ton makes one of tho remarkable pages Of
American personal history, is the only daugh-
ter of William Lloyd Garrison. Mr.. Garri-
son used to say: 81 love all my children, but
especially Fanny" She had four brothers
One day the eldest, Wendell Phillips Garri-
son, brought home a young German. a new
paper writer. His name was Heinrich He'll
gard. The moment no and Fanny met it was
all over with them both-it was love ut first
sight. She did not hesitate because he was
poor. Her fathers home was poor, but she
had been very happy in it for all that, and
she had been taught that love is moro than
riches. Mrs. Willard is now As years old. She
is petite, with u we'll rounded figure and
abundant gray hair and glorious dark eyes.
New York Star.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
The Ostrich Regiment.

Gen. Edward Hatch, some years ago, was
made tho butt of much fun, and was car
TONED in New York papers as riding over
the New Mexican plains with his cavalrymcn
of the Ninth regiment mounted on ostriches.
Tho ridicule all came about through Il mis-
take. Gen. Hatch found that the American
horse broke down after little travel over the
rough mountains, ard in u private letter to
an officer in Washington said that he was
making some experiments with the intention
of replacing the clumsy horses by the agile
and hardy Mexican burro, Il little ~jaclsass of
immense strength. The officer spoke of Gen.
Hatch's plan, and the newspaper mcn pub
lished it, but tho man who wrote of it first,
after seeing the letter, mistook the word
'burro' for bird" and having a vague idea
that ostriches We're raised OH the frontier,
jumped at the conclusion that the ostricl.
must be the bird meant. There was a roar oil
laughter in every post on the frontier When
the papers began to describe Gen. Hatch's
ostrich regiment, but the joke was not under
stood for along time.-St. Louis Glohe-Demo'
r,.ot
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
With A pRovIso.

On, give me the girl who can make cake, bake,
AS well a. play the piano;
And likewise is able to brew, stew, too,
AS well as she sings n soprano
The girl who can into the cook book look,
And thcrcfrom evolve q good dinner,
Is dearer than she who can smile while style
Is the only thing on her or in her
I'd rather she knew how to sew, though slow
At quoting from poets OF passion
Or rather that she could roast. toast. than boast
That she was n leader of fashion
The girl who will frown if She must just dust
Fails to please Inc by singing n ballad,
Even though as n fable, at table she's able
To dnintily compound q salad
Of course it would seem in ny sight quite right
She should still in society shine;
Idloycherthe more for the triu.Iplis she'd score
Provided, of course, she were mine,
f. Ii Curtiss in Good housekeeping
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
A TRICK OF THE TRADE.
Marking Down Sizes Of Shoes to Crafty
Nnr;f,.

Marking Down Sizes of Shoes to Crafty
Vanity.
81 want d pair of French kid button boots.
Let me see tlse very best you have"
This way, please; hero they are; made by
Ready, Sale i Co.; the very best in the mar
ket. What size did you say2"
81 wear thrces, slim"
"Ah! here we are; now, then. Fits you
like a glove. If l had taken your measure I
couldn't have done better"
They seem to be all right. By tho way,
are these the same make of shoes that Mrs.
Lightfoot wcars?'
"Well, to tell the truth, no. She always
wears n make that costs a dollar q pair
more"
''But you said these were the very best"
"For wear and quality-so they are"
"Then why should Mrs. Lightfoot pay a
dollar extra for hers2"
"Why, she won't have any other shoe but
Fitem q Co.'S, because she can wear a size
smaller of theirs than she can of any Others"
OH! but you really don't mean to say that
l could wear q No. 2 shoe of What's-his-
names make, do you?'
Certainly you could. You see they nave
got q designer of patterns who isl perfect
genius and who understands the human foot
the same us a schoolmaster does his A B Cs.
he explained his system to me one day, and
find he is thoroughly posted. His idea is,
in the first place, to abbreviate the longi-
tudinal pressure forward, and then, by pro-
pelling the lateral distension sideways, he of
course makes the shoe a size shorter thar it
would AVE been had he made it the full
length"
"Dear me! How simple that seems. And
you are sure l could wear a No. . Of this
makel"
Positive. Here is pair. Try them on
and see for yourself"
why, these are just too nice for anything.
They fit perfectly. They amt u bit tight.
Are you sure they are only twos?"
You can see for yourself. Size mark
stamped in plain figures on sole Il lining.
There it is; size No. 9, width A"
We'll, Ill take this pair, and after this
You won't catch Inc wearing any other make
This sounds like fiction, but it is n litera,
fact. The conversation took place just as ii
is written with the exception of the names
Although the measurements of the woman.
foot called for a No. 3 she was fitted pcfectly
with q No. {. The explanation is simply this
There are manufacturers who, when order
ing sets of lasts, instruct the sellers to dclive,
them unstamped. The stamping is done il
tho shoe factory, each last being marked
half size OF q size smaller than it measures
The uppers are numbered to match tho last
and the deception is complete.-Shoe an,
Leather Reporter.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Alum in Baking Powders.

Professor j. W. Mallett, Of the University
of Virginia, who has been making al cx-
haustive series of experiments with alum ball-
ing powders and studying their effects upon
the digestive organs, says that alum itself,
when added singly to bread or other food, is
positively injurious to health, and that its
use, even in tho small proportion sometimes
used to improve the appearance of bread
made from unsound or inferior -four, must
be regarded us highly rcprehcnsiblc, its in
furious effect being i'll no way lessened by its
combination with carbonate of soda to form
baking powder. - New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
American womcn's corscts.

There is a now corset made for horsewomen
out Of soft leather which is almost without
bone, but is both firm and flexible and has
been found to DO the very best thing possible
for wear with tho habit. This is all importa-
ton from India, where corsets Of this sort
have been in use for hundreds of years. The
most expensive corsets kept i'll stock i'll the
shops and by the corset makers cost $50,
which is indeed about as high as they ever
| run, though they can be made to order even
more e~xtravagantly, but even Worth's own
sorsetiere, whose works stand unrivalcd in
the world, rarely charges over $40. Thirty
five dollars gets ono of heavy satin, richly
embroidered, and trimmed with real lace.
1t is lined inside with smooth thick silk,
SO perfectly cut and ewedt that there is not
the slightest roughncss or fold anywhere to
press on the delicate flesh of tho wearer, and
all along tho inner side of the stcels is a little
lining of down to keep them from pressing
upon the body. Equally good corsets are to
be had for a smaller sum and with less deco
ration, which the best dressed women prefer.
the embroidery and lace having Il Frou-Frou
suggestion, which they wish to avoid. =.
very popular corset with the wagge young
woman just now is only about a foot long
and does not come up over the bust at all,
being merely, n sort of cestus which laces
around the body and gives slnoothress to the
outlines of tho waist. This has the effect of
lengthenins the waist and making it look
Simmer and, in short, acquiring that English
figure which is the ambition Of every Ameri-
can girl. These little corsets are made of
satin, and it is the fancy to have them of
varying colors and with u silk petticoat to
match. thus a girl who is going to put OH a
gray gown will first fastcn about her waist a
little lemon colored satin ccstus, slip over her
head a lemon silk petticoat trimmed with
three pink ruftles, draw on a pair of lemon
colored silk stockings and cover her feet with
a pair of gray satin slippers, very pointed at
the toes and fastened with a little buckle of
old paste and then stands ready for her gown.
New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
DON'T.

There are several ''don'ts' which should
be observed whenever. w or more women
are gathered together, but which, alas! arc
frequently ~disregarded. For instance, don't
say to u friend, Elbow stout you are grow
ing!" No lady likes to be told hat she is
growing or has grown stout. If it be a fact
sho is doubtless quite well aware of it, and
anxious to keep others from discovering it.
Don't say, "How thin you are!' either, for
both Won't and men loathe to DO told that
they are either stout or thin. Unless you
can say, ''How well you are looking!" it is
better to make no remark on tho personal
appearance of your friend. Don't tell a
friend who has Oh q particularly becoming
gown or bonnet that she looks ten years
younger i'll that than in anything you have
ever seen her wear. Don't tell her, either,
that it is the most becoming thing you have
ever seen her wear. That is an impeach.
ment of her taste heretofore, though you
probably nave no such thousht.-Dress.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
The Much Abused Mo,,er.ip.Law.

Novelists and dramatists have thrown
much ridiculo upon mothers-in-law, but how
~unjustly we might leave it to sons-in-law to
say, for us a rule there is no one person with
whom Il man is OH better terms than with his
wifc's mother. He is to her as another son
from the day when sho first gives her willing
consent to her daughters marriage with him.
She is intrinsically his best friend in pros
perity or in adversely. She %rcjoices i'll all
good that comes to him, and he turns to her
for advice and help i'll moments of difficulty,
and mothers-in-law who attempt to usurp any
kind of authority in tho house of a son-in-law
arc the exception far more than tho rule
London Queen,
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Troublesome Insects

Cloth covered furniture which is in coll
slant uso will not he harmed, and tho same
may be said of cloth lined carriages. Whcro
such furniture is stored away or kept UNI
used in a dark room, or where the carriages
arc left in Il dark coach house through the
summer, ct least two spraying, with ben
zine, say once in Juno and once about Aug.
1, will be advisable. Another plan which
will act as a protection in such cases is TO
sponge tho cloth Innings md covers, on boti,
sides where possible, with a dilute solution of
corrosive sublimate in alcohol made just
strong enough not leave a white mark OH Il
black feather. Good Housekeeping.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
For Sore Throat.

When sore Threats are prevalent there is a
great deal of talk about the proper remedies
for them. Chlorate of potash, which was
for so long popular, has been decided by OK
perts Of tho throat to be not only serious i'll
jury to the throat, but almost poison. a
late remedy is perhaps the best on record,
and it is a very simple one. a %teaspoonful
of alum and ono tablespoonful of best French
brandy, put in a half tumbler of water, or Il
half pint of water will modify it better
This gargle should be used several times dur
ing tho day, and at night if the irritation
OF pain is troublesome. 1t will DO found an
invaluable throat corrective. = st. Lolis
Globe-Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Painting as a Fine Art.

GLOW does q woman faint?" asked a law
yer after adjournment of court yesterday
1--WE had a young woman on the stand who
declared she had seen n hundred women
faint, and that they all tainted with out
stretched arms. Now, how does a woman
faint. | declare l don't know. l nave seen
the interesting phenomenon n few times, but
tho trouble is there's so much excitement
that a man forgets to take observations. l
think it would be 40 interesting question for
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

would be astonished to find how easily time,
like money, is frittered away. Surely there
are just as many hours in tho day as there
were when your grandmother, my dear Mrs.
B., brought up her family of seven children,
doing all their sewing and mending, as well
as a considerable portion of the housework,
yet she found time for an occasional after
noon with a neighbor or u friend, and for
her correspondence, and didn't talk half as
much about mot having any time" as you
do..Boston Beacon.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

Every pleasant evening, in that hour just
before twilight which we all love to idle
away with inc~onsequential thoughts and OBJ
servations, there passes my window q couple
that greatly interests ME. The lady is but a
young girl, it seems, and she has such a pref
ty face, so white and peaceful, with some
thing Of sadness In it, something of joy.
She has great eyes that stare strangely at
you, and, at the sound of her companions
voice, their lids are dropped, and the long,
graceful eye lashes fall upon her cheeks. The
man reminds me of one of the old Saxons.
He is big and strong, and has the curly golden
hair and the big blonde beard of that race of
men. His companion hangs on his arm. and
yet he seems to depend upon her as much as
She on him, for they cling very closely indeed
together, while he carefully picks their way
out witha light CAM
Both are blind inquired about them the
other day. Neither ever saw the light of day.
Neither can ever NOW how glorious the sun.
light is, how prettily blend the beautiful hues
of the flowers, how grand all nature looks
Neither ever saw the other! and yet they arc
q bridal pair.
They only live in a world Of darkness ane
In each other. They met long ago, Eeeam'
devotedly attached to each other ant ker'
married. And so o every evening, whet
the weather is fine, they go out for a littli
stroll, and as they slowly, carefully walk past
my window | think: 1T Is a sad and vel
pretty sight, blind bridal pai!"-Toledc
At.s-
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Silk VS.. Kid,

The silk gloves grow prctticr and prctticr
each season, says an observer, and tho hand
and wrist look better in them than i'll kid,
because they fit as no kid glove can, but still
they are not so much worn. The secret of
this is that tho kid glove really beauties and
softens the hand, to say nothing of protecting
it from the sun and from any possible chill,
while the silk glove allows both sun and air
to work their wicked will on the skin beneath
it.-Ncw York Telegram.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
womun's Strong Loyo for White.

Upon entering the world it is her first
robe. In Il whito gown she is brought to
baptism. She says her prayers i'll white and
kneels for confirmation in spotless robes. She
is married in white, and after that she lives
over tho white garment days of her youth Ill
;he robes she makes for her children, and
when her task is ended she folds her white
lands and lies down to sleep in n shroud us
white us her soul.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
KceD nn Account of Timc.

1t would be al interesting experiment for
women if some OF them would keep an &c.
count of time just for one week as they
would keep a cash account. Perhaps they
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Ostrichcs as Walters.


pede, SAD q cape lOWH nli1l no" aV tlle
Palace hotel, "but the funniest thing they Go
is to waltz"
How, pray, is that done!"
"The leader of the herd. generally an old
male ostrich, evidently thinks that bis fol
lowers should have some diversion OIL the long
march from one pasture to another, so he be-
gins by slowly but gracefully turning round
and round. In five minutes the whole flock
is doing the same, and it is quite n sight
their long plumes waving in tho wind until
they conclude to quit and go their way.
Music, of course. has nothing 10 do with their
dancing.''-Sm Francisco Call.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
The Largest Coral Reef

The largest coral reef in the world is the
Australian Barrier reef, Oh tho northeast
coast of that continent, which extends about
LOO miles. Its average distance from the
land is twenty to thirty miles, but in some
points it is fifty to ninety miles distant. Tho
great arm Of tho sea thus included is ten to
twenty-five fathoms deep, with a sandy bot
som; but toward the southern end, where the
reef is furthest from the shore, the depth
gradually increases to forty, and in some
parts to more than sixty fathoms. A reef on
the west coast of New Caledonia is 400 miles
long, and for a distance of many leagues sell
dom approaches within eight miles Of the
laud.-New York Telegram.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.

To THE ~EpIroR-Please inform your readers
that have n positive remedy for the above
named disease. Y LIS timely use thousands Of
shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy
FREE to any of your readers who have consump.
ton if they will send me their express and
CUM, NJ. c. 1871 Pearl Ct, New York.
sep.20.ly.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
Life in pizen Creek,

Col. Whlpsaw uf the Rattlesnake ranch,
being shown to his room in the Bad Land:
house)-Wh-what does it say on that air sign
up therel
Landlord-It says Guests will please re.
move their spurs before retiring"
"By tho north fork of the Great Crooked
Ei%tterroot! Go out to the corral an git my
hoss an I'll messy! If the effete ways of tho
worn out east are s~neakin' III here like this
shall start f.lrder west to-night!'-Texas
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29

BLAIR ~ TItIPP,
20. Dickinson. Oak.
RANG. on Maggie and White Tail creeks. Own
crs of above brand. Also w all cattle branded
with compass and square. Horses branded as
above on any part OF animal. sept. 1a-ly
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-29
And still the god of England did not smite

And what gives me Il great deal of s~atisfac-
ton to relate and which goes to prove that
there still remains in New York q spark of
old American spirit, is that when Mr.. Plum
mel had eaten half of that hucklcberry pie
one of the other swell gentlemen drew up his
chair to the table and said: II say, Plum
mer, that pie looks awfully good, don't you
know. If you don't mind Ill cat the rest Of
it myself."-Paul Hull in Chicago Times.