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The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
Salt Water Evidences.

AS you go down the steep hill at the
new cemetery which leads to the basin
of the Ocopilco, and when about half
way down, on the right and left you will
see n bed of shells of marine fish. 1t is
plainly dcfiled on the wall of either en-
bankment, and would seem to indicate
that at one period of the worlds history
our little Ocopilco, at times only a few
spans wide, was a large salt water river,
with ebb and flow of tide, and that some
prehistoric race gathered oysters and left
the shells piled up where they are now
visible. Who were they? The question
will doubtless remain forever unanswer-
ed. Not a trace of them has been found,
unless the oyster shells mentioned be
one; but it is thought by many that this
continent was inhabited centuries before
the Indians got possession of it, and by a
ace of people we'll vcrsed in the arts and
sciences. Recent discoveries of ancient
cities buried deep beneath the earth, over
which forest trees perhaps centuries old
were growing, gives color to the belief
that our continent once led the world in
fine architecture, in the science, and in
all the elcgancies of refined lifc.-.Quit-
man (Ga.) Press.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
A Joke OH the Dog.

Last Sunday afternoon an old, gray
haired gentleman appeared in Jackson
park. He was accompanied by q small
lap dog of the pug species. This dog
ran about in an aimless way which indi-
Gated that he did not have any more
sense than a stamped envelope. He trot-
ted over the flower beds andleft his foot
prints among the plants, and he had his
w way until a park policeman caught
sight of him. Finding out who was the
owner of the dog the policeman ap-
preached the old gentleman, tapped him
on tine shoulder and said: "See, here,
my friend, you must have that dog keep
away from the flowers. Don't you see
that sign reading, Dogs not allowed on
the grass''" The old gentleman chucklcd,
jerked his thumb toward the dog, and
replied: "Yes, I see it, but that little
$ can't read" He thought it was q
good joke on the dog, and he refused to
think otherwise until the policeman
threatened to lock him up if he did not
call off the dog, which he did.-Chicago
Herald,
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
Watercd Milk.

The milkman who waters his goods
generally does SO under the impression
that the water poured in incorporates
itself with the milk and cannot be de-
tectcd except upon chemical analysis.
This shows gross ignorance. The milk
will hold only its own fluid; all foreign
fluid will be prccipitated if the mixture
is allowed to stand for a couple of days.
Any housewife may spot a dishonest
mill5lnan with very little trouble. Let
her take a long slender bottle, clense it
thoroughly and let it dry out. If, then,
it is filled with milk and allowed to
stand in a cool-not cold-placc for
forty-eight hours, all the foreign fluid
will be precipitated-that is, it will set
tie to the bottom of the bottle. The
soured milk will her fill the middle of
the bottle and the fatty substance will
be floating OH top. Sometimes tho top
will be a layer Of cream, then will come
a layer of albumen, another artificial
device to make the milk look rich; then
will come the soured milk and at the
bottom will be the foreign water. The
whole scheme of deception can be read
by a glance at tho bottle after one has
had a single lesson in the rudiments of
milk inspection. This sort of work is
not scientifically satisfactory, but it will
always develop the fundamental fact
whether or not the milk is normal.-In-
terview in st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
A New Article Of Commerce.

A few weeks ago Mr.. Ilderton, of this
city, left for a visit among relatives in
England. Mr.. Carnpion, the real estate
man, gave him a horned toad to present
with his compliments toa brother of Mr..
Sellers, his partner. A letter just received
from Mr.. Ildcrton says atheha only
had a jolly good time, but thinks lie has
discovered a new source of revenue for
San Diego county, and especially for his
friend Campion. He found Mr.. Sellers
brother at Nottingham and presented
him with the horned toad, which was a
great curiosity in that country. To pos.
sess the handsome "varmint" became the
desire of several of Sellers friends, and
a lively bidding cnsued, and the result
was that Sellers disposed of it for the
snug sum of e10-S5O-and writes for
more toads. Campion says that until
real estate picks up he will go into the
toad business, and he has about 500 of
the product stuffed, and expects to Start
a large shipment of English gold toward
San Diego in the near future San Diego
W.al.) Union.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
Strange Documents.

The jester without property has taken
part with the eccentric millionaire in
making wills of n peculiar character, as
some of the following verbatim ct liter
atm passages fully attest. The extract
given below is from a will made in rhyme
BY William Hunnis, chapclmaster %
Queen Elizabeth:
To God my soule l do bequeath, because # is his
own,
My bodie to be layedin grave, where to my friends
best knowen;
Executors l willie mono make, thereby great stryfe
may grow.
Because the goods that shall leave will not nav
all l. owe.
An old joker who died in 1858, after
singing out a long life like tho grasshop-
per, left the following tcrse will: "Ihave
no available funds. I owe a great deal.
The rest l leave to the deserving poor"
An aged English punster, who died in
lGi5, or ~thereabouts, seems to have had
the "ruling passion strong," even as he
nearcd the confines which separate this
from the world to come. His valet was
a great tippler, and the will Of tho old
man, which, by special provision, was
to be read before the funeral, bequeathed
to the wine bibber a portmanteau, "not
SO much for the intrinsic value of the
thing ITSELF" the will read, "as for what
1t contains; the contents, if rightly used,
will give you a longing desire to drink"
h valet rushed home from the burial
OF his master, opened tho portmanteau
and found-six salt herrings!-John w.
Wright in st. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
Pcrpctunting an Incident.

AS Mile. Rhea was leaving Ottawa,
Canada, an old, white haired gentleman
approached her in the sleeping car, and,
with charming cordially, presented her
with Il basket of the most beautiful
grapes, in the top of which was a large
bunch of Marcchal Neil roses and the
following note: "Dear Madame Rhca-
When the first Napoleon was brought as
captive into Plymouth sound by Capt.
Maitland, of the B%cllcrophon, l was orn
July, 1915. My father, who had cx-
tensive hot houses, sent to Napoleon a
basket of the finest hot house grapes. In
seeing you in the role of Josephine /
thought l would ask your acceptance lin
your character as empress of the French)
of a basket of the same fruit, thus per-
petuating the incident and paying a
tribute to the empress in the person of
IL who so ably represents her. With
best wishes and regrets, dear madame,
yours very truly, Richard Nettlc, Ottawa,
Oct. 10, 1885," And the old gentleman
added: "Although my countrymen called
Napoleon a rascal, my father had tire
greatest admiration for him."-Ex-
rhanpo.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
WHATS the Matter with l,2

A pious and prosperous old deacon Of
Portsmouth, N. H., had been specializing
in pork on a "margin," and for some
months wa very successful in his VEN
lures, SO that lie saw visions of great
wealth i'll tho near future. But after a
time pork did not pay so we'll, and still
he kept specializing, until asudden panic
in pork caused him to lose heavily, and
to square himself lie placed an attach
mcnt to the amour lie had lost on his
brokers, and sought to recover by law
what he had lost by luck.
This sudden catastrophe, of course,
noised hes secret of the deacon's spccula,
tons abroad, and his unseemly haste for
wealth became the talk of the town. But
the deacon bravcd it down and went
about the streets with his head as high as
evcr.
One evening he attended prayer meet
ing at his church, and the pastor called
upon him to lead the exercises by asking
Divine guidance. Tho invocation was
after the deacon's usual style. Begin
ming with the president and his cabinet,
he besought prosperity for all the rulers
of the nation, state and city in order.
Then branching off into lesser affairs he
was praying eloquently for the financial
success Of all Portsmouth, en%umerating
every trade and calling in succession,
whena sinful, mirth loving boy in 1.-THE back
part of the church called out, "What's
the matter with pork"
A large sized hush fell on the congre-
CATION then and there, during which the
good deacon made haste to "boil down"
his remarks and take his seat. Next to
having his Investments pan out profit
ably the deacon has an ardent yearning
to find that wicked boy. He wants to
talk with him. -Boston Globe.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
VictOria,s Crown.

Queen Victoria's CROWN, kept with
other royal regalia under strong guard
at tho old tower, and worn only on state
occasions, is one Of the most costly in
signals now in existence. To begin with,
there are twenty diamonds around the
circlet or headband, each worth $500,
or $4,000 for the set. Besides these
twenty there are two extra large center
diamonds each valued at $40, 1000, making
100000 more; fifty-four smaller dia-
monds, placed at the angles of tho others,
each valued at $500; four crosses, each
worth 500, 1000, and composed of twenty
five diamonds; four large diamonds on
top of crosses, each having a money
value of $4,000; twelve diamonds in the
~feur-de-lis. $4,000; eighteen smaller
diamonds contained in the same, $40, 900;
pearls, diamonds and rubics upon arches
and circlets not mentioned before, $780,
900; also al small diamonds formed in
roses and monograms, $4,000; twenty
six diamonds in upper cross, SIS, 500;
two circles of pearls about the rim of
tho headpiece, $4,000 each. The total
money %valueof this relic in any jewelers.
market in the world would be at least
5000, 600, metal and all included.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
School Tenchers.

If every new girl who is introduced as
aschool teacher should be dropped" by
tho board when she proves to be a fail
ure, wc would o have no teachers, or
goodones at least. 1t isstrange, but a fact,
that. as usual, the girls who, for from two
to three years, seem utterly hopeless, fin
ally become the best in the staff, while,
on the other hand, those who start out
most promising, too often become worth
less. While the Normal school lays a
good foundation, it does not finish a
teacher-in fact, "making a teacher
only commences when she makes her
debut in the school room. The superin-
tendent's staff and her principal watch,
instruct and discipline her, for three to
four years, when she is q thorough, re-
liable teacher, and then-she goes off and
marries, Observation-Disclosures in st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
"a Suspended Judcmeut.o

The true scientific attitude of the day,
as expressed by the president of the
British association, Professor Fowler, is
a"suspended judgment" ProfessorF ow-
Ter Endorses Sir John Lubbock's idea that
the field of inquiry is limitless and that
there may be ''fifty other senses as diff
ferent from u as sound is from sight,
and ever within the boundaries of our
W senses there may be endless sounds
which we cannot hear and colors as diff
ferent as red from green of which we
have no conception. These and a thou
sand other questions remain for solution.
The familiar world which surrounds us
may be a totally different place to other
animals. To them it may be full of mu-
sic which we cannot hear, of color which
we cannot see, Of sensation which we
cannot conceive Science Gossip.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07

are the prcttiest girls of the family,
which inspires them with an ambition
beyond the drudgery of homework or
the trials of a schoolmarm and induces
them to strive for the more agreeable
work and better pay under the civil
service. And this may account for
there being such a preponderance of
good looks.
They arc not, as a rule, gaudy beauties
frescocd and decorated by art, though of
course there are some of that type.
They are usually of Il refined type of
good, sensible, pretty girls-a little be-
You'd girlhood. They always dress in
good taste, though not generally in an
expensive style. a designer of fashions
might get many valuable points from the
female treasury clerk.
During the ordinary working hours
the visitor to the treasury will not see
many of these young women. They are
apt to be hard at work behind closed
doors or just shut from view by green
baize screens owe which one cannot see
without the aid of a chair or step ladder.
The desks are usually provided with these
screens, otherwise they would be an.
noycd by the gaze of tho visitors passing
through the corridors, who would prob
ably be numerousif the screens were not
there.
But during the half hour allowed for
lunch a swarm of pretty female clerks
rush about the corridors to exchange
bits of gossips or to get their tea. Wash
ington may get her reputation for her
beautiful women from the throng that
appear on the venue OH the way home
from the departments after 4 o'clock.
Whenever there are any number of
people on a visit to Washington the treas
ury is generally the center of curiosity,
on account of the popular interest in
Money. Visitors are always interested
in the placcs where the money is handled,
and some IL must be delegated to take
chargeo of them. In view of the great num-
Der of these visitors some young womcn
of the department have been designated
regularly to act as guides through the
redemption agency, where the old notes
are counted and Observation-Disclosures
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
He Recovered.

One of Chicago's old residents was tax
en- sick the other day, and he was seri-
ously ill, too. He was not ready to die
and he asked that q leading physician be
summoned. When this physician came
in the old settler told him that he felt he
was going to die. After a careful exa,mi-
nation the physician smiled encouraging
ly and tried to dissipate his patients NOR
tuary ideas. Why" he argued, "you
are all right. You think you are going
to die, but your feet are not cold. You
ought to know that a man with warm
feet is not going to die" Tho old settler
regarded his physician contemptuously
for q few moments, and then said with
disgustin his voice: "NNarm feet! What's
that got to do with it? Look at John
Rogers! He died with warm feet because
he was burned at the stake. Don't argue
with me on the question Of feet tempera-
turev' Tho physician said nothing, but
the old settler recovered.-Chicago Her.
aid,
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
"A Literary Curiosifv.

The menu of tho farewell banquet to
the members of the oriental congress at
Stockholm ought to take a permanent
place in collections of literary curiosities.
The initial :'sup' or nip of schnapps
which always begins Il Scandinavian
dinner was recorded with q song in the
Hairs tongue. The soup was described
in Getziani and a song in Chinese. Prof.
Max Muller wrote a song in Sanscrit
praising tho salmon. The filet dc bnuf
was mentioned by u verse in Malay and
by another i'll Javanese. Artichaut au
beurro was treated i'll Coptic; cateau a
la Victoria i'll hieroglyphics; the ices in
Himyaritic; the cheeses in Bichare. The
menu concluded according to the Swe-
dish custom with "Thanks for dinner
written in Persian.-Berlin Letter.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
WHEN BABY SOULS SAIL OUT.

When from u mortal vision
Grown men and women 20
10 strange c n elysian,
And know what spirits know,
l think of them us tourists,
In some sun gilded cline,
Mons happy sights and dear delights
We all shall find In time.
But when q child goes yondcr,
And leaves its mother hero,
Its little feet must wander,
1t seems to me, in fear.
What paths OF Eden beauty,
What scenes of peace and rest
Can bring content to babes that went
Forth from n mothers breast?
In palacr gardens lonely,
A child astray will moan,
And weep for pleasures only
Found in its humble home.
1t is not won by splendor
Nor bought by costly toys;
To hidc from harm in mothers arm
Makes all its sum Of joys.
1t must bo when the baby
Goes journcying Off alone
Some angel CAlary. maybc).
Adopts it as her own
Yet when II child is taken
Whose mother stays below,
With weeping eyes through Paradise
seem to see it 80
With harps of angels trying
To drive away its fear,
1secm to hear it crying,
II want my mamma hcrc!"
lido not court the fancy,
1t is not based on doubt
1t is n thought that comes unsousht
When baby souls sail out.
ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
Mr.. Ector..

Farmer Blenkins, whose wife, Mary
Jane, is noted for never being pleased
with anything that she secsorhears sell
dom has a chance to administer a rebuke
other disagreeably critical habit, but one
day his opportunity came, and he did
not miss it.
They had been to Boston together and
on their return home one of the neigh
bors dropl ed in and began a converse
ton.
"Ben to Boston, hev ye, Blenkins~
eyes"
"Miss Blcnkins go 'long?"
"Um-hum."
"How'd ye like it, Mis- Blenkins":
Laws sake!" snapped out Mrs. Blen-
kins, "Everythin' l see there was Jest
frightfull"
~ believe ye, Mary Jane" broke in
Farmer Blenkins. "Ye WANT dom
nothin' the whole day but stoppin' in
front of lookin' glasses!"-Youths' Com
panion.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07

Aunty-l cannot understand how girls
act the way they do nowadays. It's SIM
ply awful. You spent two months at
Newport last summer, and during that
time you were engaged to half a dozen
different men.
Sweet Girl-But, aunty, what else
could l do? I'd hardly get engaged to
one young man before his vacation would
be over, and he'd have to go back to the
city, and that's the way it went. 1t was
horrid. New York Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
An Electricians House.

One Of Edison's chiefs lives in Newark
in q house which is all agog with wires.
AS n approaches the front gate it
swings open and shuts automatically.
Tho visitors foot OH the steps of the
porch rings a bell in the kitchen and also
one in the masters study. BY touching
q button he opens the front door before
tho stranger has time to knock. An cleo
trical music box plays during dinner.
When tho guest retires to his bedroom
tho folding bed unfolds by electricity.
When he puts out the gas a strange,
hooking display of skeletons, grave
stones, owls and other hideous phantas-
magoria dances about on the wall at his
feet, %reappearing and disappearing in a
ghostly electrical glarc.-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
Life In Lanan.

A1A0 Ia O0V0AA
In Japan women have always held q
higher position than in other Asiatic
countries. They go about freely wher-
ever they please, and the seclusion of the
Chinese is wholly unknown to them.
The schools receive a many girls as
boys, and as a result of my observations
l can safely say, without idle compli-
ment, that the former are brighter than
the latter.
By degrees, and under these favora-
BILE conditions for general observation,
some of the causes Of the peoples happy
spirit of independence began to be re-
vealed to me. The simplicity of their
lives, in which enters no selfish rivalry
to Guido n another, accounts in a large
measure for this enviable result. Re-
garding n another very much as be-
longing to n family, their mode of life
is more or less on the same plane, and
consequently a spirit Of great harmony
prevails. A very small income is sufi-
Gent to supply the ordinary necessities
Of life, and everything else is secured
with but little effort. Household effects
are few and inexpensive, and should
everything be destroyed by fire or loss
in any way, it is not an i%rreparable ca
lamity. All can be replaced at a small
outlay, and life go on us before.
The tenant, upon renting q house, is
put to little expense to furnish it; indeed,
he requires absolutely no furniture at
all. The clean, finely woven mats which
cover the floor serve as table, chair and
bed; and as it is the universal custom to
remove the shoes before entering a
house there is no danger Of ones bring
ing with him the dirt from the streets.
His bedding consists Of cotton quilts,
which are spread out on the floor at
night, rolled together in the morning
and stored away in a closet during the
day. A few pictures and specimens of
beautiful script decorate the walls, a
few vases contain sprays of flowers, and
a number of cushions on the floor COM
plete the furnishing of the room. Yet it
does not seem empty Or cherries, for
the general arrangement of harmonious
colors, the different woods employed in
its visible construction and the beauty
Of the finished workmanship make a
most harmonious and pleasing combina-
tion."-Wones in Century.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
PRETTY GIRLS AT WORK.
Something About the Fair Clerks in the
Treasury Department.

something About the Fair Clerks in the
Treasury Department.
Some of the prettiest women in the
country arc right here in the treasury
department. a great many Of them are
Westinghouse, but, as n class, they
represent the beauty of about the whole
country. They are blondes and brunettes,
short, tall and medium; some plump,
some queenly, some of 1.-the and willowy
form-they are fairly the types of the
several great cities and about all the
states of the union. In that one building,
covering four blocks, is to be found more
beauty than a hunt through many large
cities might discover. A large proper
ton of the female clerks are young, or
at least on the minus side of the line be-
yond which lies old m%aidhood. Office
life is not promotive of longevity, and
many of the elderly women have died
off or reached an age beyond usefulness.
Those who have come into the depart
ment within the last four or five years
are mostly young women, who have just
passed through the normal schools and
have entered the government service
through the civil service examination.
They are a bright lot Of young women.
In many cases it is, perhaps, that they
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
Epoch.

The transition from long, lingering
and painful sickness to robust health
marks an epoch in the life of the indi-
vidual. Such a remarkable event is
treasured in the memory, and the agency
whereby the goodhealthh has been attained
is gratefully blessed. Hence it is that so
much is heard in praise of Electric Bit
tiers. So many feel they owe their re-
storation to health to the use of the
Great Alternative and Tonic. If you are
troubled with any disease of the Liver,
Kidneys or Stomach, of long or short
standing, you will surely find relief by
use of Electric Bitters. Sold at SO cents
and 81 per bottle at j. j. Freeman's drug
| store. "
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
pOmOosifv

II see some men in the world holding
themselves mighty high. On what? I
can't tell! They are only men. God
made us all. And we're all mighty small
creatures when it comes down to indi.
viduals. Individually we don't count
much in the world. No man amounts to
agreat dealby himself. He is dependent
on the others. Therefore lie has no occa-
sion to feel better than any one clse.'-
Detroit FREQ Press.
The Dickinson press., 1889-12-07
AvALuABLFMEDICAL TREATISE.

The edition for 1890 of the sterling Medical An
nual, known rs Hostettcr's Almanac, is now
gtsts and general country dealers in ali parts Of
the United States, Mexico. and indeed in every
civilized portion of the Western Hemisphere.
This Almanac has been issued regularly ut the
commencement of every year for over one fourth
of n century. 1t combines, with the soundest
practical advice for the preservation and restora.
amusing light reading, and the calendar. astro-
nomical calculations. chronological items &C.,
are prepared with great care and will be found
entirely. accurate. The issue of Hos etter's Al
ton of Il medical work ever published in any
country. The propric,ors, Mcssrs lIostctter 4 Co,
Pittsburgh. Pa. on receipt of II two cent stamp.
cannot procure one in his ncighborhood.