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The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13

In the attire of man Of the world, but in
looks above all Il poet. u romantic and deep
eyed young gentleman strolls across Wash
ington square on sunny mornings. He is
Frank Sal',ls, brother Of tho talented author
Of Mr. Iucoul's Misalvcnturc.' himself n
writer Of no ordinary deserts Mr. Sultus
enjoys the absolutely original position i'll
contemporary literature Of keeping locked in
his desk poem which magazine editors beg
him for. 1t is about Saul and the Witch of
Endor." and when read some years ago to
the editor Of the nsthetic Atlantic set that
entirely proper gcntleman's hair to curing.
AID has kept 1t in curl otr and on ever since
lie offered Mr.. Saltus large sum for the
poem ii he would agree to the eislon Of /.
very warm ntcrlude between Saul and the
witch, which he insisted there was no biblical
authority for Mr. Saltus said he might print
the poem US ii stood OF leave it! Aad he left
it. Other editors have made other and
similarly handsome offers, all of which Mr.
Saltus has 81 far declincd. 1t is believed llr
Conistori feels keen interest in the literary
event which the publication of saul" viii
crtainly be. Now York World
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
MIR. jackson E.pounds tho Law.

Mr. Henry j. jackson, secretary of the
commissioners of emigration, said:
"rhc right of tho board to roject immi
grants, who, on examination, arc found un-
ablc to maintain themselves, was fully tested
in 1854 The commissioners claimed, under
the net of congress to regulate immigration,
tho judicial right to determine who were
likely to become a public charge, and in this
orlnlon they were supported by tho secretary
CT tho treasury and fully sustained by tho
'.ourts
I'm July, 1854, fifty-two persons unable to
take care of themselves without becoming Il
public charge were found on board ono of tho
steamships arriving Mt this port These per-
SONS weru returned to tho country whence
thcy came, and for them Il writ of habcus
corpus was obtained. rcturnablo before tho
New York supreme court.
Much difficulty was experienced in mals-
ing Il proper examination of tho immigrants
immcdiatelv on arrival, and it was suggested!
to the steamship companies that they give II
bond to tho commissioners of emigration in
tho sum Of 81 900, conditioned to return to
tho country whence they camo all immigrant
passengers brought by their vessels who, on
examination ut Castle Garden, should bc ad-
Judged rs not entitled to land This bond
was proposed and submitted to the steamship
companies, who accepted it, md it was duly
approved by the secretary Of the treasury
New York Telegram
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
The Last of the vaIois Line.

Talking of tho last king of tho Valois limo,
Bapst, tho cx-jcwclcr to tho crown, in his
book ON 'le crown jewels, makes Henri out
moro odious than historians generally paint
him. According TO Bapst, when Charles TX
ordered tho massacre Of st. Bartholomew,
Henri superntcndcd the r.fling by tho palace
guard of tho bodies of the Huguenots whom
they murdered EIo let the soldiers have the
clothes, but kept the money and jewels for
himself A watch, studded with diamonds,
rubies and other precious stones, and Of extra
ordinary workmanship, was part of the spoil
1t was taken out Of the pocket of the quccns :
favorite jcwcler, who was Hugucnot, but
not a puritanical one, and who was probably
pointed out to the assassns because of his
watch. Ho largely helped to fill the crown
caskcts, having passion for adorning himself
with jewels. His chaplct was the richest III
fine pearls and other gems that ever was seen
London Telegraph.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13

1t has become important, in connection
with tho newer ideas on tho lightning dis
charge, to determine whether tho flash has n
sensible duration or is instantaneous. Ar
corlingly NJ. Jansen, tho well known French
physicist, has devised Il camera for meusrr
inS tho time occupied by u flash. 1t is made
double, one half containing n disc Of sens
tzcd paper, which is fixed, tho other halt Il
similar disc, which is rotated round nn axis
through It's center and perpendicular to i
plane. The velocity of its rotation is known
1t follows that when a lightning fash is pho
tosraphcd 10y this double camera .he two
images will not be exactly alike and capable
of being superposcd, because ono plate is in
motion while tho other is fixed. But ms
matter of fact NJ. Jansen finds that the i'm
ages he has taken aro capable of superposi
ton, and therefore lo iufcrs the duration of
tho flash to bo very small. Boston Herald
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13

Wan was working over to l1olyworthy
10 was always telling NO to turn over his
#!attrcss ivery day But won't turn over
.!~hody'a mattress moro than onct week
no, ! wont, but the byo was always telling
rle To do it. There vas no peace for me day
or night with his talking and bossing; so
u,,d to say 'yis' i"cry time he asked me.
But he ";s shyly cratur, and wan day
found pm stuck in the bottom side of the
mattress; so ! TUX it ont and put it in his
towel, but the next day it was in the same
place agcn. To save mo sowl couldn't think
what he put it there for till van day ho scz,
scz he.
You haven't turned mo mattress the day,
Miss Dolan," seq he.
"Yis, have" sez l. Howly mother, for
give the lie.
40, you haven't, Miss Dolan," scz he, and
walked out jist as cool as you plaze.
Thin | knew what ho was up to; and so
i.cry day, instead Of turning the mattress, l
shtuck the pin on tho other side, and, bcdad!
he nivcr asked me word. and on Christmas
Le give mo foine shawl.-Harvard Lam
,inDr,
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
eSENT HER A SHRouD.
Young Fellow Made His Girl n Prcsc,
and Nearly Lost "a Bride.

A Young Fellow Made His Girl n Present
and Nearly Lost Bride.
Tho number of packages left carclessly ly-
ing around iii different places in the city and
lost must run up into the thousands in the
course of a year. According to Billy Mech, a
railway ticket Office i'll n prominent hotel is the
great receiving basin of such truck. MANY
of the articles left arc found to be trifles of
no account whatever but occasionally it hap.
pens that something of value is found
Billy Mecch tells tho following incident in
this connection. Said lie: Zone day found
on my counter package sone one had left,
and, as usual in such cases, laid it back, think
ing the owner would call again and claim it,
as Is usually the case but in this instance no
one came. After it had been III our hands
about two months my clerk one day suggested
that wc open it, and, agreeing, the string was
cut and enough of tho contents exposed to
satisfy us two fellows that it was an exceed.
Mgly handsome niShtgown for Il lady The
fabric was very fine und the lace upon the
front would have made any wonans mouth
water with envy. Our curiosity satiatct, the
paper was readjusted and the package laid
back on the shelf My clerk was engaged to
be married. his tianccc living down in In
dianapois
time, and about two weeks before the time he
said, referring to that package: Il wonder il
it would do any harm if sent that Carmen,
to my girl. Its an awfully handsome thing
and can write Il letter explaining why |
send such n present; don't think she would
care, do you, Billyf told him no; to send
1t, and he did, with n long letter of cxplanu
ton. Tho girl got the package all right, fui
about the right time the clerk received a let.
ter. 1t was stunncr | can tell you. BY
one of those mshaps that always occur when
they should not, she failed to get tho letter
with the bundle. Her letter was short but
sharp. 1t read: What do you mean by send
ing mo II shroudF just think of it. The
young fellow, with tho best intentions in the
world of sending his girl beautiful present,
had sent garment lor n dead body. | did
not wonder sho was angry about it, |
shouldn't like it myself. Well, she wrote n
few lines about it not being much of u Joke,
and about bad luck and all that, and wound
up by saying tho match was Off But the
young man wouldn't have it that way He
got leave and down to indianapolis he went
flying He squared things all right. for got
dispatch from him saying, All right; WE
nre married. So it rather hurried tho mat
ter after all 1t was Il quceraccident, though,
and might have proved serious, but it did
not, for the couple are living together now as
happy rs turtle doves; but | cannot help
thinking what II chulnp II man is who can't
tell woman's night gown from II shroud."--
| Chicago Herald
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
Snow Forts in War.

great many Young play warriors have
built formidable snow forts but they never
have imagined probably that there coull be
such thing rs the use of snow forts bv ac-
t'al soldiers and for purposes of defense
against bullets
Lately, however, the Norwegian officers
have been conducting some interesting ey-
pcrlmcntS i'll snow fortitications
y colonel in the royal service rcc~, ,lv had
constructed m,rcnrhmcnts Of rnch ID snow.
about three Yards III thickness. rhcm he
placed firing detachment a distance of
thir'y-thrre wards from the m,rcncllnen,
and caused more than three hundred rifle
shots to hc fired into the fort
After the firing the snow wall, were cx
amncd and ii was found tunt rot "a sluglc
rifle ball had penetrated moro than II yard
and II quarter into the SHOW
The bullets We're found ilattcned out, us il
they had been fired into some hard substances
Such brcast"orks would undoubtedly prove
very useful against infantry IN IA wintercam
paign i'll n snowy country Bu, military
force intrenrhcl behind them would have oc
cason To fear II thaw or II hoavy rain quit,
as much as the bulctsof the enemy Youth:
Companion
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13

"In advertising Gillette n,w play, "A
Legal Wreck" said tho agent, Harry
Powers, of lloolcy'S, has uncolls.ollsly been
tho cause of bitter strife between IL number
of young lawyers of this city One day Il
young limb of the law took Il Till announcing
the play, cut out tho tito and paste c,l it upon
tho door of IL rival lawyer across tile hall
This lawyer was ut tho matinee nj the time,
and he returned To his Office before, Ii" went
home, to tear from his ,lpui tn" notice.
Como to collrt-bark in half al hour. when
he WAS cha:5rined To find under h., nuno ON
tho door tho legend, a Legal Wreck Look
Ing across the hall ho found his rivals door
adorned with a card reading, Gone to the
law library. llo fixed tho offensive placard
under tho rivals name and then went around
tho corner and discovered him eating Il cheese
sandwich and drinking glass of beer in tho
law library The two young lawyers nearly
ramo To blows when they found each other
tho guilty party, and when the story leaked
cat ,l!c Legal Wreck posters were in de
nlanl in law offices all around town When
Mr.. Powers heard of the row he created he
had copies of tho novel, ~ Legal Wreck,
sent around To show that tho play had moth
ing to do with Il busted attorney Chicago
Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13

The Hartford Insurance company has laid
down the following strict rules in regard to
the use of crude petroleum us fuel
Nostorage of crude petroleum for fuel shall
be allowed in any position where, in case o:
accident, it can flow toward tho insured
promises, or within less than fifty feet il
wholly under ground, or 100 feet if wholly OF
in part above ground. This excludes al!
storage in boiler rooms, or adjacent to
premises, or feeding from oil cars.
Delivering Of oil to furnaces must DO by
suction or other process, whether hy pump
vacuum, or any other appliance that will nc
complish the end sought, the supply to br
lower than the furnace, so Tlat, when not be-
'ng used, the flow shall be away from. and
moi toward, the premises. This prohibits The
feeling of oil Ly gravity pressur, or by "..sl
means from Il storage supply higher thnn tho
premises
Where the foregoing conditions are full,
complied with, and storage tank, ii win 4
uildpr ground, is 100 feet or more from rls...
or if wholly or in part above ground is 20j
feet and upward distant permission to Us,
oil for fuel will be granted without extra
charge If storage tanks are located less
than 100 feet and not less than fifty feet Of
risk wholly under ground, or from 100 feet
to 200 feet if wholly or in par: above ground.
the extra charge wiil not be less Than twenty
five ccnts.-Scicntific American
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
BALk.0 BY A HAcKMAN.

Sad Experience Of Society Man Who
Cnw,ttinsly Passed Bad Money.
A society gentleman, who has money and
b,lsiress. found himself in a prelcament re-
Gently He had alighted from a hack en-
route to ball with lady friends
Let the bal go on my monthly account, +"
he said to the driver. as he started away with
;!e lauies.
y" you don't responded the driver, with
that ur,nlStakable Or of determination to
co.iect or fight. I've been worked ence or
'wce tnat way You will have to pay or
stay
But can't be detained. You will find
me all right at your office" giving his nance.
I'm u hurry, too,n said the driver: but
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
America Is IL Renter.

One secs very little of tho residences of the
Chinese mobiles They live in large inclos
urcs surrounded by walls so high that it is
impossible to look over them and entered L.
gates which are guarded by door keeper
who admit only the favored few Some O!
the residences cortain many acres inside of
these walls and the buildings are made up Of
= number of ono story structures scattered
here and there about the grounds. All o.
the foreign legations arc Of this nature and
the secretaries and the minister of the Amcri
can legation 1.-Two in such an inclosure. TLo
government pays between $2.OOO and s., $50 -
year for it, and America is, | am told, tb"
only foreign nation represented at Pehin,
which does not nlts own building. .-E"oi."
G.. CsynutCr.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
Tho Bronco,

Tho bronco is wild or unbroken horse. l
have been told by old Californians that
bronco" is Spanish word, meaning wild,
aud that ono always said bronco horse when
speaking OF unbroken horses years ago; but
now, when one says lie is riding or driving q
bronco, it is understood that he means wild
or only partly broken horse. AS a saddle
animal the bronco often causes more excite
men, than dog fight would. If he is bad
'bucker' he becomes an internal machine,
made with ball joints and steel springs run
by electricity. He draws himself up so that
he looks like bamboo easel with sadd! -
tension, and then spreads himself lk,
plumber ut q summer watering place g
sraces the western landscape" as h,s be,
embarked by tourists, all ri sht enough,
his wonderful picturesquencss'-wer
doesn't always have it with him Stil
bronco gets away with saddle on, and
ar>. runs until tEe saddle is worked
20 his haunches, he may look as pict
As Il woman bustle-ing along after
Mor!s.la Cor. Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
Onlvn Candidate.

Tho practice ( lobbying" sometimes
arises from tho most innocent of motives, and
is carried on by persons whom ono would never
suspect Of doing it. a class of littlo girls III
certain primary school had resolved to
form themselves into secret society, and ac-
cordingly planned q meeting for the election
Of officers.
One child, who had always been deservedly
popular, went about at recess saying to one
and another, "Now remember Susie Joy
will make nice vlce president, and Nellie
Smart must TO treasurer
Her classmates quito agreed with her, aud
no comment was made until another little
girl, newcomer, who was not accustomed
to the leadership Of this young lobbyist, be
thought herself to ask:
'' 'ho will be PRESIDENT"
wire puuer paused and looked at
rishmenr. Then size said. in o
I'd tone: why. thought
"a. You always do put
-s!'-Youth's Com
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
Toys ,1.,,le of Old 6,nrks.

Curious toys may be made Of cork One Of
these i, the we'll known little tumblcr such
Is Is generally constructed OF pith. but cork,
especially Ii it be Followed, will answer the
purpose. Make the puppet of three or four
corl;s. shape and paint it as skillfully as you
can, and glue To the feet, or under them, q
hemisphere Of lead When thrown into any
position the figure of course rights itself and,
like Il cat. always falls on its feet. 1t is quite
possible to make cat also OF pith or cork
which will. indeed, always fall upon its feet.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13

somo ti,no ago a company of travelling
actors were playing Macbeth at colliery
village within the provcrblal 100 miles irom
Newcastle. All went well ,nt!l the last scene
where .iacbcth was heinS pursued by
Macdnfi Macbeth enters brcathless with cx.
citemeat, and in a tragic manner places his
hand to his ear in a listening attitude, cx-
claiming. "llark: what noise is that heari
Enemies are on my track Just then the
buzzcr at the colliery was Blowing. notifying
that tho lit was Idle the next day y pitman
IN the gallery shonte! at the top Of his
voice 1t > Tie huZ@or. yc l""-Gur' Tie pit 5
Of tlc :"orA .-.S;ewcaslie t..l!:. CArnnlcle
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
4 Case of Conscience.

y Boston contectioner the other day re-
ceivcd the following note: "ssir-WnaA was
child over thirsy years ago, | too; OF your
counter in Brattle street IL little sugar man,
price probably one cent and it ha, troubled
my conscience OF and on ever sncc. and
once ! sent money to you by n friend. and
she was ashamed to deliver it, so inclose it
by mail fifty cents and beg tha. you will
acknowledge .t"-Chicago Times.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
Her New sun,lny .cnonl Song.

a very little girl i'll tae infant class of one
of our city Sunday schools came home last
Sunday and told he. mother that the teacher
had taught them a new song On expressing
a wish to hear it. tho mother WIS much as
tonished at the following sentence. which was
all the child could remember. I'm ltt !.
greenhorn among half cheese. The wor !,
which had been misunderstood by ,.e Chi |
were these. I'm little CLEANER !, N; II .
harvest sheavcs. '-Harttorl CoNra..t
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
a Close Relation.

1t is related that Sir Nicholas Bacon was
'.N0rt to pass Indictment upon a man who had
h""' "'ui,'v Of robbery. at that time punish.
''.!' bY death. but tho culprt pleaded for
':,orcy on the Ground that ho was related ia
thc judge How is that" ho was asked.
My lord" was tho rely, your name i
Bacon, mino is Hogg, and hog and bac
.!avc always been considered akin" ="
Is tru"," answered Sir Nicholas. but as
IS not bacon until it has hr- '--il. 70
aaaCci you are n N7~....
francisco Arsonlastern friends. 90. ,,.r
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
Cngainly Man.

Man is an unsainly creature at the best
His head is an irregular spherold his cy'c:
are not alike or of equal efficiency; his wills
sers won't grow uniformly. One shoulder /:
higher than the other, one hand or foot large.
than tho other-and this on opposite sides
his hips IF be has any arc unequal in shay.
The calves Of his legs are not twins il ans
hing but age, and without his tailor, Eattei
,ad bootmakcr ho is very sorry looking
;.linna AS for women-wc!l, this article
written To discuss their physical crooI'r \
+. Ii ii was it would not be Lait H.
hat it is-San Francisco c. ,n:l., h
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
\ Hunt for OLD I;ihl.,.

Lord !!opetoun recently discovered acci
dcn.ally. in the library Of his country nian
sion. a copy of the famous Mazarln Bible
which he has since sold for nearly 44.U'U All
tho inpccunious peers in this Kingdom are
now oveshaulins their Libraries iii til" hoIe
of making an equally valuable find Iht
Duke Of Marlborough cannot ,oin III the
hunt. as he sold tho BlenLeim library inu-
since, US well Us the ancestral pictures = Lon
don Cor Pit,sbur. Dispatch.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
There Was No Occasion.

Mamma to Flossic, who had been lunching
with little fliend)-I hope you were very
please" and No, thank your
Flossic-Wcll, didn't say no, thank
you, because you see took everything
The Epoch.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
WHAT is FLIRTATIoN7

What is Irritation! Really,
How can tell you that?
But when she smiles see Its wiles.
And when he lifts his hat,
"ris walking in the moonlight,
lis hnttonlng on a glove;
lis lips that speak of plays next week,
Whi'rev", are talking love
'TiS meeting in the ball room,
'TiS whirling in the dance,
"Tis something hid beneath the lid,
More than n simple glance.
'Tis lingering i'll the hallway.
TiS sitting on the stair,
'TiS bearded ips on finger tips.
IT mamma isn't there.
'Tis tucking in the carriage,
lis asking for u call.
'TiS long good nights in tender lights,
And that no. not all.
'ris parting when it's over,
And one goes home To sleep;
Best Joys uil.st end. ira Ia. my friend,
But one goes home To weep.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
"A Cowboy. Remarkable Nerve.

\ Cowboys Remarkable Nerve. Il
Onooi tho pluckiese fellows that o.. cr lived
In Montdna'is John Myers. 10 years old, who
bids ojdst gohe threaga u ehf Filing experience
Ho is cowboy, and was hunting for horse.
with party on the Saltwater river. Ilp
was missing Tuesday night when tho Others
came i'll. 1t was thought he had stopped
at so'lc "squaw mans house. and no fear
was ielt for his safety Two days after the
men in the camp noticed n dark object slowly
sliding down the side Of an opposite bluff
II vas Myers Both Of his legs were broken
and his head and face horribly laccratcd He
was weak from loss of blood aud tho c1
po,urc ho had undergone, dragging himself
along for thirty hours in tho snh% His horse
stumbled and threw him on the rocks and
ran away. He crawcd up tho side of u
steep blur where few men could walk IIcl
ena Special To Globe Democrat
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13

South Carolina always hans murderer
III public, and She deties any a.. "a 'i4d a
.,3octator OF any hanging VIII -;.e -tiE.sa
q:,n.ly ia.cn human life SIZE c....iis that
every execution make, profound M.;jress.on
Of tho vengeance Of the law.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13

Despite the fact that women lace wear
thin shoes and expose their health i'll dozci
other wais, the average Of longevity of tho
iclaa..,cX l., increasing. 1t is doubtless due
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13

An Albany snow shoe club kept themselves
IL practice during the open winter by put
ting lot of spring beds In circle, covering
;.ie:n with canvas, and tramping over them
70 slow music,
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13

At a hu.gng beo for tho benefit of the
church along tho upper Hudson, a man willis
biindlclled huggcd his wife for several min
utca ".tl.ul showing who he was hugglng
hen hc did find out he wanted his IL cents
b..k