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Wichita eagle., 1889-12-27
Age of English Monarcha

The mean age of death OF English kings
from William the Conqueror, who disd by
accident, down 10 Henry VIII, with all the
advantages OF their high position WIS %,
excluding seven monarchs, who were slain
From that time 10 the time OF Queen Anne
the mean age was not more than u Id
ward II died az l6, which lowered the aver
age. time hcnored Lancaster, marked as
at an extreme age, was IS when he died
Montreal Star
Wichita eagle., 1889-12-27
Diagnosing . Case.

'Dcc, said Mr.. Hayseed, as he lazily ficked
a fly of the animals back. that hoss amt
well. Can't ye do slthin' fer himf'
I'm no veterinary physician, my friend. ;"
We'll, We might look at his tongue an feel
Of his pulse 9~-ued MIR. Havseed,-Epoch.
Wichita eagle., 1889-12-27
A Mean InsinuaRon

.1 never explain my jokes, sir, )" said tbs
humorist, CURLY.
That's where ou're wise. old boy" BY.
staniar rsuaarsed- -SouerTiHs Journal
Wichita eagle., 1889-12-27
Nervous PI0Strati0n,

COprevalent. especially among women,
- results from overtaxing the system.
The assimilative organs becoming de-
ranged, the blood grows weak and I'M.
poverished, and hence THAT tired feel
ing" of which many complain. For all
such cases, there is no remedy equal to
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Take no other.
"Some time ago found my system
entirely run down. l had feeling of
constant fatigue and languor and very
little ambition for any kind OF effort.
A friend advised me 10 try Ayers Sarsa-
parilla, which l did with the best re-
suits. 1t has done me more good than
all other medicines 1 have ever used"
Frank Mellows, Chelsea, Mass,
"For months I was afflicted with
nervous prostration, weakness, languor,
general debility, and mental depression.
BY purifying the blood with Ayers
Sarsaparilla. was completely cured"
Mrs. Mary Stevens, Lowell, Mass.
When troubled with Dizziness, Sleep
lessness, or Bad Dreams, take
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19
Marrying Working Girls.

Some one OF the inquisitive people who are
always asking for personal opinions on mat
tiers of state, has at last approached the great
servant girl question, and written a lot of
letters to different ladies asking them if their
son or brother was going to marry either a
servant girl or a factory girl which would
they prefer. The answers are almost unani-
mously in favor of the factory girl. Some
say they would not care to sit at table with
the maid who bad formerly served them:
others honesty admit they don't know WHY
they prefer the factory girl, but they ..feei'
that way. 1t is. of course, nearly always un-
fortunate for a man to marry out of his
own class and traditions; but if be is deter.
mined to marry in u lower sphere than his
own, it is hard to see in what respects tho
factory girl is superior to her sister the house.
maid. Everything else being equal, it would
seem that the servant girl could moro
easily adapt herself 10 her husbands way of
life than the other. For one thing, SIC would
have had an opportunity to pick up many of
the manners and ways of the people she had
served. If she had lived in a fashionable
house no belle could be more familiar with
s'society" than she. True. she would have
seen the picture from the reverse side, but as
APPOINT OF view it is not to be despised. Then
her association would have been apt to be
less vulsarizing than those of the factory
girl. OF course it is hardly to be expected
that even to obtain good servants a woman
would be willing to have her son or brother
marry her maid, but this feeling" that
household service is more degrading than
other labor is at the bottom of the servant
question. Girls will not enter service when
they know they are ranked lower than their
sisters in the factories. They prefer instead
infinitely harder labor and poorer living
Both ways it is a question of "feeling," ant
50 unanswerable.- New Orleans Picayune.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19
MAKING WAX FIGURES.
Through the Rolling Pot. tho Mold al
the Eve and Hair Artists.

Through tho Rolling Pot. tho Mold and
the Ego and Hair Artists.
A smiling young lady seated at a piano in
q large show window on State street at.
tracted crowds last week. She was pretty
enough to catch the masculine eye and suli-
GENTLY we'll dressed to hold the feminine
critics. But. despite the constant scrutiny
of the ever changing crowd, the young lady
never changed her position. The smile that
parted her lips did not change. her fingers.
raised an inch above the piano. never struck
them once-all for the best of reasons. She
wasn't a real young lady-though she looked
it, especially in the gaslight-but only u wax
one. A young man curious to know some
thing of the method of her construction
climbed up to the top story of the Eden Musee
in company with the superintendent, emergg-
ing into a small room in the rear of the
building. Two or three men werc at work,
one stirring q steaming mixture in IN iron
pot over an oil stove. another daubing plaster
over q mold. Headless corpses were every
where. They stood on platforms, under
meath tables and i'll corners. In Il small ante.
room q whole collection was piled up. The
limbs of some were contorted and bent as
though in awful agony. The active young
superintendent opened boxes and cupboards
and drew out heads of men and women, old
and young, beautiful and ugly, some without
eyes or hair, others looking startlingly real
From another set of drawers he pulled dozens
of hands and laid them beside the heads.
There" said he. ''are all the parts of ar
image which are made ont of wax. There il
nc such thing as n q figure. The figure.
the torsos-are made out of papier mache
wax torso, even when it is lined with a,
iron framework, does not give Il satisfactory
effect. The process of making the papiel
mache bodies is precisely that of tue head
and hands,"
"Aud what is that"
' ~ work that REQUIRES seHen persons I,
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19

You Americans have not all the enterprise
in the world, and | think NO could show
some of your most energetic advertising
sp!irito.s a few points that you know nothing
about vet. In Belgium and Germany NO
have Il great .Ian,V class papers that are alto
:.ril:cr different from anything YOU nave
ilvir, and which "lp never srcu off the con-
I :.cnt Each of THO great hotels, for ill.,
st..l!rc, has its oI'n paper, isslied by tho hotel
management, and it is tho organ of tho hotel.
1t is nothing like Your Hotel Reporter, but it
is Il journal intended strictly for the Use of
the guests. 1t contains statements of tle
a~n,isc.nciits going on, of the sights 10 be
seen, railroad timetables, cab fares, and. ina
word, all of those things which Il stranger
waking up III pcrlin or Munich or Antwerp
would went to know. There is usually a
story and n brief lcsun!cot tic morning tele-
grams in these papers, but no attempt at
editorial or tho treatment of news. The
copies, arc given away and the revenue comes
altogether from tho advertisements. Tho
ra:'els arc prepared fort. &C different hotels in
each city by one firm, out &lch copy is differ
cnt from t.o others. teen, too, each of tho
great dry goods stores and tailor shops las
it " newspaper constructed OH tho Sumo
plan, but de"o;ca chiefly To fashions and tho
description OF fabrics. SO have the groceries.
Zone Of these are TRACE papers in the Amcri-
can sense OF the term, fortucy are addre sel to
the customers, not the retailers, and they arc
dailics, not w~celllics or monthiies, and they
all have IL news feature. Chicago News.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19
Some I;ich Miners.

Senator Hearst. of California, is the best
miner in America. He began in the noun
tains as a day laborer Today hs is the rich
est man in the United States. There is rot q
SHINING state or territory in which he does not
OWL and work mines. Jim Witchlatch sold
his minc near KNOXVILLE, Mon, for 81 $780,
00o, and lost all that money in Wall street.
He went back to I.eadville and in six months
made Sl2u,Ooo lie lost every cent of this by
the failure of Grant & Ward in 1883. He now
has a fortune of Sl5O,00 Ten years ago Joe
Stanley was prospecting in Gilpin county,
Colo. His wife took in washing while lie dug
his way through 700 feet of barren rock. He
had no money and couldn't hire help. AT
the end of the TOO feet lie struck pay ore, and
named it the California mine. \. party of
Englishmen Oh a tour through the state gave
him 81 ,0OO,00O cash for it, and nave received
S3.O@O,U 0U in dividends since. Joe is now ono
of the richest men in Denver, and vice presi-
dent Of the Denver City National bank
Mining Review.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19
Women of Ancient Rome.

Examining history, then, ! think we must
come to the conclusion that the Roman IDEAS
of marriage had not a bad effect either on
the happiness or morals of the women. Ii
VIC take the period of Roman history from
$50 B. e. to $50 A. d., we shall be surprised
at the number Of the women of whom it is
recorded that they were loved ardently !y
their husbands, exercised Il beneficial inliu-
ence on them, and helped them in their rp-
litical or literary work. Many OF Aless wo.
mon had received an excellent education,
they We're capable and thoughtful and took
al active interest i'll the welfare OF tie state
1t is we'll known that it was Corueiia, the
mother of the Gracchi. that inspired her sols
with the resolution 10 cope with the evils
that beset the state, and her purpose did not
WAIVER when She knew that they had TO face
death in their country's cause. Julia, tho
daughter of julius Cesar, md the wife Of
Pompey, kept the two leaders on good terms
us long as she lived, and acted with great
sweetness and prudence. Cornelia, PomYey's
second wife, was Il woman of great culture
and q most faithful and devoted wife .-Col-
TEMPORARY Review.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19
The scottish Thi,ti..

With re ard to tho circumstances under
which the thistle was adopted us its emblem
by the Scottish nation, u correspondent of
London Notes and Queries relates TIL. follow
ing tradition Queen Scotia had led her
troops in a well fought field, and. when tho
llay WAS won, retired to the real to rest from
her tolls. She threw herself upon the ground,
where, as ill luck would have it, an enrious
thistle had elected to grow at the very spot
selected for her repose. Whether the fair
Amazon fought in the national costume |
know not, but tho spineS Of the offending
herb were sufficiently powerful to penetrate
the skin in Il very painful manner y pro-
verbal philosopher mot MIR Upper, | think)
has declared that "he that sitteth OH ncttles
riseth up quickly" and the same remark
holds good OF thistles. Queen Scotia spranS
up and tore tue thistle up by tho roots. Sho
was about to cast it from her with Il military
bl,t unladyiike expression, when it struck
her that the prickly plant would hc,cefurth
be ever associated in her mind with the glo-
rious victory which she had just gained. Her
intention was changed. She placed the
thistle in her casque, and it became the
badge of her dynasty.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19
Profitable Business for w.r,cp.

One Of tho most profitable forms of bust
ness in New York." remarked an uptown
real estate dealer the other day, sis that of
running furnished flats. Nearly all of tho
principals in tho business arc wolneil Some
haTe Started in Il small way, and solnc havc
deliberately started in the enterprise backed
by capital. The women nearly always have
some connection, either through relationship
or marriage, with furniture manufacturers,
and chat is where they reap the greater por-
ton of their profits. | eau tell you any ono
Of Il dozen women who will hire Il completely
furnished fiat for you within three days.
Their profits are large. A fat whici will
rent unfinished for SO Il month, will easily
re!:t for :;lC0 a moath when furnished. That
is Il bonus OF $3.50 Il year. That will he 10 per
cent. on $1,000, and US tho furniture costs
very much less than half of that, as n rule,
they usually average moro than - per cent.
The wear and tea" is To he considered, Of
course, but good furniture is usually bought
at the outset, aud it wears m:;rh moro ,lura-
bly, than tho agents are willing to admit.
There are rl;tiy ways OF making money in
this big town, and this is QUO Of tho best Of
tlom."-Ncw York Sun
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19
4. New wrinkle in Fishing.


G.. II. Mock. who resides near Cameron,
says he planted thirty-four stalks OF sugar
cane twenty one inches long and has raised
over three hundred fine stalks from the
planting this year. He says also that Jar
rell's lake, near Cameron, is the best place to
catch fish of which lie has ever heard. That
when the Dream are i'll a biting notion any
one can take a worm and rub it on his finger
and hold his and in the water, and that the
tisa will come up and take hold of the finger.
Then, by closing the thumb down on its
head, it Gun lie taken i'll without any effort.
This can lie repeated until you catch Us many
as you need, or until You become weary Of
the sport. Nothing could induce Lin to
leave that section now. The only trouble is
in getting the Eight sort of worm to rub your
finger with. -Sylyania Ga.) Telephone.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19
Youthful Gowns.

Young ladies, misses in their teens and
we'll grown school girls have simple and i'll
expensive house dresses for afternoons and
for quiet evening entertainments, mad, Of
fine woolens, such us cashmere or cancels
hair, in the pretty old rose shades, in pale
empire green of grayish hucs. i'll the clear
French blue shades and in light pearl gray.
These dresses are high in the neck and havc
long or ut least half long sleeves. with tlnci-
full. waists plated from top to bottom. and y
round yoke outlined by gimp or by velvet
ribbon. The sleeves are then tucked or
plated their entire length. and the skirt is
also i'll plaits. The shirred yokcs are also
liked for these youthful gowns. Ribbon is
the only trimming used for such gowns. and
In the model quoted it forms the collar.
cravat, bow, cuffs and sash. other gowns
similarly made have also u ribbon border "n
the skirt. The velvet ribbons that are now
so inexpensive are very becoming f"r >uci,
trimmings, and some dreSsmakcrs use tn
brocaded ribbons also. White crepcllne and
other white woods are made by this design
and trimmed with Persian brocadcu ribbons
that have golden grounds and richly coiored
figures. -%liarper's Bazaar.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19
All for Ono Baby.

The magnificent state of tho royal baby of
Spain, King Alfonso XIII, who at 2l>5 years.
has all to himself a rctinuc of servants which
is probably greater than that of any other
infant in western lands, was quite surpassed
by that Of the emperor of China while lie was
still a child. THIS great potentate, from his
early infancy, had in his personal service
more than 500 people.
What could they all be employed to dol
Nobody but u member of the Chinese court
could tell the functions of all these people:
but the list included the following:
Eighty nurses twenty-five fan bearers.
twenty-five palanquin bearers, ten umbrella
bearers, thirty physicians and surgeons, seven
cooks, twenty three assistant cooks. fifty scrv-
ants and messengers, fifty drcssers Ito put OH
and take care Of the imperial clothes, sew
enty-fve a~strologers, sixteen governors. sixty
priests.
With thirty cooks and thirty doctors. it is
perhaps n wonder that Kuang Hsu. emperor
Of China, has live1 to be II years DID,
Youths Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19

complete. The first step is to make a minia-
ture model in clay of the figure or group that
is to he represented. From it we get some
idea of the effect. When all details are de.
cidcd upon the sculptor models the figure
life siZc in clay, the same us would be done
if it were to be chiseled in marble or cast in
bronze. The hands are omitted. They are
modelled from life always. Next the moldcr
prepares a plaster paris cast in sections from
the model, and into this the wax is poured by
the waXworker. II the result does not sat
isfv the sculptor tho head is rcmelted. No
attempt is ever made to change a head. The
mold is simply broken IN and Il new model
made. The head goes next to n who
inserts the hair, eyebrows, cyelashes, and
beard. a little instrument with two or three
sharp needle points is used for this. She
works rapidly, more so than any of the 9TH.
eHs. The sculptor, after the glass eyes are
put into the socket. then takes the head and
finishes it. Its color is pale pink, and lie
gives it the hue of the human face, and by
various means makes its surface look like
SKIN. Meanwhile the costlmer has been at
work dressing the torso and the carpenter
fixing it upon Il pedestal. The head and
han,is are joined to it and it is ready for OK,
hibi.ioi."
HOW long uoeS sll ltllS take!
sit depends upon the sculptor entirely.
Figures nowadays are mostly portraits, and
in modelling one, especially of a contemporary
individual, tho SCULPTOR is likely to make half
a dozen models before the correct one is hit.
The figure Of Thurman, for instance, re.
CURED Il great deal of preliminary study
The sculptor had to see him several times, to
observe most closely various details, such MS
the expression of his face in varying moods,
the size of his head, color OF his cvcs-can any
man tell the color of his nearest friends eyes!
tie way his hair was arranged, his weight,
carriage, etc. Little details, such as the car,
occupy the artist n day sometimes. He can
not be hurried. Sometimes two weeks is re-
Quired to motel a single figure. No, sculp-
tors rarely model direct from life, except in
the casc of the hands, although instances are
known of their having done so. They prefer
Il photograph and rely upon their memories
for details in making Il head. But they al
ways mold hands from life. Nc artist in tho
world can exactly represent that wonderful
human member, with all its thousand lines,
creases and its apprehension the hands
Eave expressions. Figures cost as high as
$500. The hair OIL the head of the figure of
Mrs. l.:algtry cost So. Hair is always an
Important and expensive item. So is the
o,.u!lic.f-Ci,icago Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19

her jealousy" There is no more pitiable or
contemplate object than a man or woman
who gives way To wild imagininss aud vain
suspicious. Better, far better, to lie
hoodwinked or deceived han to suf
fer tie c"rroding passion of ical
ousy, to warp and distort ones whole
being. And if husbands and wives
have not utter confidence in each other-,hc
confidence that firmly believes that either
ono or the other may pass through every OF.
deal of temptation unscathed then they had
best not live togcthe.. 1t seems to me that a
most admirable element that of hravcry-is
often lacking in marriage, People grow
faint hearted w!,rn they discover they have
made q mistake; they are often fain to turn
tncil backs and fly from the duties they have
assumed, Cowardice in MARRIAGES. as repre-.
hclsihic as on the battlefield. You may not
like the noise and coniusion: the smell of the
gunpowdcr may he unpleasant; you may
long to get away from the uifray and wan.
der i'll smooth, pastures and beside still
waters, but to turn ones back and fly would
be dcspicahlc. Thus in matrimony. You
may lie disappointed, disillusiomcd, neglected;
there may bc Establishments AID cniicemcl.:;
reckoning YOU anay from your conflict, bat
TO 50 is cowaldice to stay is bravery.-Edith
Sessions Tuppcr.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19
4 wcadin: at Which the Ceremony Was
Satisfactory to the Ladies'.

lt WAS at l.. Il. Shows. Lets see-two,
five, six, seven, eight girls. and three. five,
nine bows counted IL maiden with Il musical
voice Us !, reporter reached the house last
evening The proportion held good so far as
raimcnt Wa concerned, but if the pretty
forms in the garments usually reserved for
the male sex were those of ''bovs" the young
men nsigh, find it profitable to pose for art
lists. One of the "hoys" had sought to dis,
guisc "himscif' with Il stage mrstachc and
soatce of cotton, but the clear complexion
and sparkling eyes we; Q not thuso"f n Clrve-
land youn, man. There were dudes and
handsome. clever young fellows, who APP.
p~arcutly earned a livelihood i'll intellectual
occupations. and they were witty and clever
beyond the usual standard of dinner parties.
The girls ranged from Il prim, plainly clad
old maid to attractive young ladies who are
probably unllar led, because they would he
content with nothing short of presidents.
1t WAS Go'clock when the party fell in line
and proudly marched to the flower dcciicd
library. y young lady at the head of the
lino rendered on II mouth organ Menlels.
sohn's welding march with great fervor and
enthusiasm. Ill" happy bridal couple took
their station under the traditional floral
piece, and til Officiating young lady. assum-
in. the solemn tuiie of an official, conducted
tii. ceremony After lifting Introductory he.
marks the groom was ASKED: ''Dare vou
premise that You will love, honor and obey
this, your future wife. earn 10y the sweat of
Your brow her clothes md GARD. get in the
coal, chop the kindlmS, light the fires, hang
out the clothes line, beat the carpets ut house
cleaning time, wash dishes if necessary. and
rock the baby mot my half but your own
way rs we'll, while size, your better half, is
resting quietly in the arms of Morp!euSs' 1t
wa II startling inquiry, hut the bridegroom
vcnturcd an affirmative response. The BRIDE
was asked: ''Darc YOU promise that yon will
properly govern tas all sensible women are
supposed to do) this. your future lrlshand;
keep nil the buttons on his clothes, remember
where and when lie left his hat last, never
grumble or growl when he chews his pipe in
the house, md he always willing to admin
ister soothing syrup should lie be out lat" and
com, home with snakes in his lmots!'' Tho
BRIDE intimuted that she would ,!are under
take tho task, and the couple received con-
CALCULATIONS. -Cleveland Leader.
The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19
Cnsto Among Women.

There arc few things more ludicrous in
American life than the ideas of caste among
women. Men usually take one another Tor
what hey are; women for what they have or
seem to have. The com,noncst form of caste
is based upon money, and 1T las Il graduated
scale running downward from the women
who are able to keep servants to perform
almost cvo.y service tor them except eating
and Sleeping, to the women who keep SIN ser
warts, or five or four or three or two SER
wants, and finally, out of caste entirely, tho
woman who is her own crvant. Unfortu-
natciN, these circles or sellcs of caste have
their graduated lines in the cluych pews as
We! as on the calling lists. Neither Chris
ti;.lity nor courtesy, hut caste, looks us sancc
ut the plainly, perhaps poorly dressed wor.
shipper iutrudiEg in the hundred dollar pew.
Chicago Tribune.