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The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
Poor Government Employees

A prevalent notion throughout the country
is that government employment in Washing
ton is equivalent to financial prosperity Yet
there is no other city of the size of the capital
in which so few of tho residents own their own
homes. Government clerks are not like mer-
cantilo employees, tradesmen, mechanics and
professional assistants in other cities. They
rarely buy or build houses, or acquire bank
accounts. Efforts to build medium cost houses
here and sell them out on the installment plan
have not met with much success. Many
suburban town sites have been laid out, but
it seems impossible to coax the salaried popu-
lation out of the rented dwellings and board
ing houses in the heart of the city. where
rents are out of all proportion to the value of
the property and conveniences of tho houses
or experimentation Saratogian.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
again in ten minutes. AS that was their only
chance for a week of getting away, they were
in a terrible quandary The narrative pro-

again in ten minutes. AS that was their only
chance for week Of getting away, they were
in terrible quandary The narrative pro
ceeds:
IF we explain matters" said the mana.
ger, "they will think they are being cheated
and we shall have free fight The only
thing is for you fellows to get up some sort
of natural like impromptu ending of the
piece and ring down the curtain. Go right
ahead, ladies and gentlemen, and take your
cue from Ned here, and he hurried away to
get the luggage aboard. Ned, of course, was
Bassanio, and he resolved to rely on the
ignorance of the virginians Of those days to
pull him through all right. So, when old
George Ruggles, who was doing Shylock.
began to sharpen his knife upon his boot.
Booth walked straight up to him and sol
emily said: "You are bound to have your
pound of flesh, are yous"
"You bet your life!" said Ruggles
Now, III make you one more Offer" con-
tinued Booth "In addition to this big bag
of ducats, III throw IN two kegs of nigger
head terback, q shotgun and two Of the best
coon dogs in the state"
"Im blarmed if l don't do it'll" responded
Shylock, much to the appreciation OF the au
dience, who were tobacco raisers and coon
hunters to man.
And to show that there's no ill feeling"
put in Portia, well wind up with Vir
ginny reel"
When they got on board the steamer the
captain, who had witnessed the conclusion of
the play, remarked:
"1'd like to see the whole of that play some
time, gentlemen. I'm blarmed if thought
that fellow Shakespeare had so much snap in
him. baltimore American.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08

1t is astonishing what little use lawyers
have now for long hand copyists A few
years ago first class penman could earn a
good salary copying Deeds wills, agreements,
etc., but now the typewriter does almost all
that kind of work and long hand writer's are
left out in the cold. There are few lawyers
who still have wills" and very important
documents written with tho pen, but these
are only few Of the most prominent ones,
and then they want an expert penman to
do them think few years hence writing
with the pen will be thing Of the past alto
gether, although for looks give me handsome
long hand writing to any typewriter work
have ever seen, and have been handling it
for the lest eight years.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
Tho Hardest Man to Shave.

"What class of men do you find hardest 10
shave2" was asked of Calvert street barber
"Wcll, butchers have the tcnderest faces,
and for that reason arc exceedingly hard to
shave 1t seems as if the blood would follow
every stroke of tho razor sometimes He
brews have exceedingly tender faces, us have
railroad men, asa rule, particularly engineers
and fircmcn, many of whom allow their
boards to grow for that reason Men who
lead sedentary lives, such as lawyers and
bookkecpers, have wiry boards that are hard
to cut, but shaving, rs rule, gives but little
pain. 1t don't hurt a newspaper man to
shave him." concluded the knight of tho scis
sors and strap, with surdonic grin, but it
sometimes hurts the razor" = Baltimore
Narrc
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
The Courts Sentiments Prevailed.

A remarkable trial has just occurred at
Brownsville before Justice Sparks, in which
Daniel Hess was charged with stealing water
from a ditch Tho trial consumed six days,
and was cnivcncd by constant exchange of
personalities on both sides Justice Sparks
said in presenting the Instructions Of the do
fcnso to the jury:
Gentlemen, thcms my sentiments, and l
want you to bring in a verdict accordingly,
rs they are tho law"
Tossing tho district attorneys instructions
to tho jury tho Justice contemptuously re-
marked:
"Them's not my sentiments; they're no
good; but you can tako them for what they
arc worth"
The jury, after u few moments delibera-
tion, returned verdict Of guilty.
Tho justice stood aghast. "What!" he
shouted you dare to so agin my senti-
mcntss Tho verdict is set aside and the
prisoner discharged"
This ends tho case for the present, but
further proceedings are expectcd.-Sacra-
mcnto Record Union.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
ART IN THE SICK ROOM.
Importance of Having the Right Kind of
Eurnitura and Decorafinns


Too little eattenton, says B. W Richardson,
Is paid to what may very properly be called
art in the sick room. In these modern days
We do not confine to their rooms people who
are sick, for the long periods common to an
age of medicine which has now nearly passed
away. But even at the present time We re-
quire to practice more artistic care. A sick
room should always be as agreeable to the
eye of tho patient as it can DO made, and
every effort should be carried out to prevent
monotony The furniture should he light,
easily movable, and of n cheerful color; all
dark hangings and somber coverings when
there, should be replaced by white or light
biue or gray colored fabrics, and the walls
should be of gray or light green color
Papers of aaring colos, and papers which
have for pattern a number of rings or cir
cles or flowers of one design are extremely
bad
remember an instance in which tho paper
of wall had for its pattern q series of circles
like so many sunflowers, that paper pro
duced in nervous patient u sense of giddi
ness which led to nausea, and had n very bad
effect indeed. thought at first that tho
complaint made against this paper by tho
patient was rather absurd, but when | tried
for myself the experiment of looking for a
few minutes ut tho rings of the pattern /
actually became, against my will, subject to
giddiness also, and to sense of nausea which
was most unpleasant The fact led mo at
once to tear up u prescription l had written
as sedative for stomachic disturbance,
and to order instead screen which should
shut of tho sight of the Questionable wall,
and which proved in fact an effective
remedy
| remember another instance in which the
walls of tho room were covered with pat,
tern of n ''neur -de-lis," tho shading of which,
by some curious twistings, caused each flower
to rcsemblea n deaths head. Tho patient in
the night detected this singular extravaganza
of art, and half asleep and half awake, fan.
cied himself in a sort of crypt of skulls,
which caused him n sleeplessncss that lasted
until tho morning, and led to bad day Tho
walls Of tho sick room should be quite plain,
and of gray or light green color, but there is
no objection to cheerful pictures if they arc
now and then changed in position, and arc
becoming wearisome
Flowers in tho sick room arc always good
so long us they nro bright and fresh; but they
should be frequently changed, and it is sound
practice to remove them during tho night.
Flowers which have sickly odor, lilies, for
example, should DO excluded however
charming they may DO to the eye. Asnrule,
living flowers are better than dead Dried
leaves, like potpourri, nro bad for tho sick
room; they gather dust and tho stale odol
they emit impairs tho purity of tho air
New York Home Journal
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
Only a Chestnut BELL.

heart the other evening, and then tied his
horse to post on which the dinner bell hung,
end shortly before daylight the pair were
startled by the tolling of the bell, the I'M
patient steed having nibbled at the rope. The
future father-in- law, imagining the barn on
fire, started down stairs three steps at q
time, when the youth jumped to bis team
and cut away, leaving explanations for his
lady Philadelphia Record.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08

Opposite Maghaga, on the north side of the
Gebel Sheikh Embarek. we found the site of
an old city covered. like the desert imme-
diately surrounding it, with myriads of flint
flakes, cores and arrow heads The whole of
Egypt must once have been supplied by it
with flint implements. We also found there
some flint spear heads, knives and curious
crescent shaped instruments with the cutting
edge on the inner side, the whole being mixed
with Roman pottery.-The Academy.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
BOOTHS BARN sToRMINe.
An Impromptu Ending Of ''The Merchant

An Impromptu Ending Of ''The Merchant
of venice' to Catch the Boat.
A story is told Of Edwin Booths experience
that is good enough to be true. Once, dur
ing the daysof his early struggles, Booth was
barn storming" down in Virginia, at place
called Lees Landing. The improvised thea
tire was a tobacco warehouse, and it was
crowded by the planters from miles around
Booth and his companions had arranged to
take the weekly steamer expected to call late
at night, and between the acts were busy
packing up The play was "The Merchant
of Venice" and they were just going on for
the trial scene. when they heard whistle,
and the manager came running in to say that
tho steamer bad arrived aud would leave
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08

A historical peasant" died short while
ago in small Russian village at the age OF
rs In the disastrous campaign of 1872 he
drove Napoleon in sledse all the way from
MOSCOW to the German frontier To the day
of his death he had carefully preserved few
pieces of gold which he received from tho
emperor Oh his flight
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08

a discussion as to the height of trees in the
forests of Victoria has elected from Baron
Won Mueller, the government botanist, the
Statement that he saw one OF height Of 525
feet. The late chief inspector of forests meas
ured oiso fallen, and found that it was 4S5
feet long
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
Teaching Children.

Too many children never accomplish any
thing because they fear both their parents
and their teachers Too many never succeed
because they arc made to feel they never can.
Many child who is full of animation and
life and fun and happiness is made to hate
his school and school books, because his
teacher does not take the time and trouble to
study his disposition, and thus learn how to
..av-sn him. Journal of Education
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
A Prudent Traveller.

Drummer-Give me room up near the
roof this time, Tom
Clerk (astonished,-Why, you always used
to want the best in the housel
Drummer-l know it; but, i'll case Of q
blow up, I'd rather fall ON tho house than
have the house fall on me!-New York Clip
per.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08

G. W Papot, of Orlando, Savannah, hired
couple of negroes to work on the streets,
but when they found their fellow workmen
were ltalllns they refused to work The
line h;., 1t. l,e drawn somewhere
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
His Pa Was ALeatl.

"Seo anybody pass in heref asked q boy of
a gentleman who stood at tho gate of one of
the cemeteries the other afternoon
"Ycs-several people,"
"See man and woman togetherT'
Eyes"
"Old man7"
"Yes."
woman have on plush cloak7"
II think she did. Were they your parentss"
1.-THE man is my father and the woman my
step mother They came up to look at my
mothers grave"
Poor boyl So your mother is deads Did
you como to visit her grave, alsos"
mo. sir. came to see how pas new wife
would take it, Us he began to wipe his eyes
I've an idea that she will kick. There they
como now, and pap is a rod ahead and in a
powerful hurry to get out of the gate! Please
step back, mister He'll want all the road
there is when he swings around that angle."
Detroit Free Press
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08

1t is recorded as curious circumstance
that between IL and 9 in the day, and only at
those hours, the Atlantic cable is always at
its worst in conductive power
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
For Supper.

In a grocery, as elsewhere, the general rule
is First come, first served" but of course
the rule has to be broken in cases of emer
gency
Small Boy-Come, hurry up and get my
things! Mother wants them for supper
Clerk-What will you have. sirs
Small Boy-A bar of soap and roll of
stove polish. and Gamers Gazette
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1889-05-11
THE AR1oN soc1ErY's FLOAT,

THE ARION sOCIETY's FLOAT.
the world were sim ply marvellous The
Arion (musicaD club also presented
lovely float representing the genius of
Music, and others followed presenting
Art, Culture and Education in a score Of
pleasing lelineations.
The purely emblematic representa-
tons, however, were but small part of
the general affair, for the people had an
opportunity to see much Of the reality
of Americas history-the veteran gen
erals of the late war and the relics of
former wars. Among many objects of
interesting historic association, not the
least interesting was the old "Eutaw
flag" carried in the military parade by
the Washington light infantry, of
Charleston, s. G. This is the famous
flag Of Col. William Washington's regi-
ment Of cavalry, which, in the troublous
times Of the Revolution, constituted a
part Of the partisan corps of Marion.
It belongs to the Washington light in
fantry, Of Charleston, to which COM
pany it was presented by Mrs. Washing
ton in 1897, with the understanding that
it should always be preserved in mem
DRY of her gallant husband.
Col. William Washington, or as he was
called, "The Modern Marcellus," was the
Oldest son of Baily Washington, of Stat
ford county, Va, where he was born in
February, 1859. He was educated for the
church, but the war led him into pub
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1889-05-11
WASHINGTON RELICS,

WASdANU1ON ttDAlO6s
admitted close resemblance. The medal
lions and miniatures of Washington were
numerous, some of them exhibiting
strange variations from the accepted
portrait, due probably to the fact that
miniatures were not of the best in those
days.
The real centennial began in the fore
noon of Monday, April 20, with the
grandest naval display ever witnessed in
American waters. Some 200 large YES
sells, besides many yachts and tugs, took
part, the steamers and such others as
could be handled with perfect safety first
passing up the Brooklyn side Of East
river to the upper end of the city, then
turning and passing down the New York
side and around to the Hudson, while
the great bridge, both shores and all the
convenient housetops on both shores were
crowded by million observers. All the
fronts of both cities blazed in red, white
and blue, and the vast crowd Of specta-
tors often broke into enthusiastic ap-
plause. The vessels in regular line ex-
tended over distance Of fourteen miles,
and the admirable arrangement for the
parade was largely the design of Fleet
Captain D. NJ. Munger. In the first
squadron many of the vessels carried the
flags of the different states, as the Of
fcials and commissioners Of those states
were on board; but by direction of Ad-
miral Porter, in general command, the
yachts were moored in the harbor, as
there was not room for them to maneuver
in East river.
All this was merely incidental to the
formal reception of President Harrison
and those with him, which of course
could not be witnessed by the general
public. Governor Hill, with the COM
missioners of the several states, the gen
eral committee on the centennial, and
others, went out to meet the presidents
steamer on its way from Elizabethport,
N. J. There the president and party
took the steamer prepared for him,
which moved into the upper bay and
passed through the fleets moored to re-
ceive and salute him
The scene was sublime beyond the
power of language to describe. All the
lovely expanse stretching south, south
east and southwest from the Battery was
ablaze with brilliant colors, beautifully
softened and harmonized by the snowy
sails of the yachts and other sail vessels.
As the presidents boat passed each
squadron the salute was given by dip
ping colors and blowing the steam wills
ties for half a minute. When the presi-
dent had landed the fleets formed, all the
larger vessels in single line and the small
er two abreast, made the East river cir
cult and then passing around the south
end of Manhattan Island and up the
Hudson to Fiftieth street, made like
circuit on both sides Of that river,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1889-05-11
7'HREE DAYS OF GLORY.
Notes on the Washington Inaugu.
ration Centennial.
RELICS AND REPRESENTATIONS.

New Yorlxs Proudest Day-Over Half q
Million People Come from Afar-An-
other Half Million from the Near vicin-
ity-Battle Relics, Washington Pictures
and Other NIemorials-The Military Pa
rade, Industrial Show, Banquet and
Dance. M.s 80.
The Washington centennial is a thing
of the past For three days the city OF
New York was in a continuous blaze of
glory and patriotism, and the general
verdict is that all went well. The pa
raiders have returned to their homes, the
smoke of the Examinations has cleared
away, the decorations are mostly remov-
ed, patriotism has been wonderfully re-
vivified and now we shall have no more
centennials-that is, none Of such mo-
mentous importance-ti]l 1915. Out OF
the bewildering variety of three days
display only few points can be noted
in this brief report.
Aside from the main centennial dis
play, many interesting exhibits preceded
and followed the principal day, of which
the most interesting was the centennial
loan exhibition at the Metropolitan Opera
house, to which articles were sent from
all sections of the United States. 1t
gave opportunity to tens Of thousands of
Visitors to see the relics, which consisted
largely of busts, medallions, portraits,
specimens of the silverware Of the period,
old letters, magazines and papers and a
great many other objects illustrating the
art of the Eighteenth century and the
daily life Of the great men Of the revolu-
tionary era. OF course portraits Of
Washington were the chief attraction
and some were here exhibited to the
public for the first time.
The Peales, the Trumbulls, the Stuarts
and other portraits which have made the
features Of Washington familiar to
Americans were, of course, numerous,
and by an arrangement according to the
age at which they were taken, the OBJ
server gained very accurate view of
the changes Though John Trumbull
painted him in military guise and Gil
bert Stuart in statesman's attire, the diff
ference is very slight, but in the two
Peale portraits there Is quite variation,
especially in the lines about the mouth,
confirming the statement that as the
great hero grew older his mouth as
sumed rigid or compressed appearance.
OF the several busts exhibited, that made
by Ceracchi at Philadelphia in 1906 is
the one most familiar to the people, being
used as the standard on account of its
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1889-05-11

Western Union Building st. Paul's Church.
DWAY FROM POSTOFFICE ... .1m.
the literary exercises at the souuh END OF
the sub-treasury (the site Of old Federal
halD began, there occurred the first hitch
in the proceedings. The president and
all his official retainers, the orator of the
day, Hon. Chauncey Depew, and per-
haps a hundred others, had to finish
their work there and then make the race
through the back streets to get to the re-
viewing stand at Madison square by the
time the head of the column reached it.
This they did through the immense
crowds that thronged the eastern part
of the city.
And as to the literary exercises, the
great event Of the day, the Grafton of
Depew, the invocation of Storrs, the
benediction Of Archbishop Corrigan and
the short address Of the president, it is
not easy now to find any who wit
messed them. The streets contiguous to
the place would hold, perhaps, one in
fifty Of the sightseers then in the city,
and the people preferred to take their
chance of seeing the great procession
anyhow. Its route was up Broadway to
Waverley place, through Waverley place
to Fifth avenue, and up that to Fifty
seventh street, the grand reviewing
stand being on the east side of Fifth
avenue, on Madison square.
Equally interesting to all the people,
and far more SO to the student of history,
was the great industrial and civic parade
on Wednesday under command Of Maj.
Gen. Daniel Butterfeld. This moved
down Broadway from Fifty seventh
street. 1t were vain to attempt to give
even the slightest outline of the many de-
scriptive and historical floats and barges,
the groups representing the arrival of the
Dutch early in the Seventeenth century,
the aborigines Of New York, the early
pioneer days, the scenes and heroes Of
the revolution and all the dramatic feat
ures of progress from the day when Man
haitian Island was the hunting ground of
Tamanenda's Indians to this age Of steel
and steam and continent girdling lines of
wire and rail.
The rest Of the nation was equally
we'll represented, and besides the induces
of national progress, the corn, the coal,
the iron and the native precious ores,
there were fitting emblems of the ma
TONS higher glory: Statues and living
fguresre presenting Liberty, Justice and
Fraternity Columbia, Victory, Education,
Religion and all the virtues that make a
nation truly great In the line of purely
emblematic Or Hydrologic display, how
ever, the Germans seemed to take the
lead; their representations Of Germany q
contribution to the intellectual wealth of
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Hardware Department.


Blacksmith
and
Tin and Granite Ware.
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Meanwhile the president had descended
from the vessel in East river into barge
manned by crew of shipmasters from
the Marine Society Of the Port of New
York, with Capt. Ambrose Snow as cox
swain. The crew Of the barge that rowed
President Washington from Elizabeth
port to the foot of Wall street were mem
bers of the same society. Arriving at the
foot Of Wall street the president was re-
ceived by the governor Of the state, the
mayor Of the city and the committeeman
named for the purpose, and the entire
party, escorted by military attachment,
went to the Equitable building, where a
reception took place; but owing to the
narrowness of the streets there and the
necessity Of room for the military, COM
paratively few Of the people could wit
ness. this part of the proceedings. The
same must be said Of the much discussed
centennial ball Of that evening and
the anquet of the next evening, but
after the official reception at the Equita-
bic building, the great public was ad-
mitted, and for two hours passed in rapid
march before the president, but with no
shaking of hands. 1t was some consola-
ton to the disappointed to know that
there was no Handwriting at Washing
toms reception in 1889, and that at least
one in fifty Of those who wanted to get
near the president succeeded in doing so.
All this time the crowd In the city was
rapidly growing and the enthusiasm
mounting upward. 1t is supposed that
half a million people entered the city for
the three days, filling every hotel and
lodging house, and through all the morn
ing hours Of tho three days the rapidly
succeeding trains coming in on all the
roads were jammed with people from a
circuit of q hundred miles or more
around-people who preferred to go
home each evening-and all overlooking
with the widest enthusiasm. Sight
seers who visited the main depots at the
early and late hours describe the scenes