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The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
A HORSES PHENOMENAL DEED.
He Canters Fifteen Miles Without Chang
ing His Ecet,

ing His Ecet.
Ihere was an unusually large attend
ance at Audubon park, the attraction
being novel race in which man and
a horse We're contending on pretty near
ly even terms. Mariana Bielsa had
agreed to run fifteen miles against any
horse that should be pitted against him
under these conditions:
The Spaniard offered prize of 500
for any horse that would walk, run, trot,
pace, rack or lope fifteen miles under
saddle i'll less time than he would run
the same distance; but it was in the
agreement that the horse should adopt a
certain gait at the start and not ex-
change it for another in any part of the
race, and 1t was through this part of the
contract that the element of uncertainty
was introduced into the contest.
Everybody knew that anything of a
fair saddle horse could cover fifteen miles
in less time than it would take q man to
run the same distance, but the prevail
ing impression appeared to be that no
horse could be found that could be made
to lope, trot, gallop, pace or rack fifteen
miles without changing its gait.
The horse selected for the contest was
substantial looking black gelding Of
good size and substance, and having a
fair share of quality, though he was not
handsome horse. He was ridden by
his owner. Mr.. R. L. Harvey, who, with
the big Mexican saddle he used, must
have made up an impost of fully 100
pounds.
1t was announced that the horse would
"lope' (canter), and it was understood
that, while he might shift his feet us
often as he chose, he would lose the race
II he trotted even half a length. Before
the start the man was the favorite, as it
was expected that the horse would drop
into trot when shifting his lead from
left to right, or from right to left, while
no one appeared to contemplate the pos
slbillty of the horses accomplishing the
whole distance without once changing
his feet.
Itwas nearly o'clock when the con-
testants made their appearance. The
Spaniard was very gayly attired in flesh
colored silk tights, white lid slippers
trimmed with scarlet, scarlet silk
handkerchief on his head, q cream col
ored undershirt of silk net, and beauti-
fully embroidered trunks and collarette
of blue silk.
Starting little back of the mark, they
moved up and took the word together,
the man at tho pole on a long swinging
trot and the horse about the middle Of
the track on slow canter. The horse
Immediately took the lead, and he con.
tinued to draw steadily away for the
whole distance till he had completed the
fifteen miles (without having once as
much as shifted his feet for the purpose
of changing his lead), and was more than
| five miles ahead of Bielsa.
AS will be seen by the time of each
mile, Mr.. Harvey rated his horse admir-
ably from first to last, and at the conclu-
sion Of the race he was warmly congrat-
ulated by hosts of admiring friends. The
following table will give an accurate
| picture of tho performances:
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
Don't Scare People.

AS rule an advertiser makes a mis-
take when he attempts to call attention
to his bargains by making some blood
curdling or more or less repulsive state
ments in large, black letters at the head
of his announcement. People soon tire
of sensations which don't "thrill." They
have a way Of dropping on" to such
methods after one or two trials, and the
reaction is apt to be expensive to the ad-
vertiser by creating a revulsion Of feel
ing.
Be lively.
Be cheerful.
Be brief.
But don't scare people to death.
Introduce all the legitimate novelty
you can; keep things strictly up to date;
hammer away and stick to your text.
The resalts will come and keep coming
es long as you keep up this method Of
announcement.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
Tho Phonograph at Funerals.

It is related that a gentleman well
known in Richmond, Va, intends to sing
at his own funeral He has sung at 3S5
funerals during the last two years. He
intends to sing certain songs into pho
nograph, and let the instrument offciate
at the burial. He has chosen "Home Of
the Soul" and "Good Night" as the
songs to be delivered at that time. THIS
opens up new idea Why may not a
man preach his own funeral sermon?
In the privacy of his own chamber, while
living, he might confide to his phono-
graph exactly what he would like to
have said Of him at his funeral.-New
Orleans Picayune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16

But few persons who view passenger
train as it goes laundering past have an
idea that it represents cash value of
from $75, 1000 to s120, 1000, but such is the
case. The ordinary express train repre-
sents from $4,000 to 100000. The en-
gine and tender are valued at s1O,500;
the baggage car, 81 200; the postal car,
$4,000; the smoking car, $1,000; two ordi-
nary passenger cars, $4,000 each; three
palace cars, $4,000 each-total, $s3, 900.
Many Of the trains which pull up to or
out from the Union depot in this city are
worth $3.50, 0,000.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
Her Idea.

Miss Larcom, in her "New England
Girlhood," says that when sho used to
hear the minister read the text, "Cut it
down; why cumbereth it the grounds"
she always supposed that he had made a
mistake. He ought to have said, she
thought, "Why cucumbereth it the
ground? Strange things go on inside
the heads of children.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
Brain Workers, Safety Valve.

The late Rev. Dr. Enoch Pond, of the
Bangor Theological seminary, did an
immense amount of work in his day.
His long life knew few idle moments.
He was once asked how he managed to
write SO much for religious papers in
addition to his preparation of matter for
volumes, not forgetting his duties in the
lecture room. II have made it rule, +"
he said, "to stop on the end of each
hours work and take u few minutes
recreation. In good weather l take a
turn in my garden."-Bangor CONNER
cial.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
A Travellers Story.

Jones has just returned from flying
visit to the land of bier and sauerkraut.
"And how did you find the hotelsy'
asked some one.
"Oh, p-etty fair. The beds were good,
but the sheets were not quitelarge enough
tor handkerchiefs and q little too small
tor napkins.-Judge.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
Timely Warning.

Dickie, years old, had a pair of boots.
He cut one of them with hatchet. The
father became very angry and scolded
incessantly. The little fellow looked his
father in the face and said: "lf You don't
stop talking you'll get me mad, too."-
Christian Advocate.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
Son of the Old Roman.

Young Mr.. Thurman is gray haired,
and has but one arm. He lost the other
in an accident many years ago. He is a
prominent attorney at Columbus, O.,
and is said to be making money out Of
the new natural gas fields that have been
discovered near THEREFOR. New Orleans
Times.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
The Golden BowIa.

Whenever the rainbow, with its many
colored bands arches over Us, two angels
stand at the ends and hold gold bowls
under them that they may not rest on the
rain soaked earth, and when it vanishes
again the angels leave their cups in the
fields, as they cannot use them twice be-
cause the rainbow would not like it.
Won Scheffel's Ekkehard.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
A Large Fish in a Small Pond,

Rev. DIR. Primrose-Are you not
ashamed to be in class with boys so
much smaller than yourself?
Little Johnnie-Not much, amt. l
can lick every mothers son Of them
London Ht-Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16

Willis-Hello, Bingham? So your un-
Gle left you $4,000. did he? What will
you do with it?
Bingham (sarcastically)-Going to turn
it over to my friends. They all know
better than what should be done WITH
it!-Racket.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
An Amusing Effort

HE was very funny"
"Who.''
"Jones."
"Whnt did he dor
. "He tried to be serious. Chicago
Times,
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
Its Virtues as a soporiflc

Its Virtues as a Soporiic.
"Grindstone, have you ever tried a
raw onion as a remedy for Isleepless-
ness?'
"Tried it once, Kiljordan."
How did it work2'
Had to go to sleep to get rid of the
taste. ."-Chicago Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16

A Parker man while prospecting for
water near that place struck thirty
foot stratum of Gladstone and clay at
the depth of 100 feet.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
DEAklN BROWNS WAY.

Old Deakin Brown lives out fun town
About four mile or so,
An drives spankin' team o. bays
Wen he goes to an fro,
An allus wen he overhauls
Some feller walkin' on the ground,
He stops his team an cramps around,
An calls:
"Hullo.
Git in IN hev lift!"
You'll see i'm sit an chaw am spit
And saw upon the lines,
His jolly face so red with pride
1t reg lar glows and shines;
Them hosses step SO gay an high,
An tear along at sech q gait,
You'd scurcely think their ours7'd walt
An cry:
"HullH
Git in an hev lift!'
IT. see OIL Brown q saggin' down
On one e'end o. the seat,
An leaning sideways now m ag'in
To watch 'em pick their feet,
You'd think: Here comes rooral swell"
But myl How quick your mind 'ud flop
Wen dcakin'd make them hosscs stop
An yell:
"Hullo,
Climb in an hev lift!"
They's folks who ride in all their pride
In Fortunes rig on life's highway;
Us folks who trudge along a-foot
Ken see 'em drive past every day.
They hain't like Deakin Brown ct all;
1t makes no odds how tired ye git
Yell never sec them wait q bit
An call:
"Hullo,
Climb In an hev q lift!''
George Horton in Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
Improvement

in my condition. my appetite began TO
return and with it came tile ability to
digest all the food taken, my strength
improved encll day, and after few
months OF faithful attention to your
directions, found myself well
woman, allie to attend to all household
duties. The medicine has given me
new lease OF life, and cannot tlinmk
you too muclI."
1--WE, the undersigned, citizens rf
Brockway Centre, Mich, hereby certify
that the above statement, made lv
Mrs. Lake, is true i'll every parti, ul"r
and entitled to full crc.lcncc."-O l..
Chamberlain, G. W. Waring, G. a.
Wells, Druggist.
"My brother. in England. was, for
long time, unable to attend to his orcn-
patton, by reason Of sores on his foot.
] sent him Ayers Almanac and the te;-
timonials it contained induced him to
try Ayers Sarsaparilla. After using j,
little while, lie was cured, and is HOW
we'll man, working i'll sugar mill
at Brisbane, Queensland. Australia" -
a. Attcwcll, Sharbot Lake, Ontario.
Ayers Satsaparilla,
PREPARED BY
Or. ]. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price 81; six bottles, s5. Worth S. IL lu,;l.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
A Wise Man.

A Wise Man.
Mr.. A.-Mr. Charles is a very wise
man.
Mr.. B.-Why do you think SO?
Mr.. Al heard him in an argument
with another and he let the other fellow
do all the talhng.-West Shore.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
HORSE. Time,

Total. -. III. 9m 23s
The horse's time for ten miles was 40
minutes and 10 seconds.-New Orleans
Tmes-Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
Senator Ingalls, Desk.

Senator Ingalls, studied law in Massa-
chusetts, and as soon as he was admitted
to the bar started to Kansas with $40 in
his inside pocket. He opened an Office
near Atchison. His law library was
made up of three books, and the whole
of his furniture was chair and a table.
His first client was carpenter, and his
fee was paid in kind. He got table and
high desk for his legal services, and
this desk painted green is kept in the In
gals family today as one of its most pre-
cious pieces Of furniture. 1t belongs to
Ingalls, son, Ellsworth, who carried it
with him to college and who probably
now uses it as part of his Office furni-
ture in the starting of his law practice.-
Cor. Philadelphia Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
TARIFF LITERATURE FOR ALL.

The heAMEnIcAN PROTECTIVE TAR!FFIEAGuE
Is publishing most valuable series of Tariff
documents. These are prepared with view
TO state the facts and arguments for Protcc-
1abofers, merchants or professional men.
Each Issue of the series appeals to those en-
gagged in separatc industries, and presentsin.
disputable facts--comparisOns of wages, cost
of living, and other arguments showing the
benefits Of Protection.
Any single one will be sent on receipt of 2
Tariff" which will be sent for 4 cents
The whole list will be sent for 30 cents or
any twelve for 20 cents, or any five for 10
centa. postage paid. Order by number.
1-"wages. Living and Tariff" E. A. HAnTs. -.
- =. Advantages Of Protective Tariir to -
the LABOR and Industries Of the United
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s6e United states. and Adsgaate Home
.Se %spest ct thf;s TaI st
ss Rs% hsssrs: SSS WcSS Flee Raw
and and Industries s d G Of t5e Gn,ted S Is states." "
Esss naf y Esssy sss He.F. e 1
e-"some Views View on e the Tariff M by an Old Busi ..
7"rhs stp Prossetiye nS TssR Is Advantages for
WaS IT,
Review. D. q. G.HARRn6AN............... 20
1O-sThe Farmer and tho Tariff" Col. THOMAS
1A-protection saRa Is Public Policy Groaass. 10
a~Reply e lie ifssidents Fise:lTade Mes: 10
1a-"waftnpmsn n and the Tarn h
l4-"The Vital Question: Shall American Indus
tries be Abandoned and American Mar
kets Surrendered ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2. 8
15-Same in German, with Addition. ........... 8
16-"1he Progress Of One Hundred Years"
17-"Protection for American Shipping. ."......
10. Why irishmen Should Be Protectionists"
2Oe"Protectfon." z. H. .AMAIDowy,......,.,, 4
2I-'What Is a Tarin 2" Answers to a Working
e-"rhe an 4nesscaa sassa%Sa %ooi Industry: Ell: An
ss.wases and Cost Of Living: D. w1EKs
A-"Southern Farming Indusfries."........... 4
"a Short Talk TO Woxkingmen."...
16- Protection and the Farmer" Senator s. NJ.
Tho AMERICAN EcoNoAIsf, weekly. devoted to the
1scusston Of all phases of tho Taxin question. O.
year. Sample copies free Address American Pre-
Etve Tarin League, % W. Esd st.. New York
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16

Times have changed, old boyy re-
marked Griggs, "since you and were
young"
"True for you, old fellow" returned
Brown. "In these days the tailor not
only makes the man but the woman" -
brakes Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
AN ENGIIsHMAN's SUCCESS.

The idea has recently been taken up
by an Englishman named Stillbers, who
has made cloth of spiders web which has
been employed for the purposes of sur
gerry. He only uses tropical spiders,
from which, thanks to a scientific cult
ure, he has obtained a much greater re-
turn than was foreseen by Reaumur.
The spiders which he uses are big ones
from America and Africa. They are
placed in octagonal cases, where suff-
cheney of insects is served to them every
day. In the room where the cases are
kept constant temperature of 60 deg.
Fahrenheit) is maintained, and liquid
composed of chloroform, ether and fusel
oil is allowed slowly to evaporate. That
is to say, spiders spin best when they
are drunk.
Mr.. Stillbers keeps 5000 of these cases
in room forty meters long by twenty
wide and five high. Tho spiders lay
eggs of various colors, covered with
cocoons. These are gathered up and
prepared by the same mechanical and
chemical operations as the cocoon of tho
bombyx.
One cocoon yields 120 to $50 meters Of
thread. The weaving process is kept
absolutely secret.
The stuff obtained is of texture re-
sembling ordinary silk, but thick, stiff,
and of dirty gray color. It is all the
more necessary to bleach it because the
color is by no means uniform. 1t is
bleached by treatment with oxygenized
water. Then 1t is tanned and softened.
It assumes pretty yellow tint, and be-
comes brilliant and smooth.
To make thread $3.50 klometers in
length 25, 900 cocoons are requisite. This
is great advance on Reaumur's calcu-
lations. But still $4,000 cocoons only
supply thread Of 800 French leagues in
length. The stuff obtained must be sold
at a very high price in order to obtain
the merest compensation for all this
trouble and expense. Proprietors of
mulberry trees and silkworms need not
be afraid of the competition of the spider
yet awhile. New York Evening Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
A S25.OOO Necklace.

Gen. William F. Draper, of Hopedale,
Mass, and Miss Susan G. Preston were
united in marriage at Lexington, KY,
Nav 90
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
"Times have changed. old be

She wore the groom's present of a
$4,000 diamond necklace.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16
SILK FROM THE SPIDER,
DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF PRO-
DuclNG QUANTITIES.
The Method of an Enslishman Named
stillbers Compared with the Researches
of Noted Fronchmen Success with
Amerfcan and African Tueoc<.

American and African Insects,
NJ. Emile Gautier, French writer,
discussed in an article the history Of
spiders from the consoler of the prisoner
Pellison down to the nutritive spider in
whom the geometrician Laplace found
the favor of nut.
There arc also, it appears, spinning
spiders. whose web can be used to weave
serviceable stuffs, and according to old
documents dealing with the subject, NJ.
Bon, president of the court of accounts
of Montpelier, sent, as early as 1909,
mittens and stockings made of spiders
web to the Academy of Sciences
He set to work in the following man
ner: Having collected a large number Of
spiders cocoons he beat them so as to
expel all dust. Then he washed them
carefully in warm water and allowed
them to boil for three hours in pot con-
tanning water, soap, saltpeter and little
gum arabic. The cocoons, after being
washed and carefully dried, were at last
carded with extremely fine combs.
This was, of course, very primitive
proceeding. NJ. Bon obtained a gray
thread with which he was able to make
the articles before mentioned. The
pamphlet which he published regarding
his experiment obtained considerable
success, and was translated into several
languages.
FRENCH EXPERIMENTS.
Fifty years later, in 1862, the Abbe
Raymond de Termeyer made expert
ments in America, in Spain, and in
Italy. He worked on the living spiders,
whose web he wound on bobbin as fast
Us it came out. This abbe was remark
ably patient and tenacious, for he car
ried on this operation uninterruptedly
for thirty-four years from 1862 to 1T98),
but apparently all his labor was in vain,
for he only succeeded in obtaining 679
grammes OF cobweb rs n result of his
thirty-four years work.
The question, however, seemed suf-
ficiently interesting to the Academy of
Sciences of Paris to induce them to
charge the celebrated Reaumur with
the drawing up of a report on the inven-
ton of M. Bon.
Reaumur arrived at conclusions very
unfavorable to the developlhento of a cob
web industry. Stuff, he said, made of SO
called spiders silk could not be employed
in the manufacture of any useful article,
on account of its fragileness.
The strength Of the silk thread was
ninety times greater than that of the
other, and it required $4,000 threads of
spiders web to furnish solidity equal to
that of one silken thread. The learned
entomologist demonstrated further that
twice as many spiders as silkwor1ns
were needed to produce the same quan.
tity Of thread, SO that to provide one
pound of spiders silk $4,000 spiders
would have to spin. To obtain such q
number of cocoons a much larger num-
Der of spiders would have to be kept, fol-
only the females spin web round eggs.
Then, again, the product of the spider
had less luster than that of the silk
worm. Reaumur added, however, that
although there was no future for the
spiders of France, except to catch blue
bottles and flies, the exotic kinds might
repay the labor of study.
AN ENGIIsHMAN's SUCCESS.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16

Inc Dr1deS costume was White silk, en-
train, old point lace and diamond orna-
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-16

tscussion Of all phases of tho Taxi6 question. O.
year. Sample copies free. Address American Pre-
etve Tariff League, % W. Esd st.. New York
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NInEIoire,a Queer Mama.

a Maine priest, in whose parish are o
number OF French Canadians, relates
that one day man came to him to ar
range for his approaching marriage, and
tho priest who did not recognize him,
asked him his namc. "My-glory-by-
night" replied he, with every appear
nnce OF good faith. Ilo did not speak
English very fluenuy and tho priest
supposed no must havo misunderstood
Your name, l said," no repeated.
What is your namc?" "My-glory-br-
night" tho man said again. "You can't
have such name as that" tho priest
said; somebody has translated it
wrongly for you. What is it in
Fronch?" "Magloire Bcnoit," tho man
answered. twas easy to SEQ how tho
extraordinary combination with which
the man announced himself had been
como Qt.
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whero Slavery SIN Exists.

An Indian woman in tho Lahore dis
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have been dccoyed away and sold to Gull
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to render every assistance to the woman
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disgracoful traffic in women has been
carried on from time immcmorial, and
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sImIiia sI,nIlibu. curon,r

They have an effective way of dealing
with habitual drunkards in Norway and
Sweden. They put them in Jail and
feed them entirely on bread and wine.
Tho bread is stepped in wine for an hour
before it is served. Tho first day n man
will take it, but before many more he
will hate tho sight OF It. After an in
earceration OF this sort many become
total abstaincrs,
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Bridget's Eroollent Memorv.

Mistress Ito now girl-"By tho by,
Bridget, forgot whether told you or
not when you came, but do not allow
my kitchen girls to have any followers"
Bridgetc"Yez tould mo when l came,
Mrs. Chuckslcy, an haven't forgot. 1
dhrovo Mr.. Chucksloy out av tho kitchen
lasht night wild dippcrful of bilin'
wpthcr. num-"