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The Dickinson press., 1890-06-21

The daily rations of pair of ostriches
on farm in San Diego county, Cal, are
forty pounds Of beessf for breakfast and a
half peck to a psck-of grain for dinner.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-21
SOME EARLY REAsoN1SGs,

One of the early lights was named
Lucippus, who came near the truth
when he said that the earth was made
by the falling together of small particles.
This is probably the first appearance Of
the atomic theory. This is sample of
the reasoning by which some of the
ancients arrived at their conclusions as
to the clements of matter: When wood
is burned it produces fire, which gives
Oft air, which in turn, when condensed,
produces water, while the ashes of the
wood form earth; therefore wood is at
the bottom of all creation. A growing
tree was used to show that water was
the prime clement by pouring on water
every day until the tree had increased in
size and weight and weighing the earth
with which the roots were surrounded.
This, said the old chemist, proved that
water had given the tree, or the wood,
its increase. Aristotle made up a sched-
ule Of constructions and juggled with it
to the mystification of all his followers.
He said that the four elemcnts-fire, air,
water and earth-are not single and def
nite substances, but derive their exist
tence from other more primal elements.
Thus, fire was composed of heat and dry
ness, air of heat and moisture, water of
cold and moisture and earth of dryness
and cold. On the basis of this table he
constructed some very plausible questions
and led thoway TO the idea Of the discov-
cry of the one prime element with which
one could transform any substance into
ANYTHING else.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-21
The NIultiplyin: Coin.

Fill tumbler with water, put q SIX
pence in it, and, holding a plate over the
top, turn it upside down. The sixpence
will fall down on the plate and appear
to be a shilling, while at the same time
sixpence will seem to be swimming in
the glass. This can also be done with
twenty-five cent piece.-G. Ben White in
Sunny Hour.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-21
The Safest
A ND most powerful Alternative is
A Ayers Sarsaparilla. Young and
old are alike benefited by it's use. For

llle cIupIiNc uiS-
eases peculiar to
children nothing
else is so effective
as this medicine,
while its agrcca-
bic flavor makes
it easy to admins
lister.
My little bny
had large scrof,l-
lous ulcers on his
neck and throat
from which he
suffered terribly.
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The Dickinson press., 1890-06-21
TIE LOST ARTS.

In ancient times the workers in metals
and other substances handed their secrets
down from generation to generation, and
in time some of them were lost These
are the "lost arts so often mentioned,
which are simply lost family secrets.
From the Fifth to the Sixteenth century
was the age of fabulous pretensions in
alchemy, when every discovery was kept
a profound secret, thus making the time
one of almost total ignorance.
The old alchemists sometimes used
good logic in their arguments as to the
existence of the philosophers stone, and
all alchemy was not the fraud that mod
ern people would think. There were
some good, honest workers in the ranks,
searchers after the truth, as well as the
knaves that are to be found in every
trade and every branch Of life.
There was one monk living in the Mid
die Ages who made a specially of anti
mony. Thinking it to be the great cure
all he first tried some of it on his hogs
and the beasts fatteped SO that he thought
that it must be good for human beings.
So he gave it to his brethren with fatal
results. This is supposed to be thereaso
why the metal is called ''antimony,"
from its bad effect on monks.
There are alchemists of today just as
dishonest as those of old, men who swim
die and cheat others with tricks that are
almost as primitive as those used by their
predecessors in the crooked art. They
have only changed their forms of delu-
sion and have struck for higher wages
Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-21

The AMERICAN ECONOMIST. weekly. devoted to the
hscl,sson of all phases OF the Tariff question. <2
Syaar. Sample copies free. Address American rrC
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-01
Nesting Birds and Scent.

In a former communication | stated
that ruled grouse had nestled several
years in sight of my cabin. 1t was this
grouse that attracted my attention to the
new feature In natural history.
My cabin is in the woods situated on an
old highway, deserted for a hundred years
or more. South of the cabin is a small
brook, and just across it a path turns off
into the woods, and 1t was near this path
that the grouse nested. Several hundred
people passed and repassed the nest while
the bird was Matching out her first brood.
tiers, and thought it singular that they
did not scent the bird. The second year |
tried an experiment. The grouse nested
near the old spot, and l borrowed a bird
dog of friend, and while an easterly wind
blew directly from the bird across the path,
led the dog to and fro. Strange as it may
appear, the dog did not take the scent.
Afterward l went to boulder, the drum
ming resort of the male grouse, and the
dog pointed the spot every time he passed
the rock. Thinking that while his sense
of scent was aroused he might notice the
nesting bird, tried him once more but
with the old result.
the path near which this grouse nests
is common highway for skunks in their
nightly visits to my cabin door yard
Racoons also use it when frog hunting in
the little brook The old tumble-down
wall along the deserted highway affords
weasels, minks and stoats a road through
the woods, and what seems passing strange
is that some one of these keen-scented ami
mails has not ferreted out and destroyed
the grouse before this.
have noticed since l have lived in the
woods (six years. that often ruffed grouse
nest near paths that are in constant use
and usually rear or at least hatch out the
young. | can recall three nests so situated
this last season which were undisturbed.
After due and careful consideration of
the subject l have come to this conclu-
sion: That it is a change of scent that
protects the grouse while nesting, and that
it is an admirable provision of nature to
enable the bird to rear its young and
propagate its kind.-Forest and Stream.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-01
NOTICE 10 CONTRACTORS.

CANFRANCISCO, OCTOBER 25, 1890. SEALED
y proposals will be received at the office of the
President of the Board of Trustees of the Cali
fornia Home for the Care and Training OF
Feeble Minded Children, Room SO, Occidental
Hotel, San Francisco, Cal. until l o'clock P. NJ.
on the oath day of NOVEMBER, 1890, for the
several branches of labor and materials re-
quired for the erection and completion of a
building for epileptics for the California Home
for the Care and Ira ming OF Feeble Minded
Children. located on the land known as the
VIM. Mcpherson Hill Ranch, near Glen Ellen,
Sonoma county, California
Plans and specifications for the said work can
be seen daily from o'clock A. NJ to o'clock P.
NJ. at the office of the architects of said Board,
Copeland & PIERCE, l26 Kearny street, San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Blank proposal forms ard all information in
regard to the manner in which proposals are to
be rendered to be obtained from the Architects
aforesaid.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a
bond of 10 per cent. of the amount OF the pro-
pos rendered.
No Chinese labor, or materials manufactured
by Chinese labor, to be used in the construction
of said work.
The Board of Trustees reserves the right to
reject any or all bids if found necessary, as the
public good may require.
KATHERINE LATHROP, President.
A. E. OSBORNE, Secretary.
For the Board of Trustees OF the California
Home for the Care and Training OF Feeble
Minded Children. o2o-4tSa
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-01

dewy lawn. How gratefully the cool air
tasted and the lovely stiffness of the night
after the aching brilliancy within. Herve
assured himself that it was pleasant relief,
and hoped there would not be many more
balls at the castle.
The lake fringed the lawn, and moored
against the branches of a weeping willow
was his toy boat just as he had left it in
the afternoon. 1t would look so pretty,
he believed, sailing under the rising moon
that touched the water silver and the blue
stars that showed so peacefully upon it.
He unknotted the string and gayly the
little boat swan out upon his impulsion.
If only the Countess could come back to
him, he thought, with his boat he would
be perfectly happy. "But i am SO alone
among them all" he said to himself, with
his broken sigh. 81 wish somebody loved
me as little children are loved BY their
mammas"
The boat had carried away the string
from his loose grasp, and he reached out
his arm upon the water to recover it. A
soft, moist bank, a small eager foot upon
it, a frame easily tilted by an unsteady
movement, the dark water broken into
circling bubbles upon a child's shrill cry
of terror and closing impassably over the
body of poor, forlorn little Herve and his
pretty velvet suit and Alencon lace-this
is what the stars and the pale calm moon
saw; and over there upon the further
shore of the lake foated the toy boat as
placidly as if it had worked no treachery,
and had not lead to the extinction of an
illustrious name and race.
'Where is NJ. lie Marquis?' demanded NJ.
de Vervainville, interrupting an enchant-
ing moment upon discovering his sons alb
sence from the salon.
A search, hurry, a scare-music
stopped, wine-glasses at the buffet laid
down untouched, ices rejected, fear and
anxiety upon every face. NJ. lie Marquis
is not in the salons, nor in the tutors
apartment, nor in his own. The grounds
are searched. "Herve7 and an lie Mar
qnis" ring through the silence unanswered
His boat was found and the impress of
small footsteps upon the wet bank. NJ. lie
Marquis de Saint-Laurent and Baron de
Vervainviile was drowned.-HaRnah Lynch
in Macmaian's Magazine.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-01
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
- at the office of the President of the Board of
Trustees of the California Home for the Care
and Trainingfof Feeble Minded Children, room
49, Occidental Hotel, San Francisco Cal, until
1oclock P. NJ
On the 9th Day of November, 1890,
For the several branches OF labor and materials
required for the erection and completion of a
water supply aud drainage system for the build
ings of the California Home for the Care and
Training of Feeble Minded Children, located on
the land known as the Will I'm Mcpherson Hill
Ranch, near Glen Ellen, Sonoma county Cal
Also sealed proposals for the plumbing gas-ft-
ting and hot water heating for the aforesaid
buildings.
Plans and specifications for the said works
can be seen daily from 9 O'Clock A. NJ until 4
o'clock P. NJ at the Office of the architects of
said Board, Copeland & Pierce, l26 Kearny
street, san Francisco, Cal.
Blank proposal forms and all information in
regard to the manner in which proposals are to
be rendered to be obtained from the architects
aforesaid.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a
bond of 10 per cent. of the amount of the pro-
posal rendered.
No Chinese labor or ma eriaIs manufactured by
Chinese labor to be used in the construction of
said work.
The Board of Trustees reserve the right to re-
ject any or all bids, if found necessary, as the
public good may require.
KATHERINE B. LATHROP, President.
A. E. OSBORNE Secretary.
For the Board of Trustees of the California
Home for the Care and Training of Feeble
Minded Children. of-5tS
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-01
MANY A LIFE

LAS been saved by the prompt use OF
Il Ayers Pills. Travellers by land or
sea are liable to constipation or other
arrangements of the stomach and bowels
which, if neglected, lead to serious and
often fatal consequences. The moisture
means of correcting these evils is the use
of Ayers Cathartic Pills. The pru-
dent sailing-master would as soon go to
sea without his chronometer as without
a supply of these Pills. Though prompt
AMI energetic in operation, Ayers Pills
leave no ill effects they are purely
vegetable and sugar-coated the safest
medicine for old and young, at home or
abroad.
"For eight years I was afflicted with
constipation, which at last became so
bad that the doctors could do no more
for me. Then / began to take Ayers
Pills, and soon the bowels recovered
their natural and regular action, SO that
now i am in
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-01

Smoking is so common in Japan that all
of the men and most of the ladies smoke,
the girls beginning when they are about
ten years of age. The ladies have pipes
with longer stems than the men, and if
one of them wishes to show gentleman a
special mark OF favor, she lights her pipe,
takes a Whit, hands it to him and lets him
smoke.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-01

A shrewd old philosopher in Oxford
county, Me-, says: people get so well ac-
quainted with their own faults that they
don't mind their existence"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-01
Excellent

health. Mrs. c. E. Clark, Tewksbury,
Massachusetts,.
~ regard Ayers Pills as one of the
most reliable general remedies of our
times. They have been in use in my
family for affections requiring purga-
tive, and have given unvarying satisfac-
ton. We have found them an excellent
remedy for colds and light fevers. -
w. R. Woodson, Fort Worth, Texas.
"For several years have relied more
upon Ayers Pills than upon anything
else in the medicine chest, to regulate
my bowels and those of the ships crew.
These Pills are not severe in their ac-
ton, but do their work thoroughly. l
have used them with good effect for
the cure of rheumatism, kidney trou-
bles, and dyspepsia. = Capt. Mueller,
Steamship Felicia, New York City.
al have found Ayers Cathartic Pills
to be better family medicine for COM
mon use than any other pills within my
knowledge. They are not only very
effective, but safe and pleasant to take
qualities which must make them
valued by the public" Jules Hauel,
Perfumer, Philadelphia, Pa.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-25
WALL STREET GOSSIP.
Good Bank Statement stIrs Up Business
The whisky Trust.
ESPECIAL TO JOHN NJ. OAKLEY & COL

ESPECIAL TO JOHN N. OAKLEY col
NEW YORK, May A.-The market opened
this morning with an inclination to weakness.
Sugar Trust had rapid decline to SIC within
the first Is minutes. The general market, how
ever. held dull and steady, the expectation be.
ing that the bank statement was gong to show
decline in reserves, but this was speedily dis
sIpated by the official statement showing an
increase Of 81, ,45S 425 IN the bank reserves which
had very inspiring effect upon the entire list,
closing them strong at better figures, with st,
Paul in the lead at 70.
The reaction to which we referred yesterday
did not prove to be very formidable one, and
the market certainly has all the indications of
preparing for still further advance. Among
the specialties to-day which attracted attention
was the stock Of Whisky Trust 1t rose from
Az TO 1871. and, the advance in it was well sus-
tained. 1t Is said 1t has absorbed the last and
the largest outstanding distilleries, and its
dividends will be increased from u per cent
monthly to u per cent next month, which will
be followed by further increase of % per cent
monthly. Should this rumor prove to be true
the stock will soon attract general attention
among the specialties and will likely record
much higher figures
The insiders OF the Richmond Terminal seem
now to be unanimous in their sentiment that
the proposed plan is the best that could be ad-
yanced in the interests of the stockholders and
their public statements are Of the most pro-
nounced and bullish character With their
QUESTION to this great line of railway by the
possibility Of q deal with the Baltimore and
Ohio will give further impetus to this stock
in the near future.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-25
STILL AHEAD.
The Wonderful Success Of Drs
Copeland & Blair in Treating
CATARRHAL TROUBLE UNDATED

"I think my peculiar work was the cause
of my trouble" said Mr.. Auberle. 81 am
an ironworker by trade and work at the
large rolls, handling the heavy iron as it
comes from the furnaee-one of the hottest
places in the MILL"
The speaker was Mr.. Ottman Auberle,
who lives in Versailles township, east end,
two miles east of McKeesport. He is en-
ployed in the Demmler Iron Mills at
Demmler Station.
ST would become very warm" he contin
ued, "and between the heats would step out
into the air to cool of. caught cold after
cold, but paid no attention to them.
MY nostrils would clog up and began
to have headaches continually. It was not
a sharp pain at first, but Just dull, heavy
feeling over my eyes. seemed to have
cold all the time, and was steadily becoming
worse. My throat became raw and was all
choked up. A dry, hacking cough set in.
inere would be dropping back of matter
into my throat, and / was all the time
hawking and raising TO clear it. had
roaring and buzzing noises in my ears. Ny
eyes became dim and watery.
Sharp pains, stabbing like a knife,
would shoot through both sides Of my chest.
They were so severe at times as TO almost
take my breath away. Always there was a
feeling there as if heavy load was resting
upon my chest crushing the breath out Of
me. breathed with great difficulty and
each breath would be accompanied by q
whIstling sound. Some times when would
work two or three pieces of iron, I would have
to sit down to breathe-and allow my
brother to take my place at the rolls.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-25
PERMANENT AND LASTING.
Additional Evidence by Mail


One year ago last April, Mr.. Thomas @.
Harper, of Braddock, Pa, began treatment
by mail with Drs. Copeland & Blair. In
stating his case by letter he complained of
headaches, a bad taste IN the mouth, cough
ing and raising phlegm, sharp pains in the
chest, loss of appetite, very sore. weak
condition of the stomach, with constant
nausea and distress. After one months
treatment he was pronounced cured. The
22d of May, this year, Mr. Harper called on
these eminent specialists and said: doctor,
1 just came in to tell you that 1 have not
had the slightest return OF any of nv former
trouble-in short, that your cure one year
ago was permanent cure, and to thank you
again"
A short time ago Mr.. John Wright, of
Chicago Junction, O., placed himself under
treatment by mail with Drs. Copeland q
Blair. In writing about his trouble he
said:
1.-TWO years ago I was i'll with lung fever,
and never fully recovered from it. I could
not sleep at night. The mucus would drop
back into my throat, and would wake up feel
ing as though I was choking. Large scabs
would come from my nostrils whenever used
my napaksrchieG .;tS hIecd They would often be
and were continually running a watery sub
stance. was unable TO attend to my duties
feeling weak and tired all the time. I had
hacking cough and ringing noises in my ears,
Gradually noticed was becoming deaf.
would have dizzy spells, and my memory failed
me. I had pains in my chest and had no appe-
tite.
"a short time after I commenced treating
with Drs Copeland & Blair noticed an i'm
provement. The dropping in my throat
stopped, my cough and the pains in my chest
left me. can now sleep and eat well. The re-
suit has been great surprise to me, as had
given up all hope Of ever getting well again."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-25
Thn HenIannnha.

The Allegheny county conclaves added IS new
members from April ~ to May 20.
The Supreme Archon will assist in the dedi-
cation of hall erected by Bridgeville Conclave
brlogevllle, Del, on July 4.
The summer night concerts of Cap Sheaf are
now on the high tide TO success and promise
TO be both credit TO the conclave and TO the
order.
Z. Z. Osborn, prominent member of Bethle-
hem Conclaye. was In the city during the week
attending the Grand Encampment of the Odd
Fellows,
The General Committee of the Auephenv
county conclaves having in charge the arrange.
ments to celebrate the twelfth anniyersarv ia
progressing rapidly.
District Deputy Brother J. B. Berlin has irst
compile ed visit to all the conclayes in ms H.
trict and found them all in a prosperous oondi.
tiOn. They all appear on the roll OF honor vSitb
but single exception.
Monongzhela Conclave held an interes,ino
meeting last Wednesday evening. BrotheS
Cohen made his first appearance after his re-
cent trip to Baltimore.
Fifth Avenue Conclave will meet onIMopdav
evening. This conclave has awakened, and
has limitations at each meeting, and will Soon
leave some of the conclaVes that make more
noise far behind in number of members.
ingram Conclave held a very interesting
meeting last Tuesday evening. The member
ship now includes all eligible In the village
and the members are waiting until young
man of 20 becomes of age to enroll him IN the
order.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-25
General Lodge Notes.

Menongahela Lodge, F. & A. NJ, held q spe-
cial meeting last Friday for the purpose of in
ltiatory work that had been laid over from the
last regular meeting.
Allegheny City Lodge No. 252, Order Sons of
ST. George. and Pride of Allegheny City Lodge
No. II, Daughters of St George, combined
will hold picnic on June 2s in Ross grove,
on the West Penn railroad. cordial invita-
tion is extended to all members.
southsde Union, No. $40, of the Equitable
Aid Union, a new lodge organized recently,
meets over the Fourteenth street bank. The
charter remains open until June 80. during
which time gentlemen can Join for 81 and
ladies free. Anyone can Join between the ages
of Is and 65 years 1t is a beneficiary order.
Sons of Liberty Council No. 452. Junior Order
United American Mechanics was instituted
VI Nednesday night in Union Veteran Legion
Hall, on Sixth avenue by the state Vice Coun-
cIlor. The council was organized by w. T.
Kerr, and is the one hundred and fifteenth in
stituted in Pennsylvania since last July. Bain-
bridge Council No. l2S will have charge of the
initiation.
The Regents and Past Regents Association
of the Royal Arcanum of Western Pennsyl-
vania have in contemplation the purchase of a
site and the erection thereon OF a suitable
building, centrally located, to be used as
Arcanum club or assembly hall. The estimated
cost will be about 100000. If the proposed
plans are carried out it will he the handsomest
structure of its kind in the State. and will have
all the conveniences and accessories of a first
class club house, and will be headquarters for
the iorder in Western Pennsylvania, Eastern
Ohio and West Virginia.
Invincible Lodge No. ia, K. of p, of the
East End, Is at present enjoying q wellmerited
boom. Instituted three years ago with 38 char
ter members, 1t now numbers close to l5O The
amplited work. special feature of the order
has been taken up, and this rank is conferred
every third Tuesday of the month in such su-
perb and faultless manner as to win praise
from all who witness it. Last Tuesday was a
red-letter evening for this lodge, IS visiting
brothers, from 81 different lodges IN the state,
being present, including u. K. of R. and s.
George Hawkes., q. NJ. at A j. J. Davis Su-
preme Representative Thomas G. Sample and
other Grand and Supreme officers. After the
exercises refreshments were served.