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The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
A Monarch,s Powder boz.

A curious historical relic on view at
this same house was the powder box
once belonging to the king of Portugal,
and manufactured for his majesty in
Paris in 1760 by German, goldsmith to
the king Of France. It is large round
box in silver gilt, and was not intended
to hold either gunpowder OF face pow
der, but tho aristocratic and at that
time universally worn hair powder. Ac-
companying it is large clothes brush
mounted to match the box, and In the
same precious metal, and made for the
purpose of brushing off the coat of the
royal owner after the powdering process
had been completed.-Paris Letter.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
He Consoles Crying Babes.

"A bank hos some queer notions" said
q veteran teller, 'but think tho oldest
character / have como across in my deal
ings through the little wicket is man
who comes in about twice week, lays
down dime or two nickels and asks for
ten bright, new cents. After he had
done this some half dozen times began
to expect him, and later to have curl
osity to know what he did with them,
as I observed that he always placed them
carefully in his fob pocket.
"One day my curiosity overcame my
politeness, and I asked him bluntly what
he did with tho pennies. He blushed,
smiled in deprecating way and said
they were for the children. The cashier
happened to know the man, and told me
when hehad gone that he had lied-he
had no children, though married for
many years. This aroused my curiosity
still more, and decided to trace him, as
we say In commercial transactions. /
made a con6dant of the Office boy, and
the next time the gentleman called the
boy shadowed him. It was about noon
when they left, and tho boy did not re-
turn until long after banking hours.
Then he called me aside and said:
He gives them pennies to babies that
cry
"'Gives them to babies that cryY l
asked, not fully comprehending.
"'Yes. stuck to him, just rs you
told me, and had to wait two hours
while he was busy in his office. Then
out he comes and I after him, up one
street and down another, stopping into
places every few minutes On West
Larned street there was little urchin
crying; some one had took something
away from 1t. He steps up, laughed,
chucked 1t under the chin, and gave it
one Of the bright cents. The little one
don't know whether it was boy or a
girl, they dress 'em SO much aike-stop-
ped crying and begun to laugh, and the
gentleman walked on faster than ever
well, l got to thinking over the mat
ter" said the teller, land found myself
trying to figure out in some such manner
as we compute interest the amount of
happiness that man got out of ten cents,
the price of an ordinary cigar, and the
result is 1 always carry few bright
coppers myself" f."-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
Sauatter soycreientx.

Zuni is the largest Indian village in
this country. 1t stands on circular
hill perhaps fifty feet high. The houses
arc all of adobe clay, intermixed with
pieces of shalo rock and clay. The cell
ings arc low, but the rooms are of good
size. If one man has house on par
ticular site which another man wants
there is no question as to the rights or
ownership of real estate, for the second
builder erects his house squarely on top
of the first, and no questions are ever
asked. Then i'll turn some one else likes
the location, and builds his house on top
Of the second. From this plan of build
ing it would seem that Zuni will soon
he lofty city, but the element of lazi-
ness which is everywhere predominant
In Zuni precludes the possibility of this,
for tho average buck will not climb
moro than two ladders, no matter how
excellent a house site he might have by
going up three or four.
Small doors open into tho ground floor
houses, but the holes in the roofs are
used about as much as tho street doors
for ingress and egress. The ladders
used by the Zunis in ascending and de-
scending to and from the roofs certainly
arc substantial. Two long spruce poles,
not less than eight or ten inches in diam
eter at the base, and fully twenty feet
In length, form the upright rails of their
ladders. For the rungs they use stout
sticks of hardwood, and in one or two
cases we found disused and bent rife
barrels serving rs steps i'll n ladder.
These metal rungs were SO hot from ex.
posure to the sun as almost to burn the
hand, but the little Zuni children ran
up and down them with barred feet, ap.
parently oblivious to the heat.-Cor.
New York World.
Tho Evil Eye"
Belief in the evil eyeis very prevalentin
western Asia, as it is in northern Africa,
and even Italy and Spain. DR.. Mashaka,
of Damascus, says Of those who enter
tain this belief that they think certain
people have the power of killing others
by glance of the eye. Others think
that it only inflicts injury of a greater
or lesser degree. The Persians believe
that the owner of an evil eye can wither
a whole vineyard Of grapes by merely
looking at them at noon in the dark Of
the moon. OF this class it is said that
"they pick grapes with the eye" The
power may rest in one eye only, and
many who believe themselves afflicted
veil one eye outof compassion for others.
Moslem sheiks profess to cure the evil
eye and prevent its effects by writing
mystic, talismanic words on paper,
which is placed in nut shell and worn
about the neck. When q new house
is being built the workmen hang up
IN egg shell, piece Of alum,
donkey's skull, an old root or a pair
of boots in the front door, all this
to ward off tho effects of any evil eye
that may look upon the building before
1t is finished. Moslem women allow
their children to go dirty and ragged to
keep people from admiring them and
thus shifting them with the evil eye.
Blue eyes they think especially obnox-
ious and only to be counteracted by
Justify calling upon All3k- st. Louis
Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
Some Costly Wood Work,


An interesting relic is the wood work
of the boudoir of Louise de la Valliere,
wall panels, dado, ceiling and doors, all
painted soft cream white and adorned
with paintings of cupids and roses and
futtering blue ribbons, relieved with
light arabesques of gold. These have
been set up and put in place, so that the
effect of the dainty little room can be
fully appreciated. The panels for the
walls Of another boudoir, of the reign Of
Louis XIV, were in pale pink satin, en-
broidered with the fine silk cord called
cordonneret, with garlands of flowers
mingled with birds and butterflies, the
work being SO beautifully executed as to
resemble a water color drawing in it's
grace and finish. This set is valued, if
remember rightly, at Sc 0oo.-Paris Let
fer
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
Burial Among the zunis,

At night, all along the banks of the
Zuni river, 1 saw Indian men and women
throwing handfuls Of meal into the wa
ter and gesticulating with their hands.
They mumbled prayers necessarily, and
waved from left to right the long feecy
Llumes or flowers called by them the
prayer plume. A little later, at the
church yard, the corpse was brought
forth from house adjoining the piazza
and deposited in the grave. It was car
ried in a blanket by three men, and the
vail that went up at the grave from tho
members of the dead ones family was
pitiful in the extreme.-New York
World,
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
TWO PRAYERS.

woman knelt in prayer and bowed her head
As to an angel passing by she said:
'tOh, angeli tell me, have the fate's above
Decreed that I'll bc blessed in my love,
Ilove 30 dearly, and faiu would learn
II he love doth love me In return"
Tho angel paused as he was passing by,
And in soft, pitying tones he made reply:
Even as you love your love, so he loves thee,
But fate DEGREES that you must parted be-"
She sighed then said: "Oh, angel! still Tn
blessed,
If he but loves me, can bear the rest"
Another woman prayed with dropping head:
"Oh, angell will my love love me!" she said;
The angels tears fell fast like summer rain,
AS soft he answered her: THY prayer Is vain:
He loves another and can never be
More than a true and earnest friend to thee"
And then she slowly raised her dropping head,
And, smiling through her tears, she softly said:
"He may not love me other than friend,
But love him and will unto the end
OF time; aye, and for oil eternity;
And that alone Is heaven enough for me-"
Toronto Empire.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13

"Tree Wool, or Wool Produced In Nuts. {"
The her1nits Of India, in the Oldest
mention Of them, are required to wear
clothes Of yellow ocher color, all others
being free to wear any color of vesture
they please. When the Greeks with
Alexander arrived in India they noticed
that the garment worn by the people
was made Of ''tree WOOL" or "wool pro-
duced in nuts" Megathenes says their
robes were worked in gold and orna-
mented with various stones, and that
they also wore lowered garments of the
finest muslins.-Dry Goods Chronicle.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
A VERY OLD NEWSPAPER.
How Iloyd,s List Was Started Two Hu
49,. dretl YeorR Ann.

How 1loyd's List Was Started Two Hun.
.t,a.a dred Years Ago.
:. The Oldest paper published in the En-
glish language, except The London Co
zette. is Lloyd's List, which made its
first appearance In q dingy little London
coffee house in 1899. There is no news
paper more generally read by shippers
and marine merchants than Lloyd's, and
yet few Of its readers know Its very re-
markable history, or that Of the great
commercial business that has grown up
with it.
About 1875 there was q coffee house in
Tower street, London, kept by one Ed
ward Lloyd, where knot of merchants
gathered at noon to discuss business and
gossip over the threatening Romanism
Of James II. From this small beginning
has grown up one Of the greatest and
most powerful commercial organizations
in the world, not the least important
feature Of which is an intelligence de-
partment, which for wilderness Of range
and efficient working has no parallel in
the history Of private enterprise.
AS early as 1888 The London Gazette
contained a fattering notice of Lloyd's
shop, and four years later the proprietor,
who seems to have been a rousing good
business man, moved his establishment
to Lombard street, then the center of
London's wealthy and influential mer-
chant populace. The astute coffee house
proprietor at this time began the publ
cation of his News, a weekly paper filled
with commercial and shipping informa-
ton, and it became very popular with
those Seventeenth century men Of trade.
It subsequently changed Its name to
Lloyd's List, and ever since that time
has enjoyed an uninterrupted publica-
ton.
Throughout the greater part of the
Eighteenth century Lloyd's was the most
popular place known to London mer-
chants and underwriters. Lloyd himself
probably died in the early part of the
century, but his name and his paper had
ineffaceably marked the business of that
time, as it marks that Of the present day.
London's great business of marine in.
surance owes its existence to the printed
form of policy issued by the Lloyd AS.
sociation of Underwriters, an association
that has never been known by any othe,
name than that Of the poor but popula,
coffee house proprietor and editor. The
whole superstructure Of marine insur-
ance rests upon The List, which for zoo
years has embraced the collection, pub
lication and diffusion of every form OF
intelligence with respect to shipping.
| New York Times.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
WHY HE TOOK THE INSULT.
Allowing His Face to he Slapped Because
u Revolver Was Pointed ut Him.

Allowing His Face to he Slapped Because
q Revolver Was Pointed ut Him.
"Thero arc times" said Col. Metcalf
tho other day, "when men will stand
any treatment, however outrageous. A
man who has seen what it means to
stand up before u revolver acquires a
great respect for that weapon when it is
in another mans hands and he has the
drop ON you. There was nothing in
the old days in the seventies which de-
manded reparation SO quickly and so
definitely rs an insult. For a man to
accept an insult without demanding or
taking redress was to bring upon him
self tho scorn of tho entire community.
And yet accepted the worst kind of an
insult once and even to this day blush
when think of the circumstances.
II was in Hugo Mt tho time and was
playing billiards when q man came in
and began to make disturbance. He
was we'll known desperate and no ono
was anxious to get into trouble with
him. Ho became so obnoxious without
being checked that finally he picked up
one Of the billiard balls and sent it fly
ing through window. He was just
reaching for another when reversed my
cue and placing the butt end of it in the
pit of his stomach, pushed him back
against the wall. The next moment I
was looking down tho barrel of Colts
revolver. The sensation in such a case
is simply overpowering. was perfectly
helpless, for had no revolver myself,
and if had been wearing one he could
have killed mo before my hand could
reach it. I thought ho was going to
shoot mo then and there, but he chose
not to do this from some whim.
"'Fm going to slap your face, Met
calf he said, so that you can tell people
about it. Turn your cheek around here
II looked way down tho barrel of that
six shooter so far that it seemed to mo
that could see u bullet in its chamber.
set my teeth against the insult. knew
that was deadly pale.
"'Turn it, ho said. 'One, two'-and
turned my cheek. did not feel the
blow, but tho flame which scorched it
afterward was like n furnace fire.
"'Now,' he said with laugh, give
me the other one. Again he counted
'one, two'-and presented my other
cheek for second slap.
eff ever wanted to kill q man it was
that fellow, but had no show at all.
remember the sickening feeling which
ran over mo at tho thought that he
might insist upon breaking my nose.
Revolver or no revolver do not believe
could have stood that. But I took the
insults, not from him, but from a six
shooter. A man can't argue against q
revolver. But for months and months l
longed to meet that man on even terms.
never saw him again. New York
Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
A Mans Best Help.

A mans best help is himself, his own
heart, his resolute purpose cannot be
done by proxy. A mans mind may be
aroused by another, but he must mold
his own character. What if man fails
in one thing? Let him try again-he
must quarry his own nature. Let him
try hard, and try again, for he does not
know what he can do till he tries.-New
York Ledger.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
Origin of the Word "Fence.r

The origin of slang phrase is some
times difficult thing to trace, but sure
ly it is easy to understand why person
who buys stolen goods from a thief is
called a "fence." Obviously if robber
were seeking to hide the evidence of his
crime when the officers of the law were
in hot pursuit of him he would, If he
could, hide his "swag" behind the near
est fence. Hence "fence," place to
hids swag, and by easy transition the
person who provides such a place.-New
York Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
TARIFF LITERATURE FOR ALL.

heAnER1cAN fRoTEtTIyET ETARIFF LEAGUE
y publishing q most valuable series of Tariff
documents. These are prepared with view
tion, whether in the interest of farmers
laborers, merchants or professional men.
Each issue OF the series appeals to those en-
disputable facts-..comparisons of wages. cost
of living, and other arguments showing the
benefits Of Protection. -
Al, Any g single one OF viii be sent on receipt Of 2
Tariff" which will be sent for cents.
The whole list will bc sent for 81 cents or
any twelve for 20 cents or any five for 10
cents, postage paid. Order by number.
l-"wages. Living and Tariff" E. A. HARrs..
- Advantages Of Protective Taiiir to
States" First Prize Essay, 1887. CnAw.
.-Bo%e : hassc to Sup: 50
Ply. at Low Pkices, Of the Manqfactpret!
q ss pos aq%s
sjsss p wcaId Free Raw 81
g ps,ssd e rs .sse.
-ri,jsssi, aS 8; E;:s{ sss3 Hesfs Rss
e"some We've On The Tariff Tariff by an Old Busi: =.
-rbs Sstp frossetive Tsii rs advsniase: for %
s:EssWsSs 5h.srsss: {ssEs " fEzSstxsi z
Review. d. G.. HARTMAN. AN............,... 70
10-"The Farmer and the Tariff" Col. THOMAS
u-"Protection as Public Policy GxcaaE s. 40
1a-"Repiy to the Presidents Freeirade Mes: 40
soge." r. P. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 8
E+"Wofkingmen and the Tariff. .......... 8
1.-THE Vital Question Shall American Indus
tries be Abandoned and American Mor.
= .%s s%s q German, with Addition. :;.::.....: s
N-"The Progrese OF One Hundred Years."
E-~Protection for american shippinx.".:.... 6
l8-"Ihe Tariff Not fax.n HoMER B. DBEIL.. 8
lo- Why Irishmen Should Be Protectionists" 5
30E"ProtectiOn." E. H. ANNIbOwN. 4
2l-'What is Tar16 2" Answers 70 Working
@"rhe A 1nesieaa Sa'Sa Wool Industry. Ell An
s-wsses and Cost Of Living j. b. WEEKS. Z
N-aSouthern Farming Industries.". 4
et.A Short Talk to Worktngmen.n..
Ea.h Protection and the Farmer Senator s. II.
S9i4NAas.is....::.:....:.. IL
The A.ERlcAn Rco.ons., gesklE, devoted to the
ftive Tariff League, . ". sd st.. New York
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
A Wealthy Proprietor.

The Duke of Northumberland is one of
the largest landed proprietors in Great
Britain. To say nothing of his ownings
in London, his possessions in Surrey,
Middlesex and Northumberland aggre-
gate 100000 acres, with a rent roll Of
$S75, 900 per annum. In Northumberland
alone he owns five castles, but it is said
that the larger part Of his enormous in
come is derived from his proprietary
interest in Drummond's bank. The
Marquis of Salisbury, premier at present,
owns 10000 acres, and as much of his
real estate lies in London he is very, very
rich.-Cor. Chicago News.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
Ancient Bread.

Crackers are the Oldest form of bread
known. In the ruins Of the Swiss build
ings which belonged to the neothelic
age fragments Of unfermented cakes
have been discovered which were not
very unlike onr modern crackers.-Ex-
change.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
Tho Folly of Night worl

A great many people think they econo-
mize time by working into the night. A
great mistake. In the morning the body
is SO worn out that you cannot do your
work properly. This results even If the
sleep has been long, for it takes some time
for the body to recuperate after strain,
if it ever wholly catches mp. There is
never loss when the body is consigned
to tho tender mercies of sleep.-New
York Journal
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
Hated Moving

ITO move three times is as bad as a
fire, they say"
"Its worse to me-" answered the gas
Office clerk. II don't believe in it at all.
I'd rather die than move, particularly if
the man paying his bill is in hurry
Philadelnhia Times
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
A Fetching Costume.

Cousin Tom-Yes, she's darling girl,
and she's going to be my wife.
Cousin Belle-What sudden infatua-
ton!
c. T.-Yes, fell in love with her
from the moment I saw her in her rid
ing dress.
G. B.-Then you will marry her from
sheer force of habit.-Pittsburg Bulle-
fin -.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
Idxelx AdxereisinH

It is we'll to throw little novelty into
advertising matter. An advertisement
containing only hard facts, without q
particle Of life or spice thrown IN to
leayen the whole, is apt to weary the
reader and discourage him from follow
ing it through to the end. Make your
announcements lively, make them brief,
and make them timely.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13

The use of the electromagnetic for indi-
eating the presence of submerged tor
pedoes or lost anchors has been suggest
ed. The magnet, in connection with q
delicate strain dynamometer, is lowered
into the water and excited by battery.
Tho metal will attract the magnet and
tho dynamometer will reveal the fact.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
Where pure Silk canno. BE worr

Where Pure SILK Cannot Be Worn.
It is not lawful for Mohammedans to
wear pure silk, but silk mixed with cot
ton they are permitted to wear, and
hence "the well known eastern fabrics,
with cotton warp or back and woof
of soft silk in a striped pattern, having
the luster of satin. DRY Goods Chroni-
Gle
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
A Social Penalty,

Dennis-An' phat tonne did they ate
their dinner at the big house, me boy?
Patrick-Not till long afther dark.
Dennis-An' be the powers! whin do
they ate their supper?
Patrick-Faith an they doant ate till
next day, yez ignormanus!-Pitt
Bulletin.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
Not Wholly Arcadian.

City Beau (feelingly)-How delightful
must be your life amid these lovely pas
toral surroundings! What can you know
Of the jealousies, the heart burnings, the
rivalry, the malice and the hatred that
exist in my great city?
Village Belle-But, Mr.. Townleigh, l
know all about these things.
G. B.-Impossible! You?
V. B.-Yes; I'm member of the vii
lage sewing society.-Pittsburg Bulle-
tin.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
He Forgot,

Speeulator-Why, the boom in this
town is about over, sir. In you letter to
me you said the place was on the edge Of
great boom.
Real Estate Agent-That's all very
true, sir. forget to tell you which
edge.-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13

Pentameter Dribblets-Say, see here!
The paper says that Edwin Arnold has
been offered 800, 900 for his new poem.
Now, that's all rot.
Jinks-That's good deal of money,
but it may be SO.
Pentameter Dribblets-I know better.
I've written good deal of poetry my
self, and know just what it brings
Boston Times,
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
Heard ON the Roulevar,,.

Heard on the BOuIevard.
Sis necessity the mother of inven-
tiony'
Eyes, it is said to be-"
"Well, then, I would like to marry
necessity"
"Why?"
Because I would not have mother
in-law. Necessity knows no law, you
know."-Munsey's Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13

Mrs. Grady, the widow of the SOUTH
ern orator, is at White Sulphur Springs
with her two children. The elder is
manly boy of 1s, the younger is pretty
little girl.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
A Definition.

"What is q nounT' asked the teacher.
1.-THE name of a person, place or thing,
replied Willie.
"Give an example"
"Organ grinder"
"Why do you choose that?'
Because it's the name of person who
plays a thing. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
How IIo Knew,

Has Your girl keen sense of the rid
iculous?"
"Yes, she laughs all the time l am with
her."-Detroit Frea Press.