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The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
Prescriptions in English.

1t is rather a serious piece Of profess
sional conventionalism which compels a
parent to stand beside the thin veil that
separates his child from eternity with
medicines in his hand the character of
which he knows nothing, except that
they were called for in Latin and Greek
hieroglyphics and furnished by some
druggist of whose competency he may
also know nothing. A drop too much,
an innocent oversight in the method of
application, or any other mistake grow
ing out Of what he is handling, may be
sufficient to decide the chances of life.
People have the right to know what they
are administering to their loved ones
Boston Globe,
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
a Mattcr of Fact Auditor.

"Fellow citizens, thundered tho i'm.
passioned orator, bringing his fist down
hard on the table, "what, ask again, is
our country coming to? And echo an.
swers WHAT"
"Pardon me, SIR" interposed a mild
looking man in the audience, rising to
his feet, "did understand your question
to be, What is our country coming to-
eyes, SIR"
"And you say echo answers 'what?"
"That is what said, sir"
"Then there's something wrong with
the acoustics Of this building" said the
milk looking man, shaking his head in a
perplexed way and sitting down again.
Chicago Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
Lions with Spiked Backbones.

In front of an ugly but fashionable
house in Second avenue, above Four
teenth street, are two very unreliable
cast iron lions, which have just been
painted pinkish brown to match the
newly chiseled brown stone copings of
the doorway. The lions, in form and
color, We're sufficiently unlike anything
in nature, but just by way of preventing
the casual small boy from taking i'm
aginary excursions astride their backs, q
strip of spiked iron has been extended
from name to tail of each lion. The eff
feet Of these grewsome but impossible
beasts is startling on stranger.-New
York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
AN ANTELoPE's MIGHTY LEAPS.
Typical Yarn of the Champion Liar of
tho Mining Region.

Typical Yarn of the Champion Liar of
tho Mining Region.
In one of the old mining towns of this
part of California, away up on the slope
of the Sierra Nevadas, there lived sew
eral years ago, during the active work.
Ing of the hydraulic mines, celebrated
character whose modesty, as he still
lives in the land of the living, forbids
my giving his name. His justly cele-
brated fame arose from his remarkable
power of narration. He could take any
trivial occurrence that happened in town,
dress it up in such glowing colors and
throw SO many vivid sidelights upon it
that not even the participants them
selves could recognize it. G.. B. un-
doubtedly wore for years the belt as
champion liar Of that mining region, and
one of his stories, that happened to
hear him relate, I think is worth pre-.
serving. Twill let him tell it In his own
words:
ut was in the spring of 80 that a
train of sixty-hve on us started across
the plains for Californy. The most on
us were young men an able to rough 1t,
but we had three families, with about q
dozen young uns among us, an one baby
was born on the way. Wal, of course,
fresh meat soon got mighty scase, as
there was so many trains on the trail
ahead on us that all the game had been
killed or scairt away. The young mother
she kept kind O. pindlin like after her
kid was born and got sick O bacon an
sich like, an the young fellers that had
hosses O. their own to ride, there being
half dozen on 'em in our train, used to
scour out on the plains for fresh meat
for her.
Zone day three on us got arter a
couple O. antelope early in the mornin'
when our hosses was fresh, an we jest
took after 'em, a yellin' like Comanches
jest to see 'em run. There was q couple
O. hills on the plain that stood seprit,
with about twenty rods o ground be-
tween 'em at the fur end, and the crit
ters made a break to go between 'em.
We was comm on arter 'em like we
meant to catch 'em, when they see that
this open place between the hills had
grown up with tall chapparral.
CHOW an antelope won't run up a hill,
nor into thick bresh if he knows it, so
they stopped till we got almost up to
'em, an one on 'em tried to run back by
us, but one O. the boys stopped him with
charge of buckshot. The other one,
seein' what an almighty tight place he'd
got into, jest made for the bresh an
tried to jump over it. Wal, sirs, he
made the all fredest jump as ever see;
but when the critter got up into the air
he seed he hadn't jumped far enough,
an I'm a liar if he didn't gather him
self in the air an gin another O. the
most tremendous jumps that any critter
ever did make, an jest went a-sailin'
right on over the bresh an landed on
t'other side ont slick and clean!"-Cor.
Forest and Stream.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
A Snake Story Brought Him Fortune


A Aresident of Martinsville, Ind, named
jerry Givens. has received q letter from
a rich uncle In California which indicates
that the young man is likely to be adopt
ed and made his heir. A strange family
history is recalled by this. incident.
There was an estrangenent between the
man now in California and the father of
young Jerry, who is long since dead.
Henry, the elder brother, drifted to the
far west, and discovered the whereabouts
of his young heir only through publ
cation which narrated remarkable ad-
venture in which the latter was engaged,
Some time ago while hunting in the
White river bottoms he encountered a
great nest of snakes. This circumstance
gained wide reputation in the papers
and finally caught the eye Of the elder
Givens.-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
One Thing at a Time.

Don't put too much in one advertise
ment. What will you do for the next
one? One thought is generally enough
for once; next week another; next an
other, and so on. But let it be good
one, always.
Respect your reader. Appeal to his
good sense. By doing that you show
your own good sense. Go further; do
not be dull. The readers mind is noto on
your subject. Angle for him. There
are other advertisements. Few or none
will be read through. The reader doubt
less reads a line and slips to the next
one. Put something in your first line to
engage him. Christian Union.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19

Nothing delights the average English
man more than to be member of So
ciety with long and involved name. In
fact societies such as 1.-The Society for
the Better Promotion of Relaxation from
Business Cares and Enjoyment During
Luncheon Hours in the Municipality of
London" grow in strength and influence.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
Thrcsl,inx in Syria.

On the outskirts Of each village is a
level space of ground Of sufficient size to
answer the requirements of the village
which is known by the name of the ba-
yader, or threshing floor. Each farmer
and peasant has his own particular por-
ton marked off by row of stones, and
this portion is reigiously handed down
from father to son and jealousy guarded
from encroachment. Hither the various
crops are borne on the backs of camels
or donkeys as soon as they are reaped in
the fields, and they are there piled up
into separate sacks to be threshed out in
turns.
The threshing is IL long and tedious
process, occupying several months. 1t
commences about the beginning of June
and often is not completed till tho end
of September or even in some cases till
the middle of October. During all this
time the threshing floor presents lively,
busy and most picturesque scene. The
process is a very primitive one, being
identical with that which was in vogue
in the times of Old Testament history.
Nay, the hieroglyphic representations on
Egyptian monuments show that the
same method was adopted by the farm
crs of Egypt at least five thousand years
ago.
A fiat board something like the bot
tom of a sleigh, with small sharp pieces
of basalt firmly let into its under sides,
is driven round and round upon the sur
face of the corn, which is spread out in a
circle of from six to twenty yards in di-
ameter, according to the quantity to be
threshed. A boy rides on the board and
drives the horse or oxen as the case may
be. Meanwhile one or two men stand
in the middle, and with three pronged
wooden forks turn the corn over so as to
expose all portions equally to the action
of the tlreshing board.-Blackwood
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
How to spoil "a C;var.

A cigar should never bo exposed to the
light. Such goods as are in showcases
are sacrificed for the purpose of making
a display. Within a few weeks the cigars
in an open box lose all the attributes Of
tobacco. They become dry and taste
less and there is no demand for them in
this country. With the English this is
different. They want cigar that is as
dry as tinder and will have no other.
Over here the cigar dealer must keep his
goods in a damp chest like refriger-
ator.-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
Wrong Place.

mpecunious Acquaintance-Will you
kindly favor me by loaning me $40 to-
day?
Rich Merchant pretending not to
recognize appicant)-You have mis-
taken the door, sir. The loan Office is
half block farther up. Three gold
balls over the door. You can't miss it.
brakes Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
More Than An Editor Could Stand.

The other day Sioux Indian walked
up and down the street with long
tailed coat on, gloves and gold headed
cane, ETC., and put on agony in great
shape. We just laid up our silk plug,
scrubbed the backing off our shoes, took
off our necktie, gave him the field and
concluded that we were no longer in
town. We did not ask him whether he
would prefer being president of the
United States or governor Of Nebraska,
but we suppose he will be around before
clcction.-Gordon Neb.) Republican,
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
Repair Your worn Out Clothes,

A poor man who wants to dress well
and as cheap as he can should not dis
card suit so long as its color is firm and
its fbres hang together. No man knows
how far $15 year spent for repairs will
go toward making his appearance pre-
sentable, nor how large an expendit ure
for new garments it has saved him until
he tries it. If men with moderate in
comes, who feel obliged to dress shabbily
six months out of the year, observed a
woman's way Of sponging, overhauling
and retrimming they might get useful
object lesson from it.-New York Star.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
Chicago Growing to DO Like New York.

Chicago Growing to Bc Like New York.
In many things does Chicago day by
day grow more like New York. In past
years one of the most noticeable differ
ences between the dwellers by tho lake
and the dwellers by the sea was tho diff
ference in their style of dress. New
York business men have long been pune
tilious in regard to their dress. 1t was
common thing to see not only the
young men but the older men going to
business in the morning with flower in
the buttonhole and dressed as u "west-
erncr' would have dressed for some social
event. In Chicago it was entirely diff
ferent. Our best and wealthiest citizens
dressed in q manner that would have
caused them to have been noticeable
upon Broadway.
They were too busy to care about or
even think about their clothes. Between
the fire and the panic and the big inter-
est they had to pay it took all their Gu
ergies, both physical and mental, to con-
trive means to pay their eastern credit
ors. But times have changed since then.
Then were the days OF hustle and antici-
patton. Now, while it is still the day of
hustle, anticipation has graduated into
enjoyment. Then nothing was too good
for our creditors, now nothing is too
good for ourselves. Then the business
man wore clothing simply for protection
from the weather. Now he has time for
Che amenities and pleasures of life and
the money to crafty his tastes.-Chi-
cago Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
A Handy Thing.

An enterprising chap in Connecticut
has patented a tonic which he advcrtises
in the spring as "the great spring tonic"
In tho summer he calls it "the great
summer tonic" and in the fall and win
ter tho term is changed to meet the sea-
son. A patent medicine man with a
"great tonic" for only one season of the
year can't expect to do much business
Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19

The growing value of a good picture is
illustrated by the prices paid for the
"Skittle Players" by Jan Steen, now
owned by Lord Ashburton. In 1900 it
was knocked down for 50 forins; 1865,
100 horins; 1777, ITO forins; 1880, 1880
horins; 1884, 1,640 horins; 1904, 1900
forms; 1907, 1850 forins; 1909, 1,40O
forms; 1911, 2,40O forms; 1877, $500
Hor;,,o
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
When You Call Upon Your Doctor

When consulting medical man in
his own house do so in his Office hours
Do not go just at the time when he
takes his meals "because l am sure to
catch him then" So far as possible he
certainly should be allowed to take his
food in comfort at proper hours
Finish the professional interview with
him in his consulting room and do not
continue detailing symptoms in the hall
when being shown out.-Good House
keeping.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
A Man of His Word.

Wilson-Philson is man who keeps
his word, whatever else may be said of
him.
Bilson-Do you find him so?
Wilson-Yes; he borrowed five dollars
from me year ago, and he said he'd
never forget my kindness.
Bilson-And he hasn't?
Wilson-No; every time he wants to
borrow money he comes to me.-Har-
per's Bazar.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19

An English sailor, coming up the Brit
ish channel after a long journey, cx-
claimed: "Thank goodness, we've done
with them eternal blue skies and that
binding sunshine. This taste of good
old English fog puts fresh life into fel-
low"
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19

Mrs. Livermore says that her husband
is Republican while she is Prohibi-
zionist; he is a protectionist and she a
free trailer; he has pew in one church,
she in another; he has one doctor, she
another: and yet they are happy and
harmonious and never dream of quarrel
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
After the Rain.

Clara-l have just had delightful
walk. How deliciously fresh and pure
and clear the landscape looks this even
ing!
Flora-Ya-as. just read in the pa
pers that some detectives are securing
this part of the country.-Pittsburg Bull
1o&;,,
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19

Richard Vau1, who succeeded to Sam
uel j. Randall's seat in congress, seals
all his letters in the old way, with wax,
using IL seal ring, which he wears on a
forefinger
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
CH.GSCO IN WHITE.

"r%as, quite clearly remember.
On Il Sunday in September.
Sunday night;
And in church we were together.
Shea night Of summer weather.
Dressed in white.
I'd no book, by some omission,
And the space Of our division
Lesser grew;
Lesser grew since she perceiving
Plight, half hers would be relieving
Nearer drew.
Then II fingers strayed together
Round the soft morocco leather
In that song:
If in singing I leant nearer
To her cheek, to read the clearer.
Was it wrong?
Was it wrong? The cheek was blushing
Next to mine, and mine was flushing
Next her sighs.
II thrilled was it amazing
at the unexpected raising
or her eyes?
And always shall remember
Twas morning In December
Frosty, bright;
That, in church again together,
She was rightly-'spite the weather
Dressed in white!
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19

English Justice-Prisoner, you pound
ed this complainant, eh7
Prisoner-Yesser. y'r honor.
English Jnstice-Fined G1.-Chicago
Tines
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19

Many amusing stories were told illus
trative of the trying position of sea 60
ing Quakers. One Of them narrates that
q Friend, on board Of a ship, retired to
the cabin on seeing that a conflict was
inevitable, that he might not by his
presence on deck appear to sanction war.
From the cabin window he saw that the
helnsman was about to put his helm the
wrong way. Seamanship mastered
Quakeris,n, for he called out, "rll have
nothing to do with it, but if thou dost
mean to hit her then starboard, john"
Youths Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19

Author-After complete story am
often at a loss what to call it.
Reader-I experience the same diff
Guilty with Your stories. After have
read them am in doubt whether they
ought to be called stories or not.-Yan.
kee Blade.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
TARIFF LITERATURE FOR ALL.

The heAMRR1cANPRoT ETAR1FFLEAGuE
IS publishing most valuable series of Tariff
documents. These are prepared with view
to state the facts and arguments for Protec-
tion, whether in the interest of farmers
)abOrers, merchants or professional men.
Each issue of the series appeals to those en-
gagged in separate industries, and presents in
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 cents
The whole list will be sent for 80 cents or
any twelve for ~ cents. or any five for 10
cents, postage paid. Order by number.
1-"wages. Living and Tariff" z. A. HARTs-
nc nokS sdvantases Of Protective raiir to Iva
the LABOR and industries of the United
States" First Prize Essay, 1887. CRAw-
Podaetion r Indispensable to Sup ~
Ply, at Low 9. Prices, Of the he .Manq%factnred Ma %
i9l asoRe
Production of these Commodities Impos-
sible without protective Tarin." First
sfksay kaS wond Free Raw 81
and gs e hs
First rTizs i; is Essay lssa HeaERR RIsEIL g
s-"some Views on the Tariff BY an Old Busi. -
1s is for 81
Review. D. @. HARTMAN. ................ 20
10-.The Farmer and the Tariff" Col. THOMAS
u-"Proteetion a as Public Policy" GIoRaI S. ~
12-"Repiy to the Presidents Free:Trade Mes: ~
sage" R. P. PORTER. Observation-Disclosures. s
1s-.workingmen and the Tariff. ....:..:... s
A-"The Vital Question: Shall American Indus
tries be Abandoned and American Mar.
15sams sa1s siIIeaqean In Germsa. with Addition.
ls-"The Progress Of one Hundred Years"
I-"Protection for American Shipping
19-.Why Irishmen Should Be Protectionists." s
2O-"Protection." E. q. AMAIDowN. ...........
2l-'What is a Tarin 2" Answers to Working
2a-"rhe aan american nssiSh Wool industry" Haa
as-"waess wRasS;d and Cost Of Living. j: D: wErKs.
A-"Southern Farming Industries" 4
25r"A Short Talk to Workingmen.". 2
26-"Pretectfon aud the Farmer" Senator S. N.
The AHHhIcAN ECONOMIST, weekly. devoted to the
hscussion Of all phases Of the Tarin question. 90
year. Sample copies free. Address American Pro
Ative Tarin League % W. Esd ST.. New York
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19

Fresh contirlna-
ton of this state-
luent comes to
hand daily. Even
such deep-seated
and stubborn COM
plants as Rhcu-
inatisln, Rheullla-
tic Gout, and the
like, are thorough
ly eralicatcd by
the use of this Won
derful Alternative.
Mrs. r. Irving
Dodge, ITO West
125th street, New
York. certifes -
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19

The Duke of Westminster eacn year
tukes in about 5000 in sixpences and
shillings, paid by sightseers for admis-
sion to his country seat at Eaton hall.
The duke has a land rental amounting
to $976, 900 q year.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
Monstrous Power of Sea Breakers.


From experiments made at Bell Rock
and Skerryvole lighthouses, on the coast
of Scotland, it was found that while the
force of the breakers on the side of the
German ocean may be taken at about q
ton and a half to every square foot of ex-
posed surface, the Atlantic side throws
breakers with double that force, or three
tons to the square foot; thus a surface of
only two square yards sustains blow
from heavy Atlantic breaker equal to
fifty-four tons. In March, 1890, heavy
gale blew for three days and nights at
Skerryvole, washing out blocks of lime
stone and granite Of three and five tons
weight as easily as If they had been
empty egg shells, in some cases throwing
them entirely over the breakwater at
Plymouth.
Over 300 tons of such blocks were
washed 800 feet up the inclined beach af-
ter being thrown over the breakwater
and scattered about in various direc-
tions. Ono block of limestone, estimated
to be Of Is tons weight, was moved over
150 feet from place in the surf where
it had been firmly grounded since 1907,
1t having been rolled in sight by the aw-
full gallo of tho "Windy Christmas" Of
that year. This is quite high sea record
for 1890, showing that the gale of March
3was tho worst known on the Scottish
coast for 1913 years.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
OIL IN REMOTE AGES


The bed of the Caspian sea rests upon
q second subterranean sea, which spreads
its floods of naphtha under the whole
basin. On the eastern shore the build
ing of the Samareand railway led to the
discovery Of immense beds of mineral
oil. On the western shore, from the
most remote ages, the 1nagi used to adore
the fire springing from the earth at the
very spot where its last worshipers pros
trate themselves at the present day. But
after having long adored it impious men
began to make profit by it commercially.
In the Thirteenth century the famous
traveller, Marco Polo, mentions 'on the
northern side great spring whence
flows liquid like oil" It is no good for
eating, but is useful for burning and all
other purposes; and SO the neighboring
nations come to get their provision of it
and fill many vessels without the ever
flowing spring appearing to be dimin-
ished in any manner. The real practical
working Of these oil springs dates back
only dozen years.
At the present day it yields 2,00o,0 600
klogrammes of kerosene per annum,
and disputes the markets of Europe
against the products of Kentucky and
Pennsylvania. The yield might be in
creased tenfold, for the existing wells
give on an average 10000 kilogrammes a
day, and in order to find new ones it suf-
fees to bore the ground, SO saturated is
the whole soil with petroleum. g. Mar
vim, 1.-The Petroleum Industry in South
ern Russia" compares the Aspheron pen
insula to sponge plunged in mineral
oil. The soil is continually vomiting
forth the liquid lava that torments its
entrails, either in the form of mud vol
canoes or of natural springs. These
springs overflow in streams so abundant
that it is hopeless to store their contents
for want of reservoirs; often they catch
fire and burn for weeks; the air, impreg-
mated with naphtha vapors, is then aglow
all round Bakou.-Harper's
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
A Fact

MoRTH knowing is that blood dis.
Wv eases which all other remedies fail
to cure, yield to Ayers Sarsaparilla.
The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19

About two years ago, after suffering
for nearly two years from rheumatic
gout, being able to walk only with great
discomfort, and having tried various
remedies, including mineral waters,
without relief, 1 saw by an ADVERTISE
been relieved of this distressing COM
plaint. after long suffering, by taking
Ayers Sarsaparilla then decided to
make trial of this medicine, and took
it regularly for eight months. I am
pleased to say that it effected CONF
pletc cure, and that have since had 10
return of the disease"
Mrs. l.. A. Stark, Nashua, N H,
writes: Gone year ago was taken i'll
with rheumatism, being confined to my
house six months. ! came out of the
sickness very much debilitated, with no
appetite, and my system disordered i'll
every way. [ commenced to use Ayers
Sarsaparlla and began to improve at
once, gaining i'll strength and soon re-
covering my usual health. cannot say
too much in praise of this well-known
mcdicine."
81 have taken a great deal of medi-
much good as Ayers Sarsaparilla. 1
felt its beneficial effects before 1 had
quite finished one bottle, and l can
freely testify that it is tho best blood
medicine know of."-L. w. Ward, Sr.,
woodland, Texas.
Ayers Sarsapari||a,
PREPARED BY
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Price 81; six bottles, S. Worth S. bottle.