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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
A Gl,astly BANQUET,

April never comes but that thinl, of
prominent local politician of the west
side, who was born in this month, and
who, some years ago, left one of the odd
est wills on record. Among its curious
provisions were that, instead of being
buried, lie should be dissected, and his
skeleton carefully preserved and mount
ed; that on the skull should be written
the names of the five women he had
loved during his lifetime, and upon his
birthday a supper party should be held
by his friends, at which his skeleton
should be brought out and christened
with champagne.
He left Il small fortune, and his in-
structions are followed out to the letter
every year. His friends include q score
of physicians, writer's and politicians,
who meet on his birthday night, have a
good supper, at which his skeleton oc-
cupics chair, and, when the toasts be-
gin, they pour a glass of wine over the
vanished skull. The names are still
there, but blurred and faint, though,
strange to say, not one OF the bearers of
them is yet dead. When the conviviali-
ties are over the remains are locked up
for another year. The friends, however,
are passing away, and Of the original
forty only twenty-seven remain.-Ncw
York Star.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
nridseport's Ill Fatcd Suicide Club.


The Suicide club, of Bridgeport, formed
vcyears ago in fun rather than in earn
est, has been reduced to only one mem.
Der by n remarkable faithfulness in carry
ing out the condition that one member of
the club Il year should commit suicide.
When the annual meeting was held in
January there were only two members to
attend it, the secretary and the president.
The former, Wendell Baum, committed
suicide few weeks ago in New York,
and now the president alone remains. It
was voted at this meeting by the secre-
tary that the president should make
away with himself during the year, and
by the president that the secretary do SO,
and, there being no better way to settle
it, it was mutually decided that the polls
be held open until a new member was
pledged and initiated.
A letter carrier named Mayby talked
seriously of becoming member, and the
president and secretary had great hopes
of him until one morning it was learned
that he had committed suicide. He car
rictl, however, n handsome silk umbrella,
which he bequeathed to the secretary of
the club, Wendell Baum, and it was ac-
ccpted. But the more Baum carried the
umbrella the more unhappy he became,
and when his friends tried to cheer him
up he said: "A cloud hangs over me; l
am doomed" Finally he sold his prop
erty, turned the money over to his wife,
and, going to New York, gave the UNI
brella into the charge of q friend, direct
ing that it be sent to the president of the
club. He then cut his throat. Since
then the umbrella has been uncalled for,
and the president of the Suicide club
will probably disband.-Springficld Re-
nuhliran
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
The Dress Suit In England.

An experience recently told me of .
visit to the London Lyceum theatre
twelvemonth since verifies the state
ment as to the positive rule of some of the
English playhouses not to admit ladiesor
gentlemen to the stalls unless they are in
evening dress. The American had had a
busy day of 1t, and found that it was too
late to put himself into his dress suit, as
was his custom when going to the thea
tire, and hurried off in his ordinary morn
ing suit with his wife to witness the per-
formance of Henry Irving in "The Dead
Heart AT the box Office he rendered
his money for couple of stalls. The Off
cial looked the applicant over for mo-
ment, apparently arrived at the conclu-
sion he was q gentleman and forthwith
asked if lie would not accept box-a
much preferable and more expensive
situation-for his lady and himself.
II make this suggestion" continued
the courteous and diplomatic represen-
tative, "because should you appear in
the stalls not in full dress you would at
tract an embarrassing amount of notice
as the only persons that had been pre-
vented, for some cause or other, from
observing the usual fornality. l feel
sure that under the circumstances you
will find this box more agreeable"
"Neat way of putting it, wasn't it?'
said the narrator chipperly, '..and so En-
glish, you know!-Clothier and Fur
niSher
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
Calculating the Rainfall.

The quantity of rain falling at any
place is estimated by means of very
simple piece of apparatus known as a
rain gauge. The most common form of
rain gauge consists of a copper funnel,
the area of the mouth of which is accu-
rately known. The rain collected in this
funnel flows into a graduated measure,
which can very easily be constructed by
any one out of a small glass tumbcr or
beaker by pasting on its side Il narrow
strip of paper, carefully marked off into
inches, half inches, quarters, eighths and
sixteenths; or into inches, tenths and
twentieths. Supposing that the area of
the mouth of the receiving funnel is five
times that of the graduated measure,
then depth of five inches in the meas
ure would represent depth of one inch
OH an area equal to that of the aperture
of the funnel.-New York Telegram.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
A HANDSOME Clock.

One of the most beautiful and costl,
clocks ever made was sent many years
ago by the East India company as u gift
TO the Emperor of China. The case was
made in the form of chariot, in which
was seated the figure of woman, with
her right hand resting on the top Of a
tiny clock, which was placed in the side
Of the carriage. Some of the wheels that
moved the clock were concealed in the
body of q bird that had seemingly alight-
ed upon the lady's finger. Over her head
was an umbrella that concealed u silver
bell. This, although it seemed to have
no connection with the timepiece, struck
the hours, and it could be made to repeat
by touching a diamond button fixed be-
low the dial of the clock. At the feet of
tue lady's figure was a golden dog, and in
front of her were two birds that were
apparently flying before the chariot.
This exquisite clock, with all its neces-
sary parts, was made of gold, and was
most elaborately ornamented with pre-
cious stones.-Jewclers' Circular.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
Improving Edison, phouorro,n.

Gianni Bcttina, formerly Il lieutenant
of the Italian army, has invented Il new
phouograph which he claims is superior
to that of Edison. Indeed, the new Bet
tina machine reflects the human voice
with surprising clearness and perfect
sorority, and with such force of sound
that it can be plainly heard by all the
bystanders without need of placing the
trumpet to the ear AS in the apparatus
of the phonograph and the graphophone
of Edison, the modulations of the voice
are noted on the dial by the sonorous
disk by means of needle points, with the
difference that a quantity of needle
points, arranged to form rays, gather the
oscillations from various points of the
sonorous disk to common center,
whence to transmit them together to tho
cylinder
BY this means are attained n fullness
of sound, clcarness and q precision un-
til now obtained neither by the graphic
phone nor the phonograph. Bettina
maintains that by means of this appa-
ratus ho can render go per cent. of the
body of sound communicated to 1t. AT
the distance of one hundred feet 1t can
be heard clearly and distinctly. Bettina
has invented a composition much more
sensitive to the infections of the voice,
to be substituted for that of the wax
cylinder.-New York Telegram.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
Medicine in Vegetables.

Tho following information may be use
full to some at this season of the year, if
not new to many: Spinach has direct
effect upon the kidneys. A common
dandelion used as greens is excellent for
the same trouble. Asparagus purgcs the
blood. Celery acts admirably upon the
nervous system, and is cure for rlcu-
matism and neuralgia. Tomatoes act
upon the liver. Bcets and turnips are
excellent appetizers. Lettuce and Gu
cumbers arc cooling in their effects upon
the system. Onions, garlic, leeks, olive
and shallots, all of which are similar,
possess medicinal virtue of n marked
character, stimulating tho circulatory
system and the consequent increase in
the saliva and the gastric juice, promot-
ing digestion. Red onions are an excel
lent diuretic, and the white ones are rec
commended to be eaten raw as remedy
for insomnia. A soup made from onions
is regarded by tho French as an excel
lent restorative in debility of the diges-
tive organs.-Ncw York Herald.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
roliteness In New yorls

l heard the other day of delightful
old country parson who came to New
York as the guest of a son who is success
full in business here. The old gentleman
did not go about alone after the first
time, because he said it wrmg his heart.
strings to hear the tales of woe the beg
gars poured into his cars. lie could no
more wave bcggar aside than you or
could strike n child, and yet lie only
grieved at the pain their stories gave
him, and at his inability to solace them
all with money. When the rampant
newsboys tugged at his sleeves and
yelled, "IIere yer evening papcr!" he
bent over with studied politeness and
said in his gentle voice: "rve got one
already, thank you, Johnny" How the
little ruffians stared at that!-Julian
Ralph in Chatter.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
A Dog Tint Likes Gas.

At the Dogs Grotto, one of the curl
osities maintained near Rojo, Italy, there
is cave, the lower part of which is
said to be filled with deadly gas, so that
while a man can walk about unharmed
a dog breathing the lower air is aspllyx-
lated. To prove it they have dog called
COLUMBIA that is taken into the cave
whenever visitor appears, and that,
after a short time, seems overcome by
the alleged gas and has to be carried out
and resuscitated in the fresh air. The
dog is SO we'll trained that whenever she
sees stranger approaching she gets up
and trots off to the cave to get her as
phyxiation. This happens many times
day, but the dog seems none the worse
for it.-New York Sun.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
pompeilans Liked Roast Pig.

The citizens of ancient Pompeii knew
what was good. They relishcd roast pig.
A family in that aristocratic city, one of
the F. F. P.'s, perhaps, were about to
dine on the rich and succulent dish on
the very day that the restless Titan under
Mount Vesuvius expectorated from his
fiery lungs the shower of red hot ashes
which cntombed the Pompeiians in their
dwellings. The pig was being cooked,
and was probably nearly done at the
time, when the volcanic storm burst i'll
and spoiled it.
This is not a matter of conjecture, for
q mass of indurated lava and ashes has
been found in stew pan standing on a
cooking stove in the kitchen of disin-
tered house, and on opening the lump
perfect mold of sucking porker was
disclosed. \ cast was taken of the hol-
low and the result was u fac-simile in
plaster of the little animal, which had
been trussed in scientific style, and is
supposed. from the shape of the matrix,
to have been just ready for the table,
Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
A School for uousemai,,s,

Housemaids should be taught that
some of the new securing soaps, and cs-
pccially that housewives treasure, "con-
centrated lye," will take off paint or color
stains from floors and bath tub lodges.
When we get the new high school after
Miss Charlotte Pendleton's heart, all girls
will be taught the detersivc effects of
potash and strong soda. Until then you
had better caution the houscmaid, while
putting the indispensable touches of the
lye (potash) to either bedstead Stats or
closet corners, that it must not be dropped
on stained boards or painted surfaces, as
it will leave bare or white spots when
the stain is "scaldcd" off by the lyc.
House painters use potash, in fact, to
clean off Il surface that they are about to
paint anew.-Philadelpl Ledger,
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
A Curio,ls Pnlnit.

A curious colonial relic known as the
"open and shut pulpit, has been sold at
Danielsonville, Conn. 1t had been in the
Read family for 100 years, and was the
property of Rev. Amos Read, the first
Baptist minister in the state. Mr.. Read
had to travel great distances in order to
"sprcad the gospel" and had his pulpit
made to take with him. 1t opens and
shuts with hinges like chest whose lid
is very much larger than the box part.
When the pulpit is shut up it is SEEM
ingly fair sized box; opened, the solid
lid stands straight before the preacher,
a pulpit standard, on which the minister
lays his Bible and hymn book, and be-
hind which he discourses, standing on
the other part of the box. Rev. Amos
Read, when he set forth to preach in
distant parts, just strapped up his pulpit,
balanced it on his horses back and trot-
ted forth, carrying church as we'll as
gospel with him.-Philadelphia Ledger
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
ST. MALo's GRIM STORY.
Blown Out to Sea In u Boat lIc Was Res
cued from Sharks After Seven Days,

cucd from Sharks After Seven Days.
A remarkable story of the sea comes
from st. Malo, the narrator being an an
eient mariner named Bauchc, whose pain
full experiences in a small boat on the
ocean ought to be warrant for the truth
of his tale. Bauche had signed articles
with the captain of vessel called the
Mathilde, in which lie sailed to Marti-
niquc. While in the harbor of st. Pierre
in boat with the cabin boy one day he
was driven oceanward by gale of wind
and was knocked about for week on the
waves before he was rescued by a Nor
wegian bark.
After the first night at sea Bauchc says
that the cabin boy became partly deliri-
GUS, water was filling the boat every in
slant, and in order to prevent the dying
lad from being drowned in it the old
sailor made pals from the legs of his
pantaloons, and was thus enabled to keep
the bottom of the little craft tolcrably
dry. He had also to deprive himself of
his shirt, which he utilized as flag of
distress. On the third day the cabin boy
died, and hardly was the breath out of
his body before seven Or eight ferocious
black sharks began to circle round the
boat, which they sometimes almost
touched. Rather than deliver up the
dead body to the monsters of the deep
Bauche kept it until it became decom-
posed.
Being afraid of illness, he at length
threw it overheard after having said his
prayers over 1t, and the prey was speed
lily seized by the sharks, who disappeared
with it and did not show up again for
about twenty-four hours or so.
Bauchc now felt so utterly miserable
that lie was thinking of throwing HIM
self overheard, when lie was dissladed
from his intention by the temperance
of the sharks, who, after cying him raw
enously for some time, actually began to
gambol before him, as if in anticipation
of q good feed off his body. 81 did not
want to be eaten alive" remarked
Bauchc, in his narrative of his perilous
adventures, $50 remained where | was
and awaited assistance" On the seventh
day the Sailor lost consciousness, fell
down in the boat, and was rescued in an
insensible condition by Capt. Paterson,
of the Vladimir.
In his mouth the Norwegian sailors
found what they first thought was an old
quid of tobacco, but which proved to he
part of the horn handle of his knife,
which Bauchc was crunching to stave
off hunger when lie became unconscious.
The rescued sailor, after having been
taken to New Orleans, obtained a pas
sage home to st. Malo.-Paris Cor. Lon.
don Telegraph.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
Travelling IA Modern 1,,.ion.

Now the gadfly which pursued poor 10
seems TO have stung us all, and we fit
about the globe restlessly, till it has
nearly come to pass that everybody who
has house has let it to somebody else,
and the last place to expect to find a
man is at home. A general game of
puss-in-the-corner amuses the best society
of Europe and America all the summer
and much of tho winter. The humblest
village school child expects two or three
annual excursions; every servant and
shop hand stipulates for holidays long
enough to pay distant visits; i'll short,
our lives arc becoming much like those
of festive gnats at play of warm even
ing. Sometimes we pause to suck a
flower or to bite somebody, but we soon
return to the perpetual locomotion which
seems to possess unfailing charm.-Fran-
ces Power Cobbe in Forum.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
All Solid Men.

The Thrall family, of Windsor, Conn,
are all solid folks. There were nine per-
sons in the household band at the start.
eight boys and one girl. and the COM
blned weight of the nine was 2,a23
pounds. The eldest boy, Charles, died
thirty years ago, and his weight was 2GO
pounds. Then Laura died; weight, ols
pounds. Horace is 68 years old, hale
and strong, and he weighs 2G5 pounds
Oliver is 60 and weighs 26s; Joseph is So
and his weight is 24S Thomas, who was
first selectman of his town for several
years, died eighteen months ago. His
weight was 26s pounds Ed is AS years
old and weighs $40 pounds. Samuel, the
lightest boy in the family, weighs 40
pounds. William, the Youngest, weighs
an even 200 pounds. All the boys are IL
good health and still accumulating solid
tissuc.-Exchange
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
A Curious Islrtl,mark.

Joseph II. Rotherman, a carpenter, re-
siding at Connellsville, Pa, has cres-
cent shaped birthmark on the back Of
his neck, which has aroused considerable
curiosity in that vicinity. When the
moon is new Rotherman's mark is hard
ly noticeable, but as Luna turns the first
quarter it begins to turn red and swell.
BY the time of full moon it has swelled
into horn like roll over two inches in
thickness. AS the moon wanes the mark
decreases in size and color until it again
becomes blush, crescent shaped mark,
hardly raised above the skin.-St. Louis
Republic
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
Bora. for Cle,uinc C,r,n,,,

Borax water is excellent for sponging
either silk or wool goods that are not
soiled enough to need washing. In wash
ing cashmere or wool goods put Il little
borax in the water. This will cleanse
them much more easily and better, with
out injury to the colors. Do not rub
them on Il board, but Use the hands. and
throw OH a line without wringing. Press
them on the wrong side and they will
look almost like new.-Good Housekeep.
ipr
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
FAITHFUL.

It is something, sweet, when the world goes III
To know You are faithful and love me still;
To feel when the sunshine has left the skies
That the light is shining in your dear eyes;
Beautiful eyes, more dear to me
Than all the wealth of the world could be-
1t is something, dearest, to feel you near
When life with its SorrowS seems hard to bear;
To feel when falter the clasp divine
ofyour tender and trusting hand in mine;
Beautiful hand more dear to me
Than the tendercSt things of earth could he
Sometimes, dearest, the world goes wrong,
For God gives grief with his gift of song,
And poverty, too! but your love is more
To me than riches and .-oldcn store;
Beautiful love! until dcath shall part
1t is mine-as You arc-my own, sweetheart.
F, /. Stanton
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07

The watershed drained by the Plate is
estimated to represent an area of 100000
square miles, the largest in the world,
with the exception Of the Amazon, and
possibly also of the Congo, the area of
which hasnever been even approximately
estimated.
The Parana contributes an outflow of
Al o0O,o0o'and the Uruguay one of H.
100000 cubic feet minute, the Plate
having volume of 90, 900, 900 cubic feet,
as compared with G2, 900, 900 for the ANA
zon and 34,OO0,0O0 for the Mississippi.
La Plata takes its name from silver, but
it has a tawny yhue.-Export and Finance.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
1t Would BE ,1ortifyips.

Open air games are finding their way,
step by step, into fashion, and thence into
custom. But the progress is slow, and
must be credited to English and Ameri-
can travellers. European women have
such silly notions about propriety that l
cannot refrain from telling here the an
swcr received from French lady to
my question why she preferred croquct
to tennis. 81 would be so ashamed to
perspirc," she said.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
He Is CHANGING Color.

Mr.. II. T. Knakc, the popular organist
of st. Paul's cathedral, is suffering from
n peculiar disease. The skin has been
changing color for nearly year, unit!
now it is very dark yellow. He resem-
blcs Spaniard of the darker type, and
Mr.. knakc used to be of fair complexion.
Only the gentleman's hands, arms. face,
neck and feet are affected. His hands
are yellow, while the color deepens on
the fingers until above the joints they
almost become black. His breast, back
and limbs are still white.-Pittsburg
Dispatcl.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
Whales Teeth.

While the Greenland whale has no
teeth, the sperm whale has them in great
quantities on the lower jaw, and uses
them, too, when occasion requires. On
the other hand, the narwhal very seldom
develops more than one, the left upper
canine. 1t makes up for the lack of
number by the extraordinary growth at
tanned by this one tooth. 1t grows out
and right forward, on line with the
body, until it becomes veritable tusk,
sometimes reaching the length of ten
feet.-San Francisco Chronicle,
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
A SacaciOuS Dog.

a correspondent tells n curious story
of animal sagacity. He once knew a
dog who used to run on the legs of one
sidc-a sort Of one sided sl,ambler. The
animal would start In the usual way,
and when lie had acquired sufficient
momentum tuck up the legs of one side
and, leaning over toward the other side,
scamper along on two legs until tired.
He would then acquire fresh impetus,
and give the other legs turn at this ex-
hilarating exercise. The correspondent
writes from Cyprus, not Crete.-London
Field.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
Not Afraid of Microbes,

DIR. George Duttan, a Boston physician,
at a meeting of the American Health so
ciety, of which he is president, made
this challenge: "Let my medical friends
bring me half pint of all kinds of ba-
cilli and I will eat them, provided that if
am not sick the next day the microbc
theorists will forever thereafter hold
their peace.n
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-06-07
The People You Want to Reach.

The People You Want to Reach.
Every business man should write and
place his advertisements in way calcu-
lated to reach and impress the people
with whom he desires to do business.
Money spent in advertising in a paper
which does not circulate in the homes of
the people you desire to trade with is
practically thrown away. The medium
which goes into the homes of the people
who must buy your goods is the one in
which you should place your announce
ments. Don't scatter your fire or waste
costly ammunition unnecessarily. Decide
upon the people you want to reach, and
then reach them in the most direct and
way.