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The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
THE RoTE ALONG THE SHORE.

Far of along the bay indented coast,
Where headland after hcadland stretching far,
MARKS the dim coast line, fading, till almost
1t blends with cloud at the horizons bar
Slow creeping shoreward, moaning evermore,
The pulse of ocean beats upon the shore.
A murnur deep, half silence and half song,
From s,lnken ledges sleeping far away,
Arises, borne by trembling airs along,
Till all the world above the pulsing bay
Is full of voices whispering to mo
The sweetly solemn secrets of the sea.
The over soul with listening souls below
Holds converse in the voice of noisy waves
That moan along the shore when wild winds blow
From realms of silence ever ocean caves
The infinite thus speaks to you and me
A message, this deep music of the sea.
Julian S. Cutler in Boston Transcript.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
WANTED TO SEE THE SKELETON.
A Granger Finds the Remains of HI.
WaywaYd BOY In n Doctor,s Closet.

A Granger Finds the Remains of His
Waywnrd Boy In n Doctors Closet.
every family is supposed to have
skeleton in its closet" remarked DR..
Wheeler, of Wichita, Kan, to party
of friends recently. 81 had one in my
closet until shipped it to tho Michigan
state university. I don't want to see it
again.
"It happened like this: Many years
ago, when commenced the practice of
medicine in small Missouri town, the
Jesse James boys paid us IL visit They
raided the bank and got away with
$4,000, but firing was pretty general on
both sides. had revolver, and during
the general excitement shot one of the
robbers. He was dead when we picked
him up. A finer specimen of physical
manhood have never seen. The natives
in the little Missouri village mado no OBJ
lection when claimed the youths skel-
eton rs my prize.
"One rainy night about II o'clock a
genuine old fashioned frontiersman came
to my Office. He asked my name, then
inquired if had skeleton in my closet.
His face was bearded and sunburnt, but
there was something about him that
made me think % the young man had
killed many years before. I was alone
in the Office, and I didn't like the color
of the visitors eye. However, I answered
his question in the affirmative.
"'Let me see the skeleton? said my
queer visitor.
"It would scarcely do to refuse. l
walked to the rear of the office, where
there was a small table out of sight of
my visitor. 1 drew out from the desk a
revolver, the same one that had ended
the career of the youthful bandit years
before. Holding it in my hand, I stepped
to the closet, threw open tho door and
remarked with as much coolness as l
could command by force of will: There
is the skeleton!'
Put up your revolver, remarked the
stranger. I won't hurt you. If had
wanted to shoot you would have killed
you when came into the Office have
just been down in Oklahoma and am on
my way back to Tennessee. heard tho
story Of your killing one of the gang,
and as near as I can make out it was my
boy that was killed. Ho ran away from
home when only 12 years old, and never
saw him after that. I don't hold any
grudge against you. You did what was
right, I suppose. But thought would
take this chance to SEQ what is left of the
poor boy
II then showed the stranger the slele-
ton, which was handsomely mounted
and described the raid as briefly and as
gently as possible. The old pioneers
only remark, as he gazcd upon all that
was left of his boy, was: well, he was
a big fellow, wasn't he?' '"-Philadelphia
| telegraph.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
HOW MANY WORDS IN ENGLISH.
Estimates of Different Authorities and q
Comparison of Dictionaries.

Comparison of Dictionaries.
An interesting question suggested by
an ancient waif of book is tho number
of English words now existing. Con-
siderable difference of opinion exists on
this point. Mr.. George P. Marsh, an
American author Of repute, in his "Lec-
lures on the English Language" esti-
mates that the number lin 1851 "prob-
ably does not fall short of 100000" and
large additions, especially in art and sci
ence, have come into use since that date.
Other writers, however, come to differ
ent conclusion, and think that 10000
would include the whole. It depends a
good deal on how calculations are made.
If all the subsidiary words-participles
and the like-are to be taken into ac-
count, it will swell the sum total very
considerably.
Taking the first three words that oc-
Cur at random, we find that from "denl-
onstrate,'' in one of our modern diction-
aries, there are thirteen derivatives;
from the word bright" there are
twelve, and from "deplore' there are
ten. There is also redundance in other
forms. III one of Todd's editions of DR..
johnson there are upward of eighty
words with the prefix "all"-all-comply-
ing, all-divining, all-drowsy, and so on
"a very notable instance of dictionary
padding. In ways like these the vocab-
ulary may be indefinitely increased.
Probably if we take leading words and
all their derivatives, the number at the
present time will exceed Mr.. Marsh's es-
innate. An approximate verification
of this may be found by multiplying the
number Of pages in any good modern
dictionary by the average number of
words i'll page.
Shakespeare's works, it is believed, i'll
clude about $4,000 separate words, and
Milton's about 5000; but from these fig
ures we have no criterion of the extent
of tho actual English vocabulary. 1t may
be mentioned here that while Cockeram
has only about 1000 or 5000 words,
there are in Bailey's Dictionary approx
imately about $4,000, and in Johnson's
not more than that. In some of the
larger modern works, again, tho figures,
as has been said, reach to upward of
100000.
In DIR. Johnson's vocabulary many
technical and scientific terms were omit
ted, and in his original preface he en-
cuses himself in q very naive and char
acteristic fashion. II could not, )" he says,
"visit caverns to learn the miners Ian.
guage, nor take voyage to perfect my
skill in the dialect of navigation, nol
visit the warehouses of merchants and
the shops of artificers to gain tho names
of wares, tools and operations of which
no mention is found in books. An ad
verse critic might be inclined to ask
Why not? But, all tho same, it will be
readily conceded that he did great
work according to hislights. The science
of philology has been revolutionized since
his day, but his labors largely contrib
uted to tho earlier stages of its progress.
Chambers journal.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
A Lazy Dog.

There is dog in Chester, Pa, which
will never walk when there is n chance
to jump on a street car and ride. Ho is
u black Newfoundland. Much of his
time is spent at the stables. Although
his home is only two squares away he
never walks to it, but waits for u car 60
ing that way, on which he Jumps. He
often goes off on a pleasure trip, riding
to tho different sections of tho city on
different cars, always sitting on tho
curbstone until tho car he wants comes
along, showing remarkable intelligence
in allowing to pass him those cars which
branch off in directions contrary to the
one he wishes to take.-Pittsburg Dis
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
James whitcomb Riley.


An Oyster Stew in Half Minute.
Ordinarily it takes fifteen to twenty
minutes to make an oyster stew proper
ly; but Yankee genius has invented
contrivance which relegates the hitherto
popular system to the realms of antiq-
uity.
entered acaravansary up town which
is much patronized by ladies out on hus-
band impoverishing expeditions and Or
dered an oyster stew. The waiter, to
my surprise, returned with it in about
three-quarters of minute.
Hero" said I, II don't want any
ready made stew. Iwant one cooked to
order"
"This is cooked to order, sir," replied
the garcon, "and I'll guarantee it is well
made, too. You taste it, and if you
don't like it I'll have another made in
the same time in your presence"
l tasted it with diffdent lips and in
credulous mind, but sure enough it was
as good a stew as had ever eaten.
Curious to learn how it was done In
quired of the waiter for information,
when he led me to the front window
and told the young man acting in
the capacity of lightning chef what
wanted.
II can make you stew in thirty-six
seconds" said the Briliat-Savarin, "and
this is the way do it:'
So saying he turned set screw, which
sent steam Sizing through tube in
half inch vacuum under copper plate;
then he scooped dozen oysters, which
he placed in the now hot plate, with the
juice. After few seconds he skinned
the oyster juice, which had begun to
boil Immediately Oh being placed in the
copper plate; next he poured a little
milk, and afterward small piece Of
butter into tho plate, and, presto! the
stew was made.
It had taken trihe over half q min
ute.
"Wo have an average Of 200 people
here during the entire day." said the
chef, as he juggled with two milk shakes,
a glass of cider and one of grape juice,
and if all of them ordered nothing but
oyster stews could supply them as fast
as they could eat them with these two
steam plates. It's a new invention, and
don't think anybody else is using 1t, SO
far as Ihave heard, he said in conclusion,
in answer to my question.
What am now looking for is steam
or electric digestive apparatus.-New
York Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
An Elaborate Light.

A novel arrangement for securing al
abundance of soft light together with
perfect ventilation has been installed in
an opera house i'll Chicago. The device
is, in form, similar to a large parasol,
eighteen feet in diameter, the perfora-
tions in tho cover permitting tho escape
of the vitiated atmosphere, The rod
and handle arc formed to permit the Use
of gas jets if necessary, while from the
tips of each rib incandesccnt bulbs hang,
giving a perfect and powerful circlo of
light. Another feature is the use of in
candescent bulbs, arranged i'll wire net,
to Indicate the name of the company
playing. Chicago Letter.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
A Good Dig.

A colored man named Joseph Saun-
ders was employed to dig well for a
farmer near Augusta, Me. The farmer
beat him down to half wages, but after
going ten feet down the digger struck a
jug with $3.50 in gold in it and took a
skip. The farmer then dug twenty-five
feet more, nearly broke his back, and
didn't hit anything but stoncs.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
Read Latin and Greek at Four.

Connop Thirlwall, afterward Bishop
of st. David's, could read Latin when
8 years old, and at the age of read
Greek with an ease that astonished all
who heard him. At Z he composed an
essay, "On the Uncertainty of Human
Life" which was afterward printed in
his "Primitia, or "First Fruits" pub
lished when the boy was only II years
old. The history of literature perhaps
does not contain the name of another
whose first book was published when the
writer was not yet in his teens. This
book contains about forty sermons, to-
gether with several essays and poems.-
New York Ledger.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09

j. Bryan Grimes, of Pitt county, N. c.,
had planted thirty-fve acres in Irish po-
tatoes, and one night when he thought
there was going to be frost to kill his
potatoes, which were twelveinche high,
he built log heaps about his field and
kept them burning during the night, and
next morning his potatoes were untouch-
ed by the frost
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09

Tho scoring of the bores of modern
cannon by the new powders in use is
claimed to be due to the fact that upon
ignition all of the powder is not turned
to gas, some of it remaining in fluid
state. 1t is this latter which does the
scoring by being thrown with such force
against the metal of the gun that the re-
sulting action is very similar to that of a
sand blast for cutting glass.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
A Won,nu's yyay,

A woman wage Garner who works
from in the morning until at night
and occasionally finds herself too weary
to sleep, takes down her hair at 10
o'clock, brushes it vigorously, washes
her face, neck and arms with lukewarm
water, takes a crash towel bath and
goes to bed, with ~ hot water bag at her
feet. The light in her room is SO ar
ranged that she can, after reading for a
few moments some light pleasant work,
extinguish it without rising, and she
usually drifts into drea,nland in less
than half an hour.-Chicago Tribune
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09

1t is said the law regulating child labor
in the factories of New York is generally
observed. The law prohibits the en-
ployment of children under 12 years of
age and limits the labor of all minors to
sixty hours each week. The measure
was not intended as u hardship upon
employers.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09

1t is said that the late Berry Wall.
when in the height of his glory, had but
two hooks in his apartments. On one Of
these he hung his cane and on the other
his umbrella. The rest Of his clothes he
of course kept on a chair, like any sensi-
BILE man.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
uIaz.l kirk." was a Fnilure.

Steele Mackayc's Hazel Kirke" q
drama which probably enjoys the dis
tinction of having been presented more
consecutive times before American au-
diences than any other, was failure at
its first production, but retouched to a
certain extent and produced under diff
ferent conditions made a phenomenal
hit.-New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
Napoleon and Victoria.

One Of the "reminiscences which the
queen loves to recall Is Of the time when
Louis Napoleon was her guest aboard
the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.
The French monarch praised the sumptu-
GUS furnishings of the vessel, and con-,
fessed that he had never felt able to af-'
ford so great a luxury. "But for you,:
madam" said he, gallantly, ''you are
the queen of the seas" This compi-
ment tickled the queen nightly. The.
title was new one, and it hit her fancy.
Eugene Field.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
Kissing Going Out of Fashion.

In the rural regions of our country, as
we'll as of England, the favorite amuse-
ment at social gathering of young per-
sons is, or until recently has been. sue
cession of kissing games" wherein the
most modest girl of the company was sa-
luted by every swain who chose, with as
little embarrassment rs if lie had been
her mother. But even i'll the rural dis
tricts this sort of thing is passing away,
and the permitted realm Of the kiss is
narrowing day by day.-Mrs. Frank Les
lie.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
The Germans In Paris.

Frenchnen arc waking up to the fact
that the German colony i'll Beloved Pau is
is rapidly increasing. There are nearly
$4,000 of theln-in other words, twelve
persons out of every thousand of tho
population are Germans. Tho total has
doubled in tho last ten or eleven years,
and it is moro than double that of the
British, who are just under u, 900 strong
Tho English have their own quarters,
but tho Germans distribute themselves
over every arrondissement.-Paris Let
fa,.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09

1t was claimed in the meetings attend
ing the celebration of the forty-second
anniversary of modern Spiritualism re-
Gently that there are $4,000 Spiritualists
in Boston alone, many of whom are scat
tered among tho various churches.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
KISSING THE ROD.

Oh, heart Of mine, we shouldn't
Worry SO!
What we've missed Of calm we couldn't
Have, you knowl
What we've met Of stormy pain,
And Of sorrows driving rain,
We can better meet again
If it blow.
We have erred in that dark hour
We have known,
When our tears fell with the shower.
All alone
Were not shine and shadow blent
AS the gracious Master meants
Let us temper our content
With his own.
For, VIC know, not every morrow
Can be sad;
So, forgetting oil tho sorrow
We have had,
Let us fold away our fears
And put by our foolish tears,
And through oil the coming years
Just be glad.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09

Flowing by steam has been introduced
in Walla Walla valley, Wash, and is
pronounced a success. Heretofore it has
cost So per acre to plow, while under the
new system it can be done for forty cents.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09

The magistrates OF the courts Of
Ghent, Belgium, recently demanded in
creased remuneration, and backed their
claims with strike. The workingmen
of the tor, enjoyed the occasion.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09

BREAKFAST.
Fruit; cereal food Of some kind; two kinds Of
meat; eggs, potatoes, biscuit griddle cakes or
rolls. toast, tea and coffee.
DINNER.
Soup, relish, or salad; one kind of fish and two
kinds OF meat; three vegetables; pie or pudding
fruit, coffee. tea chocolate, or milk.
SUPPER
Cold meat: baked or cream potatoes; salad; hot
rolls, cakes. mullins; fruit or dessert; coffee
tea chocolate or milk
"That is about as good as anybody
lives" remarked Miss Fuller "It is all
dainty and well cooked and nicely
served"
Invent down into the dining room. q
large, cool apartment in the basement.
Eight or nine tables were covered with
snowy linen. Napkins in rings, silver
and china were on the table.
They all expressed themselves as being
charmed with the experiment, and did
not fear the pessimistic prophecies con-
cerning its destruction. The books show
that the bills are being paid up every
week out of the allowance. 1t is q sue
cess, financially and socially, SO far, and
| can recommend the table.
If You should ever go to Decatur ad-
wise you to get room somewhere and
take your meals at The Roby, in the CO.
operative boarding house. Guests are
charged twenty-five cents meal. By
this means you will fare better for less
money, meet the cream of Decatur soci-
ETY. and see the practical working of a
part Of Rellalny's dream. You will be
converted to the idea Of cooperative
cuisines and go home to spread the new
gospel Cocks will be abolished from
dwelling houses and housekeepers eman-
cipated.
The servant girl question will be solved.
Chicago Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09

The olive tree lives to great age.
One lately destroyed at Beaulieu had a
record of five centuries and was thirty
six feet in circumference.
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09

anu certain relief iii
Ayers Pills. 1nai'
cases where a ca
thartic is needed,
these Pills arcrccoin-
mcn'lcd by leading
physicians.
Dr.. T. L. Hastings,
Of Baltimore. says:
Ayers Pills are tie
best catllar!ic and
apcricnt within the
reach OF my profess
sim -
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
TARIFF LITERATURE FOR ALL.

The ANPRoTECrrvE TARIFF LEA CUE
Is puhltshirg a most valuable series Of Tarih
documents. These are prepared with view
ton, whe5Aer in the interest of farmers
laborers, metellAnts. or professional men.
Each issue of tbs serics appeals to those en-
disputable facts..comparisails of wages. cost
of living, and other arguments showing the
benefits Of Protection:
Any one M Pc y
Tarir." whicf viii be sent for 4 cents.
Tue whole list t7ill be sent for 3Ocents or
cents. postage paid. ORDERLY lumber.
Se: S1es:.wsges, Living and Tariff" E. A. HA,t1s' nAess.
'iohS Advantage; o; Protective Tariff to ''A
States" Ei5ss Prize Essay. 1857. r. cRA@. 90
s-"Ho1e Predaetion to Sup
s ssn%esI;ss r 2sasifsa 'Ss e sss FssRs 8
@isseG. afse ess
Eisay Fa% Msers p Wopid GoRR Free Raw 50
rFas Il H. HGaFn R.sE. s.
S-"sone Views on the Tariff Tai. BY an Old Busi ~
7"rhe Sess Proseetve Tai rs Advansxes tor
~ Wssi sss'h fnerss ! &
1-"ProiAction Is. Free-Trade."-A Historical .
ReV1eN', u. u. HARTMAN. ~
so-"The Farmer and the Tariff" Col THOMAS
-rloteetioa saRaaa asa Public Policy" Groaass 10
12-"Repiy to the Presidents Free:Irade Mes.
la-"Workingmen and the Tariff" ........... s
l4-"The Vital Question: Shall American Indus
tries be Abandoned and American Mar.
kets Surrendered d?....:.....::::.............. r..
IN ptgTasa ~ with na anbaled
ESsEF9 for PoRTsRi AmeRican Shining
ls-"The Tariff Not Tax" HoAERB b. DIBEIL..
1.-.Why Irtshhep Should Be Protectionists."
2i-'What is Tariff" Answers to a Working
$"rhs sas 4mefican S%Sa Wool Industry" E. Il An
24-.Southern Farming Industries.".
25-"A Short Talk to VSrkingmen."..... 2
20" Protection and the Farmer" Senator S. NJ
The AMERICAN ECONOMIST, weekly. devoted to the
useu.sion Of all phases Of the Tariff question. S2
sJear. Sample copies free. Address American Pre-
tclyc 'tarin League, % W. Esd ST.. New York
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09
Sufferers

EROM Stomach and Liver dera"g"
i ments-Dyspcpsia, Eiliousness. sirA
Headache, and Constim:on-ind /, Saf
The Dickinson press., 1890-08-09

Fruit; cereal food Of some kind; two kinds Of
meat; eggs, potatoes, biscuit griddle cakes or
rolls. toast, tea and coffee.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1890-12-31

New York sun.
Down i'll Hanover square the other
day man suddenly raised the sash in
a third-story window and looked down
on the sidewalk. The driver of dray,
whose outfit was hauled up to the
curb on the opposite side, happened to
he looking up, and he ut once waved
his arms aud cried out;
"Don't jump. There is no fire."
The man in the window neither saw
nor heard him, but turned his head
and looked up AT II fourth-story viii
dow.
"lIi!-don't try it--wait for the Ind
ders,' yelled the drayrnan at the top
of his voice.
Aauz N people Ia already gathered,
and when asked he cause Of his
actions he explained:
"rhat chaplin the window thinks he's
cut OF feoIn the stairway by fire, and
he's about TO ei'nb W "a jump. down
The individual rf'tfsed, one knee, On
! the window sill and loo%,d acr0sssl n
street AT a girl in aiRoiiicc, and iii
| drayman at once suGEuut:
lie can never Jump a.ros5 the stree
/ never, Hi! there wait-wait don
/ jump
Don't jump! Don't jump yellad ,
/ dozen others while Tiers was a genera
inquiry for the iile-box and the reason
| the engines didn't come. Tn" man il
the window now Ind his attention NJ
/ tractod to the crowd, and rs he sur
yeyrd it store of hands mutlonet
! him back. They were still at it whei
an employe of the building crosset
/ over and inquired:
WHATS the matter with all you
! fclIerS, anyhow
/ The mun can be saved il he doesn't
jump shouted several voices.
Save your GRANDMOTHER! There j,
no fire. lie was sent up there TO hell
I put up II sigli!'
"oh! oil! oh! called one man ATTIC
/ another, and in one minute The cToWt
had dispersed and the dlayman wa,
/ left To say TO himself:
well, II il hadn't been for me Ii,
might hnNe hnel a llght sat.eeze OF il.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1890-12-31

The Patriarchs Of The Grand United
Order oil Odd Fellows turned out at
fAon Monday night and had a sermon
delivered to them 10y DR. Kiddiek. Tie
Doctor gave the history of the urgani-
Xati0n, showing that they were ehnr-
Tered from Great Britain aud We're the
real genuine odd bellows of this
country.
lie spoke of the good they were do
ing cfarital1ly, and the large number
in the United States. His rtInar5s
were pointed, clear aud very interest
ing. After The sermon tho Order, pro-
ceeded to the basement where a supper
awaited them.
air. ]. Webster Is visiting this city
from Hartford county, Md, and is the
guest of AIr. and Mrs. Ghlisty, No. seq
vest Tenth street.
AT Shiloh the fair ill continues with
success. lteN.B. /. MUurn is quite iubi-
liant over his success.
The Emancipation Proclamation will
be celebrated TIT Bethel in the morning
and afternoon. a leaithg feature Of
the celebration will be the the ora
tions by Rev Anrd, pastor of Bethel
Church In the evening ut the A, e. NJ.
| L. Church
Ihtre Mill he a weekly journal start
ed by Il number of eolor4d men, / sup
pose 10 substitute the twilight, The
cnlored people trtVo long felt the med
! OF Il journal tAat would voice their
sentiments. II is to tie edited by one
of cur hiala5 citizens, ard WE wish it
Success.
lsee. 4. L. Ridley Of his city and the
lieV, L. II. fdniaHds 81 New Castie
| both i've witch me- illts this 6Yet-
! liz. eaidmaHr.ng e 3 ut8loeit and con-